🚨 Wide ranging powers have been voted through to restrict Internet access 🚨 Ministers will be able to impose digital ID checks, curfews and VPN restrictions without Parliamentary scrutiny. This can be used on websites, social media, apps and games with no need to show there's any harm to children.

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3.6 million kids in poverty in one of the 7 richest countries in the world and you’re celebrating giving 50,000 or so of them turkey twizzlers 5 days a week while spunking over £1bn down the sink on ID cards. Why is Labour so fucking tone deaf?

Apart from the hideous graphics, let's be real for a second: According to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation there are *3.6 MILLION* children in severe and acute poverty. Now, I am favour of (almost) any measure to feed more kids, but come on; you are not systemically 'lifting kids out of poverty'

Greater Manchester's Railways - poster map issued in Dec. 1986 & making a play on the use of the BR Pacer trains as seen here in PTE livery. Soon we'll be seeing yellow Bee Network trains but possibly not a Pacer! #manchester #railways #trains #britishrail #map

April 1969 map of the planned UHF 625-line transmitter network in the ATV Network region. More info: transdiffusion.org/2026/03/10/i...

"Utterly failed" @rachelmillward.bsky.social lays out the reality of privatised water - explaining why water must be returned to public hands.

Gave Spud a bedtime brushing with dry shampoo as a post-seizure pampering session.

Said this before, but Arthur Askey's first TV appearance was on Baird's experimental transmissions and his last was on Channel Four

Reeves giving her budget Plan B statement at the moment; doesn't really work as she doesn't have a Plan A to start with.

Blimey, Trout & Salmon.

Two points: 1. They’re not “expats” they’re “migrants.” 2. Them abandoning their pets will hopefully give each and every one of these people just a little bit of insight into the incredibly hard decisions refugees have to make when they’re fleeing war zones.

Drama as Spud has a generalised tonic–clonic seizure in the hall. My attention drawn to it by Rabbit getting hysterical and her rushing over to him with her toys one at a time and dropping them at his twitching feet. He's fine now, but may need a shower later as he's covered in sick and wee.

If there’s a time in your life when you’re *not* amused that someone was once called Dick Bumhole, I don’t want to reach it.

Chris is in bed with what seems to be covid. His first sick day from work in FOURTEEN YEARS according to rosters (they don't count the 2x 14 days he had off when I had covid and he had to isolate).

Jo Cox was killed by a man like that guy harassing Hannah Spencer

"Agree with us or else" is very much the theme of this anti-trans movement. Or else you will be sued. Or else you will be harassed. Or else you will suffer violence.

“you won’t get away with this”

Maybe we should be clearer. Jobs aren’t at risk from AI. They’re at risk from amoral shitbag short term spec capitalists using AI against a weakly unionised workforce and broken government.

CUM ON MY MAM?

I’m not sure they *meant* to imply that Gary Barlow ruined their day, but…

It happened like this… (1966) The women of Rediffusion talk about the highs and lows of being a PA at a television station – the backbone of any TV network: without them, no television gets made. #InternationalWomensDay #IWD

Last night’s bangers, mash and onion gravy.

Just remembered that I never posted this month’s Slovakian twink from my calendar. So here he is.

do you see how good articles can look if you pay real artists to work on them

It's difficult to know where we're up to with her. She's about 13 years old, ±1 year; forgetful/confused on occasion; doddery on stairs and slippery surfaces; very slow first thing; enlarged heart according to the vet; sleeps for about 18 hours a day. Everything says we're walking towards the dark.

HRH earlier today: “No no, I am too old and fragile to come downstairs, leave me here, a frail lady, you’ll have to bring my treats to me.” HRH when I start stacking the dishwasher:

Yeah, but you went to a place where there are ACTUAL HUMAN SLAVES and that didn't bother you, so excuse me if I have the same amount of sympathy for your "plight" right now.

I have pinotage (a portmanteau of "penis" and "sabotage"), a dozen veggie sausages, potato for mashing, and an onion for gravy. Everything one needs for a good night in.

"The argument for electrifying our railways will become clearer in time." British Rail, 1979.

You in another decade.

I'm calling Chekhov

Driving along with my younger kid. She points to a Sainsbury delivery van and the back of it says, "satisfaction guaranteed" next to a large aubergine. She said, "that is some promise" I said, "imagine how many nectar points that would require. I probably have enough."

Today, 7 March, marks the opening of the then final stage of the Victoria line on the London Underground in 1969 with the extension from Warren St. to Victoria. The leaflet features the V version of the roundel. The extension to Brixton was to open in 1971. #london #transport ↘️ flic.kr/p/2dYuGsL

Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists. STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

When I was at college, they filmed some scenes of Spender at a local nightclub. A mate got hired as an extra. At the start of filming, they were all told they must make eye contact with Jimmy Nail. My mate kept his eyes fixed on Nail until Nail threw a strop and my mate was thrown out.

What is one of your ultimate comfort movies? #FilmSky 🎥

Of course, the problem is her ADD meeting my AuDHD makes for fucking exhausting conversations when the two of us start nattering. Basically none of these topics, all raised by her, were in any way concluded by the time we moved on to the next one.

Two hours on the VideoFone 2000™ with my mum. Turns out it's the first time we've spoken this year (we've texted and emailed).

I learned two things last night: I shouldn’t drink while watching the news. And I shouldn’t watch the news.

I feel like I'm going mad whenever I read this shit. We've done what these fucking dickheads wanted! We've sold off public services, squeezed wages, cut spending, made every millionaire feel like a special boy. And still, anemic growth at best. It doesn't *work* lads!!

Job tats

Page 61 all the way.

In Beijing, a man hangs up a telephone and shrugs to himself.

This is what heroin must feel like

Markwayne is a stupid name.

most relatable he’s ever been tbh

How I arrived on Bluesky