Listening to CanaryCall with a bit of a view #ncfc

That’s that then. Can’t see any way back from 3-1. #ncfc

You don’t have to be called Steve or Stephen to work at Blackpool, but it does help.

I know it doesn’t mean anything but we were saying the same two years ago when they came to Carrow Road and that turned out to be one of the most enjoyable and funny trips to a home game in years. In short, I’m not at all hopeful but *anything* can happen… #ncfc

This happened last night and I hadn't heard about it until this post, so went to the BBC News homepage. You have to go all the way down the page, below recipes for 30 minute meals, and you find it as a text link in 'politics'.

This is a very good explanation of why Amazon has become *so* bad as a shopping experience and doesn’t work for sellers either but it’s also about the rest of the ‘enshitternet’

🔴NEW🔴 Thread 🧵 @bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

If anyone’s interested in how we’re in this mess this is basically it.

Not only an absolute icon, but the character of Kitty was the inspiration for the character of Julia Hartley-Brewer

PPE Medpro was a very cleverly designed scheme to make vast amounts of money at the expense of British taxpayers while avoiding tax on these ill-gotten gains. All fast-tracked by Michael Gove & Lord Agnew.

Labour has a chance now to turn a corner and win support from people who want it to succeed. Or it can continue with this type of vicious populist filth and alienate everyone. It's your call guys. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

If Labour put 10% as much effort into calling out Brexit as they do punching down at immigrants we'd already be negotiating to rejoin the EU. Brexit only lacks importance for most voters because of the conspiracy of silence across politics and the media to not connect Brexit-related problems to it.

Looking forward to Part Two: The Lover

People like Mone are surrounded by a coterie of fluffers whose living depends on "yes". Any "no" is an outrage. Criticism filtered. Facts blended and extruded as potato smileys. Similar to The Dictator's Dilemma, soon, they lose touch with reality. The bunker is always last to know the war is lost.

"The judge, Mrs Justice Cockerill, who heard the five-week trial at London’s Rolls Building in the summer, ruled in favour of the DHSC and ordered PPE Medpro to repay the full £122m plus additional costs and interest." Good.

My main response to this is that we had an all staff email go out today because one staff member spat at another one and told them that they had to “go back to where they came from.” Make of that what you will.

The logic is: Racism is The Worst Thing, obviously, and we must take it terribly seriously Therefore Racism is The Worst Accusation Therefore Nothing can ever justify such a terrible accusation, how very dare you. Rinse and repeat for sexism and various other bigotries, of course.

It’s exhausting how calling someone racist is somehow perceived as worse or more controversial than doing racist things.

It’s like he’s being interviewed by Tommy Robinson rather than Nick Robinson #r4today

Let’s take JK Rowling out of the picture, I guess my main issue with Harry Potter was that at no point does Harry go “my mortal enemy has no nose” to which Ron replies “how does he smell?”… it could have really lifted the mood in the darker moments. Really bad writing all round.

Apart from the unnecessary hardship this will inflict on individuals, this will be bad for integration and social cohesion, bad for the economy, and will increase irregular migration. [And, as @robfordmancs.bsky.social has shown, it's hugely unpopular and out of step with the British public]

These are some of the most extreme restrictions on immigration in years. We're told to see them as benign because they're less bad than Farage's far-right extremism. But they are still terrible.

Irrespective of what party is in power there is a deeply weird macho culture at the Home Office that seems to make anyone who becomes Home Secretary think that they have to talk like this.

If you look up the word ‘gullible’ in a dictionary it’s just a photograph of American farmers who voted for Trump

A repeated feedback we get on the podcast is ‘wow, you guys have actually read the plans/document/whatever’ and we’re like, sure, a bit, between having day jobs and freelance careers, but honestly it’s more of a testament to the fact that most political journalists seem to read nothing ever.

Good to see the current US administration has got rid of that woke, namby-pamby, Risk Assessment / Heath & Safety Gone Mad nonsense that might restrict where real men can throw axes 💪🏻

These scumbags like to whine that they’re not allowed to say anything these days but remarkably are still able to do so whereas Jamal Khashoggi was murdered & dismembered by agents of the Saudi government at the behest of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for criticising his regime. Fuck them.

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

“The least [fans] should expect to see is a City side that has a plan, a shape, and the ability to string a few passes together for more than 20 minutes per game. The bare minimum” Yep. Is it me or does it feel like we’ve been saying this since Dean Smith was in the building? #ncfc

We’ve scored a ghoul and the #ncfc hashtag is…. Is it disbelief?

Me, every time Tchamadeu gets mentioned on the commentary #ncfc

“It’s a grey and blustery day in the Potteries” says Chris Goreham…. #ncfc

Manning’s been listening to all of this week’s #ncfc podcasts 😉

600 retweets for something that is… not true. It’s being built in-house by GDS/DSIT, and probably isn’t that expensive given most of the infrastructure already exists. takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/how-the-uk...

Wordle today

this is an extraordinary canary in the coal mine

In case, like me, you're not brilliant at cakes and ever need one - look no further! These are amazing in taste and beauty 😍 www.instagram.com/p/DPD1-QyjFX...

I think the ID cards are a good idea but the way they’ve been announced is dire. 1/3

First thought, was I know I'm tired but I didn't realise I'd slept for 3 years. This is an absolutely crazy way to use and report polling. It should not be getting this kind of priority at this stage in an electoral cycle.

I got hit with a rhythm stick at the office last week so I’ve hired a workplace Ian Dury lawyer.

Want to know how the new digital ID system will work? Good news! I’ve explained how it will almost certainly work here: takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/britcard

Thus isn’t a perfect policy but it is a good thing and definitely better than the status quo. Universal ID offers many benefits.

I’m not saying this is a confusing headline but my immediate thought was Mads Mikkelsen.

Using a data-driven model to sign players with joints made entirely from breadsticks.

How are all these people supposedly eating swans when you can't go near one without it breaking your arm?

It’s that whole thing about him agreeing with the last person he spoke to. So this is all fine, until he speaks to Putin again.

King Midas In Reverse

This Trump story is, of course, reverberating through all the news channels, probably for the rest of the day. A real example of what Steve Bannon calls 'flooding the zone with shit' thereby making everything open to dispute. Some of the shit will stick with some people.

People are doing rapture jokes like there’s no tomorrow.