Why TF is a #Labour govt arranging a rescue package for #ThamesWater? Isn't failure part of "market efficiency"? Why are more foreign private equity vampires being allowed to buy our infrastructure at bargain prices? Why isn't this opportunity being seized to reclaim public assets? #nationalisation

Wes fucking Streeting

It is utterly heartbreaking how Labour have wasted the first two years of a historic majority. They needed to do all the unpopular but necessary stuff at the beginning, weather the storm and reap the rewards by the time the next election came round. But the courage and purpose were simply not there.

Reform and the Tories will become one party. The only question is which eats which.

People voted for austerity. Everything got worse. Then they voted for Brexit. Everything got worse. Now they're voting for more of the same, and still believe it will make things better.

Just a heard a Reform voter describe the effects of austerity on his town, and blame it on foreigners. Labour's failure to challenge the austerity narrative, and then the Brexit narrative, is coming back to bite us all.

Watching The Boys season 5 and thinking how appropriate it is that the USA's real Homelander is an obese, incontinent octogenarian.

The 17-y-o told his brother (back from uni for the weekend) that I'm in my "asparagus arc." I tried to tell them it's called a season and it's nearly over. But I do love some asparagus.

Trump is going to help ships pass the Strait of Hormuz the same way he helped the Iranian people rise up against their government

Congrats to BCWFC to getting back where they belong, among the elite of the women's game 🥂 #KRO

Succession The Wire Breaking Bad The Sopranos The Detectorists Happy Valley The Young Ones Bojack Horseman Bagpuss Only Connect Father Ted Adventure Time World At War The Shield I, Claudius

Julian Cope - Reynard the Fox Electrelane - The Valleys Squeeze - Up the Junction Dukes of Stratosfear - My Love Explodes Paul Simon - America MC5 - Looking at You Jane's Addiction - Three Days Syd Barrett - Late Night Husker Du - Celebrated Summer Inchworm - Sid's Party

JFC

Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.

One of the most brilliantly entertaining Wikipedia entries I have ever read includes, but of course does not end with, these lines:

Here's my pitch for a place on the anti-AI block list: comparing AI to a calculator is absurd. Doing sums is not what makes us human. Having a machine make our music and art and tell our stories threatens everything that makes life worth living.

Dear landlords, we don't want to live in your home. We want to live in your property and make it our home. Every apartment we view looks like it's been planned as an Airbnb.

Am I the only person who would like to read a book which isn't a hybrid of two currently popular books?

This is a dance off. If you see this repost a dance, or you are eliminated.

Got another biblical passage for Hegseth to use in his prayers: 'The Lord spake and said unto him, "Thou shalt ask thyself one question: do I feel lucky? Well, dost thou, punk?"'

Got another biblical passage for Hegseth to use in his prayers: The Lord spake and said unto him, "Thou shalt ask thyself one question: do I feel lucky? Well, dost thou, punk?"

"The Pope should stay out of war and politics and stick to questions of morality" says a lot about your morality when it comes to war and politics.

That new Robyn song is a bit good, isn't it? Whenever I hear it I think it's a 90s classic I'd forgotten about

What I find weird about British progressive politics right now is almost nobody would argue with the idea that Trump is a dangerous, demented, fascistic threat to world peace... but if you suggest we should take a firm stance against him, you will be called a child who doesn't understand reality.

I see this is one of those "ceasefires" like Gaza where Israel just carries on bombing as much as they like

First outdoor swim of the year: St Thomas Bay, Malta

Should we be concerned that the US President has an urgent need to build a fortified bunker under the White House?

President Trump announces consumption of bird which will definitely catch spider swallowed to catch fly

This article is written by someone who thinks Jacobean tragedy is "almost all...garbage". It's exactly as vacuous, glib and dull as that opinion suggests. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Block and don't engage - fair enough. Post a reply, then mute to prevent the OP defending themselves - coward's work.

What London needs is Shariah law www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The irony here is that one of these "irrefutable" facts is easily refuted. There is no Security Council Resolution 2871, at least as of 1/4/26. Not one of these people slapping each other on the back for how smart they are bothered to check claims that supported their prejudices.

Why do I not want to get out of bed in the morning,and not want to go to bed at night? For everyone who replies telling me to go to bed, I'll, erm, go to bed. Probably.

Monty Burns pins hopes on spats and Zeppelins to turn round struggling company

Privatisation has failed not only in its promises, delivering worse services at higher prices, but has corrupted everything it's touched, replacing concepts of public service and civil society with a shameless greedy grab for money at costs. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

This is a magnificent piece of research and writing, thoroughly worth your time and attention: www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

Finally watched the Theroux Manosphere documentary. One of the underlying themes seemed to be "blaming feminism for what capitalism has done, and seeking an answer in a more aggressive, ruthless form of capitalism."

#booksky #kidlit can anyone recommend a good historical novel suitable for an intermediate English learner aged 14? Rome/ Egypt preferred, no fantasy and no romance please!

Ruin a book by adding 'somehow' to the opening line. 'As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a giant insect somehow.'

We are currently subjects in a vast global experiment to discover how many of their rights people will surrender rather than share them with anyone they consider "other".

Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating!

This is an insane decision. It's up to the referee to decide whether a team has forfeited...you can't change the result of a cup final 2 months later and expect your competition to have any credibility www.theguardian.com/football/202...

An incoming Reform government would "focus on making change via executive orders rather than legislation, where possible" www.theguardian.com/politics/202... As predicted last August on The Empty City blog: emptycity.substack.com/p/yes-an-inc...

"AI is not a magical tool built by people in San Francisco making millions of dollars a year and pushing their companies to insane valuations. Artificial intelligence is an extractive technology that relies on the brutal labor of underpaid workers around the world" www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

How does breaking people's bones help them cast off the yoke of tyranny?

The people who think music was "better" in the last century... Are the same people who sold their vinyl and replaced it with CDs in the 80s and 90s.

Just listened to whichever Reform rentagob got tonight's obligatory BBC slot. They admire Trump for taking action... But also think we shouldn't be getting involved in foreign adventures. But also think Europe is weak for not rushing into a stance on the war. None of it makes any sense.

When we talk about Iran and democracy, can we remember that Iran was a democracy until the US and UK staged a coup on behalf of the fossil fuel industry? That the revolution of 1979 was a direct response to that? Could the news and other reporting give that essential historical perspective?

I may have previously expressed the opinion that Georgians are the worst drivers in the world. I now have to give my apologies to the people of Georgia and admit I was wrong. Bosnians are much, much worse.