Netherlands should join and offer to host the first meeting at the exclusive, famous, gilded and very luxurious palace called "The Hague".

Minute Cryptic - 20 January, 2026 "Torpedo! Boat wreckage swallowed by rough sea around midnight" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (63,050 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s... Really likes this one.

Richard Bacon calls out 'raging hypocrite' Graham Linehan over posts defending ICE agents https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/15/graham-linehan-richard-bacon-trans-rights-ice-agents/?utm_content=1768764000&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Good summary of “don’t give him what he wants” from relatively comfortable white liberals.

I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this

Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread) 1. Pat Bagley

"Who is the man who appears unexpectedly in an OS map..?"

It’s impressive how one commentator can be this confidently wrong. The term “sex assigned at birth” was used in the 60s by obstetricians to explain the cursory way that sex was determined, based on external genitalia alone. It was used in the DSM III-R published in 1987.

Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy

He was way WAY quicker to condemn the people who threw some flour on fckn Stone Henge and its precious lichen. In fact, he was able to condemn them INSTANTLY.

Well I'm sure we can expect a former human rights lawyer to have a clear and unequivocal position on the forced capture and rendition of an elected head of state by a psychopathic regime of nonces and religious nutters

Parker's piece nails why this matters. "Tech companies... would rather not answer for their products’ failures. Every headline that says “Grok apologizes” or “Grok admits” or “Grok says” creates a world where the chatbot takes the fall while Musk and his executives face no scrutiny whatsoever."

If the British government, and indeed other governments, can’t muster a fast and strong response to Twitter adding a facility enabling users to create and share AI child sexual abuse material then not sure what Musk could ever do that would actually provoke a response.

Minute Cryptic - 2 January, 2026 "Mister Potato Head, during formative years, close to toddler" (7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 4 under the community par (46,700 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic - 1 January, 2026 "Chicken crosses avenue to get to the other side?" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (16,633 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic - 31 December, 2025 "Hunted lost bear, sleep-deprived grizzly with an appetite" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (65,788 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic - 25 December, 2025 "Christmas now?" (7,3) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (25,370 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic - 24 December, 2025 "Prancer prances, adorning exterior of tree for Jesus, perhaps" (9) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (34,528 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic - 23 December, 2025 "Agitate, unload, dry!" (2,7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (60,095 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic - 22 December, 2025 "Leads from our karaoke club amps interfere with Bose volume setting?" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (86,595 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Mediocre white man gets jaw broken by world class athlete.

Minute Cryptic - 20 December, 2025 "Gen Z 🔥 morphs into 🥶" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (56,548 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Oh no. Not David Walliams being dropped for being terrible… Who could possibly have fore seen… Anyway. In only lightly related news, apparently Russell Brand is upset that Katy Perry is with Justin Trudeau at the moment. So… It’s kind of an amusing day if you dislike bad men.

Perhaps there should be a small fee for every time you post a screenshot on Bluesky of some bullshit happening on X. Like the original 10p carrier bag charge, it wouldn't be prohibitive but it would make you think, hang on, do I have to do this?

Minute Cryptic - 19 December, 2025 "Completely and utterly sacred?" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (30,825 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic - 19 December, 2025 "Completely and utterly sacred?" (6) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 3 under the community par (30,825 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

I heard there was a secret meat With paprika, and spicy heat But you don't really care for sausage Nduja ...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.

Minute Cryptic - 18 December, 2025 "Out-of-control car leads to something horrible!?" (5) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (42,278 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Minute Cryptic - 17 December, 2025 "Drops in between Tue-Thu on the way back?" (3) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (38,415 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

I can’t believe someone who won the FIFA Peace Prize would act like this.

Minute Cryptic - 16 December, 2025 "Kangaroo chewed oak leaves, eucalyptus bark

When he dies I’m not going to be taking the moral high ground, I’m going to be down in the swamp hooting and cackling

Minute Cryptic - 15 December, 2025 "Honey bear fails at beekeeping and misses start to hiving seasons altogether?" (3,4) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (53,900 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

St.Pauli win in the league for the first time since September 15th. Hard yards today: 45 mins with ten men, but over the line courtesy of some really committed defensive performances.

What a win!

I think that’s a poor decision to send Eric Smith off. There is contact and he is the last man, but it’s a dive (and 45 yards from goal).

45' Eric #Smith is shown the red card for an alleged last-man foul just inside his own half. A harsh decision, especially as the ref doesn't have another look at it.🟥 #fcsp | #fcspfch 1-0

Such a weak dismissal.

Minute Cryptic - 13 December, 2025 "Time's up, drunk driver" (7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (25,045 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Within a year at most the Greens will overtake Labour too.

As with Brooks' reporting of the judgement, a quote from Maya Forstater, and from Peggie's lawyer, and absolutely nothing from anyone supportive of human rights.

Minute Cryptic - 11 December, 2025 "Awkward silence after beloved ultimately says "I do... not"" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (32,988 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

It's tuly embarrassing to watch lawmakers act like they are powerless as to the implementation of the law.

Suspect Reuters got the wrong image.

Minute Cryptic - 10 December, 2025 "Canine denied stick?" (4) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (78,740 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.

Minute Cryptic - 9 December, 2025 "Maybe professional sweaters unravel the least?" (8) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 2 under the community par (74,765 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s...

this sounds like a joke but it's really not. 'gender critical' is a tiny movement but the ppl involved are all in powerful positions and have megaphones.

Re-reading this cracker in preparation for an INSET session I'm leading in January.