my “I’m not corrupt” by-election is raising a lot of questions already answered by my by-election

it happens today!

Between Chuck throwing his brother in the dungeon, Bob from Chicago excommunicating schismatics, and drunk Pete’s Christian fundamentalist military getting bogged down in an ill-advised adventure in the Middle East, medieval fans are eating good.

- FDR during May-June 1940

smoking-level fines and enforcement thereof for headphoneless audio or video on public transport

In the end, there were just a lot more human rights abuses than I was expecting from the human rights lawyer.

making no wider comment but if I had a quarter of the confidence Cathy Newman appears to have in Andy Burnham implementing *a wealth tax* I would be dancing in the street?

if Keir Starmer doesn’t like the changes Keir Starmer has made, the door is open and he can leave

well, the worst people in the Labour Party got their guy in, it went the way we all knew it would (tbh it went even worse than I expected), and now they’re going to pretend he was never their guy my advice? don’t let them. you’ve got a memory and these bullies are reliant on you not using it

“Don’t piss off every section of the coalition that elected you” is advice that most political scientists would give you for free

Starmer busy taking credit for policies he actively opposed sums up why he had to go.

farewell then, to the grown-up-est of Grown-ups, truly, for the briefest burning while, you were In Charge

been furious with Starmer for long enough that this is genuinely coming as a surprise to me, but I'm feeling a bit.......sad this morning? not really about him per se but about the waste of time, I guess, and the end of yet another political failure when Britain really couldn't afford another one

[to the tune of Eleanor Rigby:]

checking in on gregg wallace to see how he’s doing since getting cancelled

In addition, one for the “banning anonymity would make social media less toxic” crowd to ponder. These are all adults posting under their own names!

Don't leak control logs. Don't report on leaked control logs. These are the railway equivalent of cockpit voice recorders and it is UNACCEPTABLE to distribute them or, as a journo, directly reference them.

dreck of course but also a sad reminder that five years ago, the substance-free list of “reasons” would have been badly spelled and have its own unique voice. ai slop has taken so much away from us

it was a very good skeet (I think) that compared Starmer’s language to “your ex who doesn’t accept you’re dumping him”. “I won’t walk away! I’m not giving up!” doesn’t work when it’s for others to decide whether you should, in fact, walk the fuck away now please

forums exempt, Starmer a confirmed poaster

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are you just going to do this for every generation

would you kindly-

bluesky? on a day like today, I’d rather enjoy the blue sky! folks- [privately educated people who hate stephen bush get mad at me]

I don't think it's a good idea to legally privilege someone else's discomfort over another person's rights.

I GET LOGGED OUT. BUT I LOG IN AGAIN

thomas, edward, henry, gordon, james, percy

all the best people are at this

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the Unnamed Original PM From The Thick Of It has been appointed special representative on benefit fraud

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Me: (Smart, looking at the most devastating evidence imaginable that my smart plan is an incredible, historic disaster) I was even more right than I suspected

and another thing: im mad. please put in the newspaper that i got mad

Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom and Grogu

just thinking about how there’s 18 year olds now who don’t know Gordon Brown sold the gold

Poor Sleep Linked To Gong https://theonion.com/poor-sleep-linked-to-gong/

ME: I know you from somewhere JESUS: I get that a lot ME: No I’m sure JESUS: Just one of those faces ME: [holding my arms out] Go like this

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as it happens, I think it’s going to be a very Good Friday indeed

When Baz Luhrman had the guns say "sword" on the side in Romeo + Juliet, that was the best choice that has been made in any modern adaptation ever.

Without downloading any new pics, what’s it like dating you?

Len Deighton’s SS-GB is the most successful example of treating alternate history as a setting, not a genre: a master of the espionage genre weaves a tale through Nazi-occupied London that doesn’t rely on the setting to be interesting, but grabs and uses what’s unique about it. RIP to a great.

NEW SHOW: Alibi: Dead Air is doing a full run this April-May at @theatredeli.bsky.social. Dean Rodgers and I are to blame. If you missed our test run back in October, now's your chance to try this award-nominated(!) spin on immersive-theatre-meets-jubensha-game: www.alibi.london

Medical transition for trans kids is now banned for new referrals on the NHS. Trans kids in the UK can still go private or DIY (for now). This means the new clinics that replaced GIDS are close to useless at best, conversion therapy at worst. 1/5

One of the most wholesome online communities I've accidentally joined is the Facebook one where the chief engineer maintaining the retired UK HST trains that were exported to Nigeria asks retired UK railway people for tips that aren't in the formal manuals, and they provide it with great enthusiasm

Happy International Women’s Day from Pitbull

Another chance to read Gary Oswald's ( @garyoswald.bsky.social )'s #interview with Tom Black ( @tomblack.uk ), #author of yesterday's showcased #AlternateHistory #book "Zonen" and much more. #AuthorInterview #WhatIf www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...

caught this a few years ago and very excited that it's back - really charming song cycle and love-letter (in more ways than one) to the Edinburgh Fringe. a perfect way to spend a sunday evening in wandsworth www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-fringe-a...

Spy of the Year is OUT NOW! I teamed up with the brilliant @hannahraymondcox.bsky.social @arlohoward.bsky.social and @chloemashiter.bsky.social to make this lighter take on the jubensha format. Our first print run is now on sale with these wonderful folks: jubensha.co.uk/products/spy...