@maxrushden.bsky.social saw your prediction piece in the Guardian and thought you’d like to play our charity football prediction league. You’ve already done the Prem! Https://footballpredictionleague.com Simply drag and drop the teams into the *right* order.

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Lollipop ladies: they make me cross.

Once again, I had to threaten to leave my broadband provider to get a good deal. I got a good deal but all this admin. Why can’t companies just do the right thing?

Just a quick plug for my new poofreading service, which now comes with a monkey-back guarantee.

Cutting military aid to Ukraine is exactly what you’d expect a Russian ally to do.

Well, the sad death of Henry "Going for Gold" Kelly is a apt moment to remind the world of the Autograph book of Death. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f... 1/x

Elon "Those who ignored President Trump’s executive order to return to work have now received over a month’s warning. Starting this week, those who still fail to return to office will be placed on administrative leave." Your punishment for not returning to the office is not to return to the office.

The EU-UK-US relationship has stood strong for 80 years, routed in shared interests, culture and frankly, threats. It’s clear from JD Vance’s remarkable comments that we no longer share these things. With the US moving towards neo-monarchism and fascism, they’re the outlier.

Surely this isn’t real? King Donald is now banning adjectives. The man is a felon. Best we use it to describe it.

Americans: let me know how your price cuts for groceries and gas is going won’t you?

JD Vance can just fuck off. He stands alongside the greatest threat to western democracy and he criticises us? Get to fuck. He is an enabler - an apologist - for an American coup fueled by a neo-monarchist and a billionaire nazi. If you’re not worried, you have failed to understand.

I notice that Apple will be updating Apple Maps to say “Gulf of America”. www.macrumors.com/2025/02/11/a... So I shall not be using Apple Maps any more. Fucking disgraceful how deep tech bros are taking Trumps cock.

Trump’s Republicans called for the deportation of the Episcopal Bishop of Washington simply for criticising their obvious hate-led anti-migration policies. Republicans support deporting anyone who disagrees with them, irrespective of their nationality. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Bookmark this if you like, but Trump's executive orders on immigration look a fuck like 1930s/40s Germany. I don't understand why everyone isn't horrified.

Will never work with any company, or any person who believes that scrapping DEI initiatives are a good thing.

Apparently, you can’t refer to Squid Games as “Squiddely Winks”

There’s a gap for an EU based, community owned, fact-checked social media site

Metas move to get rid of their fact checking teams is a terrible, terrible choice. Zuck has kissed the Trump ring. I will leave Threads on 20th Jan. Feels appropriate. BlueSky wins

I’m being investigated for theft of some swimming pool inflatables. I’ve gotta lilo.

Can't think of a single comedian who started a supermarket? No? How quickly you forget Sid Lidl (of Lidl and Large)

SAVE MONEY on expensive Kindles this Christmas by going into your local Waterstones and taking a photo of every single page in the shop

One small victory for this consumer today. Another failed DPD delivery so I've asked the suppler to stop using them and they've agreed. DPD won't even interact with my complaint from last week. I'll do EVERYTHING never use them again. They don't deserve it.

Eldest daughter has made ginger-dinos (and snails). Beaut!

Well I’m sure that storm was kicking off somewhere but here in Bristol, despite the government alarm, it was a rather peaceful night.

Couriers. Today I waited in for DPD to deliver and I was *at home* when I got an email to explain I was out and that my delivery had failed. So I tried complaining I’m gonna say I don’t think DPD really give a shit.

I did the Apple hearing test today and learnt that my daughter mumbles. #ios18 #airpodpro2

My new favourite @bsky.app tool is Fallingposts.com Watch posts in realtime, hover on words for context, click through to original post and broaden your network by following interesting people. #BlueskyTips

Could they say *anything* interesting? Follow and find out. go.bsky.app/MC1WauB

Would legit go see cold-blooded geese.

HOW TO INSTANTLY DETERMINE IF SOMEONE IS A TIME TRAVELLER FROM THE FUTURE 1. Ask them who wins the 2094 World Cup 2. If they answer incorrectly, they are not from the future 3. If they answer correctly, they are definitely from the future because only someone from the future would know that 👍

This thanksgiving, I'm grateful for all the kind offers of Black Friday discounts from companies whose mailing lists I've somehow subscribed to. I'm doubly grateful for the oppportunity to unsubscribe.

[Playing chess] Tanya Peters: What are you doing? Lt. Frank Drebin (Nielsen): Oh! I was, uh, just conjugating my next move. Peters: Your bishop's exposed. Drebin: It's these pants.

Current status: cat bed

The DPD delivery man was an arsehole waiting a full 15 seconds before banging the door for the second time.

Watching Severence again to get up to speed before season 2. Wow. It’s properly good. And properly weird. So many details.

New fresh nonsense from Hubspot. I should “clear my cache” and start again. I’m using an app so no cache to clear. Still locked out.

to quote Elvis, I'm caught in a trap. I need copies of my Hubspot invoices for my accounts so... 1. Log on to Hubspot via desktop which requires... 2. Log on to Hubspot mobile app for authentication, which doesn't work cos I'm logged out so... 3. Log in and it asks for a code it's emailed 1/x

BREAKING: Many states are considering new tariffs on Florida to prevent the undesirable flow of Floridians into other parts of the country.

Fascinating. Poor education, gullibility, confirmation bias, access to neutral news services and an unwillingness to seek out the truth are behind these biases and all the subsequent voter behaviour

Today is all about delivery.

Soon and very soon, MAGAs are going to feel the crushing weight of objective reality come smashing down upon their red hats, as the truth that cannot be covered over by Fox News fictions or GOP spin doctors becomes terrifyingly clear: they have lost, too. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/magas-lost...

Pay your freelancers before Christmas.

I’ve worn the Oura 4 ring for two days and I’m impressed with the hardware and software. Beyond the activity tracking, I’m not quite sure what I do with the stats. I know now how I slept, but what do I do with this knowledge? I know my temp is -0.2c down. What does this mean?

I think it speaks volumes that right wingers criticize bluesky for being “liberal” and “left wing”, when it’s really just that hate speech isn’t allowed.

Commentator: “Both goals, so good, Bachmann didn’t even dive!” No. Nonono. It’s that Bachmann is a terrible goalkeeper that costs #Watfordfc dearly.