I have no idea how tv/radio select their defence contributors. ***Times Radio discussion mocking that the notion that the UK would ever be as bad at defence as Canada. On the day that Canada announces the contract for 12 attack subs. We can but dream.

On this occasion I do in fact have to support this kind of silliness

AI company logos look like buttholes, pass it on, it upsets them.

Blocking export because "The regime...has made repeated threats of military action against NATO allies..." Turkey must be "wtf now?" en.defence-ua.com/news/turkeys...

Congratulations to everyone involved in this travesty when actual artists were available. But actual congratulations to Tim Butters for ripping into the AI slop like a shark at an all you can eat chum bucket. #NoToAI #FairPayForArtists

Last night (3rd July) between 10.50-11.30 my electric cargo bike was stolen. Black Pakyak E+ with a baby carrier. First time I’d taken it to town 🥹 . I parked it on the Plain roundabout near the Cape of Good Hope pub. Secured it with a Diamond grade lock. If you saw anything please let me know.

Come on Argentina, just surrender now so we can all go to bed FFS!

Raising Kane..

Have dialed in for extra time & bloody hell, Eilidh Barbour and Chris Sutton are a breath of fresh air. Most listenable beeb pairing so far. Give 'em more games #bbc!

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finally something everyone can agree on

Hats off to DRC

Fukk offfffffff Paul Robinson and every other pundit on at the mo. He didn't get the pen and would have been shite if he had. Move on for crying out loud.

Definitely need these close-ups of our exasperated heroes blindly spitting their phlegm onto the Atlanata turf. #teatimeffs

I worked in DRC way back when, and whatever happens am content knowing that that goal will make a lot of people v happy, and goodness knows they deserve a break.

WooHoo! #IVCNOR!

I can remember the days of half-time cheerleaders at Carrow Road. Which is obvs where these Texan folks got the idea from.

Andy Burnham being presented with a £4.7bn hole in his first budget…

Today feels a bit as if in 1925 we'd just gone "Fuck it. Airships. They can do anything! Buy, build, fly airships. Oh, and maybe 'up to' 12 undersea boats while were at it."

A 'concept' is going to replace 34 Wildcats. The only thing the army gets from the DIP seems to be royally done over. Hope we never have to invade Suffolk or somewhere even more hostile.

It's refreshing to see police in Denmark being more transparent than we see in the UK, they've clearly understood everyone, police included mistake navigation lights on aircraft as drones & have now entirely rolled back their claims at the time. radio4.dk/nyheder/olb7...

Incredible humblebrag on the back of Pat Nevin's autobiography.

Love this tournament again! #BRAJAP

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Last day off work today and forgot to set the alarm dammit. So behind on chores and extra grumpy. But, I have been to the tip.

"The biggest change in our lifetimes in the way the country is run". Shit sentence. No it won't. Which country? Because, you know... devolution. We even used to have regional govt offices in England. I hope, really hope, things are on the up. But I want off the mayoral express already.

Canada are like the Scotland that qualified #RSACAN

This is as much fun as a 3rd place play-off. #RSACAN

I don't want to hear another word about how much white European visitors are enjoying ranch dressing while team officials, Africa's top referee, and now one of the world's most celebrated fans are turned away from the World Cup. The USA is an utterly unfit host — it's as simple as that

Trickier than my Chemstry O level paper, but I've written more on this #wsc #wc26

Sod this, retreating to the attic for late night Civ VI and 5live commentary. Hope I'm still conscious for COLPOR later.

Matterface 'not far away at all'

Home after a few days in #pembrokeshire and the now annual #puffin trip to Skomer #birds. Must remember to take lighter kit in the next ***heatwave

We need to shift the World Cup to this format. Each country also fields a team of 100 kids. Each fixture is country A vs country B's kids and then vice versa.

Did Norway get the wrong Delia gif at half time?

Moneybox Live, The Law Show, Crossing Continents...Guarantee that all of them combined cost a shitload less than Shearer. Our money #bbc

Londoners, there is a webpage for you to see where your nearest "cool spaces" are when the extreme heat hits - places with water, air-conditioning & shade. Have a look and spread the word, especially to those who may need this but might not think to look for it: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/

Love.It. #uzbekistan

I managed to avoid Sam Materface until day 13. Putting him on with Lee Dixon feels a bit like having liver and rice pudding on the same day of the school menu in the hope we can at least avoid them for another week. Kind of.

How the heck does the scalextric beside the first dyson not get a mention? And how could any jury be so mean as to convict a man who has a scalextric in his garage /his mum's garage? news.sky.com/story/in-pic...

[Former Starmer loyalist on breakfast TV circuit this morning]: I have always wanted to kiss and fuck Andy Burnham

Austria-Argentina is a top-tier "just to be clear, what exactly did your great-grandfather do for work" game

Just for fun.

'Fucked it lads'

Impossible to go to bed when games like this are going on. Magical stuff.

Belgian frittes! No mayo!

Sean Dyche on #talksport moaning about wc ticket prices. The same Sean Dyche who fronts an advert for a gazillion % apr creditcard on talksport.

"He craves popularity, bends to prevailing winds and lacks a programme for government" - my former FT colleague Philip has always been a very sharp and perceptive observer of politics and nonsense, and this is characteristically very good.