Elon Musk’s father accused of child sexual abuse in bombshell NYT report
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Elon Musk’s father accused of child sexual abuse in bombshell NYT report
What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Who are you "pairing" with the Nazi Elon Musk who is still a Fellow of @royalsociety.org ? Remind me how many people Musk has killed with the DOGE cuts to USAID he led? Clearly brown/black lives don't matter to you. You have shown the world your cowardice and lack of integrity and credibility.
Poland's statement to Russia at the UN. "If another missile or aircraft enters our space without permission, deliberately or 'by mistake', and gets shot down, please don't come here to whine about it. You have been warned." ~AA
ICYMI: two weeks ago, Jeremy Kyle asked the infinitely flexible former Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik why he joined Reform. Opik says: "I go where the money is."
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Fabulous Large Tree Chernes (Dendrochernes cyrneus) found in west Norfolk last week while on holiday with @jeremybartlett.bsky.social Worth the windy weather and cycling in a thunderstorm to get to see these beauties! #pseudoscorpions #arachnids
Journalists - if you are quoting an organisation that comments on politics or economics but conceals who funds it, then refer to it as a lobby group, not a think tank. www.opendemocracy.net/en/who-funds...
I hope the SEC are looking at Trump's circle very closely.... They'll have made even more money shorting Kenvue than on their crypto scamcoins.
An update on that insane lease term where the landlord owns everything you create during the tenancy:
No, you're mistaken: the rapture DID happen, and all the genuinely good and true Christians were taken. Guess the fact that you're still here says it all about what sort of Christian YOU are. Maybe it's time you stop being such a judgemental, hate-filled carrot?
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Jacob Rees-Mogg proves that he hates this country
Please know that this is Trump scaremongering. There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism. A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
No one has done more damage to public health and trust in science and medicine than Andrew Wakefield. 26 years after his wrong and fraudulent paper people are still spouting his nonsense about an alleged link between vaccines and autism. The study was debunked countless times. There is no link.
On the one hand, better late than never. On the other hand: why so late? The case for doing this was just as obvious in May as it is in September.
DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."
Thank you sir
Global temperatures so far this year are still the 2nd warmest on record when comparing with each prior January-August period. However, a ranking of #3 is most probable by the end of 2025. Data provided by NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...).
Trump: "I'm going to be reducing drug prices by 1,000%. By 900, 600, 500, 1,200 ... "
Trump: "We've got a lot of stupid people in this country running things."
"it's too much liquid" going into the baby, instantly up there with the injecting bleach moment.
"Word of Kimmel's reinstatement came as hundreds of Hollywood and Broadway stars — including De Niro, Affleck, Aniston, Selena Gomez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Hanks & Meryl Streep — urged Americans “fight to defend and preserve our constitutionally protected rights” in the wake of Jimmy's suspension"
Trump is consolidating power mainly in areas where it's relatively easier for him to do so. When he faces real resistance, it's a different story. Stop acting like he's invincible.
Yet another important data point showing that ChatGPT just isn’t up to the job. 🧪
You may know the software company Palantir as a contractor for ICE + the military. But in recent months, it's relaunched its merch store & said it wants to be a "lifestyle brand." What does it mean for Palantir to be a lifestyle brand...? I unpacked it here: www.wired.com/story/palant...
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You mean he's busy selling out the country to his nazi pals. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/uk-governm...
Trump doesn't care. She's not 16 - so she's too old for him to care. #ReleaseTheEpsteinPEDOfiles
The thing is, he *did* comment. He said it as uncosted and unworkable. Do you not see how much worse that is than saying nothing?
Hulu+ and ESPN also owned by Disney, ditto ABC. Don't watch any of it.
Legend.
EXCLU: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social will announce today he is cancelling a televised town hall with WABC News planned for Sept. 25 in the wake of the network suspending comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show last week. www.amny.com/news/mamdani...
The world’s top fossil fuel countries still plan to produce more than twice as much coal, gas and oil as would be consistent with climate goals. In fact, they’re planning even more than they were two years ago.
Disney is no longer associated with magic and innocence in the minds of millions now. There are mistakes - and there is catastrophic cowardice that changes your brand identity. Boycott Disney.
