just me or is the new series of blue lights...bad? liked the first two series, but this feels more like an episode of holby city.

i can already tell from the noise and look of the place that everton's new ground is going to be a place city are going to enjoy shitting themselves. got that new spurs stadium vibe.

really is fucking outrageous how quickly mass murders sink from view in the gutter press as soon as the background or political affiliation of those responsible don't fit the publication's agenda.

i don't think guardiola has another title here in him, the core of the 'now' players rich talks of isn't strong enough, and we're caught between ports tactically, but i don't think it really matters, what matters is the development of the younger players and the shape of the squad when he leaves.

been revisiting this by kathryn joseph. seeing her live in a few weeks. astonishing record. hard to think of a more accomplished debut. open.spotify.com/album/7v3CrX...

The 'Riyadh Comedy Festival' reminds me of the story of Freddie Starr performing in the Middle East, under instruction not to swear or refer directly to Prince Hussein. He came on and said 'Which one of you fuckers is Prince Hussein?' and the curtain immediately came down.

the only person who's making sense at the minute. starmer, badenoch and farage are all scumbags, and obviously no sane person would vote for the lib dems again...

Who would have thought.

an average fourteen-year-old from any council estate in britain would drink the loudest american in this ryder cup crowd under the table, then wipe his arse and put him to bed.

feels a bit churlish digging out the side when you've scored five and most of your rivals have lost. objectively a very good day, but sometimes the eye test tells you as much as a result. uninspiring for the most part, and no way burnley were 5-1 bad. second poorest performance of the season for me.

heh. what a bloody day. get it up ye.

dias, lewis and o'reilly signing new deals. savinho and stones to follow. doesn't look like a club expecting to be playing in the north-west counties next season does it?

i believe this is one of the greatest songs ever recorded... youtu.be/P96cFKd4irY?...

missing the first day of the ryder cup because i "had to go to work", such bullshit.

handy that whoever fired outside this ice facility engraved the bullets again, but let's not jump to any conclusions until we get a laughably lengthy and definitely not ai-generated confession written like someone from the 1950s.

the migrants are eating swans shite works for farage because the viral clip is worth more than the truth now to lots of people. even when it's been disproven the news cycle has moved on, and so it just adds to the dehumanising, sometimes subtle, other times, such as this, as explicit as can be.

the way injuries and suspensions at arsenal and liverpool are talked about is madness. someone like odegaard picks up a minor knock and it's the end of the world, then he's back in two weeks. slot has to resort to playing his £130m striker for one game at palace and the press report it mournfully.

Repost for Irish Film Classifications by Damien Owens, because it's just come up in FB memories and it's still *brilliant*.

yeah. open.spotify.com/track/35TWPL...

iliman ndiaye has quietly become one of the most entertaining players in the premier league. sensational footballer. has anyone who's played for hyde united ever been that good?

times today i've poured a fresh brew and completely forgot about it - four.

One person familiar with the federal investigation said that “thus far, there is no evidence connecting the suspect with any left-wing groups.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

what's even going on any more, i don't fucking know.

heh. great advertising, tbf.

They know they’re lying, they just don’t want us to know they know. 📌 Trump team scrubbed a study proving the obvious: domestic terrorists are mostly right-wing.

isn't she lovely?

this is worth ten minutes of your time... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

haven't really kept up with it since david tennant left, but fucking hell.

anyone who complained about this is a slug. obviously the lad's a bit of a belter, but i'd side with him over a grass. some people are joyless.

remarkable performance, even ahead of graham and the young lad. a strong enough character to warrant a spin-off series.

“Go and get the Green & Yellow scarves.”

great being a football fan, innit? thought we'd get beat today, would've snapped your hand off for the scrappiest of narrow wins, sat here quietly seething that we've not won five-nil.

christ, absolutely broken by that hatton news. played such a huge part of my youth - as a boxing fan, as a city supporter, as a mancunian. he made the people happy. sad that he had to go through such a rough time privately.

going to get this off my chest before this tricky run of games, but my honest opinion, much as i don't want it to be true, is that guardiola's finished as an elite coach. i don't think he's got another title or european cup in him, and i don't think the 'late stage wenger' comparison is unfair.

no way. donovan won that by several rounds, despite the two knockdowns. everyone saw it. don't think it's outrageously bent, but there's no argument for crocker being the better man on the night.

actually really informative... www.nytimes.com/athletic/661...

this is a really astonishingly beautiful album. adrian crowley and matthew nolan reinterpreting some of james joyce's early poems. lisa hannigan appears on a few tracks. youtu.be/Xz7_VnGGQhU?...

one of the neighbours got a skip delivered when they were out. within an hour, and before they got home, another neighbour stuck a settee in it. never been prouder. sensational behaviour.

News from Finland. A 9-year-old lost an especially good stick he’d had since he was 2. He hung up 20 posters. A few days later it was returned. It had been found by a 2-year-old, who wanted to keep it for herself, but her mother made her return it. She got toys, flowers and candy as a reward.

don't know much about these guys, but this is lovely stuff... open.spotify.com/track/1fZLSS...

this is going to be electric. the atmosphere at the odyssey for the first fight was as loud as anything i've ever seen. find crocker the more humble of the two, but much prefer donovan's style. didn't like the decision first time round. world title now on the line, twenty thousand at windsor park.

philip dean salt.

not 100% sold on him yet, but i'm leaning more and more towards polanski and the greens every day. feels like the only responsible option at this point.

don't think people getting murdered in broad daylight is particularly positive, however removed from their politics i might feel, but let's not pretend that america isn't a country built on political violence, at home and abroad. the "this isn't who we are" stuff is laughable. read a book, ffs.

stem-changing verbs in spanish make me want to top myself. i can get the no extra vowel if it's an -amos bit, but the rest of it just completely pickles my brain.

wait, what, cards went contactless the same year fags were banned in pubs? that can't be right.

wait, is his signature meant to be the pubes?