Charlie Hooson-Sykes

They're excellent books tbf

A small girl wearing a rabbit costume and blue coat carries a book as she walks to school. Her mother (head out of shot) wheels her baby brother along in a pushchair. The baby says "Peter Rabbit may be the 'Hero' of the story, but surely the obedient, widowed Mrs Rabbit is a more effective symbol of the oppression inherent within Mister McGregor's regime" The girls looks furious and snaps "Mum!! He's critiquing my world book day costume from a marxist perspective again!"

A cartoon reminder that tomorrow is World Book Day (In the UK anyway). Originally for the @theguardian.com

Well things got a bit heavy this afternoon. A friend who lives over in Vienna has been diagnosed with kidney cancer, and it's metastasised in her lungs.
Sooooo.... That's a bit shit.

#Treetops Emit #Ultraviolet Sparkles During #Thunderstorms. Researchers Just Filmed It in Nature for the First Time

Link for more info and photos: www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

Coaching my nephew through getting gifts for his mum. Bloody hell it's painful. I can almost hear the teenage grunts as we go through each stage of the process.

Past me was an idiot. I picked a tomato based pasta for lunch, but put a white long sleeved tshirt on.
Fool.

Picture of Zack Polanski holding a board that says: Will you sign the letter? Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community Nion Women logo notinourname.org.uk

Thank you to @zackpolanski.bsky.social for your clear support for the trans community. In a political climate where too many are stepping back, visible allyship from political leaders matters.

We were proud to meet Zack at launch of the Trans Lives Report by @transactualuk.bsky.social

An expat in Dubai has a startling revelation: the Stephen Collins cartoon Reality check …

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Oh spicy brain why....
Why did we just put 'water' as a reminder to do something in the calendar. I can't remember wtf that means...

Spent most of today in recovery after a VIP night at the BRIT Awards. She's tired.

The thing about the U.S. and Israel is that both of their leaders are trying to stay out of prison.

This has me crying in real life 😂😂😂

🦁

In 1938, the German Reich invalidated all German Jewish passports.

They must surrender them, after which their ID will mark them as a Jew.

In 2026, the state of Kansas invalidated all correct trans drivers licenses.

They must surrender them, after which their ID will mark them as trans.

The left lapel of a lime green blazer is pictured, a string of pearls runs the length, and a large pin shaped like a peeled and upside down banana is attached to the lapel. Words at the bottom say 'The Brits outfit is taking shape. I do have a backup, but I like this idea....'

My Brit Awards outfit is taking shape.

"Oh baby, give me that hot, state regulated sexual economy, so I can have a legally mandated baby that we can't afford to feed."

Brewdog workers protest on sale citing ‘years of catastrophic mismanagement’ The union that represents the workforce of Scottish brewery and bar business Brewdog is staging a demonstration today in a bid to rise up against the company’s proposed sale. db looks at the emotions ...

Brewdog workers protest on sale citing ‘years of catastrophic mismanagement’ @teamdb.bsky.social

I swear the security guard in the Coop near MMU on Stretford Road is cosplaying Hitler.
I did the biggst double take as I went past on the bus. Had I not been hanging on with both hands I'd have snapped a picture. Going to have to try and stop in for full verification of my eyes.

Email to USA Hockey

Formal invitation to the hockey team sent,,, if any people with connections to the hockey team wanna have them email my team my bio. I’m for real. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Picture of the head, shoulders and boobs of a fat redheaded woman with a mirror behind her, facing the camera

Yesterday's yoga session included far too many inversions. If I wanted to be suffocated by my boobs, I could do that at home.

Frightened Rabbit drummer launches cider festival Musician Grant Hutchison, known for being in the band Frightened Rabbit, will be launching a cider festival in Edinburgh next month. But what can visitors expect? Learn more here.

Frightened Rabbit drummer launches cider festival @teamdb.bsky.social

My horoscope for this week: watch your ankles
Me, having gone over on my ankle yesterday: bit late lads.

The political effects of X's feed algorithm https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10098-2 Received: 16 December 2024 Accepted: 4 January 2026 Published online: 18 February 2026 Open access • Check for updates Germain Gauthier,5, Roland Hodler?5, Philine Widmer35 & Ekaterina Zhuravskaya3,4,5 m Feed algorithms are widely suspected to influence political attitudes. However, previous evidence from switching off the algorithm on Meta platforms found no political effects'. Here we present results from a 2023 field experiment on Elon Musk's platform X shedding light on this puzzle. We assigned active US-based users randomly to either an algorithmic or a chronological feed for 7 weeks, measuring political attitudes and online behaviour. Switching from a chronological to an algorithmic feed increased engagement and shifted political opinion towards more conservative positions, particularly regarding policy priorities, perceptions of criminal investigations into Donald Trump and views on the war in Ukraine. In contrast, switching from the algorithmic to the chronological feed had no comparable effects. Neither switching the algorithm on nor switching it off significantly affected affective polarization or self-reported partisanship. To investigate the mechanism, we analysed users' feed content and behaviour. We found that the algorithm promotes conservative content and demotes posts by traditional media. Exposure to algorithmic content leads users to follow conservative political activist accounts, which they continue to follow even after switching off the algorithm, helping explain the asymmetry in effects. These results suggest that initial exposure to X's algorithm has persistent effects on users' current political attitudes and account-following behaviour, even in the absence of a detectable effect on partisanship.

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right.

Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement.

This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

Hillsborough Law will 'criminalise lying' by senior ministers, say campaigners It's via a new standalone offence - which will apply to the prime minister - of "misleading the public", punishable by up to two years in jail.

We’ve all had enough of politicians lying to us, right?

Reckon on that we can all agree

Which is why I’m absolutely buzzing for this legislation that would criminalise lying in politics

…”punishable by up to two years in jail!”

GAME-CHANGER

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The police Whatsapp chat definitely already has a poll on who will get him to break a sweat first.

every device i own just pinged with the news that andrew has been arrested. I think probably the oven did.

This could be the greatest ever episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody …

Bloody hell. Never normally hits this hard, but blood donation yesterday is kicking my arse! Iron was fine, so guessing it's probably a stressful couple of weeks adding to the feeling 🙁

They want to scare people out of posting ICE-critical content, because they know these posts are turning even their supporters against them. But the better option is to take a page out of their playbook and flood the zone.

At long last, we’re launching in Leeds! Ever since I started The Mill, people have asked us to create a publication across the Pennines.

If 500 people pledge to become members, we’re going to hire two journalists and do it. Please share with Leeds friends.

leeds.ghost.io

The fate of the 2,787 people arrested for terrorism offences for peacefully holding signs saying “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action” in silent vigils will be decided this Friday.

The long-awaited Judicial Review ruling will be read out at 10am in the Royal Courts of Justice.