I've never actually seen this clip - I just know it as a meme. My goodness, it's... special.

Looking at the Hay Festival event "How the light gets in" because David Starkey is down to speak and, my goodness, there are some absolute whoppers on the bill.

What I don't get about this is where the upside is for Tr*mp. In all his other decison-making, his political or personal gain is pretty clear. But RFK jr's lunacy is really not mainstream - where's his MAGA uplift when more people die?

from the top rope

Tonight, fish curry 💪

Me, looking at the US constitution, January 2026.

Coursera is getting a bit weird. Fuck off, I am paying for this. (Okay, I'm not - it's a free trial, but the point still stands.)

Also, I have been spending enough time on LinkedIn now to pick up new BizSpeak. Apparently nowadays you are not a 'part-time' worker - you are 'fractional'. This is mainly for the vanity of senior people who now head up lots of different things.

Was reminded of office dogs today - something I've missed since losing an office. And one thing I was not prepared for was the number of 'office dogs' at Sandhurst; single NCOs living on site, in need of companionship. They seem to have the run of the place too... (pics courtesy of BingoHandjob Jr.)

This looks like one of those fake Viz ads but, no, it's real.

how is it that this weirdo managed to get worse while we weren't looking. mathematically, how is that possible. his takes were always catastrophic. but they weren't this

"Terrible little boy… One of the worst in fact…"

Kind of niche, but... FYI, if you use Hootsuite, they've just won a $2.8m contract to help ICE recruitment, if you need a reason to look for a new provider: betakit.com/hootsuite-dh...

Improve a movie title by adding "With Big Naturals" Little Women With Big Naturals

Go home, Instagram, you're drunk.

Introduce yourself with 5 facts. 1. Bottles 2. Cans 3. Clap your hands 4. Two turntables 5. A microphone

Every time my TL suddenly turns into incomprehensible randomness, I know it must mean Traitors is on TV. I'm now completely thrown by live, real-time event TV on social media, like it's 2012 again.

Not the point really, but I think it's funny that all Kafkaesque means to some people is 'when something sucks.'

Also, an absolutely filthy Croque Madam for lunch, because why not? #EggClub 🍳

One nice thing about unemployment is that I have the bandwidth to cook more from scratch, instead of just at weekends. Tonight, sweet & sour tofu - my daughter has converted me to the merits of bean curd.

TACO...

Next time 'cuisine wars' break out on BlueSky with the USA, if you want to deploy the nuclear option, direct them towards the Chefclub Network, a Facebook account that, mercifully, has not landed here. A quick search will give you a flavour, so to speak...

New email - trying to work out if they're blaming me.

Helped out a hack on a piece about employer branding last week and got quoted with a byline in the HR press, so I'm expecting to be able to start a new career as an influencer by the end of the week...

I'm not watching, obviously, but thank goodness we've been spared Joe Biden's cognitive decline, otherwise things might be looking bad.

Say what you will about Hitler, at least he knew which countries he was invading.

Thanks, but I'll go with someone who's not going to make me do a base 7 calculation before I can assess what I'm buying.

was briefly so excited reading this until I realised he meant Davos

It's easy to laugh at AI slop & talk about the Bubble because it protects us from having to engage with the reality of what's possible. Don't get me wrong: there IS a bubble & it WILL burst & it's just a matter of who picks up the bill. But the technology it leaves behind is staggering in many ways.

The founders of Kinso, an AI message management tool, look like they were designed by a generative AI.

Me, seeing the Beckham drama spilling onto BlueSky.

‘I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace’

I have to admire the confidence of people who get three weeks into the year and allow themselves to believe "this will be my worst Monday."

I think everyone is overlooking the obvious solution here: give Trump a gold embossed and framed certificate, 3' x 2', to hang in the Oval Office that says: "Owner of Greenland" and we can just all carry on.

So, if you ever wondered why people who understand surveillance are salty about video cameras on doorbells... It's only a matter of time before they get co-opted into mass surveillance. And if the regime you live under changes that's you spying on your neighbours.

Just wait for the fun when Donald's best mate Javier Milei whispers in his ear about the Falkland Islands...

Donald Tr*mp is not so much a President as a one-man stress test of The Constitution. And every single time it's found wanting: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 25th... and maybe 22nd amendments.

Looking forward to this being the point at which the lesser-known 3rd Amendment finally gets its day in the supreme court: the right to not have soldiers billeted at your house outside of war time.

Looking forward to the howls from self-described Libertarians when they discover how private enterprise can work.

Rossindale's Wikipedia pages hitting all the right notes for Reform...

What the actual fuck? #VisitColchester

Imagine buying your bone broth one carton at a time, like an ABSOLUTE IDIOT.

Peterborough Services proudly boast their loos are PLATINUM RATED according to... someone or other. But props to them, they are good and THIS is what we need from our loo roll holder: a flat surface for your phone.

This victory lap Zack and supporters are doing would be earned if he’d been derided for saying the US should be kicked out of NATO, but what he was actually derided for was calling for the UK to leave NATO

It occurred to me that obvious thing Trump could do next is to charge Europe for the Gulf Stream. Typical freeloading Europeans, warming their continent with our water/air while America freezes.

There you go, Arsenal, you're welcome. Fuck off, citeh.

This still makes me lol:

*all British journalists panic*