"If I was joking, I would say Italy just beat England 23-18 in the 6 Nations"

9th February 2026: Chris Ashton, former England Rugby Union international, gives his opinion on Wales' poor performance in the opener against England:

Orly? Sport should offer respite from the very real problems of the world. I'm not getting much relief!

@jhaskins.bsky.social jeez, we think Spurs have problems. Apparently the entire rugby infrastructure of western Europe is in total disarray.

Swing low, sweet chariot.

We're gonna need a bigger supercomputer

No, you wouldn't put money into that man's pocket

Well well well. Serious result for Italy

I have no idea how to read this 6 nations. I'm just wondering if Wales' knowing that they're the bottom of the pile might be good going into the 2027 Rugby World Cup. All the other teams seem to be beyond erratic - barnstorming playing away one week, then weaker at home the next.

Q: "That email was really good. Did you use Copilot or Claude?" Me: I used my brain and the journalism degree I earned to allow me to write a clear email. WTF??

Evening

@quentyn.bsky.social so, that "joke" I made the other week about The Day After Tomorrow. Turns out it really isn't that much of a joke at all, and even the scientific view of "we're not sure how much it will weaken or how quickly it will collapse" is true. www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...

£8.40 for an adult ticket 🥳

"And how is Mrs Modric?" Eh? What? Luka's wife? I didn't even know they played football in Bridgerton.

School economics: some commodities are purchased in bulk and then that price is reflected to the consumer as long as that batch lasts. Real life: Trump starts a war, so the price of fuels goes up immediately. Hang on, won't this still be the same batch from last week? ...

Inspired by Matilda, a Polish academic is uncovering the secrets of Welsh swearing ✍️Gosia Buzzanca

Watching The Hack, it made me proud that Britain yet again showed the world how to behave; first nation to industrialise slavery, then a global leader in covering up high level paedophila and now this, gaining unauthorised access to voicemail systems of dead teenagers.

Made me proud that Kate has given her first St David's day speech in Welsh, what with her having a long lineage of Welshness similar to that of Stalin.

No problem. I'm sure there's more but those were the ones that came up on my "Movies we think you'll like" when I clicked Prime up top. Also: Agreed.

The before times, I knew them well.

Are there any films on Prime Video that are halfway decent *and* included with subscription?

The men's curling team did us proud. Gutted that they didn't win the gold that they so richly deserved but it was such a tight match. The UK and Scotland esp is proud of you. And the Good people of Dumfries and Galloway can now breathe after that nail biting end

Brilliant effort from the Team GB Curling boys 🥌👏 Gave it their all and let nobody down. Played a great game and just one end cost them. Finest of margins at the highest levels of competition. But they can be very proud, I know I am. #WinterOlympics #Curling #MilanoCortina2026

Congratulations and commiserations to Scotland - deservedly won the match against Wales, and had the curling snatched from them.

Fair do's Scotland, that fast restart try was genius.

At least Wales know they can do this now whatever the result.

This is just unbelievable

When was the last time Wales were ahead, at all, after 17 minutes in a 6N match?

What cracks me up most is that somewhere in the Media, there was talk about the revised format of the 6N timing favouring teams with bigger squads, blatantly implying the 6N was going to veer between England and France forever.

<coughs>

It's ages since I've watched The Day After Tomorrow, and I'd forgotten that the most terrifying thing about it is the fact that a Roland Emmerich film is quite possibly the most accurate depiction of climate change we have.

"...and we have Lionel Messi with us via video link. Leo, how much trouble do you think Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is in now?"

Andrew looking out of his window at 8am.

When is Emily Maitlis going to receive a Damehood?

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arriving at the police station

Time to drag this out of retirement

Spent a vast chunk of today isolating unique IPs from netstat, ditching the private IPs ten writing what's left to a text file.

EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : à Kiev, environ 1 600 immeubles toujours sans chauffage

EN DIRECT, Pays de Galles-France : suivez le Tournoi des six nations 2026

Most Croydon thing ever.

I get it. England are much better than Wales at the minute. But England has a population probably approaching 20 x times the size of Wales. They *should* be better. All the time.

I'll just leave this here. Can they win the 6N? Yep. Grand Slam? Nope. Triple Crown? Nope.

Several millenia from now, after the nuclear apocalypse, archaeologists will find just a few remnants of our life - Yankee candles, bubble tea shops and discarded vape refills.

"Get answers on the official <insert massive global platform here> community pages here!" Hi, my cards keep disappearing from Google wallet. They don't actually get deleted, a reboot fixes it. Try adding the cards back? No I said they're still there and reappear after a reboot. <radio silence>

Listen people - I don't care what's going on in your life right now however bad it is. Here in the UK we have... potholes. Lots apparently. This has genuinely just made the main stream news. Potholes.

So true!! He was the mastermind of his own demise. A combination of massive entitlement, ego, & surrounding yourself with paid yes men. Why did none of his advisors counsel him not to do this. He probably still doesn’t think he’s done anything wrong. I predict it’ll get worse for him too.

Just going to leave this here

Hey Gartner, can you speak to me next time? Customer choice might sometimes mean smoke 'n' mirrors, and established might mean complacent.