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Jeffrey Epstein sent £10,000 to Mandelson’s husband, emails show Epstein sent Reinaldo Avila da Silva payment in 2009

I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in

Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files

more to follow

www.ft.com/content/c950...

Welcome to the American Winter In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.

This is an extraordinarily good piece of journalism:

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

Here's Patrick Dexter playing Auld Lang Syne from the west coast of Ireland as his gorgeous doggo keeps watch over everything.

A happy, shiny, bright and safe 2026 everyone.

xx 🙏🏽

A Cup o' Kindness: Wokey Dokey & Grin And Share It special!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳

And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭

open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

I mean, i am

The judge said she was "not sure to the criminal standard" that Linehan had demonstrated hostility based on the complainant being transgender, and therefore this did not aggravate his offence.

Giving evidence during the case, Linehan claimed his "life was made hell" by trans activists and accused Brooks, a trans woman, of being a "young soldier in the trans activist army".

I don't know the criminal standard specifically but Linehan did say *in court* that he was motivated by the victim's status as a trans person. If a clear statement of explicit prejudice isn't enough then you need a new standard.
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📌 Gavin Newsom is FIRE 🔥🐥

Iain Banks: the final interview Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .

“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”

—Iain Banks
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...

Scumbag college / Footlights college, Bambi, The Young Ones

3 out of 4 of the students on the top deck (Scumbag College) went to public schools.

3 out of 4 of the students on the bottom deck (Footlights College) were state school educated.

A great, counterintuitive thing that is oddly satisfying.

From today’s @ipaper #Heads of ‘bailout’ #councils earning more than the #PM #why????

Hi, are you slouching? Have you had water or eaten food today? Is there a fun offline activity you can do this weekend?

a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men . ALT: a man is covering his eyes with his hands in front of a group of men .

Me: I can’t believe UK voters chose to torch their economy with Brexit. That can never be topped.

American voters:

Hope the PM gives Zelesnky some of his really good whiskey. Now that it's open and everything.

Late to this but seems more relevant than on release #Safe is about housewife developing strange symptoms. Caused by environment? Worth watching on @BFI @carolmorleyfilm.bsky.social

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@stephsands.bsky.social
Hello !

These are the good guys supporting DEI. Reward them with your business.

Costco
Meijer
Kroger
Giant Grocery
Ben & Jerry’s
Ulta, Macy’s
Old Navy
Nordstrom’s
TJ Maxx
GoTo Foods ( Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon…)
Dollar Tree
Walgreens
Wegmans

You probably should go back to twitter

Some fascinating things happening on Reddit. 22,000 upvotes on the subreddit dedicated to posting pictures of houses that are over 100 years old.

The Sun owner offers Prince Harry 'unequivocal' apology for 'serious intrusion' NGN apologised for serious intrusion and unlawful information gathering by The Sun as well as phone hacking by the News of the World and for serious intrusion into the private life of Princess Diana

BREAKING: The Sun owner offers Prince Harry 'unequivocal' apology for 'serious intrusion'

NGN apologised for serious intrusion & unlawful information gathering by The Sun as well as phone hacking by the News of the World

inews.co.uk/news/prince-...

Full statement by Lord Watson and Prince Harry outside the court today

Photo of Vivek Ramaswamy at one of the galas surrounding the inauguration. He's in a black tie rig and black overcoat.

Close up of his shirt. There are four black dress studs and one mother of pearl button at the bottom. The white button is circled in red. Next to the circle, it says "DEI button."

the media: the trouble is, no-one’s giving advice to men!

loads of people: be fun. wash regularly so you smell nice. learn to cook. take pleasure in giving other people pleasure. be interested in other people.

the media: so here’s a man who says you should become a human trafficker.

Change in Paris air quality between 2007 and 2023 using visuals

Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.

Good trade.

Tells you all you need to know about the guy.