I hate having to do the "look, they're normal just like us" post, but sometimes you have to do that when American propaganda tries to convince everyone Iranians are "animals".

"I AM PLEASE TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, HAVE HAD, OVER THE LAST TWO DAYS, VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS REGARDING A COMPLETE AND TOTAL RESOLUTION OF OUR HOSTILITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST" WTAF?

Oh, hello. Fustercluck completed, time to run away "other countries to clear up" www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Love it!

First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented. Tell Keir Starmer to change this. actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...

For those unfamiliar with Peak Cluster, this is the government using public money to railroad through an untested CCS project through a large part of NW England. This project will damage the local environments it affects, is of dubious merit, and benefits only the private company profits. 1/5

Settled down for an entertaining afternoon watching adverts, but ITV keeps spoiling everything by showing short and disconnected fragments of rugby in between 😡 #sixnations

Just watched this, a heartwarming, funny, and very moving true story. Highly recommended.

Go Rachel!! #thetraitors

Rachel is the GOAT!

Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

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www.politico.com/news/2025/12... Unfuckingbelievable that this doddering and incompetent numpty is in charge of 5000 nuclear warheads and the most powerful nation on earth. WTF has happened to voters in the USA? Are they really that stupid?

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www.theguardian.com/business/202... "...that represents a “significant step forward in *preserving the full flavour and aroma of the beer*”, according to the company." Budweiser. Aroma. Flavour. 🤣 🤣 They really are taking the piss, rather than just trying to sell it. 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

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Occasionally, I suffer from depression and anxiety. The past few weeks have been particularly tough, and a friend recommended CBD oil. I've tried it, and it has really worked well for the anxiety. If you suffer from anxiety, I really recommend trying it. I hope it helps you too.

It shows how far Labour have fallen when I find myself agreeing far more with John Major than I do with Starmer. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Is there a better song to start the Summer?

I've watched this a billion times already! 😍

Right, you buy a polycotton mix t-shirt, sheet, whatever, use it for ten years until it's worn out, and then you demand the original shop you purchased from disposes of it? Breathtaking hypocrisy. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I'm a "Rejoiner" rather than a "Remainer" (that horse has sadly bolted), and rejoining the EU tomorrow would still feel too late. But you have to take hope (however slim) where you can. A great post by Ian.

www.economist.com/britain/2025... Paywall, but an excellent article on why the UK's sclerotic politics is still in thrall to outdated ideas and moribund Tabloid opinion. Starmer needs to dump the "Reform-lite" crap and deal with the 2025 electorate, not a group of long-dead bigots.

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Starmer wrote in the Express that he is against restoring Freedom of Movement. Please retweet if you want our Freedom of Movement restored. We were robbed of our right to live, work, study, and love in 30 countries by the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history.

I stopped playing PC games when the girls were born (never had time), but really looking forward to #Atomfall. Looks wonderfully and quirkily British. Those three flat-cap-wearing skeletons in the wheeled bathtub just have to be a nod to Last of the Summer Wine!

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Freedom of Movement was robbed from us by a successful Russian influence operation and the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history. Please repost if you want it restored.

Monkeys are cool 😎. Tanks are cool 😎. But nothing could possibly be cooler than monkeys in tanks! How could these two centres be placed so close, yet not combined joyfully into an entertaining simian/lethal military vehicle mash up? A real opportunity missed.

Oh well, every cloud and all that. Man United can now concentrate hard on getting that coveted thirteenth spot in the Premier league.

I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate

Reform are panicking about people pointing out that they want to replace the NHS. So please don't share this clip of Nigel Farage saying he'd rather healthcare was done through insurance companies.

I just watched the excellent 1971 "The year.." on Apple. I'm not sure I agree with the "year music changed everything" tag, but I was only 6 then, so no expert. But it reminded me of the BBC Rock and Roll years, a programme that taught me more history than lessons ever did in school. Do watch.

Moon over dog walk

The poster from my bedroom wall 1981 to University. True musical Genius (and fondly-remembered crush for a 16 year old fan).

Happy New Year to all (getting it in while still sober)

After a busy day, I finally settled down with a beer hoping to watch Chelsea and Man Utd get beaten on MOTD. But it's not on. Instead the Beeb has decided to broadcast that monumental pile of shite Mrs Brown's Boys. I really try my best to defend the beeb, but this just isn't on.

Wordle 1,290 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yay!

I accidentally bought myself deodorant "for women" but have decided to go right ahead and use it anyway. I reckon that if I ever get actually close enough and intimate enough with somebody who can detect the error, then they'll have far more to laugh out loud about than the "feminine fragrance".

Highly recommend Say Nothing on Disney. Story of two sisters journey in the the IRA in the seventies juxtaposed with the appalling kidnapping and disappearance of Jean McConville.

I rewatched this favourite this afternoon as a "me-time" xmas treat while Mrs W was out at her mums all afternoon. A brilliant film wrongly eclipsed at the Oscars by that dire Titanic dross.

Students in #Serbia have written an open letter to all other students around the world. A call to act. It ends: “The world is on the brink of collapse, representative democracy is failing & our future is at risk. This is the only way to take control & change the course of the world.” 👇

Evening in Beaumaris Anglesey

Only BL could produce something looking this fantastic, and still manage to bollox up the execution so badly that a potential world-beater became a byword for rust, unreliability and appalling build quality. Still looks fresh, even 50 years later. An opportunity missed.

@tintenfische.bsky.social I know you from cif. Welcome on board.

Will You by Hazel O'Connor. The best sax solo ever.