To be absolutely clear: this is the lowest percentage of the vote in a by-election for the Conservatives or Tories since the party was founded at the time of the Glorious Revolution in 1689.

It really is one of the greatest unforced errors I’ve ever seen in British politics - they have a huge majority and, from day one, have had a laser focus on squandering it though obsessing over people who will never vote for them, and spitting in the faces of those who might.

Ascribinge agencye to Gen AI chatbots ys a newe and fascinatinge form of pareidolia

The Greens' previous record for a by-election result was about 10% This is seismic

okay, here it is, the five key takeaways from this by-election: 1. Denton Kebab House 2. The Crispy Cod, Denton 3. Reddish Tandoori, Gorton 4. Cottage Chippy, Gorton 5. The Continental Takeaway, Denton

obviously today is a huge embarrassment for Matt Goodwin and for Reform, which is something that we absolutely ought to celebrate, but we must also remember it's a huge embarrassment for Morgan McSweeney and Maurice Glasman and all the Blue Labour weirdos, and that's important to celebrate too :)

putting the L into “LGB Alliance”

underappreciated but very funny gorton and denton sideplot: the conservatives nominating literal sex matters (uk terf group) trustee charlotte cadden, only for her to get the worst result for the conservatives in by-election history and lose her deposit

Matt Goodwin absolutely cooked here by what can only be Will from the Inbetweeners. 🤣 #reform

"I didn't know autistic people could be kinky" Bruh. At least half of kink is just advanced stimming.

They think punk means *acting without consent* not *acting in defiance of power*

People who were working in hospitals during 2020-21 should get compensation.

Virginia Giuffre died aged 42.

I have friends being threatened by their workplaces over the use of toilets they've been using for years without problem.

Today I'm working on my new website gallery. It will mostly be recent pics, but I would like to keep a few from the archives as I've had so many great shoots in the past. Your task for today, look through my gallery and pick out your top 3 to keep on the new site www.sirclaireblack.co.uk/gallery/

"The former Duke of York today turned sixty-six He wanted a fancy birthday bash but he wound up in the nick." - @janinebooth.bsky.social

Can't. Dancing at the Pink Pony Club

Motion to add Daft Punk as alternate

Finding myself in the unenviable position of trying to explain a video shop to a ten-year-old.

One of the purest examples of a moral panic in our time. A clinic that had years-long waitlists and required an average of 7 appointments before providing transition care smeared and shut down for being reckless.

@neillyleftistcook.bsky.social and @saribo.bsky.social have been livestreaming a fundraiser to help them move to a bigger town and shake off the isolation and bigotry a bit. We all know how that is, please go support them if you can ko-fi.com/theleftistco...

OH FUCK YES THIS

Ay yo this person thinks I've never put any thought into gender. Is that hilarious, or just me?

BBC article quotes FOUR separate Reform politicians before giving the Welsh gov standard response. When does any political party get that level of favour? Sick of it.

Age verification? Regardless of the fact I can select from thousands of films to watch any time I want to, I still get a crushing wave of melancholic nostalgia when I think of going to Blockbuster on a Saturday to get one and picking up a takeaway on the way back.

✨reminder that I have a SALE on all my original limited-edition linoprints throughout February✨👀 shop.frankduffy.co.uk #artsky #witchsky

This is EXACTLY what they're for innit, feel em in your ribs.

Zack Polanski demands Palantir be removed from £240m NHS data contract — awarded without tender. Links to Peter Mandelson + serious concerns over surveillance & data misuse. “The stench of corruption runs through this government.” Urges Wes Streeting to ditch the deal.

A £240m defence contract without tender. Their fingerprints all over our health care data. A meeting in the USA but without any minutes. Everything around Palantir stinks. www.thenational.scot/news/2584192...

they performed American Idiot

Because the federal paramilitaries are ALSO human beings, and they are being shipped to a frozen hellhole where people panopticon the shit out of them, harass their sleep and off hours, spit in their food, and they *are not getting paid*.

Are there any decent language learning apps now or have they all gone AI and super gamified?

At the Your Party conference, the Trotskyist infiltrators make an unfortunate discovery about the remaining dozen members

I know English politicians don't really give any thought to what happens over here, but if this isn't sending Labour MPs into existential crisis, there's really no helping them.

No surprise to My colleagues, but seemingly anti SW organisations have no idea what an essential role they play in human trafficking.

would that we had a sensible house buying system like in Australia where everything is immediately certain and has to be completed in 6 weeks. but no. this backwards ridiculous island has a housebuying system invented by three toddlers and a shark running a backstreet law firm

the idea that making art is embarrassing if you don't do it well enough to make a career out of it is an objectively harmful and toxic brainworm.

It's the best.

I don't do it because genAI is theft. Because there are huge consequences for the climate. Because evil corporations make genAI available to facilitate the destruction of other people's jobs. And crucially, because it's inauthentic. It's cheating. If I used genAI, my work wouldn't be *my work*.

Anyway, if you see a profile using my photos but the age is under 35 and/or the height is under 6ft, it's 100% not me. I don't sell anything on dating apps, I don't use telegram or discord, I don't give out my phone number to random strangers. Don't be fooled by fake Cartas!

This is a perfect example of "I saw a thing that I could do and I started doing it"

insane to me that I live in a wealthy country, I was born in a tiny village, and I’ve had a pretty sedate life, and yet in just 46 years I’ve counted more deaths than I have fingers and toes several times over, all because I’m a trans woman in community with trans women people just don’t get it

After operating since 2009, Sheffield’s main WI is set to close because all the volunteers running it are leaving. Trans exclusion means spaces for all women are being lost. www.shwi.co.uk/post/2026-me...

In my experience, talent is a *detriment* to learning. I didn't have to practice early on so I *didn't know how*. I didn't start to learn how to practice until my 30s! (When much of my life was taken up with parenting, so I didn't have time!) I didn't start to improve as a musician until my 40s!