I'm not saying that Labour have a type when it comes to electing leaders, but Andy Burnham does look suspiciously like Kier Starmer bought some Just For Men and let his eyebrows grow out. Is this a Clark Kent situation?

Things like this are the reason we need to continue to fund science and research. Saves lives and reduces the need for expensive and invasive treatments through early detection and as a result also saves money. WIN WIN WIN. Amazing work from amazing people. #fundscience #fundresearch

If you missed it last night, you can still see Vix at Edinburgh Fringe. Huge recommend from me. Some incredible petty stories in here I've never heard before and an excellently nerdy presentation. Support Vix, she needs some better velcro!

Of all the shit decisions Amazon MGM Studios make this one hit the hardest. I've waited 15 years for a proper ending to Universe. Teasing us that there would be a new show, and it would give us answers, then taking it all away is the ultimate in dick moves.

This looks incredible but bad timing when half the games industry (including this specific games journalist) is unemployed and skint. 😭

World Cup Final? Boring. Only one final matters to me... @zedaph.com 's Is That Sheep Looking At Me Championship Final!! #Hermitcraft

Thanks to The Odyssey for bringing to the big screen an awesome Helen! I consider this to be compensation for my brother being a big fan of The Young Ones and calling me Helen Back for years as a result.

Can we put Count Binface on the England team next year? Replace the MAGA supporting Trump praising Guy. You won't do worse by the sounds of it.

Calling #Booksky! I need to push myself out of my read all the books I love repeatedly and ignore everything else rut. Looking for some recommendations of contemporary fiction of any genre which you consider a must read.

Sam Neill. Absolute legend. Excellent actor. Never heard a bad word about him from anyone. RIP to a great man. Thanks for your contribution to my core childhood memories of watching Jurassic Park in the cinema aged 10. I was so immersed and terrified I've never ever forgotten it.

I live for the day that the UK celebrates the women's World Cup even half as hard as they celebrate the men's one. Surely, it would be more satisfying since they win things? Although I do enjoy saying The Men's World Cup rather than the world cup. It really upsets a very specific type of man.

Count Binface on Newsnight should teach reporters an important lesson: Never go head-to-head with a political satirist. Re transparency: We know his full name and age. He has published a memoir and has a string of TV credits. Do you know that much about your average political candidate?

Not news to those who have experienced it. Some money saving tips they never consider: Award IP fairly so you don't have to spend as much on reconsiderations and tribunals (which have well over a 90% success rate for claimants) Don't reassess people with lifelong conditions every 3-4 years.

So Farage wants "people versus the establishment". Does he realise that as a multimillionaire privately educated, ex-commodities trader with dubious morals he most closely represents the establishment in this equation? Surely the people only got representation when Count Binface stepped up.

The people of a very specific town in the UK are about to be handed the opportunity to do something absolutely legendary. I truly hope common sense prevails, and certain arrogant assholes are shown EXACTLY what the majority of the public thinks of them.

The games industry is broken. Thousands and thousands of people making games, as well as PR and journalists writing about them, have been let go in the last 2 years. There's one common denominator in most cases. A multi-millionaire at the top of the chain valuing investor profit over anything else.

More waiting room playlists should include The Wonder Stuff

When's the last time you bought a physical PC game? Or bought a physical disc, installed the game and DIDN'T need to also download something to make it work? Very few games on physical media are actually playable without an online update/component. Discs are an illusion of permanent ownership.

As we reach the end of June please remember: Queers are for life, not just for Pride. 🏳️‍🌈 The LGBTQIA+ community needs allies year round, especially our trans friends who are facing a lot right now.

Ahem. Hello. Excuse us. OI!!! You’re all invited to the virtual world premiere of the first ever (audio) sitcom by and for autistic people (poor things). All the info is here - make sure you’re signed up to our Patreon (free counts) to attend!

This translates as 'Trump is doing Watergate (and worse) every day and no one seems to care. I can't believe Nixon got in so much trouble for it.' Do they even hear themselves? I can't wait until we get to the ''Find Out'' part of what is going on in the world right now.

When I am told Windows 10 won't have any more updates I expect no more updates. Not no more updates except for one which makes Ctrl + Shift + C bring up some co-pilot AI bullshit, even if you are fullscreen in a programme or game. How very dare you trying to stop me cheating in The Sims 4.

