#eurovision Easy to tell which countries are terrified of hosting next year. eg, Greece

or just do your own goddamn writing!!!!!!

In a pub toilet in Belfast and a guy just dried his hands by shadow boxing.

Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such.

Seems like a great time for a windfall tax, Labour

"Get down off your cross, honey. Someone needs the wood." Dolly Parton

Does anyone else eye-roll with mild low-level irritation when they see "star wars day" trending? It's no major thing but there's something quite twee and naff about it.

@ianrankin1.bsky.social Lovely birthday shoutout from Guy Garvey on 6 who's rightly chuffed Elbow get a mention in a Rebus (is it Clarke trying to update Rebus's tastes?) Have a good one and enjoy Cromarty (from down the road here in Fortrose)👍

I'm looking to connect with any of my old followers from Twitter. The time to advocate for #rejoining the #EU is now! I suspect it will be the battle ground for the next GE. If you think we should come home to our friends and neighbours I want to follow you. Re posts appreciated 🇬🇧🇪🇺❤️

This is the most beautiful thread I've seen on here. I've rarely seen a better evocation of the power of literature, the value of wit, the richness that can come from inventive imaginative humorous writing. I don't even read the author in question, but that's irrelevant as this moved me to tears. 💜

I’ve been hearing so much anger and disappointment from frontline workers about the BBC investigation into fraudulent asylum claims. One of the most damning responses has come from one of the experts they interviewed, solicitor Ana Gonzalez. It’s really worth reading her response in full:

I've only just come across the #20dayBookChallenge and need to catch up. You choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews. (You're supposed to embed the covers but I can't be arsed). #BookChallenge

On Friday and Saturday I enjoyed wandering #Aberdeen and seeing displays in this year's #Nuart festival. The whole city becomes a canvas with visual art, some small and others gigantic, adorning buildings & street furniture. There are also displays of schoolchildren's poetry.

#AngineDePoitrine are OK for 2 tracks before they become microtonally dull.

I see #Madonna has rediscovered her Alison #Goldfrapp fixation. Don't get me wrong, the new song is good. Because it's quite derivative of Alison Goldfrapp. Also nice to see M reunited with Stuart Price. All the same I'm wary of new Madonna stuff til I've heard more. (Remembers Madame X, shudders)

This Ocean Colour Scene one is really dragging on. It seems to consist entirely of the phrase "fight some more". Oh thank fuck it's finished! #TOTP

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, younger generations aren’t ruining industries, they simply can’t afford to participate in them. Billionaires have their own planes and their own vacation homes. The travel industry relies on regular people having free time and money to spend vacationing.

Drop The Pilot, hell of a tune #TOTP

Festivus Countdown: 285 days until #Festivus 2026 (Dec 23). Festivus is your heritage. It’s part of who you are! #Seinfeld

Trump just declared that he’d ban trans women from the Olympics. Only one openly transgender woman has ever competed in the Olympic Games in its history. In 2020. She did not win a medal. This is fabricated controversy to fuel bigotry. Like banning trans women from owning nuclear weapons.

Very hard to get the print cartridges in, though. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/b...

i feel like if i was tasked with not starting a war and bringing back US manufacturing jobs, i could have done a better job than this

💔💔💔💔 Posted by a friend on Threads. #dunblane #nigelfarage #reformuk

Issue 2 of @vittles.bsky.social print magazine on Bad Food was an amazing collection of thought provoking food writing. This, reviewing the moral panic about parents' and childrens' rebellion against a Rotherham school ban on "fast food" is on that theme. www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/bad-people...

I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.

And your excellent observation could only be expressed by a real person. No AI could say it.

Thank you, have added. Farage has found himself another sugar daddy who will keep him centre stage doing his disgraceful act

I'd add the surgeon saying "Oh and FYI, this is a podcast"

JM looks fantastic in that dress #TOTP

Gutted by the loss of Under The Stairs. It's left a big hole in my #Edinburgh visits. What are the best alternatives with the nearest equivalent kind of vibe? I can't think of anywhere that matches it in the city centre. I'm thinking I might have to head to Leith and Leith Walk for anything similar?

@charlotteivers.bsky.social Restaurant tip: If you haven't already been, and fancy a trip to a very nice part of the Scottish Highlands, try IV10 in Fortrose and Sutor Creek in Cromarty.

Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is

It's funny, cos it's true.

Fade To Greyhound Racetrack Hare #ASongOrMovieForMovingObjects

What a waste of apple crumble and custard.

Bjork looks fantastic #TOTP

Murray Head doing One Night In Bangkok on #TOTP is one of the worst things that's ever been on TV.

The content of 22,000 predominantly right-wing accounts is pushed to new Twitter accounts by Musk's algorithm. More than half of the political content came from accounts that used hateful or extreme language. Government bodies, MPs, unions ..they all need to shut down their accounts.

He received a prophecy that his firstborn daughter was destined to kill him

The 1982 documentary series Police, about the Thames Valley force, is remembered for officers' appalling handling of a rape victim. This recent Panorama shows that nothing has changed - or it did, but they've reverted to neanderthal level. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Well, that was the point

To all in & around #Inverness who see this, please sign this petition to save the Spectrum Centre. It's been a great hub for the community, providing space for events, classes, kids activities, the cafe, & is much missed since its recent sudden closure. We need it back. chng.it/PFTN7HcbFB

@adwaithmusic.bsky.social MWY in ep1 of The Guest - yay!

The "rattling cutlery drawer" sound was a mainstay of 80s music #TOTP

"Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have of changing other people" - Arnold Glasgow

“Unite the Kingdom” By scaring people.

A piece on the difference in Trump's reactions to the murders of Hortman and Kirk www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle

@thecatreviewer.bsky.social Beautifully coloured chap, very vocal - before filming, wouldn't shut up, much miaow-purring "breeow", rolled around ON THE KERB if you please, then jumped up at the merest tap on the wall. Note braced paw deployment. Went all tranquil, heard a bird, forgot we existed.