Too hot to do anything but sit and enjoy. May tidy up later if we get a second wind.

This must be the dregs semi-final #bgt

Not wanting to be left behind, with Trump's golden statue, JD Vance supporters have erected a statue of him, fashioned from a vintage La-Z-Boy, and barber shop sweepings. ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard...

Lupins. That is all.

@cripdyke.bsky.social Stay strong. Much better than one of the other transport companies, Stop Trans.

@actualnames.bsky.social Daily Telegraph feature 17-04-26

Sorted for trees and whizz. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Stephen Colbert taking Gollum's story arc in a different direction.

@cripdyke.bsky.social A poetic and fascinating incident in deaf history. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wordle in 2. For a 69 day streak. Nice. Wordle 1,697 2/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

“Luther Vandross is an example of somebody who’s done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more, I notice.”

Just before Elon dies, he'll upload his consciousness into a magic 8 ball filled with slurs.

@cripdyke.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/refo... The next step after lying about children's trans library books, sell off the former libraries.

A well earned Knighthood for the almost palindromic able Sir Idris Elba. www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrit...

@actualnames.bsky.social Just spotted this researcher on The Curse of Oak Island

@cripdyke.bsky.social The state of local reporting🙄 "...blue, red, and white stripes" "It is thought this could be related to the Supreme Court Ruling from April 2025..." www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambrid...

@cripdyke.bsky.social My local council, whose first order of business was to remove Pride flags from Council buildings, now has a member railing against the 'extreme gender ideology' of a job advert showing an employee wearing a lanyard with Trans Pride Flag on it www.leicester.news/cool2btrans-...

@actualnames.bsky.social The growing of African white maize in the UK was great news for keen customer Perpetual Gumbo. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"How was work today dear?" "Fine. Wanked off a whale so he doesn't breed with his mother. Same old same old." "Humpback?" "No, but he did give me a wave with his flipper." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

They're presumably going to need a wider top step on the podium, at the 2028 LA Olympics, for when Trump accepts his gold medals alongside the winners. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

With all the challenges facing Leicestershire County Council's new Reform leadership, they decide that their first meeting needs to clamp down on flags. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kids these days with their dance music and their weird fashions.

Bewitched: Two Dicks, Moorehead.

Me: Bluesky, show me Tesla versus all other EV manufacturers in the form of a baseball video. Bluesky: Right you are. Tesla are in blue and grey. bsky.app/profile/codi...

I had a classical musician friend who stuck their flute in a power outlet. They're a conductor now.

His excitement rising, his rough hands parted the delicate material to reveal... A Passion For Passion by Alice Fraser. Congratulations @alicefraser.bsky.social and thank you for the lovely packaging @foxlanebooks.bsky.social

Swings and roundabouts in the UK. The rise of the cashless society has lead to fewer children requiring hospital treatment for swallowed coins www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... But, the kids have less opportunity to swallow money... as more families have none. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Endangered turtle stranded in Wales due to the Mump* administration's cuts to US Fish and Wildlife Service. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... *Musk and Trump. An unsightly lump and a pain in the neck.

"A chair lift" is what keen skier JD Vance calls his erection.

Christmas isn't really over until the last discounted mince pies disappear from the petrol station shops. I'm predicting mid-March.

The only UK news source that tells it how it really is?

Have you been a victim of upper class manspreading?

It's going to make a heartwarming, feelgood movie, when Vivek and Elon find that the government waste they've been looking for, is the friends they've met along the way.