Dave Robinson

A photo of Frodo speaking with Gandalf in the Mines of Moria: "I wish it had not happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But the Dow is over 50,000."

Nazis are Nazis, even if they switch tactics. The end result is still the same.

Exclusive: Pentagon threatens to cut off Anthropic in AI safeguards dispute Anthropic has not agreed to the Pentagon's terms and defense officials are getting fed up after months of difficult negotiations.

EXCLUSIVE: The Pentagon is considering severing its relationship with Anthropic over the AI firm's insistence on maintaining some limitations on how the military uses its models.

Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans

Ukraine destroys half of Russia's 'key' Pantsir air defense systems, security service says The Alpha unit of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) destroyed half of Russia's stockpile of the coveted Pantsir air defense system, the SBU announced Feb. 14.

⚡️Ukraine destroys half of Russia's 'key' Pantsir air defense systems, security service says.

The Alpha unit of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) destroyed half of Russia's stockpile of the coveted Pantsir air defense system, the SBU announced Feb. 14.

An amazing account on the best of days. Today? Unmissable.

In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”

Siri, show me a story where everyone is the biggest loser of all time

"They hate to see two woke bitches winning."

New response to any criticism of my podcasts just dropped

That's it? Seems like a tame response?

Is he saying that Pogrund was a step too far? Surely targeting *any* journalist should be cause for concern, yet he still took the contract.

Among Democrats - "Should Kamala Harris run for president again in 2028, or has she had her shot?"

She had her shot: 66%
She should run again: 34%

Embold / Jan 16, 2026

Loads! 28 Years Later, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Marty Supreme, Hamnet, Send Help to name a few.

So female MPs raised concerns about Doyle's toxicity towards women, and Starmer ignored them and put him in the Lords anyway? And people think he should still be in a job?

Private Equity destroys another business sector

This is a *really* weird polling question

Woman Apparently Crushed by Trash Compactor in Building, Police Say The medical examiner’s office is investigating the cause of death of Michelle Montgomery, 39, whose remains were found two weeks ago in a public housing building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

A woman whose remains were found in a trash compactor in the basement of a public housing building in Brooklyn this month most likely died after slipping down a garbage chute and into the compactor, police officials said on Friday.

At least half a dozen top Trump administration officials appear in the Jeffrey Epstein files The degree to which each individual was connected to Epstein varies significantly, from a single email to years of communications.

The President, two of his current Cabinet secretaries, his former strategist, his biggest donor, and his pending Fed Chair nominee are all in the files of a pedophile who ran a sex trafficking ring, while the attorney general and a former Cabinet secretary let him get away with it.

Seems kinda bad?

Met a lad from Palestine. He’s been in Liverpool for over a week now. He knows nobody and has nothing. We’ve given him food/clothes he’s been to play footy with the DJK House crew. . If you can donate, please do so here: paypal.me/DJKHouse I’m gonna take him shopping for toiletries etc

That's weird, she just told me that she didn't even race today.

another guy who never protested before radicalized to the point of tears by watching masked ICE agents terrify children in his neighborhood

the Republicans are not ready or mentally capable of comprehending the backlash they have generated

The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.

Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office

This should be every politicians viewpoint, and anyone who doesnt think this is the case needs to step aside so leaders can actually lead.

London has the lowest rates of MMR immunisation in the country. Map via @houseofcommons.parliament.uk library.

Someone please show me how to do alt text when I am sharing text only photos without having to type it all out

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The list of things council is considering cutting in order to keep taxes “flat” is insane. (From Sam Austin’s website). Call your councillor and tell them you won’t support them if they support these cuts.

Sunday Briefing tomorrow is the widening split between the US and its formerly main ally Europe - shown clearly at the Munich Security Conference, which all US media seems to have missed because they parroted the White House line on Rubio’s speech.

'The right people voting'

Zack and the Black Cap campaign group all smiling for a photo

The Black Cap Forever

Decades ago I used to collect glasses at the Black Cap, Camden!

11 years ago after it closed down, we set up a campaign to reopen it!

I long ago got distracted but these legends (with others!) stuck it out for years. Delighted to say from next month our LGBT+ pub is back! 🎉

BBC blog taking no shit from Matt Dawson...