Phew. Looks like we've escaped the Rapture; but I'm sure the religious loonies will reschedule it. Put a reminder in Teams.

Well, quite.

Hello America. If you haven't realised it already, your President is totally demented. Time to remove him from power immediately. Of course, you then get couch-fucker Vance, who'll be even worse. So, your country is fucked. Regretting splitting from Britain now? 😜

JFC. Trump and the escalator will be the defining image of the end of human civilisation. Bring on the apocalypse now.

#NowListening to 'Reveal' by REM. Another late era gem. 'Imitation Of Life' and 'I'll Take The Rain', etc.

'September's coming soon...'

'Nightswimming' by REM is just such a lovely song, isn't it?

Memo to the Grauniad. This. Is. Not. News. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

If only Trump's tie had got caught in that escalator, dragging him to a gory death.

The expressions in the audience at the UN listening to the Orange Shitgibbon's ramblings...

Mixed reverse Betteridge alert! Yes, then no. @ianbetteridge.com www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

#NowListening to 'Out Of Time' by REM. It's still rather good, isn't? Even 'Shiny Happy People', right?

Cat's, obviously. Give me my edit button!

"G? G for Germany!"

"They don't always crash, you know."

World's gone mad, so it's time for Bob Calvert's 'Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters'. "We must get up with it!"

The weird thing is that he was raising the (serious) issue of potential asteroid impacts when he was a LibDem MP. Then there was the Cheeky Girl after he got dumped by the ITV weather woman. All downhill after that.

😬

Looking forward to Putin's FAFO moment. Yeah, we'll shoot down your drones and we'll shoot down your planes. Your move, arsehole.

Rapturetastic.

'Only Heaven' by The Young Gods now.

We're living under Sharia law in the leafy London suburb of Bromley. It's terrible. 😜

Oh, and @plaidcymru.bsky.social, too.

Living in a (small) detached house in Cambridge. Put the CD on the hi-fi one summer evening, cranked up the volume, sat out in the garden...

This album is a banger.

So, the double punch of 'It's The End of the World As We Know It' and 'The One I Love' on 'Document' hits hard right?

How long do we have to put up with this shit?

Fuck this idiot. Article 25 now! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... #DonaldTrump #TrumpIsACunt

The @libdems.org.uk, the @snp.org, and the @greenparty.org.uk, plus some sane members of #UKLabour are the best hope for the future. Put aside any minor disagreements and organise, please. Fight the fash.

Fucking fruit flies.

Well, not even reading sf since the 70s has prepared me for the weirdness of our modern world. I suppose that people who've lived through it have become habituated, but us oldies have a memory of a potentially better, more, hopeful future. Hey ho.

And, BTW, she looks rancid. That's what hate does to you.

Er, no. Fuck her. Horrible woman. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Okay, this new Mac cosmetic advert. All very inclusive, but... no plus-size models. All skinny borderline anorexic 'pretty' boys and girls.

If Europe (and the UK) stand together we can be a powerful force for good in the world. The EU is the last bastion of democracy on the planet (maybe along with NZ, Oz, Japan, and South Korea). Obviously all not perfect, but, hey.

Won't comment because it won't get published, but #DonaldTrump is a lying cunt who has no clue about what he's talking about. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

#NowReading @garethlpowell.bsky.social's short story collection 'Who Will You Save?'. Is good. You read.

Fuck's sake @theguardian.com. Stop promoting this nonsense. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Yes! This 👇.

The wood-chipper has stopped. 'Enjoy The Silence', as Depeche Mode might say.

Oh, no. Legend. #RIPDickie. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

Possibly because I'm of a certain 'Old man shouts at cloud' time of life, or because my (slightly) neuro-divergent traits are kicking in, but I'm getting very aware of how loud the modern world is becoming. Never liked noise or crowds, but I seem to be becoming more sensitive to it.

Fucking hell. There's an industrial wood-chipper operating over the road and it's rather loud.

A billionaire who's a blood-thirsty psychopath? How original.

Or, TBF, don't pay attention to what Trump says about anything.

Anyway, before some of us get Raptured, you can always enjoy some fine music from the wonderful Max Rapture... sorry Raptor. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Rap...

Not sure I'm happy about getting Ruptured today. Is there some kind of (Liz) Truss that I can wear to protect myself?

The Rapture Will Not Be Televised.

Says the Adderall addict.

So, what time is the rapture due tomorrow? I've got a Sainsbury's delivery between 08.00 and 12.00.