I hope that Scottish football fans leave a legacy in the US and pass on their hope against all the odds, unwavering enthusiasm, and creative match chants. I don't recommend trying to match their alcohol tolerance though.

This is why we need to fund scientific research always.

All I want from a new Prime Minister is for them to give trans kids their healthcare back. Bonus if you restore the disability benefits Starmer cut that was barely acknowledged by the media.

Can we just let Larry the Cat have a go at being Prime Minister next? I'm sure he's picked up a lot of vital information over the years, and he's 19 now so he's legally an adult. That's how it works, right?

Does Starmer know that technically under 13's can't have a social media account anyway and this has never ever stopped them? VPNs exist, and they don't need ID for anything. Education is key, alongside provision of places for teenagers to go where they can socialise safely.

The gaming industry and entertainment in general would be a much better place to if the huge companies who habitually purchase small ones let them continue to do what they do best, just with a financial safety net. Instead, they adopt micromanagement by inexperienced managers then mass layoffs.

So are we taking bets on if England fans are going to get thrown out of games and/or the country for a trump is a wanker chants?

I have never seen the UK so unbothered about a World Cup before. It's giving me 2020 vibes, when we all just decided special occasions didn't count that year and wrote the whole thing off.

Somewhere I hear the faint sound of some ex colleagues exploding with excitement after the KH4 trailer reveal.

I have been writing randomly in recent months. We are talking short stories, opinion pieces, blog posts, outlines of projects, sections of a memoir. It seems that 8 years in games journalism has given me a weird and useless superpower. Everything comes out at 1000 words, give or take 10%.

I have been absolutely won over by the adaptation of Dame Jilly Cooper's Rivals. It started off as affairs, backstabbing, rivalry, and general chaos, and it's become something so much deeper exploring love, power, sexuality, and betrayal. Incredibly well written and well acted.

I love this assumption that ND people get a diagnosis to "get drugs". How bold of you to assume that a) an autism diagnosis gets you any drugs you'd not have access to otherwise and b) that any of us remember to take medication.

How did I end up with 5 ball pythons, 5 corn snakes, a mexican black snake, a pacific house gecko, a leopard gecko, a crested gecko, a blue-tongued skink, 2 cats (generic black void type) and a puppy (Lagotto)? The latest addition is madagascan cockroaches (massive but docile). We are a zoo.

This article talks as if the cause isn't clear. The cost of living has drastically increased in recent years and wages have not. Many households are struggling to afford to pay for necessities such as rent, food, and utilities. We have nothing left to save. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

When you get a job offer... which is paying $4 an article. That's now the fourth job offer I've had. All are advertised as paid work but all of them have been less than $11 an article. It's truly a race to the bottom in games journalism right now.

In the early 20th-century Hat Pins were regulated after women used them as weapons. We've been defending ourselves for centuries and the problem has always been the same. Predators and abusers. Call out and prosecute the offences and offenders, whoever they are. THAT's how we stop abuse.

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I'm certain I've shared public bathrooms with many trans people over the years. I couldn't describe any specific incident though since I just go to the bathroom, use the toilet, wash my hands and leave. I don't play a game of guess the gender or start asking strangers about their genitals.

If Bluesky is an echo chamber is the door open or closed? bsky.app/profile/pete...

I hate watching talented writers who give their all while overworked and underpaid get screwed over again and again. It's a sign that journalism in all areas is broken. Profit for the top end while the ones who do all the work get shafted with NDAs, unfair contracts and disrespect.

Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered. Free On Epic. BRB going to spend 6 hours doing an assault course in Lara's garden before locking the butler in the pantry.

When did everyone in tech get together and decide that we need an "Ai Companion" to write emails, summarise notes, gain access to information of dubious accuracy, and all manner of other things we've been doing for years just fine? Does no one remember this bastard? AI feels like Clippy on speed.

I'd suck so badly at this but it looks incredible.

In good news I found my license. In bad news we still have a local council that will now be 35% less efficient.

I lost my drivers license when I went to vote (did at least manage to vote) and all I got was a lousy Reform-heavy result. Ashamed of our country right now. How are people looking at the US and going "wow, we want some of that ICE style action run by Trumps fanboy over here"?

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That camera footage appears to show two armed guards jump out of the way of a man running fast. Several more were close by doing nothing. He shouldn't have been able to even get to the room, let alone in it. Tr*mp doesn't need a 'secure ballroom' he needs security who actually want him to stay alive