Okay I was wrong there are Two problems with Mastodon

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

Me: "If I take a small cup for the shells, it will limit the amount of pistachios I can eat during Taskmaster." Also me:

As long as I live it will still take me 10 seconds staring at my phone before I'm able to work out stories like this.

Robert Jenrick puts cream in a carbonara sauce.

1.95bn were the CEO shouting "WAFFLES" at anyone asking her a question.

This article about Alex Leger, producer of those Blue Peter 1970s stunts, is sensational. “When I started, there were simply no hazard assessment forms, I don’t recall any formal safety training either, apart from common sense.” COMMON SENSE? H/t @redwellyfeats.bsky.social lady.co.uk/risk-assessm...

Goats encounters: Saturday & Tuesday. The circle of life...

Very good article on how Bluesky has inevitably speedrun Twitter 2

The best friends to hace are the one who have spare kg bags of pistachios to give away... 🤷‍♂️

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“I left my wife, Nicole Kidman, because I was sick of her, Nicole Kidman, needing me to have sex with her, Nicole Kidman” do you hear yourself man

Maybe the answer to political apathy, trust, and populism is for everyone to be a local councillor for a few weeks.

"Gary Sambrook eats big dinners."

Ooh, I wonder who's on at Charter Hall, Colchester's leading concert venue- Oh.

Lovely round poacher on sunflower seed bread and red pesto, in the autumn sun. #EggClub 🍳

Lots of love after the passing of Jane Goodall, so let's remember today the treasure that is Julie Andrews who is very much alive, celebrating her 90th birthday ❤️

Call me a prude if you want to, but I do think it's really weird to use your conference speech to list your favourite wanking euphemisms

That thing that always happens has happened again

This film title has different, warmer connotations in Lancashire: ‘Eeee, have you seen that machine? It’s smashing.’

Apparently the three platoon names at Sandhurst for Officer Cadets are Ypres, Gallipoli and Somme which seem... badly named for the British Army 🤔

Country Park volunteering day today, lads. 👍

I've been a bit museli-tastic these last few months, but a full day of volunteering in the Country Park merits a proper #EggClub poached egg 🍳

At last, some good news.

I guess that means there IS a bottom... at least when the press is around

"It is the belief of this Labour government that it would be better if you or your loved ones did not exist. Can we rely on your vote?"

New bio update.

This has brought to mind a thread Paul Embery did years ago about how damaging it was for kids to grow up in one-parent households, where it simply didn't occur to him that people in that category might be reading at all, let alone that he might be actively insulting prominent figures in Westminster

Not really the point, but twitter/X is only the 'main platform for political discourse' because people insist on staying there. If it's really such a poor barometer, what exactly is the BBC's justification for being on there still and not on BlueSky?

Just seen a report on AI developments in the field of recruitment with the following quote for the ages: “the narrative is advancing much faster than real-world delivery”.

The Banter Heuristic says that a Reform govt will strip me of my dual citizenship at the same time Trump does the same in the USA, focring me to live on Rockall.

This. Absolutely this. Does my nut in.

*Sighs, taps sign*

It’s happened. I’m ‘getting press releases I can’t understand’ years old.

On a train and the bloke in the seat behind me has just sprayed himself generously with deodorant under his shirt, so of course I'm choking in Lynx. Is this normal behaviour?

Where's the lie?

This pair look like the villains in a movie where the hero is a dog.

MAYOR: Did you do that sculpture solemnly honouring our civil war dead SCULPTOR: Sure thing boss, real sexy just like you asked MAYOR: What

Taking a huge chance of no rain in late September on London with Converse. Will my hubris be punished?

Going into the office TWO DAYS IN A ROW LIKE A GODDAMNED HERO. Leaving my bag in the office overnight feels like I've forgotten a limb. How quickly we forget.

M&S sausage rolls are so good they were recognised in the New Year's honours list.

Can't believe I have a four hour meeting with McDonald's today & they're not even bringing lunch.

All the Rapture jokes have completely drowned out the original source. I was offline yesterday - whose rapture is this? They're getting a heck of a lot of PR.

DISNEY: "OK, we are putting Jimmy Kimmel back on the air. You can resubscribe now." ME: "I unsubscribed because you immorally bowed to fascism. I'm not going to resubscribe because you immorally bowed to finances."

In a waiting room, intrigued to find this is still going. A staple in my grandma's house back in the day.

A grease-stained Greggs paper bag.