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When the father of a murdered son makes a public statement saying "we do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension", then I believe it's incumbent on any news outlet reporting on Farage's comments to ensure people know he has chosen to disregard the family's wishes.

pretty Interesting, I think, that the Welsh Government brought in new laws around no-fault eviction, prompting a lot of landlords to want to get out of their game, and here I am, an autistic queerdo, sat in my very cheap home that I now own that was let until last autumn

My god I'm tired of AI-written replies from businesses that crib words from your own message 😭 "My hamster got loose in your Swindon branch on Tuesday. I'll offer a reward if you can return him!" "I see that you're interested in buying a loose branch of swindon, because you find it rewarding."

Me emailing my local milkman: hey just FYI you delivered the wrong thing but no worries! just wanted to let you know so you can improve in future! keep up the good work! 😊🥛 Me when two email addresses bounce and the webform is broken so I have to ring them: you messed up BAD, I want my money back 😡

You used to be able to google the time of the sunset, and Google would give you the exact time right on top every single time. Thankfully, with artificial intelligence, you can now ask Google what time the sun will set and it will conveniently tell you "I don't know."

A few thoughts from me on this populist sillyness about air con (not) being banned in new builds and why it's perfectly reasonable and sensible to focus on fabric measures first to reduce overheating. Air conditioning alone will never keep Britain cool www.lbc.co.uk/article/air-...

Certain boring but useful things get people on Freegle surprisingly excited, so I was confused when I had zero takers for a stepladder days after listing it. Had my instinct failed me? No! But Freegle had failed me by not actually publishing my post. (Finally posted it, got a taker within 2 mins.)

literally the only "public toilets issue" that should exist in political discourse is that there fucking aren't any any more.

Have you ever had storage in your house that the label hasn’t been updated on? And you all just get used to it. “The lightbulbs are in the box that says batteries.” It struck me that this is what we’ve done with September.

Today: Your parcel is with the courier. Click to see where! *click* lol no we won't tell you unless you log in ok log me in you need to get your phone to verify your identity ok it's really me where is my parcel your parcel is with the courier please rate your tracking experience

The way money people treat AI generated work vs the way they treated artists and writers to commission work reveals that 99% of their decisions with drafts and changes with the latter group was motivated by feeling like that gave them power over the person doing the thing they can’t do themselves

this is brilliant

Zack Polanski and the Green Party are once again arguing that things could be cooler for workers in this country by @willem-moore.bsky.social

Signed a Lib Dem petition to stop a data centre being built on the site of Cardiff's hospital park & ride. Today? An email saying "Welcome to the Liberal Democrats." Using public opinion against data centres to harvest people's data without their consent? Wishing electoral oblivion on you all.

I do sometimes worry that all the worried headscratching about youth unemployment might be missing the point. Everyone is always talking about how it relates to the education or welfare systems, no one wants to say "well the economy just produces far fewer entry level jobs than it once did"

plenty of people are excluded from the pleasures and freedom of car ownership due to things like—just one example—their financial situations, I don’t see why it would be unfair to exclude others from car ownership for failing to follow the most basic rules of the road

Next in the Guardian's popular Advice from War Criminals series * Slobodan Milosevic on growing the best tomatoes * Adolf Eichmann's tips for saving on caravan insurance * Chemical Ali: separating your recycling really does make a difference * Adrian Chiles: I wandered into this section by mistake

I did this last year. Dreamed that Pret sold a cookie called Hairy Man. He had a solid choc chest of hair and choc sprinkle body hair. Woke up, drew it, then baked it. Him.

Americans think British people are wimps for complaining about the heat. But what you don't realise is that most British houses were actually built in Britain, a cursed island that hates us.

PSA: if you have washable pillows then today is the perfect weather for washing them because they will ACTUALLY DRY OUTSIDE and the sun will help to disinfect them further. If you don't have washable pillows: make your next set washable! It's cheaper in the long run!

We don't have a summer mode and a winter mode. Or a dry mode and a wet mode. We have British Mode, and it works for 90% of the year, and is completely fucking unbearable the rest of the time.

Not just if you're trans. This is an easy and consequenceless thing for cis allies to do as well.

