Phew, thank goodness. This clears up all doubts. President Trump is clearly alive and well.
Phew, thank goodness. This clears up all doubts. President Trump is clearly alive and well.
#bluesky #trump #lies
House down our way (admittedly, quite an ‘odd’ house) has taken to flying the Union Jack and the flag of Russia together.
Nah. Lifelong Democrat here. We fly the flag at our house proudly. Don't allow the right wing to co-opt the flag and patriotism. It belongs to all of us whether they like it or not.
Priorities, innit?!
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Feels like the flag debate has been kicking around my whole life and it still boils down to: Civic institutions should fly the flag routinely. Sporting occasions and national events, sure get it out. Year round flag on your house, bit weird, trashy. Doing it to "intimidate the forrins", obvs bad
He does but my suspicion (colour me cynical, if you like) is that’s not because of a genuine ‘no, this really is beyond the pale’ feeling but because he needs to keep his party outwardly respectable in order to attract votes. Once he’s actually in power, that constraint is largely removed.
Great news! President Trump has ended speculation about his poor health by making his first public appearance in over 5 days… 🇺🇸
The trouble is, of course, that should Farage get his hands on the reins of power, he would at that point stop bothering to expel these sorts of people.
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Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?
I watched a bit of the Thursday Murder Club film the other day and I was wondering if it was so successful because it presents basically a Hogwarts-level fantasy of social life for older people
The Guest on BBC One is the most unhinged show this side of Christmas. Completely loved it. Great characters and funny one-liners.
This must be Trump. If they were going to use a stand-in, surely they’d use someone who actually looked better. But the pic may not be completely untouched. I mean, what’s going on at the back of his hat? Photoshopped to hide the fact he’s had his hair shaved for a craniotomy or something?
“Good morning, my little minions.”
Joe Bugner has died. He was a refugee from Hungary after his country was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1956. Bloody refugee coming over here and becoming one of this country's greatest boxers.
This would certainly clear the issue up one way or another.
Reform making perhaps the fastest shift in political history from promising miracles and doge-like savings to pinning their own failure to get to grips with things on central government. Bravo, reformlings. Sad to see these services go www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This is mostly why I never listen to podcasts. Takes half an hour to impart information I could read in two and a half minutes. Drives me nuts.
He does it because with all the hate in England getting amplified he thinks it's OK. Starmer needs to give his head a wobble, wake up and condemn this climate of hate. If you seek to ignore the fire in the kitchen your whole house burns down.
Clearly not well enough!
You don’t see this👇🏼news pushed by the BBC on its main news page like they “report” when Farage opens his mouth or a migrant lands etc.. #RightWingScum put a Union Jack on a Mosque to intimidate them.. So its leaders put it in a window saying 'This is our flag... we are proud British Muslims”👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼
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Penny-lope? Yes, absolutely. See also Genevieve. Or Jon-vee-ev, as I used to call her.
To school staff returning to work. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and the Autumn Term starts off well with an absence of huge ‘to-do’ lists on your INSET day. To Heads and leadership teams……drop the ‘to-do’ lists and give most of your first INSET to staff to get ready for actual teaching.
Economics. I really want to understand things and I often ask for ‘explanations that a five year old could understand’ but it generally doesn’t help. I tend to get the same words back, just in a different order.
If you wait long enough to cook dinner, everyone will eat cereal. Follow me for more recipes.
Wishing the wonderful actress Yasmin Finney a happy 22nd birthday! 🎁🎂🎉 #DoctorWho #Heartstopper
I can
I remember Whoopi Goldberg being interviewed about her childhood She said when she first saw Star Trek she said "Mummy, mummy, there's a black woman on the TV, and she is not a maid" Star Trek did so much for social inclusion, and Whoopi Goldberg would go on to appear in Star Trek Next Generation
A surprising ‘hidden’ face, in an idyllic setting along York's medieval city walls. #photo #photography
Another point in favor of suburbia/total car orientation looking good for families but being subtly and invisibly anti-family
And well done to Crystal Clean Windows who cleaned it for free "A huge thank you to Isaac Crystal Clean Windows York Limited. After this incident happened, he kindly came and cleaned our windows for free. We are truly touched by his kindness." www.crystalcleanwindowsyork.co.uk
@JustStopOil is aware of the implicit hypocrisy.
