I think I have a few other, less civil, words for them.

TERF wizard wants MORE money, MORE.

Mine doesn't even let you phone anymore, you have to use the online triage system which only works between 08:00 and 10:00 because... I dunno, maybe the hamsters on a wheel powering their internet get tired and need a nap?

I had an idea. There's a reason I'm banned from ideas. Anyway, I made a biblically accurate Dalek. CW: Eyes.

Did Facebook just fall over for anyone else?

464) Storagebot. Look after your precious things with this robot whose gullet is an interdimensional gateway to a pocket universe that is pleasingly roomy. Just administer a slight tickle to retrieve a possession. AKA Bot-of-Holding. #SmallRobotsRemastered

462) Axolotlbot. A friendly aquatic robot pal, for people who want an axolotl but might not be able to keep one easily, or as company for existing axolotls. #SmallRobotsRemastered

This has me crying in real life 😂😂😂 🦁

Probably a dumb question, but one for space folks: Old satellites sometimes fall out of orbit and crash to earth. They're small so no big deal. What happens when bigger stuff, e.g. the ISS, becomes obsolete space junk and falls out of orbit?

Next in line for the Starmerite purges then. Talking sense is not a Labour value, these days.

A Green by-election victory *and* a Ghosts movie? Friday, you're spoiling us!

So after all the kerfuffle about Gorton & Denton, in the end it wasn't even close - the Greens won with a majority of over 4400, on a 47% turnout (which is high for a byelection). A chastened Reform are predictably blaming "woke" and Muslims, because that's their answer to everything.

"Would you like. To play. A game? "

There's a weak joke about the BAFTAs coverage here.

Wilf Lunn, badass even in death.

The Color Game. “Humans can’t reliably recall colors. This is a simple game to see how good (or bad) you are at it. We’ll show you five colors, then you’ll try and recreate them.” I scored 39/50 but got a perfect score on one color. [dialed.gg]

If all this nonce news is too much, good news! Another cosy ep of Eleanor and Alasdair Read That is out now. This time, The Wind in the Willows: are we going to have our first fight??

Presumably this works by making it too disgusting to eat.

"Danny Dyer can only play contemporary" The 80s is contemporary. They had Twixes then.

My traditional Valentine's message: If you have romantic and/or sexual intentions towards me, just ask. The worst that can happen is a kind "thanks but no". I would never be cruel to someone for sharing honest feelings.

Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country? Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.

Everybody knows that Pupper just won Downhill Gold

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

Put a handle on a Roomba.

Who knew the sycophancy machine would be a poor negotiator?

Maximum Derek is the best name for a cat I ever did hear.

Jaffa cakes. Absolutely disgusting.

Wake up babe, new name for Silicon Valley protein bros just dropped.

Rowling busy protecting women and girls again, I see.

Make self-driving vehicles accessible and we'll talk. A Waymo cab cannot: - guide a blind passenger to the vehicle - open the door for a passenger with reduced grip or coordination - put mobility aids and bags into the boot and get them out again at the destination.

I’ve just Fostered a dog

There's a Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis.

I want wolves and boar back so that people stop wandering around the hills in crocs

I've just remembered that the UK tabloids were calling The Artist Formerly Known As Prince "Randy Andy" back in the 80s - and we're still all supposed to think that nobody knew he was a sleazeball?

There's an astonishing cruelty in trying to make the world even more hostile for trans kids by suing schools that want to include them. But that's where 'gender critical' Britain is. We're acting for a school that is being sued - and we could really use your help with funding.

So my partner is on estrogen and feels they started too late being in their 30s. Would be nice if anyone who transitioned near middle age to tell me if it was worth it, so I can relay some hope to my love in the darkest dysphoria days.

I'm not sure "I don't need any help to be a creepy predator" is the flex Lonnie Wrongagain thinks it is.

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Brexit Harder? Brexit With A Vengeance? More Britain, more Exity?

I can imagine people turning up with headphones and sleepm masks and just having a lovely nap - $50, thank you!

Bruce Springsteen released a new song called “Streets of Minneapolis.” Here are the lyrics. Make it a hit and stream it on your favorite music service. ICE,Trump, Noem and Miller will hate it. #ICEraids #ICE #Minneapolis #Springsteen #AlexPretti #ReneeGood

Who exactly is this movie for? You'd need a microscope to see the overlap between Trump fans and people who like glossy pseudo-intellectual inspo-flicks about women.

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Reform: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for irrelevant Tories.

Look, I agree that attacking someone over a health problem (real or not) is reprehensible. But so is the Reform quote. Mental health issues can happen to anyone, even well-educated and prominent people. So no, it doesn't "go without saying"!

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

As a non-driver, I love 15-minute cities. Shops and amenities I can easily walk to? Safer roads with lower speed limits and less pollution? Yes please!

I can't help but think that even Dickens would have blanched at the two most prominent ICE murder victims being called Ms Good and Mr Pretty.