Oh my god, they weren't kidding, I've just seen the warnings leaflet that comes with a box of Tylenol. How were they keeping this quiet?!
That's a LOT of current/former Disney talent. @thr.com $DIS www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/j...
Take care, and get well soon. Doesn't sound like fun...
We're all friends here, right? Friendly advice: schools are back, fresher's week is here. I've had a cold/flu bug for a week. Whatever this is, it's bad. Snot, phlegm, and today the indignity of diarrhoea. Each day I thought I was getting better, but wasn't. Mask up, think about autumn/winter jabs.
⛈ Since 1999, America has had at least 1 billion dollar disaster from thunderstorms (yes, it's adjusted for inflation) per year. Our changing climate has made them more frequent. https://bit.ly/thunderstorm-winds-2025 #climatematters via @climatecentral
The median American voter has been, relative to the rest of the world, so thoroughly coddled and inculcated from consequence, that they're functionally infants.
The amount of reeducation necessary after this makes my eyes water
For everyone saying this is an impeachable offense and worse than Watergate: Of course it is. But that doesn’t matter in the slightest, because this GOP Congress has completely abdicated their duty and will never do anything to hold him accountable.
I would also like a high value goods tax. Anything more than eg. 10x the average cost should have 50% tax. So if e.g. average bottle of wine is £10, then any wine more than £100 should have 50% tax added. Applies to all goods. [Approximate numbers]
#FuckBillionaires
French billionaire Bernard Arnault, world’s 8th-richest man, is blasting economist Gabriel Zucman’s proposed annual 2% levy on French wealth over 100 million euros ($117 million) as an attempt “to destroy the French economy.” The proposal has 86% public approval. www.reuters.com/world/france...
86%, is that a lot
When this ruling came down it was clear, if Trump won, they were handing a deeply vindictive, corrupt criminal the most powerful prosecutorial weapon in the world.
Disabled Nigerian man living in UK for 38 years wins appeal against deportation
Christian persecution in America is best defined by this image: No actual struggle, wearing clothes that cost more than my entire wardrobe, polished cross instead of rugged, and surrounded by crowds of fellow hypocrites cheering on bigotry who believe they're the victims.
A fourth boat bombed in international waters. Total death toll now 19 What I dont get is, if these boats are "carrying fentanyl" as Trump says (they absolutely arent. Even the DEA says VZ doesnt produce fentanyl), then why not seize one and show us? www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...
If they don’t stop playing into Reform’s hands, I feel it will be almost entirely on them if Reform wins the next election. Media or not media. They are the government for goodness sake. The media still reports what they say. So say it. Louder, more boldly, more directly. I think it’s not too late
Let me try for a more professional comment on Reform’s proposals than 😱😱😱 This extreme policy doesn’t have public support- so why do it? It is because by doing it they get into ALL the media AND push other parties’ platforms/public debate. We need a first mover who will stop, but is it too late? 1/
I wrote my first investigative piece raising concerns about Covid contracts in *April 2020*. Great to see this finally on screen
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Obviously, different rules for him...
In the late 19th century, millions of migrants left Germany as a result of religious persecution, economic hardship, and political uncertainty. Among them was Nikolaus Schrod, a cabinet maker from Frankfurt who - along with his wife Bina - moved to London to start a new life in the 1850s. 1/3
Relevant thread.
Sarah Ferguson dropped from charity over Epstein email Good! This couple are fucking grotesque. We all know abour Andrew but this revolting woman has no morals, no integrity. She is of no use to anyone. www.bbc.com/news/article...
The truth: we need migration. The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it. Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality. Reject it. Draw the line.
Farage’s policies are a moral abomination and I will fight them with every fibre of my being. We must build a popular front against the rise of fascism in Britain that spans parties and communities. bsky.app/profile/shoa...
Seriously folks we have become the Whig party! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
Labour calls the plan "half-baked" because Reform have got their figures wrong and it wouldn't even apply to everyone from the EU
Keir Starmer’s spokesperson asked for the PM's response to Nigel Farage’s plan to deport hundreds of thousands of people living and working completely legally in the UK, replies that he thinks it is “unworkable” and “unfunded”. So his objection is that they’ve got their sums wrong
And when they finish with ILR migrants they will come for migrants with UK passports. They won't stop until everyone of colour has been deported or locked up.