Welsh scientists have developed a new biodegradable plastic made from seaweed that could one day replace fossil fuel-based food packaging

To be fair, every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deserves to feel deeply uncomfortable.

TFW you contact a business asking for information and remain on their mailing list for ever but never actually get an answer to your question 😭

A bee's brain may be as small as a sesame seed, but it can recognize and remember human faces. Nature never ceases to amaze us. Every tiny creature plays a major role in our world. Protect bees, protect life, protect nature.

For years I've said: "I'll believe petrol is too expensive when I can go two days in a row without walking past someone idling their engine." I actually hit this milestone a few weeks ago and since then it's happened a few more times.

What if we can’t permanently push down both the “Oppose Putin’s tyranny to the bitter end” button *and* the “Support America’s infinite right to destroy the fuck out of the Middle East to whatever extent it wants” one, at the same time? Looks to me like we had to choose, and have now chosen.

Is it morally defensible? No. But is it a coherent response to a difficult situation? No. Ah, but is it effective in bringing down fuel prices? Ha, you're not going to believe this...

Listen we all live in a free market and we have to allow the invisible hand to decide the value of things without any state intervention messing things up

Do you have cat food in the apocalypse kit? If so what kind and what if I stop liking it

"For more than an hour, several employees said, workers in the facility were instructed to continue fetching totes, picking items off shelves and loading them onto trucks for delivery as the man lay dead, and management figured out their next steps."

Love travelling but want to avoid British food because it's awful and nowhere near as good as the food on the Continent? Here's a really useful trick: *fuck off *just don't come here *shove your "fresh tomatoes that just TASTE different" up your arse *again, just to be clear, stay the fuck away

I've never seen a Bond film but I'm pretty certain that George Lazenby is the best Bond ever, thanks for asking

This might help some of you when you feel like you've messed up. You haven't. They are just lying bastards. Don't give them the prescription until you know they have it in stock, today. They simply will not order the rest of it otherwise

Complained about the shitness of the pharmacy to the MH clinic and the nice person there told me some useful information. Basically, when pharmacies say they only have a partial prescription and they'll order the rest, they LIE. They don't. Especially with controlled drugs. They just lie.

Facebook Memories today: "10 years ago you were really sad that M&S shops have stopped selling trousers in your leg length. You posted saying you want to stay loyal and hope they reconsider." Bluesky today: "The consensus is that if you shop online you're a lazy Amazon-loving hypocrite."

To bring a smile to your face, here’s an ancient Egyptian dog figurine, a very good boy for some 3,400 years! 🐾🐕❤️ This lovely leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest. The Met 📷 by me #Archaeology

This is why the British Labour party must be wiped out, root and stem. When faced with the prospect of socialism or barbarism, they wage war on socialism and open the gates for barbarism. A party no longer fit for purpose, destined for oblivion.

Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.

Message from Experian saying a hard search has been made on my account. Went through the palaver of downloading the bloody app to find out who. The hard search was by the lender who arranged interest-free credit on an appliance back in early March -so why are Experian emailing me about it today?

Left: Keir Starmer criticising Zack Polanski for wondering why the police kicked a tasered criminal, on the floor, five times in the head Right: Footage of the police kicking a tasered criminal, on the floor, five times in the head

A belated happy St George's Day! I'm in Valencia where they also celebrate it, and just saw a parade with a brass band etc. From my limited experience of this city, they seem to just love having parades though 🤷

Remember that time we were all staging classic paintings and such in lockdown? I am straining every sinew not to be like "good times" but it was nice when the ongoing global catastrophe at least allowed for solidarity and whimsy rather than...*gestures at everything*

Last week, a gentleman returned this rather dilapidated copy of this famous book to us after 50 years. He had found it in his attic! Presumably this means there is a pristine copy somewhere in our libraries....

TFW the barbecue wasn't even your idea in the first place and now your fish is starting something

My new mobile phone plays a tune whenever someone posts in a specific group chat, and you can only stop the tune by picking the phone up. Last night I turned the volume to zero. But at 5:30am I heard the tune playing from the kitchen. At this point it's less a phone and more an M.R. James story.