Going to go back to staying the hell away from social media again now.

Here’s the clip (which I will once again note for out-of-context reposts, is a total bullshit conspiracy/fake news).

I spend weeks off social media and feel much happier. Then drunkenly think "let's check into Bluesky, see what's happening". Instant bad mood. See next retweet.

“Rather than getting despondent - which is easy, at the moment - we’ve got to mobilise, we’ve got to get active." — HOPE not hate CEO @nicklowles.bsky.social, speaking to @theguardian.com today.

It's time to tell the racists to fuck off (FREE TO READ!) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/this-is-en...

I have some books to read, some TV series to watch, some friends to chat to and some music to listen to instead. See you anon.

I'm going to take a bit of a break from here, as I already spend too much time thinking about politics as it is ... and trying to resist the urge to respond to people's "takes" is not helping me on the mental health front, quite frankly.

Imagine actually being in a relationship with this fucker. *shudders*

This is a thought that pops into my head a lot.

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Bloody hell, they're using The Slits' cover of Heard it through the Grapevine in an advert.

Good of the players to allow themselves to get absolutely stuffed, for some real Heywood Road nostalgia 😉

Thank God for the Rugby season. Now I can give my brain a break from worrying about, well, just about bloody everything, by worrying about fifteen blokes chucking an oval-shaped ball about instead.

So proud of Angela Rayner, caught out by the complexity of trust law and acting with the highest standards of ethical responsibility to resign . Unlike ‘seven flats ‘ Jeremy Hunt and he was only one of very very many . Now for Farage to resign as MP for tax dodging .

Back at Sale's old ground, in yer' actual suburb of Sale. Small but perfectly formed. Here to watch a pre-season friendly against Connacht.

Greater Manchester has been the fastest growing part of the country in the past decade – measured either by total growth or by productivity growth. I’ve had a look into the data to try to work out what is growing and why. Below are some of the things I have found. 🧵 1/7

To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour William Blake

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Bloody Foreigner. Coming over here, with their 50th anniversary tour.

I am genuinely astonished by all those American patriots who go into raptures over trad, based, family, Christian, the thin blue line, the spirit of '76, minutemen, brave underdogs with weapons in hand kicking ass, revolutions for freedom, nation, and values...

Replace 'key' with 'security pass' and this could be someone's working life now. Good to see some things haven't changed after several centuries.

We're only making plans for Nigel

Want a summary of the bills/acts the Labour government have been working on since they came in power? I've put one together here. 44 bills, 24 of which have got Royal Assent and become law. You can see when each bill passed each stage in each house. I've highlighted those still progressing. 1/3

I love this. So much movement!

As far as I can tell, Rayner has actually gone out of her way to pay *more* tax.

Amazing story: one of the organisers of the group putting Union Flags up around Manchester previously did time for being part of a people smuggling gang. manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...

It's full of excellent quotes, albeit in translation. share.google/QdjbbkMY5b1E...

From 'The order of the day' by Eric Vuillard:-

This is vile. I cannot see how anyone on the left at this time could think intimidating think tank workers and vandalising their workplace for having different politics is legit. This isn’t liberal. This isn’t democratic. This is, simply, wrong and should be condemned as such.

This is not far from where I live. It's really exciting and it's been interesting watching the work www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Guardian publishing garbage headlines that are essentially lies. When you read the story you discover it is something else entirely. Shameful.

Architecture (Eccentric Construction) by László Moholy-Nagy, 1916 #artbots #guggenheim https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137247

I can't recommend this book strongly enough. Read it to understand the depth of the housing emergency facing this country

This is going to be the funkiest flat in south west Manchester for about the next hour and a half.

Manchester Pride: the forbidden Victorian drag ball raided by police. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Am going to watch this on catch-up with a couple of nice Belgian beers. share.google/ewMTWdKCifNI...

Union Jacks and St George’s crosses are going up on lampposts across the UK. The Daily Mail called those behind it an “army of patriots.” But the truth is very different. hopenothate.org.uk/2025/08/22/o...

The headline here should be "Farage pledges to work with the Taliban".

I know I only went there twice but I don't remember the Hacienda being red and purple. I quite like this, though, it's better than last season's orange shirt of doom. share.google/xf52dLONLyXH...

Can someone explain to me why right wing people have suddenly started going on about the 'lanyard class'? I genuinely have no idea what they are talking about. Doesn't everyone who works in an office or call centre attach their security pass to a lanyard? Maybe I'm missing something. I don't get it!

New book on its way with a chapter by me! ‘My’ by-election is a Labour breakthrough in the 1920s…

Current reading:- www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

I'm extremely worried about this (the Rugby League team that shares a stadium with Sale) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reading this excellent book, which has 'BBC Four documentary series' written all over it. Or, rather, it would do if BBC Four still made documentaries. share.google/hFNKcIv0eCFI...

I've always wanted to visit Dublin but that's not how I've imagined it at all.

Will it be signed on a piece of paper?

It's almost as if Trump is an utter moron and not a deal-making strategic genius, or something.

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