*stares in European*

David Hughes tweet, 2015 Judas: still on for Friday? Jesus: Friday? Judas: yeah, the last supper Jesus: the what? Judas: supper. Normal supper with the fellas

Talking of banger tweets

@ofcom.bsky.social Chair job spec: a particular focus is #onlinesafety

Successful candidate (according to @financialtimes.com): no relevant experience.

Hard to see the logic, esp when #DSIT SofS has spent months berating the regulator over #onlinesafetyact enforcement

www.ft.com/content/bdcc...

@ofcom.bsky.social Chair job spec: a particular focus is #onlinesafety

Successful candidate (according to @financialtimes.com): no relevant experience.

Hard to see the logic, esp when #DSIT SofS has spent months berating the regulator over #onlinesafetyact enforcement

www.ft.com/content/bdcc...

And the House of Lords agreed: Baroness Kidron's amendment passed and now goes to the Commons. 👇🏼

Tonight, the documentary, Molly vs. The Machines will be shown at 9pm on Channel 4. It tells the heartbreaking story of Molly Russell who tragically took her own life aged just 14 after viewing harmful content online. Molly’s story, as told by her family and friends, is not an isolated one. 1/

Our initial response to the Government's consultation on children's #onlinesafety, which is due to be published later this morning.

More to follow once we've seen the detail.

👉🏼 www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/res...

In 2016, 1000s of AI researchers and business leaders signed this open letter calling for a ban on lethal autonomous weapons. futureoflife.org/open-letter/... Worth having a little scroll through some of the names highlighted in the top 100.

Wild that the person who did so much to derail and delay *her own government* from passing the #onlinesafetybill back in 2022, adding a further year's delay before it became law, is now accusing the current government of "dragging its heels" on children's #onlinesafety.

#onlinesafetyact

UK to ban political party donations from foreign-owned companies Government says new legislation will curb overseas interference in elections

Overseas tycoons such as Elon Musk would be barred from giving substantial donations to UK political parties under new legislation to block companies making gifts if they do not have British owners or make sufficient revenue in the country

www.ft.com/content/f4ed...

Radcliffe should remember we immigrants and children of immigrants are here because of British colonisation and make a huge contribution. He moved to Monaco to avoid £4bn tax. His club Man U owes everything to migrant players and migrant supporters. He’s an embarrassment to the club and game.

If you love cats, or are wondering if you could, have a read of this thread.

Little furry tyrants who are also extremely cuddly and sweet

💯 this from @nickmacpherson.bsky.social

Someone should build a tool so you can give the big global elite meetups an "Epstein Score". Munich Security Conference next week...

The line has been crossed – government must stop using X If the prime minister and his political colleagues aren’t prepared to vote with their feet now, then when?

There's no excuse for the Government to continue posting on there at all.

www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...

You are indeed being very nice, Peter. 😉

I’m curious what government agencies are doing to support the staff they’ve tasked with running their accounts on X, who now risk seeing abusive materials and CSAM in the course of their work.

(I previously headed up social for Dep Int Trade, if I still was I would refuse to make my team do this)

Tbf, the ICO were shockingly late to it too. It shouldn't have taken it the best part of a month to work out the Grok scandal was as much a data protection issue as an online safety one and they might want to ask a few questions ....

@ofcom.bsky.social has today published an "update" on its investigation into #Grok and the #ICO has announced it's opening one of its own. Here's our response on why both regulators need to up their game and why gaps in the #onlinesafetyact must be filled. www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/osa...

Pulp - The Day Before You Came (ABBA Cover) in the Radio 2 Piano Room YouTube video by BBC Music

This.👌🏻

youtube.com/watch?v=5Wd1...

How much did the Epstein poison infect Britain? Starmer had better find out, and fast | Gaby Hinsliff Serious questions need to be asked about Mandelson, Andrew and what the PM knew when. The credibility of UK politics is on the line, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Fantastic piece by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social:

JPMorgan should ‘threaten’ UK over banker tax, Mandelson told Epstein Former business secretary has quit the Labour Party in an effort to avoid causing it ‘further embarrassment’

there's a lot in this piece but the Mandelson email about angling for some kind of job at JP Morgan because 'i do not want to live by salary alone' just exemplifies everything people hate about politicians, the City, and revolving doors between the two www.ft.com/content/91e8...

Mate, the whole point of vetting is to determine if they are lying.

Your explanation just makes the situation worse!

Social media really has ruined Commons scrutiny in that nobody hunts in a pack anymore, it's just 'would the minister like to repeat his statement but for *my* Facebook clip' these days.

🆕 Today we're publishing a code for improved #onlinesafety for election candidates, developed with experts at @demos-uk.bsky.social @counterhate.com @isdglobal.org @jocoxfoundation.bsky.social @wfd.org @fawcettsociety.bsky.social @fullfact.org & #ElectHer 1/2
www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/imp...

and no I haven't put the Mandelson-Epstein-Reinaldo scoop on twitter

we journalists *can* make Bluesky the place to break news

Men are more likely than women to think they can win animal fights... As with the US results, British women are less confident in combatting all forms of furry foe than British men are - although this distinction vanishes to almost nothing for the very scariest of beasts. Just as in the US, British men are most likely to think they can beat geese (58%) and medium-sized dogs (54%) when compared to British women (32% and 23% respectively). What animal could Britons beat in a fight? Compared to women, men feel most able to take on medium-sized dogs and geese Which of the following animals, if any, do you think you could beat in a fight if you were unarmed? % of 2,082 GB adults Rat House cat Goose Medium sized dog Eagle Large dog Chimpanzee King Cobra Kangaroo Wolf 32 Women 57 0 58 0 • 54 Men • 77 • 75 58 9 • 2 23 28 • 20 15 1つ yougov.co.uk

Men, more able than women to judge truthfulness AND fight geese yougov.co.uk/society/arti...

Rare RT of myself, because there is a delightful thread of cats (plus the odd canine interloper) in response to this and I'm sure your timeline could do with some wholesome pet pics.

AI nudification: the latest weapon of violence against women and girls In Julie Burchill’s recent article in the Spectator, Does it really matter if Grok undresses us all?, she makes the argument that those who, like me, have repeatedly had their clothes removed by socia...

This week, an X user created an AI video of me being chloroformed and prepared for rape.

Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.

But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇

jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill' on Wednesday 21 January 2026.

🚨 Lord Nash won the vote on his #socialmedia amendment in the Lords last night - read the transcript here, including Baroness Kidron on #safetybydesign & support from Lord Clement-Jones & Viscount Colville for our proposals to strengthen the #onlinesafetyact 👇🏻

hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-0...