We’re all out of one-time firesales.

Alright. now everyone knows how to spell diarrhoea.

Vote for Count Binface. 🐻

The Norweigan Ambassador to the UK

HISTORIC MOMENT Today at 14:40 Dr Mark Russell from KCL pressed the button to execute the first ever job on the new OpenSAFELY service. Until today, OpenSAFELY was COVID only. Now we are open to critical analyses that improve all patient care, on GP records, securely, at scale. PICS! THREAD!

“Blows like a sad cat’s sigh” has me chuckling in a public place. Ta.

Only hours after the massive attack on Kyiv has stalled... This is such a Ukrainian response.

Again better than I can articulate. I run a hierarchy of the parties/leaders and constantly play a game of better/worse rather than perfect. Labour/Starmer won’t run out of ministers like Johnson. He does need to change course on Europe, Palestine, immigration, electoral and tax reform, big list.

I wish, just once, I could be this eloquent and passionate.. just once.

Needs circulating again

“If Trump were a Democrat would you still hate him?” Trump WAS a Democrat, and I hated him then, too. I don’t GAF what party someone claims to be. Nobody hates Trump because he’s a Republican. We hate him because he's a shitty President and possibly the shittiest human being who has ever lived.

@alistairbarrie.com Hope you enjoyed your northern adventure to the HiFi Club, I did. Mrs M’s take… “He’s you but funny”.

Almost makes me want to give them a try… almost.

Just needs reposting once in a while

I'm delighted to say we have won the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education with our work on OpenSAFELY, inventing new methods that let researchers analyse NHS GP data while protecting everyone's privacy, and with complete transparency, in a hugely productive platform! www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11...

Vaccines don't cause autism Pass it on

Who is this Brit Ian & why will he lose - I demand to know!

Me with Lion bars and I’m not walking the dog.

John Peel born this day 1939. Today’s poem from Brian Bilston ‘Do Ye Miss John Peel?’ regressed me to my teens. Find it and read it. “Listen mate, ‘life’ has surface noise”

The venues are all magic too. Thanks for the nod, looking forward to this.

Today’s poem is called ‘How Much I Dislike the Daily Mail’.

I promise to broaden my reading beyond claiming 1984 as a romance novel. Your handling of the Kryptonite couple last week ‘literally one line to go’ was extraordinarily classy. To my 57 followers, improve your life. open.spotify.com/show/1e2s0Zs... open.spotify.com/episode/0fkg...

When my wife (my-wife) says “ooh, I found some headphones” it’s a good job I love her.

Is this all the opposition has got? Risible. There are things missing and things to argue about but these pre-canned ripostes and economic arguments wouldn’t pass a GCSE.

Brexit.

As much fun as the TACO memes are, don't forget what that stands for: TRUMP ALWAYS CHICKENS OUT. It would be a shame to ignore the chicken memes that are there for the taking. Here's a little Starter Kit you might need. ENJOY!

Idiocracy was a prophecy.

A brilliant piece of poetry from Michael Rosen, clearly directed at Starmer and the current Labour Government.

PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week. They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions. Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.

Pascal about JK Rowling and the anti trans law on UK: ‘I can't think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist’

“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.” — Karl Marx

Perfectly seasoned piece of writing.

This week’s Bugle is marvellous, Alice Fraser on Dunning-Kruger reminded me of Radio 4 conversation many (many) years ago where ’speed kills’ evangelist stated… “99% of people are better than average drivers” and continually referred to Tiff Needell as ‘Tiffany’. Radio gold.

People on trains… Settings > Sounds & Haptics > Keyboard Feedback … set to ‘None’. Those clicking sounds in public remind me of The Quiet Place.

This needs reposting at all times everywhere:

The legal perspective of the Lucy Letby case, @davidallengreen.bsky.social The medical perspective of the Lucy Letby case, www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...

On Letby - summary of my posts last year: 1. No idea if she is innocent or guilty. 2. Defence chose (perhaps for good tactical reasons) not to put in their own expert evidence. 3. This meant that jury was perhaps not placed in best position to assess soundness of prosecution expert evidence. >

Fighting for my life to get a full sentence out with Nick Ferrari on LBC just now. We have to be realistic about safe routes: It’s a small number of people trying to come here & we desperately need people, too. youtube.com/shorts/M1OVO...

@barristersecret.bsky.social What is the current state of the reforms to the Innocence Tax? It was set to be undone in Crown Courts but does that apply to private prosecutions? I need to re-read all your books.

I’m with Janey.

Over 50 Skiing. Day 1: Apres Ski Day 2: Apres Ski and regret Day 3: Nap-res Ski

I’m still reeling from finding out via Richard Osman’s House of games that we spend £128m a year on mince pies… Some of them are mostly air.

BREAKING: Muted. Repeat offenders, blocked. Stoppit, everyone here can read.

Twitter gone.