Reposted by Slow Down ArthurGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 1hSorry, I refuse to be snide - this is the greatest moment in British political history #CPC26 43710
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurMike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Years of extremist media using phrases like 'Sadiq Khan's hated ULEZ cameras' in their headlines surely contributes to people like this becoming radicalised to commit terrorist acts? 46590131
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurIanlovescomix @ianlovescomix.bsky.social · 22hHappy #DayofDredd! Here's 26 things to love about Ol' Stoney Face and his world. A is for Anderson, everyone's favourite Psi Judge, drawn here by #BrettEwins 16215
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurThe Onion @theonion.com · 20hCornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.comCornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The FutureITHACA, NY—Acknowledging serious missteps in their handling of a 2024 campus sexual assault case, administrators at Cornell University vowed Tuesday that, going forward, rapists would be forced to wri... 242602358
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurLiz Webster 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 22hTruly vile. At a public event, Mike Graham mocked Andy Burnham’s father for having Alzheimer’s, less than three weeks after Roy Burnham died and apparently on the day of his funeral. Just the lowest of the low. 109486183
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 20hI am not very worried about about the Tory Tapestry’s misuse of “doth”. What worries me much more is this sequence of panels which seems to show a small boat full of brown-skinned people followed by a plague of rats running riot and then a lot of dead white people labelled tax payers. 33486163
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurNikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 21hTrump straight up doxxed Senator Tom Cotton this morning 3583727728
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurTorsten Bell @torstenbell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026All your Triple Lock questions answered: - what is the new policy - why it’s a ‘triple lock’ - why pensioner poverty is expected to fall in the 2030s torstenbell.substack.com/p/the-future...torstenbell.substack.comThe Future of the Triple LockThe questions I’ve been asked most after Andy Burnham’s speech - and what the answers are. 1614060
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 03/10/2026JUST POSTED: Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have pushed a multibillion oil deal with Russia as part of peace talks that will bring profits to their family business partners. A new front for Trump-era conflicts of interest. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter... 23129041713
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice." 2782466899
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurMaria Drutska @mariadrutska.bsky.social · 03/10/2026🚨 Putin is already expanding his war by normalizing drone strikes in Moldova. Due to the lack of a strong response to past tests, Russia is increasing frequency and types of drone strikes. Expect one to "accidentally" hit something important soon, with Ukraine being blamed. 717180
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sidcup man gets 15 years for home-made bomb blowing up Ulez camera - luckily failimg to injure or kill anybody with damage in a 100 yard radius news.met.police.uk/news/man-jai...news.met.police.ukMan jailed for 15 years over ULEZ camera explosionKevin Rees, aged 63, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, 2 October. 810531
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🔴 Reform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six Years Exclusive: Reform UK’s Sam Journet branded “Britain’s worst councillor” as opponents demand he be suspended as Mayor of Basildon Council bylinetimes.com/2026/10/02/r...bylinetimes.comReform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six YearsExclusive: Reform UK's Sam Journet branded "Britain's worst councillor" as opponents demand he be suspended as Mayor of Basildon Council 7336145
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Honestly guys isn’t this a bit weird? This is a bit weird 10037684
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...democracydocket.comUSPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket. 47865293721
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurMichael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026WashPost: Taxpayer funded Trump political ads seen by many as illegal draw on government cash that was in part devoted to "memorials for officers killed in the line of duty."washingtonpost.comCampaign-style Trump ads use money meant for border security, memorialsThe White House Office of Management and Budget added $20 million to the pot for commemorative events a day before DHS awarded an advertising contract of the same amount. 16200114
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurUNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 03/10/2026🔴 Over the past month, Russia has launched a wave of sabotage operations across Europe and near its borders. 🧵 1/11 ⬇️ 818295
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurHallie Rubenhold @hallierubenhold.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Something really fishy going on with absentee ballots for overseas voters for the American midterms. In all the years I have lived in the UK I have never not received a ballot. This year it seems to have gone missing. What do I do? Any suggestions? Apparently it was meant to have arrived mid-Sept. 64520
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 03/10/2026“The only person I’ve ever seen stand like this was a child who shit their pants.” trib.al/7v7Ca9B 34818
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I hiked the Nestucca National Wildlife Refuge, Bob Straub State Park, and Sitka Sedge State Natural Area today for a total of 13 miles. All three glorious and amazing and highly recommended. Thanks to @sarahlovesbirds.bsky.social for some of the recs. 919717
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurReo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 03/10/2026Holy shit I've never in my life heard of a publication treating an interview one reporter did as fair game for *every single journalist who works at that publication* that's BANANAS and I would not ever speak with USA Today as long as that's the case. 011628
