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Two things I wonder how much Bolsonaro will have to pay Trump in order to get political asylum And regardless, isn’t the Brazilian army is entitled to storm the US, capture him and haul him back home, based on the precedent we set in Venezuela This corruption stops after the #BlueWaveIn7Days

Trump Jr. reportedly killed an Altai argali, an endangered horned sheep.

Before pneumatic tires became standard equipment, inventors really thought hard about how to get a softer ride. Here's the Peugeot Lion from 1892.

These clever apps show off the iPhone Duo’s potential

The new Chair of OfCom has rather oddly suggested I should set up a left wing version of GB News. This suggests he doesn’t quite know what his job is. But I have taken him at his word. app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/75420/...

The NUJ has labelled Reform reporting ITV journalists to the police as "a thinly-masked Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) style move" "This is the latest in a series of attacks against journalists by Reform UK" pressgazette.co.uk/news/reform-...

The grouse moor industry continue to plead their pathetic case to keep burning moorland (because it maintains their heather monoculture, boosting numbers of grouse for shooting). You don't fight fire with fire, you fight it with water - as the government recognise bsky.app/profile/moor...

Hundreds of people mocking Joe Tidy for admitting he didn't know what PHP was. This is the reporter who strung along a ransomware gang trying to recruit him as an insider, then explained it to millions on the BBC. Asking questions is what good journalists do. Pile-ons are what bad communities do.

A researcher mapped 335,000+ surveillance cameras across America. Flock's response? Try to take it down. Our response? Build a tool so you can find those near your home: https://proton.me/flock-camera-map

Bipartisan lawmakers are calling for an investigation into Elon Musk after The Wall Street Journal reported that the SpaceX chief restricted Ukraine’s access to the company’s satellite-based Starlink network. on.wsj.com/4sj4cMX

Gonna tell my kids this was Talking Heads

Slow Horses!! Nooo!

As Margarine Thatcher releases yet another book attempting to persuade us that HER delusions should also be OUR decisions, let me just remind you of how remarkably, hilariously, terrifyingly bad she was. No paywall. 725 jokes. (Kwasi did the maths) russincheshire.substack.com/p/it-would-a...

I don't read the Daily Mail (someone showed me this howler from 21st October). I'd just like to point out that this is not a bed bug but a beetle. So, if you like to spot a bed bug, I suggest other, more reliable, sources of information such as: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bug

The CO2-absorbing building made of old sinks, windscreens and toilets: Ghent’s £17m design museum is a green marvel

The new Dutch Code of Conduct for Research Integrity has launched and it includes new sections about AI in research. These could have big consequences for how Dutch universities adopt GenAI in research and education. www.knaw.nl/en/publicati... ⬇️

Amol Rajan’s membership tiers…that is scandalous.

Your second sentence contradicts your first, University of Oxford.

As I have been saying for who knows how long Climate breakdown is all-pervasive and will impact EVERY aspect of our lives and livelihoods www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This brave/insane little Yorkie dog chased a bear up a tree near my home town in Buncombe County, NC [📹 John and KC Murdoch] Original post

Last week above the city of Rhenen in The Netherlands. I had been wanting to photograph this church tower with these kinds of conditions for years, and I finally managed to do so. What a morning.

One of the reasons people were so upset and angry at the closeure of the world class archaeology department and other cuts at Sheffield, including to community facing programmes, was it was seen as a betrayal by an out of touch VC and SMT of the University's origins, funded by local working people.

“The ultraconservative group Rockbridge, led by Peter Thiel and JD Vance, has landed in Brazil *** Its mission includes influencing election campaigns and political mobilization.” 9/26/26 (Rockbridge now claims that its Brazil satellite never got off the ground.) … 1/ share.google/k31p82YiBVOZ...

I have no talent to play music myself which means I am *deeply* impressed by people who have the talent, training and dedication to do it well. That's the whole point.

Evel Knievel must be laughing in his grave about Musk’s ‘flying car'

Here's Tesla's flying car but with fart sounds. You're welcome, everyone.

But this is really embarrassingly ropey. Looks like a sequence from Thunderbirds. World's first car that can fall slowly and jerkily with excessive 80s power ballad smoke www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A record-breaking El Niño could bring a colder winter to the UK ❄️ @dspi-oxford.bsky.social's Dr Chloe Brimicombe explains how changes in the Pacific Ocean can influence UK weather ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4zsrAKo

Why is a retired banjo playing, public school nepo-baby on the BBC's flagship Newsnight commenting on the Red Wall? And why no mention that: Winston Marshall only has a political platform because his Dad is billionaire Paul Marshall... owner of GB NEWS and the Spectator.

I’ve had an instagram profile for some time but not used it. Because I’ve involved myself in helping #SaveSquareChapelArts in Halifax, I’m going to be over on there a lot more. Here’s the link if you’d like to follow me there & see more of my content. x www.instagram.com/mrreecedinsd...

We shouldn’t need this conference.

Released 48 years ago today Alternative Ulster, the second single by punk rock band Stiff Little Fingers Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster - Live at Wacken Open Air 2018 #punk #punkrock #stifflittlefingers #history #punkrockhistory #otd

I’ve really gone back into listening to music - politicians (who I never wanted ti listen to) are worse than ever

The quiet London suburb of Surbiton became the capital of British eccentricity after staging a ‘downhill skiing’ event in which participants strapped lumps of ice to their feet and slid down a track slicked with water and detergent.

@philbowker.bsky.social How are you doing Phil?

Released 47 years ago today "Smash It Up" by The Damned and Happy 70th Birthday today Dave Vanian 🖤 The Damned - Smash it Up - Old Grey Whistle Test, Stage wrecked! #punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #smashitup #thedamned #history #punkrockhistory #otd

The Grand Prix was so boring, I went outside and painted my new workbench, then watched it dry.

The University of Nottingham is shutting down its Department of Music. The destruction of the humanities is a political project that goes beyond U.S. borders, and can't be divorced from the adoption of AI in the sectors it's least able to replace: education, creative thinking, knowledge production.

The sudden plunge in demand for an Nvidia-backed data center company’s initial public offering is revealing fresh cracks in the AI funding boom.

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

My year 9 old mate Paul once stood up and tried to convince a classroom full of kids that The Queen lived in Barnsley Town Hall and did a better job than this.

Morning Kitten

Strike!

Jackson Lamb - “Name me one person who’s got a grudge against penguins?” River Cartwright - “Batman?”
Jackson Lamb “Oh, fuck off!”

As climate scientists, it sucks to be defunded. But it adds insult to injury to be defunded by this moron who has access to the best climate science and data in the world and still says asinine things like this.

The Tory party has killed itself with Brexit. It’s lost its mind chasing Farage into the gutter, saying unserious things, promoting unserious people who stand around in suits, arms folded, talking utter dribble to get a headline. It’s pathetic. We deserve a better opposition. This lot are shite.

Afternoon chicken… I cannot stop laughing

re-watching a Faithless gig from 2001 - what a band