Dreams do come true.
I hope they give RFK power of attorney to make all of his medical decisions - he is a world leading health expert after all.
Medical school. Admittedly, my school education was mostly provided by nuns.
I too.
Personally, I think it’s probably a net positive to make the media look for proof of life every time Trump isn’t seen for like 18 hours
No, Lord Falconer. Labour should stop pandering to this nonsense. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The Bell-end will be frothing
The fact of the High Court's interim injunction causing huge national political uproar, an attempt to start a nationwide series of protests, and for multiple other councils to consider mounting legal challenges all made it pretty obvious the "balance of convenience" was wrong here.
It may be that the Trump presidency reminds people of the dangers of untrammelled power - but that's only going to happen if politicians, journalists & opinion formers actively make that case. If we keep pretending the problem is that there are *too many* constraints on govt, we really are doomed.
Circular retail is not just about what we buy, but how and where we buy it.
My latest Bellingcat tool is out! It lets you search what was said in council meetings across the UK and Ireland, and takes you directly to the right part of the video session to verify. Check it out and let me know what you think! 👇 council-search.bellingcat.com
Your mam shouts at hotels and your dad paints roundabouts
😁 I do love a useless cocktail glass. So beautiful!
Agreed. It’s the most gloriously unnecessary one of the three. Which seems to be the brief.
This has been a rough decade to be a supporter of parliamentary democracy, liberalism, membership of the EU and Manchester United.
Imagine, after the Dunkirk evacuation the government turned around and said "right, we're going to deport ALL refugees from occupied Europe AND WE'RE GOING TO PAY THE NAZIS TO TAKE THEM BACK"
Enjoy this stunning view of the Butterfly Nebula from Hubble. Look at the structure in the vast outflows, especially towards the centre! There, behind a dusty torus that we're looking at edge-on lies a super-hot white dwarf—the remnants of a once much-larger star.
There's a 'firm but welcoming' speech waiting to be given ...
Thank you.
So, three nights on the ferry? This looks wonderful!
Oooh!
Lithuania’s parliament today approved Inga Ruginienė — a longtime trade unionist and political newcomer — as prime minister, following the resignation of Gintautas Paluckas amid allegations about his financial dealings.
As you watch the extraordinary spectacle of Trump's government attempting to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, let's not lose sight of just how lawless and indefensible Trump's misconduct has been all throughout. Here's a thread recapping all of it. 1/
Blimey, a smart move.
Surely you’re not suggesting it’s AI generated? I mean the flags are so accurate it can’t be made up. First time I’ve seen a Union Jack flag with a blue diagonal stripe. 🤦♂️
And whose is the rogue amputated arm in navy behind her?
Let’s be honest here: they were hoping the anti-refugee protests turned ugly because then there would be sexy telegenic violence. The reason that the progressive protests aren’t news is because they don’t. Which shows the warped priorities of our tv news coverage and is not a great signal to send.
I’m at a music festival where an older woman is on her daughter’s shoulders in the mosh pit and honestly this is what the suffragettes tied themselves to railings for
Not many farmers would tell you that we need to eat less meat; that wealthy landowners shouldn’t moan about inheritance tax but should “pay the whole fucking lot”; & that Reform UK are “a load of rich rightwing toffs” 😂 But Devon farmer Guy Singh-Watson does: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
Something so disheartening about watching the breakdown of public trust. Have we really reached a point where people are even questioning the truthfulness of a convicted child sex trafficker about the man who could commute and pardon her at the stroke of a pen?
we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light
If this is really becoming " a thing", us "woke folk" should hang the English flag with a black lives matters flag, a Pride flag, & a Palestinian flag. They will be incandescent with racist indignation!
