@etti-e.bsky.social
nobody took much notice, the band played on
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
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Jeffrey Epstein took more photos of people he only hung out with once than I have of my best friends of 15 years
February 4, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Jeffrey Epstein took more photos of people he only hung out with once than I have of my best friends of 15 years
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so hang on a minute, the UK (significantly, erm, “represented“ in negotiations by Mandelson) has just signed a trade deal with the US that gives into their demands for NHS to pay way more for medicines…. & yet Streeting won’t even tell us the barest details? 🤯
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Pressure grows on ministers to end secrecy over UK medicines deal with Trump
Critics say government hiding true cost of agreement ‘despite being forced to admit financial burden will grow year on year’
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
so hang on a minute, the UK (significantly, erm, “represented“ in negotiations by Mandelson) has just signed a trade deal with the US that gives into their demands for NHS to pay way more for medicines…. & yet Streeting won’t even tell us the barest details? 🤯
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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People will continue to cycle in the rain if you provide the infrastructure to make it safe and comfortable for them to do so. The greenery alongside cuts the risk of flooding, as well as improving the look of the street.
February 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
People will continue to cycle in the rain if you provide the infrastructure to make it safe and comfortable for them to do so. The greenery alongside cuts the risk of flooding, as well as improving the look of the street.
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“It’s just weird to see a toddler in a pink onesie getting their eyes washed out from tear gas, you know?”
New — I spoke to eight people who were present at the ICE protest on Saturday in Portland, Oregon when federal agents deployed tear gas and rubber bullets into a crowd of families, children, elderly and disabled people, and their pets.
These are their stories:
These are their stories:
What it's like to see ICE tear gas kids
Attendees at a Portland, OR protest describe a vicious, unprovoked and sudden attack
www.thehandbasket.co
February 3, 2026 at 2:08 AM
“It’s just weird to see a toddler in a pink onesie getting their eyes washed out from tear gas, you know?”
operation sos how do we emerge from this not looking like schmucks is always so tedious
February 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
operation sos how do we emerge from this not looking like schmucks is always so tedious
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🟠We could never see anything like ICE on the streets of Britain... Or could we? 👇
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
They are not like ICE... are they?
Lately I’ve been seeing posts warning that ICE-style violence is coming to Britain.
open.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:05 PM
🟠We could never see anything like ICE on the streets of Britain... Or could we? 👇
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
open.substack.com/pub/nicolake...
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see Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft's post about a "planned pause" i.e. indefinite closure last week!
it's a real shame when a museum closes. which obscure messaging trying to sound positive does not help
it's a real shame when a museum closes. which obscure messaging trying to sound positive does not help
February 2, 2026 at 5:47 PM
see Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft's post about a "planned pause" i.e. indefinite closure last week!
it's a real shame when a museum closes. which obscure messaging trying to sound positive does not help
it's a real shame when a museum closes. which obscure messaging trying to sound positive does not help
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Every time I'm tempted to start a podcast I remember why podcasts are terrible.
📢 “A huge amount of men between the age of 15 and 50 will not pass on their genes. They will effectively die out of the gene pool ... Should society intervene?” Steven Bartlett asked last year.
Two top podcasters have identified a global decline. The problem, they say, is women
www.smh.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Every time I'm tempted to start a podcast I remember why podcasts are terrible.
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Jeffrey Epstein operated within a world that he cannot be credited with creating and which endures after his death.
February 3, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Jeffrey Epstein operated within a world that he cannot be credited with creating and which endures after his death.
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Worth remembering that something did happen: the journalist who revealed this died from a car bomb.
remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened
February 1, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Worth remembering that something did happen: the journalist who revealed this died from a car bomb.
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Really striking going through Epstein disclosures just how often British defamation lawyers are referred to: Schillings; Paul Tweed; oblique suggestions to sue to silence
Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence
Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence
Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
Editors unite to demand Parliament takes action on SLAPPs
Editors from national newspapers including The Guardian and The Times demand action on SLAPPs in next King's Speech.
pressgazette.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Really striking going through Epstein disclosures just how often British defamation lawyers are referred to: Schillings; Paul Tweed; oblique suggestions to sue to silence
Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence
Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence
Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
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I would just reiterate, that it seems unlikely that I, Just A Guy, A Regular Guy, knew more in-depth detail about Peter Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein than the Prime Minister off the United Kingdom who was at the time considering appointing him as Ambassador to the United States.
