Anyone else getting regular follows from accounts with zero posts? I’m assuming these are bots (I’ve made it clear in my bio that no posts=no follow back).

This is a very funny parody, allegedly the Norwegian p.m.’s response to Trump’s letter, from Audrey Loves Paris on FB.

Reposted from ‘Audrey Loves Paris’ on FB.

I’m beginning to warm to AI: “Donald Trump is politically compared to several Roman emperors, most frequently Caligula, for his populism, disregard for tradition, and perceived absurdity.” Manicula (small hands) would be an ideal Latin nickname for DJT.

Yep.

Mr Henry Morris excels himself! Another judo throw for Trumpistan.

This is true, Hamsun, a racist & Anglophobe, gifted his Nobel literature prize to Goebbels in 1943.

yes

My precious...

After I’d stopped laughing I reflected that this could be troublesome for Farage in the longer term, Jenrick hates playing 2nd fiddle. Wonder how the plot was discovered - more WhatsApp carelessness? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...

Musk’s concessions regarding Grok still awaiting implementation (advance warning of the horror below).

Musk blusters & then backs down. It’s becoming a pattern. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Top 10 superspreaders of disinformation on X, according to Grok.

🧪 Early universe galaxy cluster "5 to 10 times hotter than expected": www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

“The oil must flow” (ht Damian Walter on Science Fiction FB page for the pic).

Interesting article by Paul Krugman on apparent US v Europe productivity differences. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Your regular reminder (Always worth a repost as it’s from Dom "everyone should vote Reform this spring" Cummings).

This article by Trump’s former attorney succeeds in being both brutal & witty: ‘[Noem] better known in the West Wing as “ICE Barbie,” thanks to her penchant for showing up to border sites looking like she’s auditioning for a dystopian pageant’… www.meidasplus.com/p/kristi-noe...

Not exactly surprising as there is so little distance between the two parties & both are run by idiots, cokeheads & barmpot conspiracists. news.sky.com/story/sixtee...

Summary of Trump’s UN speech: media1.tenor.com/m/xf_CYwl8Bn...

Cross-posted from the hellsite: ‘Almost exactly 100 years ago a manifesto of ideological hatred and a guide to the use of propaganda techniques for mass manipulation was published. Twenty years before that George Santanyana wrote: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it".’

I had an appointment with my regular, very good podiatrist the week after my wife’s very first session with her. Podiatrist: “I’d never have guessed that you & Jennifer were a married couple”. Me: “Why’s that?” Podiatrist: “She’s so stylish & elegant”. That put me in my place!

In fairness Nadine Dorries should fit in nicely inside a party led by a man who never visits his own constituency

Ht @AnnieforTruth at t'other place

A couple of my favourite responses following the DC sandwich thrower incident:

Ht Fibbymacfibface on FB

HT Lifestyle Department 2.0 on FB.

Ht JS & Ellen.

“Pluralistic: Conservatism considered as a movement of bitter rubes (22 Jul 2025)” This US focused article is excellent & also very relevant to the UK political landscape of grifters, scammers & con artists. pluralistic.net/2025/07/22/a...

Don’t usually quote this guy but…

Membership of Reform.

It’s not simply the funding cuts that are so damaging, appalling though this is, it’s the wholesale rejection of science & evidence based policy: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Loved this!

Loved this (copied from FB)!

Cyril Ramaphosa’s calm, classy & witty handling of Trump is an object lesson. He must have called on all the experience he acquired as chief negotiator with the old, racist SA apartheid regime.

By election in the offing in Central Suffolk and North Ipswich?

Sitting on the terrace bang in the City & Spring Calls/songs heard so far: Blue tit Great tit Long tailed tit Wren Blackbird Robin Greenfinch Goldfinch Chaffinch Egyptian goose Black redstart (not sure about this one) May have heard a Swift, they were certainly in Brussels where I was yesterday.

Does the grift never end? Trump now trying to persuade government to fund future island home for him & his family accomplices. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I can see this going down with Catholics like a brass barge, whilst simultaneously alienating his fundamentalist supporters. 🤡🤡🤡

Very true, & they’re both narcissists: simplyputpsych.co.uk/global-psych...

Love it... www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athlet...

Following on from previous comments about Tesla stock being hugely overpriced (P/E ratio of around ~120, in contrast KIA is 4). It appears that TSLA has become a “meme stock”, according to several sources, e.g. finance.yahoo.com/news/tsla-be...

H/T Lord Sydes on t’other place.

“Meta's own employees are clearly keenly aware of its toxic nature. It's not just Sarah Wynn-Williams: departing Facebookers' "badge posts" – where they publicly take stock of their careers at Facebook – are a litany of recriminations and regrets…” pluralistic.net/2025/04/11/i...

It was ultimately the bond market tanking that led to the downfall of Lettuce Liz. 🤞https://www.reuters.com/markets/global-markets-tariffs-bonds-2025-04-09/

The death of google search: “The illogical, product-destroying mindset that turns the products you love into torturous, frustrating quasi-tools that require you to fight the company’s intentions to get the service you want.” Great article by Ed Zitron www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-...

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