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WORD FACT To “pandiculate” is to instinctively stretch the torso and upper limbs, typically while yawning. The word lends itself nicely to this palindrome: Pandiculate: go get a lucid nap. #palindrome

France: far right leads, far left second.

A life-size #Roman marble head found in #Sussex now in the British Museum (1961,1103.1) Our report identifying it as Agrippa Postumus, youngest grandson and adopted heir of Augustus, is open access thanks to @universitypress.cambridge.org www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Happy #StoneHeadSunday

Ukraine military says Starlink service restrictions have been removed ft.trib.al/odBYaC7

Full story: The Telegraph is making up to 100 job cuts as it cites an ambition to transform into a “global, AI-powered” business, almost four months after its takeover by Axel Springer pressgazette.co.uk/news/telegra...

‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre

It’s not a done deal for Canada: Germany, France and at least six other EU countries are pushing against “associate membership” as the name for closer EU ties with Canada… www.politico.eu/article/germ...

It used to be about NATO expansion and nazis But the past changes so quickly that you can have no idea what will happen yesterday.

Politico: Ex Tory council candidate Jack Ross, the chief exec of Turning Point UK "appeared to tell an undercover reporter that he knows of people who could “kick the f*ck out of someone"...“cutting people’s faces up” or “kill[ing] someone” if the price is right". He's now suspended from the Tories

“It has been a long-standing debate in UK economic policy circles. If neighbouring Norway has amassed a $2.4tn war chest from the same North Sea, where exactly did the UK's sovereign wealth fund go?” Into private hands.

2020: Matt Hancock, "We've tried to throw a protective ring around our care homes" 2026: Baroness Hallett, "The claim that a so called protective ring has be thrown around care homes right from the start was unfounded. The adult social care sector appeared to be something of an after thought"

🔥 MEMPHIS to the city council: “YOU WORK FOR US NOT ELON MUSK” What a pic. (H/T councilman @jbsmileyjr.bsky.social — who voted for the moratorium, which failed 6-6)

🌹 | Perran Moon MP (Camborne & Redruth) has been suspended by the Labour party pending an investigation into claims he tried to close his company without repaying a taxpayer-funded Covid loan.

The depths this lot will go to to harvest data is quite something. It shocks me each time. This time exploiting the systemic, endemic issue of women raped by men at US universities. What is the ‘pledge’ for? Who will it be sent to? What difference will it make? What’s your theory of change?

On 16 October 1834, at around 6:30 in the evening, a huge fireball exploded out of the Houses of Parliament. Dr Caroline Shenton describes the dramatic events that took place in London’s largest fire since 1666, which left the Palace of Westminster in ruins.

Roman Abramovich aides falsified paperwork to disguise assets and dodge tax, records suggest

Greens facing ‘existential threat’ as membership plummets after anti-Zionist motion Polls reveal support for the party has plunged after it was accused of endorsing an antisemitic policy and leader Zack Polanski lost the key byelection ✍️ @rachelsylvester.bsky.social https://bit.ly/47MtREp

When a highly respected ex-party leader criticises the current leader on the day he is standing to become an MP, you have to take notice surely? True Greens, you need to reclaim your party.

The Greens' embrace of left populism has been an unmitigated disaster. At a moment when climate politics is more contested than ever, they've abandoned their post. Not just in Camden last night but in Lambeth too. Serious figures need to act.

NEW: Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document, The Right Way, overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

#SouthAfrica #Migrants www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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sometimes drawing a bunch of cats from pinterest gives a sense of normalcy against the everyday everything

Today in Russian Disinformation/AI Cringe, Russia's ongoing disinformation campaign is now using fake ChatGPT screenshots to "verify" the fake news clips it's distributing on X and TikTok.

I'm sorry but £12 just to enter St Giles is absurd. You can get a guided tour of Notre Dame for 16 euro. 8 euro for a tour of Aachen Dom. The entry itself is free for both. Full access to Barcelona Cathedral, with museum and audiovisual experience, is £14.

Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 29% (+2) RFM: 24% (+3) CON: 21% (-1) LDM: 10% (-1) GRN: 7% (-2) RES: 4% (-2) SNP: 2% (-1) Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 3-5 Oct. Changes w/ 25-29 Sep.

ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...

Watching The Greens tear themselves apart. It used to be about the environment.

Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social on the #Tories #ToryConference #KemiBadenoch @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

‘If you can’t hold it, you don’t own it’: why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl

Two Iranian small-boat migrants charged with plotting attack on Jewish targets in Manchester ft.trib.al/GCU0tPd

“A Reform party source said: This is exactly why Nigel needed £5m to protect his security for life”

Widdecombe murder suspect charged with preparing terror acts against Farage ft.trib.al/46yJ9VF

UAE officials have warned the UK that a severe punishment for Man City could hurt future Emirati investment in Britain, Bloomberg reports. This is the perfect argument for keeping foreign money out of football.

Andy Burnham told by Lib Dems to reveal all meetings with owners of Manchester City

"Investors are pulling money out of French businesses and shifting it on to the London Stock Exchange as concerns mount about rising debt levels and faltering growth across the Channel" www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

Call 999 if you've seen this missing man #Kernow #Cornwall

Eurozone inflation jumps to highest level in three years ft.trib.al/q2ATYqb

1/ Ukraine's A1 Artificial Intelligence Centre has developed, with UK support, a new AI platform called SPECTR AI to greatly reduce the time taken to detect and engage Russian targets. A Russian analysis highlights its capabilities and the threat it poses to Russian forces. ⬇️

Manchester City case has major implications for integrity of game, says FA; Burnham stirs tensions: football news – live

Yes. I saw that he was cautioning against people “rushing to judgement”. Which is a curious way of describing a process that has involved a four-year investigation, a ten-week contested legal hearing before an independent commission and two years of deliberating before announcing a decision.