A chilly start to Thursday morning for some
Low cloud will gradually lift and retreat to the east coast, with plenty of sunshine from then on ⛅
Another blustery day to come in the southwest 🎐
This is Fitz and June. Fitz just got here and thinks this place is pretty great. June was here first and thinks it's time to return Fitz. 13/10 for both (TT: muester)
Trump’s met his match in Iran, they know it, he knows it. Stable genius has backed himself into a corner. He has few cards, he can’t bomb them further & send oil to $200 bucks a barrel any easier than he can force them to open Strait. He’s f*cked & the whole world see’s his hand.
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The selfie of the year❤️
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Chelsea tried to buy Brighton’s players, manager, staff and style. They’ve been battered tonight, Seagulls swooping up goals and points like a drunk lad’s chips.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Two sheep stand in a field facing the camera, with more sheep scattered across rolling green countryside in the background. Long grass fills the foreground, framed by a nearby tree, and the sky glows with soft pink‑orange light.
The South Downs showing off again.
📸: Thomas Carpenter
Back to the simple natural order of things…….. not human arrogance based on destruction of our water,air, environment for profit…… for the 1%
Chart showing fall in GDP per person caused by Brexit
The economic damage caused by Brexit may be almost double the 4% impact assumed by the OBR, the Resolution Foundation has revealed.
The upcoming fashion exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art examines “the dressed body” in art over the centuries. But “Costume Art” also aims to include bodies that art has traditionally ignored, including through 25 new mannequins based on real models.
We're close to the world's first-ever broad-spectrum antiviral. In a breakthrough, researchers at the City University of New York have identified a promising path to the development of an antiviral that could be used to fight a wide range of deadly viruses, including future pandemic threats.
Seeking an autism diagnosis during perimenopause: "After a lifetime of questioning, autism is often the one thing that makes sense […] there’s so much more awareness of women’s autism & women in mid-life have the opportunity to explore it as an explanation."
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wome...
EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027.
The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.
Iranian drones have attacked US “military ships”, according to the state-run news agency Tasnim.
“Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial. Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.”
This is why we should fund science. 🧪
WOW: A stunning new report in the WSJ reveals that military advisers intentionally excluded Donald Trump from the command room during the recent high-stakes operation to extract a downed U.S. airman in Iran, because they feared his erratic behavior could jeopardize the mission. 1/
When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should resign if she had “any moral decency”.
Now we learn he set up four shell companies that let him avoid paying £100,000 he owed in tax and to then transfer the cash to Reform
Latest in @theatlantic.com The Ukrainians are now longer pretending that Donald Trump's USA is their friend. Their honesty is important as they seem to understand how much Trump is helping Putin and how important it is that Europe stick together. Gift Link. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
I think it was Brexit. It was really divisive between generations.
It was in the public domain that Mandelson had been fired from the Cabinet twice, that he was Epstein's friend, that he'd stayed in Epstein's house while Deputy PM, that he'd been a lobbyist for 15 years, and more. It was in the note prepared for the PM, too. So…what game are we playing here?
BAFTA pulling a trailer for an autobiographical game about surviving sexual assault only hours before it was said to be a part of a showcase is an exceptionally bad look.
The NSM App
I will warn you now. I know of a weapon of unimaginable power. It is called the NSM Play App. apps.apple.com/gb/app/nsm-p... It can find digital jukeboxes in any bar in the UK and you can queue up any song that’s available as many times as you wish from the comfort of your own home. Use it wisely.
honestly, anyone with two brain cells to rub together should have seen that Mandelson is absolute kryptonite and should never have been touched with a 10ft disinfected barge pole
Johnson overruled vetting to elevate son of a KGB officer, a Russian, to House of Lords. Where were the acres of outrage in print then eh?
DOG POO CRUSADE.
Indiana Jones and the…
Iran has told mediators it will continue to limit the number of ships allowed to cross the Strait of Hormuz and charge tolls for the remaining period of the cease-fire, officials familiar with the matter said.-WSJ
No10’s account is incredible.
I held Developed Vetting for nearly ten years and spent three years at the heart of the Cabinet Office. I have never heard of a Developed Vetting denial being overruled. Here’s why…🧵
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
i love etymology
Kirkland & Ellis set to poach top Wachtell distressed-debt lawyer—Law firms are ratcheting up investment in their corporate restructuring practices in advance of an expected increase in US debt defaults and bankruptcies. www.ft.com/content/8158... @sindap.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
🇧🇷 Brazil is getting serious about protecting the #Amazon🌳 and it’s doing it in an innovative way by linking #environmental enforcement directly to its financial system💰. Banks are now required to check satellite imagery 🛰️ of farms for proof that the clearing was legal before approving loans.
