Hot take: I think you should be able to criticise people calling you a treasonous and illegitimate government
Hot take: I think you should be able to criticise people calling you a treasonous and illegitimate government
That's two twos in a week. I think you're in the pay of Big Wordle. 🧐
It's just gentle and amusing, which is what I need these days. 😃
As always, I'm several years behind the TV discovery curve, but this series is just what I need. 😄 👍 Here We Go www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0byxc5t via @bbciplayer
To be honest, it was only holding my banana and reading glasses 😄. I'm out of the habit of streamlined riding.
Nice day for a cycle to the seaside. 👍
Did they run out of material for the sleeve stripes? 🧐
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The trailer was enough for me. 😒
I mean, you wouldn't think it needs any extra promotion...
That's better than the other way around, I suppose.
Such a beautiful view. 🥰
Oh, I'm very sorry: I really enjoyed all the pictures you posted. He was obviously very much loved. ❤️
Will everybody please please stop saying 'playbook'. Thank you. 🙄
Had actually been wondering about that aspect, given the complex processes involved to get small, legal signs (parking, litter etc) on lamp posts.
@matthewwalker28.bsky.social 👀
The latest development in the political revolution sweeping through local government - Reform controlled Durham County Council are removing England flags for health and safety reasons.
Might revive my 50p Yankee...😃
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Maybe Eric Cantona’s trawler statement was actually an attempt to warn Man United about Grimsby
I do think X is seriously damaging the brains of the UK political class. It's wildly unrepresentative of actual public opinion but is still being treated as such. (Bluesky isn't representative either obviously but no one treats it as such).
The entirety of the political news, according to Sky.
I mean, I'm no urban designer, but surely there were ways of incorporating features to prevent it becoming a car park. Especially given it took 100 years to install. 🙄 🤷♀️
WhY dOnT cYcLiSts uSe thE biKe LaNeZ?
Perceptions have real effects www.kcl.ac.uk/policy-insti...
Well said, glad to see a party leader standing up to it all. 👏
The "newspaper of record" has now led six of its last seven editions (not including the ST in this, which did it too, of course) on "migrant" stories. This is not misinformation, this is disinformation.
Reform leader of Nottinghamshire council bans all communication, including by officials, with the main local paper. Nottingham Post/Nottingham Live ban also includes BBC-funded local democracy reporters. www.nottinghampost.com/news/news-op...
Marching out together.... 🤭 ⚽️
As we've seen across history, the populist playbook used by Farage is ugly, powerful and incredibly destructive. We know where it will lead if we don't stop it.
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Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
The first time I used the internet I got given this jolly badge for doing so, which with every passing year feels a bit more like “My First Bubonic Plague” merchandise.
How nice to be visiting @sidegallery.bsky.social again. 😍
BRITAIN BRACED FOR HUGE WAVE OF SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY DEMONSTRATIONS THIS WEEKEND - ARMED FORCES INSTRUCTED TO PREPARE FOR DEPLOYMENT
Haven't we suffered enough? 😒 Spandau Ballet release lost track share.google/AEMTm4qc4dRI...
Ridiculous situation obviously, but fascinating to compare media coverage of this 'nuisance' and 'eyesore' on one stretch of road with the meek acceptance of huge cars blocking pavements and public spaces *everywhere* in the country. 🤷♀️
You always provide much-needed cheer! Conversation was sparked by the framed cartoon of yours which I have in my loo. 😁
Fantastically theatrical stairway in an apartment block in Metz.
The government's lack of any plan for Higher Education means that 1 in 7 Bristolians is now a student. The city's housing crisis is out of control and it's 20,000 beds short even in terms of student dwellings. Nothing will be done. www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Today marks 45 years since the Firestone Factory office building on the Great West Road, Brentford was unceremoniously demolished, before it could be listed the following week. The factory closed the previous year and the site was bought by the conglomerate Trafalgar House 1/2
Free drop-in screenings at Side Cinema this weekend! 🗓️ 24 Aug at 15:30 – three classic Amber Films: 6 to Midnight, Launch & Quayside 🗓️ 25 Aug at 13:30 – feature doc The Pursuit of Happiness, celebrating Murray Martin & community life More details: sidegallery.co.uk/whats-on/...
Whenever I hear INXS I remember a relative in the late 1980s saying ‘that’s PE teacher music’
My rule of thumb is that a protest is not newsworthy if it draws a smaller crowd then I would get at a Lib Dem event for a session titled 'Why the British Standard for letterboxes is a failure'. But looking at the news, I see my rule of thumb is once again failing.
Little things that cheer you up: reminiscing earlier with someone about Chris Wilder Sandwichgate and subsequent incredible @davidsquires.bsky.social cartoon. 😃 www.theguardian.com/football/pic...
