Anyone else notice that in last night's #Casualty, the word 'rape' wasn't mentioned even once despite that being the whole story? The closest it got was Siobhan saying she'd been attacked then gone to a 'SARC' (sex abuse referral centre). Most people don't know what that means.

Has anyone else tried to join #Upscrolled but hasn't received their confirmation email hours after registering?

It's not just cars that are affected by invasive bus lanes, LTNs and similar fads; truck drivers are as well. And "congestion for cars" means congestion for pedestrians and residents.

Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Who counts? What the Craig Guildford affair says about racism in the UK.

New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Who counts? (How a British police chief was hounded out of his job for looking after Muslims.) www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...

That said, there used to be an "independent grammar school" in Croydon which was in two delapidated houses with a third in between which was derelict, and shut down in 1994 after a safety inspection. It was a fire trap and they couldn't afford to fix it. #Casualty

So #Casualty is doing a story on a collapsed school roof and it's a slate roof on a grammar school - not the RAAC roofs on postwar schools which are actually liable to collapse.

The Sun gets its priorities right: the pub industry just can't survive if drink driving allowances are reduced, public safety be damned.

How is it that petrol prices are going down, despite the attack on one oil producer (Venezuela) and civil unrest in another (Iran)? Usually when there's war or tension in oil-producing countries, the price goes up.

Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Hierarchitis (on how hierarchy stops being efficient and becomes harmful):

New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Hierarchitis (when hierarchies are upheld and justice not, and its consequences): www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...

Just driven from New Malden to Croydon and back and some of the roads are scary. We had a dusting of snow two nights ago and some of the roads and pavements as still skid pans. Waitrose car park in Worcester Park is in parts dry and in parts icy. Was told it's the council's 1/2

An Instagram post featuring my first attempt at pilau rice. (Picture in thread.) 1/2

The people clamouring for Alaa Abdel-Fattah to be stripped of his birthright citizenship on grounds of anti-British tweets are not giving the British a good name with their opinions on Anthony Joshua and his two departed friends.

Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Kemi Badenoch and the know-nothing right (on her idiotic, racist response to the government's anti-VAWG initiative, with a roll-call of silent feminists):

New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Badenoch and the know-nothing Right (a critique of the Tory leader's absurd suggestion that misogyny and #VAWG are an imported problem):

Haven't had brussels sprouts in years, so I bought some today to chop up and mix in with other things (because the "meat & two veg" context isn't the only use for them). Couldn't believe how cheap they were: 70p a kilo, or 17p for enough for two meals. 1/2

Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - When a fallacy isn't (how arguments which are fallacies in academia have legitimate real-world uses):

New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- When a fallacy isn't (why arguments that fail in academia are valid in the real world): www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...

Please remember when sharing pictures from #Sudan and other countries where there are wars, genocides or similar, that naked pictures of children (meaning under-18s) are illegal to reproduce or share in the UK and many other places.

New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- When a fallacy isn't (why arguments that fail in academia are valid in the real world): www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...

Been seeing IG ads for a private nursery and primary school in southwest London called Jack & Jill. All except the nursery is all-girls. Why do you need an all-girls reception or infant school? Secondary perhaps, but not at 4 or 5. Oh, and the head is a man!

Just listened to the BBC History Podcast this afternoon about the arrest of General Pinochet. Isn't it funny that he had to come to London to have his back operation? After 17 years of his rule, Chile's health system wasn't good enough for him.

Is anyone else finding that some web apps (including X/Twitter and FB) don't work properly anymore on Mac Safari? If you switch back to that tab after viewing another, the tab is often blank and refreshing it doesn't work. #iOS262

Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Assisted dying and democratic niceties (on the liberal media's gnashing of teeth over the House of Lords' opposition to the AD Bill):

New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Assisted dying and democratic niceties (on the House of Lords' frustration of the AD bill, and the gnashing of liberal teeth that has resulted):

This is a very good definition of terrorism. By contrast, in the UK a 'terrorist' is whoever the government says is one.

Today's Post "A Tale of Two Ombudsman" The Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman is meant to be our last rung of #justice. Instead, it's a hollow shell. open.substack.com/pub/undercla... Pls share and subscribe, this is so important.

Recent blog post: Why Nigel Farage's teenage racism (as a posh school prefect) matters. 1/2

Like I said in my latest blog entry: Farage is a lifelong racist.

New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Why Nigel Farage's teenage racism matters:

Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Web services that suck (on #enshittification and how it impacts the blogosphere):

Latest blog post: "platform decay" AKA #enshittification and its effect on the blogosphere (remember that?).

New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Web services that suck (why certain popular social media never needed any #enshittification ): www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...

From Dec '24 'Bike' magazine: "However, in 2018 I sold [my 2016 Suzuki] due to being a first-time dad. Since it went, my soul felt empty." Hope his kid never reads this!

Is anyone else getting videos about the golden age in South Africa and Zimbabwe (meaning when the latter was called Rhodesia) on their YouTube feed? Been seeing a whole load the past week or so.

Just listened to the latest File on 4 about adoptive parents who have to return the children to care because their behaviour is uncontrollable because of past abuse. One issue is not discussed at all: adoption relieves local authorities of responsibility. 1/4

File on 4 today about multi-cancer detection tests and the evidence that they are unreliable.

Just heard that our house has a water leak which started when Thames Water fitted a meter. Our bills went through the roof; we were told we were using as much water as a family of seven (rather than three). Now we have to get them to fix their own mess.

Royal Mail staff canteen coffee (courtesy of Nescafe) is the most bland, tasteless excuse for coffee I've had in ages.

Correct response to British Lawyers for Israel. en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Is anyone else finding that their YouTube experience has got a lot worse recently -- constant buffering, always buffering after an advert, and poor picture quality, for example -- or is it just me and my internet connection?

Here's a piece I wrote in 2015 about Andy Burnham's leadership pitch - to Ernst and Young. www.blogistan.co.uk/... It would be a shame to lose a strong left-wing Labour MP like Clive Lewis on the off-chance (and it is very much an off-chance) that he might take over his seat.

A few years ago I had a minor accident in my car. I reversed right, forgetting that there was a metal pillar to the right, and my wing mirror hit the pillar. I assessed the damage and the damage was entirely to one bit of plastic, which could have cost £10 to replace. 1/6

For anyone who's been reading our weather reports, the weather forecast for the coming week is not 'arctic' by any stretch. 5-10°C in mid-November is about normal. The weather we've been having so far is unusually warm, likely an artefact of global warming. 1/2

Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - The Sara Sharif case and its implications (why people like Matt Goodwin are wrong):

An old piece of mine from 2019, on the subject of the ongoing #Epstein revelations, sexual harassment in the tech industry, and an early scalp from that sector.

Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - The #SaraSharif case and its implications for race relations (why Matt Goodwin is wrong):

New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Sara Sharif review and its implications for race relations (why it wasn't all about race or sensitivity): www.blogistan.co.uk/... #SaraSharif

New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Sara Sharif review and its implications for race relations (why it wasn't all about race or sensitivity): www.blogistan.co.uk/... #SaraSharif