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Troops on the carrier deployed in the Middle East were reportedly facing a mental health crisis.

Today, Romania destroyed a naval drone carrying explosives near its Neptun Deep platform in the Black Sea. An escalating campaign of threats is underway, unsettling our citizens and seeking to divide our Union. This is hybrid warfare.

"The silver lining in the dark storm cloud of Trump and his detestable regime is that it has exposed the greed, venality, cupidity and corruption of the US’s corporate elite," writes @rbreich.bsky.social.

Ossoff Defends Natalie Harp Comments, Says ‘No One Cares’ About Her ‘Feelings’

So normal has the BBC's both-sidesing of far right talking points become that about half the respondents to this post took it seriously.

Russia is losing the war it started. And it is retaliating by targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. We are working with Member States and our partners to support Ukraine’s anti-ballistic capabilities. So that Ukraine has the means to prevent the loss of lives. The most urgent priority

Count Binface meets the press: JAPAN

The world’s largest employer expects to pass on tariff refunds for lower consumer prices.

The series was meant to encourage families to take summer road trips—but more than half of U.S. schoolchildren are already back in class.

Seeing as it's GCSE results day, this is what I looked like when I picked up mine. No I don't understand either.

Farage increasingly providing the kind of dividing lines which will spark cheers in No.10. 'Vote for us to continue homelessness'.

40% of Britons incorrectly believe that small boat crossings have increased this year compared to last year, according to exclusive YouGov polling for Sky News. and you wonder why… youtu.be/A6fCl-uOEVY?...

“Your one patient who was doing well after surgery gets blown up in his bed. That, I think, probably took the feeling of impotence and rage and helplessness to another level." Dr. Feroze Sidhwa traveled twice to the Gaza Strip to volunteer on the frontline of a collapsing hospital system.

20 years after she died. I still have my Nan's house key on my keys. Happy memories visiting her where I felt the safest I ever felt in childhood. That key reminds me of those times.

Astronomers have discovered a new Earth-like exoplanet just 25 light-years from the solar system, offering another promising target in the search for life beyond Earth.

No platform should profit from racism. Tech firms cannot keep fuelling division while avoiding responsibility for the harm caused. It's time for real accountability and meaningful action. Solidarity with the players and fans who had to endure this hate during the World Cup.

It's honestly like something out of a sketch show. #SillySeason www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

FACT: the risk of flash flooding increases when the ground's been scorched by extreme heat. And we know something about that in London: five heatwaves, record temperatures, wildfires... We can't go on like this. Global leaders must heed these calls.

£36 billion a year. That astronomical sum is how much the climate crisis could cost London by the 2050s if we fail to act. In June I set out London’s first city-wide plan for protecting Londoners and preparing for a hotter future. Our city is relying on us to act now.

“Ratio utility billing system” fees – known within the apartment industry as “Rubs” – are an emerging problem nationwide, charged on top of rent and rarely given prices in apartment listings or leases. Co-published with the @economichardship.bsky.social:

The missile launches took place hours after Trump said he plans to meet with the North Korean leader sometime later this year.

Running around with your friends shouldn't leave you struggling for breath. But for too many of London’s children, polluted air was harming their health. Experts said it would take nearly 200 years to reach legal air quality limits. We did it in nine.

Monty Python and Fawlty Towers really is a ring of steel for John Cleese these days isn't it? He's literally a disgusting, hate-spreading bigot but he can still go on The One Show to plug a tour.

Don't agree that we need to burn down the Zucker-castle in Waterford, destroying what precious heritage we have left. We should instead approach this the traditional way (flinging the disease-ridden corpses of animals via trebuchet into the keep)

I have a strong sense that, the more people dig, the more innocent Jason Arday will become. Which just makes his death, and the circumstances leading up to it, more awful

My wife keeps getting We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel stuck in head. I deliberately write shopping lists, text messages, etc. in the same meter and it drives her insane. I've denied it so far.

You're wondering why we need the Government text alerts? Here's your reason

As a voluntarily child free woman, I personally would like to thank the Tories for completely trashing the economy and gutting every support system society has. "There's no way we could ever afford kids" is way more accepted as an excuse than "I despise children"

Glorious new production of Abigail's Party at the Harold Pinter Theatre. It's Tamzin Outhwaite's show but every member of the cast is pitch perfect too. Wonderful.

Kinda loathe those "How To Read X Books A Year" posts on Instagram - hitting a certain number doesn't matter! Reading short books so you can hit an arbitrary target doesn't matter! Read what you enjoy, when you can enjoy it! Don't let the village elders know it's books of ancient curses! That's it!

I told Katharine Birbalsingh that the "Churchill quote" written in foot high letters on her school wall was actually a Budweiser advert. It went on for two weeks. People wrote actual news articles about me correcting her. In the end I was blocked simply for saying she might want to gey some paint

My eldest (18) has always struggled with keeping friends, but has really bonded with mine (50+). We have a group chat for slagging and arranging gigs and drinks. He's a good lad and my friends are like terrible uncles. This makes us all happy.

