Woo hoo, George's boat is in the A final. Here we go. Go London!

Watching George online in the time trials at Marlow Regatta. Not a huge amount of info on the YouTube feed but it's still pretty amazing to be able to see so much. Go London!

„A decent man“ … who throws trans people and migrants under the bus because he cannot be bothered doing something or making a political argument. A decent man he is not.

Climate stripes for Reading on this #ShowYourStripes day.

My teacher smoking in class. (1980). Also my Mom sent me to the corner shop on the way to school. I had to buy my teacher two packs of B&H for Christmas. Shop didn't bat an eyelid and sold me the cigs. I was ten. I suppose I was a regular, I'd been buying my Beano there since I was five!

I'm getting way too many Broken Veil coincidences in my life. I finish BV and then read Spufford's Nonesuch to find it stuffed with angels and Paracelsus. Finish that and I start reading The Supernatural Enhancements by Edgar Cantero. What do I find on page 26? EVPs! This is weird.

Starmer 2.0 doesn't sound great. Is it too soon for chaos with Ed Miliband?

Aww, this is bloody lovely 🥰 vm.tiktok.com/ZNR3bKY7p/

I've been assigned to provide technical input over the next few weeks to a client's cross domain migration project. Yesterday I was "presented" with their "vision" over what they wanted me to do. 500 words of LLM bollocks showing their PM has no knowledge of their own business. Sigh.

But Doctor, *I* am the man in the grey suit

It seems a good day to remind people that in the UK 3 times as many people work in Indian restaurants or for McDonalds as in the whole coal and steel industry. 5 times as many are academic staff at universities. If Labour does not understand its electorate, there is no way to appeal to it.

The shame of it is, Berkshire is absolutely stuffed with really good state schools.

A discussion about the social media ban on under 16s. BBC: “You’re gong to have a lot more time to fill. What will you do?” Student: “Stare at a wall.”

i assume banning kids from social media will be accompanied by a huge investment in teen-friendly communtiy spaces (like youth clubs) and social activities? No? Huh.

Well! This was a sobering listen for a Monday morning. Many chickens, all coming home to roost at once. Sounded all too much like my experience in telecommunications, which makes me wonder if there is a more general malaise in UK plc.

Definitely not unsettling. Very bonkers though. I do remember getting the bus to Stafford to buy "Life's Too Good" (in orange) shortly after release. And they were bloody marvellous at Digbeth Irish Centre. Can't believe it is 38 years ago.

Sunday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

It appears my countrymen have arrived in the Americas and culturally appropriated a statue of George Washington.

I was watching the Pitt last night. One patient had mixed alcohol and cocaine and it had sent them psychotic. Something to do with how the liver breaks down the chemicals. Anyway, that would have made for an interesting Bond movie.

Trafalgar Street: “🎶Nazis Stuck in a Tunnel.🎶” #Brighton

Right about now the fascists shudder check it out now

Drok! I wake to find John Wagner has been awarded an MBE “for services to British comic books and the comic book industry”. Hurrah & hurrah again for John Wagner!

I don't post much on here but today, I thought some dots needed joining. So, have a read of this, about the most powerful health, cost of living, growth and health intervention you've never heard of www.linkedin.com/pulse/most-p...

Setting up my group chat on Bsky.

Très bonne journée avec @stationsimone.bsky.social ! 12 juin 1941, naissance de Roy Harper, Grand maitre du folk britannique Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Ian Anderson ou Kate Bush lui doivent (presque) tout! "Another Day" (Live at the ILEA, octobre 1972)

The police in Northern Ireland have called the rioters fascists. Journalists, you are now safe to do the same thing if you haven't been already.

“And now we go over to the Kristallnacht protests”

We are Christopher Isherwood, watching the paramilitaries in the Berlin street below going from house to house carrying out a pogrom before our eyes.

Barney is still having trouble with the new tabby from over the road. This is what we were treated to at half three this morning! The tabby was on the other side of the cat flap having chased Barney through it.

They've also blocked Iranian staff from entering the country (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...) - there's no way the US should be hosting any part of the World Cup. It's not a reliable member of the international community.

Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.

DOCTOR: "So what seems to be the problem?" PATIENT: "Mmhbbhhggr hhruuh engghhuu." DOCTOR: "I'm sorry I can't understand, but don't worry. Great singer Bob Dylan is in town. Go see his show and no matter what ails you, you'll feel better!" PATIENT (sadly): "Ehg ddnghh m'm Bddnnn."

The Price You Pay is such an excellent book. I'm very much looking forward to this coming out.

Ladies and gentlemen, presenting the lead singer of the Hababamevi Folk Band. 😸 - Ah shall sing now.. or later. Ah think Ah feel the onset of a quick nap. 😁😹😂 (From the account - Pınar Göktaş (@hababamevi_)) #cat #leadsinger #folkmusic #lol

Great shot of Felix Dadaev climbing those stairs!

"Look, we don't know what that small child had done to provoke the beloved robot"

Giggling to this while making tea. Love the intro. I'm old enough to have not only seen Top Gun at the cinema, but we also had the game on zx spectrum. As they've now done Val Kilmer's fourth best film, and as Hot Shots was mentioned, is there a chance that Team WMT might do Top Secret! ?

Please enjoy thirty nine seconds of the pure joy of our golden retriever bounding through a field trying to find rabbits to play with. NB she's never caught anything other than another golden (who wanted to be caught).

I would REALLY like to see the cat road collisions petition actually get somewhere this time. Two weeks left to get it over the 100k line so ministers can't just shrug and go "nah that's just for dogs" as they have previously. Please sign and share:

At Dorney Lake to watch our youngest race for his club in an eight. Go London!

238lbs? Bullshit. There's no way he's only 238lbs.

We've been away for a few days, trip to the Cotswolds. Good to be home, in particular because this magnificent creature is being extra nice to me!

Clive Lewis MP rises to the moment in this article. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Huge if true! ⚡🌩️⛈️ #thunderstorm weather.metoffice.gov.uk/warnings-and...

Well, we can't say we weren't warned about the potential consequences of our actions.

This is a great thread. Plenty of books on there that I've read and loved, but also a few I've not even heard of. I'll be watching this over the coming weeks and I'm sure it will add even more books to my TBR pile.

I once cut off the tip of my finger when using a mandalorian to slice courgettes. So! Much! Blood!

After Rousseau. #Caturday

For me it’s as simple as Sunak fired Braverman. He expelled Lee Anderson. Both these came at considerable cost to himself, whereas Starmer has actively taken political damage *not* to stand up for liberal principles.