I'm sorry but it's very funny to me that the legislature of a G7/P5 country of 70 million is currently drafting the "Fuck This One Guy in Particular Act of 2026." Also, imagine tolerating a system of privilege so entrenched you need to rewrite centuries-old rules just to get at one douchebag.

"The smallest worm will turn being trodden on, And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood." (Henry VI Part 3 A2S2) #ShakespeareSunday 🎭

Catherine O'Hara? Are you fucking kidding me? Fuck this year.

What a decade this month has been. I'm sure February will be normal

"And now on STV, a party political broadcast on behalf of Reform UK." Pretty sure I just broke the land speed record rushing to switch the telly off.

WASPI women claim thrown out again. In 30 years when most of the women are dead, someone will decide it was the wrong decision.

If you need to feel that there's even a tiny shred of soul left in your body, go and watch this. It's exquisite.

"And I will luve thee still, my Dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry." #HappyBurnsNight 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

"His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last, For violent fires soon burn out themselves... He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes. With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder: Light vanity, insatiate cormorant, Consuming means, soon preys upon itself." (Richard II A2S1) #ShakespeareSunday 🎭

It is getting harder to see it these days, but I always hold on to this quote from Samwise in LOTR: "There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for."

OK, who are you, and what have you done with the real West Ham United? #COYI ⚒️

Astonishing anamorphic portrait of Nikola Tesla (the good Tesla) constructed from electrical appliances, which was on display in the Illusion Art Museum in Prague, Czechia. by Patrik Proško, more of his work here: www.prosko.cz

457 British Troops died in Afghanistan. 159 Canadians. 90 French. 62 Germans. 53 Italians. 43 Danish. Over 300 from other Nations (non US)

457 British troops. You evil, senile bastard.

Is it still 2026

I am officially in my "watching World Indoor Championship Bowls on the telly" era.

"Sir, he hath never fed of the dainties that are bred in a book; he hath not eat paper, as it were; he hath not drunk ink: his intellect is not replenished; he is only an animal, only sensible in the duller parts." (Love's Labour's Lost, Act 4 Scene 2) #ShakespeareSunday 🎭

That'll do, Pig. That'll do. #TOTvWHU #COYI ⚒️

Timeline cleanser. This might be one of the greatest things I've ever read on the internet. 1/2

Sick and tired of British politicians and this whole circus. We’re on the cusp of some pretty grim years and no one seems to care about improving people’s lives or making the country more resilient or developing serious alliances with our neighbours.

Tell me you know nothing about Star Trek without telling me you know nothing about Star Trek www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

First leukaemia patient to receive pioneering treatment on NHS says it is 'very sci-fi.' 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Today in “Dudes Rock”: A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.

Nice.

Anyone who wants to mount their high horse and gallop around proclaiming that their leaving Twitter risks it becoming an echo chamber for racists, misogynists and paedophiles, should be invited to cite examples of where their posts resulted in people renouncing their racism, misogyny or paedophilia.

The greatest FA Cup shock upset of all time. Well done, Macclesfield FC. #FACup 🏆 www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Word!

I will never understand why the TV news channels insist on sending their reporters out in storms, especially when the Met Office have issued red "danger to life" warnings. We get it - it's dangerous out there - so why send those poor sods out in it? #StormGoretti

A friend of mine's elderly dog took a new chew bone, walked to his kennel, and passed away shortly afterward. I'm brokenhearted for them, but sixteen years for a big dog is quite an extraordinary life. And he died, happy and warm in his den, with a snack under his chin. May we all be so lucky.

THERE'S A DOG ON OUR PLANE AND HE'S A GOOD BOY!!

"Now, my fair'st friend, I would I had some flowers o' the spring that might Become your time of day." (The Winter's Tale, A4S4) #ShakespeareSunday 🎭

"What a year, huh?" "Lemon, it's January 3rd."

*taps the sign* #COYI ⚒️

Day 3 of 2026. Mood:

Just over a week ago we were being bombarded with Christmas food adverts on the telly. Today, I've seen about a dozen adverts basically telling us we're all fat gits who've over-indulged and need to join a gym. Make up your piggin' mind!

Heading into 2026 like...

Waiting for 2026 like...

I love detective thrillers and mysteries, and I've read and watched a lot of them this year. But I've lost count of how many involve a woman or young girl being kidnapped / assaulted / r@ped / murdered / all of the above. It feels lazy now, and I'm fed up with us being victims for the plot.

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image or a gif.

Another health breakthrough. (h/t Gav)

"Well, if I be served such another trick, I’ll have my brains ta’en out and buttered, and give them to a dog for a New Year’s gift." (TMWoW, Act 3 Sc.5) #ShakespeareSunday 🎭

How I’m walking out of 2025.

I have posted this before or I haven't.

Watching the OG Clash of the Titans (1981). Ray Harryhausen remains one of my great creative heroes.

It’s never not a good time to crack out this absolute Christmas tune

This year we launched "My Scotland" and it was brilliant reading the stories and connections folk have with Scotland. Enjoy!

Merry Christmas, Bluesky chums. Wishing you love, joy and peace. #MerryChristmas 🌟