I stopped bothering years ago attending in person any meetings in London. Obviously, I am happy to attend online. Why should I incur huge travel & accommodation costs to do so? It's never worth it no matter how much BS people spout to try & convince you to get on that train south.

James Austin@jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This lad is going to be amazed when he finds out how much time people from elsewhere in the country spend getting to London for meetings just because thats where the centre of power is

Didn't know Frosty was into mining? 🪓⚒️ Stripping operations, perhaps? No, wait, I got it.... ... Overburden 👌

A pause from work to appreciate her best ever album. For #Evermore. #TaylorSwift 🙏

The author or the sub's clearly not a footie fan. The obvious headline was surely 'Could Badenoch become Queen of the South?' unherd.com/newsroom/wil...

Will Tories become the party of the South?

Andy Burnham is a prime minister from the North who has just appointed a heavily Northern Cabinet and is moving parts of Downing Street to Manchester. According to research for the Economist, voters i...

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1995 mag cover, just checked. Mental. Had assumed it'd be from '80s. I lived in Edinburgh in first 1/2 of '90s, & - yeah - bisexuality was absolutely a thing there & had clearly been for many years previously. There was simply nothing novel about it - "A New Sexual Identity Emerges", really ?!?

Pearl River Flow@pearlriverflow.com · 7mo ago

If you're young or not super online (UNLIKELY) you may not know this was a real fuckin' Newsweek cover

Serious talk, though? I am not convinced, but I've been totally wrong before.

Julianna 💎@batariangal.eurosky.social · 2mo ago

Think if you told me on July 5th, 2024 that, in two years time, there’d be talk of a snap election, I’d assume Parliament had burned down during PMQs

Zephaniah 3:14-20 is one of the most hopeful & gladdening parts of the Holy Bible:

Was convinced this was Normandy when I first glanced at it.... (image CCO1 .0 Universal licence)

Colm@colmquinn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I can’t really speak to North and East Herts, but the divide between the two new West Herts councils actually splits pretty integrated towns. I would have gone with one West Herts council, possibly losing some of the eastern edge.

England flag with "Caernarfon Town" prominently on display at the World Cup game yesterday #EngFra Since when was Caernafon in England? Last I checked it was in the heart of Welsh-speak #Wales #Cymru

I’ll take this paragraph! Higher Education and Universities are a success story. The chaotic destruction of the sector is avoidable, undesirable, and self defeating.

Tim Bale@timbale.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Just one para from @jdportes.bsky.social brilliant (and beautifully written) @theguardian.com piece on Burnham and the economy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

the buck stops over there 👈🏻

It's done. M58: The First Spiral 82x92cm 32.25x36.25in Oil on canvas 2026 It is available. DM for deets.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has a massive problem with women, and @carolvorders.bsky.social helped expose exactly how deep it runs. No wonder they’re furious - she made them look small, cowardly and contemptuous.

Sunday Long Read: Carol Vorderman Made Reform Look Small

One by-election exposed a wider pattern: contempt dressed as banter, grievance dressed as common sense, and "protection" offered without rights.

bearlypolitics.co.uk

I visited Meta's metaverse on the day it was supposed to shut down. I ended up in a virtual reality off-brand McDonald's car park – "a horribly designed, ultra-capitalistic space—a car park with no cars, for a restaurant that can sell no food, an earthly purgatory we have built for ourselves".

Life at the end of the metaverse

Mark Zuckerberg built a future that nobody wanted. Tech bosses are repeating his mistake

prospectmagazine.co.uk

There are several flags in the Norway flag.

Often feels like Zack Polanski’s leftism doesn’t adjust for being in Britain rather than America, where defence spending is astronomical and there are hundreds of billionaires

Robert Hutton@roberthutton.co.uk · 3mo ago

We have literally just lost a prime minister partly over our inability to find money for wars.

Floral scene from this afternoon, Broughty Ferry, Scotland

So, this is excellent:

Philip Bump@pbump.com · 3mo ago

I, like you, am tired of I-talked-to-a-Trump-voter-in-a-diner stories. But newly published research that involved weeks of contact with conservatives and their communities offered some novel insights that I hadn't considered. So I wrote about it. Gift link: shorturl.at/3FeaO

Thank you, helloooo Dunde!

It's my birthday today so you are legally obligated to share my work, and humor my need for validation. Pretty please? 🥹

Barry Masterson@barrymasterson.com · 2y ago

Hi, I'm Barry an artist from Ireland ⚽☘️ I drew that thing you like. A life long League of Ireland truther and enjoyer of old stadiums. Available for commissions in 2025, Lets work together 🤝 Portfolio: barrymasterson.com Shop: shop.barrymasterson.com Email: hello@barrymasterson.com

The nearest analogy - which no one is drawing - would be the Midlothian Campaign in 1880. Gladstone had retired in 1875 and his party had chosen new leaders. But in 1880 he roared back, contesting the Tory seat of Midlothian. When he won, the new leaders resigned & he returned to the premiership.

Aaron H. Ellis@aaronhughellis.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A friend and I were discussing the other day: Is this the first time someone was catapulted into Parliament with the intention of making them Prime Minister?

Nightwatch 22x44in 56x112cm Oil on Canvas 2023 Painted from the winning entry in the 2023 Storms, Transformed photo competition. #Art #Painting #Weather Original, canvas and paper prints available at https://earthskyart.ca/shop/

I like nebulae. JWST style. The Cosmic Tornado 20×30″ 51×76 cm Oil on Canvas 2025 Image of Herbig-Haro 49/50 star forming region taken by JWST MIRI & NIRCam Original, paper & canvas prints available on my website.

BTW - I am Scots - I am not anti-English - No, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 is not England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, call that "Scottish Exceptionalism" if you like. Or just: Reality - If you don't like me posting about how things are here, & explicitly or implicitly different to in England, that's fine: Just block me & we are both good 👍

Breaking News: Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain announced he will resign, saying he will leave office by September. nyti.ms/4ginUVt

I highly recommend @21andsensory.bsky.social to everyone here, Emily is a brilliant podcaster - go see for yourself 😀

Emily @21andsensory@21andsensory.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It’s so lovely to hear such nice feedback about the 21andsensory Podcast!! Thank you so much for listening - you’re the best! 🎙️✨

🩵 @21andsensory.bsky.social al really loved listening to your culinary-focused interview below, episode 65 🩵 with author and journalist Lydia Wilkins - www.youtube.com/watch?v=84II...

Episode 65: Special Guest, Author and Journalist Lydia Wilkins

YouTube video by Emily @21andsensory

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the Kyiv Pride march today is led by Ukrainian queer soldiers and vets carrying pictures and names of queer Ukrainian heroes killed while fighting homophobic russian empire. Ukraine fights for a better, dignified future for all of us.

My nine year old asked for a Rosetta Stone cake for his birthday