Nigel Farage Listens to the News

apparently there's a mod to remove gay marriage in skyrim like bro you're literally the only person who gets married at all in the game and if you need a mod to prevent yourself from getting gay married that says something about you

I assume today was the day that an entire generation of bearded men of a certain age were up early to listen to the new Boards of Canada album

My milkshake* brings** all*** the**** boys***** to****** the** yard*******. * friend's horse **is *** intimidated **** by ***** spoons ****** which ******* odd

Bit oddly the most relatable thing Trump has ever done

never change, Ben, never change

One of the most satisfying things today is seeing that Arsenal no longer ban throwing people in the air as part of a celebration

Stop looking for Burnhamism - in six years, I’ve never found. Watching the mayor up close in Manchester, I’ve seen his unusual gifts and glaring weaknesses. Would he make a good prime minister? Our weekend read - by @joshih.bsky.social manchestermill.co.uk/stop-looking...

Or….. Bezos makes this much because servers are more profitable than anyone can comprehend. The shop bit of Amazon is a tiny element of their business. But they should pay people a fair wage

This is yet another example of a demographic time bomb and how private equity is hoovering up the wealth of the post war generation.

Ok, so we have discovered where our unconditional support for Ukraine ends. Cheap holidays.

Ok, if this works then I'm fine. I'm dubious it will work but let's see. I think there is a role for the more traditional search engine (traditional being old Google rather than Alta Vista), so hopefully a gap in the market opens up for someone else

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As someone trying to find a plumber I don't like this trend of them fighting by-elections

Leaked image of new Apple EV.

I think this maybe the most niché bit of trivia I’ve ever heard.

Listening to Billy Corgan interviewing Billy Idol I was interested in his views on AI. I can't remember exactly what he said, I was in a car wash but..... basically musicians should try to use every instrument available to them, and do we honestly think David Bowie wouldn't be using AI?

It's nice of Wes Streeting to blunder into a massive NHS reorganisation and then leg it as soon as the legislation is announced. In his position, I'd probably have done the same, but that's why I'm not in charge of anything

As I suspected. ITV's polling was terrible and Birmingham does not look like this. It looks its very own kind of bonkers

One bit of Birmingham election results that might get lost is the end of Rob Pocock being a Councillor in Sutton. Labour holding a seat there for so long was odd and a testament to the job he did. A strange Tory win

It looks like it is mathematically impossible for Birmingham to be governable on any level.

If I was running a political party that had won with a massive majority two years and now looks like it could get wiped out, I'd, maybe, look at a fairer voting system. If the current system doesn't work for you, and you have the numbers to change it, it would be sensible

The whole system of domain names is broken. Obviously, all the decent ones got bought up years ago, but it feels like 90% of them are being sat on just in case someone is willing to pay $10k for it. Which they won't. There needs to be a more effective way of getting back into use

One thing I'm fairly confident about is that Birmingham council will look nothing like this on Friday

HS2's next disaster might be the trains (FREE TO READ!) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/hs2s-next-...

I have a new album coming out on Wednesday, which is dedicated to the majesty of worms. I used a special probe contact mic to record their movements in my compost bin and then turned it into an album. Read lots more on it and the process here : www.patreon.com/posts/songs-...

An excellent thread on how messy* Birmingham will be on Friday. *Politically messy rather than the usual state of over flowing bins messy

Always good to see Birmingham's postal vote scandal back in the public eye. Not our greatest moment but I remember working in the Council at the time and it was quite amusing Nice to see a new dimension with added threats from the Home Office to keep it quiet

We are looking for a @societyworks.org developer (deadline end of May) and a @mysociety.org user support officer (deadline tomorrow) to join us: www.mysociety.org/about/careers/ I think it’s a good, fun place to work, with good dev processes, but I would say that :) Happy to answer any questions

Always fun to see the Native Instrument's sale where you pick expansion packs with no way of knowing if you've already bought them

Everyone's talking about the elections in Birmingham so here is another push for my review of the Hustings in Moseley. It's got ups and downs, drama and tears. www.eyeonmoseley.co.uk?p=2057

"It should have been more horrific." - Mrs. Dorothy Bird (Eastbourne). THE DAY AFTER was broadcast in the UK on December 10, 1983. Here is some of the reaction. Mrs. Bird presumably loved THREADS.

This is why it's important authors read a lot, Murakami has no idea this has been done already

Long thread: I've done interviews on Labour's latest anti-asylum policy today, but, unfortunately, had to turn down some for this evening. So, in addition to the clip from earlier, let me just set out why and how this latest Labour piece of cruelty won't work, but will cause far more harm. 1/38

Would love to see a lot more Green Party councillors taking up seats on Birmingham City Council after this election. But in Moseley, where the Green candidate doesn't support the Low Traffic Neighborhood idea, I hope voters elect @izzyknowles.bsky.social, who everyone already knows is excellent.

It was the Moseley hustings yesterday. It's the most exciting local election of a generation, will our prospective Councillors match that energy? Have a look, I've recreated it in words. www.eyeonmoseley.co.uk?p=2057

It was the Moseley hustings yesterday. It's the most exciting local election of a generation, will our prospective Councillors match that energy? Have a look, I've recreated it in words. www.eyeonmoseley.co.uk?p=2057

@izzyknowles.bsky.social You'll know this. Are there any cycle racks at The Shires?

@jonnelledge.bsky.social Thanks for your Holy Roman Empire podcast thing. I learned a lot

This is a depressing assessment bit probably right. I can't see how Birmingham will be able to put together any sort of coalition that can govern www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Annie Jones, who played Jane in Neighbours, just mentioned an upcoming auction for one of the most iconic pieces of 80s art - Mrs Mangle’s portrait. Imagine owning this! Iconic! www.instagram.com/anniejonesxx...

This sounds OK! I've certainly sat in worse jazz bars. I'm gonna need @brucel.bsky.social or someone to explain to me WHY it can sound OK while being generated the way it is, though. This is going to be like when someone explained to me about wind chimes being pentatonic, isn't it?

NIGEL: Is she coming to drop some stuff off, you know, and then... DAVID: No. NIGEL: ...and then go back?

I wrote a thing about using Gemini to help me code an App. If it's something you are thinking of doing, or are just interested in, then there could be a wealth of information in here for you www.dazwright.com/2026/04/i-ma...

"Why is the NHS so expensive?" A question I get asked more than I would like, and one that's really not as simple as some folk would have you believe. It's not foreigners though. One societal issue though that is a major cause of NHS cost: Healthy life expectancy. A short thread: 1/6

mods are asleep post camera falling out of plane and landing in a pig pen to be licked by a pig

Any pubs showing the nuclear war tonight ? Not looking for anywhere ticketed not worth it.

Definitely coming back here when I unlock bombs.

So, are US Christians generally ok with their President ranting about sending an entire nation to hell on their most holy day? It seems like the sort of thing where you'd need to make outrageous mental contortions to justify it