This thread makes me realise what all action movie scenes with crowds in them are missing - someone typing away on their phone.

Every time I glance at Australia's persistently disappointing centrist PM I then look at the UK's one and realise how much worse it could be

Being pragmatic does not mean being passive would carry more weight if he hadn't proceeded to be completely passive and non-committal.

If anyone has a spare spine knocking about, one is urgently needed at 10 Dowing Street.

Sent my MiL a photo of the fabric I bought with the birthday money she gave me. She replied saying I was very clever for making my own clothes. I've just cut myself on the rotary cutter while making a jumper from said fabric. Clever I am certainly not. 😆

There's a comment in this thread about parents getting kids off this tech but adults should know it's a game. That is to underestimate the nature of human brains and how vulnerable we are. This is a danger for everyone whatever age you are and tech companies need to be held accountable for it.

Just seen over £100,000 donated to someone's gofundme, where they claim they are raising money for charity.. but don't once mention which charity, a webpage, or a charity number.. good idea to check these things before you fire off money, that it will be used for what you think it will be used for

I'm reading about the famous purple togas of ancient Rome. Tyrain purple cloth was created in Egypt by mixing the secretions from glands of shellfish with stale urine, leaving that to sit for 10 days and then adding the cloth. I have one question... How did they come up with this? 🤔

The new series of Spitting Image looks shite.

Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen #musicsky 🎶 1. U2 and Ash at the Waterfront for the Yes campaign 2. Blur in Hyde Park 3. Spin Doctors somewhere near Angel station 4. Eels in Brighton 5. Belle & Sebastian at the Royal Albert Hall Bonus - CBeebies prom 😆

'Alright pal, got plans for the #BigGardenBirdwatch?' 'Nah, just the usual... hang out of sight whilst she's doing the count, then touch down once the hour's over. You?' 'Classic. Planning some fly-bys with a few of the boys, but we'll only land one at a time.' 'Niiice.'

I got a little excited earlier that sitting in a particular position helped ease the abdominal pain I live with ATM. Then I remembered I took a pretty hefty painkiller about 30 minutes before sitting down. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I usually love Sliced Bread on Radio 4 but the episode on dark chocolate annoyed me. The woman on the show ate dark chocolate but then stopped when she heard there are traces of lead and cadmium in it. She was "researching" chocolate when she read about this but couldn't find more evidence.

I once met the falcon in Trafalgar Square. Someone got the best photo of it landing on my arm. Over the years with many phone and computer changes the photo got lost. I'd love to have it again. It was just such cute joy and excitement.

Use the materials you're hoarding. Use that cute pen, the fancy tape, one of the 40 notebooks. Draw with those alcohol markers before they dry up. Art materials are meant to be used, not gather dusts. "I'm afraid to waste it." Time spent using them = experience. And experience is never wasted.

My son just sent me this. I think he might be hungry.

There should be more books, movies and TV shows featuring new friendships in adulthood. Most you see are people thrown together because of ridiculous circumstances. I want to watch regular middle aged women finding their tribes.

Honestly - tonight's news was wall to wall have I missed something or has everyone been drinking stupid juice?

He says Del Boy was his hero growing up so he's going to be an entrepreneur. Did I completely misunderstand Only Fools and Horses?

When I was 13 I was "going out" (I think we had one date) with a boy in my class. A friend told me he was going to dump me so I decided I would get in there first. I cringe at that memory. The right wing are really just a bunch of teenagers, aren't they?

Can someone give me an American history lesson? I have it in my head that the 2nd amendment was made so people could carry guns to protect themselves in case the state was taken over by militia and threatened people's freedom.

In a very real sense it doesn't actually matter because she says this shit with such conviction that some people will believe it. It reminds me of my brother dying of a brain tumour and he would say things that couldn't be true with such conviction it would make me second guess myself.

Does Nadine Dorries really believe the stuff that comes out of her mouth? Does she really believe that most people in the conservatives are left wing? #WATO

I'm going to be in that there London over Easter. Literally only over Easter weekend though. So you know all those tantalising events/meet ups you all talk about that make me wish I still lived in London? How about someone arranges one for Easter weekend? 😆

Is there anything good happening in the world ATM? Anything? Anything at all? Focusing on the small things helps, the nice chat with a barista, a sunny day after days of overcast weather, painkillers allowing me to bend over. But I think I need to hear people's big good news today.

On a zoom meeting for a lecture and someone has joined with sound and blasting adverts to everyone. Seriously - it's been 5 years of these things, how do people still not know to mute themselves?

Thinking about that time the My Little Pony comics, of all things, absolutely bodied Scott Adams.

I'm hoping a bowl of mash will make me less furious at the world.

I'm giving up on buying online. Royal mail told the seller they delivered but there is no card, we were in when they said they delivered, we have no "safe place". About 2/3 of online purchases have been fucked up for us recently. It's just not worth the stress.

It has just occurred to me that I haven't had post in well over a week. Something was posted to me first class on the 6th and still isn't here. Royal Mail were bollocking on about their Christmas delivery rates but every January is becoming a black hole for post.

UKIP is still a thing? I wonder how many UKIP supporters get their knickers in a twist about people not wearing poppies on TV.

I constantly read defected as defecated. Which has made today quite amusing.

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The thing that really sticks out for me is this woman was expressly looking for dates with people who would actively dislike her children. Wtf?

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Try to make it a welcoming place for them with civil discourse, even if you disagree with them. By all means make that clear but do so courteously. Let them see what they’ve been missing and make this the best place for political discourse.

Has that video of the ICE officers slipping been verified? I really want to be able to enjoy it but it has the whiff of AI. It's just too good to be true.

Is anyone actually nostalgic for 2016? Or do we all just see it as the first crappy year in a slippery slope of crappy years?

Mousecow would very much like these cheesy snacks thankyouverymuch. #EverybodyLovesMousecow

Someone's glad to have the cone off. 😁

Welcome to everyone joining Bluesky from twitter. Someone will be assigned to you to misunderstand one of your jokes and scream at you shortly.

I've just looked at what lists I'm on and I'm on an anti-monarchy block list. I'm just sad that I can't see it as it sounds like it would be a good list of people to follow. 😆

Love the idea of these in today's disposable society.

Byron has learned to unmake the bed, which is impressive considering his lack of opposable thumbs. Or maybe he's just good at getting into people's beds and it's nominative determinism 🤷‍♀️ #Caturday #ProofOfCat

Bsky probably isn't London-dense enough for this crowd-source, but does anyone remember the name of a tiny pub in Wandsworth in the late 80s, round the corner from the Alma on Alma Road, that was so old school it didn't have a Ladies Toilet? (no, I don't know why I capped that either)

I don’t think we should have ceded control quite so quickly and without so much as a fight.

It's the 3rd of January 1939, your name is professor James Smith and you are staring at a drawing of a fish. It's not a regular fish. It is a completely impossible fish.