the funniest thing about the BBC comedy #TwentyTwentySix is that it is so utterly plausible and ridiculous at the same time.

Great Northern Railway is not ‘great’ - pass-it on

Peter Mandelson failed his Government security vetting. Starmer appointed him as ambassador to the US anyway. No more buck passing, no more mysteriously vanishing mobile phones, we need the truth. Starmer must go.

Hung de Groot (aka Hugo Grotius) called it. #Trump #Iran #Hormuz

Another tifo I see

This is about the 20th time I’ve been to watch an Arsenal men’s game at the Emirates this season. It never gets stale but it always shreds my nerves 😬

Loving the confidence from the Arsenal family…

Lovely late bidet gift from a colleague who knows I love the Moomins

Long day at work, quite a lot to process as change is coming to my institution I think. Now making quick fish finger sarnie before getting off to see the Arsenal.

best case scenario is we beat Sporting easily, 2 or 3-0 on aggregate worst case scenario is we lose 0-1 on the night and it goes to extra time.

Super save by Hampton

Lotte has been great tonight but she got a bit lucky there

Arsenal must invest in building a team around Russo because she is genuinely world class.

Raising the price of red and silver memberships, by any amount, is pure greed from Arsenal. An extra £600K is a drop in the ocean for the club’s finances. It’ll pay Bukayo Saka’s wages, on his new deal, for *checks notes* two weeks. It’s a pointless exercise.

Pro Brexit Lord Glassmsn talking absolute rubbish on BBC radio’s PM programme.

One for your research @menysnoweballes.bsky.social

part of the problem as I see it at the moment is that wherever I look I see only incompetence in pretty much everything. How did we get here?

And yet more lies

Lies, damn lies, and election fliers

If The Night Agent and The Capture are examples of the new normal for BBC drama then we are truly living in depressingly cynical times.

"it's the hope that kills you" Aristotle (probably)

ah well, title is looking further away than ever now, so can we now go back to laughing at Tottnum please?

Let’s settle this, is Nigel Farage a racist? Like if he is. RT if he is a traitor.

Sunderland and Chelsea wins please, to save this weekend

No energy, no ideas, not able to beat a press (again), too much dithering. Not good enough to win the league and definitely not the Champions League.

Bring your lunch, bring your dinner, getcha Gooner

Last day of leave before the new term starts on Monday, so went to see the Samurai exhibition at the British museum.

Today we launch our campaign for the May elections. Locally and nationally, Labour is cosying up to developers and failing to provide the secure, affordable homes we need. We deserve better. On 7th May vote for council homes, rent controls and an end to leaseholds. Vote Green.

At what point will decent Americans realise that their president is out of control & needs to be stopped? He's conducting foreign policy on social media, abusing & threatening his allies, enabling Putin, and even tempting North Korea to attack its neighbour. He's a liability - pull your fingers out!

Glaswegian catmint

Or perhaps, @privateeyenews.bsky.social Polanski wanted to illustrate that PMQs is a performative waste of time and that Westminster lobby hacks ought to be covering what is really happening in British politics?

8 more minutes for Arsenal to fail to score

If Stina is going to stay with us after this season she and the coaching staff have to work to cut out her offsides, is crippling our attacks

Clearly the club has given up on the FA Cup this season.

When was the last time Frida Maanum really made a difference?

BBC commentator on the Arsenal v Brighton HA game doesn’t seem to know why storms are named. Perhaps she should check in with her employers?

Stina offside is it? 🙃

Our set pieces have been so poor tonight.

Well that’s just so poor again Arsenal

And now Gabriel is off injured.

Always hard to read Mikel but asked how close Saka, Rice and Timber were he said ‘not close’. For midweek? ‘Let’s see’.

No no no Garnacho threw himself at the PV player

Captain is back, Noni on the bench. No Rice or Saka in the squad.

I heard Benn speak a couple of times live but he left a bigger impression on me then (in my teens) than any other politician then, or since. He was far from perfect, but always worth listening to.

@aiannucci.bsky.social won HIGNFY with his quip that the Artemis mission was looking for a place to hide the Epstein files on the far side of the Moon

How can the Iranians have shot down an F15 when their defence systems have been obliterated ‘back to the stones ages [sic]’?

I’ve had my veg trug for about 10 years now and in that time we’ve redesigned our small London garden, which included building 3 raised beds. So today I repurposed the trug as a herb and flowers planter. 😎💚

Retailers are right to call for more action to protect staff from criminals, but they could actually staff shops properly as well. Far too often shop staff are left on their own or without much cover, and they are still paid way too little.