Sorry I haven't been active on social media today, I've been flat out making sure everything goes smoothly on my first day as website manager for the OBR.

Is schadenfreude the correct term for the enjoyment I’m getting from seeing Zarah Sultanah find out for the first time who she is playing with on the Left and they’re not as cuddly as she thought?

Happy 10th birthday Talking Pictures. And may there be many many more

Could we get whoever made that dress to come and sort out Hammersmith Bridge for us?

Kids, do you know who else was from Chicago and on a mission from god?

And still - you’ll note - no Welsh Pope. The poisonous legacy of the oldest racism remains with us to this very day.

A Leo from Chicago who annoys Republicans you say?

He is a fucking genius when it comes to business

We seem to be surrounded by negativity and chaos, so try not to get sucked in. Train your mind to think positive thoughts and keep joy in your heart to get you through the turmoil of life. Sending virtual hugs to those who need them ❤️

‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’

"Red Lion's just down there, cheeky pint then we'll hit a club in Soho Boris told me about"

Yay for decent Americans (of whom there are many)!

The key point (from a thread about suits) summarising why today’s Oval Officegate debacle is complete 🐴💩

“Nice to see you, to see you nice”

While many of you are likely yelling "GO USA" or "GO CANADA!" I'm yelling "GO literally any elected member of congress and the rule of law, please, anyone or a single check or a solitary balance or—

Europe doesn't need any more wake-up calls. It's awake. It's just very comfortable in its warm bed and procrastinating on getting up in the hopes something turns up to magically take care of all the chores it knows it should be getting on with.

An excellent thread that explains precisely why the current Presidential activities are unconstitutional while being balanced enough to accept that the intended policies might be what people voted for.

“Well, since we cannot get the best, then we will have to settle for the average.” - Abraham Christoph Plaz, Leipzig city councilor, complaining about the council having to hire their 3rd choice for Music Director of the city's churches, a musician named Johann Sebastian Bach.

Here is a stupid joke to make up for any and all political posting today: How did the frog review the Oscar-winning movie? He found it ribbeting.

Such sad news for a great comedian with a troubled life. A good one gone too young.

When you failed to become a fire truck driver, made some money and let your inner child buy a number plate

. Peruvian owls always hunt in pairs. . That's because they're Inca hoots.

I knew it!!!! The socks!!!

This is so adorable. And the dad in the video could make real money from showing how to get a baby to sleep in 10 secs flat!

OTD in 1975 Hannah Arendt died. "The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact & fiction and the distinction between true & false no longer exist".

Wow - it has a soul? Who knew

Not sure the country that allowed Liz Truss a resignation honours list should be commenting on the Biden pardon thing

Ha, ha, ha, ha ROFL 🤣

The biggest shock of the Haigh resignation is discovering that once upon a time the police actually investigated a stolen phone.

I love the school run shout-outs on Classic FM, absolute mayhem. Happy birthday to Jacinta, 9, who's going on a trip up Everest after her cor anglais exam, and Mungo, 7, who will be invested as Archbishop of York after his PhD viva on the origins of Mandarin.

It's chaps of a certain age who buy Jags so if you want an effective ad campaign just get Kristin Scott Thomas to lean against an F-Type with a dismissive look on her face Sales 📈 700%

Wow! A sign of how much John Prescott’s efforts were overshadowed by spotlights on Blair, Brown, Mandelson, Campbell and others. To be praised by Al Gore is quite a tribute.

Of course Talking Pictures is here: it seems like its natural home