Great piece by my former colleague on the opaque role of tech oligarchs, private equity and foreign states in British journalism - and how the Observer deal was even dodgier than we thought.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Mone claimed she was a victim of the establishment when she lost the case.
A bit of a joke coming from someone who sits in the upper house of parliament and used her Tory party connections to get on the ‘VIP’ fast track for lucrative Covid contracts.
Assata Shakur Dies at 78; Convicted Revolutionary Found Refuge in Cuba www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
Many people seem to think Britain was an all-white, homogeneous island until the 20th century. Here are two Britons with an African grandparent in the seventh century - 200 years before King Alfred.
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
At what point does a country tip into fascism?
The US is seeing masked men snatch people off the street, judges attacked, civil rights eroded, opposition politicians murdered, troops put on US streets, and a Pyongyang-style military parade.
What next?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Another day, another war crime. Like most news coming out of Gaza now, this is not an easy read.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Solidarity with former colleagues fighting these short-sighted and harmful proposals. It benefits no-one to have the PA news agency diminished, & the proposals will lead to a drop in quality (and potentially revenue, as customers look to reduce subscriptions for a lesser service)
Is this a late April Fool's story?
Trump signs executive order on water pressure to ‘restore shower freedom’
Paramedics gunned down in cold blood.
One found with his hands tied.
on CNBC, @carlquintanilla.bsky.social describes the Trump administration as "burning down the house to cook a steak."
“‘It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the Secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,’ Dr. Peter Marks wrote in a resignation letter referring to HHS Secretary RFK Jr.”
The image is a heatmap titled "Measles," showing measles cases across U.S. states from 1928 to 2003. States listed on the y-axis include Alaska, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. The x-axis spans years from 1928 to 2003. A vertical line marks the introduction of the measles vaccine around 1963. The color scale at the bottom ranges from blue (0 cases) to red (4,000+ cases), with shades of green, yellow, and orange indicating intermediate values (1,000, 2,000, 3,000 cases). Before 1963, many states show frequent high case numbers (yellow to red), while after 1963, cases drop significantly, with mostly blue indicating near-zero cases.
And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”
I’m not really surprised by anything the admin has done, but I expected the vibes to be closer to “private equity stripping a company down for parts” rather than “meth head stripping the walls for scrap metal”
As this letter says, the US is betraying Ukraine by reneging on the treaty it signed in Budapest in 1994. Trump is truly Putin's stooge.
Impressive how Musk and his acolytes keep finding new ways to fuck up their own administration
"New York Times banned from White House for not referring to Washington as Trumpton..."
The least surprising headline of the day
A screenshot from Fox News' Twitter account reads: "The Trump White House has rolled out a new social media account that aims to hold 'fake news accountable.'" Below this tweet is a screenshot of a Twitter profile for "Rapid Response 47". The profile description states: "Official Rapid Response account of the Trump 47 White House. Supporting @POTUS 's America First agenda and holding the Fake News accountable. MAGA! @whitehouse .gov Joined January 2025." The profile features a logo with "RAPID RESPONSE" and an image of the White House. Below this, there's an image with the text "TRUMP WHITE HOUSE ROLLS OUT SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT TO HOLD 'FAKE NEWS ACCOUNTABLE'" over a background showing a raised hand.
Fox News is reporting this and irony may never recover.
Well said, #AndersVistisen! There are far too many politicians and oligarchs forgetting their previous loathing for #Donthecon and queueing up to kiss his ring.
If #Trump wants #Greenland, I claim Mar-a-Lago on behalf of the Jaegas and Seminoles.
youtu.be/ZvYQDTY5Si8?...
Back on the grind tomorrow
So nice to see splits emerge in Trump's entourage. Couldn't happen to two nastier people.
Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Education for its own sake is a great thing but I never understood Blair's arbitrary target of 50% of people going to university when no country can provide enough 'graduate jobs'. And it's a global problem.
The death of the middle-class professional
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
