Robert Jenrick: an apology. thecritic.co.uk/fran...

On Uncloaked, basically everyone says Roxy and either Stephen or Rachel. And yet no one ever votes for them. Because they are not forming alliances and talking about it #TheTraitors

Even odder... I don't *love* any of them. Normally I'm rooting for the traitors who gleefully control it. And rooting for faithful who get so close. This year I'm not invested in anyone's success. Stephen at a push but I don't care that much. It's the total lack of strategy. #TheTraitors

It's a weird group dynamic. Some quite clever people here. But not much in the way of group friendships and bonding happening, and even less sustained strategy. They're good at analysis in the moment, but poor at following up beyond the short term reaction to events. #TheTraitors

I'm just reflecting on how awful I would look in this. @chickenprincess.bsky.social just suggested it would be "Mr Tumble Does Thunderbirds"

This is hilarious. Best mission yet. Brilliantly inventive #TheTraitors

What the fuck has Stephen come as? #TheTraitors

I misread something and for a moment thought that Robert Jenrick was planning a defecation.

@crunchie64.bsky.social thank you for my lovely cats! The iPhone quality to the pictures makes them very real.

I am a Spanish linguist, having been trained personally by a green owl

I actually don't think they traitors are playing particularly well. Very reactive. Good at analysing the state of things, but not in control #TheTraitors

Hang on. Is Rachel bullshitting? Coz that sounded like bullshit. #%heTraitors

I thought the first six episodes were a bit lackluster. But now it's kicked into gear and is fantastic. #thetraitors

Why is Harriet out for vengeance all of a sudden? #TheTraitors

I fear Harriet is not making herself any friends here. Too stroppy and angry. However, Rachel is *clearly* lying. Crap questions, stupid answers. Transparent. #TheTraitors

They absolutely should screw Matthew over. The traitors played that appallingly, and the only way out is to just play it off as if it were lies #TheTraitors

Wow. Harriet is AMAZING #TheTraitors

I was 20 when HS2 was announced. Great to know i’ll probably be in my late 60s when the Birmingham-Manchester section starts work let alone finishes. Seems like a country doing things the right way!

Zack making Farage look like a bigger tit is absolutely on brand

The interview with Legend in the Radio Times is absolutely brilliant

Is it by getting them 200 fags from Duty Free?

The letter from Bill and Hillary Clinton to James Comer explaining their refusal to testify in his Epstein investigation is really remarkable, not like any letter of this genre I've seen. It's signed by them, not a lawyer, and the arguments are not legal ones. Reprinted from their X account:

Still didn't know what "asylum" means then

I have been blocked by someone for pointing out that the claim "16,800 World Cup tickets cancelled" is a lie because a) you can't cancel tickets and b) the number is made up. Truth matters. Especially when you're fighting Trump.

Well it is better than Swindon, I suppose

I just searched the word "skeet" to see who still uses it. It's not a bad proxy for a blocklist.

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My brain has come up with "Ein Kleine Nacht Manager" and the fact it can never work as a proper joke is deeply frustrating.

They tried Blind Date but accidentally cast Dining Across The Divide

I'm almost halfway through The Ministry Of Time and I've a sneaking suspicion it might be terrible. Not very much has happened in 200 pages, except oblique conversations about race that don't say anything except "why aren't people from centuries ago more woke?".

So, today marks 10 years since the passing of Bowie. It also marks 10 years since I put something on Twitter about it which resulted in me having to take a day off work, chase down various international media, get blocked by half of Australia, and end up the filling in a Kanye and Madonna sandwich.

Russia IS your next door neighbour, you moron. L

Can't say it's my favourite series. Fiona is insane, with an opinion of herself wildly mismatched with her intellect. The missions have all been a bit meh. And I'm not particularly fond of Stephen and Rachel either. You have to root for the traitors for it to be fun. #TheTraitors

Absolutely honoured to have attended the funeral of Sir Michael Wombat this afternoon. A lovely send-off to a giant of a man. Wordsmith, raconteur, humourist, friend, expert lover. His warmth was so great that BlueSky will retain it like a comforting blanket. Go gently, young warrior x

I am in pain today and can't easily bend. This is because, at 48 years old, I have injured my ribs by sleeping.

Water is The One True Liquid, but there are three other liquid types: Tea, Soup, and Juice. Tea is water that's changed by the introduction of a thing which is then removed Soup is water that has a thing in it Juice is water that comes from a thing (Thanks to @marble.bsky.social for the diagram)

Today a friend and I had lunch and discovered the true form of liquid categorisation. Join me on a journey of stupidity.

I came to this thread to argue with WHAT ABOUT CUSTARD* but left agreeing wholeheartedly. (*Custard is, of course, a pleasure fluid but might now be better named a soup)

We're watching First Dates Does Love Island. There's a lot of people who "have so much love to give". Screw that. The thing about me is that I've got a huge amount of love to receive.

Whenever people talk about what the greatest TV show ever made is, I always wonder why they don't just say it's 'Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin' and engage discussion there. Because, you know, it just is

My prediction is that Trump will take Greenland and no one will do anything. No sanctions, no consequences. The UK won't remove US air bases. NATO will continue in name if not in responses. He'll get away with it and the world will shrug

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We just watched Pottery Throwdown on catch up and it automatically started Junior Bake Off afterwards. I've never seen it before, but you know what? I could fucking win this version. Easy.

Just out of interest, how long until payday?

It's really mean of the weather to choose "Christmassy" this morning

Turned my alarm on again. FFS. There should be laws against this sort of thing..

I would like to see a series of The Traitors in which they only cast current or former police officers, none of whom reveals that they are police officers.

@snellarthur.bsky.social any idea what they might be up to? Large transporters arriving all night from multiple airbases in the US. Still coming. One just landed.

Complete overstated in the headline. They were the largest party at 20% of members in a poll. Which is roughly in line with all other polls and with a number that in a 5 party system has everyone roughly equal. Like all other polls.