So I’m getting into my truck at the grocery store and a voice yells “Hey! Young lady!” I am 48 so I did not turn, but then I see wild waving out a truck window. Old man straight off Duck Dynasty, full camo, beard to his sternum. He says “Your bumper sticker! Read books, punch Nazis?”

I've done it. Please consider joining me in pointing out how the problem is not the worthiness of specific applicants or groups of applicants, but the Home Office's own culture of derision and suspicion regarding *any* immigrant. www.gov.uk/government/c...

As the partner of an immigrant, this is very close to my heart. The pathways into this country have always been inhumane, but these proposed changes make them more so, relying on subjective, vague, and - frankly - Victorian notions such as 'character'. If you've got a minute, could you have a go?

If you won't do it for the love of me specifically, do it for those whose forking their life savings directly into the maw of the Home Office is apparently no longer enough.

oh! just remembered seeing this dude, who made me laugh out loud yesterday

I dunno about the rest of the world, but the US suburban middle/high school experience has so much to answer for. God, I was *terrified* to be caught out wearing the same anything in a week. Other kids would point it out and sneer. No one told us we were perpetuating class prejudice, or to stop it.

Look, if there is one thing I am *not*, it is bloodthirsty.

One of my biggest accomplishments to date. “These Headphones Should Be Free” published by the Poetry Foundation. www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi... #poems #poetry #writingcommunity #poets #writers #author #poetrycommunity

Broke Babe Supper Club went from a series of free dinners to an artistic project examining the relationships between hunger, class, and creativity...

This evening, I’ll be in conversation with George Monbiot about political dysfunction and ecological collapse, and I want to tell you all briefly about a ritual involving an ancient Hittite king, a throne, and a tree from 3,000 years ago @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Time has changed me.

God gives his biggest oofts to his eepiest lil guys.

When will second breakfast return from war

I WROTE THAT VERY EP AND YOU CAN HEAR GUY PERFORMING IT RIGHT HERE soundcloud.com/notmoro/port...

Well that was just very excellent and interesting, as previous experience foretold. Feel better soon though, @profaliceroberts.bsky.social .

Not so sure this is a comedy gig

I have died of bad yoga. AND THAT'S AFTER AN HOUR OF SUCCESSFUL YOGA YESTERDAY. >:(

I am learning a lot from this thread about the inherent anger of sheep

Forty years ago today, Calvin & Hobbes was first published. It's all fabulous but, as time went on, Bill Watterson decided he was going to make his Sunday pages the most gorgeous, creative, and varied of all. This is one of my favourites, partly for the use of the looooong final panel.

Remember: the enemy of your enemy is still wildly hateful and shouldn’t ever be glorified

May your heart be happy; may you receive the dignity; may you drink what is made for you as you wish. (WWO)

- Who are you, and how did you get in here? - I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith. #PoliceSquad #locksmith

I have died of spiderbumhead :(

okay, this IS my first rodeo, but I have seen a horse before

"Oi! OI. Wot you lookin' at? You want some? I'll fucken kick your arse through that wa-- oh! Hang on, I love this song."

ROSIE JOOOOOOOONES

Top five Martys: Martin Short Marty McFly Purple Martin Martin Luther King, Jr. Mae Martin *runs*

Shopping local can be choosing a small independent bookshop far away across the sea from where you are but close to the loved one you wish to gift a book to #ShopLocal

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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo #ShareGoodNewsToo

New rule when I'm in charge: if you don't use all your fireworks on November 5th, you don't get to set them off later as you please, you have to put them in a curry and spend every day of the next week eating it. Just add nature intended.

Top 5 movie genres: Girl meets magical cat(s) Muppets Detective spoof Elves and that Michelle Yeoh

Nobody cares about the longlist, Janet!

Creatives from any industry more than welcome to submit auction lots - whether it's a half hour chat about breaking into your industry, a piece of art, a poem, a curated booklist by a librarian, say! Sign up and more info here! #Creatives4Sudan #KeepEyesOnSudan www.sudancoup.com/auction

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The pain of not being able to be with my husband when he died will never leave me - but I am unbearably proud to be part of the small team of ten bereaved people who have fought so hard to make sure that his name, and the names of all our loved ones lost to covid, will never be forgotten. ❤️

Boosting this for the not-up-ridiculously-early-on-a-Sunday crowd. Creatives! Can YOU donate an item to the #Creatives4Sudan auction? Could be signed books, original art, a phone call talking about how to get into your industry, or [insert your idea]. Funds going Emergency response rooms in Sudan.

I love her. 13/10 excellent pigurine

Look, about the ghost. We haven't actually registered an apparition / cold spot / odd noise in this house. (Unless you count a few customers asking the name of the white cat. Our cats are orange and tortoiseshell...?) So we usually disappoint ghost hunters. That said... Her name is Claire. 🧵

The thing I despise is inhumanity. It’s not really a political position, it’s an existential one. But if your political party manoeuvres itself into a place where it practises and promotes inhumanity, I will despise you.

We sang We Like The Moon at the gig last night - the first time we have ever done this song live. So much fun, we'll do this (and a couple of other classic Rathergood songs) in the middle of the ska set next time we do one of these.

I am seeing a lot of "tee hee, hot priest" comments in response to the good Rev's arrest, here, and I have to say while I appreciate the intent to cheer him on, I find it a fucking weird and potentially dangerous take. He's, like, a real guy doing real work here, people

May you be dignified through wine; may you be rejuvenated through wine. (WWO)

For more on Rev. Woolf, who appears to have been arrested today: he published an editorial with @rns.org literally this week titled “Why clergy should risk assault to protest ICE” —> religionnews.com/2025/11/13/w...

It's surely a gross misinterpretation, but I like the idea that the ancient Egyptian embalming rituals involved misplacing The Ointment often enough that someone added a sarky couple of lines to the chant about it

Car Size xkcd.com/3167/

Feel like I want to boost Cethan's response here because it's the only correct one I've seen. "Woke" does not mean "lefty". It means you recognise and then persist in the cultivation of an awareness of systemic racism, and its roots being the cause of wider societal inequity

This is just great.