Does this count as a ‘meta’ #RickRoll?

It’s not really Christmas until you’ve listened to this festive classic (even if MES is wrong about what the “X in Xmas” stands for) youtu.be/Mtm-jRDY-1o?...

I’d imagine that being attacked by Trump will be this year’s “they’re only good for repairing church roofs” for the Liberal Democrats

I wouldn’t normally post anything to do with #HR or #UKEmplaw on Christmas Eve, but I recommend saving this piece by @sarahoconnorft.ft.com to read when you are grappling with the Employment Rights Act in the new year www.ft.com/content/ceb1...

This is a fascinating list of “people who used to be household names but are now just obscure” - it also has a remarkable similarity to “people name-checked in Half Man Half Biscuit songs” #HMHB

Have you really made a Christmas cake if you haven’t posted a picture of it on social media? I like to think that @nigella.bsky.social is gazing in the background in approval at my attempt at her recipe 😂

Congrats to all the various @millmedia.bsky.social publications and writers who continue to show that it is still possible to do quality local journalism. Subscribe to your local version! (such as @liverpoolpost.bsky.social) www.livpost.co.uk/and-the-winn...

In a sign that #BBCCricket don't rate England's chances too highly in #TheAshes, their insta currently features "Alex Hartley's Guide to Brisbane - things to do if the Test Match doesn't run its full five days" www.instagram.com/reel/DRzCzh3...

Another small win - we did manage to bat the whole day (just!) #TheAshes #EngvAus

You have to take small wins in #TheAshes so I'm pleased to report that England have now managed to bat for longer than an ODI innings. Batting for a whole day seems to be unlikely at this stage #EngvAus

Yet again @liverpoolpost.bsky.social uncovering more dodgy dealings. How the woman who is still a sitting #Labour councillor involved in this hasn’t resigned or been kicked out of the party is beyond me

If this had been the original plan it would have been seen as sensible for employees and acceptable to employers. But now it is just another humiliating climbdown the government #HR #UKemplaw www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Perhaps some enterprising TV company could remake this series with #JeremyCorbyn who seems to be at a loose end currently and is already a Jack Hargreaves looky-likey. After all, Portillo did it with trains

Paging @secretarmypod.bsky.social 😀

Tbh, still a pretty good list of albums to investigate 😀

Proof that my original analysis was the correct one 😭 #TheAshes

Pleased to see that this post did not age well (although by this time tomorrow it may be true again 🤣) #TheAshes

Well, it looks like my pre-series mild optimism has lasted no more than two sessions of cricket #TheAshes

If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”

Don’t really want to get into the ‘can immigrants really be British’ far right dialogue but is there a more‘Yorkshire dad’ than #AnitaRani father? #CelebrityRaceAcrossTheWorld

As an #EV driver, I don't in principle have an issue with some form of tax, but this seems a remarkably cack-handed way of going about it. Why not a levy of say 2p per Kwh on charging stations? #Budget2025 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif

Even though I’m only following it on #BBC text, the #CWC25 final sounds like an amazing match #IndvSA

I don’t know if this post should make me laugh but it did 1. Has Trump ever read The Great Gatsby? 2. Did he understand it if he did? 3. Jay Gatsby actually served in the military when required to, unlike a certain person Further proof that #irony is lost on Americans

Definitely worth a read - it appears that, as with #Reform, the leaders are racists and grifters, even if not all those following them are.

I’ve been outside the UK for a week but I could have written a more perceptive article than this. How on earth did #ChrisMason - who comes over as a fairly untalented regional news reporter- become BBC political editor? bbc.com/news/article...

Scott, Virgil, Gordon, Alan, John… Brains, Kyrano, Parker- nope, don’t remember a “Prince Andrew”. Although The Hood was Kyrano’s evil brother so maybe that’s him #InternationalRescue

I 100% agree with this approach- I have a lot of books that I have enjoyed but may never read again, and I would sooner others enjoy them than they just languish on my shelves

German singer Nico, Andy Warhol’s muse, was born on this day 1938. She came to live in Manchester in 1981. ‘It reminds me of Berlin after the war. Everything was broken and falling down.' She loved the architecture and cheap heroin.

I'm enjoying #CelebrityTraitors and it was a funny incident, but it's hardly front page news. Although I think some of the conspiracy theorists are a bit much - a lot of the reasons for stories like this is simply the BBC using its website to promote its own TV shows

Missed this last week - the return of Collective Bargaining, in the #SocialCare sector. A considered and even handed article by @sarahoconnorft.ft.com, featuring a quote from @melaniesimms.bsky.social #HR #EmployeeRelations on.ft.com/4n2JVam

Most suburbs of Liverpool 😀 Gateacre Fazakerley Aigburth Childwall

Show us the last four albums you listened to

Next Tory to defect to Reform? 🤣

I don't in principle have an issue with fees at this level - £55 - (personally I think employers should have to pay an equivalent fee to enter response) but there are lots of details that need to be sorted out before they're introduced - a short🧵 1/3 #HR #UKEmplaw www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...

Now this is the content I hope to see on social media 😀

“Even” Lynda? I can’t imagine she’d ever have been a Trump fan #TheArchers

With so many Tories joining Farage's crew, maybe we should start referring to them as Conform?

So, I’m not really up on American right wing politics (I’d never heard of Charlie Kirk till Wednesday) but would I be correct to assume that his murder is basically a 2020s politics version of the 2Pac/Notorious BIG feud?

New #HR post from me - despite what the media claimed last week, you can't go around being abusive to your boss without consequence #UKEmplaw ariadne-associates.co.uk/2025/09/08/n...

@talkingpicturestv.bsky.social you are spoiling us! #InALonelyPlace followed by #Rebecca? A good afternoon to book off work (or at the very least, set your video recording device of choice)

Articles like this are why my view of "the markets" is that they are the world's biggest casino - and traders have no more knowledge than football pundits. The answer to the headline is "no-one really knows, but everyone has an opinion" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

One for any of my academic followers - how #Wikipedia seeks to identify the use of #AI

Would be interesting to hear Farage questioned on this by the media (I won’t hold my breath 🙄)

Interesting and very balanced piece by @sarahoconnorft.ft.com on the 4 day working week (although I am getting bored with every workplace development being described as 'quiet'!). A good read for #HR professionals who may be looking at this area for their business on.ft.com/4m4PlRT

Liked this piece by @stephenkb.bsky.social on being polite to chatbots. Another reason for doing it is that with some websites, it's unclear if the chat facility is run by humans or #AI so I always err on the side of caution. on.ft.com/47ONAEH

I endorse this message. If you have never heard this album or, worse still, Graham Parker, can I recommend you rectify this immediately? open.spotify.com/album/4I8omV...

An important article for anyone who is, or knows, a victim of #DomesticAbuse, about the UK's forthcoming test of the Government's Emergency Alert system. Please repost

Since (intellectual) property is theft, shouldn't these all be free?

Very pleased to have been quoted in this article in @peoplemanagement.bsky.social magazine on why the Employment Tribunal System isn't serving anyone - Business or Employees - at the moment. #HR #UKEmplaw www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1929...