This is about one thing and one thing alone. Steering our research dollars for cancer, heart disease, and new infectious diseases to Trump’s political allies and friends.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 13h ago

Breaking News: Federal officials are drafting an executive order that would help cement President Trump’s ability to control billions of dollars in scientific grants funded by the National Institutes of Health.

my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...

It is incredibly important that political violence does not succeed. The far-right mob that shut down Portsmouth wanted this outcome. If the state wishes to avoid more of these actions, it needs to make sure this RNLI branch reopens *immediately*, or as close to that as humanly possible.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4d ago

Lifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right action

mortality data are sacred. counting deaths accurately is a recognition of the inherent value of every human life. few actions are more anti-public health than fudging these numbers.

When I went to Reform to ask why Tice had not declared his trip properly, Tice's response was to ask if I was antisemitic This is a vindication of sorts (also for @garethceredig.bsky.social, and the Naked Week team who had to reassure me that I wasn't) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Richard Tice apologises for not declaring Israel trip during debate

The visit, funded by Reform Friends of Israel, was declared in his register of interests but not during the debate.

bbc.co.uk

Imagine a Vice President of the United States getting a fact-check Community Note that the heckler was right and you are lying. These people just can’t stop lying.

It's a small world after all!!

NEW: Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars of wedding expenses at Donald Trump Jr.’s lavish wedding, including renting out a private island and paying for the fireworks show.

Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...

propublica.org

"So tell me Mr Farage, what was it about a system favoured by money launderers that allows donations to be totally untraceable that first attracted you to crypto?"

Riddle me this. If somebody donates £36 million to a political party and £5 million to its leader, how is the £5 million not political? Asking for a parliamentary standards commissioner.

🔴 More than 80% of all the donations ever received by Nigel Farage’s Reform UK have come from just two cryptocurrency billionaires, new Democracy for Sale analysis reveals. “If that isn’t a massive corruption risk I don’t know what is.” democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-8...

BREAKING: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from two crypto billionaires

“If that isn't a massive corruption risk I don't know what is.”

democracyforsale.substack.com

If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...

Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

rnli.org

There have been so many impeachable offenses, but lying about how you were a hero on a day that 2,753 people died in NYC in the 9/11 disaster—when you were on the other side of town, safely calling local media to brag about how you now had the tallest downtown building—is such a despicable one

This airline rules so hard

I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.” The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.

A vacuous, cowardly piece by the BBC here, which does little more than launder into the public domain the lies and excuses of Reform www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' in foreign donor talks

The Reform leader also told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that his family are "begging" him to leave his job.

bbc.co.uk

Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI

Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.

channel4news.substack.com

NEW: French researcher Stephanie Lamy exposes the network of “race realists” who hunted Jason Arday like prey, and the media that fell into his trap. If you think the news cycle has “moved on” from this story, ask yourself why? broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-killin...

The killing of a black man

A French researcher exposes the network of “race realists” who hunted Jason Arday like prey and the media who fell into their trap

broligarchy.substack.com

If you owe a woman $5 million dollars for sexual assault, you also owe the country your resignation.

On the one hand, some people want to make it so that kids and other people aren't crushed to death by cars. On the other hand, some people are upset that they might have to pay attention, slow down or be inconvenienced by about 15 seconds. So you can see how it's a "war on cars."

Birmingham 20mph limit: a 'life saver' or 'a war on cars'?

Birmingham City Council is proposing the city becomes England's first 20mph city.

bbc.com

Twenty years on from Gardasil vaccine launch, Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer

Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer 20 years on from vaccine launch

Twenty years on from the launch of the world-first vaccine against cervical cancer, Australian Immunisation Register data shows HPV vaccine coverage for girls and girls is dropping.

abc.net.au

This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.

An attempt to disconnect our gas connection earlier today👇 SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬

A very happy 69th birthday today, to our patron Stephen Fry!

Russians shared a video of killing a boy riding his bike in Kramatorsk with a drone. This war crime is direct evidence that this war has nothing to do with territory. It is an attempt to wipe out an entire nation. If Russians shared this video themselves, just imagine the ones they don’t post.

Playing in our faces