My wife does this all the time to the extent that I try to avoid going shopping with her. I’m at the cash desk, apologetic as she wanders round the store with a bunch of pissed off Frenchies waiting. I have anxiety even thinking about it.

It's also worth noting that Torsten Bell - ex of this particular parish - knew this to his core, yet sat there on the flipping tellybox defending NOT lifting it. If the people who do this research and lobby for this change then go into government and...do nothing...where do we stand? I don't know.

This is a bit rich given Matt Goodwin was the least accurate pollster at the 2024 general election…

Europe’s major issue right now is the Russian invasion of Ukraine, for the first time Trump has outright come out in favor of Ukraine saying Russia needs to go back to original borders. It’s ugly but it seems to be working as best it could

Yessss

Get more football on here

It's incredible to watch people try to psychologize ChatGPT users as though a talking computer isn't a long standing sci-fi fantasy that's cool as shit requiring no explanation for why someone would be interested. "I think people are isolated and lonely." "I think they're taken in by hype ads."

The United States is now a banana republic.

I think one of the issues with discussions of free speech is that there is too much focus on "You can't censor me" and not enough on "I can't censor you".

Its this sort of thing that makes the State Visit worth it. Yes, it was unendifying but if it saves a single Ukrainian life then it was entirelybthe right call.

It’s the most US President-like speech he’s made

This piece should be enough to completely discredit Politico by itself. It’s so irresponsible to both-sides this issue. Axel Springer, eh?

To be fair, up until Obama, you always were a bit of a laughingstock.

Should’ve thought about that before you all approved the appointment of Kennedy

Please know that this is Trump scaremongering. There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism. A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It shouldn't have taken a UNGA speech for a lot of people to face the reality that Trump's brain is mush, and the United States under his rule is useless to allies abroad and facing mounting instability at home.

Well, if you let one old, incoherent Russian asset address the UN, you have to let them all do it

Does anyone know anything about Scottish public schools? I have a question. Thanks

Unfortunately after the Rapture doesn’t happen today those folks still won’t stfu about it.

Apple Intelligence is so clever, it found my mum’s flight details buried in an email and sent me a notification at 4am to go to the airport. To catch my mum’s flight. Who isn’t me. And is in another country.

There’s a lot of reasons not to call Turkey, Turkiye including coerced speech, not sucking up to authoritarians etc but the reason I won’t do it is because they are hypocrites on this topic. Case in point, the word for the bird in Turkish is Hindi and they call the UK, İngiltere (England)

Oprah Winfrey has a lot to answer for.

Lads, if you don't call Belgium Belgique, you're a coloniser.

Can’t even think of my last interaction tbh

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Delighted that I can revert to having no interest in Jimmy Kimmel.

Grab your 🍿

There should be a high bar for politicians attacking the media, but maybe Ed Davey has half a point here? For example, the first three paragraphs of this BBC story repeat Reform's £243bn figure without saying that the thinktank behind the estimate now disowns it. (This is mentioned in paragraph 35)

Scott McTominay has finished above such superstars as Erling Haaland and Virgil van Dijk in this year's Ballon d'Or rankings. The Scotland midfielder's magnificent season with Napoli, which saw him named Serie A's MVP, has led to him ranking 18th at today's prestigious ceremony 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇹

One of the worst thing about authoritarians id it makes heroes out of people who really don’t deserve it. Case in point

The real problem is not so much that Trump is governing by Executive Order (crappy as that is), it is that he is able to do that. This means that any incumbent in the WH can do the same thing, making the United States unreliable going forward. That’s the lesson for the Rest of the World.

Excited to share some good news: I’ve been honored with the best book award from NCA’s International and Intercultural Communication Division. This recognition means so much to me and I’m deeply grateful for the support and inspiration of so many friends and colleagues 🙏

Changes to immigration requirements -- including changes proposed by Labour -- are an almighty "fuck you" to people who have already paid a lot to be in the UK.

And why should they, they’re saving the company money and maintaining the value they provide. If anything they should get a pay rise

Reform are now coming after people with permanent residency. It'll be citizens next. No one is safe from authoritarian governments.

When she told me “send nudes” and I showed her ‘Leeds United highlights vs Wolves' she started making fun of me and I cried. She wanted to see the nakedness of my body; I, being a fool, showed her the nakedness of my soul #lufc

Always feel slightly weird doing the 🚨personal news🚨 thing, but anyway, I am somewhat excited to be starting a masters in International Security and Global Governance at Birkbeck this coming week.

If you're British and watching the Charlie Kirk memorial thing, you should probably be deported on grounds of 'fucking hell mate'.

Thé temptation to insert a dark snide remark is great but I resisted…..

Anyway, here is an amazing Brasserie Lipp (Paris) anecdote.

10 signs you have a puppy. #1

Thé morality and logistics are all that matters. You acknowledge no understanding of the logistics but demonstrate clearly your immorality

I find the Twitter vs. Bluesky thing very boring but as it's come up again I will share my one opinion: not-far-right people who have remained on Twitter and are critical of bluesky are obviously trying to assuage their own guilt about using a far right platform

I have rarely seen such unadulterated bollocks. I loved Twitter, it was so important for my job. Then a mad megalomaniac took it over and made it so no one would see my posts unless I paid him money - and even if I did that I would be submerged in nazi hate. But yeah this is our fault.

Lolz, Shadi is auditioning for the space vacated by Jimmy Kimmel

Sometimes it’s possible to hold two thoughts simultaneously: The left’s obsession with bullshit like “microaggressions” was unhinged and destined for a blowback. And Ellen is a genuinely dreadful person.

She was an horrific bully to everyone that worked for her. But then again stage 1 at Warner Bros is still named after her show so she’ll probably be allowed back.

In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts…

This is an enraging read - influencers are telling women that folic acid is toxic & causes autism, thus putting them off taking it in vitamins if they're trying to get pregnant. Worse, they're peddling expensive supplements that don't have folic acid - and Serena Williams is a shill for one of them