Ruari's not worried he left some sperm lying around and Amber got it? Very peculiar behaviour #TheArchers

Seems the collection times on our local postboxes are an utter fiction. Posted something yesterday pm in the box which says there's one daily 9am collection. Yet the tracking shows it was collected by around 5am, and delivered today. That's great, but so too would be accurate information on boxes

I've written a little bit about thoughts after volunteering for 20 years. gonedigital.net/2026/03/16/o...

Brian is being a meddling ninny #TheArchers

Not only are the AI companies engaged in rampant theft of content, they are also burdening their victims with additional costs in terms of bandwidth and tech support. Absolutely robber barons, each and every one of them.

What we have is a load of local authorities, headteachers and politicians keen on being prescriptive and parents ending up nodding along. It would be better if we were regulating Big Tech, teaching kids about mindful tech use, and educating parents about the various available tools.

Not sure I dare check my pension; it's not like I can do anything other than despair at the figures. Still a few years to go, anyway - plenty of time for it to recover. Or for the world to end.

I wonder which of my fluffy accomplices left this in the bathroom

"Mass casualty event" vs "atrocity" Guessing it depends whose bombs they were, doesn't it?

Age-gating is like saying “There’s shit and broken glass all over the living room floor. Tells the kids to stay in their rooms!” And then crunching and squelching your way through the mess as you go to watch your favourite soap-opera.

I do appreciate the warranty emails John Lewis sends out after a purchase, but not sure I needed one for each of the six light bulbs I ordered

Ah, X. The site where misery gets monetised in every possible way.

"incredible opportunity" is a weird way to describe a plan to spend as much as a month raining bombs on a country.

Can't help thinking that just bombing the shit out of Iran and saying to the population "It's up to you now" may not produce the stable result that Trump seems to think it will.

New shelfie.

What's the betting that, rather than reflect on what they've done, some in Labour are now going to try really hard to damage the Greens, and the weapon they will try to use to do that is transphobia?

Surely not long now before a senior Labour figure tells its supporters "You didn't get the message when we spat in your face, so now we're going to shit on your lawn."

You go Helen. Dane's a wanker anyway #TheArchers

Didn't take long for Cagney to check out the new shelves

Man and machine, from 2014

I once had a group of lads stand behind me on the tube escalator, talking about how I deserved to have my head kicked in. They waited outside to shout "Queer cunt" in my face. I don't need lessons from RM to tell me how to feel about that word. Fuck those lads on the tube. I'm Queer! So what?

How much of the sexual revolution should be undone, then? Why don't journalists press them on this - hard? Will women need a man's approval to get a loan? Will a marriage bar be reintroduced in the public sector? Will access to sexual education be restricted? Will it be possible to sack gay people?

If you heard someone on the wireless, back in '52, it could have been on a set like this Pilot Radio "Twin Miracle," which would have already been 13 years old at the time. Ooh-a oo!

What is the problem with a church being converted to a mosque? If a building isn't being used, why shouldn't someone else take it over? Will it be forbidden to convert a church to nightclub? Hounslow Synagogue is a former church. Or is it just Muslims that Reform have an issue with? (Rhetorical)

Sounds like Reform's "restoring Christian heritage" is an awful lot like "Shitting on people from other backgrounds"

Generally, most people manage to "train" their children without stealing from other people.

What is the point of having an 'AI customer service' bot when it takes six minutes to respond to each simple request you send it on WhatsApp?

I hope they kept him in a cell long enough that he had to shit in the worst toilet he'll have seen since he fought in the Falklands

Could Zack be hoping that by causing a row, he makes a pre-nup less likely, and then later down the line, persuade Stella to run off with half the farm? #TheArchers

Zack has done a great job of winding up Josh, hasn't he? #TheArchers

It's all a bit "Arresting Al Capone for tax evasion" isn't it?

Michael Rosen for president. Though I'm not sure if he has a dog... @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social

Following the arrest of Mr Mountbatten-Windsor, I'd just like to point out that countries like Ireland have a perfectly sensible alternative to monarchy that involves beloved poets with much-loved dogs being head of state. We don't have to have a "President Thatcher/Blair/Trump" if we don't want.

Yes, he may be 8th in line to the throne, but remember - that's just one minibus, or a couple of LandRovers.

I'm Mandy. Try me (at the High Court)

Not sure where to draw the line between cynicism and conspiracy theory, but if Andrew is under investigation for Misconduct in a Public Office, is there a possibility that he will have restrictions placed upon him that would prevent him travelling to give evidence to the US Congress?

Does misconduct in public office also include, say, knowingly lying in your wedding vows and committing adultery? Cos I'd quite like to see the older brother arrested too...

Well, it's a start. Now arrest the rest of them for being a bunch of sponging idiots living off the public purse.

Finally another episode of Silent Witness where Jack gets his top off. This is why I pay the license fee. (but the changed episode order is playing havoc with his facial hair)

Since 14 words is probably the most he can understand: "Fuck off, Goodwin, you racist sack of shit. Britain doesn't need Reform's nazi policies."

"Join our great racist project" No thanks, you stinking piece of trash.

Ruari would be very popular in prison #TheArchers

Womans Hour yet again rolling around on transphobia in the way a dog rolls around in muck. #radio4

The way in which people like Dorries project their own prejudices onto the working class, or the poor, is tremendously patronising. They actually don't give a shit about those people, except as a prop for their own bigotries.

I actually got sunburn on the beach in Aberdeen. 1989/90.

Look ma! I'm on Kodachrome An ancient old slide, I think this was in Mudeford, near Christchurch, which may still have been in Hampshire at the time (sore point to some... For years "Hampshire, the county magazine" had a strapline that said "Including Christchurch")

Is it just me, or was that last bit confusingly edited? Someone at Jazzer's door and then suddenly a shift to what sounded like Lillian's #TheArchers

Maybe, like in the joke, it it had been a goat, they'd have treated it seriously. Speaking volumes about their attitude to women that "just one rape, wasn't even at work" is a fair summary of their response. Disgusting.

Someone on #r4today seemed to be wanging on about AI agents helping people buy insurance. And I wondering what will happen when the inevitable mis-selling occurs? Will insurers shrug and say "customers should have read the details?" Will AI companies fess up? Bet they won't.

Why is Josh whining about only getting 30 acres? We all know that 20 acres and a brand new combine harvester (plus offer of the key thereto) is enough to snare someone with more than twice as much land. #TheArchers