As catnip to cats, or Whiffle On The Care of The Pig to Lord Emsworth, is this thread to the righteous.
Have found tumblr user probablyday's #woosterposting series. In shock
January 29, 2026 at 2:35 PM
As catnip to cats, or Whiffle On The Care of The Pig to Lord Emsworth, is this thread to the righteous.
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🎵 Birds do it
Bees do it
Rival troops of chimpanzees do it
Let's do it
Let's start a war
Creatures from Mars do it
Czars do it
Nemeses with cats and scars do it
Let's do it
Let's start a war!
Bees do it
Rival troops of chimpanzees do it
Let's do it
Let's start a war
Creatures from Mars do it
Czars do it
Nemeses with cats and scars do it
Let's do it
Let's start a war!
January 19, 2026 at 8:09 PM
🎵 Birds do it
Bees do it
Rival troops of chimpanzees do it
Let's do it
Let's start a war
Creatures from Mars do it
Czars do it
Nemeses with cats and scars do it
Let's do it
Let's start a war!
Bees do it
Rival troops of chimpanzees do it
Let's do it
Let's start a war
Creatures from Mars do it
Czars do it
Nemeses with cats and scars do it
Let's do it
Let's start a war!
But we should go back to holding a by-election any time an MP is made a minister.
The hill I will die on is that defectors should not have to call a by-election while we are still in FPTP. You elect representatives not party delegates
After having his defection ambushed, Robert Jenrick could have got onto front-foot by calling a by-election. He could dramatise his claims about a democratic shift in the right. He would have a more credible case about risk > personal ambition
(I also think he would have won it pretty comfortably)
(I also think he would have won it pretty comfortably)
January 17, 2026 at 12:58 PM
But we should go back to holding a by-election any time an MP is made a minister.
The noble, the majestic, the sweet-smelling River Effra.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 9:25 PM
The noble, the majestic, the sweet-smelling River Effra.
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Who does non standard Bike maintenance in Glasgow?
A few specialists refuse unless you bought it from them and others don't have space.
A few specialists refuse unless you bought it from them and others don't have space.
January 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Who does non standard Bike maintenance in Glasgow?
A few specialists refuse unless you bought it from them and others don't have space.
A few specialists refuse unless you bought it from them and others don't have space.
Clothes buying expert keeps the receipts.
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Clothes buying expert keeps the receipts.
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🎶And then I saw her face
Now I'm a Lea beaver
And not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
Now I'm a Lea beaver
And not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
Enfield was the first London Borough to get beavers, but we in Ealing were the first to have them in an urban area with free public access.
www.capel.ac.uk/news/beaver-...
www.capel.ac.uk/news/beaver-...
Beaver Family Thriving as New Enclosure Tours Launch at Forty Hall Farm - Capel Manor College
Delivered in partnership with Enfield Council and part-funded by a £50,000 grant from the Mayor of London, the project has expanded the enclosure by one hectare – about the size of a rugby field. This...
www.capel.ac.uk
January 4, 2026 at 9:46 AM
🎶And then I saw her face
Now I'm a Lea beaver
And not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
Now I'm a Lea beaver
And not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
He's making a list,
He's checking it twice,
He knows if you've been naughty or nice.
Santa Claus has data-controller responsibilities under GDPR.
He's checking it twice,
He knows if you've been naughty or nice.
Santa Claus has data-controller responsibilities under GDPR.
December 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
He's making a list,
He's checking it twice,
He knows if you've been naughty or nice.
Santa Claus has data-controller responsibilities under GDPR.
He's checking it twice,
He knows if you've been naughty or nice.
Santa Claus has data-controller responsibilities under GDPR.
Supermarket delivery included an "800g" loaf of bread weighing in at 432 grams. I've lived my life believing that bread of standardised loaf size and flour content is the very bedrock of trading standards since Biblical times, and for the English/UK state since the Middle Ages.
Discombobulated now.
Discombobulated now.
December 23, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Supermarket delivery included an "800g" loaf of bread weighing in at 432 grams. I've lived my life believing that bread of standardised loaf size and flour content is the very bedrock of trading standards since Biblical times, and for the English/UK state since the Middle Ages.
Discombobulated now.
Discombobulated now.
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Mein Haus ist von 1880: alte Ziegel, Radiatoren, kein Neubau-Standard. Genau der Gebäudetyp, der angeblich „nicht für Wärmepumpen taugt“.
Ich hab’s trotzdem gemacht – und es funktioniert.
Mehr dazu in meinem neuen @focusonline.bsky.social Artikel.
Ich hab’s trotzdem gemacht – und es funktioniert.
Mehr dazu in meinem neuen @focusonline.bsky.social Artikel.
Mein Wärmepumpen-Haus von 1880: Was die Heizungsdebatte verkennt
Mein Haus von 1880 widerspricht der Heizungsdebatte: Warum Wärmepumpe und Fernwärme praktikabler sind als viele glauben.
www.focus.de
December 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Mein Haus ist von 1880: alte Ziegel, Radiatoren, kein Neubau-Standard. Genau der Gebäudetyp, der angeblich „nicht für Wärmepumpen taugt“.
Ich hab’s trotzdem gemacht – und es funktioniert.
Mehr dazu in meinem neuen @focusonline.bsky.social Artikel.
Ich hab’s trotzdem gemacht – und es funktioniert.
Mehr dazu in meinem neuen @focusonline.bsky.social Artikel.
