“Drive” was released on this day in 1992 as the lead single from Automatic For The People. In a 1992 Melody Maker interview @millsish.bsky.social said, “‘Drive’ is just telling kids to take charge of their own lives. Among other things.” Video directed by Peter Care. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UE7...

I started on Monday, decided to keep going and do October. I’ll be honest, I’ve been drinking too much recently and it hasn’t done my mental health any good at all. We’re all touched by Cancer, so the price of a pint or glass of wine is more than welcome x www.gosober.org.uk/users/dave-s...

Chronic pain is one of those things it’s impossible to describe unless someone has experienced it. All my nerve ends are on fire, my hips and tailbone are being sliced by red hot blades. Not enough codeine in the world.

RIP, John Woodvine. A very fine actor, and son of South Shields

I have had a ten minute cuddle with a spaniel called Chewie, who is utterly adorable and seemed very taken with me (he belongs to someone I know, sadly not my dog), and a long nap with DK, who was very affectionate once she had got over the smell of Chewie.

Love the hair-splitting discourse over labelling what's happening in the US "authoritarianism" not "fascism". Excuse me sirs your country thinks "champagne" can be made in California you don't get to do the "well actually labels matter" thing now.

GNU Jilly Cooper. Jilly and dad were friends and the only person I’ve known to call him ‘Tel’. Hope they’re both having a big drink somewhere.

Jilly knew how to live.

BlueSky is feeling Twitter-y (derogatory)

This 75 year old self portrait on Antiques Roadshow also seems to somehow be Red Rum Club’s Francis.

Sorry, we might love you, and you get to pick your own mates, but he still didn’t belong on the show. #Strictly

That heartbeat behind the judge comments is awful. #Strictly

I’ll leave you with this drawing by my son (aged 12) He used to be scared by the visions his mind conjured up (possibly hyperphantasic) but when he started drawing them he took control and now seems quite happy. So don’t worry about him.

Good. Get the job done. #Strictly

Scrubbed a few posts from yesterday. Thanks for helping me work it through.

Winkle - one of the few women who can get away with wearing a pussybow blouse. #Strictly

It is Do you know Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem “Kindness”? One of my favourite of all poems poets.org/poem/kindness

Right on to more positive things… wanna buy my stuff? craftysharp.etsy.com

Having a brew and playing with old murder mittens.

I need a fairy godmother. Or godfather. Anyone will do.

I have a lot going on and I am scared. Really scared. The future is unknowable. All we have is now. And yet….

I may not be a cat person, but the kitten is a people person.

It’s a great Charleston from the waist up. Good arm game. #Strictly

Do we have a ringer? #Strictly

Oh no, Sunshine on Leith 🥹😭😭😭 #Strictly

Bit sweet on Harry, tbh. Moves well for a muscle guy. #Strictly

It was clear from the off that Craig loathes him. #Strictly

It's like watching a scaffolder handle 12 foot boards.

Well that was sweet. We love Vito. #Strictly

I love Alex but I don’t know what the judges are on about. It was low energy. #Strictly

Conflicted because I like the celebrity dancer but don’t want the pro to get the trophy. #Strictly

German authorities have confirmed drones circling Munich were military grade. Not sure how much longer NATO countries can keep up the pretense…

Blustery day, isn't it? Here's the National Grid: Live generation data. Wind and solar are generating 74.2% of our electricity. Gas is generating 13.1%. And yet our household electricity prices are pegged to... the volatile price of gas. Which is the basis on which the right attacks... renewables.

$200k to hang out with dogs. amazing IG gabriel.desanti, barkandburn

"just upload a scanned image of your drivers license no big deal"

Teef

Always feel blessed when the cat condescends to sit on me.

So far, the internet, phone and power have gone off, before coming back. Not enjoying this storm at all.

A leaked US Army memo warns the Next Generation Command and Control system built by Anduril, Palantir, Microsoft and others—is riddled with cybersecurity flaws and “very high risk” due to severe cybersecurity flaws. The flaws could give US adversaries undetectable access to battlefield data.

Poor fella

Status: terrified by this storm, providing reassurance to her majesty.

Need a nap, urgently. Only another 2 and a half hours to go.

Being a woman is no guarantee of organisational competence (see May, Cressida, etc) but finally letting one head up the main church is long overdue. How could it possibly be worse than what went before?

Meanwhile: Google AI Overview: "'The Beatles' does not yield any results. No such music group is known to have existed. You might mean 'beetles', which are insects, but it is very unlikely that such creatures can create popular music..." "This AI result used more water than all of Canada in 1 year"

Donna Ashworth, Algorithms. Remember to have fun.

A pair of Jays swoop us into the first #FlyDay of October! 😍 📷 @mart-the-gooner.bsky.social

For the slow of thinking, and this publication isn’t alone in this: Not an actress Not a person Not an artist Does not have a name Does not have a talent Stop parroting capitalist propaganda garbage.

Robin drop! 😁 Taken at the weekend at RSPB Greylake in Somerset. 😊 #birds 🪶🐦 You can buy my exclusive 2026 Birds calendars here; www.carlbovis.com/2026-birds-c...

the next platform im moving to is "offline forever"