How to deal with a racist prick 101: Reply confidently Remain calm Eat chips Love this guy

Continental crisp flavours are often shit, but these honey mustard ones I got in Brittany are magnifique. Plus they have a middling 'nutri-score' of C, which I assume means they have no impact on my health.

Someone call the Russian State Fire Service From this article: www.politico.eu/article/rado...

This might be the most dystopian shit I've ever heard

I wrote my first investigative piece raising concerns about Covid contracts in *April 2020*. Great to see this finally on screen

No flag-shagging bellend gets to decide what British or English values are.

Fuck this

Still up for grabs: Their Party One's Party It's My Party Fightferyerrighta Party Brian's Party Come On Barbie Let's Go Party Farty Party Stifler's Party Sharty Party

So many comments under this Mail article are predictably 'woke lefty club' and tired vegan gags. It's ONE CLUB that does things a bit differently compared to every other club in the country. Why does it wind some people up so much? It's pathetic. Also, unbeaten so far this season - get in.

Today the UK govt announces on X (whose boss, Elon Musk, called for the violent overthrow of UK gov last week) a £1.5bn defence deal with Palantir (whose boss, Peter Thiel, is travelling the world giving secret lectures on "the Antichrist": newrepublic.com/article/2004...) Totally normal stuff

"DARK IN HERE, ISN'T IT?"

It would do the nation so much good to hear a well-crafted, carefully-worded, unequivocal belter of a "fuck off racists" speech for the ages right now.

A further statement on my denial of entry into Israel.

@simonforstroud.bsky.social, @dalevince.com, @amplifystroud.com - I would greatly appreciate a retweet to reach more Stroudies, if possible!

I'm #running #Stroud Half Marathon to raise money for @whiteshillplaygroup.co.uk. If you have a few quid spare, please chuck it their way. Despite their vital role in the community and youth development, committee-run charity playgroups operate on meagre budgets. www.justgiving.com/page/tom-irw...

Seeing lots of refs to All The President's Men, many bemoaning modern journalism. There are actually plenty of brave journos today doing valuable investigations - albeit now often for smaller outlets and on Substack. Sadly though, their findings don't seem to have the same impact in these times.

And what you have articulated is the problem. There is no popular way out of the fiscal hole. This was known pre election. The IFS kept saying it. Labour tried to ignore it and that is a large reason we are in this mess. To get out of the hole is going to mean long term pain. One way or another.

Based @eddavey.libdems.org.uk

Start your week off with my new O Is For Orange mix for @bleep.com that celebrates Boards of Canada and their influences - includes full video version if you have a spare hour. bleep.com/bleep-mix-30...

"Anti-Antifa" haha Come on, just put 'Fascists' you cowards

Some guy is blaring out the Imperial March while following soldiers patrolling Washington DC Wonderful stuff

If you've only heard about J Webb's... contribution, it's worth noting that BBC R4 Today did also include this clip outlining some of Kirk's extremist views. Fwiw, I've seen many posts on here and Reddit celebrating. And I'm sure on other platforms too. So it is odd to target Bluesky specifically.

rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words

it doesn’t matter how loudly Dems condemn this, or even what the shooter’s actual motive is, the machine is already in motion and will invent its own fuel if it has to

Not the radical left!

Autoglass repair, Autoglass replace

"Yum yum" 🤮 Labour - get rid of Mandelson right now, not in 3 months' time. This isn't going to go away, you're going to have to do it anyway.

I think this simple statement is really on the money. She's ill. I honestly reckon she's been hugely mentally damaged by the embarrassment of her tenure as PM. Despite the *many* faults she's always had, I can't imagine her spouting white nationalist nonsense before that. It's really sad.

"No one party is the issue so much as an unfit state" Can't argue with that. Janan Ganesh - The historical necessity of Starmer’s failure: www.ft.com/content/48e4...

Happy Silksong Release Day, to those who celebrate.

From the latest edition of Private Eye. It's a shame the government is unable to communicate this (or any) message.

Updated theory of British political decision making

I feel extremely seen and I'm nowhere near boomer age

The bread thing is successful rage bait

Wise words, I think, from Michael Rosen. Full article here: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

I'd love some music recommendations, please! Specific tracks ideally, any genre, preferably something new or quite recent. I've got a quiet night in after a stressful couple of days, so all I want to do is veg out with a cold beer and explore some new tunes!

Trump is one of the few people I can't imagine there being body doubles of. No one looks like this.

Every few words there's a new detail that makes this sound even better. (Apart from the "date tbc" bit)

He's really not going to leave quietly.

"You look at the UK ... energy costs have gone through the roof. It's because of wind". It's because of wind, guys

It's darkly magical that we live in a time where the US president is interviewed in this hat and the hat *isn't* the news

Just hate it when woke makes me forget where I live

If I can't get it from Mountain Warehouse, I'm not interested

Just wondered what Nigel Farage's page on the Telegraph would look like if you used Javascript to pre-append the phrase "I'm not being racist but" to his every column

This article, which is great, reminded me of a quote from Red Dwarf that had a big impact on teenage me: RIMMER: It's just that I'm ill at ease with the opposite sex. LISTER: It's because you see them as some alien species that needs to be conquered with trickery. They're not - they're people.

I find few things more infantilising and enraging than the mandatory, unchangeable work-computer desktop background.

Twin Peaks, The Leftovers, Dark.

Fantastic new subreddit just dropped (well, about a month ago)... GROKvsMAGA www.reddit.com/r/GROKvsMAGA/