friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there

Still the greatest video ever made. Sorry. I don't make the rules...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

They should give out civic awards for this.

HT @brianbutterfield.bsky.social

Elon Musk is a white supremacist. Case closed.

"Kate, you should use AI to handle your terrible email inbox!" Microsoft Copilot: "Sorry, it looks like I can’t respond to this. Let’s try a different topic. Suggestions: Write a rap song. Show me some cool facts. Teach me a new word!"

I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.

This is a huge endorsement of Ipswich. Halo, one of the UK's biggest tech firms, is moving into the iconic Willis building. It's a real statement of intent, and the firm's move is another good news story when it comes to jobs and investment in our town.

A really great novel about a guy trying a Panenka in a final and having to cope with the failure. I loved every page of this book.

At this point in time I have absolutely no idea what is true anymore 🤷‍♂️

@gilesyb.bsky.social this is what the inflection point looks like - chinas emissions will be tanking very soon e360.yale.edu/digest/china...

This handy guide to being miserable about Ipswich can also be applied to other things which are not Ipswich. Use wisely.

Welcome to new Bluesky users. Here’s how we do things: 1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol 2. No flisking 3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology 4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on 5. No questions Good luck!

Everything coming from the States reminds me of this timeless wisdom from Doctor Who:

So irritating. "Shopping – available wherever you do your shopping."

On Apple's terrible new OS interface: "It makes me sad seeing perfectly good knowledge already accessible 30 years ago being completely ignored or thrown away today.On the upside: it’s not that hard anymore to design better than Apple!" tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...

Here’s an enjoyable thread to pull on

Currently in the US, staying with a friend, watching her every day being driven crazy trying (and failing) to deal with home service providers online or over the phone. Things are bad in the UK but more bots make this worse here. Multiply this by 348M people – no wonder the country is stressed out.

Fantastic essay. doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...

I like this theory. Restated a bit. Self preservation and perpetuation, for the purposes of enrichment and aggrandisement, achieved via content creation.

Well they say she’s too hot Yeah but guess what I’ve got

babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes

The Daily Mirror previews It Ain't Half Hot Mum (3rd January 1974)

I always forget how dark the "Mull Of Kintyre" video gets.

Hard to believe there were only 17 episodes of Wacky Races. www.youtube.com/watch?v=urZM...

Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over

Oh dear, US beer industry. And you were doing so well. There's always one, isn't there?

Throughout their win vs Botswana at AFCON, a DR Congo supporter replicated the stance of Patrice Lumumba, a key figure in African and Congolese independence who was assassinated in 1961 following a joint plot between political opponents, Belgium, the US, and UK 🇨🇩

I’ve spent this morning morbidly watching the MTV channels close down and the final songs played were: MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles) Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna) MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls) MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)

Got myself a crying, talking, sleeping, walking

Every time this post comes around I have to watch it because he's a MASTER of language and delivery

British TV is obsessed with US comedy. Strange.

The most streamed 80s songs. Any theories as to why Madonna has dropped so sharply off the cultural radar? (Cyndi Lauper, by contrast, has two entries)

Made it! 🎉🥳 – one hundred newly released films watched in a calendar year for the first time! Nine got a five-star rating. Might try to do this every year now. Full list: boxd.it/Cf4AA/detail

The intercrimbonum

Making sure everyone knows that Kate Bush's 1979 Christmas special is available to stream on YouTube and it's VERY worth your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6BP...

It's starting... bsky.app/hashtag/Duve...

This begs so many questions... Not least: "who is Dipstick? And why does he only do tyres and exhausts? 🧐🤔

Always one of the funniest things about Christmas. Follow Rhodri and the #DuvetKnowItsChristmas tag on Christmas Eve night for photos of hilarious holiday sleeping arrangements and even better captions. 🍿

A little list of some of my favourite words for the season. Some beautiful, others potentially necessary. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Is there anybody out there who hasn’t got their Half Man Half Biscuit Map yet? No. I thought not. xx www.edwardphilips.co.uk/vintage-rail...

No, Guardian, no. You can argue that using “gift” as a verb is becoming more common usage, but we’re still not in Kansas and it just makes you look tragic.

Australia’s ban on social media use for under-16s comes into force today. It can only be a good thing. Of course it’s easy to circumvent, but it’s about not getting the next generation addicted to it in the first place. If most kids aren’t on it, there’s no critical mass and the rest won’t bother.

Every ad now

I get that it’s quite satisfying to tell other people what music you’ve been listening to, but why wait for Spotify to tell you to do so?

Most unfortunate consequence of being 10 ½ hrs ahead of most people on my timeline? I’ve just failed #Mariahgeddon before you’ve even got up. Rundle Mall, Adelaide, 16:21, 1/12/25. 😡

To all traditionalists who celebrate it, happy Unthanksgiving.

Well done Scotland. The Tartan Army vs ICE on the streets of World Cup America next summer is going to be box office. American blowhards used to beating up kids are about to face having the piss mercilessly taken out of them by men in skirts. Lovely stuff.