See y’all tomorrow!

It’s the 1,100th anniversary of England next year*. You’d think at least one of these racist politicians would be making a song and dance of it but I have heard nothing

Look, plantar fascitis sucks but I think this guy has bigger issues going on

What’s your favourite song that nobody will have heard of?

The Kemi Badenoch for Prime Minister group says “not my bishop” which is entirely true because she’s the Bishop of East Carolina

as a seminary professor I can confirm that "being a seminarian" is indeed a unique state of sinfulness

I love that there's incontroverible proof Talarico is straight in this picture and it isn't the girlfriend.

But one of the problems with C of E publications is that they think they've invented language that already exists, and insist that it means something it doesn't, and then get annoyed when people misunderstand them.

I’ve seen some poorly understood summaries of the Manchester story, so I thought I’d explain what was going on when Burnham arrived, the politics of it, and a little about what’s happened since as.ft.com/r/d7e11a31-2...

This is getting out of hand

Lindsay Hoyle remains parliament’s biggest comedian

You think this is bad, it’s been nearly two years since the UK had a Culture Secretary

Always rubbish when someone in the Church contacts you to ask if a particular horrific (non-safeguarding) situation is legally permissible and having to just reply “yup”

I just cackled so loudly I scared off a nearby pigeon.

Did they no-platform AI Che Guevara?

Good to see the Conservatives fighting back against the policies of a *checks notes* …Conservative government?

Paramount+ wanted to use the image on the left as a poster for the wrath of Khan, so they used everyone's least favorite technology to generate the rest of the image.

Gotta scrub up on Asia www.maptap.gg May 29 98🔥 99🔥 100🎯 95🏆 96🏅 Final score: 970

Boutros? Boutros??? Golly!

It’s not every day you convince a parishioner that paying Parish Share is perhaps not an entirely mad idea

I seemed to have entirely missed this Fabian conspiracy thing making the rounds. Something about a wolf in sheep’s clothing? Is anyone clued in enough to explain what on earth this is actually about?

Progress. But these are rookie numbers! Let’s pump these numbers up

this is so Costanza-coded Jerry: that's what you came up with Georgie-boy?! George: of course! I panicked! Jerry (to Elaine): what's your go-to line? Elaine: me? nothing, I just smile Kramer: hey George my friend Bob Sacamano said you told the deli guy 'it's a beautiful day for a sandwich'!?

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First case of a lawyer opening themselves up to disciplinary proceedings for *ignoring* advice from AI?

"in ways which the public does not understand and cannot be told"

All I'm really bothered about re electoral reform is if Burnham forces the Boundary Commission to stop giving constituencies silly names so every hamlet gets a shout-out. It will only make about five people happy but I will ask nicely.

This is indeed very good, but there are a few nuances that I would take issue with. Eight points follow…

Two emails from @houseofcommons.parliament.uk about the importance of information compliance with an emphasis on email security, which they have spectacularly sent to the wrong distribution lists. Top work lads, well done.

[Baba Yaga sitting in Chicken Cottage, obviously disappointed, but enjoying a peri peri wrap]

Just heard thunder

“Are you able to wait until the next services or are you, y’know, standing athwart the singularity?”

Okay so this just came to me and I haven’t checked this but I genuinely might be the youngest person to ever chair a devolved legislature of parliament.

The Squamish people of what is now Vancouver were illegally dispossessed of their land 100 years ago. They sued, got the land back, and used their sovereignty to ignore local zoning and build 6,000 new homes over the loud objections of nearby wealthy NIMBYs. Now other tribes are getting in the game.

…the baby cheesus

These statements are no longer surprising but remain disgusting things to say

Elohim/eloher

Of course we all know that famous Bible verse where God says “In the beginning God, with the small gametes, created the heavens and the earth”

Reading the Church Commissioners’ Annual Report and good to see “schism” is in their risk register

I taught John Prescott how to use a computer after I saw him pointing the mouse at the screen like a remote control

Just got free, unlimited access to newspapers.com and I feel like a kid at Christmas.

To pursue net zero at the speed Miliband wants, Blair says here, "you've got have a very good reason". Dude, read the r̶o̶o̶m̶ thermometer

"I don't particularly want to be back in the headlines again." Tony Blair to Jon Sopel

I see the government is consulting on 125 "everyday essentials" that could have their tariffs lifted to lower price rises. The list includes such essentials as *checks notes* "fresh or dried wilkings". Govt really in touch with what the people are crying out for: cheaper *checks notes * wilkings!

Love it when you email someone with a really annoying query that you didn't really want to bother them with and they just respond "Am on it".

Exclusive with Paul Lewis + @pippacrerar.bsky.social: Peter Mandelson’s associations with senior figures in China, Russia and Israel were among the concerns raised by the UK’s vetting agency when it concluded he should be denied clearance, multiple sources have told the Guardian.

No one tell this guy about Buckfast Abbey www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/visitor...

Settling the question for the Church: the Green Man is a "sufficiently" Christian symbol. Case partly won due to the King deciding it should be on his Coronation invitation. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05... One for @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social (amongst others)

Sorry, I actually think the sub sections are better?