Down at the Pasticherria

Tim Davie misled audience about the BBC’s supposed leftwing agenda | Good Law Project Speaking at a book festival, the former director general suggested the BBC newsroom was full of BLM T-shirts and Kamala mugs. But that’s fake news.

"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj

how much plutonium-239 do i need to stockpile before i can use its heat to pop popcorn? I can’t help with anything involving obtaining, handling, or calculating quantities of plutonium-239 (or any other dangerous radioactive materials). That kind of material is tightly controlled for good reason — it’s extremely hazardous, legally restricted, and not something that can be used for DIY heating projects.

jimmy needs to hide one body. but while he was doing that, three witnesses walked by. how many bodies does jimmy need to hide now? Jimmy now has to hide 4 bodies. Original body: 1 Three unfortunate witnesses (implied he’ll have to get rid of them too): 3 1 + 3 = 4

Random experiment to see if cheating in school could be stopped by designing math problems for children that AI will refuse to handle. Results are mixed.

Cook County becomes the first county in the US to establish permanent funding for guaranteed income  • The TRiiBE On Thursday, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the FY 2026 budget, which includes $7.5 million to fund the county’s guaranteed basic income program.

The Cook County, IL budget for 2026 that just passed sets aside $7.5 million per year from the county budget for a permanent guaranteed basic income program, making it the largest permanent county-level GBI program in the US. No details yet on design, just funding. It could pay 1,250 people $500/mo.

New report uncovers cause of shocking string of whale deaths: 'Our current safeguards are not enough' "This report paints a clear picture."

New report uncovers cause of shocking string of whale deaths 🐋

NOAA data shows that since 2007, more than 920 humpback whales have been maimed or killed by fishing lines, many linked to commercial crab operations. 🦀🎣

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*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues

Claims of felling 250 year-old trees + shipping them thousands of miles to burn in a power station, releasing fine particulate pollution linked to breathing + heart conditions.

Perhaps, instead of subsidising this, our tax money could go to treating people with those conditions?

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UK bathing sites polluted by ‘genes that could create superbugs’ Samples collected from 25 rivers and lakes also contain high levels of harmful bacteria and medicines used to treat diabetes and seizures

When we sampled bathing waters around England, with @sascampaigns.bsky.social, river groups + @alistairboxall.bsky.social we found antibiotic resistance genes at all but one site tested. We are creating ideal conditions for untreatable diseases to arise.

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A cartoon showing the state beating up women and children.

Labor organizers formed a multi-ethnic committee and translated organizing materials into 25 different languages. They marched outside to demand better pay, but instead of meeting their demands, mill owners turned on their fire hoses. City officials called in the local militia to break up marchers

JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵

Ummm, the rise in the state pension age to 67 was introduced by the Coalition Government in 2014, not Labour, and paying inheritance tax when you die doesn't affect your retirement income when you're alive.

‘Abject terror’: survey shows 84% of trans people feel Britain is unsafe YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK

In @yougov.co.uk polling of the trans community, to the best of our knowledge the first of its kind ever conducted, an astonishing 84% said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people.
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It's almost as if 2024's massive rejection of mealy-mouthed, downward-spiral, centre-right, blame-the-poor, end-game-capitalism, austerity-obsessed politics was a signal to Labour that the country was desperate for something else.

This is a masterclass in repeating carefully workshopped robotic talking points that miss the forest for the trees and are irrelevant to the question at hand: Trump chose to build a ballroom instead of funding programs that would feed those kids.

Attention @cam.ac.uk. You may feel the legal risks are all one way - of being sued by Russian/ US Evangelical/ JK Rowling proxies.

We are here to tell you, if, out of weakness you betray your trans students, we will help them fight back.

advert from Wakefield Free Press, May 1894. It reads: GRAND FETES WHIT MONDAY AND TUESDAY, Military Tournaments. Tent pegging, lemon and sheep cutting, sword fetes mounted and dismounted, wrestling on bare-backed horses, military sketch etc etc novelty of the season - Japanese daylight fireworks! Elephants, donkeys, old ladies, fish, flags of all nations, jockeys on horseback etc etc

Fantastic list of attractions at a Wakefield fete in 1894.

Go for the lemon and sheep cutting, stay for the old ladies and fish.

Anton amd Seolyeon Park sitting in front of a big banner that says SHEFFIELD WELCOMES REFUGEES

Seolyeon Park (CAPITALISTS MUST STARVE, A MAGICAL GIRL RETIRES) and me at City of Sanctuary Sheffield, courtesy of Juno Books Sheffield. A loving, lovely space 💜

Ostensibly the party of law and order with a plan to deport migrants even if they’ve done nothing more than live here legally and claim support to which they’ve contributed and are entitled. Years of targeting migrants disguised as concern about legality paving the way to this and open violence.

Wage war on nature to build new homes: that’s Labour’s offer, but it’s a con trick | George Monbiot The government’s new planning bill is tearing down environmental protections to benefit developers. This nation of nature lovers won’t stand for it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Today's column is about the government's huge, unprecedented assault on nature ... and about the eerie, astonishing silence of the big nature groups. The RSPB, National Trust, Wildlife Trusts have 7.5m members between them. A vast force, completely unmobilised. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Leaked memo reveals Labour plan to slash affordable homes target A requirement for developers to build affordable housing in London is set to be cut from 35% of new homes to 20%, in a move councils fear will spread across Britain

Excuse me but, what the f*** is the point of targets to build homes that only the wealthy can afford? How does it help anyone who is not a property developer? And why does Labour care more about property developers than families? liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/398...

A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Please read my column today in conjunction with Aditya's. The government pretends to be delivering housing to those who need it, but is in fact just appeasing the big corporations. Then it blames nature protections, and rips those down at their behest as well.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

YouTube video by Scott Santens Six New Pilot Programs Show UBI Works | The Basic Income Show

Full episode:

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Drawing of Pierce Brosnan (well, sort of). Hair and scarf only roughly indicated.

Inktober 6 Pierce

A deer leaps between trees. The head and legs are outline only, and the trees are shade only.

Inktober 5 Deer

A man at a table stares into his cup. A waiter walks away.

Inktober 4 Murky

My inktober rules - absolute max 40 minutes. Ink pen, ink brush pen, water brush pen.

Two hands present a black six pointed crown with a star on the front. Underneath it says 'will there be?'

Inktober 3 Crown

A lace machine stands tall in the corner of a room, partly covered by a sheet with half finished lace edges.

Inktober 2 Weave

Walrus looking out of frame on left, emperor tamarin on right

Inktober 1 Moustache

Surge in sea temperatures drives dramatic changes in UK marine ecosystems  - Ocean and Coastal Futures Ocean and Coastal Futures - We’re all about connecting people – organising events, creating communications and promoting job opportunities.

🚨 UK seas have undergone the warmest start to any year since records began, putting our marine habitats & wildlife under immense stress. Marine heatwaves should be rare but they're now terrifyingly common. This is not normal. Time for a green future, NOW. www.cmscoms.com?p=44926

I cannot keep track of all the people.