‘Tice said, however, that it was “not surprising no one reads the FT”, adding: “it’s so boring”.’ www.ft.com/content/4abf...
Reform repaid Tice loan on same day £1mn donated by mother of Farage aide Cottrell
Transactions fuel criticism of the party’s lack of transparency over its financing
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Indeed. The cruel truth about acting is that when you are casting adults “incredibly talented actors” wildly outnumber available roles. Just don’t stress it.
Conor@ernekid.bsky.social · 6h agoHonestly they should just cast the most handsome man graduating from Rada and work him like a Pit Pony.
When you get two cats, how do they decide which one will have a tiny chirp like a pixie’s doorbell and which one will wail like the ghost of a jilted bride?
Oxford City Council is reminding residents and visitors to the city's open spaces in the current warm weather to dispose of their rubbish, particularly in Port Meadow. In recent years, two cows, including a seven-month-old calf, died after eating plastic bags, balloons and other discarded rubbish.
Morton Salt Girl is a merry fellow; Bright blue her label is and her shoes are yellow
Derek Faraci@whwoolhat.bsky.social · 2d agoBet you didn't know that the Little Morton Salt Girl is an immortal being who existed before there was life on Earth.
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.
No, she's right. The Verge makes it sound like Schneider was knocking Bluesky users for being in a liberal bubble, but that was all the interviewer's phrasing. What Schneider says he wants to change is the perception that it's all politics here, by attracting more sports fans and other communities.
I don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
there is a strain of lefty discourse where you can’t come to any unflattering conclusions about the populace—those must be explained away by how they are being acted upon by capital—but I think you’ll understand things better if you understand capital can also exploit weaknesses it didn’t create
Another study on youth transition that find that about 97% of all youth who says they're trans turn out to be. Only 1.1% who start HRT stopped it for any reason whatsoever. This is, like, the fifth youth transition study that I'm aware of, and all of their results have been identical.
Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 4d agoCanadian researchers found that 97 percent of youth who seek treatment for gender dysphoria still identify as trans years later.
An utterly wild reply to read outside the context of its thread:
Matthew Cobb@matthewcobb.bsky.social · last wk.Potato, decoration, dark, time, scream. That's what I remember.
Endometriosis takes nine years to diagnose. That’s about to change. NICE has approved two tests: a saliva test reading microRNA markers, and a gut-sensor test returning results in 45 minutes, sparing women the keyhole surgery currently needed. buff.ly/QX3jHk8 #ShareGoodNewsToo
Rapid endometriosis tests to be made available on NHS in England and Wales
Saliva and gut sensor-based tests hailed as ‘gamechanger’ for millions of women who can wait years for diagnosis
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A non-dom is, by definition, someone who is going to leave. If they are planning on staying in the UK for the rest of their life then that is their domicile!
Since 2025, America has had more cases of measles (4,500), than in the previous 25 years combined after the disease had been declared eradicated. Almost all the US measles outbreaks have been in unvaccinated communities. Most of its fatalities are children www.ft.com/content/570e...
The twilight of Dr Fauci
Scientist’s congressional testimony came amid the most sustained assault on US public service since the McCarthy era
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"Could this meeting have been an email?" but "Could the extensive guidance on how to make this thing work have been just making the thing work properly in the first place?"
"Sopranos, you are already flat" has slain me
Three queer hyperfixations in a trench coat@aniente.bsky.social · 6d ago*standing up on the plane* And another thing - can somebody hand me the tuning fork, thank you. Troparion, Tone 4: "Thy nativity, O Theotokos" and I'm gonna preemptively tell the tenors to cool it - sopranos, you are already flat
Walkers should start producing small bags with exactly eight Quavers in them called Semibreve send tweet
images that spring to mind unbidden, part 921: "Wolf Enters Transfer Portal" // "David Montgomery Pursued By Vikings, Bears"
images that spring to mind unbidden, part 920: "nobody will be able to find the guy or collect the money" // "ideas similar to yours are easy to come up with, yet none have ever been shown practical"
"Modern vernacular fantasy ideas get read backwards into a text that is perceived as having originated them but which doesn’t really contain them" is such a good way to put that phenomenon, holy shit. I've always wanted to find the right way to articulate that point.
OOOF BIG DAY I HAD A ROUTINE VET APPOINTMENT EVERYONE THERE SAID I WAS VERY GOOD AND PRETTY AND ALSO I GOT CHURU
Today experienced the 24th day of year hitting 30C in London. For perspective in whole of 1980s we had 21 days.
The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
ALT: The Office: Woman Holding 'HOT' Sign
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This whole piece felt particularly illuminating on the changed political media landscape. I hadn't thought about it like this before but it hits the nail on the head.
Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · last wk.My column in tomorrow's paper: Labour now have a leader who gives good advert. This is good for them, but the broader change it represents, much less so:
I liked the movie overall! But it really feels as if Nolan heard everyone's complaints about his dialogue being inaudible and decided that his revenge will be to make dialogue that we can hear, but wish we couldn't.
"I've got a great campaign written, I just can't get a group together" is the peak D&D experience.
IGN@ign.com · 2w agoDungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves co-director Jonathan Goldstein says the script for a sequel already exists, but he's not expecting it to see the light of day any time soon. https://bit.ly/4bIsrNA #SDCC
