FT reporting today that the US is now estimated to have collected more than $13 billion in revenues from Venezuela oil sales, and absolutely nobody knows where the money has gone. Let that sink in. www.ft.com/content/0e56...

The US has collected about $13bn of Venezuela’s oil money. Where is it?

Washington has given diverging accounts of where the earthquake-shattered country’s funds are going

ft.com

I'm looking forward to Andy Burnham making performative visits to the people of the south of England. It'll be like when past PMs visit the North. "So what is it you make here? Money? Ah yes, my grandfather used to make that. Very good, very good."

I need a Hiro!

Hiro Heroes - Yatta!

Alt: Hiro Nakamura from the show Heroes stands in the middle of Times Square with his arms outstretched and his joyous face shouting Yatta! Meanwhile cars and New Yorkers continue on their way in the rain.

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David Kuszmar@davidkuszmar.com · 4w ago

Late at night... I toss and I turn... And I dream of what I neeeeeeeeed

We do like to fight idiots with idiocy whenever possible. Nobody expects politics in the summer, it's unseemly. Farage should know this as a nationalist. If he wants to go door to door in a heatwave, let him have it. I bet Binface has aircon in there.

Binny McBinface. It wouldn't be the weirdest thing British people voted for. Hartlepool elected a man dressed as a monkey to be mayor on a policy of free bananas for all local schools WHICH HE UPHELD. H'Angus the Monkey aka Stuart Drummond Mayor for 11 years. Dream the impossible dream Clacton.

Jenrick is on @lbc.co.uk the same day the police announced they're investigating him. Nobody's mentioned this yet www.ft.com/content/1527...

He's acting like everyone but Clacton is smart enough to see he's dodgy. The voters have a shot to be rid of all this crap. There must be more news agencies in Clacton then politicians on any given day. Vote for peace Clacton! Save yourselves!

So Nigel wants to gain immunity from all his sins by winning the job he already has? And he's still the most physically attacked politician of modern times even though two have been killed in the last ten years and three weeks because yes the tenth anniversary of losing Jo Cox was only 3 weeks ago.

The 200th birthday was so much more civilised. Happy birthday America

Good thread, I'm hoping this will be one of "those" images. One for the history books. Good people, patriots looking at what's in front of everyone and saying the emperor has no clothes. The dude's nude, Dude. The dude is nude.

Christopher Webb@cwebbonline.com · last mo.

and later served in Kuwait & Iraq. He led personnel across multiple countries, managed billions of dollars in military assets, and served as a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator to support fellow service members. 2.

Some help required. Daughter lost her very special to her Coraline Cat (pictured) at the Kneecap Crystal Palace gig on Saturday night last. Incredibly long shot but means a lot to her. Any and all help very welcome. Pictured at the gig and previously visiting Big Ben.

Have that (Print run of this one now available in my shop at www.stephencollinsillustration.com)

It must be galling for Kemi Badenoch as she makes a statement about Labour trading Starmer in for a pair of eyelashes and a black t-shirt, that soon she will not automatically be the most stylish party leader. Easy to clip up a winning exchange when your opponent looks like Starmer. Less so Burnham.

If I was Keir Starmer, I'd pass a bill to rejoin Europe and flip off the Reform bench on my way out to the bar. Then close the bars.

Because of Brexit we can take control of the sun. We used to have to share it with Europe but they never let us have it full strength. Now we've won it we've done it. TURN UP THE SUN!

The Sun Tarot Card Animation

Alt: The Sun Tarot Card Animation. I hope it's clear this is a joke 🫤

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There is no safe addiction. But for other addictive things like cigarettes, tobacco, gambling we have age limits. We also have recovery programs for those who need them and public information for known risks. We desperately need that for social media too.

youtu.be/ItxpnClS8-k?... Rest in peace Ripper

Giles Liar Speech - Buffy the Vampire Slayer S2 E7 Lie to me

YouTube video by Sunnydale Sunset

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Quote with a fictional band that is not spinal tap

Carole & Tuesday: Piano Keys & Friendship

Alt: Carole & Tuesday: Piano Keys & Friendship

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Mitch Wolfe@whrwlfthrwlf85v.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Quote with a fictional band that is not spinal tap

Here’s a poem called ‘Life of a Naturalist’.

this is why Dems need to go as hard as possible on reforms and actually fixing things rather than kick the can, because "people will remember how bad things were and not put these folks back in charge" is a demonstrably false statement

Unless Lammy is crushing JD's knuckles in his vice like grip, this isn't a good look. Read the planet David.

Simon Marks@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We're doing this again...

"All of it conducted with the arrogant, reckless confidence of two countries that have decided the normal rules of consequence simply don’t apply to them. As if power absolves you of the need for strategy, as if entitlement is a substitute for wisdom." Well said Bear. Well said.

The Bear@bearlypolitics.co.uk · 4mo ago

There’s a point where even the most committed politics nerd looks at the news, sees “wipe out a civilisation,” and just… logs off. This week, when Trump threatened to wipe out a civilisation, I found mine.

open.substack.com/pub/techtren... Good read. Confirms a lot. Tldr AI code is janky as hell, being solved with resources not quality.

Claude Code's Source: 3,167-Line Function, Regex Sentiment

Anthropic claimed 100% of Claude Code is AI-written. A source leak exposed a 3,167-line function, regex sentiment analysis, and 250K wasted API calls daily

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Describe your bluesky account in a single image.

Jennifer de Guzman Strikes Again@jenniferdeguzman.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Describe your bluesky account in a single image.

In a world full of problems, I hate that this technology boils our engines of hope down to empty non-interaction. My school recently polled to see how the faculty feels about using AI for GRADING. At what point is it just robots talking to each other? Where is the humanity in these humanities?

You will not agree with everyone marching at No Kings! You won't like every sign you see or cheer at every single line from every speaker! And that's fine - that's even great! It's important to get exposed to the diversity of the coalition and figure out where your lane is.

www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m... This is what happens when people think that just because nobody is holding them accountable today, that means they will never be held accountable. They will be held accountable. Happened with tobacco, happening here.

Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds

Six-week trial including whistleblowers and top executives at Meta and YouTube was first of its kind to go to trial

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After the last time we had the Chilcot enquiry in the UK which gave us a checklist of what we should check before joining another war. It gives clear reasons to tell Donny to piss off. Legal implications, what does success look like? Not great there. What might happen next? Who the hell knows?