Thanks to people for liking this post. And extra thanks for not pointing out that I spelt 'fair' wrong! I was stood up in the bouncy bit between carriages!

Announcement on packed train to Bristol. If have a vacant seat next to you, the good news is you are on public transport and people are allowed to sit next to you. Please remove any luggage from seats. We'll be going along the train with a ticket machine and charging full fair for luggage on seats.

Francesca Albanese One of most amazing women we are fortunate enough to have around in these insane times

Today's reading is from the Book of Nigel. Before the gods that made the gods were born Yes before the gods that made the gods were born Yes before the gods that made the gods Woke up and made the gods That’s when you got into That’s when you got into Yeah that’s when you first got into the Manics"

Love this Bristol bus bot. Factual bus updates delivered with waspish comments about the operator.

The clear morning sky over Gloucester Road watches the inbound 75 arrive at Hatherley Road nine minutes ahead of schedule. A battery-electric motor makes for a quiet pursuit of Hengrove while the rest of North Bristol is still asleep.

When all hope is lost... #johndoh #bristol #streetart #bristolrovers

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

Great result for Everton in the stately homes derby. Lewis Hall vs Dewsbury Hall #efc #UTFT

BREAKING: Pam Bondi appears to have just committed a federal crime by lying under oath. Ted lieu just caught her in a lie and called for her resignation live on TV.

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say

Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century. He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

Well, I never felt more like singing the Blues... #UTFT

This is what fascism looks like. Use the word. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/immigration-officers-claim-sweeping-power-to-enter-homes-without-a-judges-warrant-memo-says

This Land Was Your Land by President Epstein This land was your land, but now it's my land From Venezuela to Green or Iceland From bits of Scotland to Palestine This land was yours, but now it's mine

Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it

Interesting website that rates the effect of a potential increase in rateable value on individual pubs in England and Wales. Strange that The Hillgrove in Bristol gets a Somehow Fine rating while its neighbour The Hare on The Hill gets an Absolutely Fucked rating.

Someone was killed in Bristol at the weekend. On a busy street at lunchtime on Sunday. It was a 'cyclist' killed by a 'motorist'. So we do that thing where we accept that we're prepared to sacrifice the lives of a few 'cyclists' every year so long as we can keep driving our cars wherever we want.

This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.

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Is this the first ever WCAG based joke on a beer can? The colour contrast on this can of Arbor AAA Pass looks like a surefire fail under WCAG color contrast rules.

Expressions like this are a great way for the simple to out themselves. Mimicking the big boys.

Everton's Charlie Alcaraz makes it into The Ringer's Favourite 52 sporting moments of 2025. Well, into the graphic anyway. 😁 #Everton #UTFT www.theringer.com/2025/12/23/s...

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Bit of news from me. Hugely honoured to be able to announce that I've been awarded The Checkatrade Trophy Peace Prize. 🙌 🕊️ If anyone wants to buy me a pint, I'll be up The Drapers later. 🍻 🕊️

Palantir sells AI tools that help law enforcement agencies like ICE analyze massive amounts of personal data. It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1

Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps. McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay. Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay. See the problem?

Enough to make a pair of sailor's trousers. A small sailor. The grim weather on the M6 is clearing. Glad I'm not driving.

Singing the blues...

Well that was an interesting evening. #UTFT #bristoltoffees #Everton #bristol

Big fan of the new electric buses in Bristol. Especially when the sun goes down and they glow in the dark.

Really interesting read if design, graphics and music are up your street! ‘Pictures unite!’: how pop music fell in love with socialist infographics www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

I find this Nazi era ID card horribly fascinating. The card would have been designed by an ordinary civil servant, just doing their job, as best they could. To facilitate the transportation of undesirables. Like Maria. Made me think about Hannah Arendt's work on the banality of evil.

"According to a recent survey commissioned by the brewer Greene King, 70% of people regularly take part in a pub quiz and almost one in 10 goes every single week." If this was a multiple choice quiz question, I wouldn't have chosen 70%. I suspect the sample was people in the pub on quiz night.

That's how to do an opening speech as a newly elected mayor of NYC. No pandering, no punches held back, no messing.

The SUV of bikes. Just taking up the 5 spaces in the bike rack. Are bikes and their owners going the same way as cars? Bigger and more selfish.

Gloucester Road rainbow #bristol #palestine

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A good evening at The Drapers Arms for Garvan's birthday. Molly, ex Drapers, had brewed a special birthday beer for him with Bruhaha Brewery. It was a late night.

A lucky horse outside the pub before the Everton - Palace game. #UTFT #bristol

Thames Water creditors ask for up to 15 years’ leniency from river pollution rules

Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day.... PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.

Bang! GUEYE-M ON! #UTFT

Good to see @thebristolcable.bsky.social namechecked in this article.

Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press

"The police said in a statement four adults were arrested on suspicion of malicious communications" How is posting a picture of a couple of old pals 'malicious communications'?

This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law. May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.

The President of the United States just essentially declared a war on Chicago because — wait for it! — Black and Brown people live here. This is not normal. This is not okay. And we are going to fucking fight back.

Here are some truth bombs for all anti-immigrant bigots out there, not just in Britain. Imagine if all the immigrants did go home. Be careful what you wish for. Video credit www.instagram.com/delwboy/