I didn't have to find out who they were because I was literally watching them on a stage. But I saw Nirvana at Reading in 1991 and when they played Smells Like Teen Spirit - which hadn't been released at that point - I swear there was a shudder of electricity through the field. You just *knew*.

GET IN!!!

There's no fucking way #lufc are winning this is there??

The coverage of this #lufc game is now basically two commentators laughing endlessly at their own jokes while the story of the game is told via Danny Dyer reaction shots. Shit.

ELEVEN MINUTES???

A reminder: this version of Donald Trump is the best version of Donald Trump we'll ever see. Malignant narcissism + dementia = this. And much worse than this is in the post.

More top notch diplomacy from the modern master of the form.

Obscuring structural and economic issues with cultural ones = how the political right *always* works.

Liverpool, May 1966, photo by Barry Feinstein. When Bob Dylan was playing the Odeon Theatre.

No additional time?? Lol. That's basically the ref posting the "Stop! He's already dead!!" meme.

Salah's decline this season has been fascinating to watch. At the top level, you only need to slow down by a fraction of a fraction of a second and you're not quite up to it anymore.

Pet Shop Boys’ complete #Dreamworld performance at the Festival de Viña del Mar in Chile can now be viewed on YouTube. Link below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn_9... #PetText

Tom Good is an entitled prick. Barbara, Jerry and Margo were fucking saints putting up with him.

I'm obviously very naive because I still basically regard Bluesky as twitter, minus the fascists, kiddy porn and unblockable temu ads. Which kind of works for me. Sure, it's a bit of an echo chamber but isn't that basically how we lived before social media??

Fucking hell. We should boot them out of NATO to be honest.

Sad but essential thread. We imposed sanctions on ourselves in order to appease idiots and racists. It's the stupidest thing this country has ever done. Unless, of course, we decide to elect Brexit's chief architect as PM. Let's not do that eh?? We've punched ourselves in the face for long enough...

Good. Can we have our strict non-bendy banana regulations back too please?

That's sad. An amazing piece of filmmaking.

Blimey. Millwall are second in the Champo! A fun addition to the Prem, I'd say...

Grifters gonna grift.

This. Trying to get publicists to respond to my emails yesterday was salutory. They'd all buggered off for the weekend already, the jammy gets.

It's pure gaslighting and it's everywhere. The media collectively and knowingly plays dumb about this stuff. The same hacks also pretend to be shocked when people who hoist flags and paint roundabouts turn out to be racists.

Just started watching a new celebrity travel show for work and the first line is “Japan is a country of enigmatic contrasts” and FOR FUCK'S SAKE surely you can do better than that???

I think we should probably stop hate-sharing this and just take the piss out of the screenshot instead. Thank you Stephen Marche, for telling me that I never, ever need to read anything you've written.

This is so relatable. They'll probably have to enable two-factor authentication or something??

Gosh, imagine if they collapsed and millions of people on median wage without rich parents could have a sniff of owning their own home?? THAT WOULD BE TERRIBLE.

Hahahahaha! That's *amazing*

The truly terrifying thing: the current version is the best version of Trump we're ever going to see. Malignant narcissism with a side order of dementia is a one-way street. He's only going to get worse.

Cameron is the worst and most damaging PM of the modern era. Brexit, Johnson and Truss were all his fault. His poshness and the fact that to most of the commentariat, he seemed like 'the right sort of chap' means he gets away with the ignominy he deserves.

Just looking at the World Cup runners and riders. The thought occurs that Brazil haven't won one since 2002. If they don't win this one, they'll only be two years away from a wistful, self-deprecating song about how 30 years of hurt never stopped them dreaming by the time of the next one.

That was weirdly moving wasn't it? Powerfully nostalgic and futuristic at the same time.

Wow. If we let these monters anywhere near government....

I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines. Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."

I'll say it again, there is NO POINT sucking up to this dickhead. If Ukraine is Starmer's main concern (and it should be and I'm sure it has been) then that ship is sailing. America is lost. Europe and Britain need to get real and prepare, very quickly, for life without them.

Totally agree with this. It's really bleak. I actually do think KW deserves a shot at redemption at some fairly distant future point if some sort of mental health crisis precipitated his behaviour in recent years. But he has proved *nothing* as yet and he's a fucking long way away from doing so.

A Flying Saucer Attack reference? That's why David Squires is the best. www.theguardian.com/football/pic...

It's trite to say that Starmer should tell him to fuck off - there's a lot at stake, both in security and economic terms. BUT There isn't a way of playing nice with this bullying piece of shit. So it's hard to see what can be gained by continuing to suck up to him (He should tell him to fuck off!)

It's not tough at all. It might be politically awkward but that's different.

Strong agree. But they can't have side hustles. At all.

Don't.

No to De Zerbi

Maniacs. Genocidal maniacs.

Quite right too. Now do that politician who was angry about crocodiles.

Boo!! That's no fun!!

The schadenfreude among Goodwin's fellow travellers here is really quite something. He strikes me as one of those people who will burn every bridge (and eventually, get to the point where he runs out of bridges to burn...)

this is art

Marched against fascism, met several excellent dogs, drank many beers, ate curry. Decent day.

Hopefully his cellmates will appreciate the efforts he's made to look presentable.

Matt Goodwin getting absolutely fucking rinsed ON GB NEWS is exactly the start to the weekend I needed.