Canada has been to space so many times it's on our money.

Here's the problem. People think council tax pays for bins. What they don't realise is that council tax is - absurdly - how we pay for care in this country. Your council tax is going on the rising cost of adult social care as more people live longer & need more care. Not bins.

Ukraine’s parliament unanimously restored the independence of NABU and SAP anti-corruption bodies, just over a week after Zelensky’s move to bring them under his control sparked protests in Kyiv and warnings from Ukraine’s allies. Ukrainian democracy in action: popular opinion

“At the end of the road turn…..

Starmer’s line on potentially recognising a Palestinian state is staggeringly incompetent. This Labour government’s mistakes keep coming.

Amazing that this is US trade policy

*TRUMP: AGREED TO 90 DAY EXTENSION WITH MEXICO 🌮🌮 🌮

As I was saying: nobody ever went broke betting on the authoritarianism of the British public

Ant Middleton (who had hoped to be Reform candidate for Mayor of London, but may stand as an Independent) is a convict + racist who'd ban all of Kemi Badenoch, Sadiq Khan, Sunak, Suella Braverman, Ed Miliband, Zia Yusuf, Boris, Churchill, Disraeli + King Charles III from govt

Energy in Britain has gotten scarce—and thus expensive. Prices are high in absolute terms, and further above the European average than any point in at least 40 years (barring the 22/23 shock). What's behind this, and is it crimping growth? I took a look for The Economist. (🧵)

The next 24 hours are about to be one of the most unprovoked train wrecks in American history. Needless and utter chaos.

Everything is computer

Russian strikes on Ukraine's cities are depraved, meant to kill civilians. Flags are flying at half-mast to mourn the victims. More weapons for Ukraine and tougher sanctions on Russia are the fastest way to end the war. Getting more air defenses to Ukraine fast is our priority.

As more bodies are pulled from the rubble of Kyiv apartment blocks bombed by Russia, the death toll has now climbed to 31, including 5 children, with nearly 200 wounded. Yesterday was one of the darkest days in Kyiv since World War II.

Eni Aluko on Joey Barton. She's spot on. [The Obi One Podcast]

MAGA economics consists of jumping off a very high cliff and shouting "Gravity isn't real!" for the 8 seconds it takes for the body to smack into the earth below.

Researchers at Microsoft compiled a list of which jobs are least and most likely to be replaced/assisted by AI. The least likely is phlebotomist (someone who draws blood).

Joey Barton is retiring from social media, and only the admin will post on his feed. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the over £500k payout to Jeremy Vine.

Scientists have discovered Australia's heaviest stick insect in the remote Wet Tropics rainforest.

Breaking Bloomberg: The FBI redacted Trump's name in the Epstein files. "An FBI [Freedom of Information Act] team redacted Trump's name—and the names of other prominent public figures—from the documents, according to three people familiar with the matter."