anyway I'm sure they thought carefully about the significant minority of people in the UK who don't own smartphones before they made this announcement, and I'm certain that our personal info definitely won't get hacked, abused or sold

"Like a pizza cutter: All edge and no point."

I stayed in an Air B&B (I didn't make the booking once) where my sister broke a statuette and we told the hosts immediately. They were going to charge us 100 Euros, but "generously" reduced it to 50 due to a slight mix up with the booking (the advertised bunk bed wasn't there). So I do understand...

Dani sounds like a proper little madam and needs the back of her legs spanked.* * Before the You Must Be Fun At Parties Bluesky fingerwaggers @ me, I do not condone corporal punishment or violence against women, I am being metaphorical here.

What is the point of the final 3 paragraphs in this piece? Why are we always being subjected to the frog-face buffoon's opinion on every-fucking-thing?

Pissing arse, I need to go somewhere In Town on Saturday, and want to go earlier rather than later, and I've just checked TFL and OF FUCKING COURSE there is engineering going on and my tube station will be closed and I will have to fanny around with buses.

Farage’s evidence that Muslims want to takeover London: Wait for it. Taxi drivers. In Buckinghamshire. I’ve heard taxi drivers tell me lampposts are watching us, Covid was a scam and Aston Villa will win the premier league!!

RIP Claudia Cardinale.

Payday tomorrow!

Goodbye to her.

Teenagers can die and be maimed by violence, but cannot be allowed to read about it. Teenagers can get SID and underage pregnancies and suffer sexual violence, but must be protected from reading about sex. Does that about sum it up?

Autistic friends: those losers WISH they could be you.

The Reform right like the MAGA right are completely fact averse and know that they can bullshit their way to power because their followers simply don't care about truth. That's the threat this country faces, and it strikes me that our media are ill equipped to tackle it and failing us all.

The latest issue is reviewed. If you don't read @ccmatters.bsky.social and @anniechave.bsky.social, this might help nudge you, I hope. www.cricketweb.net/books/ccm24/

A current favourite quick lunch, inspired by cucina povera: shred cabbage, cook in butter with a squidge of anchovy paste (+ chili flakes if desired); boil spaghetti and add to pan of cabbage when not quite done, plus some pasta water; finish cooking the pasta in the cabbage pan; top with fried egg.

How come USA got reinstated in the Men's 4×400? I thought they'd fumbled the baton in the heats?

Oh dear, poor Keely - the Curse of the Big BBC Build-up strikes again. 🙄

What film do you consider perfect?

Team USA's biggest opponents in the men's relays are always Team USA. #relays #AthleticsWorldChampionships

I'm craving a fainting couch and a guinness punch.

Still feeling a bit wobbly. Got lunch (3 combined belated birthdays) with chums later. If I don't faint on the Choob into town I am getting Uncle Credit Card to buy me a steak. And pudding. I feel I need iron and sugar. Also maybe a Guinness in the pub beforehand? Isn't that full of iron?

Where all cats go! I took the Lego Tuxedo Cat to Catford Bridge station.

changed my mind i'm a patriot now

Fantastic silver for Amy Hunt there.

I'm not sorry to see Warholm get beaten.

Yes I noticed loads of acorns this year! Conkers however, seem smaller and more puny than last year's cannonballs.

Oh godddd I absolutely hate hate HHHHHAAAAATE this CUNTING time of year, cunting September can fuck off.

Anyway, work is Ess Aitch One Tee at the moment for all sorts of reasons, but apparently one of the more evil managers is going to be leaving, so that's good.

These feel very 'nonce-tech'

Face to fox ! Thank you @Em_Evergreen for today's #FoxOfTheDay

A lovely, poignant read this morning.

Left my brolly in Morrison's this morning so have just power-minced there and back to rescue it. #CreamCrackered

Ugh, was hoping to watch the Men's 1500m final, but I've had to reopen the Learning Centre after my lunch break and a student has just come in who was having problems with logging on to the Wifi and I just KNOW he is going to ask for my help just as the race is about to start. Dammit!

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at tomgauld.com

In London, hate will never win.

2026 LONDON UNDERGROUND A3 CALENDAR I'm proud to announce my 2026 Tube Mapper Calendar, full of my fave moments as I explore every stop on the Underground, Overground, DLR, Tram & Elizabeth line. BUY HERE tubemapper.com/buy-tube-map... Please share with anyone who'd enjoy this! 😀

Poor old Matt Hudson-Smith and the Curse of the Big Build-up. 🙄

Captured the exact moment this ham of a cat realized that gravity in fact does apply to him

If I'm less than sympathetic with you WFH princesses (😘) it's because our boss, despite our team being CRIPPLINGLY short-staffed and working in a customer (student) facing environment where we have to be PRESENT or else the libraries close or reduce hours, often gets to randomly work from home.

Yesterday was the first Proper day of the new academic year (previous week was quieter due to choob strike) and it was mayhem. And I am working alone for the forseeable because excuses excuses. Just enjoying some quiet before the storm at the moment.

Anyway.. if you went on that march then you're a racist.

People who print your own greetings cards - help pls! I'm wanting to get some blank, white 300gsm square folded cards to print on (Canon Pixma Pro-200 ink printer). Preferably with envelopes... Anyone got a good recommendation?

"Think back to your childhood. Do you remember when the anxiety started?"

Blimey that was exciting. #FRAIRE #WRWC2025

Switched over, square-eyed from the athletics, to the rugby now. #AllezLesBleues

My wife just told me about a thing where people are colouring in England flags to make them look like slices of Battenberg cake, how marvellous

Joking aside though, Waterloo full of absolute bellends, discarded flags and rubbish everywhere. Extremely depressing. Thanks to whoever had cleared it up by the time we headed home (hard working immigrants probably)

Why did nobody tell me the new series of Taskmaster had started? I need a good dose of silliness as an antidote to... well... everything.