“If I drive drunk down the road, I can't then say: Tell you what, instead of appearing before a magistrate, I'll stand for councillor instead and let the people of Bermondsey decide if I am innocent. That's not how any of this f*****g works. You don't get to use popularity as a form of acquittal.”

Once again the BlueSky trending list is off the mark. 'Gatwick crash' it says. Click on it and there is not a single post about anything to do with Gatwick. Weird.

Do love a good diving header.

Well Tuchel's really used his imagination with that starting line-up.

AI isn't 'inevitable'. Banning and resisting it isn't 'going against the tide'. We can reject this narrative and determine our own future. But it will be a fight, and it will take greater tech literacy. Which tools are bad and which are not? Who are the bad actors? Which politicians are fighting?

This…

Cape Verde tried to beat Argentina honorably. Paraguay tried to beat France with absolutely shithouse tactics and goonery. The ref sucked. I award Paraguay no points.

We really don't need to see this ref and his mates officiate another match at this world cup. Absolutely useless performance.

Has to be the game of the tournament so far. I can't imagine that Argentina thought for one moment that they were going to have to work that hard.

Got to feel a little for Cape Verde there. They were playing themselves into the game quite nicely before the sodding break in play.

Fair play to Egypt, the only team that looked they were actually trying to win the game.

Bluesky's trending topics links are awful now. Don't know if it's vibecoding or what, but often the link brings up a timeline that has nothing to do with the subject. I just clicked on "Stephen Miller", the #1, and it was all LA stuff. Both L.A. and LA as in Louisiana, no Miller at all.

Well that's the worst decision I've seen at this competition so far. Properly soft.

Is it just me, or have the referees at this World Cup been really stingy when it comes to awarding penalties?

Blade Runner was released 44 years ago today.

@LibDems Nigel Farage has made a fortune off the failed Brexit experiment, that has left us all worse off. Except for him.

So this is a Scotland side that's set up to attack?

As a West Ham fan this is more what I've come to expect from a Graham Potter side. 3-0

Links. Links. Links. Links. Rechts. Rechts. Rechts. Rechts. How fit do you need to be to follow the Dutch?

Scotland were a little unfortunate there, what with having to cope with possibly the worst bunch of officials that we've seen at this world cup so far.

Is this referee planning on getting his cards out some time?

Time for an ad break?

Go on Aussie.

Italian PM Giorgia Miloni slam President Trump for claiming she begged him for a photo, "Then there are certain matters that warrant an immediate response" "Donald Trump’s statements are completely fabricated. I am, quite frankly, stunned"

🚨🚨 Nigel Farage has been trying to block a Bank of England cryptocurrency plan that could be costly for the billionaire bankrolling his party www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I wish the commentators would stop pretending that it's anything other than what it actually is. And that is a break for adverts.

And again.

Haaland! Of course.

Well done to Curacao who managed to equal Brazil's 2014 performance against Germany. Now. How many are Spain going to put past Cape Verde this afternoon?

This is sad news. Roy Hattersley, best known for being Neil Kinnock’s deputy leader, shaped the Labour Party and British politics. He was a giant of our movement and of that generation of politicians. I met him a few times and he was always kind, thoughtful and full of sound advice. RIP.

What's with this Scottish kit?

Come on Morocco.

When the French govt discovered that Israel orchestrated a smear campaign targetting candidates in French elections they immediately summoned the Israeli ambassador for a dressing down, told the public they had done so, and publicly threatened immediate consequences if Israel doesn't back off.

Enlargement is a strategic choice. By bringing our nations closer together, we strengthen peace, security and prosperity across our continent. In a world marked by growing uncertainty, a larger European Union is in our common interest.

Starmer won't prevent far-right riots because he will not take on X. He won't ramp up defence in the face of Trump and Putin because he refuses to take hard financial decisions. He has failed to protect Britain against its enemies - foreign and domestic iandunt.substack.com/p/swirling-i...

3 nights into the new Rush tour and they still haven't played Mission, The Pass, or Between the Wheels. Also a little surprised we haven't seen The Anarchist yet.

This has nothing to do with stopping crime. It is to do with a global far-right movement, coordinated on X, organised by some of the most powerful men in the world from Silicon Valley to the White House inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...

I did some reporting last year on an extraordinary saga regarding his partner's decision to start up and run a children's home – which quickly ran aground amid major safeguarding failures. bylinetimes.com/2025/03/14/a...

The relationships between club owners and fans have been getting more complicated in recent years but I've still not seen anything quite like the level of dislike that West Ham fans have for this man and his partners. Good riddance. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Beato making an important point about the ongoing situation with Fender. They really look like they've chosen to go after other, smaller manufacturers, rather than improving their own product. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU7R...

We are devastated to learn of the passing of Anthony Head, endeared to fans around the world for his role as Rupert Giles on BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER the series. We send out deepest condolences to his friends, fans, and family.

GNU Anthony Head. And a wail to the heavens. 💔

This is how politicians of the Labour right used to deal with the fash, btw

Well done @iandunt.bsky.social for not letting Reform cllr Alex Wilson take the high ground for what Farage did.

A European alternative to MS Office: Software auto shuts at 5pm. It does not load on weekends, public holidays, & most of August. Any out of hours messages sent are diverted until 9am on a workday. It will occasionally refuse to open documents in French in solidarity with striking rail workers.

More great news.

A lot of youtubers are getting a good bit of mileage out of this business with Fender threatening everyone and their dog for making Strat type guitars. I wonder if guitar stores have noticed any difference in their sales over the last couple of weeks? Or is it too soon?

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