Julie Reinger said goodbye to the BBC today after 26 years. She had a very special rapport with the viewers ..and had lots of laughs together. Go well Jules…

Yes, this is superb and chilling in equal measure…

“Football fans do not behave like rational customers. Millions of people pay a significant portion of their increasingly stretched incomes to watch a football team mostly not win, for ever.” Genius writing from @jonathanliew.bsky.social

Thousands of people are ditching Tesla. Here’s one of them with a message you can see from space. Location: Black Rock Sands, Wales, UK Led By Donkeys is 100% funded by small donations.

Well ..yes, exactly

Donald Trump is crashing the US economy - just one more consequence of him being trapped in a disinformation bubble. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Impossible to imagine what John Hunt has been through. His victim statement is extraordinary and if you haven’t read it - please do. It just so happens he’s one of the best commentators of this or any era…

Fascinating …and like everything associated with Trump - truly awful. Worth reading

Who doesn’t like bum based jokes?

Trump has opened Pandora’s box

Special relationship is over for certain- but is the unthinkable happening? Is the US now Europe’s enemy?

On occasion, impartiality serves the BBC very badly indeed. Both Chris Mason and Laura Kuensberg asking Zelensky if he’d care to apologise for events in the White House. Read the room …

Tailoring fit for a King, President Zelensky 👌

Master stroke- Ukraine's Zelenksy meets King at Sandringham

This ⬇️ Europe must assume the worst. Perhaps even a US/Russia alliance ..and work back from there. @lewisgoodall.com is all over this crisis…

For weeks, ministers and other British politicians have been trying to convince the rest of us and perhaps themselves that Trump is more normal than he is, that he cares about Ukraine and Europe more than he does and that is less inclined towards Putin than he is...

Just when you think Trump, Vance etc can’t get any more awful..they do. But I’m sorry to say - it will get worse. The world needs to stop treating Trump like a normal person. He isn’t. He’s a narcissist- that’s the easy bit. No, the question is more how disturbed is he? My guess is very….

You first.

Slowly people around the world are waking up to what Trump is- insane. Presumably this is the kind of thing going on inside his head?

If you weren’t depressed enough already - read this. It’s brilliant and very clear. Anyone still believe in our ‘special relationship’ with the US?

History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me." Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.

Are people still buying Tesla cars?

Presumably half of Americans still aren’t worried…

As tech barons dial up the spreading of lies, why is the BBC dialling down the reporting of truth? | John Harris

Scary. Freedland articulates brilliantly how much shit we are in now…

Bluesky

Tragic. Lives lost, lives ruined and yet for many in the US and elsewhere, climate change remains someone else’s problem. One day the human race will wake up -and it will be too late. That day is closer than you think.

I mean, that's outstanding.

Is it time to walk away from social media entirely?

Hilarious

Great win for City today but the truth is ..we lack quality. #ncfc

Fucking Forson!! Unbelievable #ncfc

Sad to hear of Johnnie Walker’s death. A wonderful DJ. Loved listening to him. Deep knowledge of music, warmth and wit. A winning combination…RIP

It’s the usual mix of some good things ..with a lot of mediocrity, a little foolishness, injuries and bad luck. #ncfc

Nice writing as always by @garygowers.bsky.social I went for the first time this season- it was okay but not much more than okay…

In the bleak mid-winter. Norfolk

My yearly post in appreciation of John Rutter. A huge part of my love of this time of year. Genius…

One of my favourite Christmas decorations. Wooden houses by Paul Howard.

Brilliant as ever by @iandunt.bsky.social

Hello to all my new followers on Blue Sky. I quite like it here. Bit like old Twitter. Thanks for the follow! Here’s an old photo of me when I was on the telly. Look East in 1987. I was 25. Now 62 - I don’t look like this anymore. Still got my hair ..just. But apart from that ..it’s all going south.

Quite the sunset. Again. #Norfolk

Barely a cloud in the sky #Norfolk

Exactly

This just the best thing. A song for Valentina, for Russia and all of us. Watch the video - it will make your day better…

Watched Hugo Film magic…

Quite the sunset 2 #Norfolk

Quite the sunset #Norfolk

My superpower is I can tell whenever the coffee cups in a tv show are empty. Law & Order hasn’t seen a wet cup in 30 years.

Just watched Joy - the birth of IVF. It’s beautifully done.

I’ve only gone and bought two Corgi F1 racing cars off eBay. Had the whole set when I was a kid but they got lost. I’m worried I might turning a bit weird…