Before and after virtual bike race.

morning

This is the shortlist for the BBC's World Sport Personality of the Year. Once again, they have failed to put Tadej Pogačar 🇸🇮 on the list! How dominant does he have to be? I know they see cycling a valid because G, Cav, Hoy, Pendleton, the Kennys, Wiggins etc have received awards or recognition.

Coffee time

Dolce et Gabanna est pro patria mori

32 inch waist jeans are still way too big for me it's reassuring to know

1825: the sun never sets on the British Empire 2025: without these tiny plastic soldiers our economy collapses

Did we give the league a 5 week headstart just to keep it interesting?

Thank you @samreich.bsky.social

wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics

What a moment for Ollie Watkins to remember how to score goals. Better second half please!

The artist i listen to when I'm sad was my top artist this year

Maybe Loop earbuds shouldn't be advertising themselves as "ideal for your friend with adhd"

If I as much speak...

The War on Christmas won't end until Christmas gives up its illegal occupation of November.

I have no photos of me out doing things from November

Norris' year has been the most frustrating championship campaign I've ever seen

Mclaren strategists have handed this to Verstappen no?

I've come away from the dentist and hygienist with not even a minor nitpick or suggested improvement. Certified, canonically excellent teeth

Come on now @nytimes.com you've not made my subscription better, you've just made the free experience worse

if you want to actually push left-wing policies and build power you need deliver change to voters. if you're purely concerned with messaging to a handful of brain damaged twitter leftists you will never actually improve people's lives.

Aaah I do love living in Manchester actually

Far too many Christmas decorations make noise

In one hour I'm kicking off my first TTRPG campaign... as the GM. Sometimes you've gotta just take a chance and do something for yourself

I said "give me a tasting menu of dice"

Death to tiktok/reels "sketch comedy" which is actually just lazy national stereotypes

I have spent today taking people through character creation for a ttrpg game I'm running and then playing a game of 40k and i am putting myself on vocal rest for the remainder of the weekend

New PB on the Friday crossword let's goooooo

Huge scoop from Ed, who had several years of financial reports leaked to him. OpenAI has been over-reporting their revenue. The company is even less profitable than we knew.

This whole Streeting vs Starmer story is such a Westminster bubble inanity from a bored media class that has gotten addicted to toppling governments and abdicated any responsibility for what they're actually meant to be doing in a healthy society

For the first time in 10 years I no longer have a triathlon coach. Chosen to take a break and see if I can finally take some mental pressure off myself

Another one for fuck's sake

The "bee merry" sign on deansgate needs to be shot down

It's just such a transparent con. But then again, what isn't?

GEN Z START TURNING 30 NEXT YEAR

Yer cats terrified, that'll show the papists

This is the most English cover I've ever seen outside England

On another of those calls where a true believer within the company attempts to sell AI to the rest of us

Reminder to let my take your bike apart, i know what I'm doing

I guess friendly reminder needed that November exists and under no circumstances is it Christmas yet

Unacceptable that footpig and feetpig aren't legitimate words according to the New York Times

Literally everyone is dressing as pop culture references and I've mistakenly dressed scary again

You know what is really scary? How unseasonally mild it is

Sad to say i am going to ignore that half the cast are cancelled cos the new trailer for stranger things looks GOOD

Edinburgh tram is so soy and beta and stuck in traffic compared to Manchester bee network barge you out the way trams that Fuck

Damned if I'm missing the train to Edinburgh again. Currently likely to be at picadilly 40 minutes early this time

Lou Wilson the man you are

FIA = ferrari improvement association