One tenth of a year since I last smoked a ciggie. Which is nice.

Declan Rice has monstered the midfield in this match. Unbelievable performance. #arsenal

Is leaking the whole budget taking rolling the pitch a bit far?

Celebrating my birthday with a terribly poured pint of Guinness

Very much missing the traditional exchange of birthday wishes today with the big man, James Turner KC. Fondly remembered and sadly missed.

Copilot is a LLM. And like all the other LLMs it hallucinates and generalises. But yeah - plug it into my confidential document management system so it can turn it into slop.

Oh Mani. Half of the best rhythm section of the last 5 decades. 😢 youtu.be/a35VDvuDiz0?...

If you’re having a Great Gatsby-themed party, you’ve never read the book.

Day 8 of not being a smoker (after 40 years of smoking heavily). No longer feeling like I’ve completely lost my mind. So that’s nice.

The glaring omission of Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris from this list tells you everything you need to know about how useless it is.

She's using it wrong

You have the luxury of your professional status and a remote living location to be unlikely to come across them frequently, if at all. But their animated ignorance and where it may tend concerns me a lot

Sesko’s player rating is a bit high, to be fair

Look, you can't expect Anorim to be able to beat Grimsby Town without the right players to fit in a 3-4-3.

The Grimsby keeper post-match: "I'm a United fan so I'm half fuming!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

So. I reckon we have enough of us to make this a thing. And if not, there are worse ways for me to spend my Bank Holiday Monday evening than tweeting into a void while watching the World’s Greatest Legal Movie. Monday 25th August 2025. 8pm. My Cousin Vinnie, #LegalLiveTweet Who’s in?

"...everything is going to be alright" Conflict, balance and resolution in law and policy New, by me: Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/everything... Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/08/ever...

Mexican beetle appreciation

Oval Office has been prepared for the meeting Honestly, as a pool reporter, I’d show up dressed as Marie Antoinette

TBF, if this was your day job you did well Ronnie Rondell Jr.

Terence Stamp - great actor & co-muse. youtu.be/N_MqfF0WBsU?...

Off on our holidays tomorrow. Lots of this, hopefully. youtu.be/bN4H4r7AaIQ?...

In a world of instant gratification, particularly when it comes to sport, the drama of Test cricket is something which must be preserved at all costs. It is everything sport should be, unscripted, unpredictable, unbeatable. #ENGvIND

This, by @barneyronay.bsky.social, brilliantly describes one of the most entertaining cricket series involving the (most entertaining) England team that I can remember watching. Test match cricket really is the greatest sport yet devised by humans. #engvind www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

So. Just back from Latitude with the 11 year old for his first fezzie. Highlight was Public Service Broadcasting. Superb live. Ended with Everest 👌 youtu.be/vhgfzEm3CWU?...

Ozzy Osbourne visited my magic shop. He said he'd like to buy some stink bombs. How many? All of them. I had to go through drawers finding every last one. He bought 900 of them. To sign the credit card slip I handed him a shock pen, which he thought was hilarious and bought that too. RIP

Very sad news about Ozzy Osbourne. A Brummie wild man. The whole 80’s and 90’s monsters of rock stuff passed me by. But boy, were Black Sabbath something else @wildpalmsltd.bsky.social youtu.be/0qanF-91aJo?...

So dense that light bends around her…

Josh VDF robbed there #lions

Chessum and Conan now nailed on for back row. Morgan instead of Curry (hopefully) at 7 #lions

Back in the old stomping ground. Arsenal stadium to the left, 200 yards past Jezza Corbyn’s gaff.

Very much looking forward to this afternoon and evening’s entertainment.

Quite an enjoyable read , only cricisim is the failure to confirm Pete Doherty’s favourite cheese. Comte not primula, I hope

Oh. Brian Jonestown Massacre live at glasto. This could be epic 🤞

Amyl & the Sniffers ripping it up 🙌

Fact is, Kneecap are smart, funny, very, very, talented musicians. Censorship never works. Let them speak, listen to what they have to say and then form your own view. youtu.be/h1J_DVutL-w?...

I suspect the West Holts stage will be absolutely rammed for this set.

Looking forward to seeing how the Irish (and a couple of British) #Lions go this morning…

Self Esteem’s set at Glasto. Oh my.

Just watched a bit of Wet Leg’s set at glasto. Absolutely marvellous.

Well, this is lovely www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

It’s this kind of a day today youtu.be/10rLJjBLQZ8?...

WHoooHooo Summertime!!!! #OutOfOrder Here's my first pick BIGTIME! youtu.be/F1B9Fk_SgI0?...

Sweltering in a pub by the Aldwych, wondering how I’m going to make it to the four summer parties I’m expected to be at tonight 🤷‍♂️

So, @sparksofficial.bsky.social were absolutely superb at the Hammersmith Apollo last night. A favourite amongst many they played was this: youtu.be/8Givls9BUhc?...

Off to see Sparks tomorrow. Excitement levels high and rising higher. youtu.be/P6I6yr7WDeg?...

nuclear holocaust wasn’t exactly the brat girl summer i was hoping for

Yikes

There is only one side in American politics that consistently supports and endorses political violence. People need to stop being afraid to say so.