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Even if you found a haunted Pee Wee Herman doll in the woods behind Hitler's bunker, adopted it, and then educated it on nothing but Mein Kampf and Hogan's Heroes reruns that creepy little doll would still make a better Deputy White House Chief of Staff than goddamn Stephen Miller

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to acknowledge that the Pentagon has developed plans to take over Greenland and Panama by force if necessary but refused to answer repeated questions during a hotly combative congressional hearing Thursday. buff.ly/JoMkw5A

Billionaires make bad politicians. Musk and Trump think business smarts translate to government, but politics isn’t about winning at all costs. It’s compromise, not control. And history shows: when entrepreneurs enter politics, chaos usually follows. Full story by ‘Slicker’ in the latest issue.

Martin Lewis’ charity has warned that Labour’s changes to the Personal Independence Payment (PIP), a key benefit for individuals with long-term health conditions or disabilities, will have a “catastrophic impact” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

“Our trains are routinely patrolled by Tory leadership hopefuls desperate for publicity” From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Progress for our swifts! After weeks of campaigning and thousands of us taking action, we’re now seeing signs of real change. The Government will update national planning policy to ensure swift bricks are incorporated into new buildings, giving the iconic birds a safe place to nest.

Proof the UK is taking serious notice of Operation Spider’s Web came only days after Ukraine’s devastating drone attack on Russia’s bomber fleet. 🧵 1/3

Jon Stewart on how the L.A. ICE raids provide Trump with the perfect distraction from Elon's Epstein bomb

I only know what I'd do without Brian Wilson.

kemi badenoch* sketch (*kemi badenoch is the leader of the conservative party)

God Only Knows was the song that made me fall in love with music. I listened to it with blurry eyes tonight. Paul understands.

We're sorry to say this is a sad and unpleasant one. A new study has shown the hidden world of pain fish endure before they die after being caught. www.iflscience.com/fish-suffer-...

NEW 🚨Reform UK’s newly appointed Director and Secretary Charlton Edwards has a history of promoting conspiracy theory and far right content online. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/06/12/r...

Totally utterly completely indefensible

Start with them.

🔴The ‘Millionaire Exodus’ the UK Media Told You About Never Actually Happened The equivalent of 30 stories a day were published about an exodus of wealthy people that a new study finds was “non existent” @josiah.writes.news reports bylinetimes.com/2025/06/10/t...

The credentials of David Bull to be chairman of Reform: 1. He presented Most Haunted on Living TV, thus proving he's a dab hand with promoting absolute bullshit via a totally misnamed outlet

Preserving the freedom of science: A call for respect and collaboration. #TIC2025 Open Access www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Meanwhile, in the “Land of the free”(!)

🚨NEW: @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social‬ reveals that reports of a “millionaire exodus” due to tax changes were false. Only 0.3% of UK millionaires moved to another country in 2024, but media headlines blew it out of proportion. No more excuses: tax the ultra-rich to fund our struggling public services.

In 1931, a 17-year-old girl named Jackie Mitchell struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. A few days later, the baseball commissioner voided her contract and declared baseball "too strenuous" for women.

Ørsted’s cancellation of Hornsea 4 bodes ill for the UK’s 2030 clean power target.

It is a law as old as the hills: Permit agents of the state to use violence against civilians to "maintain public order", and they will use it to advance private and particular interests.