It's often the case politicos, including me, will explain away growing support for Reform due to people facing deprivation and struggling. Maybe that was the case, but now? If you support Reform with policies like this you have zero "legitimate concerns". You're a far right ethno-nationalist racist.
As well as the fantasy £234 bn, journalists should also be clear Farage's claims most new migrants don't work, and those who do are on low wages, are entirely false. In fact, 1.8 million recent migrants are on payrolls (others will be self employed). migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/co...
Just saw this on Threads:
Truly astounding who steps up and who doesn't
Never, ever underestimate the short-term damage that fascists are capable of. When Idi Amin told thousands of Asians that they had just 90 days to leave Uganda, lots of people laughed. “He could never do that! That’s ridiculous.” But then the violence started. www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
Seriously. A one-hour Party Political Broadcast. Followed at the top of the next hour with top story billing and a highlights package. Exactly how will this be "balanced" across their coverage? Where is Ofcom? Where is Nandy?
For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR. This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
Tommy Robinson is now driving Nigel Farage’s policies and Labour needs to be pointing that out at every possible opportunity
Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place" "Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people" -Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
Any journalist quoting this absurd, invented £234 billion number cited by Farage/Reform should make absolutely clear that it has been withdrawn by *its own authors* (the Centre for Policy Studies) after they admitted it contained several major errors (1/3)
Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain. They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
This racist bullshit proposed by Farage can’t be implemented without building a police state to do it. He’s plotting a dictatorship
Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day.... PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
A short thread on digital ID (cards) just to bear in mind. There are a few myths that I keep hearing about this idea that need clarifying/debunking. 1/10
That in itself is a recipe for discrimination, intimidation and worse. Remember who will be enforcing this, and their record on racism, bias, unfairness and incompetence. This last part matters, because if enforcement is biased, then errors will also be biased. 4/10
Having said that, who will *in practice* be asked for them, if ‘immigration enforcement’ is the purpose for which they will be used? People who ‘look like’ or ‘sound like’ they might be here illegally. That is, black or brown people, people with ‘foreign accents’ or foreign names. 3/10
Classy.
Sounds like the segregationists in Connecticut are having a grand ole time “While waiting for the police to arrive, the old Karen’s friend said, ‘You’re not the minority anymore.'” www.blackenterprise.com/alex-okeefe-...
Sayōnara 👋🏻
This sort of plain-speaking truth shouldn't be unusual. But in our batshit-crazy decline as a nation, it really is. And one has to keep pinching oneself at how insanely Starmer and co are behaving. I don't even begin to understand him. But I hope I understand @zackpolanski.bsky.social very well.
The ITV exposé on COVID now turns its sights on testing. I was stunned in 2020 when Sir Paul Nurse - Director of the Francis Crick Institute - told me he’d written to the government to offer the services of the Crick (the biggest biomeolecular lab in the country) - and never got a reply…
It’s time to ask what the fuck is going on at Sky News. It’s no owned by Comcast which owns MSNBC who told employees in a memo that Kirk was a “tragic loss” and that “We should engage with respect, listen, and treat people with kindness”
This xenophobic nonsense illustrates why the government's proposals to restrict settlement rights is not only wrong but politically self-defeating. Has just encouraged Reform to become even more extreme.
Oak trees and gall wasps have a marvellous secret symbiotic relationship | Mick Channon @sussexbylines.co.uk
Fucking hell...
Caught today’s @arsenalfc.bsky.social match with Spike Lee in Fort Greene (not a sentence I ever thought I'd get to write).
German phrase: "Kreide fressen"(eating chalk) Comes from the Grimm tale "The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats", where the perfidious wolf eats chalk to sound like mother goat, so the kids let him in and he can gobble them up. Eating chalk is trying to lull so into a false sense or trust and security
I didn't say "fuck off" but I like to think I am modelling the behaviour @jamesomalley.co.uk rightly calls for here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NArb...
Cancer: Autumn is a wonderful reminder of how you will eventually wither and die.
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