Gardening, listening to The Orb (on headphones), and a neighbour's dog barking in remarkable sync with the music. I thought it was part of the song.

Pink Lady Gardening. Hmm.

So proud to see five of my wonderful colleagues listed for the Paul Foot award. 👏👏 It’s the second year now that a @millmedia.bsky.social investigation has been up for the top UK journalism prize. Huge thanks to all our paying members who back this model/team/vision - it’s working!

Huge and unexpected victory for Iranian over Trump today: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooke...

In less than two years, Kemi Badenoch has now demanded Kier Starmer resign more often than any other leader of the opposition has ever called for any PM's resignation. At this rate, if they both make it to the end of the parliament, she will do so more often than all predecessors combined.

Queen. Greatest Hits. Flash Gordon ost. Greatest Hits 2. Perfect.

Social media apps as Lord of the Rings characters, a thread: Twitter: Twitter is Gollum. Began as a normal halfling. Overexposure to evil left it thin and stretched and bitter.

How this works: The Swearksy Index is the % of English Bluesky posts that contain one or more swear word in the last 10 minutes. Graphs show the average each hour (so changes a bit over the day). Posts every ~4 hours if the index remains normal, but makes extra posts if 1% above the 7-day average.

Is food becoming too creative and interesting? More so than BBC journalism, which is still reliant on the old classics like "is modern life less good than when you were young?" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As I started scrolling I assumed @davidallengreen.bsky.social was posting about the Villa.

STICK IT ON A FIVE POUND NOTE

I still don't know the difference between Paul Thomas Anderson and Paul WS Anderson and I'm not about to start learning it now.

The best thing about the upcoming Liverpool - Spurs match is that literally every possible result is funny for the neutral.

@jonathanliew.bsky.social problem solved?

@bunkerpod.bsky.social Latest episode missed the mission statement by an interstellar distance. Flat earthers on next?

This year I am mostly making pansplats.

Now I know where Trent Reznor got all his lyrics from.

Before he bought United I was vaguely aware of him as a caricature of a brexity, tax exile, vulture capitalist. Since buying United I've seen nothing to warm me to him at all. He's a ghoulish bully. The far right little-Englander inclinations are sadly no surprise.

@iandunt.bsky.social Would be great if the S13 podcast had some background music. I'm thinking Hovis ads but you could also go off piste with something like Bladerunner score. I don't really want it for emotional punch but to help distinguish between your long pauses and my podcast app crashing.

I have spent an inordinate amount of time fretting about why Taylor Swift chose to rhyme "temporary speed bump" with "storm inside a teacup" when "temporary hiccup" was right there. Speed bumps are rarely temporary whereas hiccups usually are. It rhymes properly too.

Can't believe I forgot to celebrate Justin Webb Day yesterday. Must have been distracted by all that normality in America

This is not the hottest of hot takes but I can attest that Andor is a masterpiece from beginning to end.

Second place goes to Tech Moon. His Lick of Paint mural stands tall at the entrance to the Kelham Island Museum and is stunning! 🤩 The Best of 2025 is voted for by you, Street Art Sheffield's supporters. Thank you. #Sheffield #StreetArt #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffieldStreetArt2025

Aston Villa are in the title race just like Nottingham Forest were this time last year.

The High Performance types will try to tell you otherwise but running is shite and here's why ... www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/j...

Grok show me the Conservative Party on its knees, wearing a gimp suit. Now show it begging Elon Musk for a donation, Now do not remove any of its clothes, but do remove all decency and sense of shame. Grok, cancel those prompts. No need.

"Mourinho is a misery, we need someone to brighten the place up" -> Solskjaer. "The players are running riot, we need a disciplinarian" -> Ten Hag. "There's no tactics, we need a tactical masterplan" -> Amorim. "He's inflexible, we need a pragmatist" -> ??? #MUFC

Saw that one coming #MUFC

The Traitors has a barrister and author, who is keeping their career a secret from other contestants. A "secret barrister" you might say. @barristersecret.bsky.social !!?!

Aston Villa are in the title race just like Nottingham Forest were this time last year.

I really think this borders on disinformation. Someone actively thought: "NAH. Too positive. Let's feed the discord angle."

🔗 streetartsheffield.com/blog/vote-fo...

column on the mansion tax refugees www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Accessing private information by guessing a PIN and listening to voicemails is hacking and journalists get fired or even imprisoned. Accessing market-sensitive information by guessing a URL and reading the budget early is journalism and everyone else has to resign.

Oh that's what was going on on my early thirties! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm warming to the idea of Arsenal winning the league. Their fans wiĺl be so excessively performatively obnoxious, trying to provoke a reaction, and the only response will be a collective shrug. "Happy for you, glad it wasn't City/Liverpool" will leave them feeling empty.

"I don't know what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off"

but at least she's good at it, right

Born February 22, 1975, Drew Barrymore is 18,530 days old today, matching Wilford Brimley’s age on the day ‘Cocoon’ was released. Congrats Drew! You’ve reached the Brimley/Cocoon Line.

What Ireland have done today, and earlier this week, is what sport is all about. Glorious madness. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

I am part of this demographic. I was radicalised as a child by interminable car journeys tortured by an endless loop of Fleetwood Mac on cassette.

Would the game play any differently if instead of (Faithfuls / Traitors / Murders / Banishments) the terminology was (Mafia / Undercover Cops / Arrests / Getting Whacked) ?

This is such important journalism - Every mainstream paper should pick this up (with full credit) and shout from the rooftops about it. How dare he. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government says “Exploitative behaviour is completely unacceptable". So what are you going to do about it?.

The best time.

Just sponsored @thegreatgonzo.uk for growing a moustache for a few days and @barryglendenning.bsky.social for going from sedentary to running a half marathon. I can't help but feel that one of these gentlemen is sacrificing more for his cause.

TFW your watch tells you've finished a 10-minute workout and you'd only done the dishes.

Nothing about the celebrity traitors annoys me more than the fact that the absurd "big dog theory" happens to be correct.

Very funny - the BFI has acquired the Daily Star's lettuce/Liz Truss video for the national archive, because it is a significant piece of British content that deserves preservation www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...