Tom Baker is 92 today

🧵 about the Chagos Islands.

Just a reminder - Badenoch was in government when this deal was negotiated. And the orange rapist supported the deal at the time.

Nice to see the BBC putting Trump and his lies right at the front on their website. They're often spineless and spend far too much time promoting Farage and the far right in the UK, but credit where it's due.

The quote really should have been like, evil triumphs when good men fuck about with useless and purely symbolic opposition thinking they're actually doing something. Look at all the dems, they're like "we're not doing nothing, we are drafting a bill that'll put QR codes on the guy shooting you"

By-elections to be called automatically if a sitting MP crosses the floor in any direction. Seems a no-brainer to me. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Your annual reminder that “Blue Monday” is a complete fiction invented by a company that wanted to sell you more holidays. Enjoy January! It’s quiet and cosy and time for semi-hibernation, reflection and being kind to yourself!

The Dropbox website will not let me cancel my subscription - so the AI chatbot which is the only support they offer suggested I post a letter to Dropbox HQ in the States. Bloody hell...whatever happened to the future?

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Donald Trump has not assembled a “Board of Peace” for Gaza. He has assembled a Board of Occupation. The future of Gaza is not up to Trump, Blair or Netanyahu. That is up to the Palestinian people.

Yes, yes, yes of course. But all this was obvious in 2016. The only way for the insurgents of Vote Leave to have their revolution was by depending on those for whom the only change they wanted was for things to once again be the way they apparently once were.

KIMMEL: “I’ll give Trump all these awards I won in exchange for leaving the people of Minneapolis alone.”

Could have highlighted how he removed cartoons from the walls of places they locked up kids because they made it too welcoming but no, Labour are attacking Jenrick for letting in too many migrants

Trump praised Hitler, has operated concentration camps, is engaged in ethnic cleansing of America, is using troops against innocent citizens, is invading U.S. states, is committing mass murders and acts of war and is overthrowing foreign countries. We know where this is going.

This intro to David Frost's Telegraph column sums up so much that is wrong with British politics.

if Nigel Farage is lazy enough to record a message for paedophile Ian Watkins in exchange for money, what else might he do for money without thinking too hard

I was very annoyed at not winning the big penis prize (due to my penis size being rejected by the judges for some reason) but now the big penis prize winner has given me the big penis prize so now everyone knows I have the big penis.

God, I miss being 17.

It's long past time that it was made law that in the event of a sitting MP defecting to a new party, a bye election must take place.

Meet the Painter, the Actor, and the Scholar. 'Hair of the Dog' - premieres March in Manchester. Tickets here: www.fatsoma.com/p/room-5064-productions

Politicians are calling for a senior police officer to be sacked BECAUSE WEST MIDLANDS POLICE USED MICROSOFT CO-PILOT, WHICH WE'RE ALL BEING TOLD IS GREAT AND THE FUTURE. The same politicians who are gung-ho and balls deep for piping hot AI. There's your fucking story.

Sounds like no woman leaves their drink on a table near Will Cain.

Friends, Claudette Colvin—the 15-year-old who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in March 1955 & joined the federal case against bus segregation that went to the Supreme Court — died today at age 86. But there are lots of myths and mis-impressions about her. A short corrective thread:

This is beyond shocking - how can this be allowed to happen? Why on earth can’t they be released on bail? They have a right to a fair trial, appropriate medical treatment, & the removal of punitive Prison Service conditions. Govt’s ban on Palestine Action is simply intolerable

Very disappointing reply from @cajardinemp.bsky.social about the Palestine Acton hunger strikers, full of platitudes, copy and paste content-free phrases, and an attempt to bring antisemitism into the conversation. People keep telling me she's no better than Cole Hamilton - perhaps they're right.

Kemi going to bat for the non-consensual, violent, child porn app formerly known as X.

This is funnier than anything Gervais has done in 15 years.

RIP Matt - this is a great performance to check out if you don't know his work - www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMn1...

Welcome to BlueSky! Things are a little... different around here. (Instead of having a magic 8 ball sharting out porn, we all just yell at old episodes of Top of the Pops)

Fuck me. Craig fucking Gordon.

Dirty cheating hun bastards

The way the elites around the world talk about X, as if it's a supply of Unobtainium that must be preserved and nurtured, rather than a billionaire's personal 4chan, shows how high they are on their own supply.

Go to the “Report a Fundraiser” page and fill out the form. This was how I filled out the form since there wasn’t an option for violating the Terms of Service. Report Fundraiser: www.gofundme.com/contact/sugg... Ross Fundraiser (you need this for the report): www.gofundme.com/f/ice-offuve...

A reminder from Huffington Post that DHS and ICE have opened fire on unarmed civilians 16 times since Trump took office, killing 4 people. In every case, DHS claims that the victims "assaulted officers" and/or tried to ram them with cars. In every case, evidence proves they are lying. Every time.

Seriously, Europe, UK, just shut him the fuck DOWN. -or at LEAST get every gov site OFF of there! Jesus!

Ain’t happening. Fascism, online kiddie porn generator… Hearts: Hey guys buy match worn shirts!

Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.

Jonathan Ross, Murderer

'A Land Fit for Heroes and Idiots', the first episode of When The Boat Comes In, was broadcast on this day in 1976. Created by James Mitchell and starring James Bolam, it ran for 4 series and 51 episodes between 1976 and 1981.

It's sadly comical every time I see people say "oh technology is moving too fast for the law to keep pace" because there are plenty of industries where you can't just throw things out to the public untested and unregulated, but somehow tech is magic and special so it's just fine

Oh what an absolute joy that was. Beautifully written. Such a treat. Everyone check out the Goblin King and Me on radio 4/BBC sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Thanks @paulmagrs.bsky.social @bafflegabble.bsky.social

Sky News on Renee Nicole Good murder: "There are deeply conflicting accounts of what happened." REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar. Grow a spine.

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

The same people who spent yesterday, and the past five years, insisting a Black police officer who shot an insurrectionist breaking into the Capitol should be prosecuted are today bending over backwards to defend an ICE agent who shot a woman in her car in cold blood. Scum.

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.

Separated at birth, Liam Gallagher and Pam Ayres

Ed Davey, "Did Trump break international law by attacking Venezuela" Keir Starmer waffles like Boris Johnson used to waffle, a pair of cowards #PMQs Ed Davey, "The Prime Minister just looks ridiculous when he won't tell the truth that Trump has broken international law"

Exactly one Allied combat fatality happened in Greenland during World War II, and he was a Danish soldier on patrol killed in a firefight with a German weather station crew.

If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...