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>the gyre? narrowing
>falcon? hears the falconer
>things? sticking together
>center? holding
>mere anarchy? never heard of it
>blood-dimmed tide? locked up tight
>ceremony of innocence proceeding as normal
>the best have so much conviction
>the worst? listless and apathetic
we're all gonna make it
>falcon? hears the falconer
>things? sticking together
>center? holding
>mere anarchy? never heard of it
>blood-dimmed tide? locked up tight
>ceremony of innocence proceeding as normal
>the best have so much conviction
>the worst? listless and apathetic
we're all gonna make it
December 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
>the gyre? narrowing
>falcon? hears the falconer
>things? sticking together
>center? holding
>mere anarchy? never heard of it
>blood-dimmed tide? locked up tight
>ceremony of innocence proceeding as normal
>the best have so much conviction
>the worst? listless and apathetic
we're all gonna make it
>falcon? hears the falconer
>things? sticking together
>center? holding
>mere anarchy? never heard of it
>blood-dimmed tide? locked up tight
>ceremony of innocence proceeding as normal
>the best have so much conviction
>the worst? listless and apathetic
we're all gonna make it
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O Weihnachtschwein, o Weihnachtschwein,
Wie lecker sind dein Schinken!
Du gruntest durch ganz Sommerzeit
Bis dein Winter-Schinkenhaftigkeit
Wie lecker sind dein Schinken!
Du gruntest durch ganz Sommerzeit
Bis dein Winter-Schinkenhaftigkeit
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
O Weihnachtschwein, o Weihnachtschwein,
Wie lecker sind dein Schinken!
Du gruntest durch ganz Sommerzeit
Bis dein Winter-Schinkenhaftigkeit
Wie lecker sind dein Schinken!
Du gruntest durch ganz Sommerzeit
Bis dein Winter-Schinkenhaftigkeit
Martyred on the same day as St Reatham. They must surely both have come to a terrible end. More terrible even than Elmer's.
When I moved to South London from Asia, I thought Stockwell was pronounced St Ockwell and celebrated a local saint from the European middle ages. I believed this for almost eight years.
December 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Martyred on the same day as St Reatham. They must surely both have come to a terrible end. More terrible even than Elmer's.
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
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The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.
"I'll choose from the Passover menu," said Tom judiciously.
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"I'll choose from the Passover menu," said Tom judiciously.
Wearing my publishing consultant hat, are there any independent booksellers reading this who would be up for a quick conversation via DM or email? (Please share this if you know such a person.)
October 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
You are what you eat, which is why my all-pancake diet is so flattening.
October 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
You are what you eat, which is why my all-pancake diet is so flattening.
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Monday - kiki
Tuesday - blue and black
Wednesday - bouba
Thursday - bouba
Friday - kiki
Saturday - gold and white
Sunday - bouba
Tuesday - blue and black
Wednesday - bouba
Thursday - bouba
Friday - kiki
Saturday - gold and white
Sunday - bouba
Lots of confusion in the comments below but the authoritative view is:
Monday - odd
Tuesday - even
Wednesday - odd
Thursday - even
Friday - odd
Saturday - even
Sunday - even
I will not be taking questions at this time.
Monday - odd
Tuesday - even
Wednesday - odd
Thursday - even
Friday - odd
Saturday - even
Sunday - even
I will not be taking questions at this time.
I just saw someone claim that Monday feels "odd" and Tuesday "even", but I've always felt that Monday, Wednesday and Friday were "even", with Tuesday and Thursday "odd".
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Monday - kiki
Tuesday - blue and black
Wednesday - bouba
Thursday - bouba
Friday - kiki
Saturday - gold and white
Sunday - bouba
Tuesday - blue and black
Wednesday - bouba
Thursday - bouba
Friday - kiki
Saturday - gold and white
Sunday - bouba
Reform are winning many new seats, but even so they can keep barely half of the seats they defend. Which might suggest they have a strategic problem.
Aggregate Result of the 122 Council By-Elections (for 125 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:
RFM: 47 (+40)
LDM: 32 (+10)
CON: 13 (-15)
LAB: 12 (-30)
GRN: 11 (+3)
Ind: 5 (-4)
Local: 3 (-3)
SNP: 1 (-1)
PLC: 1 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
RFM: 47 (+40)
LDM: 32 (+10)
CON: 13 (-15)
LAB: 12 (-30)
GRN: 11 (+3)
Ind: 5 (-4)
Local: 3 (-3)
SNP: 1 (-1)
PLC: 1 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
October 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Reform are winning many new seats, but even so they can keep barely half of the seats they defend. Which might suggest they have a strategic problem.
A pair of pyjamas includes a pair of pyjama trousers, as well as one pyjama shirt, which actually makes three pyjamas.
October 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A pair of pyjamas includes a pair of pyjama trousers, as well as one pyjama shirt, which actually makes three pyjamas.
A beautifully innovative cut of the data, simply telling a story with implications for policy design. I like a bit of good analysis, me.
We just made this graph showing most people in the world could get by on just some solar panels and batteries.
The X axis is basically latitude, but we filled in how many people live between the equator and a certain latitude.
The Y axis shows the amount of solar and batteries needed
The X axis is basically latitude, but we filled in how many people live between the equator and a certain latitude.
The Y axis shows the amount of solar and batteries needed
October 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A beautifully innovative cut of the data, simply telling a story with implications for policy design. I like a bit of good analysis, me.
Walk softly and carry a big brick.
Think an AK47 on your back will prevent a lot of close passes. Same as bricks work for pedestrians... dailyhive.com/vancouver/br...
"Bricks" placed in Vancouver to help pedestrians safely use a crosswalk | Urbanized
A pedestrian holding a brick in their hand as they cross the road is sure to attract the attention of drivers.
dailyhive.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Walk softly and carry a big brick.
Emmanuel Kant. An ant this long — which supports a Premiership club, and also is an elk.
Performant. An insect which dreams of a life on the stage
Replicant. A travelling insect called Lee that wears a shiny suit and sells shit from his car
September 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Emmanuel Kant. An ant this long — which supports a Premiership club, and also is an elk.