If the opportunity arises I'm absolutely gonna throw the grenade of should the pope ordain trans men into the no holds bared debate arena that is coffee with my TERF-y catholic aunts tomorrow morning.

Entering the War on Christmas on the side of my Catholic dad doesn't put the damn tree up until a week before Christmas and he's damn right to do so. (you do you ofc, but like the actual conservative position on the Christmas should be that it's too commercial and stats too early)

Odd how the same people who demand migrants immigrate are the same ones who think they should have to wait longer to become citizens. Almost like the entire thing is merely and exercise in callously expressing dominance of a group deemed to be 'inferior'.

I'd be really interested in how the polling for the specific question: "Should Starmer continue as PM or be replaced?" would play out. I have this feeling that whilst he is very unpopular there isn't actually a great appetite to replace him.

Caught in the act.

I do think that peak Star Trek is TNG Season 6. There's lots of other good Star Trek but for me there's parts of TNG where it's just the best serialised Science Fiction of all time. Just the perfect blend of sincere, camp and introspective.

Rule of law conservatives have lost any and all credibility, their system is nothing but a racket to protect the privileges and excess of wealthy elites and to beat upon us for expressions of solidarity and resistance. There is no justice for the working classes but revolutionary justice. 🏴

You there, peasant! Bring me some food.

There are two great tragedies when you're self employed: Too much work and not enough work. Also people just no paying you after you've done the work.

I just enjoy looking at him 😊🐢💚

It looks like China's per capital CO2 equivalent emissions are peaking at ~7-8 tons per person per annum. The USA's are currently ~14 and peaked at ~21 in the early 2000s. The UK is at 5 and Germany is at 8 The global average is 4.8.

Man, I miss the times when there were no credible accusations that the 'leader of the free world' [sic] was a nonce.

Behold TALL BEVERLEY!

Magnets - Causing the consternation of conservatives since at least the C11th.

Tortoise on a bed of lettuce. 🐢💚

Headache 😧

I reckon that there's a Non-zero chance this ends up with Trump banning (or at least trying to ban) the BBC in America. Like all of the BBC.

Please take a moment to appreciate this very, very small water sausage!

Most people in the country seem to accept that the majority of Britain's are caused by Thatcherism and Brexit so obviously the odds on favourite to be our next PM will be the Thatcherite arch-architect of Brexit. 🤷‍♂️

One problem with American culture is that because they use the word 'militia' to mean army reservist they don't have a precise word for when a political leader starts to actually form a paramilitary group with personal loyalty to the leader.

"Fight Fascism" Poster seen in Gainesville, Florida

Antics! 🐢💚

Call me a radical communist but if someone is 'paid' one trillion dollars they should have to pay like $850bn+ in tax.

Anyone played EUV yet? Is it worth buying at full price or should I wait for a sale?

Guess who was just practising being upside down again. 🐢💚🔃

With three episodes left of Star Trek Voyager the writers decided that one of the most important unresolved plot point was Neelix gets to fuck (which I guess *is* in the greatest traditions of the franchise)

You’ve all been very good this week, please have a crab.

That sky investigation into Musk's X's influence into British politics is decent (rare sky news win) but I do have concerns about a methodology that sees these two posts as equivalent examples of political extremism:

Part of the reason that people don't take the climate crisis as seriously as they should is that Western Media just doesn't report prominently when 100s of people in the Philippines die as the result of a Typhoon.

My dad asked: Do you think there's more fireworks than usual this year? I replied (paraphrased): Yeah. As a society we're increasingly atomised and radiclised in every direction. The social fabric, all basic respect and decency is disintegrating before our very eyes, dad. He was like: Fair.

The tomfoolery continues. 🐢💚

Tortoise just made a bid for freedom (climbed out of the tank) He seems to be fine. 🐢😊

Having accidentally let a dog out of a block of flats this morning I obviously used the Shaggy defence and denied all involvement. (Letting the dog out is a true story, but obviously I helped shepherd it back into the block of flats - it was some sort of Spaniel 🐶)

I say this every year, but it's pretty weird that we (the UK) basically have an off the books national: Hurrah for that time we killed all the Catholics holiday and nobody bats an eyelid.

Tortoise! 🐢💚

I'm solidly of the opinion that believing in Karma, that medicine must taste bad to be good for you and that trying to solve climate change will make your standard of living lower are complimentary delusions driven by a deeper belief in a sense of cosmic balance that just doesn't exist.

Shenanigans™ have been observed. 🐢💚

The one feature I miss from old Twitter is polls. I can't survey my followers to find out they are being sufficiently Tortoise'd. 🐢🔼🔽?

He really could sleep anywhere. 🐢😴💚

Might make a generative Trump foreign affairs bingo on GitHub: This week Trump is proposing to [] the nation of [] because of []

One flaw in Voyager and DS9, imo that goes under discussed by Trek critics is that both Voyager and DS9 are much more Americanised than TNG. I dunno if this was deliberate 'studio meddling' at the time or just unconscious bias of the different writing staffs.

how your email finds me

Tortoise loves to observe what's going on outside his tank. 👀🐢

I reckon there's a non-zero chance someone tries to off Andrew. Not in like a conspiracy way, just an angry as fuck nobody who thinks (alleged) nonces shouldn't get a 6 figure payout and a yearly stipend from the King.

ATTT (All Terrain Tactical Tortoise)

Standing up to Woke (leaving the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty)

I've been on the Idris Elba for James Bond train since he starred in Luther in like 2010 but I had a revelation today:

My most precise political position is that personal income tax bands should be replaced with a sliding scale determined by percentile breakdown that looks something like this, tax systems are so incredibly analogue for the digital age:

Went to see my mam perform on Tuesday night, she part of the backing chorus for a band performing classic soul songs. There were 6 saxophone solos.

I just love this little guy. 🐢💚