Top headline on the BBC website. If you add together all the protesters and counter protesters listed in this report, it's something like 2000 people, maybe fewer. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I've forgotten what it's like to lose. 👍 #famouslastwords #nothingcangowrongnow
Yes, the list of great buildings goes on and on! 😵💫
God's Architect share.google/QuxKpoMBw2D0... A very good read, if you haven't already.
That's a great idea! 😃
Very fond of the wordiness of this message
Passionate about valves
I have not heard anything at all from government ministers nor the opposition nor many media outlets about the dangers of this epidemic of sweeping casual racism. It is sometimes seen as comical - as with Rupert Lowe and the rowers - but it is dangerous and dehumanising
The gang failed to smuggle the migrants into the UK after they "were caught after failing to get insurance to drive in France".
Also, complete lack of awareness of the wider benefits a university brings to its location: investment, money, jobs, cultural activities etc. Widespread perception that the only people employed by universities are professors.
#insight
Ah yes! #stanno
Keep Right On. 👍 #bcfc
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Tremendous! 👏👏 BBC News - Runner, 97, breaks European Parkrun record with 250th event www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is a real AP photo
This chart from @smfthinktank.bsky.social shows the problem. The most selective unis are hoovering up students to manage their finances, leaving others at risk of closure. The market needs managing.
It's like they don't have a care for people who might need the loo or a drinks break. 😬
The Innovators by Walter Isaacson share.google/7Hld3ZZKnk7L... Really enjoyed this.
That time Rod and Emu turned up on Blue Peter and it ended up looking like a painting by Caravaggio
Bit of a sucker for this sort of crackers endurance event documentary. Did make me feel rather seasick though. 🤢 Row Hard or Row Home: Around Ireland in 32 Days : www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002793n via @bbciplayer
@memorialdevice.bsky.social 👀 👀 Never in doubt. #hasheardit BBC Radio 2 - David Byrne chooses his Tracks of My Years www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Watching Blues' first two matches this season has been exhausting, but in a (mostly) good way. 👍 #bcfc
I agree!
First mysterious-goalie-injury-at-tactically-convenient-moment of the season. 🙄 #bcfc
"I lied on an application and an automated process let it through because they get millions of applications a year and it hadn't reached the stage where ID was going to get checked." All the Homer Simpson and AI stuff is just a blind. Anyone could *start* a fake UCAS application.
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I do get very invested in the early rounds of the Scottish Cup. 👍
Never been to a Scottish match, but determined to do so one day!
*Tiny voice* I really like Jack Grealish, and genuinely hope the move works out for him. 😬
Opening Soon: A new short exhibition at Side Gallery Newcastle. 22 - 25 Aug. The open call work responds to two themes: Documenting the Self & Places That Made Us. sidegallery.co.uk 📷 Every Breath They Take, 1989 ©Keith Pattison
A sleeping beauty: #Winnipeg 🇨🇦 Union Station. It only sees six train departures per week: twice the “Canadian”, both ways from/to #Vancouver and #Toronto as VIA Rail trains #1 and #2, and twice the “Hudson Bay”, number #693 for #Churchill, which starts from here. And: nice views from the hotel room!
I've been knee-pain free for years since obeying my physio and wearing running shoes with built-in support + support insole. 👍
Much as I think Palace missed a beat or two in this case, they're bang on the money (ha!) here: “Multi-club structures hide behind the charade of a ‘blind trust’ while clubs such as ours, who have no connection to another club whatsoever, are prevented from playing in the same competition".
Spoiler: $3.4 billion and counting. And I think there are things he's missed too.
Sorry, I would reply, but I'm busy setting my intention for the day. (PS the author is a GP!! 😵💫)
Nil nil draw the appropriate underwhelming result. 👌
This call involved 100% build-up. 😒
"I celebrated my 50th birthday alone and in silence...." 🤔
Listening to Ted Danson & Woody Harrelson on Conan's podcast, and they remember that Woody's first line in Cheers was about being penfriends with Coach - "you exchanged letters?" "No, pens" - and that is the most perfect bit of character replacement/introduction to ease him in.
Epically tedious call on 606. Football is back. 👍 #5live
The Less Deceived full reading for Larkin's birthday. Episode: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tin... . Media: anchor.fm/s/ff8172c/po... . -- Sent from Podcast Republic.
Perfect timing by the EFL to arrange the Coventry vs Hull match on Larkin’s birthday. The classic Larkin derby, nature vs nurture.
Just so annoying in every way, but so impressed with our performance. 👍
I hate football. 😡
Stop the season now! 💙 #bcfc
Also, what does it mean? 🤔
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman described the model as "like having a team of PhD-level experts in your pocket”
Did a new one
I always liked the sound of COHSE. 🙃
If there's no SOGAT '82, I'm boycotting.
These flipping cars sound dangerous. Something should be done to keep them away from shopping areas where there are lots of people so they don't hospitalise more people. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
