Happy Stanislav Petrov day! He saved the world from nuclear annihilation on this day in 1983. My freshman year in college would have been so much worse without his courage.🧵

Sanho Tree@sanho.bsky.social · last yr.

I drank a toast to Stanislav Petrov.

A weekend treat! Foodbanks across the UK are asking people to join them and @trusselluk.bsky.social and write to @andyburnham.bsky.social asking him to use the Autumn budget to reconnect Local Housing Allowance & rents. Because no one should have to choose between food & rent.

This thing needs to end. Nobody wants to give feedback on a sandwich, a cup of coffee, some rawl plugs, whatever. It’s bad customer service to be bombarded with these emails.

Marina O'Loughlin@marinaoloughlin.bsky.social · 5h ago

dear M&S - when I call by for a quick sarnie I do NOT need a subsequent email demanding I 'rate my experience' ffas

🚨Broadcasters are required to present news impartially, without political bias. Add your name to demand that Ofcom takes immediate action. ⬇️ https://bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-on-gb-news-demand-that-ofcom-takes-immediate-action/

Some 5 Irish players don’t want to be complicit if they sports-wash the Israeli state by playing footsie with them. The vast majority of ppl don’t want them to. However €€€ matters to football mgmt [FAI] more than genocide of at least 75,000 Palestinians. FAI politics are money, money, money*.

Ireland players in meeting with Heimir Hallgrímsson over whether to play Israel game

This development comes after FAI announced a delay of over two hours to their pre-match conference earlier this morning.

the42.ie

I am almost getting the feeling that people do not understand that THAT list is the definitive list and what you all think is irrelevant...and possibly childish and immature. Weirdly I have a list of overrated TV shows that mirrors perfectly with THAT list. So big raspberries to all involved.

It's not just PFOA - parts of the northwest are also heavily contaminated with PCBs in the environment, the original 'forever chemical'. It's visible in the local wildlife - I don't know if anyone has looked at local people in the same way. bsky.app/profile/rich...

Richard K Broughton@richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

23 years ago we wrote a paper on PCBs in British Kestrels & Sparrowhawks. Merseyside really stood out as a hotspot of PCB contamination in local raptors. Also the Wash and Clyde. We suspected it was related to PCBs in soils/estuary sediments getting into prey. 1/2 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

That's a headline for you cmarmitage.substack.com/p/big-balls-...

Big Balls Now Exposed to Serious Criminal Charges in at Least Six States

Fired at 17 for leaking secrets. Served a cybercrime ring. Named by the Social Security whistleblower. Now the government's model employee.

cmarmitage.substack.com

I love this time of year, just before whatever terrible thing happens next.

Spot the difference.

Quentin Tarantino's dinner plans:

Benjanun Sriduangkaew @ Persephone Effect out now@benjanun.bsky.social · 7h ago

???

Since Manchester City’s owners are guilty of systematic cheating, surely the punishments (relegation, huge fines, transfer bans) should also including stripping them of their right to run a football club?

Ian Birrell@ianbirrell.bsky.social · 10h ago

The Manchester City cheating scandal, just like Chelsea’s cheating under Abramovich, is the inevitable result of complacent regulators allowing British football to be used for sportswashing by charlatans, crooks and despotic regimes

⚠️ "I think it is absurd that when we're talking about individuals being made to feel unsafe where they live" 🚨 "When we're looking at boats being slashed on camera, children chanting into megaphones, "Let them drown." You guys are just saying, "Well, it's about the small boats.""

“Between 2019 and 2025, export volumes slumped 31 per cent as Brexit added border checks and trade complexity, pushing up costs for businesses” … and threatening our food security. Why TF would *anyone* want this for our businesses and our country? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Brexit and Donald Trump’s tariffs push UK’s food and drink trade deficit to £21bn

In the first half of 2026, the sector’s export volumes fell 11.7% to hit their third-lowest level on record

giftarticle.ft.com

Turn the sound on.

Guilfoyle states the whole MAGA foreign policy plainly: treat allies like vassals and pretend that's strength. Kyiv already learned to read US support as conditional.

The MAGA US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle has blurted out how America interferes in European politics. At a private dinner in Athens in March 2026, Guilfoyle said of the collapse of the Romanian government: “We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here”, the WSJ reports.

The Ancient Romans enjoyed an afternoon watching people being thrown to wild beasts or burned alive or crucified. And this chap identifies with that... while dubbing other people "barbaric"

Stop Funding Hate@stopfundinghate.bsky.social · yesterday

Talk TV on migrants: 'culturally, I'm an ancient Roman; culturally, these people are barbarians' 😖 Truly grim. No one should be advertising on this toxic channel. What are IKEA thinking? Sign the petition: actionstorm.org/petitions/ik... #migrants #mediahate #ikea #stopfundinghate

Talk TV on migrants: 'culturally, I'm an ancient Roman; culturally, these people are barbarians' 😖 Truly grim. No one should be advertising on this toxic channel. What are IKEA thinking? Sign the petition: actionstorm.org/petitions/ik... #migrants #mediahate #ikea #stopfundinghate

Dear #ikea I won't buy from you till you stop supporting this nonsense

Trump's comments always age so well.

Oh my God, this is how far he has sunk.

Stop Funding Hate@stopfundinghate.bsky.social · yesterday

Talk TV on migrants: 'culturally, I'm an ancient Roman; culturally, these people are barbarians' 😖 Truly grim. No one should be advertising on this toxic channel. What are IKEA thinking? Sign the petition: actionstorm.org/petitions/ik... #migrants #mediahate #ikea #stopfundinghate

Bloke asks his supporters to send him a balaclava so they can't see him crying.

Meet my new pet twig! I bought a "stick" recently… turns out it's a tiny eight-legged genius who looks like a twig 🤣 should we call him Twig? He's a Portia labiata, and yes, he's basically a pocket-sized predator in a twig cosplay 😂 #funny #jumpingspider

Ask three boring questions: can it be stored, what else is made with it, and are we creating supply? Those punch three big holes in Trump's diesel export ban https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/why-is-the-president-pointing-sanctions

Don't buy American produce. Another example: Driscoll's sent millions of pounds of fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals to Canada and the company tried to cover it up. #BoycottUSA #CanadaSky www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Whistleblower alleges millions of Driscoll’s berries sent to Canada with excess chemical levels | CBC News

A whistleblower lawsuit in California is alleging millions of pounds of Driscoll's fruit containing non-compliant levels of pesticides and chemicals crossed the border into Canada, and the company tri...

cbc.ca

Post a cartoon series you love(unless you cannot spell Murun Buchstansangur).

Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕@emma-briant.co.uk · 6h ago

It's Saturday! 📺 Post a cartoon TV series you love.

I remember the 80s in Ireland when ordinary people put their jobs on the line because they refused to handle goods from apartheid South Africa, got bollocked for it by the Indo & the Irish Press at the time but now regarded as heroes, seems it's footballers who have to do the dirty work this time.

... FloriDUH's "Best" .. Typical magat with "TDS" Tiny Dick Syndrome .. makes you hate Women and angry with life in general .. Having never "satisfied" a woman ..