"It's like you're always stuck in second gear..." Second gear? Bitch, please. At best I'm a clapped out old Austin Allegro with the gearbox rusting in place and perpetually stuck in neutral...

Searched YT to see if there was a more reliable BBC stream while I'm out of the house, and was given this thumbnail recommendation when searching for "Scottish election". I believe the following clip sums it up nicely.

We used to be a proper country... What will us politics nerds do all night now?!?! (And don't say sleep - my circadian rhythm would tell you to do one)

A wargaming convention and a horror convention on the same day at the SEC? Pretty sure someone could wipe out half Scotland's tech infrastructure on this very day if they so wished. (Please don't though - I'm at spooky mofo central with @mjstoakes.bsky.social...)

Freaking @mjstoakes.bsky.social out by saying that a significant number of the crowd at Gorillaz tonight probably weren't even born when their first album came out. Come to think, there's probably plenty who weren't born when Demon Days came out four years after that!

Just to clarify - even though these adorable big buggers are one of my favourite animals, and though I used to live in Moray (and work in Forres specifically) - this absolutely wasn't me. Goddamn do I want one though. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Damn - didn't know it was ending! A cornerstone of tiny Andrew's Saturday morning viewing along with Gazzetta Football Italia... youtu.be/NDTszexdbGo

A nice early Christmas present to be sure. Hope we get someone competent in in the long term, but asking Celtic to do anything competent of late feels like asking a pig not to roll around in its own filth...

REFERENDUM THE MORRA 😭❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I think that game just aged me about 20 years! Nonetheless, AAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!

Definitely not beating the 'flag shaggers' allegations with stories like this...

The only reason we should be worried is if they're making their necks guillotine-proof...

This writer must be having the most batshit day

Hm. Seemed he reached the 'find out' stage of FAFO. Oh well. Thots and pears... (BTW, I'm not saying he F'd around regarding 2A rights. I'm saying he F'd around by openly being a right wing piece of shit and assuming no-one would take a shot at him for being a right wing piece of shit.)

It's a shame @mhairiblack.bsky.social is no longer in Westminster - it'd be as fun to have watched her scudding this New Labour parasite at the dispatch box as much as she did at the ballot box a decade ago... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Is there something in the water in the Parkhead board room that turns executives into blithering morons who need to pinch every single penny? We have a history of higher-ups who refuse to open the reserves to spend when we absolutely need to. What the hell are we playing at?!

Almost like forcing people to grind themselves to exhaustion for every penny doesn't exactly make them feel romantic, want to fuck and create more little wage slaves to prop up this failing system. Little ones that are painfully expensive to keep at that... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Strangely they haven’t mentioned his ethnicity or immigration status. Ah yes, we only do that when we want to inspire a far right riot.

Thought of the day: It's kind of wild to me that there was a leader of a world superpower whose entire cultural footprint is being depicted in a wrestling match in a music video.

HEY FELLOW #UK CITIZEN! Are you also furious about the #SupremeCourt decision on #TransRights for #Transgender people? #Trans liberation et al? Oh good, IT TOO! SO WHY NOT SEND THIS 2680 WORD LETTER TO YOUR #MP? !!!!!!!! What to change is in the comment below this one! 1drv.ms/w/c/d547de80...

Spending so much time up at the hospital lately (long story) has introduced me to - and given me a love of - the (UK version of) Jeopardy. Knew that the US one was good, but only from seeing clips. The young lad that's reigning champ is ridiculously good. Really wish I could apply to go on...

Ah, fuck it. I finally caved...

Here’s a quick sketch as a thank-you for embedding that verse in my head ALL BLOODY DAY…

being shy and neurodivergent means that i struggle with keeping up with friendships but please know i consider so many of you friends i’m just really freaking strange and a quiet observer

Manics tickets as a Xmas surprise. Now Pulp tickets for my birthday. Safe to say my wee sister is a real good 'un!

We had the biggest team in Germany on the ropes for almost the entire game and concede a scrappy equaliser right at the death when extra time was within our grasp. You can't get a more Celtic way to go out of Europe than that. God that's a fucking heartbreaker...

happy birthday gromit 🐾

I've said it before but I'll say it again - the Murdoch press are a cancer on society. Chasing a charity away from an event with ill-conceived, poorly researched and horrendously biased 'journalism' - costing them possibly thousands of pounds - is low, even for them. #scotiacon #Don'tBuyTheSun

Merry 28-3mas to all those who celebrate! Still don't know which aged me more - that game or the final Seattle drive two years earlier (it almost felt identical to the Giants BS). #NewEnglandPatriots #GoPats #SuperBowl #SuperBowlLI

I'd never heard of AI generators being referred to as 'piracy engines' until this moment, and I don't think I'll ever hear a better description of them again.

Dealing with the DWP is enough to radicalise anyone frankly

who’s everyone rooting for this weekend? i’m rooting for an asteroid to hit the stadium.

Post your most popular art from twitter From what I know, this porco rosso fanart I did for the last French legislative elections beat the record by far. Besides, I think it's still pretty relevant 🙃

Can someone hijack the airwaves of all the garbage, hate-spewing, lowest common denominator talk radio stations in the UK/US/Canada/anywhere else it is needed and just play a recording of this on repeat? Cheers... beneaththepavement.substack.com/p/you-will-n...

promise?

These stories should never be framed as aspirational. Do whatever you want, if it works for you, but I'm afraid the second I retire I'll be sitting on my arse until I die. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So, anyone else nearly shite themselves there when the emergency alert for Storm Éowyn came through on their phone?

on Musk's nazi salute:

don't see any dogs or chimpanzees with amphetamines though do you

here come old laptop he come bootin up slowly he got broken touchpad he need one more update he got no space on this pc one thing i can tell you its got no warranty

@craigtime.bsky.social, @thebookmagpie.bsky.social and I have been expecting their inevitable right-wing heel turn for a good few years now. Truly unsurprising. When they finally do away with their DIY DOG book/page on the basis of it harming their profits, the enshittification shall be complete.

A note to Creative Scotland as a jobhunter with limited means of travel: If you could please stop allowing employers to post Edinburgh-only vacancies under the 'All Scotland' tab when I specifically wish to exclude vacancies outside Greater Glasgow, I would sincerely appreciate it.

How it feels when Celtic are the overwhelming favourites but inevitably end up shitting the bed at the most infuriating time.

Had a pretty lovely Christmas with awesome people. Wallace and Gromit was even better than I expected, and given the early reviews I expected quite a lot!

the new wallace & gromit is so delightful! so funny and a genuinely powerful critique of our culture of automation and its everyday consequences.

Here’s hoping luigi read the reviews for Joker 2 and knows not to lean into musical theater next

Shouting out my cousin Luigi on the news