I would never have appointed Mandelson had I known full Epstein links - PM
I would never have appointed Mandelson had I known full Epstein links - PM
The PM says a due diligence process was gone through before Lord Mandelson was appointed US ambassador.
www.bbc.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:56 AM
I would just reiterate, that it seems unlikely that I, Just A Guy, A Regular Guy, knew more in-depth detail about Peter Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein than the Prime Minister off the United Kingdom who was at the time considering appointing him as Ambassador to the United States.
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this is just basically true, and it’s a huge indictment of our political class that everyone pretends otherwise
Drug laws have never stopped people from using drugs.
They've stopped people from using drugs safely.
It's time to legalise *and* regulate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They've stopped people from using drugs safely.
It's time to legalise *and* regulate.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Drugs policy approach needs to change, Zack Polanski says
The Green Party leader of England and Wales says there needs to be a
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
this is just basically true, and it’s a huge indictment of our political class that everyone pretends otherwise
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Not convinced it’s the House of Lords disciplinary processes which are at fault here
House of Lords should strip Mandelson of peerage, says Starmer www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
House of Lords should strip Mandelson of peerage, says Starmer
PM believes ex-Labour minister should not be member of House of Lords or use title, No 10 spokesperson says
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Not convinced it’s the House of Lords disciplinary processes which are at fault here
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That's Labour kicking off Scotland's 2026 anti-trans election in the paper that campaigned to keep Section 28.
February 2, 2026 at 8:02 AM
That's Labour kicking off Scotland's 2026 anti-trans election in the paper that campaigned to keep Section 28.
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Alistair Darling and the official Treasury were always aware that investment banks had an inside track to Number 10. But the brazen nature of that inside track is rather breath-taking.
Who leaked this Number 10 discussion to Jeffrey Epstein? And are there consequences for the leaker?
It’s an internal discussion re. getting markets moving in the aftermath of the financial crisis. No doubt of great interest to Epstein and his financial market clients.
It’s an internal discussion re. getting markets moving in the aftermath of the financial crisis. No doubt of great interest to Epstein and his financial market clients.
February 2, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Alistair Darling and the official Treasury were always aware that investment banks had an inside track to Number 10. But the brazen nature of that inside track is rather breath-taking.
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Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
February 1, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Thinking about whoever said that by accepting a meal from people and then arresting them ICE agents broke a cultural taboo that was invented by, like, the first humans to set up a tent
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[clearing my throat in preparation to say something normal] if I WERE good friends with Turbo Pedo,
February 1, 2026 at 2:39 PM
[clearing my throat in preparation to say something normal] if I WERE good friends with Turbo Pedo,
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I'm all for a deeper engagement with what the UK does after Brexit, but I really struggle with any account that starts from this as its account of the state. Forgetting that NI exists was the root of so many Brexit failings, and this does it again. For as long as NI exists, the UK is tied to the EU.
January 31, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I'm all for a deeper engagement with what the UK does after Brexit, but I really struggle with any account that starts from this as its account of the state. Forgetting that NI exists was the root of so many Brexit failings, and this does it again. For as long as NI exists, the UK is tied to the EU.
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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Sir, “white settlement” has gone woke.
This race was such a massive swing blowout that Democrat Taylor Rehmet literally won a city called White Settlement
February 1, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Sir, “white settlement” has gone woke.
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Useful to remember, in the context of @bbclaurak.bsky.social daring to ask this question, that we all have a literal legal obligation to oppose genocide, let alone a moral one.
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
Suggesting there are ANY circumstance in which we should sidestep that is monstrous.
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
Suggesting there are ANY circumstance in which we should sidestep that is monstrous.
#bbclaurak asks @zackpolanski.bsky.social, doesn't opposing genocide stir up division?
February 1, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Useful to remember, in the context of @bbclaurak.bsky.social daring to ask this question, that we all have a literal legal obligation to oppose genocide, let alone a moral one.
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
Suggesting there are ANY circumstance in which we should sidestep that is monstrous.
www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...
Suggesting there are ANY circumstance in which we should sidestep that is monstrous.
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A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com.
p.s. my new book of science cartoons, ‘Physics for Cats’ is out now. Links at www.tomgauld.com
p.s. my new book of science cartoons, ‘Physics for Cats’ is out now. Links at www.tomgauld.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:38 AM
A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com.
p.s. my new book of science cartoons, ‘Physics for Cats’ is out now. Links at www.tomgauld.com
p.s. my new book of science cartoons, ‘Physics for Cats’ is out now. Links at www.tomgauld.com