In my ‘local’, after a very successful evening of badminton. I only lost one game of the five. Superb ales and great chats with friends and a couple of neighbours. Hazy Plan is a great hazy IPA.

Evenin’ all. Back to work today, and it wasn’t utterly dreadful. Still got a big scary meeting about my ‘role’ and my ‘future’ on Friday though.

Is it 'online training course'?

Feeling weary but happy. I'm home from my annual trip back to Surrey, for a mate's birthday party. There's a theme each year. This year was "Somethone/thing beginning with the first letter of your name". Rather than go as an M&M I went as Eminem. My buddy was "John McClane" from Die Hard.

Having one of my favourite fruited IPAs. Juice Forsyth #DidntHeDoWell

Change a letter, make a singer less appealing: Axl Hose

Change a letter, make a singer less appealing: Meatload

Change a letter, make a singer less appealing: Nob Geldof

Nob Dylan

Change a letter, make a singer less appealing: Paria(h) Carey

Change a letter, make a singer less appealing: Betty Poo

Having just driven to/from Bath in torrential rain, on a Friday late afternoon/rush hour, I'm over the sodding moon that my plans for going out tonight have been cancelled! I wasn't in the mood to go back out again in THIS <points to world outside>. Off to Surrey tomoz for a massive party anyway.

After two months of not playing #badminton (after tearing my hamstring muscle in my thigh while playing), I cautiously went back to playing this Tuesday and again today. It seems I'm back to near fitness, although I was VERY careful not to lunge too much! I'm so happy! I've missed playing so much

Tell you what needs to do get in the bin, websites that insist on sending you a verification email, the email sending functionality is broken

Right… Episode 1 of #Pluribus starring the superb #RheaSeehorn. I’m going in…. #AppleTV

Since my trusty #iPhone 15 Pro Max has decided it can no longer hold a USB-C cable in its port (I tried clearing it out of any pocket lint etc, before you ask), I’ve switched up to the new 17 Pro Max. I stuck with the blue because the orange version is “a bit much”. Data transfer now complete.

Peter Thiel. bsky.app/profile/timd...

I think the phrase is “Tick tock muthafucka Trump”

Ed is spot on on this one!

I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC. The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.

Currently on hold to #NSandI for the billionth time. Of all the aspects of administering my late father's estate, these officious pricks have been the very worst. They've had the death cert, then a certified copy of the will, several lots of forms, and now they want even more paperwork #PremiumBonds

I’m off work this week, so naturally I stayed up watching videos until 5am, had a massive lie-in, to compensate, and have just inhaled a six-sausage sandwich for my 1pm brunch. #winning It’s just a pity it’s pissing down outside, as I wanted to take Stanley out for a long walk.

Got home later than usual -nearly midnight- but it was a great session and we were on a roll.

Halfway through it. Having a whole lot of fun but already knackered! #BandPractice #Britpop #ondie #depecheMode

Hey. Sorry for the radio silence. Life got in the way. It's getting in the way right now too, because I'm packing up one of my keyboards (and associated cables, amp etc.) and heading out for band practice. See you in about five hours.

I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul

I’m up half an hour early today in order to drop Stanley off at the vet’s for the day, to undergo a ‘procedure’. Wish him luck, Stan fans.

That Oval Office photograph explained.

Ep5 of #Ragdoll now, and I’m hoping that the ‘Scrappy-Doo’ character* - DC Lake Edmunds - FINALLY gets to be of some use. *Scrappy-Doo was an incredibly annoying, and frankly unnecessary extra character they added to later seasons of the original Scooby-Doo. He added nothing to the show at all.

Back to watching #Ragdoll - ep4. It’s been compelling, but with some (I think deliberately) confusing bits in the first few episodes. Also one or two annoying illogical plot points.

The king to prince andrew

Oh Nick you fuckwit. #TheTraitors #CelebrityTraitors

Hey Happy holidays everyone

Claudia: “I’ve always wanted to say this, but ‘all aboard’!” Whereas if it were Davina….by all accounts she’s been saying it for years! #TheTraitors #CelebrityTraitors

I’m watching Celebrity #TheTraitors finale - semi-live - ie. Launched iPlayer at about 9.15pm and told it to stream the show from the start. I wonder what colour lippy Claudia will subject us to today!

I'm not sure which is more painful, their rampant misogyny, or their appalling grammar, spelling and sentence structure. #Reform #ReformUK

THIS man needs some sort of Nobel Prize, perhaps for "Saying What Most of the World is Thinking" #Trump #MidTerms

I've just gone into my phone's FB app, into settings, hit the settings search icon and looked for "camera roll" and turned off "camera roll sharing suggestions". It prevents FB from mining your phone's camera roll and using your images without permission. #Facebook #privacy #meta

Has @newjustine.bsky.social seen this? She’s arriving in Louth from NL today!

There are 16 circles in this image.

Also: Goebbelsbox The Fash Show The Hit-ler Man and Her Strictly Come Goosestepping? Last of the Summer ‫Wehrmacht‬

All you folks laughing about Cheney’s death without giving a single compassionate thought for the poor fella at the cemetery who has to dig the Dick hole.

White House   Maid Shrieks After Spotting    Melania  On Ceiling

Stanley and I have walked to our local to meet friends for the usual Tuesday beers, only to find they’ve gone home ill. We’ll survive as they have Deya’s Stesdy Rollong Strata on tap. I’ve also msged back-up drinking buddies.

Just superb www.instagram.com/reel/DPUaY8I...

I hope the BBC will challenge Nigel Farage today over the economic damage caused by the Brexit he championed. He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.

Nipped over to Melksham to get dinner stuff, and took the boy with me. After I was done at the ‘trose, messaged my niece who lives near by to ask for a decent off-leash walk option. She came up trumps. We walked four miles, Stanley was delighted. #Wiltshire

OK, they’ve gone. I can start clearing up.

I’m ready for my dinner guests to go home now, but here we are, still at the dining table, chatting. I like chatting but I’m reaching saturation point.