Wes Fleet Steeting

By "over" I presume they mean "move on a bit earlier to cushy lobbying and consultancy roles and probably some chummy podcasts too"

My toaster:

Is this bad

Cracking stuff. Yet more grist for the mill that Labour have it badly, badly wrong.

Feel like in some way this is a metaphor for British politics.

There’s nothing Wes Streeting could do or say to make me less likely to vote for OH

I sure am going to enjoy the punditry telling me how competent and smart Streeting is and none of the current PM's failings will be an issue once he's in charge. Just like they did with Starmer. And Sunak. And Johnson. And May. An

This @sarahkendzior ??? @support.bsky.team what are you thinking? She is an internationally renowned author and American anthropologist. This is a very bad direction to go in.

Clowns to the left of me, clowns to the right, here I am oh also you are a clown.

We have this in Sheffield it’s called Meadowhell Shopping Centre

Net zero is one of the many areas where commentators are out-of-touch with public opinion in Britain. There is still broad support for cutting carbon emissions - except from among Reform supporters, who are the outliers.

The Hitchcock stylings (shot composition, styling, score) in the first ep of Pluribus were

No fiddling with income tax or raising car taxes or pathetic trade deals will cover this annual black hole. There is nothing any government in this country can do to make up this gap. The choice is to rejoin or inevitable and fast decline.

Anyone else ever have or read the book "Why Cats Paint"?

I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy. "I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."

So the Telegraph’s “BBC bias dossier” - supposedly written by ex-BBC adviser Michael Prescott - is being used to claim there’s a rogue LGBT+ unit “censoring” gender-critical voices inside the BBC. Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points! 🧵

It also has the best comment under its YouTube video.

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

YIKES

And now we have the White House Press Secretary attacking the BBC and promoting (K) GBNews 🙄

Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once.

[Bosses resigning at BBC] When exactly did that become proof that Trump was right? Well, there are always transcripts. And full video thanks to NPR. I recommend the transcript (no audio) for reasons. 23 matches ctrl F for [fight], including when attendees are quoted. www.npr.org/2021/02/10/9...

Awfully pathetic of me this, I know, but will say it anyway. Alexander Isak holds the British record transfer fee and is fully fit, sitting on the bench and not been mentioned in the first half or at half-time. 2-0 down to a title rival and still nothing. Begs the question, should Gyokeres do more?

Aston Villa are playing Bournemouth off the park

Me, max three days after the kids get their Easter eggs:

Maybe, if on the other side of that minefield the squirrels get to be ruled by Nigel Farage

Read that from Musk closely: "Civilisations" with seperate and distinct characters are locked in a Darwinian fight for survival, and hearts must be sufficiently hardened to do what is necessary in order to prevail. Can you name a historical precedent for this worldview?

Facts

ITS BEEN TEARING ME APART

Thom Yorke is the Jackson Lamb of rock.

One huge fart.

Is there anything on tonight

This is why you don't follow those "animal pic every hour" "old historical photos" "on this day" "earth pics" accounts. Scrapers, bots, bad faith actors, misinformation hose.

Anyone else shout “Mangia, Baby!” Every time they use the paper shredder?

On X, Mamdani roundly condemned an act of antisemitic vandalism, which should be very reassuring to anyone who was genuinely worried he won’t stand up for the city’s Jewish communities. Feel like he should post it here too?

remember all those hot takes during the primary about how Mamdani was the candidate for rich white liberals? a "champagne socialist" ? yeah, about that

This really the cracking of speeches: a banger. Worth reading in full.

A propos of nothing, if you think the existing network of incentives leads to undesirable outcomes when a party in power is super focused on getting a second term, that's nothing compared to what happens when they know that they almost certainly won't.

My mum’s 62 and never been a member of a political party. Today she joined the Greens. The establishment is underselling our want for change. The west is sick of neoliberalism. The public is sick of liars like Labour. The country is sick. The antidote? join.greenparty.org.uk

The vindication of V for Vendetta

Once and for all, racists, it’s spelt W-I-N-D-A-N-I

Arsenal.

Arteta watching this game shaking his head ha ha

Keep your jumpers on, kids.

Max Dowman on to score 83rd minute

Any other #arsenal fans getting massive reverb on the commentary 😂