Gareth

the markets have essentially become a gauge for how much corruption the government in power is going to let the business class get away with

The fact that Palestinian parties are on track for their best ever result in the Israeli election and hold the balance of power is a level of poetic irony I didn't anticipate.

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

The crowd were extremely confused by this, perhaps understandably given having an American birth certificate literally does make you an American.

Just checking the weather

I have genuinely no idea how a "Norway option referendum" would poll. But also, is it worth the risk? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Anyone going on BBC this month should order one of these beforehand and let them sweat www.poppyshop.org.uk/products/pri...

It's still probably the best operating system Microsoft ever made. I remember when I started working at my current employer, we were still using Windows XP until about 2013!

Ofcom report admits that the Online Safety Act has resulted in "no significant change" to children accessing inappropriate content. i.e. the Act manifestly failed in its stated purpose. www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/r...

70 percent of the internet was vulnerable yesterday to very bad security flaws inside a coding language. Turns out, *one volunteer* is mostly responsible for maintaining that code & helping push updates. Yesterday Ondřej Surý saved the internet. So I called him up www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Not convinced this is as compelling new evidence as the Graun clearly wants it to be. If no silencer was used, why were both children still in their beds when shot? Surely they would have heard the noise. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

The Mass Effect: Universe leaked trailer did look good tbh; new main character but with Liara still as the Shadow Broker maybe one of your crew. Lost now like tears in rain, EA destined for the scrap heap of history.

Can confirm that this is a real trailer of the Mass Effect game that BioWare was developing up until its closure yesterday www.reddit.com/r/masseffect...

Neoliberal capitalism is literally a death cult. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

University of Nottingham, right now, is cutting 560 jobs. Do we need to rebrand universities as very large, very clean, land-based oil rigs to get government support?

You can now pet dogs and cats in The Blood of Dawnwalker so it's basically a perfect game now.

I'm sorry, the BBC's CYBER CORRESPONDENT didn't know PHP existed until yesterday?!

60 years ago this morning, Aberfan lost a generation of schoolchildren

We must ensure we deliver profits and dividends for our stakeholders (even if that means killing the planet in the process). 😒

Not great! www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/critica...

I listened to the opening night of BBC 7 (which became BBC Radio 7, and finally BBC Radio 4 Extra). In the 2000s, it was my favourite radio station. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...

I just want a graphics card I can afford, that can play the games I want, man. 😒

The broadcast media have become more and more insular and incestuous over recent years; see also Jo Coburn being interviewed on Kuenssberg. The fact that they got away with allowing Ed Balls to interview his own wife a few years ago was kind of a tipping point.

Andy Burnham’s government has ordered the NHS in England to deliberately harm trans people

If GTA VI does actually release on PC by March 2027 I will be extremely surprised. www.rockpapershotgun.com/gta-6-pc-rel...

I lay the blame squarely at Alejandro González Iñárritu's feet. Tom Cruise puts in a marvellous performance but ultimately this supposedly "satirical comedy" isn't satirical. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

No, it's a pointless sales gimmick and the production car absolutely will not have this feature, what are we doing.

In even shorter time than Anthony Scaramucci was White House Communications Director in Trump's first term. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/u...

I don't think this is realistic but what has always been realistic has been the Norway option; outside the EU, but inside the single market and customs union. This is what should have been agreed as a result of Brexit in the first place. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...