Geoff Spink

20 years after the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, progress is real, but challenges remain. #COSP19 will focus on accelerating action for inclusion, dignity and rights of persons with disabilities. Learn more 🌐bit.ly/un_crpd #CRPD20 #GlobalGoals

6:49am: sudden spike in oil futures trading. no news. no announcement. nothing public. 7:05am: trump announces a pause on iran strikes. markets move. someone knew. 16 minutes early. $580 million in contracts. the corruption is staggering.

@HoeGrange in the #PeakDistrict has almost reached its £5K target to fix its off road wheelchair. This is a really good cause – dig deep folks. ablink.messages.gofundme.com/ls/click?upn=u…

BBC correspondent admits Trump is backing down and conceding defeat. Iran threatened to obliterate Gulf desalination plants. Without water the Gulf states collapse in days. They begged Trump to stop. Total humiliation for Washington.

I'm sure Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage will be queuing up to profess their gratitude. But while Trump's illegal war is devastating the Middle East and sending bills soaring here in the UK, it's no thanks from me.

@thecurioustales Man who only drinks loose-leaf tea feeling quietly smug 🫖

SHOCKING STUDY 🚨: Researchers discovered a single tea bag can release billions of microscopic plastic particles into hot water. Yes, every cup of tea you’ve ever made was also a cup of melted plastic. The bags themselves are the contamination. Most commercial tea bags are sealed using polypropylene, a plastic polymer added to make the bag hold its shape under heat. The moment boiling water hits it, that polymer begins shedding. Not in chunks you’d notice. In particles so small they pass straight through your gut lining and enter your bloodstream within minutes of drinking. Billions per cup is not a rounding error. Researchers at McGill University measured 11.6 billion microplastic particles and 3.1 billion nanoplastic particles released from a single bag at brewing temperature. Nanoplastics are the more disturbing category because unlike microplastics, which your body might partially filter, nanoplastics are small enough to cross the blood-brain barrier and accumulate inside cells directly. What makes this worse is the design logic behind it. Paper tea bags exist and work perfectly well. The plastic coating was added for aesthetics and shelf stability, not for any benefit to the person drinking it. You are consuming billions of synthetic polymer fragments per cup so that the bag looks neat on the shelf and doesn’t fall apart in transit. That tradeoff was made for you, without your knowledge, decades ago. The body burden question is where this gets genuinely alarming. Microplastics have now been found in human lung tissue, placental tissue, breast milk, arterial plaque, and testicular tissue. A 2024 study found people with microplastics in their arterial walls had a 4.5 times higher risk of heart attack or stroke. The causal mechanism is still being studied but the correlation is far too strong to treat as coincidence. Loose leaf tea in a stainless steel strainer solves the problem entirely. The ritual takes thirty extra seconds. The exposure difference is billions of plastic particles versus zero. Most people will read this and keep using tea bags tomorrow.

Richard Tice said that Angela Raynor should resign over £40,000 of stamp duty. Today it is revealed that the same man has avoided £600,000 of corporation tax. Should he resign? Or is it one rule for posh blokes and another for working class women?

Mid-Atlantic gang — IMPORTANT ⚠️ severe weather briefing for tomorrow. (Specific breakdown after 4 minutes). Takeaways: • possible supercells and likely squall • multiple rounds possible • storms contain 60-75 mph winds • tornado risk Please share!

SHE WAS A CHILD. I will not stop talking about the Epstein Files until Jane Doe 15, and all the victims, get JUSTICE. Keep up the pressure! FLOOD THE FEED!

Excellent explainer by @MatthewCappucci from the @washingtonpost about #squalls and Squall lines. Not enough is written about meteorology at this level that makes sense or examines the causes of weather the systems. washingtonpost.com/weather/2026/0…

Legendary Singer Neil Young has removed all his albums from Amazon Music due to founder Jeff Bezos and his support for Donald Trump. RETWEET to thank @NeilYoung for standing up for our democracy!

“Just one more thing, President Trump. Why do you need our ships to help you in a war you said you’d won last week?”

@thismorning My cat, Guildford, was catnapped from outside my flat in October. We have posted flyers. He's microchipped and neutered. I am desperate to find him; he's half British, short hair/ragdoll cross. 3 years old and registered at the local vet. Cat protection number poster

@FrankRGardner You're sounding a bit gruff on the R4 1800 today, Frank. Get well and stay safe.

@boisdulac_ @FitFusion__ My first thought too. This is Lego cuisine. Use good quality base ingredients and leave out the UPF junk.

@FitFusion__ No French person would cook like this - 🤔

I learned this in France

@FitFusion__ But in France most people are able to grate and slice cheese.

Nigel Farage says Reform never promised to cut taxes so here is a series of clips of him definitely not promising to cut taxes.

Every best picture nomination for the forthcoming #Oscars is available with #ASL interpretation. Fair to say that the real winner here – regardless of who takes the trophy – is #Accessibility cbc7e342.click.convertkit-mail4.com/k0uer5w6m5u6h5…

@amolrajan @BBCr4today Can a member of the team please tell Amol that he's mispronouncing Soham? The H is silent.

The fuck we aren’t. Share this ad to make sure no one else forgets about this coverup: