Day three of mum’s post-op care. It’s going well but morale amongst the care team (me, sister and her wife) is flagging. Dad just put the news on to watch the World Cup pick. Heard mere seconds of that orange fucker’s voice and had to go and stand outside the back door in the rain for a few seconds.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE HYPHENS

I guarantee this is going to annoy a lot of purists but I just saw this on instagram and choked 💀

Oh hi. Are you looking for a wildly improbable and saccharine Christmas film with a cast that has zero chemistry and a script that makes you want to die? Operation Mistletoe, recently added to Netflix, is your winner. It’s golden.

You’ll Be OK

It’s been one of those days when I just thank everything that we have an NHS. And I truly don’t understand how you can walk into *any* NHS premises and then vote Reform.

RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women". Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.

"I chose a crass serial rapist and adulterer, who calls women 'nasty' and 'piggy,' and took away by daughters' reproductive rights, over my daughters. So why are they displeased with me??? It must be all THEIR fault! I take no responsibility. NONE!"

Building their sad legacies around a dozing, dying, narcissistic sex offender like it’s the end of the world…

A reminder that Sabrina Carpenter is brilliant, her tunes are largely absolute bangers and she said Trans Rights with her whole voice at the MTV Awards whilst performing her best one.

Guy earnestly handing out evangelist propaganda newspaper on the train. Took one look at me munching my cheese sandwich and reading @privateeyenews.bsky.social and moved on.

Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte But the verye next daye ther came a wolf, Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost - And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars. Seek now myne hearte, Return it within a yeare and a daye: Thys ys thy queste

Reminder that Whamaggeddon is absolute loser behaviour. It's one of the best Christmas songs of all time; every penny ever made from it goes to Band Aid charities; it's George fucking Michael! "Ugh, I got Whamaggeddoned in Boots!" "Pipe down"

In my head, Gullis had already defected to Reform but hey... what a coup, eh?

Oh why won’t he just die?

Only one thing for it today. #pub

The number of otherwise seemingly reasonable people who think it's perfectly fine to use the theft machine to generate slop instead of taking the time to use ANY of the readily available resources that don't steal or suck up water shouldn't shock me, but here we are.

"But I just-" No. You are stealing from people. These shit machines were built on the stolen labor of artists, writers, musicians, educators, creators. And you are stealing from future generations. Water, air, earth. All being tossed into a gaping maw so you can have some piece of bullshit.

Guess what.

I hope he’s visited by the ghost of Lionel Ritchie who tells him he’s going to hell. I realise Lionel isn’t dead - love you, Lionel - but I’d still quite like this.

"You seem happier" Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.

Your late November reminder from me that Whamageddon is stupid. ‘Last Christmas’ should be the first and most frequently played Christmas song because it *is* the best. George Michael was an actual angel. And Andrew Ridgeley should be taught in schools. Thank you for your attention.

Very sad all round about people living in £2 million houses. Fortunately, there are some journos with some *really* great tips on economising and I'm sure they'll be along any minute now to share their best ones with you. Hang tight.

Stupid walk for stupid mental health but in an M.R James story…

Under doctors orders, I am tracking my hypertension to see if my meds are working. My blood pressure is fine right after waking up and then slightly high in the evening. So it appears that simply existing and having to be awake in this world is the problem...

This morning, Nick Ferrari is insisting that he is not sexist. @lbc.co.uk

GenAI is a fascist product. Sorry you don’t have the moral fortitude to do your own thinking, but fascists love that

I'm pretty sure that young people should be paid a wage they can live on and one of them had the audacity to call me - ME - a Boomer last night at my other job.

So far, I've heard hot takes on the budget by at least six millionaires this morning. So that's nice.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

His racism wasn’t meant to be hurtful or insulting. Got it… 😑

I’ve just finished this and now I want to set fire to everything. It’s so wildly unfair - the pain this woman had to go through and the stark lack of accountability despite everything.

I urge you to look up some of his work. It will make your life better.

Won a prize at the raffle.

Oh great…

Cultural history pitch: why the weekly email from Popbitch during the early-2000s meant that only Americans needed to google ‘felching’ in 2025. *gazes at the horizon with a look that conveys a weary wisdom that only comes from experience as a wistful soundtrack harks back to more innocent times*

Well, there’s a lot going on…

Reporter: Are affirming that you think Trump is a fascist? Mamdani: We’ve spoken about— Trump: That’s ok, you can just say it.

every day these days has season finale energy

April 2019 I had a run-in with Nathan Gill on Twitter after pointing out how bad Nigel Farage's record as an MEP was. He said: "I don't think you understand what anti EU means 😁. It does not mean working to make the system work, it means working to make it not work. Simples." Enjoy prison, Nathan.

Swam for an hour. Listened to Classic FM. And still, all I can think is ‘Let the bodies pile high’ and feel an utter despair that that fucker will face no consequences for anything. Ever.

Whatever your convictions, if your first goal is to be informed instead of confirmed, you need to consult several news sources. These are today's UK front pages. Same story, different importance, different angles - to the point where the findings are actually distorted. #GoodMorning, everyone

Excited to relive everything we saw going horribly wrong during the early days of the pandemic hitting Brexit Island and even more excited to learn the right-wing rebuttal is ‘but why did this enquiry cost so much?’ Aces…

Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage. www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...

Everybody said it would end with this.

In the light of Elon whipping Grok into praising his Olympian physique and staggering intellect (comparabel to Da Vinci, apparently) - a reminder that Wikipedia are doing their usual fundraiser and, if you have some cash, then please give them some. donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...

Nick Ferrari just spoke to Jim who told him he hates Labour because Starmer is a ‘globalist’. Jim says he was never interested in politics until he started ‘researching’ things… @lbc.co.uk

Never forget. #Trump #Epstein #r4today