Great piece this in @glasgowbell.bsky.social about a DJ scam.
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/kieran-wells...

Reminds me of a similar investigation I did about a DJ scam crew in the 2010s, ironically the only time I’ve had a death threat 👇

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Thanks Rich, and I agree, drug use can be a signal

Why America is falling out of love with cocaine America's cocaine use is quietly collapsing — even as the drug floods the market at record purity and historic low prices.

I wrote a piece about why America, perhaps surprisingly, is falling out of love with cocaine.

It's about cultural and economic shifts, plus exaggerated fears that most cocaine contains fentanyl.

san.com/cc/why-ameri...

Cocaine thrived in boom times. This is not a boom time. THE @maxdaly.bsky.social with some great new reporting: san.com/cc/why-ameri...

I wrote about why America is falling out of love with cocaine

Thanks to Joseph Palamar, Adams Sibley, @matthabusby.bsky.social, @dan-ciccarone.bsky.social and @tobymuse.bsky.social for wise words

Why America is falling out of love with cocaine America's cocaine use is quietly collapsing — even as the drug floods the market at record purity and historic low prices.

You would think from the media and Trump’s aggression against Venezuela that cocaine use in the U.S. is booming. In fact unlike most of the world, it’s falling. My first for @san.com 👇

san.com/cc/why-ameri...

Point: “I can’t pay no doctor bills but whitey’s on the moon”

Counterpoint:

UK submarine captain steps down after link to Chinese spy case Navy previously conducted investigation into senior officer to examine potential blackmail risk

extraordinary FT scoop via @lucyfisher.ft.com

captain of a UK nuclear-armed submarine has stepped back from his role this week after being investigated over his relationship with Joani Reid, the Labour MP whose husband has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China

www.ft.com/content/93be...

America lets itself be shafted on a daily basis by these clowns 🤷🏻‍♂️

De Zerbi modelled his look on him

Cab? Can..

@embits.bsky.social Hi Emily, cab I grab an email for you please?

UP THE IRISH

This could have a big impact on Russia’s drug trade, which is reliant on Telegram for sales and recruitment.

Cannabis is not an effective treatment for common mental health conditions, says review International researchers find ‘very little evidence’ medical form of the drug can treat anxiety, anorexia and other disorders

Maybe it was always, just getting stoned.

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

This is insane

One sentence to sum up our upside down times in the Guardian today: "A grouping of largely oppressive and authoritarian world leaders and their envoys are flying to Washington for the inaugural meeting of Donald Trump’s newly established Board of Peace."

It was brilliant, and I think you’re right about the Xmas commission

I'm speaking from knowledge, it's my job to know this stuff

Most youth street gang murders are celebrated on social media, it's a massive part of it

Yeh I have no idea what that means in English

Lyrics should not be used as a confession, often they are bravado, exaggeration, complete fantasy, but often killers boast about murders in tunes.

Campaigners urge UK ministers to make music lyrics inadmissible in court Art Not Evidence group wants change in law that currently allows lyrics by defendants to be presented as evidence of gang affiliation

I’d be gutted if my son was murdered and the killer boasted about how he did it in a gangster rap video (which happens often), but that couldn’t be used as evidence in court.

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

Pep Guardiola: Man City boss asks 'why should I not express how I feel?' Pep Guardiola defended his stance of speaking up about global conflicts by asking,

Yes Pep

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Why are kids snorting pink cocaine?

A lot of confusion about this drug in the media and elsewhere. I cleared it up in this piece for @unherd.com

unherd.com/2025/10/why-...

Two held and suspected pink cocaine and heroin seized in Anfield Two men are arrested and large amounts of suspected Class A and B drugs are seized in Anfield.

'Pink cocaine', called 'tusi' in the real world, is popping up in the UK more often

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Virginia’s final words 💔

WW2 and Holocaust dead spinning in their graves at what Israel and US has been getting away with in Gaza.

The US radical right, eg serial liars like Musk and Trump, say Britain is a dangerous, crime infested no-go zone.

Homicides in US last year: 11,721
Homicides in Britain last year: 499