My mom’s BF sent me a t-shirt

Hard to think of a more 2026 right wing tech weirdo-coded idea than “using AI to create more Greek/Roman-styled statuary”

Wow, sure would be pretty crazy if a ton of experts in the artificial intelligence field relentlessly warned everyone about this state of affairs being inevitable over and over for years.

You owe no gratitude whatsoever to Keir Starmer. He did not ride in on a white horse, he governs by your mandate. If he does not do anything to keep it, he does not deserve it.

#72: Shag a massive apple

Tories & Reform: various slapstick events, deeply unpopular policies Labour line: The Tories failed to enact the 14 words. Labour will fix this

Took me a second to properly read this, as where I work when people refer to being at Durham they mean the prison

Praise be! It is the 277th anniversary of the ‘appearance’ of the Bottle Conjuror at London’s Haymarket. He promised to insert himself into a quart (two pint) bottle, and didn’t turn up, leading to a riot in which the theatre’s fixtures and fittings were torn out and thrown on a bonfire 🧵

Oh class, Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore on a new album today! tidal.com/browse/album...

He can put it next to the FIFA Club World Cup, which he also didn't win yet inexplicably kept for himself

Yes, full details will go up tomorrow as usual on match day but can confirm we are on the telleh!

Watching the Jenrick Press Conference: Really hoping a journalist asks him in the manner of Mrs Merton: "What was it about losing the Tory leadership contest that helped you realise that the Tories had broken Britain?"

if a journalist was asked to find out if grok/xai was still making csam and they *asked grok* and *took that answer at face value and did no further investigation*, then i do not believe that journalist should be paid

BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.

I feel like a fair number of American commentators are making predictions about how Europe would react to an invasion of Greenland through the prism of Keir Starmer, who is not, as it happens, the President of Europe

Boring match so far, hoping Barnes makes the difference for us

Why does FotMob have Semenyo in the lineup for the match tonight? He must be cup tied. He played in the match that Bournemouth lost to Brentford

They can be Red Bull Madrid

In Minneapolis

Thinking about that time the My Little Pony comics, of all things, absolutely bodied Scott Adams.

Looking for high energy dance/electronic music recommendations for my gym playlist. This is it so far, if you know anything that will match the general feel of it tidal.com/playlist/dea...

Just won £150 in my credit union's monthly prize draw!

Reminder that tomorrow (14 Jan) the @statesofprecarity.bsky.social Report Launch and Discussion will be held online, 1:00-2:30PM GMT. Guest speakers: @matildaf.bsky.social, @jaytoddgla.bsky.social, Lekan Adekola, @profgillian.bsky.social. Register here: www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

This is very good, however I still can't shake the feeling the government will bottle it when it comes to actually taking serious action against X www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The judge said, "This may seem unduly lenient, but the last place you want to put alcohol thieves is behind bars."

What are the chances

Kemi, this is just a population density map

Just told my gf about this and she said "Left? Is that cos they're the only ones left?"

So I'm officially off the drink, hopefully not just for January, as it's time I had a proper reset with my relationship with alcohol. However, if Trump dies I'm allowed a night on expensive whisky

RFK's America

Kinda exciting that there's a more-likely-than-not chance now that South Shields is promoted at the same time Gateshead is relegated, and therefore becoming the second team on Tyneside

It is currently easier to nominate for the NEC (which takes decisions on union strategy) than for an equality standing committee (which has a purely advisory role). We're aiming to change this. Read more at the link!

Apples on a Sheet, 1900 https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/13335

The Stranglers used to do Bowie covers like 'The Laughing Gnome' and 'Heroes' but they don't do Gnome or Heroes any more.

God it must have been great to be in the LOTO's Office from 2023 to mid 2024. Rock up to work at 10, 11ish depending on how you're feeling. Spin on your chair until Lunch. Long lunch, maybe sneak in a G&T. Spend the afternoon making paper airplanes and ruling out tax rises to kneecap the future gov

X has been banned in the UK. Five months have passed. Kemi Badenoch sits silently at her breakfast table, rare steak going cold, wistfully scrolling an empty screen

Those "cash is king" customers soon shut up when you give them a Scottish note in their change

I'm guessing the answer is probably no, but are there any up to date numbers available on recruitment/retention of ICE? Very curious to see if we can see demoralisation in the data

TRUMP GESTAPO MINNEAPOLIS: Border Patrol agents warn two white women in separate SUVs to stop trailing them and not to impede. 'Dont make a bad decision today..."

Woah! Macclesfield!!! Biggest upset in FA Cup history!! They're 14th in the same league South Shields is in!

So there's a pretty big pro-Shah rally in Newcastle today. Not really what I was expecting to see

A while ago @winifrederick.bsky.social was like "this spider's shedded skin has been there a while on the wall, can you get rid of it". I said "No it'll act as a scarecrow to keep the flies away". Been a few months now

I'll just leave this stat here.

X is in trouble, these are Starmer numbers

We are off to see David Bowie tonight, so I'll let you know what he's like live.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 It is a huge day in the FA Cup for the two lowest-league clubs left in the competition: sixth-tier Macclesfield & Weston-super-Mare! Macclesfield host Premier League club Crystal Palace, while Weston-super-Mare visit fourth-tier Grimsby in their first-ever FA Cup third-round game.

Came in to post this!

The camera holder here is unbelievably cool in the face of an unhinged, armed agent of the state

“Hold it! There’s a car across the street—you sure you weren’t followed, Mary?”