Fantastic. He's definitely worth a read. Here's one of our favourite quotes.
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What’s amazing about the Telegraph crew is how thin their pretence of believing in ‘free speech’ really is.
'We cannot run away from the fact that the human being, as a dignified human being, is defined by certain rights, that can be set down in non-abstract terms.' Our patron, the Nigerian humanist and author Wole Soyinka, on good and evil and the inherent dignity of every human being. Beautiful.
This makes me want to hear and/or read more from Wole Soyinka. Morality exists independently from religion.
Humanists UK@humanists.uk · 10h ago'We cannot run away from the fact that the human being, as a dignified human being, is defined by certain rights, that can be set down in non-abstract terms.' Our patron, the Nigerian humanist and author Wole Soyinka, on good and evil and the inherent dignity of every human being. Beautiful.
If you met someone who had fallen out of love with reading, and you had one shot at getting them back into it, what book would you give them? For a thing.
NEW | A corrective to the gushing tributes… LIDDLE TO BE CELEBRATED An honest obituary for Rod Liddle, dead at 66, dead inside for many years before that. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/liddle-to-...
Liddle to be celebrated
An honest obituary for Rod Liddle, dead at 66, dead inside for many years before that.
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Lots of fawning obituaries for Rod Liddle. @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social has written an honest one, for which we should thank him.
Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · yesterdayNEW | A corrective to the gushing tributes… LIDDLE TO BE CELEBRATED An honest obituary for Rod Liddle, dead at 66, dead inside for many years before that. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/liddle-to-...
Why is this allowed - or do very few people know about it ??
THE NERVE@thenerve.news · 4w agoEngland is predicted to reach water shortages of 5bn litres a day by 2055. Data centres are becoming one of the most water-intensive forms of infrastructure Why is the government letting the AI industry keep its consumption private, asks @adelewalton.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/adele-walt...
Perhaps the unlikeliest of comedy sketches to crop up in 2026, but also one of the funniest:
British Pork: It’s Got the Lot | SNL UK
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2. There *is* an important point here about context! The rise in racism against NHS staff is driven in large part by the simultaneous sharp growth in both non-white NHS staff *and* the growth in explicitly xenophobic/anti-immigrant rhetoric in UK politics. A point worth making!
3/3 That's why I've signed a parliamentary motion calling on the Government to develop an exit plan from Palantir and move towards an open, interoperable and sovereign alternative.
1/3 The dangers of the NHS's £330m contract with Palantir are well known. A subscription-based contract that leaves the NHS without meaningful ownership. Lock-in to a single supplier that risks future price gouging. Critical health infrastructure dependent on a shady spy-tech company.
@labourlewis.bsky.social is absolutely right about Palantir. And other European countries including Spain have already banned it from the government systems. We can too. bsky.app/profile/mike...
Clive Lewis MP@labourlewis.bsky.social · yesterday1/3 The dangers of the NHS's £330m contract with Palantir are well known. A subscription-based contract that leaves the NHS without meaningful ownership. Lock-in to a single supplier that risks future price gouging. Critical health infrastructure dependent on a shady spy-tech company.
It's sort of wild that the US president declares war and announces peace deals 3-4 times a week now and it's just...barely even news any more? Could it be unhealthy? Who can say!
Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 2d agoUpdate: No deal, back to war, Trump says.
It’s long been clear that Reform is beatable – Farage’s terrible personal ratings, toxic brand, mass tactical voting against them. The narrative that victory for them is inevitable was based on superficial analysis + wishful thinking on the right.
Fascinating change in BBC news bulletins about Reform. Farage announcement on small boats only gets the third spot and is balanced by critics saying he's trying to distract from allegations over his finances. Quite the change from the uncritical coverage earlier this year.
Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him
As Rod Liddle has died, I notice this column I wrote in 2019 about his attacks on people with M.E. is on the most read again. Rebekah Brooks, of News UK, described Liddle today as “provocative”. In reality, he spread lies about very sick people for cash. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rod Liddle vilifies disabled people. I’m tired of the hate. We all should be | Frances Ryan
Whether it is ME patients or another target, huge swathes of the media have normalised hatred of minorities for years, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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I've been craving Schubert lately. I love this one, particularly because of the gurgly-underwater piano part. 🤿 youtu.be/FNsOA6Xmg3c?...
James Ehnes plays Schubert Fantasie in C Major, D. 934
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This is such complete and utter bullshit on the part of Thom Tillis and John Cornyn. Giving the Trump crime family immunity from tax audits remains as corrupt as anything we’ve ever seen in this country. Todd Blanche should be impeached, not confirmed.
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2d agoJUST IN: Tillis confirms he is on board with Cornyn to vote yes on Blanche for AG, after Blanche renounces Anti-Weaponization Fund in writing & asserts that the waiver of any past taxes due is limited to POTUS, Don Jr., Eric & Trump Org. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Every vote to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general is a vote to continue the coverup of the Epstein Files.
😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳 Dana Bash pressed RFK Jr on Trump's culpability for mishandling covid and the misinformation he pushes about vaccines, and the segment wound down with him getting mad and barking at her like a rabid dog Here's the full thing:
😳 RFK Jr's epic CNN crashout 😳
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