Damn the algorithms all the way, but mine keeps throwing up tracks by Low, who I’ve never really made the effort to listen to properly, and blimey they were so great. I should have paid more attention.

A “squirrel-proof” bird feeder. Today.

I cannot begin to tell you how FURIOUS I am about this. We are disgustingly careless with all wildlife - let alone these magical birds www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rilo Kiley were fabulous - it’s been such a long time and so great to see them back.

I’m in the Roundhouse for Rilo Kiley !

First world problem - when you spend £20 at M&S but they tell you they’ve run out of the free Panini stickers.

This x 100. Still love the Housemartins

I went up to 10th in our work Fantasy League after week 38 - bit flukey because I had Jarrod Bowen as my Vice-Captain and Raya didn’t play. I think it’s an achievement bearing in mind I missed the first week and I’ve refused to have any City, Utd or Chelsea players in my squad all season.

Every couple months I check in on the latest Adrian Chiles articles and I’m always absolutely blown away. These are all from the last couple months. The man is operating at an incredibly high level.

Brilliant pics here of UK skateboarding back in the day www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Steve Erickson - Rubicon Beach Iain M Banks - Use of Weapons Donna Tartt - The Secret History

I imagine every Northampton Town fan today, regardless of whether they played Subbuteo, is rooting for Hearts! Come on!

Newsrooms are going to need a keyboard shortcut for "Reform councillor suspended over racist social media posts".

At Marks this evening, and I’m torn between elation at finding the fabled cache of half-price Percy Pigs, and worry that maybe his pals are being sent to the Farm in the sky…

Every reply to this has 5 gems - what a band Lions in my own garden Green Isaac Goodbye Lucille #1 Wild Horses The old Magician

Not sure I can stretch to 4 but here’s my two DC picks

#Barnet has fully declared. Labour and Conservatives have 31 seats each. The only other Barnet councillor - who now holds the balance of power - is a #GreenParty councillor. Interesting times!

Likewise: thirty years of "thirty years of hurt" this summer. Hurt has grandchildren; Hurt is not far off a pension

BREAKING: First Ever Green Mayor Win 🎉 Zoë Garbett has been elected Mayor of Hackney – huge congratulations!

Just found this excellent @thequietus.com piece about Talk Talks ‘The Colour of Spring’ from earlier this year - well worth a read - it’s good to see that album finally getting its moment in the sun. thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

In 1979, Mattel sold toy Battlestar Galactica fighter ships that fired a tiny spring-loaded "torpedo." One 4-year old choked on it, and the entire line of torpedo toys was recalled and never sold again.

I’m pretty sure that the only calls to my landline for the last month have been a recorded message of a bloke asking if I can hear him ok. I think we’re keeping that purely out of habit at the moment.

Excellent show from @sisterraydavies.bsky.social yesterday at Bedford - stonking set and much better than my ability to either take photos or arrive in time !

I dont think I realised that Freddie Woodman was Andy Woodman’s son until last week, and thats a way to make me feel both old and also happy that there’s a tenuous Cobblers link to the Liverpool goalie.

Forest’s performance this evening serves to finally close the door on my Fantasy League season (I transferred GIbbs White in but he’s on the bloody bench)

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Difficult to express in words the elation you feel when you manage to peel a satsuma (or other, similar fruit) in one piece. Really makes you feel like it’s gonna be a good day.

Not making any judgement on the number, but the Daily Fail is struggling today with the difference between “by” and “to”

Green Waste collection up to £69 this year - that’s £2.87 per collection, and they’ve managed to miss our entire street on the first collection day. Poor show.

Just got an invitation to vote for the NEC on my Trade Union - “You can vote for up to 28 candidate” it says - and the leaflet with candidate statements is like a Great British novel. Maybe later…

I discovered today that shaking out soil in a soil sieve gets interpreted as steps by my Garmin. It reckons I’ve done more than 10, 000 today and I’ve hardly left the garden

I got transferred from one company to another last July and ever since then my Tax Code has been all over the place - First World problem I’d know, but I’m hoping it might get back to normal now we’re in the new tax year.

Every year now, we celebrate our son’s birthday and I’m reminded of this excellent Jude Rogers piece about Talk Talk which discusses April 5th. www.theguardian.com/music/2019/f...

Sainsbos delivery and some Fairy liquid leaked over a few items. They gave us a refund for those items (just shy of a tenner), let us keep It all, and as a bonus, our food is super-clean now.

Last One Laughing - a real treat to see Graham Lister again. The world’s suffered since he last showcased “Lard for laughs” on national television.

@drewdgray.bsky.social Just saw this on FB - is that you?

I don’t know if it’s just me, but I spent ages getting to sleep last night because I couldn’t get my ankles comfortable.

Today I’m reminded that just because somebody asks for your dietary requirements before an event, you shouldn’t assume they’re actually going to make any effort to cater for them #glutenfree

Taking care of business. We need to do this and move on.

Went for a walk around the block and bumped into somebody who said he knew the family that used to live in our house - spent the next 20 mins giving me his little bit of local history - funny old lunch break !

I’m looking forward to this - Talk Talk are an under appreciated band that merit further study.

Very unsporting for the Premier League's opponents to do things like complete passes and score goals from open play

Since Ofcom seems to have given up, we asked 20 experienced journalists from a range of backgrounds to watch multiple hours of @gbnewsonline.bsky.social . Their conclusion: the channel has, in effect, become Reform TV. How did it happen? www.thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbrid...

Tremendous news to wake up to!

Today’s band that’s missing from streaming- this is the excellent single “Always Something Wrong” from Greenhouse - I believe it’s from 1989 www.youtube.com/watch?v=z45C...

Historic 1850’s Glasgow landmark destroyed by a fucking vape shop fire couldn’t be any more on the nose for the state of the UK in 2026 really could it

Listened to It’s Immaterials gem of a second album - Song - earlier today. As far as I can tell it’s not on any of the streaming services and is destined to remain a lost album. Which is a shame cos it’s a real treat.

If you want to know how the British print news industry ends (which is, de facto, amazingly still what supports most newspaper websites) it's the distribution channels getting banjaxed. When you lose "TG Jones" etc even people who want a paper can't get one. That'll be the real start of the ending.