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Bethan Anghorrid
@bethanangharadl.bsky.social
Imagine something clever and witty.
The Northern Lights may be visible across parts of the north tonight 🌌 With skies clearing in places, there could be some fantastic viewing opportunities 👀
"I am not an AI-friendly actor, so it’s like, connect those dots! I’m not a member of their club. I didn’t sign the waiver to let him use AI on ‘Spider Noir.’ I’m probably not going to be working with that studio again, but that’s okay.” variety.com/2026/tv/news...
Nicolas Cage Says He’s ‘Probably Not’ Working With Amazon Again After Refusing to Sign AI Waiver for ‘Spider-Noir,’ Teases Joining ‘True Detective’
Nicolas Cage says he 'probably won't be working' with Amazon again after refusing to sign an AI waiver for 'Spider-Noir.'
variety.com
The further Putinisation of America. Stuck in a war it cannot win, the regime lies about the casualties it is taking.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 12h agoBreaking news: The Pentagon acknowledged that the number of troops who have died in the Middle East during its operations against Iran is higher than previously reported, and updated the official count to include two more noncombat deaths.
Slightly odd request, perhaps, and it might not even make sense, but does anyone have suggestions for a poet who is a bit like Mary Oliver, but with a much more urban backdrop? Mulling over some stuff, and interested to know if there's someone out there writing like that. ✝️⚓
Trump thanked Putin for a few hours’ worth of diesel, then told Ukraine it’s “time to get a new president.” Hours after Russia killed 12 people in Zaporizhzhia, including 3 children. Today’s update:
Saturday Updates: Trump Just Lashed Out at Zelenskyy After Thanking Putin – 10/10/26
Important updates. Paywall-free.
meidasplus.com
This is shameful. The controversial Guinea-Bissau truck RFKJr wants to fund has been given ahead. Now a life saving vaccine will be deliberately withheld from newborns in a country where hep B is endemic
Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau
Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers
theguardian.com
Shocking from the RAC this weekend: Arrived at station c 20.00, mum's car wouldn't start. Requested a rescue, noted she's 84. Told rescue would come by *11.30* Called after 2 hours (no uodates), no info on estimated arrival time but still up to 11.30...
Zacharia: "I am looking forward to walking in & working for President Trump. This job is not about me, it's about him... his policies are the most effective, most exciting. He's the most energetic, intense president we've ever seen. When I was there yesterday he showed me where the ballroom will be"
I will take the opportunity to tell everyone in Oxford who doesn’t know about the Oxford Maternity Library, which can save you an absolute load of money in addition to saving the environment from clothing waste
🚨"Hey, do you want to save 90,000 children from poverty?"🚨 ✍️Praxis supporter Houssam is asking you to stand with families against Earned Settlement before Sunday act.praxis.org.uk/andy-burnham...
That night back in January this year we could see Lady Aurora dancing in our city 💚 #BlueSkyArtShow #Weather #ECK #mobilephonephotography #Northernlights #ColorADay #GreenSat
Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played
Police in Bristol said they asked organisers of a far-right protest in city centre to move it or reschedule, because the big Shine Night Walk big cancer charity 10K fundraising walk of 2,000 people - mainly women - was planned for Friday night. Police confirmed the group refused, so walk postponed.
Far right 'were asked to move' protest for cancer charity fundraiser
Police say they asked far-right Bristol Rises protesters to change their plans but 'an agreement could not be reached' so now the big Cancer Research event has been postponed
bristolpost.co.uk
Farage lost like 5 attempts to become an MP, many of them not even close, and the news media still treated him like a serious political contender. Polanski comes second in a by-election and increases his party's vote share and they portray him as a failure who should resign.
Aurelien Mondon@aurelmondon.com · 20h ago"The contrast between the utterly sycophantic coverage of Badenoch ... and the utterly dismissive coverage of Polanski, who has significantly improved his party’s standing over the past year, tells you everything you need to know about media bias in the UK" www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/why-the-ho...
Of course folks are concerned about the impacts on the universities, but I can't help thinking of all those students
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22h agoDeath by a thousand cuts as universities revoke international offers "en masse" of prospective students from Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan to avoid losing ability to recruit international students. More job losses and course closures predicted in consequence. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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good lord how can anyone be this whiny; are you not ashamed
Reform Leader confident dirty air and damaged lungs can be reintroduced
Bradford Council leader 'confident' of scrapping Clean Air Zone fees
Stephen Place says he is still committed to "stop charging people" for driving around Bradford.
bbc.co.uk
"The saga of Heathrow’s third runway beggars belief" There's a dozen compelling reasons not to build the 3rd runway in here... and it doesn't even mention climate change! If this goes ahead aviation will account for 80% of UK emissions by 2050
Heathrow’s third runway is a bottomless money pit. Stop it now | Simon Jenkins
It won’t promote growth, will take decades and will swallow up billions of taxpayers’ money, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
theguardian.com
All the breathless "Is it over for Zack Polanski??" stuff this morning feels like wishcasting to me. Two thirds of the membership joined under this leadership, removing him would take a super majority on the party council, and also the result was... fine? He's going nowhere.
“Accidentally”.
Peter Walker@peterwalker99.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW: Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document, The Right Way, overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The number of people suffering mental distress up significantly in England. 22.6% of 16- to 64-year-olds have a common mental disorder. Poverty, insecurity, anxiety in everyday life key factors NHS poorly equipped. Years of austerity, wage/benefit cuts take toll. No govt deals with root causes.
NHS at risk of ‘system failures’ as demand for ADHD and autism care soars, inquiry finds
England-focused review led by Prof Peter Fonagy returns stark warning and calls for shift to ‘needs-led’ system
theguardian.com
As expected, the Prime Minister's promise to sort out the mess of funding for Jodrell actually meant nothing - it seems the government would like it to be some sort of heritage theme park when you can go and see where we used to do science. 🔭
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2d ago'The University of Manchester is seeking alternative funding sources to keep scientific work at Jodrell Bank going after hearing that lost UK Research and Innovation funding would not be restored despite interventions by the prime minister.'
Nice little nugget of horror buried in there
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d agoPalantir’s Tom Watson says ‘mob rule’ must not dictate awarding of government contracts
Part (but far from all) of what's horrific here is: a woman weighing the consequences of speaking up about being sexually assaulted, because speaking up imposes burdens and costs (and so does not speaking up).
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
phoenixnewtimes.com