Celtic Tiger's having a nap

Speaking of nostalgia, they just released 30th Anniversary Special Blu-Ray Box Set of Vision of Escaflowne

Get on the nostalgia limited express

Has Andy Burnham (or his nebulous allies) told us yet what he'd do differently to Starmer?

Odyssey as a police procedural in which Alcinous sends out a detective to verify Odysseus' unlikely stories and realizes he's been killing his entire crew before settling down with Calypso.

If your national cuisine doesn't have a favourite Allium that's slightly different to all the other Allia, I'm not interested in it.

The future will belong to us, people too socially awkward to even talk to a computer.

I guess we're all reading @playboy.com now?

One thing you notice immediately upon rewatching TNG is how ridiculously inefficient all the user interfaces are - and the peak of uselessness is having to talk to the Computer all the time. 'Computer! Raise volume by ten percent!' Madness. And this is what the AI bros want us to live like?

Bit of a research fail on Fleming's part. While Gdynia was a major city when he wrote the Bonds, it would have been a tiny fishing village and summer resort when Blofeld was 'born'. notesfrompoland.com/2026/05/19/j...

I have obtained the final plans for the White House Ballroom:

Dismissing the most important political debate of the past 50 years as just 'lot of pointless arguing' simply cedes the final victory to Farage, even though we now know for certain he was wrong and lying.

Does Andy Burnham know he's running to be the PM of a major regional power, and not a city-state

Sequel to 300 but it's about Thibron and Struthas 🏺

Is it time for a black He-Man

Can mainstream German parties get a fucking grip

Can't Paramount just set one of the countless Sheridanverse shows in space and call it a star trek

Possibly the best time to visit Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens - when flaming azaleas are in full bloom

Oh look, my politics is Bluesky findmypolitics.com?e=-59&so=-81...

So whoever wins the Makerfield by-election is the new PM? Is that how it works

We've reached the point when Putin maintains more pretence of parliamentary scrutiny than Trump.

Cheering on Celtic because I have to go to work in the city centre tomorrow :P

If Trump loses Taiwan to China, will that finally budge his popularity among the GOP a little? Or are they just utterly incapable of caring about anything anymore.

Fun fact: the last time an MP resigned to provide a seat for someone else, Labour unexpectedly lost the seat to Tories by 205 votes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_Le...

One of Poland's greatest technological achievements of recent years, next to an InPost Wall

It's not a big number but it's a good number

This is the most Thick of It the politics has been since Theresa May.

Wes Streeting in a few weeks:

Edinburgh in May

Wesley Paul William Streeting.

Fuck sake SNP this is *not* how you recapture the narrative

The media and their owners had wanted Farage to be the PM for over a decade now, against the better judgement of British public (and often against Farage's plans). They were placated briefly by a substitute in Boris Johnson, but now that he's gone they will not rest until they succeed.

But Doctor, I *am* the Health Secretary Wes Streeting

All those Labour people who are pushing for Wes Streeting as leader - are you actually interested in winning any election ever?

I've never heard Patel speak before and he really does sound like he's dubbed by Aziz Ansari

Oooh. A French WW2 epic? Oui, please. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXRf...

and Tiny Shabana Mahmood (who did NOT resign)

Swan having an afternoon nap on Union Canal, Edinburgh

The Lib Dems instantaneously disappearing from political discourse the day after coming third in a highly contested election is peak Ed Davey-era.

I know we're all somewhat jittery after covid, but the reporting on hantavirus is extremely unhelpful and irresponsible. E.g. this map from CNN just shows which hospitals quarantined passengers from the cruise ended up, but reads as if it's the spread of virus itself

Paying this much attention to dildos and butt plugs *specifically* in your TOS raises more questions than it answers.

Can the pandemic wait until July please, I have plans

Let's start a Keir Was Stabbed In The Back campaign

If only there was a term for the British formations that most people at home didn't remember were still in combat after VE day

The phrase 'new industrial revolution' is key to why so many liberal governments are desperate for AI to succeed. They want it to be the new radio or railway or motorway or internet - something that will magically take us out of the incoming depression without them having to do anything.

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Growing up is realising Sgt Pepper is the worst Beatles album.

Jost and Damon have a bit too much fun playing Hegseth and Kavanaugh. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7N68...

Can't wait to read Keir Starmer's biography of Churchill.