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Earlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of. What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist. 5441261267
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurSeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 03/10/20263rd October 2026 07.13 229349
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning. 361995438
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 02/10/2026Great way to demonstrate the club isn't state owned and is a totally independent business, honest. 231261
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It's important to be clear that he left the BBC, ok. So the divorce was his idea, right. 281
Slow Down Arthur @admiralbooth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The UK under a Farage government: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comFires, fury and hundreds of arrests as France gripped by student protestsGovernment struggling to deal with worst crisis in months after being taken by surprise by massive demonstrations 000
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurBrilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If “Did Not Vote” Had Been A Candidate In The 2020 US Presidential Election Explanation: brilliantmaps.com/did-not-v... 051
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurDaniel @deargodwhaat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Inventing Asimov from first principles 041
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered. 237101263219
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurJohn Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 02/10/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comAt Brighton, Polanski raised his arms in triumph. It felt more like a wave goodbyeThe Greens’ leader seems long on agitprop but short on ideas – and one byelection away from losing his job 54411
Reposted by Slow Down Arthurkate @katertot.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane 11966162007
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 02/10/2026GOOD NEWS! A new cancer treatment has demonstrated unprecedented results in a large trial for cancer patients whose disease has become resistant to chemotherapy AND immunotherapy. Tumors shrank in OVER a third of participants, with 15 patients experiencing COMPLETE eradication of their tumors. 433014848
Slow Down Arthur @admiralbooth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Cambridge student newspaper not pulling its punches regarding James Orr, unlike the university itself. www.varsity.co.uk?utm_source=i... 101
Slow Down Arthur @admiralbooth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Not really up to you, you hopeless twot. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comPolanski says he does not need to win ‘50/50’ byelection to stay Green leaderParty leader says outcome of ‘knife edge’ vote in Keir Starmer’s former seat will not affect his position 010
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurOh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🌹 NEW POD 🌹 Was this the week that Labour truly got its groove back? 🌹 With @jonnelledge.bsky.social @hannahfearn.bsky.social @nndroid.bsky.social & special guest Paul Richards of @thefabians.bsky.social 🌹 Listen linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow... 067
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurOwen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Greens slip into fifth place in our poll tracker, while Reform are only two points off third place. Two parties that dominated discourse in 2025 on their way down 128729
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurLRB Bookshop @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk · 01/10/2026it's time to play............ "ten-minute twix", the fast-paced bookshop chocolate resupply game. to win, you simply have to convey a standard Twix bar to the till counter of the london review bookshop, within the next ten minutes. all entrants get a certificate. good luck! and we're starting... now 2153
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurPostcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Yesterday's breakfast was fryed bread tomatoes poridge and tea. We have to clean the toilets today. 1013613
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurHelen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It was a very interesting editorial choice to publish this interview transcript: time.com/article/2026...time.comRead TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview TranscriptThe U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections. 109828
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 01/10/2026Bad news, everyone - Brexit has apparently caused the entire United Kingdom to detach from Europe and drift several thousand miles west. We are now slowly approaching Newfoundland. Can someone please let Eurostar now there might be some issues. 2621492285
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurThe Fence @thefence.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Issue 28 is at Good News Soho 012
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Unlike Simon Clarke, I was alive during the 1970s. A combination of low inequality, low crime and aspects of culture made 1976 one of the happiest years on record in the UK. The IMF bailout had zero impact. Lesson for Simon, happiness is not just a function of wealth. 78508116
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurJames Dart @jamesdart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Asked to respond to whether his team were 'not German enough' or 'not white enough', Klopp said there was no point in giving room to 'such people and their utterances', adding: 'I have little time in everyday life for idiocy'. Story: @kateconnolly.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comJürgen Klopp disgusted by claims his Germany team are ‘not white enough’Jürgen Klopp has reacted with disgust to a social media debate questioning whether the Germany team he is in the process of forming are ‘white enough’ 18681151
Reposted by Slow Down ArthurDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread: 611039441
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