If I was the party in government, and I knew there was a very high likelihood of being succeeded by Fascists, one thing I definitely WOULDN’T be doing was building an infrastructure of authoritarianism for them to inherit.

After three and a half months of America's war with Iran, it occurs to me that I still don't actually know what "nuclear enrichment" consists of. Please don't tell me, it also occurs to me that I don't actually care, and I'm running out of hard drive space.

This social media ban does seem to be an attempt to LOOK like they're doing something without actually having to take on the Musks and Zuckerbergs of the world...

Mad how people who think 5G will kill children are against proposals to prevent children from ACTUAL online harm. I don't think a social media curfew is the way to go- FB is the main way a lot of families keep in contact. But surely you wouldn't want them using the tech anyway?

Random comment seen on Mastodon: "AI artwork looks the way Christian Rock sounds."

NGL, it was absolutely clear that this was exactly what it was to anyone who'd been paying attention. Literally the main anarcho argument about it at the time was "the EU is shit and fucking evil but UKIP and fellow travellers are fascists and Brexit will be the route to power for UK fascists."

New conspiracy theory- chemtrails are real, but the technology is only ever used during royal fly-pasts.

i imagine a difficult aspect of being a Bigfoot conspiracy theorist is that every time your dog goes and looks out the window you probably have to go and look out the window too- could be Bigfoot out there

I see Tony Iommi’s got an MBE. Honestly, if the honours system was just reserved for people who’d done objectively awesome stuff (like inventing new genres of music or rocking REALLY hard) I definitely wouldn’t hate it as much.

Just went to the David Bowie: You’re Not Alone video thingy at the Lightroom, that was wicked.

Celebrating the arrival of the world's first trillionaire with a quote from Gibson's Count Zero- "And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human".

You know how the existence of billionaires was an abomination on the face of the Earth and a sign of our utter failure as a species? Let’s just hope those cunts get REALLY jealous now.

So Hockney died and Musk became a trillionaire. Not sure this “one in one out” policy with artists and cunts is really working out somehow.

I honestly couldn’t give les of a shit about football, but if whoever wins is one of the countries that got fucked around with visas or whatever by the US then I will have a fucking parade of my own in their honour.

There was a lovely piano bit on track 3.

Dreamt there was a new Cure album and I was only three tracks in before I woke up. It’s quite frankly ridiculous how annoyed I still am about it.

Funniest thing about Trump’s UFC gladiatorial contest is that one of the sponsors is Bud Light.

I know it’s not gonna happen in a million years but just take the opportunity now, while the future is still yet to be written, to imagine how funny it would be if the SpaceX IPO was an utter failure.

Great year for books tbh. New China Mieville, Marlon James, James Ellroy AND Chuck Tingle!

Dr Who’s the Black private dick who’s a sex machine to all the chicks. #amidoinitrite

AI bros keep going “yeah, people said the same about CGI” and yes, yes we did, and it’s still shit compared to practical FX.

In an increasingly isolated world, is there anything more life-affirming for a gentleman than being in the pub, seeing a guy in a Slayer hat, going "FUCKIN SLAYEEERRR" and throwing the horns, and getting it back?

Gotta say I'm REALLY enjoying Star Wars Outlaws. Turns out what I want from a Star Wars game is a game I already like but Star Wars. Star Wars Far Cry is lots of fun. Can't wait for the promised Star Wars XCOM!

Just found out Matthew Rhys is Welsh. No, the name didn’t tip me off because I’m an idiot. Fuck’s sake, though, it took me two whole episodes of Widow’s Bay to finally get my subconscious to accept that no, the bloke off The Americans *isn’t* secretly Russian this time, and now this.

BREAKING- Donald Trump tipped to win the FIFA FIFA World Cup.

I love Ed on LPOTL. “Don’t go back in time and kill Hitler when he’s a baby. Kill him when he’s an art student. It’d be much more fun”.

Is it just me or is Widow's Bay one of the best shows on telly right now?

Just watched episode 6 of Widow's Bay (funnily enough almost watched Eggers's The VVitch this evening but thought nah, something lighter, but VERY similar vibe with this ep). Amazing. Turns out it was directed by Ti West. One day that guy's gonna be as huge as he deserves to be.

Basically I think Lozza SHOULD lose this one, but a good lawyer could win it for him. That said, history would suggest he doesn't actually know any good lawyers.

Happy "Lozza Fox is in court again" day to those who celebrate. (This is the one that might get him on the Register, which would be super-fun, but I think he has a slightly better chance of sliding on this one than on the incitement to commit criminal damage one next year).

Has Samuel L Jackson ever appeared in a production of Oedipus?

Been enjoying this rain after all that humidity. Good honest water, that is. Comes out and says hello instead of hiding away in the air being threatening and making everyone uncomfortable.

Yet again sniggering at the bloke on Gardener's Question Time saying "if you've got one butt, you could have three".

I could never be a Radio 4 continuity announcer, because you just know what would happen the first time I had to say "the producer was Annabelle Dees".

Just found out there’s an XCOM-style Star Wars game coming out and it’s by ex-Firaxis devs and HOLY FUCKIN SHIT!!!

The Viking stuff’s cool, but next World Cup Norway should do a photoshoot in corpsepaint.

Just read an article on Kate Middleton's "power suits". None of them even had jet boots or lasers that come out of the hands. We used to be a proper country. Not been this disappointed since that Iron Lady film.

I was brought up in the UK so I didn't have a clue what a Mister Rogers was or where his neighbourhood even is until about ten years ago. Now if I want to start just openly weeping I think about Mister Rogers and what a good man he was.

England football fans- console yourself when England again fail to win the World Cup by thinking about how sad David Baddiel must be.

Oh Christ, it's Open Farm Sunday this weekend. #TheArchers is gonna be shit then.

Guy on the radio claiming to be an "amphibian biologist" is disappointing as fuck. I was hoping he'd talk like Admiral Ackbar.

Merge two movies: Boyz N Ivan’s Childhood

I think I've got it now. Free Palestine demos are hate marches for terrorists, and people chucking burning wheelie bins at coppers and doing Nazi salutes is a protest, right? I dunno man, seems weird.

Guy on the radio just said IPA instead of IPO. Someone's already fucked off with work and needs a beer.

Pub was (of course) filled with football people. And they were all having a great time. Honestly, the community aspect always looks like so much fun and I'd probably be into it were it not for the fact that there is no way I'd be able to pretend I cared about a sport.

After playing Baldur's Gate 3 I can no longer separate Adam from Raphael in my head. I have no idea whether that makes me think he's more of a twat or an actual Devil. #TheArchers

Been looking forward to this one, sounds mental.

Could have sworn the bloke on Desert Island Discs (Guy Martin) just said “that was the last racist funeral I went to” and was like WHAT??? “Racer’s”. He said “racer’s”.

I think what a lot of people forget when it comes to toxic fandoms is that back when Star Wars came out you were still allowed to like things.

“Atlas Shrugged” would be a lot less cringe and way cooler if you imagined Atlas to be French.