In a sane society we would just know who Jeffrey Epstein's accomplices were and they would have all come to justice. The endless spiral of the "Epstein Files" is a distraction from the fact that we could just listen to victims and lock up abusers at any time.

I remember having a conversation about this years ago and being told that without rich moguls owning the press there would be no press. “Fine,” said I.

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 3d ago

🔴 Zack Polanski Promotes Radical Plan to Break Up Britain’s ‘Billionaire Media’ Green leader throws weight behind Media Sovereignty Act campaign to stop press barons “literally buying democracy” bylinetimes.com/2026/08/10/z...

Tolerance update: Martina Navratilova is encouraging JK Rowling to help sue the *checks notes* NHS until it doesn’t exist anymore

HappyToast@happytoast.co.uk · 3d ago

It's lucky no cis woman has ever needed the NHS otherwise this could be bad

New post out: "The myth of the 'Boriswave'" The online right claim that the immigrants who arrived between 21-24 will bankrupt the country. This isn't remotely true but they've created a mainstream panic that could lead us down a dangerous path. (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...

The myth of the "Boriswave"

Over summer 2024 anonymous right-wing accounts on twitter, who support Reform or more extreme ethnonationalist parties, started using the term “Boriswave” to describe the brief but sharp rise in net m...

samf.substack.com

Your bad art is better than AI slop.

A very ofd list this, missing some very big Orbit tracks, but I guess it’s good that people are waking up to Billy O like when 6 Music discovered Frankie Knuckles after he died www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

Prince to Madonna, Blur to Beth Orton: William Orbit’s 12 greatest recordings

The late producer’s gift for bringing in elements from dance music’s cutting edge drew all manner of music royalty – and he often made them sound better than ever before

theguardian.com

Craig Stewart@craigstewart.bsky.social · 6d ago

RIP William Orbit - Billy O’s gone to the control tower

the fuckin state of this

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 6d ago

Charlie Downes, 25 year old campaigns director of Restore Britain, has been clear that he believes having white British ancestry & being Christian are necessary to be British. His exclusion of Jews from being fully/equally British will split the right, as should his exclusion of blacks & Asians

RIP William Orbit - Billy O’s gone to the control tower

Proportional representation now.

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

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.

Pittodrie ❤️

I honestly thought his deserved better

Craig Stewart@craigstewart.bsky.social · 3w ago

You can’t make a public purse out of a sow’s ear something something

This has really pissed me off, if you're in the area and can afford it go and give the cafe owner some money to help fund the kids meals. And if he refuses buy yourself a nice coffee and tip him as much as you can. Fuck Reform taking food from kids in need. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Reform council chief threatens to report café boss who fed kids for free to cops

EXCLUSIVE: Barry Ashley, who runs the Grumpy Cook café in Hastings, and Labour MP Helena Dollimore have been told by East Sussex County Council chief Andy Woolley that he plans to contact police after...

mirror.co.uk

I got a job selling cake but I’m David Cake

This is the equivalent of asking how a £1.5m turnover company is going to pay for £100 of drinks at the Xmas party.

Very disappointing stuff from Zack Polanski, who has had A LOT of media coverage over the last five days (brilliant for a Green leader) and used it badly. Burnham has come in on preaching collaborative politics, and ZP has been unnecessarily divisive in return, and stuck with it throughout

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tinkering at the edges is not going to cut it - nor is refusing to stand up to Donald Trump. We need rent controls, a wealth tax and a huge investment in renewables. Otherwise - it's looking like continuity Starmer. m.youtube.com/watch?v=vquH...

I love when people who have little interest in football then watch a major final for reasons and can’t believe it’s not 4-4. “But they have all the best footballers, why don’t they scores all teh goals?”

If England’s national anthem was Left to My Own Devices by the Pet Shop Boys, they wouldn’t be in this mess

I bark-laughed in the local cafe when @pimlicat.bsky.social did her impression of backbencher noises 😆

Quiet Riot@quietriotpod.bsky.social · 4w ago

NEW EPISODE: The Summer of 2026 🇮🇷 Dare we hope for Strait breakthroughs? 🇺🇦 Ukraine’s chances improving? 🤡 Clacton latest And more! 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q... 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0YMz...

I’m calling on the government to make a national plan for neurological conditions. Millions of people are waiting for us to create this change together. Neuro plan now! campaigns.mssociety.org.uk/page/194554/...

Sign the open letter

I’m calling on the government to make a national plan for neurological conditions. Millions of people are waiting for us to create this change together. Neuro plan now!

campaigns.mssociety.org.uk

Paramedics Praised For Being Too Late To Save Lindsey Graham https://theonion.com/paramedics-praised-for-being-too-late-to-save-lindsey-graham/

The UK's youth social media ban will require *all adults* to submit their biometric and personal data to a host of third-party ID verification providers. Some have questionable privacy records – and ties to the Israeli Govt and Peter Thiel. 🧵 bylinetimes.com/2025/07/31/t...

The Online Safety Act is Forcing Brits to Hand Over Personal Data to 'Unregulated' Overseas Corporations With Questionable Privacy Records

The age verification services used by social media platforms include a company funded by a Trump-supporting billionaire and a firm set up by former Israeli intelligence officers

bylinetimes.com

I’ve just watched this 30 times

AdequateEmily@adequateemily.bsky.social · last mo.

Losing my mind at this Murder, She Wrote promo

This is a really great idea

Ed Davey@eddavey.libdems.org.uk · last mo.

The Government must block Nigel Farage’s resignation until the Standards Commissioner finishes investigating him. The people of Clacton deserve the full facts. If a by-election does go ahead, all parties should stand aside. We cannot give oxygen to this vanity project.

I think it’s spelled “Canute”

The Scottish are rarely wrong on such matters!

I ran an absolutely 100% human, zero AI-involvement at any stage passage of my writing through an "AI detector," curious if it could really tell human from AI work, and it said my own writing was "84% AI written" then asked I wanted to pay to have it "humanized." So there's that to keep in mind.