Oh it's much, much funnier than that...

Sorry, you're right. Let me turn on the AC unit in my apartment which was not built with AC, and in which it is impossible to install AC or a heat pump due to planning and fire safety regulations.

I'm bored of this, I'm going for a Tw... I mean a marmalade sandwich

I'm sure that I'm preaching to the converted but this is the reality of what the Eradication of Human Rights Commission's guidance means for trans people, especially for trans men who have up to now mostly been excluded from the discourse™

Is that butter? No it's ghee. Oh thanks for clarifying

Turns out I was wrong in my assumption that these would start happening from the autumn...

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For the avoidance of doubt, the only questions to which the answer should be “Wes Streeting” are those in a pub quiz

Love to live in a country with a voting system that fits its politics so well.

Congratulations to the swathe of green councillors elected in Manchester. With that said, I certainly hope that they put more effort in to being a ward councillor than they did in to campaigning, otherwise we’re all fucked.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: politics in this country is completely fucked until the government grasps the nettle of social media driven radicalisation. [THREAD]

happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time

Doctor: You’re here for a blood test today? Me: Yes Doctor. Ok. Question 1: can you spell Haemoglobin? Me: What? Wait..

This is delightfully wholesome and a much needed break from... *gestures at everything*

Probably the most significant gender gap on a political issue not tied to gender I have ever come across. And not some mere fluke, consistent on our trackers going back years, a genuine point of difference between men and women.

There are going to be SO MANY by-elections from the autumn onwards if Reform and the Greens win big: their paper candidates will either get the boot for non-attendance, or quit when they realise they're out of their depth. We all then have to pay for this nonsense. Don't just vote off of vibes.

The idea that you need to send corrupt sociopaths as Ambassadors to DC is so funny, because it's a standard we have never applied anywhere. We don't appoint corrupt gangsters to embassies in Moscow or religious fanatics to Tehran. Also, Mamdani is able to handle Trump fine without becoming him.

I dunno, seen from the USA, I'd think it might be clear why bulldozing your mates into key political roles, while ignoring their past actions, incentives and criminal connections might be detrimental to your government's ability to deal with these things.

Starmer created this crisis by sacking a qualified and competent woman. And when he sacked career diplomat Karen Pierce to give Mandelson her job, SIX other senior women diplomats left FCDO as their careers were doomed under his government. He's done far worse, but I'm fine if this does for him.

OK, the fact that No.10 suggested that Matthew Doyle should have been made head of a diplomatic mission is grounds for Starmer to quit or be VONC'd out by his own party. Far from Mandelson being an outlier, that suggests the PM was trying to politicise the diplomatic service. He's unfit for office.

I'm finding it increasingly hard to believe what No 10 are saying about the Mandelson scandal. Consider this part of the timeline: 2 Sep: 1st batch of Epstein files released 5 Sep: Cabinet reshuffle includes unexpected move of Cooper from Home Office to FCDO, replacing Lammy 11 Sep: Mandelson fired

If I ever get invited on to Room 101, one of my proposed entries will be people who use reply-to-all on "welcome <new person> to the team" emails. I don't care at all that you are "looking forward to working with <new person>". Reply to them, not to me.

A very informative, well-informed thread. Long but worth reading in full.

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Good morning and goddamn it's a beautiful day iandunt.substack.com/p/orban-defe...

The battle against Trump is a battle against genocide iandunt.substack.com/p/the-battle...

Taurus: Numerology will play a strong role in your relationships, finances, and major life opportunities this week. Specifically, the number zero.

The reason Trump enjoys the phrase “back to the Stone Age” is that, like a prehistoric man, he tends to cave.

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that the only people to get fired for incompetence from the US gov just happen to be women /s

Does anyone have first hand experience of connecting non-Schengen to Schengen in AMS since EES came in to force as a UK passport holder but “I’ve already entered Schengen and done EES capture” please? The EU website implies the e-gates are an option in this scenario but clarity is missing

Absolutely fascinating insight to the mind of the PM: the man who is the leader of the LABOUR party is engaging in exactly the kind of abusive employer behaviour which the trade union movement was created to combat... I get that the role of PM is horrifically stressful but, seriously now...

It's my own fault for using ChatGPT as a search tool, but this really made me laugh. "...with an important nuance..." is sublime 🤌

New Brexit metaphor just dropped.

Much like with Charles Moore, the UK could be governed quite effectively by asking Lord Glasman what he'd do about a given situation and then implementing the polar opposite.

I feel that the designer may be making a point here

Superb thread

"Open the Strait of Hormuz. You may not receive the help of any other sovereign nation. Fastest wins."

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The number of commentators/journalists salivating at blaming Starmer for ruining the “special relationship” is genuinely pathetic If anyone ruined it- if it even really exists- here’s a reminder of who did it.

I've said for many years that the alternate timeline where the AV referendum passed would be extremely different. The 2017 GE would've been totally different under ranked choice.

DON'T BUY TRAIN TICKETS IN ADVANCE! On 1 April, the government is quietly changing the rules. Off-Peak & Anytime tickets become non-refundable after 23:59 the day BEFORE you travel. If you wake up & find your event cancelled, NO REFUNDS, even on £100+ tickets. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/far...

Danny Kruger is one of the many far right ghouls whose takeaway from The Handmaid's Tale was "Gilead sounds like a great idea" If you value your freedom, Reform need to be kept away from the levers of power

The value which most underpins the sense of Britishness is, in my opinion, fairness. Whatever position one holds on the paths to British residency and citizenship, I don't think it's unreasonable to say that retroactively changing the rules is as un-British as it's possible to get.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: an actual Online Safety Act needs to ban algorithmic content and recommendations unless one explicitly asks the site/app in question to please provide me with that content. Banning X's "for you", FB recommendations, and YouTube/TikTok autoplay is essential.

This is very convincing on why British planning is such a mess samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...

I've theorised for many years that a big dividing line in society is between people whose opinions are shaped based on the content of what's being said, and those whose opinions are shaped entirely on whether or not the content looks professionally produced. This, plus GenAI/deepfakes, terrifies me.

To do this once is evidence of dysfunction, but that can be explained in the hurry of a short by-election campaign. To have done it, been called out on it, apologise, but then immediately do it again is disqualifying and unforgivable.