I'm as shocked as you are, dear reader, that the leader of the Conservative Party would omit to mention or factor in the 11,651 prison places that were closed over the same period due to either prison closures or cell dilapidation.

Full Fact@fullfact.org · 6h ago

Andy Burnham has claimed only 500 prison places were added between 2010 and 2024, but Kemi Badenoch says the Conservatives created 14,000 new places. Can these two claims add up? We’ve had a look at the figures 👇 fullfact.org/crime/how-ma...

More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.

Big cloud formations and stacks all around me but apparently me but no rain forecast. Most peculiar.

There's a big heap of AIPAC accounts on blue sky.

60 Minutes had major Epstein scoop before Donald Trump’s hand puppet fired the reporter www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/08/60-m...

60 Minutes had major Epstein scoop before Donald Trump's hand puppet fired the reporter - Lawyers, Guns & Money

Bari’s Weiss’s rolling catastrophe continues: Deutsche Bank AG failed to promptly notify authorities of more than $250 million in questionable transfers tied to Epstein, according to Wyden’s report. T...

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Today is the day the story There Will Come Soft Rain is set. An amazing and heartbreaking work of fiction for our modern age. Read it here:

a wooly man without a face@jojororo.bsky.social · yesterday

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if any of you know anyone who still thinks that the flagshaggers are 'just proud of their country', i want you to sit down with them and read these court documents together

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterday

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

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Fr Modigliani Latchico@frmo.bsky.social · yesterday

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This is a right we were bilged out of when Brexit took our European citizenship away

Rachel Gilmour, MP for Tiverton and Minehead@rachelgilmourld.bsky.social · 2d ago

From today, EU citizens have a legal right to know when they're talking to a bot or looking at a deepfake, backed by fines of up to €15m. Thanks to Brexit, we're missing out on this protection.

I didn't know that if your lawn is all brown and caked hard in the sun and when you water it will just sit on top that if you use a dilute solution of mild liquid soap (not dish soap that acts as a wetting agent and helps the water soak in. Great for lawn recovery.

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We currently have that dreadful night time weather of high humidity, zero breeze, warm and no rain forecast. Yuk.

Ella Baron @EBaronCartoons on #ReformUk #NigelFarage #RichardTice #RoyalNavy #GeorgeCottrell @Thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Reform's greatest trick is to make their party all about one topic and get the media to report on really only that. It's actually genius. Awful but genius. The media doesn't focus on the other policy that would privatise the NHS and would make poorer those who give them their vote. It must change

Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉@paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 2d ago

Unelected nobody Zia (Muhammad Ziauddin) Yusuf of Reform says Britain is being invaded by foreigners and wants to use huge Navy Warships to round up teeny weeny inflatable boats which is like using a tank to catch a rabbit 🙄 Fun fact - Yusuf’s parents migrated to the UK from Sri Lank in 1980’s..

With all the attention paid to the feelings of a small, wealthier subset of New Yorkers, you may have forgotten that some 70 percent of New York City residents rent their homes. Here's what four of them think of the pied-à-terre tax rollout: hellgatenyc.com/nyc-tenants-...

"Flock cameras are just one part of a vast ecosystem," @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver warned his audience last night. "Check out resources like the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance, which catalogs each of the technologies used in your area." www.atlasofsurveillance.org/

In the #clearancesale all must go #snoopy £20 was £25 www.masato.co.uk

Fantastic. Four minute read and worth every second.

Nettlecake@nettlecake.bsky.social · 2d ago

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

I was one of the original cycle couriers in London's West End, in the early 80s. One day, I was doored right in front of a hospital. I limped into reception clutching my knee and emerged using a crutch, never to cycle again. What a shame dearest Rod isn't here to smile. 😢 bikebiz.com/cycling-uk-d...

Cycling UK demands Sunday Times retracts Rod Liddle dooring article - BikeBiz

Liddle urged to retract dooring article.

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Indeed he did - things like "the one thing stopping me from being a teacher was that I could not remotely conceive of not trying to shag the kids"

Is the news here that taxpayers subsidize the things the government does? Because yeah, that's how it works. What's more expensive, five grocery stores with discounts in NYC, a la military PXes (which taxpayers subsidize) or treating people for health problems caused by food insecurity?

USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d ago

Opinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.

"Kew Gardens has had a weather station since 1871. This July was, based on third party analysis of Met Office data collected at the site, the first calendar month on record where no rainfall was measured at Kew."

London's first month without rain

Plus: There's nowhere to bury the dead • London wants to keep its money • When will it stop being so damn hot • Who is to blame for turning off the air conditioning in the tower block?

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Remember when Rosie Duffield spent years very loudly threatening to leave the Labour Party and calling all her colleague misogynists for not being as anti trans as her, and then left the Labour literally right after they won a big landslide and then literally no one cared

Libby@captainlibatron.bsky.social · 2d ago

Dear god

The evidence is clear: neighbourhood crime is falling across London. There have been 35,000 fewer offences in the last year thanks to record investment in the Met, more officers on our streets and targeted action to tackle robbery, burglary and vehicle crime.

Neighbourhood crime plunges in London as mayor slams 'dystopian hellhole' narrative

‘Neighbourhood crime’ falls 14% with 35,000 fewer offences in a year

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Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him

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without downloading new pics what's it like dating you?

Stephen Forecast@sfawcs.bsky.social · 3d ago

without downloading new pics what's it like dating you?

The Arctic Circle just reached a temperature that once seemed almost impossible for such a frozen region: above 100°F, or 38°C … a shocking first … fragile regions are rapidly changing. Sometimes one number can tell a much bigger story … climate change is no longer distant. It’s here. It’s now.

It's a really interesting phenomenon that the greater the distance the more women beat men.

WindsLightToVariable@yingtongiddle.bsky.social · 3d ago

Well Done! Absolutely Barmy!! bbc.com/news/videos/...