Starmer defining himself against corbyn and boris and becoming both corbyn and boris....absolute cinema. Wish it didn't affect me

Right, but just to clarify, you did not appoint Peter Mandelson, because you were not Prime Minister.

The only way Labour can win the next election is by governing well. That might not be enough, but it’s the bare minimum. The questions to be asking about any potential new PM are “what is their agenda and can they achieve it?” Not “do they currently poll well?” Or “can they handle a media round?”

Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.

Really enjoying Cairn so far. Was worried the controls would be a bit too Bennett Foddy for my tastes, but it's pretty intuitive and a lot more forgiving.

I guess this guy being unavailable must have reduced Reform's choices for the Gorton by-election.

BBC continuing to do this crap, latest under a 'what we know' recap, is ridiculous.

Oh dear Jack. "Maybe?" You reckon? #TheTraitors

Really poor decision on who to murder. #TheTraitors

We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...

Faraaz the King who was promised?

Iceland at Davos

I think part of the reason everyone is so blown away by this Carney speech is it's so long since we heard an actual grown-up articulate serious thoughts about the world. Empty vessels have been making a lot of noise

So many faithfuls left with main character syndrome this series. #TheTraitors

Look at this absolute queen

Cancel your Spotify subscription.

I think the disconnect between Atlantic elites is that Americans think Donald Trump is a kid getting to drive a monster truck for Make A Wish and Europeans and Canadians think Donald Trump is the president of the United States.

I’ve got something to show you. Feat. @brettdomino

Of the 31 games that won the 'now' votes, rank as many as you can. That could be just voting for your favourite, or a top 3, or 10, or just go mad and rank all 31. I will NOT count ties I will NOT count the same game in multiple ranks If you need help deciding: czeckd.github.io/preference-r...

What was your favourite game at the end of 2025? I'm guessing your mind hasn't changed in the last ten days, but do say if it has Localisations/early access/expansions count, remasters/ports don't count. Remakes depend. Two-way ties count Refresher list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...

Ten years old this year. And still fabulous youtu.be/NUC2EQvdzmY?...

Dispatch for me. Doesn't really do anything special game wise, but great story and characters in a genre I had otherwise got very tired of. My wife played more new games than me in 2025, and her vote would be for Silksong however.

On a ~20min delay, Fiona's vote has just sent me

Weirdly not a year I played many new games. Then it'd probably have to be F1 Manager 24. Now, I recently got Manor Lords in a steam sale and have been enjoying that a lot despite it being early access.

Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.

Now and then it's Baldurs Gate 3. A truly astounding feat of a game. Although shout-out to Stranded: Alien Dawn, which I discovered last year and ended up playing a tonne of.

Then: Pokémon Red/Blue. Now: Super Mario 64. I loved Mario at the time too, but it's amazing how timeless that game is.

Then: Jonah Lomu Rugby Now: Jonah Lomu Rugby. So much time spent doing the classic matches, trying to beat New Zealand as Japan in particular. I still sometimes quote Bill McLaren's iconic commentary lines to myself.

Then: ISS Pro Evolution, with an honourable mention for Championship Manager 3. Now: Final Fantasy VIII, with an honourable mention for Pokemon Gold/Silver.

That’ll teach junk food companies for taking up precious space in the gambling advert break

Tough one for the 'then' for me. A lot of games I played a lot. Probably most played were Tony Hawk's 2, and Smackdown 2. Now, I think Final Fantasy IX is the one I'm most fond of in hindsight. Also probably the only one I've played again within the past 5 years.

On my favorite games of 2025, in that weird meandering way I think about games and life and industry and everything. Thanks to @giantbomb.bsky.social for having me! giantbomb.com/articles/ram...

Hugo is an alien in a skinsuit. #TheTraitors

Tomorrow marks 10 years since the greatest piece of art of our generation

look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts

Unless Santa straps a green light to Rudolph's tail and has Rudolph fly sideways with his nose pointed to the left of the sled, he is technically in violation of 14 CFR 25.1385(b), SERA.3215, and ICAO Annex 2, 3.2.3.1 (b) requiring positional lights for all aircraft operating at night.

Every year, people mock this tree. But I love it anyway. It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything. Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨

Then: Wrath of the Lich King Now: Wrath of the Lich King, if only because it's how I got to know my wife.

“I’d appreciate it if you didn’t tell anyone about my busy hands. Not so much for myself but because my crap rip-offs of Roald Dahl written by other people are so best-selling it would damage the country to hear about it”

Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.

—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter —Infanta? —No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly

i stand by this statement every year

Fuck Keir Starmer's spokesman, and fuck the cowards running the Labour party.

The thing about hating morgan mcsweeney is that its easy. And fun too!

In 1622, when the Ottoman Sultan Mustafa I was supposed to be returned to power after years of imprisonment, he instead barricaded himself in his room and refused to come out, telling court officials "I do not want to be the Sultan". Not sure what made me think of that.

"It's structural" "would any of the replacements be better?" - it really is just this simple, that the government would be better if it had a prime minster.

Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed

Dick Cheney would be loving this