Today's GB News scoop - the people serving on the standards committee have standards 🫨

Red Prawn and Mango Curry is #RecipeOfTheDay! Every time I make this, I’m amazed afresh by just how good it is to eat and how easy it is to make. www.nigella.com/recipes/red-...

The average person doesn't need anything bigger than a Fiat Panda. Cars should be available depending on your job. Farmer? You can buy big. Office worker? Small hatchback or saloon. And no, your car hobby doesn't count. It's 2026 and cars are an environmental and social menace.

So to be clear, the *entire party* is subject to the kind of collective responsibility which in any other party would only apply to Cabinet.

Donald Trump has ordered the US military to scale back drills with South Korea. He's threatened to "bomb the shit" out of Oman. Two long-standing American allies, treated like dirt. Once again this sends a very clear message to the UK. The US can no longer be relied on. We must look to Europe.

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On this day in history I won the 2002 Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award and began life as a comedian. Sugababes were top of the charts, and protestors seized control of the Iraqi embassy in Berlin.

There is no greater driver of economic growth than good public transport links. Look at the boom of the Elizabeth Line. People who whinge about the costs of it are just short-sighted morons. Ignore them and build everything. HS2. HS3. Crossrail 2. Trams in every city. Just do it.

And the beat goes on

When you see John Cleese falling for any old shit online you can understand why so many of his wives have left him

Oh... The Reform UK councillor sent the resignation letter to Kidsgrove Town Council, not Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-councillor-christine-duffy-resignation-b3035628.html

Because the last years have seen one brainless absurdity after another, the NFT craze feels longer than 5 years ago. I just checked values. The Dorsey NFT, sold in 2021 for $2.9mill, was worth $280 by 2022. From 2021-2025, sales lost 93% of their value. Now, "95% of NFT art has no value at all".

Without checking, and serious punts only, how many pages of the Daily Mail do you think are dedicated to Harry & Meghan moving house before they turn their attention to *anything else*?

“I don't think anybody's life story could sustain that amount of scrutiny. Try to imagine every word you have said, every text, every publication, in any context, at any age, pored over by thousands of people looking for any angle that made you look unreliable, shady, or ridiculous. It is too easy.”

Saw this card & I thought great it's of the beach so I bought it but then I realised it wasn't, I don't know what it is.

⚠️ Brexit has made us weaker on the world stage. 🏥 That means more concessions, more costs for the NHS.

🔴 BIG MONEY IS CORRUPTING UK POLITICS From Farage's £5m gift to record donations, money in British politics is off the charts. Today, Democracy for Sale launches a video series w/ @transparencyuk.bsky.social on how super-rich buying UK democracy - and what can be done 🧵 youtu.be/Dn-G0nAlVwY?...

Whenever I use a cash point and it says "Take your card and your cash will follow", I involuntarily sing "Be colour blind, don't be so shallow" like I'm in En Vogue.

Been slagging off my elderly neighbour for allowing his garden to get overgrown and full of weeds. Turns out he has been dead and buried six months.

“Icarus, come back! You’ve forgotten your SPF 50!” From the new Private Eye, out now.

The biotech giant posted positive trial results of a cancer vaccine, boosting shares at a record-setting pace before investors pulled back.

I feel strongly that it should be spelt ‘zooology’.

If we don’t act, the climate crisis could cost London up to £36bn a year by the 2050s. After another summer of record-breaking heat, now is the time to adapt homes, neighbourhoods and infrastructure to be ready for a hotter future.

It was very kind of you to remember me.

I know the lettuce cyclospora outbreak is just in the US, but I've managed to convince my husband that we're in danger, so I no longer have to eat salad every evening.

I think I've clocked why AI's writing style is so flat. It doesn't allow for any inferences to be made via style or assumptions about underlying knowledge. So it lays every point explicitly and literally.

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18 years old I was working in the Spar during my first summer back from uni. Sold booze to anyone who came in and was under age but knew me and years later I'm still a bit of a local hero for it. No regrets.

Trump: Do not worry, your president is SAFE! I’m inside an airport catering truck… New Private Eye on shelves now.

A huge congratulations to all the young Londoners receiving GCSE results today. Whatever grades you're opening and whatever path you choose next, take a moment to celebrate. Your hard work, determination and resilience have brought you to this point, and there are many exciting opportunities ahead.

This is all very Liz Truss Downing Street. Callow Tufton Streeters with Hayek cliff notes who’ve spent way too much time online. Reform not only looks in real trouble, but doesn’t seem to have any ideas about how to get out of it www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

who’s got two thumbs and a son who just smashed his gcses? 👍 👍

🤔 How very patriotic to support the man who has levied so many tariffs on our businesses!

