@quietriotpod.bsky.social One aspect of the Australian ban on social media is that parents also come under huge pressure from kids to be able to get an account, as all their friends have it etc. This legislation gives opportunity to resist demands without being seen as the evil denier.

Would that we were hearing such realism from the UK government www.politico.eu/article/dani...

I’m delighted that my amendment to give swifts a home has won through with x-party support today 🎉 Many thanks to @writerhannahbt @rspbscotland and thousands of individuals who campaigned with me 💚

Had a hard time finding the film I'm currently watching. Eventually found it, a Turkish film, dubbed into German with auto generated English Subtitles. Confused me why the main character called her boyfriend 'Grandma'. Then I realised his name is Omar. Omar = man's name Oma = German for grandma

An EV car is still a car...

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Time to start keeping tabs on the Gävle Goat. Built afresh every year, 42 out of 59 goats since 1966r have been destroyed, mostly by fire/arson. No fires since 2021 (though 2023's was destroyed by jackdaws...) Is this year going to be a fire year? www.youtube.com/live/P1VOrSo...

Well, I really hope it's not at the upper end of that range, gets a bit expensive. Thanks AI overview...

Planning and Infrastructure Bill - sadly about to clear its final hurdle. With disastrous implications for our already nature-depleted land #Biodiversity #Planning

Not just useful! This by @adamramsay.bsky.social is also a short, lucid history of British politics since the 1970s

Today I voted for protecting nature. The Lords added sensible, evidence-based amendments to the Planning & Infrastructure Bill to strengthen nature protection. But the govt rejected them. Ministers need to listen - to experts, to trusted organisations, and to the public.

Mad exercise bike in "Ben" (1972), film about killer rats. Looks like hell to use. youtube.com/clip/UgkxLdP...

Great result for @sussexwildlife.bsky.social in their fight against disastrous plans to dump dredging waste from Brighton Marina in the Beachy Head West Marine Conservation Zone. Congratulations and thanks to all involved. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My bad - Palace Pier - was just reading the headline and not thinking.

Brighton Pier up far sale as owners unable to afford to pay people minimum wage. Who's up for a whip round, turn it into a community led jazz co-operative or something? www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

David Paymer, aged 38, made up to look 71 (in Mr Saturday Night, 1992) and David Paymer aged 71.

Reminds me of another recent incident His colleagues 'got more than an eyeful...' www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/politic...

Oops. His political career going down the pan.

I have no idea who to credit for this, apologies. But fuck, that's so accurate based on recent workplace conversations I've overheard.

Lounge Joggers. #Oxymoron

Just arrived, I purchased a bit of merch to support the best film podcast I subscribe to, @projectionbooth.bsky.social. Happy to become a walking billboard.

"I told you I was ill"

@alexpodyssey.bsky.social Just listened to Persephone 2 episode. Seriously... wow! I've been enjoying this series but that was top drawer stuff. I know I'm going to go back and start from the first one as soon as I get caught up. Truly exquisite podcasting, congratulations.

Sneak preview of @uklabour.bsky.social Manifesto for the next election.

Quite an unfortunate place to drift off into an ellipsis.

🇨🇦 Canada is sending out agents into the streets of Toronto to deal with foreigners

@projectionbooth.bsky.social Listened to EgoFest, you say you don't get much feedback. So thought I'd send some love from the UK. You're still the best pod out there for anyone with interests beyond big chain cinemas. Keep it going. (NB - political comments welcome) Also, just bought a tshirt 🙂 🎬📽️

This is up there with Pluto no longer being called a planet.

@simonbrew.bsky.social I was just chatting with my sister about #ISwear, I mentioned how you said 'its a film that will change people's lives'. She told me this. It made me well up just thinking about the difference it's already made to that one child

@timharford.ft.com just listened to the piece on farmer's IHT. Was waiting for you to talk about possible impact of tax on farm values. Once current tax incentive for non farmer ownership removed, farm values should fall, taking more farms out of reach of the tax.

It's hard to be sure quite how many times #TheMeg2 jumped the shark (pun intended) but it was a lot, and honestly I was there for it - exactly what I expected, exactly what I wanted. Loved it.

Yay - for the first time in far too long, I'm heading back to Sevilla! Lived there for a while many years ago, the thought of returning has always been with me. Had a few brief visits but not for ages. I've heard so much about positive changes, can't wait to see them for myself. #no8do

Reality bites

This puts shit into perspective.

@quietriotpod.bsky.social May I be the 94th person to send you this... one for Grin and Share it from latest Private Eye.

It's pronounced "Boo-kay"...

I wish someone would teach politicians (and to be fair, head teachers too) the difference between causation and correlation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This came up on my calendar today, don't remember putting it in, but it checks out. 20k times round the earth's axis. Getting dizzy! Happy spiniversary to me! #20000DaysOnEarth

The Stages of Malus.

I don't recognise any of these. I just want Basmati and Paella varieties right now. Oh well...

Impulsive decision within seconds of seeing the listing, to go for the 35mm screening of #Kurosawa's #Ran tomorrow night. Never seen this on the big screen before. Actually stupidly excited. 🎬📽️

A seal hanging around near Saltdean this morning. Excuse the quality of the video

Starmer is the kind of guy who’d watch someone choke to death because the polls said Reform voters think the Heimlich manoeuvre sounds both German AND French

Oscar winning performance. I want these snacks!

Advert on my podcast app. God, don't do that! Don't ask co-pilot to decorate your place - that would be worse than asking your 3 year old for design ideas. Or Laurence Llewellyn Bowen. Bad idea.

Yes, September. Recognise Palestine. They'll all be dead by then at this rate Keir, ffs.

Watching Woody Allen's "Celebrity". With an unexpected cameo from Donald Trump. To be fair, Allen was clearly taking the piss out of him with the line he had, and Trump of course would not have got it. But still, stomach turning... Could have done with a MAGA warning on that.

Peter Hain says anti-apartheid campaigners would have been treated as terrorists under logic used to ban Palestine Action www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

surprisingly I had no idea about this