I too would fire Rod into space.

The obsession with trans women in women’s changing rooms seems to take up a lot of the media space that could be used to highlight cis male sexual abusers - but the concerns over them are usually only of interest when they are dead after a lifetime of praise

First #parkrun of the year completed, time not too terrible after 3 weeks off. Felt good to be back.

I don't want to share any private space with a terf. They would violate my dignity because they don't mind their own business. I've said this before but I think now, more than ever, we should have separate rooms for them. Utter weirdos

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child grooming gang made of Pakistani men: PROTECT OUR CHILDREN child grooming gang made of rich, white men: PROTECT OUR PRIVILEGE

this series is so bananas I keep forgetting that Adam is a GHOST HUNTER of all things #thetraitors

I am obsessed with this nonsense plotline <3 #TheTraitors #TraitorsUK #Traitors

Every episode is crazy. It’s only 24 hours in their time since Fiona appeared to lose it and then the next day Harriet does the same. But still no one else thinks Rachel is a traitor. #TraitorsUK #TheTraitors

This National Year of Reading, let's celebrate ALL forms of reading ❤️ And YES, comics absolutely count!

Boom! It's #buyastrangerabook day. People buy each other books cos they can and they're ace! Here's a lovely offer from @mumof3amigos.bsky.social, who'll buy someone the book of their choice, up to £20. So if there's a particular book you're after, get in touch. UK only

I feel obliged to share this masterpiece from my brother:

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Not really sure how I am supposed to support my kids to achieve their dreams when the education system they need to get through is trying to crush them. I am exhausted, they are exhausted. And for what?

I am not a season ticket holder, I live too far away for that to be in any way realistic. But this resonates so much. I can’t even articulate how I feel right now

Mary Glindon, Labour MP for Newcastle-upon-Tyne East and Wallsend 🥀 - Supporter of Labour Friends of Israel - Voted for cuts - Voted against ending abortion ban and allowing same sex marriage in N Ireland - Kurdistan oil links labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/06/11/t...

Very much enjoyed guest columning for G2 this week! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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"It is pure, unadulterated, administration propaganda." @jeffjarvis.bsky.social says CBS is a TOTAL disaster under this Trump administration. Full episode: linktr.ee/americanfric...

Highly recommend this - this was my first read of this year and there was a lot of muttering and furious nodding from this northerner.

ICE AGE - new Sunday School episode out now. Join @sturdyalex.bsky.social and @pimlicat.bsky.social as they discuss: - Killing of Renee Good - X & Grok Ban - Plato the Woke - Grinning about Gumbo 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/428g... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

So... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz (Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)

Obsessed with the red team #TraitorsUK #TheTraitors

The responses to this news are predictably a bunch of people crowing that this is actually good because it means the fatties will continue, as is right and proper, to suffer. But is there any evidence that "okay, just stay on the maintenance dose" is actually problem?

My first #parkrun of 2026 is looking in doubt as local ones drop like flies. Please don’t make me do the one I like least 🙏

Partway through @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social and can confirm to @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com that East London South Africa is named after London, east because it is in Eastern Cape, and has a main shopping street called Oxford Street. My husband is from there.

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wtf did Fiona just do. I am hoping for a faithful win but honestly, Rachel’s face in the tower. #TheTraitors #TraitorsUK

Great to see my forecasting contest featured in this morning's Playbook! Can you predict what will happen in 2026? Test your prediction skills using the link below: ⬇️ www.edrith.co.uk/p/2026-forec...

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Amongst everything else, I'm thinking about how eager the UK press were initially to swallow the Met's lie that Jean Charles de Menezes was a terrorist after they executed him in a tube station

Just fucking relentless. Just no humanity in these people

Did our parents wake up every morning, look at the news and think, “For fuck’s sake”? I know 35/40 years I was a kid and didn’t pay attention to the world but was it always like this? Every fucking day, relentlessly?

The death of a legal observer in Minnesota by ICE is a warning to the UK in so many ways. We’re tying ourselves to a violent, corrupt, racist nation which does not care about its citizens. Reform believes in its model, Labour is appeasing it. It is the public who will suffer.

Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.

A bit of self promotion. My chocolate shop’s Winter Sale is now live, with chocolate bars, treats, and hot chocolates included. Details are on the website if you’re curious. jenkinsemporium.co.uk

Parents evening for the youngest as we hurtle towards GCSEs and the English lit teacher didn’t suggest muppets Christmas Carol as a valid revision source and honestly, who wants to watch it without muppets 🤷🏼‍♀️

Spineless weasel. Wrote to my MP and copied in Jess Phillips as the US for VAWG. Expect it to make zero difference.

This would exclude my two kids from being white British. And me? I have an Irish gran, would that make me not white British too, according to this ridiculous definition?

I find this quite depressing but also explains a lot. Anyway, favourites of last year’s reading including Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, the Miniaturist by Jessie Burton and The City We Became by NK Jemison. But seriously, read whatever you want, just read.

Welcome to Joel's Vinyl Adoption Agency 🐶🐱 This copy of The Dreaming is a bit tired and the sleeve isnt so good, but it still has plenty of spins in her. A chance to enjoy the genius of Kare Bush. To adopt comment, "All The Love"

Cringingly spineless. This govt is pathetic.

Back on the school run this morning so a special 🖕to all the drivers around Newcastle who didn’t bother to clear the snow off their car properly.

When you turn the news on after 48 hours largely offline seeing shows in London. FFS. Still, we had a good couple of days - highly recommend seeing Cabaret.

Ok, so we both forgot today! But it’s my birthday so please forgive us! 🤣🥰 🔹🔷🟦 #FridayQuiz 🟦🔷🔹 🔹 Like, share and repost 🔹 Have a go and good luck! 🔹 Share your score below with a gif 🔹 Share the quiz with whoever you want! Happy #Friday! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Not fancying my chances of being successful on #Traitors because my first guess on the secret traitor was Nettie which is obviously wrong. Also, I would be terrible at remembering all the names. #TraitorsUK