Is he talking about grabbing me by my pussy? Because I'm not comfortable with that.

@stephencollins.bsky.social made the point best

'People are using our platform to generate CSAM? That's disgusting! They should be paying us to enjoy that feature!' is one hell of a take.

I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom. This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.

Good news. I FINISHED THE CHEESE BOARD!🏅

Just took the Christmas Tree down. Not a single missed chocolate to be found! What the actual flip?!

The good news is my diet today want majority cheese. The bad news is I was mostly finishing off chocolates.

Some day 2/3rds of my callories won't come from cheese. But not today.

It's still the 12 days of Christmas, so today's lunch was 1/4 of a wheel of Stilton, crackers, and Turkish delights. Your left arm tingling is a good sign, right?

Trump praises Doctor Who, but spoils the plot to the 2026 Christmas special. #DoctorWho

In primary school, on your birthday, you would bring in a box of sweets - like Roses - and go round the class so everyone could have one. Was that a thing for all schools, and is it still a thing?

Quote with a GIF that depicts the energy you're going into 2026 with.

I might die of cheese.

My favourite film, you say? That would have to be Whatever Is Happening On The Maldives’ 20 Rufiyaa Banknote.

Just watched Gladiators Celebrity Special. Absolute nonsense.

Merry Cristmas, each and every one of you.

Giveaway! I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase. Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose? (UK only)

Advent Callander shouldn't cost more than a meal out and stocking fillers should fit in a football sock. These are hills I am prepared to die on.

Steady with the spoilers Amazon!

Fraser Nelson is the latest Farage apologist to dismiss the racism allegations against him, saying that there's never been any evidence of him ever being racist as an adult. Just completely untrue. There is extensive undeniable evidence of it www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

Getting round to watching The War Between the Land and the Sea and I can't believe people are complaining about 'wokeness' when they should obviously be pissed about the way that massive tank ignores how water levels work.

Is Tiny Tim the hardest character in movie history to cast?

If Kier Starmer and @uklabour.bsky.social won't stand up for Sadiq Khan over something as horrendousas this, why on earth would I believe they'll stand up for me?

Me, an intellectual: Ah, I hear that you're singing that carol using a melody that isn't what Gilbert and Sandy compiled. I applaud your exploration of the rich tapestry of regional folk variation. Me, in the real world: Stop it! It sounds weird!

I can't be the only person who really dislikes 'special' Christmas packaging. Not everything needs to be in a tin, and certainly not a tin that's a nightmare to store.

I'm trying to think of a polite way to say this... Are @teamlabouruk.bsky.social just playing some kind of fascist chicken game? 'You think we should take belongings from fleeing refugees? Well, I think we should get rid of trial by jury!'

November 23rd? It comes around quicker every year.

NEW: It’s takes a moment for this to really sink in. Guardian reporting that key parts of Trump’s peace plan was drafted IN RUSSIAN first.

this is more christmassy than your poxy ai drinks ad

What an absolute disgrace.

Insomnia: often a curse, occasionally a blessing.

Just blocked someone on Instagram who showed up on my algorithm saying 'In no particular order here are the top ten...' whilst later saying 'and now we're in the top four. This is the creme de la creme'. I can't be having that kind of gas lightining in my life.

A group of Celtic fans boo during the minutes silence - usual suspects in uproar.... widespread media coverage. Rangers used Poppy Scotland to make a profit by selling limited edition Poppy shirts with only 10% of sales going to charity.... usual suspects and the media silent.

How about there's a punch up on the beach and bond saves a suicidal woman From drowning herself. He then muses 'this never happened to the other guy' before the titles begin. Just a thought.

Billie Piper announced as the new BBC Director General but we've got to wait until next Christmas to find out why.

Huge numbers of Labour policy spads read @samfr.bsky.social’s Substack, where the exact scale of the repair job was written in black and white. What actually happened is those people were cowed into silence by a set-up that valued polling over policy.

Read this!

It must be so weird being a 7 month old right now. 'We're going out? Great. Why... why are you still dressing me? What the... what are you putting on my hands? Christ I'm warm! FINALLY! In the buggy and out we... WHAT THE HELL? What's that feeling? My face! It's like a thousand knives stabbing me!'

'Rat made a bright fire in the parlour, and planted the Mole in an arm-chair in front of it, having fetched down a dressing-gown and slippers for him, and told him river stories till supper-time.' - The Wind in the Willows Can we normalise giving guests dressing gowns and slippers again?

The theme from K9 and Company is memorably awful. Ian Levine has always defended his original vision for it claiming it was intended to be performed by an orchestra and we would all have a different opinion of it if we heard that. Now we can. youtu.be/KfKyJjgIcKQ?...

They’ll protect the *other* Amazon, tho’.

Never heard of them.

At my my parents and I just helped with their recycling. They've already started eating mince pies. Am I too old to be emancipated?

' Farage told us the flag-raisers were just ordinary folk sticking it to the system. A few months worth of local journalism later, that now looks like a shaky claim.' manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

Hot Take for controversy's sake: Ghostbusters is superior to Ghostbusters 2 BUT On Our Own by Bobby Brown is superior to Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr.

I know we each bring our own reading to a book, but what is wrong with Musk? The 'hard men' of Gondor are represented ny Boromir. It does not go well for Boromir! The Gondorian who understands power isn't everything and shows compassion to the weak? Faramir. Faramir ends up Prince of Ithilien.

Kevin J. O'Connor as Beni in The Mummy is one of the truly great comic turns in Hollywood history.