Fun classified ad from 1695. Will thread some more interesting ones as I find them.

Here's a vintage example of FOI vandalism I've been dealing with. The department: David Cameron’s Foreign Office. The subject: David Cameron’s lobbying career. 🧵

One of the major differences between a computer and a human being is the ability to apply critical thinking to a problem. Take for example a newly registered company called OOODHDJSHD LTD. Human being: "Why is it called that?" Computer: "OK" 1/4

Awaiting a UK election announcement from a rooftop in Baghdad after the death of the Iranian President in a helicopter crash. And it’s only Wednesday.

NEW: Official environmental protection officers are now investigating further after we found 'off the scale' levels of a toxic and carcinogenic chemical in a soil sample from a public path in Cheshire. We have shared a key location. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The European Federation of Journalists is celebrating the release of "Pablo Gonzalez" and equating him with Evan Gershkovich and Vladimir Kara-Murza. This is not only ridiculous in light of the swap, it is dangerous. Gonzalez is a GRU operative whose real name is Pavel Rubtsov.

Oh dear. Another high profile tax appeal lost by HMRC due to a simple error. This time, the story involves a failed accounting "influencer", and HMRC forgetting the obscure technical point that you have to bloody turn up to the bloody hearing. Thread:

One of the most shocking opening paragraphs I have ever read about British governance. #Grenfell 🎩 James B London Review of Books

Is London's phone signal really bad? Why do you have full bars on your mobile but can't download any data? The answers are in here: londoncentric.media/p/why-exactly-…

Aviation accounts for 3.5% of climate change impact, and it's one of the sectors where emissions are increasingly most rapidly. But where do aviation emissions come from? The answer is in this new paper led by Frédéric Dobruszkes - THREAD doi.org/10.1016/j.jtra…

I was in Crimea in 2014 when Russia sent troops to take over the peninsula. I meticulously documented the war they started in Ukraine in over 100 episodes & several documentaries for VICE News. Russia has been lying about its involvement from the start. youtube.com/playlist?list=…

UK Defence Secretary John Healey arrives in Paris for talks with French, Italian, German, Polish counterparts. Rome reportedly not convinced sending European troops to guarantee a potential ceasefire in Ukraine is a good idea.

'Shove these peace plans up your arses' says former Russian President and current Deputy Chairman of Russia's Security Council. UK PM Starmer says 'Putin didn’t need conditions when he wanted a ceasefire to have a parade and he doesn’t need them now.'

After the storm ScotRail Maid of the Forth

8/ Prince Andrew would be the Regent, as the first in line, domiciled in the UK, over 21. But perhaps Prince Harry will come back in such circumstances. And if there's a risk of this when William becomes King, Parliament can consider this then.

If anyone was wondering where #No10 stands on the when-to-dump-your-tree debate