Just heard a fab interview with @countbinface.bsky.social and Mary Beard / Charlotte Higgins. The Count advises that you can judge someone from how graciously they lose. Viz Argentina football team or Liz Truss vs Tim Henman or, indeed the Count himself. ABSOLUTELY! open.spotify.com/episode/60xt...

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Count Binface@countbinface.bsky.social · yesterday

#VoteBinface www.theguardian.com/food/2026/au...

A new government sets its direction early. I've just signed European Movement UK's petition asking Andy Burnham to drop the red lines on Europe and set out a real plan for the UK's European future. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/5_asks_for_a...

Our 5 Asks for Andy Burnham

Andy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future.

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Actually impressively wry.

Dan of the Year@downwithdan.bsky.social · 3w ago

Dang they really got a category for everything

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In the “just because you can, doesn’t mean you should” department this is one of the worst I’ve seen. Imagine what this will do to the circadian rhythms and cycles of, well, every bloody thing in its path? Approval no doubt instant. Prob a Trump family investment www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...

F.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry (Gift Article)

A start-up company has permission to try its plan to bounce solar rays onto the dark side of Earth, turning night to day for a three-mile-wide patch.

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I’m irrationally excited. My tickets booked. Bring it on. @britishmuseum.bsky.social thank you!!!

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan@london.gov.uk · 4w ago

Nearly 1,000 years in the making. The Bayeux Tapestry is in London, back on British soil for the first time in almost a millennium. We can't wait to welcome thousands to the capital for this once-in-a-generation event.

The Chancellor has the power to stop Farage's cynical ploy. I've written to her this morning urging her to act. Farage should not be allowed to resign until the investigation into his dodgy dealings has concluded. The people of Clacton deserve the facts first.

Absolutely absolutely absolutely. Don’t let him slip and slither out from the scrutiny. He knows there’s dirt to be found. Thanks @eddavey.libdems.org.uk

Ed Davey@eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 4w ago

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.

“The longer I live, the more convinced am I that this planet is used by other planets as a lunatic asylum.” George Bernard Shaw

Three guided pilgrimages left this July — and tickets are going fast. Full details + booking here: britishpilgrimage.org/events Sun 5 Jul — Frome Market Day Pilgrimage (4 miles). A many-layered walk through storied landscape with BPT's Guy Hayward, on Frome's bustling market day.

🔥 Europe is starting to push Palantir out. Things are looking rough for Palantir in Europe… …as they are increasingly seen as a danger to sovereignty with a high risk of structural lock-in and major ethical concerns. Please share.

Europe is pushing Palantir out.

YouTube video by Scientists for EU

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britmonkey.com/2020s-politi... A decent result.

My reflection on the Brexit anniversary is that I moved home to the UK in 2015 to establish a beachhead and then bought over the rest of my dual national family a year later. “Don’t like the direction of politics in the US. Get over here. It’s great. We’re part Europe!” Then…

Hydration break.

Happy to be on beautiful Dorset coast for our family summer hols this year. Taken my American born (and now British citizen) children and husband to all parts of GB to discover how amazing it is. We’ve done Cornwall, Peak District, Lake District, Wales and now Dorset. All fab. Happy.

It was great meeting with the talented folks who’ll be working at the Obama Presidential Center. We're excited to welcome everybody here soon!

The end of my street looked like an episode of Storm Chasers today. I was expecting apocalyptic frogs falling from the sky.

This made me feel so so much better. It can’t be that hard to be a politician like this. Or actually maybe it is. Because vanishingly few manage it.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2mo ago

Today, I signed an Executive Order temporarily repealing bedtimes in the City of New York so that kids of all ages can watch our team in the NBA Finals. As Mayor, you’re forced to make many difficult decisions. This was not one of them. Go Knicks.

My 30 year old liberal daughter in London got this actual ad in her Instagram feed. She’s a honest woman. She says it was real. I mean really? This would not be the home decor I would have pegged for her. Or any of her friends. Or any of her family.

I really do think this is a thing. I go for a long walk with no one and nothing in my ears to sort out my thoughts. It’s bloody hard! — Ian McEwan: It’s harder to write now that phones have killed thinking www.thetimes.com/article/d1eb...

Ian McEwan: It’s harder to write now that phones have killed thinking

The author of Atonement says that while AI and the internet have made researching easier, a generation have forgotten how to ‘pace up and down in our thoughts’

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I’m halfway to my £5,000 goal. 🙏 •⁠ ⁠£200 subsidises a place for a pilgrim who is suffering but otherwise couldn’t afford it •⁠ ⁠£450 trains a new Grief Pilgrim Guide •⁠ ⁠£5,000 — my goal — creates a whole new three-day bereavement journey, including design givestar.io/gs/100-miles...

That Pitt Rivers. Must have been quite someone to share a house with.

I’ve reached Oxford! Alone. Just me, my backpack and a lovely hazel staff. Stage one of my Thames Pilgrim Way walk — source to Oxford, the first 55 miles — is done. I began last Thursday to raise funds for the British Pilgrimage Trust 🧵

This is Radcot Bridge, precisely where the eponymous battle occurred in 1387 between the supporters of King Richard II (boo) and an army led by Henry Bolingbroke, who later became King Henry IV.

From the last time we had to fight off the fascists… Second World War pillboxes along the River Thames between Lechlade and Newbridge… so if Farage makes it this far… They’re full of fag packets and beer cans now. givestar.io/gs/100-miles...

A glorious second day of my pilgrimage from the source of the river Thames to the sea to raise money for mental health programs at the British Pilgrimage Trust. 30 miles done. Only another 150 or so to go!! givestar.io/gs/100-miles...

Mamdani is delivering. Across parties. Khan is doing the same. Both in the face of horrible horrible racism and trolling. He got my vote here. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘London is a case study in hope’: Sadiq Khan on 10 years as mayor

London mayor talks up coalition-building, highlights his environmental record, and worries national Labour party is on the wrong track

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Alex Segura@alexsegura.com · 3mo ago

Mayor Mamdani restores library funding after public outcry gothamist.com/news/mayor-m...

#Legends on Netflix. A lot of TV sucks. This doesn’t. FWIW.

I'm packing light, but with a weighty and determined heart full of hope. I leave this week for my pilgrimage to support mental-health programmes w/ @pilgrimtrust.bsky.social. Those I love deeply struggle. This is now my post-career focus. Please support me. givestar.io/gs/100-miles...