Stefan Stern
@stefanstern.bsky.social
Journalist and author. Writes for FT, Guardian, Prospect and The Conversation. New book: Fair or Foul - the Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition, out now. Visiting Prof at Bayes Business School
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.
British electricity mix at 8pm on 5th Aug 2026 🔥 Gas 18.2% Biomass 14.2% 🍃 Wind 47.9% Solar 3.1% Hydro 0.9% ⚛️ Nuclear 13.6% 🔋 Storage 2.2% 🔌 Generation 29GW ⬅️ Exports 3.0 GW Carbon intensity 101 gCO2e/kWh Britain is a net exporter this half hour
How long before we start using the concept of ‘artisanal writing’? (Previously known as ‘writing’ before AI.)
Who knew there were so many proud (and unwitting) Mitläufer still about?
The things you learn on ITV3: apparently Pure Cremation has had 35,000 five star reviews.
Have said often that the publication of sentencing remarks is a boon for the public understanding of the law.
Must say I am loving seeing these sentencing remarks from judges in the news bulletins - civilised, lucid moral judgments. There's not enough of this sort of thing about. I wonder what @davidallengreen.bsky.social thinks.
Andy Burnham, "To me, carers should be the best paid people in society, not the worst" "Many people from other countries have been caring for my dad" Andy Burnham praises migrants to the UK who care for our elderly, a stark contrast to Keir-island-of-strangers-Starmer
Summer edition of Director magazine now available - fun-packed issue. Two pieces from me. Also available in print! okt.to/D9nRrM
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And you know that she's half crazy, but that's why you wanna be there.
Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 2w ago
The Kremlin seems to have hired Swiss Toni as a spokesman (although he is now called Dimitry Peskov apparently).
I like to think he's done this to make political journalists look stupid, and honestly I admire it.
Former @tuc.org.uk head of comms John Healey becomes chancellor. Finally the commanding heights of the econonomy are in our grasp!
That was a fair goal, just give it and let us all go to bed.
Unfortunately that red card is the most interesting thing to have happened in the match so gar.
The French team in particular must be watching this and wondering why on earth they failed to show up in their semi final. I think they'd be three nil up against this Argentina side.
This feels more like the third and fourth place bore play off. All the fun and flair was last night.
That was a watery first 45 minutes with a three minute football break.
One or two of the Argentine players seem to have learned their approach to tackling from the Argentine rugby team. #SPAARG
Important caveat from The Spectator that the Tate brothers aren't really all that bad, because they annoy left-wing people. spectator.com/article/like...
‘Like a cockroach, I refuse to die’: a meeting with the Tate brothers
‘I detest lateness,’ texts Tristan Tate, who’s offered to pick me up from a hotel in Bucharest. ‘So I’ll either be 15 minutes early or right on time.’ Minutes later, he messages again: ‘All my talk on...
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First time in recorded history that a man has been simultaneously arrested by the cops and the fashion police
blippy@blippy.bsky.social · 3w agothose pants are insane wtf
