On this day, 2 years ago. I sat in bed and said to myself, 'Why haven't you finally made that compilation of Jim McDonald from Coronation Street, absolutely battering people to Motörhead? So I did.' Enjoy! It will forever be my greatest contribution to society.

If Bilbo had Chat GPT

@chartlifepod.bsky.social I was in my early 20s in 96 so very much pop music conscious. You're not alone about e-motion, Juliet. Good grief. No insight to give, just solidarity!

The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

Just when you think this has peaked, it gets better. Superb.

@chartlifepod.bsky.social Just listened to Madonna's Oh Father because I had a horrible suspicion that it might feature a children's choir at some point. Very happy to report it doesn't and I think it needs more credit for avoiding that.

@chartlifepod.bsky.social I listen while out running and was approaching a pedestrian crossing when Crescendo's Are You Out There? came on. The beeps kicked in, I thought the crossing had gone green and nearly got run over. Not how I want to go..

@chartlifepod.bsky.social I'm a couple of weeks behind but that Ali Campbell cover of Something Stupid is definitely the worst thing you've played so far Might be the worst thing I've ever heard. Keep up the good work. 😀

Read the article before making your own jokes.

Piers Morgan is as angry about Glamour honouring trans women as he was about Eastenders showing two men kissing in 1989 and for exactly the same reason.

I shaved my beard off yesterday. How do people survive with such cold faces? This is unbearable.

I just signed up to the Pegasus Ultra Running Slam for next year. 6 ultras in 2026. I need a lie down now.

I watched the For Wales See Wales emergency podcast after the Caerphilly result and am now absolutely hooked. Well worth subscribing if you're interested in Welsh politics and Welsh life generally. It's more fun than I make it sound.

#Aberfan museum.wales/news/1298/Ab...

I draw all my cartoons to order, they're not prints. www.worldofmoose.com/products/bal...

Andrew is a sort of non-prince now, a… well, I’m sure there’s some sort of portmanteau word that would describe him well.

I once exchanged pained smiles with Alan Hansen in a village pub in the Lake District as we were both having to duck under low beams.

Nothing brightens my day more than a package from @bertsbooks.bsky.social . It feels more like an event than a delivery.

Show us the last four albums you listened to. (One of these things is not like the others)

Cardiff on half marathon day giving me real 28 Days Later vibes.

Absolutely loving my new spooky profile pic by the inimitable @riotgrlerin.bsky.social

Civilisation Which version? Every version. Except VII. Yet.

no excuse for being this bad

Did enjoy discovering Cambridge are only the 3rd best rowing club in the UK, and Oxford are joint 30th. Not enough live sports feature 3rd vs 30th every year ad infinitum

N A T A L I T Y

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep 1. Junior parkrun 2. All About Eve (band not film) 3. My regrets on watching Lost to the bitter, bitter end

one thing i’ll always respect Crash Test Dummies for is recognizing that being made to go to weird church is way worse than being in a serious car accident

Incredible news. Actor is acting. Groundbreaking stuff. BBC News - I'm nothing like my Peaky Blinders character, says Cillian Murphy www.bbc.com/news/article...

Incredible qualifying at Baku #F1 earlier. That's the most red flags seen since Prince Andrew went speed dating.

10/10, no notes

Well, this was a nice break in the usual doomscrolling.

This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".

Harold Shipman arrested over inappropriate use of prescription drugs.

Gotta remember that a big part of the decline in total fertility rates is the disappearance of teenage pregnancy

There's a human tendency for people to subconsciously give more weight to events in England happening within a period roughly corresponding to 1811 and 1820, during the incapacitation of George III when his son ruled in his stead. This effect is known to cognitive psychologists as the Regency bias.

The desperation by those on the Right to smear Angela Rayner is wearing thin🙄 And no - don’t bother replying UNTIL you’ve read the thread! I’ve trawled through multiple versions of this “story” in the Telegraph and Daily Mail to try and piece together what’s going on! 🧵1/17

ENGLANG FOR ENGLINGSH

I am not sure how much more “discourse” I can take on immigration when I keep seeing stories about British police officers raping, abusing, killing and otherwise ruining people’s lives.

This is like reading an obituary for someone you thought died in 1993. How is this only just breaking news? share.google/WoEyXMt0iWHl...

That horrible feeling that your favourite TV show is trying to tell you something.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Worth remembering that Terence Stamp was the son of a ship's stoker. Stamp desperately wanted to act, after falling in love with movies as a kid, and it was a scholarship to Drama School that allowed him to walk that path. Every time arts cuts are made, they rob us of more Terence Stamps.

Could I be arrested for buying Intermezzo?

For thousands of years, horses were a central part of practically all armies and their campaigns, culminating in WW2, which was the last war in which they saw widespread use. After the horse fell out of use, we've had 80 years of relative peace They were the problem all along

If you don't know if you have a nemesis, you do not have a nemesis.

Oh my word…. The click bait merchants at the Telegraph are having an absolute field day right now! 🙄 Shall we take a look at the *reality* behind this sensationalist article? Go on, you know you want to! 😜 🧵 1/25 (1/1)