ANNUAL POST: It’s now 53 years since any human has left low Earth orbit. Of the 24 who have, 5 are still alive (ages 95, 92, 93, 90, 90). In the last year, Jim Lovell (Apollo 8 and Apollo 13, aged 97) died. 4 of 12 moonwalkers are still alive (Aldrin, Scott, Duke, Schmitt).

So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.

The last Sunday before Christmas. The day on which people who’ve never stepped foot in a supermarket in their lives tip entire aisles into trolleys and panic about sauces they hate. Be kind to retail workers.

Former BBC employee Jack Murley has posted on Instagram about the repeated homophobic abuse he received while working for the corporation - often from BBC staff. He says the BBC has now formally apologised. www.instagram.com/p/DSaZBd4DO8F/

Cycling UK have recently stated that their annual 100 Women in Cycling award won’t include any trans women or non-binary Over 50 current nominees and previous winners have rejected or returned their awards. I know many of them personally I’m proud of my cycling sisters. All of them

There are more gags in this than all the adverts made in the past thirty years put together

"There's just no money in the industry at the moment"

The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party. Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar

Epstein, Gates, Trump, but Andrew. I don’t think I’ve seen a single BBC piece that calls him “Mountbatten-Windsor” just as the surname. It’s got to be a high-level editorial choice, surely. Why?

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"

Nigel Farage's explicit homophobia as he jokes at his brother's wedding: "The good news for us who are smokers is that we are far better off here than if we had been at Michael Barrymore’s house. Because there they removed all the ashtrays on the basis that now they chuck all the fags in the pool."

Fuck this shit.

Polling idea (rough wording): 1. Agree/disagree: Trans people deserve all the rights of non-trans people 2. Agree/disagree: I liked the character of Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street Ask half the participants the questions in this order, and half in reverse order.

“And what is the charge? Eating a seal? A succulent Chinese seal? GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PENIS!”

Interesting thing to take away here. BBC asked 5000 doctors to take part in a survey about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions. Only 15% of them responded. And what do you think the belief will be of that 15% who specifically wanted to respond to a study into overdiagnosis? 🤔

Enjoying the awkwardness and maximum cringe of the World Cup draw. One of the people opening the balls can't pronounce several of the country names.

In the future, everyone will own Warner Bros/Discovery for fifteen minutes

Gambling discovered in casino

A prime example of how the far right can never be appeased. Give them whatever they demand and they’ll bank it, then use it as a new base camp to strike out for more and worse.

GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament

Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.

In the span of a hour, they stealth edited the article from trans woman to "biological male who identifies as a woman." The BBC isn't fit for purpose.

The hidden chemical attack that forced the Northern line’s extraordinary repair www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the...

As usual, property is placed in a pedestal over people. Some man-bear-pig like Lineham harassing a then 17 year old trans minor is perfectly fine and acceptable, but god forbid you do any property damage!

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

This report does not quote any trans children, or parents of trans children, or any trans people at all. It does quote Keira Bell saying it’s “disgusting”, though. New puberty blockers trial to begin after UK ban www.bbc.com/news/article...

Al (short for Alan) Bubble

Oh my god #football #SCODEN

Did that arsehole ask why he’s not wearing a suit?

"You don't have to embarrass our guest." Compare and contrast with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in February.

The story currently leading BBC News online ("Net migration 20% lower than first thought as more British nationals left UK") wasn't even mentioned in the headlines of the BBC News at One. Whatever can it mean?

Voltmeter, ammeter, ohmmeter, wattmeter, hygrometer, barometer, thermometer, manometer, anemometer, lux meter, pH meter, glucose meter, spectrometer, colorimeter, flow meter, Geiger counter, dosimeter, seismometer, odometer, speedometer, heart rate monitor, sound level meter

too real lol

When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.

Labour's plan to preserve democracy is to lose to Reform and then hope parliament collapses on the MPs.

I did not order this back pain and should like to speak to a manager

*vomits forever*

Starmer is clearly consulting Morgan McSweeney on what to do about Morgan McSweeney

Dear BBC: Stop calling him “Andrew”. What would you call any random commoner in a piece like this? It wouldn’t be “Rolf’s reply reads…” or “Jimmy has always denied…” Surnames. Like “Trump” and “Maxwell” as in this same screenshot. /cc @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social as a rare official BBC account here

“Reich… finds a way”

I do like how, in the bit of Prescott's memo where he criticises the BBC for editing together different parts of Trump's speech, his own quote of "what Trump actually said" is... edited together from different parts of his speech.

I'm hearing Amol Rajan already has his application in.

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

I really shouldn't share bad ai, but the fact that they're pretending to have animated it all by hand is extraordinary. Anyone who has done digital animation will be flabbergasted at the audacity.

I love this time of year, when the people who normally rant about “virtue signalling” switch to “where’s your poppy?” instead.

lmao

1970s Celebrity Traitors cast: - Kenneth Williams - Cyril Fletcher - George Best - Louise Jameson - Jimmy Savile - Hinge or Bracket - Bernie Clifton - Mike Yarwood - Brian Jacks - Cleo Rocos 1/2