My name's Rick and I am a backgammon junkie

This is aging annoyingly well

I don’t like cricket Oh no I hate it

on fighting talk just now, one panellist claimed they were “world class” at knowing when a minute had passed so rick edwards started a timer and turned to the other panellists. the guy interrupted someone else’s answer to say “now!” at 1’00

Stumbled across this piece I wrote 11 years ago about young men (well, young people) becoming disillusioned with politics. Disappointingly I think most of the arguments still hold... www.shortlist.com/news/why-are...

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

#proud #isotopes #neutrons @rachelburden.bsky.social

For the absolute last time: I *never* said I thought E.T. dressed in the wig and the dress was sexy, I said *I could see why people would think that*

once again I must tap my own sign

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Just heard the 5Live Breakfast Team on the radio talking to a Professor conducting research on this & getting massively excited about handling bits of the moon & seeing the dust & it was just a lovely bit of radio. So wholesome 🥺

Morning. So @rickedwards1.bsky.social watched Liverpool become champions in a takeaway in Euston yesterday afternoon. When have you watched great sporting occasions in 'less than ideal' circumstances? We're also talking baby food pouches, school uniforms and NHS winter figures @bbc5live.bsky.social

Whether it's Hillary Clinton sharing risotto tips on a private server or Pete Hegseth using the nuclear codes as his password on Pornhub, both parties have ignored our nation's security.

It is quite surprising that there is a sequel to Escape Plan (Stallone/Arnie prison break vehicle). But not just that - there is an ESCAPE PLAN 3. Surely no-one has voluntarily watched all three of these films?? WRONG. I HAVE.

Impressive dedication tbf

Am I the only one reading White House tweets in Bane’s voice in my head?

MASSIVE METAPHOR KLAXON www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

Wow, that’s a serious warm up.

Morning BlueSky gang - @rickedwards1.bsky.social is off to Downing St to interview the PM this morning - you can hear that at 8.30 - any Qs for him, send them over. Also more on Ukraine ceasefire, Turkey protests, England football, and school music lessons. @bbc5live.bsky.social

OCTOPUSES FFS

Rumbled

Just caught myself muttering ‘let’s clean up this crotch porridge’ to my toddler.

I don’t know if Google can top this, their finest work to date

I drew @bbc5live.bsky.social breakfast with @rachelburden.bsky.social and @rickedwards1.bsky.social #radio #bbc

[pretending to be on the phone to krishnan guru-murthy to impress a stranger] ok krish, have a great channel 4 news [after hanging up] that was krishnan guru-murthy

Is it acceptable to ask if someone has 'been at the ozempic'

I've reached the stage of life where I have started to actively enjoy bits of Radio 4. Very sobering. Still struggle with the pompous language though. Don't say 'penumbra' if you mean 'shadow' JUST SAY SHADOW NO-ONE IS IMPRESSED. (genuine example from this morning)

There is no toothbrushing more thorough and vigorous than the toothbrushing immediately before a visit to the dentist. Because NO-ONE enjoys a bollocking from the dentist.

Hello. Here's how Thursday's @bbc5live.bsky.social breakfast is shaping up... * Grenfell Tower decision * Interest rates * Newcastle to Wembley * Stop talking about refs And after @rickedwards1.bsky.social went to the opera - when have you been out of your comfort zone, and enjoyed it?

Here’s how the new Ofsted report card might look - in place of single word judgments for schools and other educational centres in England. What do you think? @bbc5live.bsky.social

Hello - we're here to help you ease your way into a new week. Talking about ... * Trump tariffs * Tool Theft * Ofsted reports * Arsenal joy * 6 Nations @bbc5live.bsky.social breakfast @rickedwards1.bsky.social

The only 'Blue Monday' article you'll ever need theneuroscienceofeve... It's #BlueMonday again. And this is all you'll ever need to read to know the 'truth' about it Which is that it's a ridiculous marketing stunt that got way out of hand and impacted me more than most people

I realise it's subjective, but this week's Fighting Talk is FUNNY. Features Dean Ashton admitting to some naughty fancy dress, a truly awful joke from Henning Wehn, and Holly Hamilton and Gail Emms (odd mood) discussing their cox options. Rate, review etc podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Tbf to TikTok, he probably will shag them

Mark Zuckerberg: I built this platform to give the people a voice Me: okay but actually you built it to rate how hot the woman at your school were

I don't care what anyone else says - the TRUE meaning of Christmas is getting smashed in the face repeatedly with a Sylvanian Families saloon car

It's very exciting when your toddler starts stringing some words together. Less exciting when he spends the morning calling you YUCKY DADDY

me: we should try tantrum sex her: you mean “tantric”? me: *stomping foot* NO

“Am I depressed or am I just very very tired” is a question I ask myself most days. *it is almost always the latter

Hahahaha #cityunited

This train is so hot I’m effectively being slow-cooked. Fairly sure that by the time I arrive in Warrington, my flesh will be ‘falling off the bone beautifully’

Wednesday

Something that doesn't really get spoken about is the amount of unapologetic flatulence you hear at urinals. Note: it is a lot.

Well this is a bit of fun. ChatGPT is a proper snake! bgr.com/tech/chatgpt...

Fighting Talk has NOT been rained off this morning. 11am on @bbc5live.bsky.social with Kath Merry, Neil Delamere, Jake Wood and Steffan Powell. Will include a discussion around the best long hair in sport. Hard-hitting, as always.

At the end of the day, don’t we all just want to pull a book from a bookshelf and find that it reveals a hidden room?

Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work