A poem about Dickie Bird by Ian McMillan which he read out on BBC Radio Sheffield earlier today: It's the final over Of the final test And Time is bowling The final ball; And the innings that stretched To 92 Will end just here 'Cos it's umpire's call.

Did I miss the rapture?

‘It’s resurrection’: 1,000-year-old seeds could grow ancient plants in England’s ice-age ghost ponds So excited to be quoted in this article about our resurrected #ghostponds with members of our fantastic team @carlsayer.bsky.social, @hburningham.bsky.social, @timholtwilson.bsky.social

get in!!! We are top of the league !!! #UTB

eio eio 2-0 #UTB

Get in!!!!! #utb

Danny Kruger who just joined Reform UK, telling Parliament, "There is a problem Reform would spend money like drunken sailors." Oops, don't let this get out.

On friday I dropped beer at Darlington Snooker club. Amazing place 8 taps on the bar further 8 in the lounge and 20+ more for beer fests. Also the largest pump clip collection I've seen in a bar. Beer fest in a couple of weeks if you want to pop in

Oh.

The parliamentary register of interests shows that Farage has made nearly £400,000 from GB News since August 2024, for c190 hours’ work. This suggests he is being paid more than £2,000 an hour by the news channel. All paid to Thorn In The Side Ltd owned solely by Farage 25% tax rather than HR

Can't beat a bit of homework from work. 7.4% conditioned in whisky casks. Very drinkable hides the strength well.

"To the people of the UK who think this Putin-loving free-speech imposter and Trump sycophant will protect freedom in your country, come on over to America and see what Trump & MAGA are doing to destroy OUR freedom" Farage has his arse handed to him on a plate.

That really is the best counter to these things, just highlighting who these people are.

Tommy Robinson. The foreigner in a hotel the far-right are happy to pay for.

When a friend goes to Belgium so you ask him to bring beer back and suggest a budget. Then he comes back with this lot and refuses payment

Still waiting for the widespread outrage over Robert Jenrick at a racist pogrom here pictured with founder of neo-Nazi group Combat 18

This evening's entertainment. It is nicely sour. Not getting the amarillo probably cos of the sourness. Rhubarb isn't as prominent as I had hoped. Hides the 8%. V nice

Crime and the perception of crime: @jburnmurdoch.ft.com via @stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9623...

quote this post if you make harsh noise or like harsh noise or listen to harsh noise or hate harsh noise or harsh harsh noise or don't know what harsh noise is or like harsh noise or if you are indifferent to harsh noise #bandcampfriday

🔴Reform’s Elon Musk-Style ‘DOLGE’ Team Accused of Making ‘False and Misleading’ Claims About Flagship Council A Reform report into spending at Kent County Council was based largely on dubious claims made by the party’s own former chairman bylinetimes.com/2025/07/29/r...

Officers asked him if he was autistic, if he ever told people he was in the army... and asked him what an allotment was. Seems like a legit line of questioning for armed police to be making. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

BREAKING: Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 51 Palestinians, including 23 aid seekers, since dawn, medical sources told Al Jazeera. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/g6lam8

RIP Ozzy www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui79...

Oh boy! The sodding dragon used to terrify me

Was encouraged to try this. It lasted two sips. Horribly sweet.

He’s just stating the facts…

It's lovely and warm outside. Have had to put a fleece on as I'm under the air con for the next few hours doing a beer tasting

In today's "any other duties " spent almost an hour this morning relocating this family out of the brewery car park and in to the park

The fact that there are 49 million kangaroos in Australia and 3.5 million people in Uruguay, means if the kangaroos were to invade Uruguay, each person will have to fight 14 kangaroos

BREAKING: Zeteo has released, globally, the film the BBC so controversially refused to air. "Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com. Here's the trailer:

if you called your new band "Plus Support" it would cause chaos with venues and promoters. Am so tempted to do it

I love this. In Basel they've changed some of the green traffic lights to women footballers for the Euros

Since Bob Vylan said "Death, death to the IDF" the IDF has killed 400 Palestinians. Which is why he said what he said.

Good grief today's beer tasting venue has some bad Radiohead covers amongst it's looped soundtrack. May go mad by the end of the afternoon

Doing in store beer tasting. Am used to bing told that it's too early or they are driving or on some form of meds. Today i had a new excuse for not trying any " i haven't got time cos I'm killing time before I meet someone over there "

Guerrilla advertising

🔴From Lawnmower Mishaps to Expenses Scandals: 10 Fresh Embarrassments for Reform UK Nigel Farage’s newly-expanded party is already struggling with costly U-turns, police investigations and increasingly bizarre behaviour bylinetimes.com/2025/06/23/f...

I see that @theguardian.com has got round to one of its very rare instances of writing about beer, except it doesn't, the article is more concerned about glass washing than actually talking about beer. Shouldn't have got my hopes up.

Wyatt Russell, the son of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, speaking truth to power

I love that this old ad makes the argument that naturally carbonated beer is better than beer that has been force carbonated (which is most beer). It's right! Natural bubbles are smaller and last longer (and we're not exactly sure why that happens), making for a better drinking experience.

Highly enjoyable; a stonking version of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song," sung in Cree by Bebe Buckskin, an Indigenous (Cree-Métis) Blues-Rock singer-songwriter and guitarist from the Northern Alberta Boreal Muskeg. youtu.be/PW_ddGjDt5o?...

Some of y'all can't handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows

Low information, low education, high prejudice. Like those new voters who turned out for Trump in November.

Who saw that coming birminghamunison.co.uk/2025/06/03/r...

Your occasional reminder that in two years' time, Nigel Farage will be taking his gold plated £73,000 annual EU pension.

Ingenious 😂 FFS

Liverpool on it tonight. And every night.

This evening, for the first time in a couple of years, i played drums in public. Ok it was only a couple of songs at a jam session but i was more nervous than i thought i would be. Didn't embarrass myself so will go back

La Vache!