Listen. I spent more than a decade as a theatrical technician, rigging stages, hanging lights, flying scenery, etc. The number of times I have dropped anything on a stage with performers on it is zero. The number of times I’ve dropped something that might’ve killed someone is zero. This is major.

You have never laughed as hard as the Washington Post reporter who wrote this sentence.

Clement Attlee making a timeless observation in 1934: "No one believes that when Sir Oswald Mosley talks about preserving the right to free speech he is really genuine in the matter. He preserves free speech just as long as it suits him."

Wow who’d have thunk it, vaccines work 🤔 Great news to celebrate.

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy quits TwitterX. This should be the first of many.

He got re-elected after January 6 riots attempting to hang his own Vice President. Everything about Trump's second term breaks my brain. Historians will ask how could this possibly happen?

some amazing things happening over on threads — ever since they “shut down CERN”

This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us...! 🔫 [Commission for @greasermutt.bsky.social!]

2010: Let's do a movie where the hero is a villain! How cool would that be! 2026:

Wordle 1,839 4/6* ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Is Ciss hurt or just refusing to let them take the damn penalty? I think the latter...

Yeah, that's a penalty, the ball was within reach when he was kicked.

If Saelemaekers comes on, he's scoring for Belgium...

OH THE DRAMA!

So all a big publicity stunt for Netflix. They keep getting more annoying.

Teddy Roosevelt died on January 6, 1919.

Whatever happens, this is not a good team and won't get far in the tournament.

Did everyone's signal just go before the Bellingham shot or just mine?!

Kane stumbled, stubbed his toe and fell into the goalkeeper. That's never a penalty. But yes, it's one of those where whatever the ref decides, the VAR will go with.

Kane was looking for that, dragged his foot. One of those where if the ref gave it or not, VAR wouldn't intervene regardless, leave it to the official.

So we have the Home Secretary's statement on changes to immigration and asylum, and, despite the attempt to spin it otherwise, they are some of the most regressive measures we have seen. 1/ www.gov.uk/government/n...

And this is just the money he admits to.

Among the many, many problems with this idea is that in America (unlike other developed countries) you have to pay at least $30,000 in hospital fees just to give birth. So it'd probably be a net loss, in the end. www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-t...

“Take this 33 year old Middle Eastern activist. No job, just travels around all days with his friends criticizing hard working entrepreneurs like the money changers. Do we really want someone like that in the US?”

Yes this stuff is under-promoted, but honestly if you want to know what's on BBC Four then the best way is to check what's on BBC Four. I do a quick trawl of the EPG each week, it only takes a few minutes.

Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!

It is now almost 100% of the time that when I do vox pops in rural America I get asked about Britain supposedly being taken over by Muslims and crushed under the boot of Sharia law. I was just asked suspiciously if I am a Muslim myself when I pushed back

Everyone knows that Jesus hated the poors. Also, minorities. Blech. Not to mention those retched war widows. Again, this is all common knowledge if you’re an actual believer.

"It's just unbelievable to see people out here!" -- Trump's fair continues to be an embarrassment, with live shot after live shot showing fewer attendees on the National Mall than a random roadside carnival Here's a supercut from today:

United States is the only highly developed country competing in the FIFA World Cup that does not guarantee universal healthcare for its citizens. Every other nation participating in the tournament guarantees medical access through various public, private, or mixed national health systems. Details ⬇️

Wordle 1,838 3/6* ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

It should be in the film section but I'll take it ...

Spotted in Foyle's, book by the marvellous @darklonelywater.bsky.social *proud*

Tom Kean Jr. was healthy enough to authorize stock transactions up to $190,000 during his nearly 4-month absence from the House. There’s more to this story than he’s saying.

people got mad at me yesterday when i said the dems were not ready to take court reform seriously. 5-4 for non-racial citizenship is not a win, it's a reprieve bsky.app/profile/schu...

I can’t bring myself to be too celebratory. This should have been a 9-0 slam dunk. My main takeaway is that there are currently 4 votes to undo a longstanding constitutional guarantee that 15 years ago seemed beyond any serious question.

i hate that i know enough about US politics to see this and go "oh shit"

5-4 majority in US Supreme Court in favour of what the constitution expressly provides and was intended to provide re birthright citizenship. That is how deep and rotten the partisanship has become.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court in a 6-3 vote UPHOLDS birthright citizenship, affirming the default rule that all persons born in the United States (with narrow exceptions) are U.S. citizens at birth. A total LOSS for President Trump and the effort to rewrite the 14th Amendment.

Although neither of the above two enjoys the status of Best Photograph Of A Dog Posted on Bluesky In The Last 24 Hours: bsky.app/profile/andy...

The best photograph I have ever taken of a dog.

Ah, that’s sad. Penelope Keith has passed away. I only met her a couple of times but she was hilarious and charming and swore like a sailor and was a total delight.

tacky and fashy

When there are more people on stage than in the audience. What is this, the Edinburgh Festival?

Reposting for the morning, everything about this conversation is incredible.

You can always trust the Netherlands to screw up their own big tournament potential.