Here’s 7k words about Palantir and the British state that @lucasamin.bsky.social and I wrote for @lrb.co.uk TLDR: it’s tech just isn’t that great, and yes the company’s avowed relationship to US state under Trump matters. Obviously. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

🇬🇧 Since Brexit, the UK has had to chase special treatment from individual trading partners. 🇪🇺 Meanwhile, the EU wields the comparative advantage of being part of the world’s largest integrated market and trading bloc, one the UK must rejoin.

It's a male only camp.

One aspect of my job recently has been trying to find some missing files. I imagine I am a cold case detective searching for vital clues for a 50 year old unsolved murder case. The files are actually old reports about empty units in a few dull suburban shopping centres.

Four Seasons in our woodland

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The hotline is for exile groups and political dissidents facing intimidation, surveillance or physical violence from foreign operatives inside the country.

For the most exposed countries – especially those in continental Europe – the hit to economic activity will be considerable: over a five-year period the impact of extreme heat could knock a cumulative 5-7% off GDP. Failure to deal with the climate crisis will devastate our economy. We must act now.

Boyfriend cuts carrots lengthwise into long strips, coats them in marmite, and puts them on pizza. Should I dump him? He's still a good shag and before him I was on a dry spell.

If only there were other examples in history of cult like political parties whose leaders viewed any criticism as an unforgivable counter-revolutionary act...

This week’s #CookbookCorner stars 'Love and Hunger: Thoughts on the Gift of Food' by Charlotte Wood, and it’s a book I love so much I wrote the foreword to it! Read more about it and get her recipe for Pommes Boulangère here: www.nigella.com/cookbook-cor...

Photoreceptors interpret light to influence growth. It helps identify what season & where & what the light is Trees don't have nervous systems, but do experience something analogous to pain So they kind of know when they are being hugged & if I am wearing a red or blue shirt 🙃

I have absolutely no idea how many days are in each month. Not a clue. February maybe.

I told my Son that due to the hosepipe ban, he has to sit down to go to the toilet. Which means I don't have to clean up after him.

Swalwell faces multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, including rape of a former staffer.

Scoop time. Just did hour long sit down interview with UEFA President Alexsandr Ceferin. Out on @restispoliticsus.bsky.social LEADING on Monday. The Infantino World Cup well off scandal even worse when you hear the full story. Must watch/listen for anyone who cares about football/sport politics

When I check which bin collection it is on the councils website, I always put my neighbours address in. I don't want the council knowing I can't remember a simple schedule

THE SKY IS LEAKING. WHAT WITCHCRAFT IS THIS?

Burnham is travelling across the UK to share his mission for ‘growth in every postcode’. But hasn’t said how he’ll fund it. Write to your local paper and let them know how much EU membership could benefit your area – so when he picks up a copy on his travels, he’ll see exactly what he needs to do.

What would be more humiliating than trying to hit someone, failing and hurting yourself? Well what if that guy was a TikToker who does freestyle raps and you injured yourself so bad you had to just sit there and take it whilst waiting for paramedics

30 years ago - my uni housemates thought I adored clubbing. In reality I used to get the late bus down to campus most nights to use some quiet toilets there. Far too anxious to use the shared toilet in our house for a no. 2. Now students can have ensuites, lucky things.

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Today the opera world lost a giant. Impeccable musicianship met the most disarming vulnerability in the great soprano Ileana Cotrubas. She was, in my view, the defining Mimi of her generation. RIP www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnQz...

The last step in any dishwasher programme should be to crack the door open, so all the plastic stuff can air dry.

Thought for the Day:

I never thought there'd be a day when I would be likened to Eric Cantona this many times.

💷 Reform’s new policy to billionaires! Only joking… they’re coming for our most vulnerable instead ✈️ Karoline Leavitt quits after being dumped on the decoy plane while Trump took the catering flight…with Natalie 💗 🎧 New episode ready for you now, Trawlers podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/joy-on-a-w... I know it’s a bit off topic for my healthtech Substack but I’ve written about our adventures getting #sophiefromromania onto the beach

In which Dicky Tice outs himself as a nepo baby

Banning VPNs would be a bit like banning locks because some people use them to hide wrongdoing. VPNs underpin remote work, banking, security and privacy. You can outlaw providers, but the traffic can be disguised or rerouted. The result: inconvenience and workarounds.

Absolute FILTH metro.co.uk/2026/08/19/p...

Phil Lynott born August 20, 1949: "When I'm in England, I say, I'm from Ireland. When I'm in Ireland, I say, I'm from Dublin. When I'm in Dublin, I say, I'm from Crumlin. When I'm in Crumlin, I say, Leighlin Road. When I’m in Leighlin Road, I say I’m a Lynott."

Stole my mom's wedding ring to give to my crush as an elementary schooler. My crush had a boyfriend. Never got over the guilt.