Just heard on local news, BBC Cumbria. No offence recorded as an HGV drove towards pro Palestinian protesters blockading a factory making parts for F35s. A policeman was seen waving the driver on towards the entrance. No misconduct. Couldn't find confirmation. If anybody can, I would appreciate

BBC local radio are doing a long bit bemoaning the impact of the £0.50 increase in minimum wage on businesses. They do mention, almost in passing, the other increases in costs for businesses but the focus is on the minimum wage increase. For a standard full time job, it's worth £18.75 per week.

Despite using an AI blocker extension google search started serving up AI slop again so I switched to DuckDuckGo and send feedback to Google saying I would not be using Google search again until they stop using AI. If you stop using google search because of the AI, do let them know.

Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

The price of diesel in Morrisons petrol station has gone from 138.9 to 143.9 in the last week.

Peter Mandelson arrested. www.reuters.com/business/ret...

@crunchyroll.com Once again I'm getting to the good bit and crunchyroll craps out on me again. For the last half hour or so I get "Something went wrong" and endless buffering. What exactly am I paying for?

I know I put 4 pillowcases in the wash so how come only 3 came out?

Pray for me. Next door is "singing" again.

I bought a new hifi system including a half decent turntable so I've been buy some vinyl. 12" single of "Bohemian Rhapsody". I accidentally set the speed to 78 rpm. Alvin and the Chipmunks sing "Bohemian Rhapsody". And sadly yes, it exists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fytH...

And enacted by infiltration, manipulation, and strategies outwith the sight of the electorate - who get optics, not policies. Who funds these schemes? We don't get to see. But we should - particularly now Epstein links and global collusion are being revealed. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

Statement from Sir Keir Starmer : "Nobody could possibly have known that it was raining and I feel that the weather lied to us all. I believe it has betrayed us all and I can only apologise to all those who got wet for having believed its lies."

Amazing coincidences with Facebook lately. I bought a vinyl album - first I've bought for years. Facebook started recommending vinyl sales pages. I looked up how to properly set up my new sub woofer. Facebook started recommending Audio equipment and setup pages. Such coincidences.

They'll flavour gin with anything these days

You'd think it was Christmas or something

Trying to scroll my laptop screen with my finger (it is not touch sensitive).

Freedom does not die with ether a bang or a whimper. It dies with "Huh? what's going on?"

Look radio stations. At the very first gambling ad, I go . I don't care how good the music is, advertise gambling, I'm gone. Stop advertising gambling.

BBC Good Food website just asked me to pay to remove adds using something called "contentpass", apparently a German thing. WTF BBC? Went somewhere else. Plenty of recipe sites that don't ask you to pay to remove adds.

Amazon being extremely specific with their deliver estimate.

A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – we’re fighting back goodlawproject.org/s/4860b3

There used to be some absolutely brilliant wines and then the put them into screw top bottles and they became - Meh, whatever.

And you'd be amazed what's in mostly-forgotten tunnels beneath France. When I was down there with some RE, a few De Beers peeps were with us (don't ask). They asked what to do if they kicked a live shell. ROYAL ENGINEER: Jump 50ft up. Burst through the surface. Scatter yourself over about 20 yards

I have a radical idea. Driving lessons should mentions those things called "indicators".

I'm so glad I started labelling the food I put in the freezer. Now all I have to do is learn to wrote legibly.

@katedrawscomics.bsky.social youtu.be/nWORBZIEjbI?... official?

this was interesting and useful youtu.be/kT0HJkr1jj4?...

✒️ Parliament has been accused of an “outrageous abuse” that is “worthy of the Trump White House”, after refusing to issue us a media pass. Thousands have signed a petition calling on the government to give us access. Help defend press freedom, sign today. secure.declassifieduk.org/page/178447/...

There is no good reason for Digital ID cards. This is only a loss of civil liberties. Please sign the petition and share 🖊️ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73... My thoughts 👇 onthewight.com/letter-labou...

Interesting youtu.be/jiy3ABabtWY?...

Yo Charlie Boy! I know your brother!

for no reason, some pleasant sounds youtu.be/WSqUBwlHld4?...

Anime and Shakespeare have one big thing in common. If a girl ever dresses as a guy nobody ever realises, no matter how obvious it is.

Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds. action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3342/pe...

I've just discovered "Redneck Star Trek" and it's broken me. youtu.be/1eqYswiW4eo?...

We're gonna need about 150k reposts on the post below. If you could just go ahead and make sure you do that from now on, that would be great.

"Ti-i-i-me is on my side, yes it is" counterpoint: no, no it isn't.

in the car listening to an 80s mix when Princes' 1999 came on. Wait? that was in the 80s? Turns out, yes. 1982. Way ahead of his time.

Somebody tell me this was a joke. No seriously, please tell me this was a joke. I don't want to live in a world where this was real. archive.is/ctEfR

[road trip] DAUGHTER: I have to use the bathroom. ME: *pulls into rest stop* DAUGHTER: Thanks. ME: Make sure you’re back in 5 minutes. DAUGHTER: I will. ME: We accidentally left your brother behind once. DAUGHTER: I don’t have a brother. ME: Exactly.

Petition: "Expel Israel from Eurovision Over Human Rights Violations" www.change.org/p/expel-isra...

Private shareholders made dividends of £3.6 billion from owning our trains in the last decade. Yet the government is leaving our trains fully privately owned. Sign We Own It's petition to demand they take our trains into public ownership: weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...

TIL David Tennant played the voice of Scrooge McDuck in ducktails