My new book "About Time" includes some "makes" like the one below. As a science teacher, I want children to see / experience the natural phenomena that we are studying - there’s an *emotional* difference between reading about how something works and seeing it for yourself www.dk.com/uk/book/9780...
I love the new Cracker Barrel logo! 🧡 #EpsteinFiles
Some excellent news. "More than 16.1 GW of new renewable energy capacity spread across 323 projects was given permission to start building during the second quarter of this year - 195% rise on the same quarter last year." www.ft.com/content/926a...
Across 142 routes in Europe, trains are on average twice as expensive as flights On some routes, they are 26 times the price Low-cost airlines profit from unfair tax exemptions, but trains are burdened with VAT, energy taxes and high track fees Governments and the EU must stop rewarding polluters
"Asylum seekers should not be allowed to work!" "Asylum workers should not be subsidised at the public expense!" - and loop.
#Dartmoor (Not today)
Update: M&S are cool and GCs and the Sun are filthy liars
![I can confirm that this is the case indeed, we want our stores to be inclusive and welcoming places for all our customers. I hope you enjoy the rest of your day. Kind regards Vince Struelens Your M&S Customer Service M&S [Redacted] wrote: On 18 August 2025 at 15:26:43 UTC, Hi Vince, Thank you for getting back to me so quickly and for stating M&S's position on inclusion. Could you please confirm that M&S will continue to allow trans women to have bra fittings and will not be changing that policy in the face of this obnoxious bullying campaign? Thank you,](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6gybixk3mhnqokf4ctux7w3d/bafkreibubsgujnoo5judiahnjxt3luvcd6usag7qzk3av6dalhbs4o3zom@jpeg "Click to view full size")
Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper! We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media. Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑 doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
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Lots to criticise on Labour but Starmer is standing by Zelenskyy in DC while Reform is on TalkTV saying Ukraine should accept Russian occupation.
Downing Street has said “no limitations” should be placed on Ukraine’s ability to join NATO as Keir Starmer and other European leaders prepare to meet US President Donald Trump in Washington It comes after Trump said there should be "no going into NATO by Ukraine"
A reminder that treating Russian territorial gains as an inevitable outcome is a Kremlin talking point. Since 2014, the Kremlin has pushed this idea that Russia is so powerful and giving up some land is better than giving it all up. It doesn't lead to peace, it leads to pause-and-push land grabs.
Jenrick has overshot Reform and ended up at the National Front. Under a leader less pathetic than Badenoch this would be a sacking offence
The truth is it's going to be a choice between people like this and a Labour or Labour led coalition at the next election. If you think Labour is the same as this sack of shit don't complain when you wake up to a Reform/Tory government in 4 years time and consequences that will follow.
The Work Is The Point
Portraiture at its most ambitious is the exploration of individuality. John Singer Sargent took on this great theme in 1878 when he was visiting Capri. He persuaded a local girl Rosina Ferrera to pose for several paintings including this sublime portrait.
I'm not dancing around the issue this time: Amazon might be "important" for "exposure" but please do not order my books from them. Please choose @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social, Blackwell's or your local indie instead. Amazon are no friend to authors. And never will be.
Also Finland www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
This is really key, isn't it? We badly need all-embracing words for politely addressing people (like Sir or Madam, but applicable to everyone) and a word for older children where son or daughter isn't appropriate but they're too big to be called child anymore. 'Offspring' sounds ridiculous!
Are you somebody whose gender doesn't fit into the binary system used across most of the world today? if so, please consider filling out this year's Gender Census, which has just two more weeks to run. www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GenderCens...
Every few weeks someone alerts me that this is doing the rounds again 🍰
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The alt text is 👌😘.
Meanwhile, its kicking off on Twitter
I assume Putin deleted all the JD Vance memes on his phone before landing in Alaska.
Rachael Nevins ❌👑 