This sounds like centrist performism, but it really wasn't that long ago that the Speccie had a smattering of good articles, an abundance of wrong ones, with just the odd WTF thrown in. They've enshittified themselves in pursuit of the toxic right, and there's no coming back from that.

This is really good fun. stirring-fox-7e1fab.netlify.app

Yeah this is now my favourite rugby photo ever, the grinning head on him!

What's a line delivery you'll never forget?

Is it inspiring, Netflix? Are you sure that's the word? Because I think being Gordon Ramsay is probably something else entirely.

I never read the Odyssey so the revelation that Odysseus was a self-aggrandising wanker is quite fun. "When I was running away I called him a knob. Then he was gonna get us again so I, all by myself, pushed us away and told everyone else to pull their thumbs out." Yeah, you showed him, mate.

Shocker for listeners in Scotland as Sarah Smith revealed to be not all that good at this news business.

this is the ONLY annotation the previous owner made in my second-hand copy of the Sonnets

Everything you need to know about the British press right here.

Ignoring that Trump was lying about the hospital ship, because obviously, it's darkly funny that amid a navy of 450 ships, including 11 aircraft carriers named after bastards... They only have 2 hospital ships. Both of which are second-hand oil tankers from the 70s.

You think "the online left" is unhinged, dog please talk to an independent voter IRL. They want universal healthcare and abolish taxes. They want to dissolve the coast guard. They want to rename the army the coast guard. They want their alien implants removed, and they also want more alien implants

I thought, probably influenced by nothing more than him being inoffensive on Masterchef, that Tindall was the nice one. Cool how wankers wear baseball caps now to let you know exactly who they are.

This is very nerdy and very cool.

I know these numbers never make sense to anyone, but these numbers really don't make sense to me. Ireland leapfrog unbeaten France who they themselves lost to, because they beat England and Italy?

Cops watching the movie where a privatized police force brings a man back from the dead against his will and try to strip him of all humanity so he can protect corporate interests. "This is the goal."

Mag-fucking-nificient nonsense from Rob.

One for the interpreters.

Matt Dawson effectively saying that England are losing because teams are treating England as a threat like they would the Boks or the All Blacks. INSANE levels of copium here.

Oh Lord this is absolutely delicious

I haven't played Devil May Cry since the first one, which I didn't enjoy. So with no expectations and no concerns about 'faithfulness', pleasantly surprised to find I like the cartoon (Yes, I said cartoon. By all means weeb out). The dialogue's atrocious but it's fun enough, & ep6 is excellent.

Brave of England to assume they have one XV that can beat Fiji, let alone two.

DUNE trilogy:

Oh, lovely. A lot of people who know nothing about Tourette's posting about Tourette's. This is probably going to go fine.

Yes, losing to this particular French team would surely be a sign of ineptitude... Does he even WATCH the games England aren't in?

Check out Haugey Boy, just straight up saying it out loud.

You get the feeling it's just not going to work for Italy at all today. Couple of great breaks that would have been more than enough to score against most teams, and at the eleventh France just go, "non." #FRAvITA

I really don't understand the mentality behind "if it's not contested it needn't be straight." It seems like adding a needless variable into a system that worked perfectly well for decades in the hopes that maybe one day the hooker just wangs it back to the flyhalf for a viral highlight? #FRAvITA

Torn. On the one hand, France at 100% are extraordinary to behold. On the other, I'm really not in the mood to see Italy get pumped. #FRAvITA

And he should only be referred to as Prince Andrew. Do not let the royals slide away from their association with this sleaze, he was, is and always will be a House of Windsor production however many times Mountbatten-Windsor is chucked in his direction

Cross your fingers but it looks like the Scrubs remake might actually be nice. youtu.be/YY4__ZDJCnA

I don't make a habit of hitting people with my expertise but since I don't really hang in legal circles anymore the odds of anyone in the room knowing more about English law than me are vanishingly small. And yet so many people like to argue with me about it. It's weird.

Have long wondered what English commentators see when they talk up Genge, because it never seems to appear on my screen.

I suppose everyone looks tall from the ground.

This is the first time I've ever seen rugby trending on bluesky. So that's nice.

It's so good. So funny. So moreish.

Count. Stop. Et cetera.

Well... that was a match. Reminds me of the 38-38 at Twickers all those years ago with the halftime turnaround, and I'm minded to wonder if now, as then, it came as a result of the players - namely Horne and Russell (again) - deviating from the coach's failing plan. #WALvSCO

THIS IS NOT A JOKE

I would simply practice lineouts. #WALvSCO

Get the salve cos Ben White just got burned.

Gabby Logan belongs to the Bruce Forsyth school of BBC presenters for me, in that I cannot fathom how anyone has ever found her charming.

Jesus, I missed the card. That's a stone cold red. #WALvSCO

Van Der Merwe so happy to have finally tackled someone he goes full South African immediately. Poor boy's been holding that in for years. #WALvSCO

You'd think if a player drove into the side of the ruck there'd be some sort of penalty. You'd think if that happened directly in front of the referee he'd notice. You'd think two players doing it at the same time would be hard to ignore. You'd think. #WALvSCO

Genuinely think the Welsh accent is one of the most enjoyable in the world to listen to. So it's a mark of just how much shite Jonathan Davies talks that the moment I hear his voice I'm on edge. #WALvSCO

I've only just turned it on. I see Gregor's back to normal. #WALvSCO