The U.S. being allowed to host the World Cup is proof positive that FIFA is all about revenue, and not in the slightest interested in the sport or the fans.

The Americans are developing weird American narratives around the World Cup glorifying how nice of hosts they are and different from their government they are but you are currently hosting concentration camps alongside football matches, friends.

I don't want to hear another word about how much white European visitors are enjoying ranch dressing while team officials, Africa's top referee, and now one of the world's most celebrated fans are turned away from the World Cup. The USA is an utterly unfit host — it's as simple as that

Tijuana 4:00 am last night :the Iranian Soccer team arrives. This is the most shameful #WarCup in history. They have had no recovery after matches, immediate flights to the airport,management/logistics staff denied visas. Shame on America. Shame on FIFA #WorldCup2026

One of the lessons of the last two years is that Labour urgently needs to stop being afraid of its own shadow. Burnham should appoint whoever he thinks would be the best Chancellor and throw his authority behind them. The Daily Mail will try to kill them anyway. So just govern.

Was out with work folk In Brum last night. Hotel is hotter than a hot thing in hotville. No (functional) Aircon anywhere. It's a budget hotel, but it's more like a budget oven. Worst nights sleep ever and now I have a day at work. Maybe I should have slept in the car. At least that has Aircon.

I'm confident nobody will share this.

This mini thread ... Your Reform vote at work on the critical things that make life difficult.

How long before there is some dirty secret going live on social media about Andy Burnham. Did he break a covid rule, or not pay a bill, maybe he did he disliked next doors cat. Which of our right wing press will break it first to discredit him?

It's like an episode of The Birds in our garden ...

Judges not reflective of the population 90% white 65% men By definition a university education...justice decided by a certain sector of society” Surely there is a risk of unconscious bias by removing jury trials? @peterstefanovic.bsky.social thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2026/05/17/v...

It's time to stop this. Israel is out of control and it needs to be stopped. Stop providing it with arms. Threaten it with sanctions or worse. Bring the genocide in Gaza and Lebanon to an end or step aside for someone who will.

This. Absolutely 100% this 👇

“We can’t live a full dignified life — with the ability to question authority, have different relationships with people, test ideas [and] blow off steam — if we don’t have private communication.”

Lots of colour in the garden, but my legs remain very white... Down below 100kgs for the first time in 14 years

Yesterday, I saw a meme about UC recipients. I always check. Not all its info was right. But this is: In Febr 2026, 83.6% of UC claimants were British or Irish citizens, 1.6% were refugees. 76.2% of claimants with known ethnicity were White. That's a poverty problem, not an immigration problem.

Never a truer word said in jest

There are occasions when I'd like to read rticles that are paywalled. Not all are accessible through the bypasses I used t be able to buy WSJ today, NYT tomorrow and The Times on Monday, the total cost would be less than a single sub to one of them I really wish these journals would reconsider.

Dinner.

Already posted something similar on the other site, but I would be very interested to hear good and bad experience using Qualys VMDR and asset management. We are being very well courted by Qualys and it looks very good on the surface, I'd love to know what under the hood Can Chat privately.

That fentanyl is good stuff! Home to food in an hour

Any one fancy going back to IRC?

Our statement on the UK gov't's demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the UK be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification & content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all. signal.org/blog/pdfs/20...

Democrats eh! What a bunch of losers, building the economy, balancing the budget, having surplus to spend, fastest economic growth in history. Useless bunch of fools. Make America Great again!

RIP #RikMayall 😢 it is 12 years ago today since we lost the #PeoplesPoet 😢😢 xx

I have a Linux based question, Ive configured key based auth for all my Linux VMs and added aliases to the ssh config file. But I still have to type a password to sudo… Is there a better way? Is there a password less way that isn’t “don’t authenticate” #Linux #SSH #sudo

The Nod Father

I really wish there were the same advertising standards for the games on the #Apple App Store as there is for stuff in tv. I am really tired of being lied to.

Who on earth are they talking about? 👀

It’s not just deep fakes that mean you cant trust what you see. A reminder not to take anything at face value these days, even your “trusted” news feeds.

TfL closing the Northern Line without notice want what I needed after a day walking at #Infosec. TfL staff telling us it was a ten minute walk to Euston didn't help either. #KneesHurtALot

Off to infosec 2026 If you are there today and have time to say hi, please do. Hope to catch some of you there.

It is a little bizarre, but I am astonished at how difficult it is to find a UK based technical PM that speaks fluent Spanish

This is a really sad indictment of the USA.

If they don't attend, they shouldn't get paid. If they don't attend fir weeks on end it should trigger a by-election

I have enjoyed setting this up. Enjoyed watching the API costs as the day has passed. Need to try and link Claude code agaun to use the pro sub. It has two simple tasks now. One needs the API one is simple bash. Let’s see how it performs. Instructing your own wizard via signal is fun though.

I am playing with Hermes from @nousresearch.com I thought I'd lay out who is boss. Merlin did eventually betray Arthur so we'll see how this pans out... Clause suggested we name the host Camelot so I am arthur@camelot This could be fun or it could be the end of me!

I read a lot about how AI is just stealing work and anyone using LLM is supporting that theft. And then I try to go to a normal web search and find every article behind a paywall I can't afford subs to every journal out there. Almost every post I've read this morning has linked a pay to view site

Say hello to Jack. The (not so little) fecker keeps bringing his family and emptying the bird feeders before anyone else gets a look see.

Would you take him at Stoke next season?

Starmer, for me, is an enigma. A contradiction On the one hand, the economy improves, NHS improves, inflation is down On the other he is ravaging civil rights and liberties with Digital ID and no jury trials I really don't know where to go politically from here, but this isn't the path I expected

Israel has killed nine paramedics in just 72 hours in southern Lebanon and it’s business as usual. Now imagine the outrage if that was nine Israeli paramedics. The entire world would be screaming and condemning it as terrorism.

My first and only experience in Switzerland was when I rode there from Evian, stopped by the famous "Champions Fountain" or le jet d'eau. I stopped and bought a coffee only to fiscover they weren't using Euro ... I've never been back.

Repost with the Russian agent that spies on your posts (technically not Russian but Russian adjacent)

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

When folk at work ask what I'm doing at the weekend and I say "I'll be in the garden" We've been visited by sparrows, blue tits, Jack daws and a thrush as well as butterflies, mayflies and bees. Such beauty, such peace, such a disconnect from a world that rages around us

Net migration fell to 171,000 in 2025, down from 331,000 in 2024 and a peak of 994,000. Whatever you do, don't tell my gullible supporters this, because my whole schtick depends on them believing they are being invaded by ever-increasing hordes.

I was referred to an @england.nhs.uk hospital colorectal team with positive markers including abdominal pain They found a polyp, removed polyp, I waited six months for a follow up to explain the pain was worse and yesterday, the doctor told me it wasn’t his problem and I should live with the pain