Right whingers on X completely losing their shit because of some lovely fireworks. Utterly joyless people constantly seeking out offence. And it's so telling of who they really are.

HNY...

Burnham Overy Staithe 3:40pm - 30/12/25

Rain over Wells-on-Sea, North Norfolk - 30/12/25

Holkham Beach, North Norfolk

Appearing soon, The Epstein Dancers... www.trumpkennedycenter.org

This message hits hard.

Hertfordshire, but almost Essex

"You can't change a lightbulb with only one arm..." "You can if you still have the receipt."

‘Yule-hole’ (19th century Scots): The loosest notch in your belt that you must resort to after excessive eating and drinking…

Thompson’s mega-gig might create ‘a wave of nationalism that could explode into physical violence’ Marko Perković’s music is bad Balkan rock. But his fascist salute divides Croatia, writes Guy de Launey https://bit.ly/4qmRhHG

Sharing you say? Well now…

Merry Christmas everybody!

The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Why are drug prices so high in America? Trump doesn’t have the right answer | Susi Geiger and Théo Bourgeron

ho ho ho *<[:{)

Tesco, good, occasionally busy later. Sainsbury’s, moderate to good, rough in toilet roll aisle. Asda, light to moderate, heavy crowds by evening. M&S and Co-Op, fair. Waitrose, fair to moderate. Lidl, rough at first, easing later. And that is the end of the Shopping Forecast.

As predicted, a month ago. No government willingly discloses adverse information, *especially* when it says it is doing so.

Christmas #1 Best four notes ever

The truth about British colonisation! 😂😅🤣

Brilliant piece by Andrew Pulver on the late Rob Reiner www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

Trump is such a disgusting piece of human filth…

One of my all-time favorite clips of Rob Reiner, from his Friars Club Roast in 2000, as he reads aloud Roger Ebert's infamous scathing review of his movie North. The man had an amazing sense of humor about himself. RIP.

Just so we're clear, one incident of alleged anti-semitism by a musician = a major national scandal that should be roundly condemned. Multiple incidents of alleged anti-semitism from the man leading the race to run the country = a load of nothing that should be completely ignored

Whatever spin you may hear from politicians, there are only two actual positions on healthcare. “Universal healthcare that covers everybody,” or “we must protect the huge industry of insurance middlemen making money off of it.”

I submit to y'all, Exhibit 1A...

Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits

Woodland seating

Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is historic and, technically, not a color at all. Meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority. https://wapo.st/4rM3OGn

“The claim that this is a recent invention born of political bias is categorically untrue.” @mrjamesob.bsky.social reveals that Peter Ettedgui made identical accusations against Nigel Farage in private six years ago.

More than 80 percent of the immigrants arrested in D.C. during the surge in federal law enforcement had no prior criminal record, federal data shows, even though that crackdown was portrayed as targeting violent crime.

Last and @thejohnotwayband.bsky.social gig of the weekend at the Putney Half Moon. A favourite venue of the bands and John’s local. The beer is good too… tickets.halfmoon.co.uk/events/2025-11…

"You could have knocked Mike down with a feather. Just imagine a critical memo falling into the hands of a media organisation that actively wished the BBC harm."

This is who she was. Passionate in her beliefs. Fiercely loyal to her friends. Never afraid to let you know exactly where she stood. The best. Fun Fact: I remember arguing with her over which of us hated Piggy the most. I was sure I did. She disagreed. It remains unresolved...

Here was Robbie Gibb's "hugely impartial" take on the BBC, before he joined the board, as written in the Daily Mail

Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen

Here I am hiking in 3 Zinnen Dolomites in less than ideal weather. Although the mountains proved elusive, the food made up for it. (Loved the print edition's headline "Cloudy with a chance of dumplings".) @travwriters.bsky.social @mediacontactspr.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

Two band gigs this weekend, first of which is in Malvern at the Malvern Cube bit.ly/48dlguj Then tomorrow the band travel north to Stoke-On-Trent and to the small but splendidly decorated Artisan Tap bit.ly/4oYV91o

F**king mentalist....

Today the band travel (for the first time) to the Isle of White and a gig tonight in Newport at Strings Bar: bit.ly/4a2xdW8

One should always be suspicious when the state resists disclosure of documents. And one should be more suspicious when the state suddenly purports to agree to the disclosure of documents.

NEWS! President Trump urges journalists not to embarrass his guests by mentioning the murders they have committed

A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi. I hired and worked with Jamal for a year. www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...

I don't know why immigrants don't just go on strike. See how long the racists can cope without GP surgeries, nursing, deliveries, food being picked, clothes being made, warehouses being staffed, software being maintained, houses being built...

As @mcopelov.bsky.social is known to say, "Who actually was president in 2020?" continues to be the central cleavage of American politics in 20205. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

John Oliver calls out MAGA, especially Megyn Kelly, for shielding Trump from the Epstein scandal: "When even the guy running the Pervert Express to Crime Island thinks you're a dick."