“You can sort the bill out then.”
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 7:37 AM
“You can sort the bill out then.”
When Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me came out, I was a snotty teenage indie clot who would roll his eyes at almost anything vaguely “mainstream”. Except this song, because it was fucking superb.
In this strongly pro-George Michael space, tell me, what are your Top 5 Wham!/George tracks
December 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
When Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me came out, I was a snotty teenage indie clot who would roll his eyes at almost anything vaguely “mainstream”. Except this song, because it was fucking superb.
I wonder whether this lot are going to fulfil the same function as West Street in Brighton - keep all the tiresome nutters in one area and away from the rest of the city - for the Green Party.
December 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I wonder whether this lot are going to fulfil the same function as West Street in Brighton - keep all the tiresome nutters in one area and away from the rest of the city - for the Green Party.
Doing the "making everything about my personal hobby horse" thing, but this was particularly the case during Covid where the government reduced all its comms to three word slogans, and the opposition continually complained that The Rules were too complex and confusing.
I don't think it's all of it by any measure but I do absolutely believe that the political media's raging anti-intellectual streak has got worse with time and has ended up influencing the way MPs talk, and what they choose to talk/think about
I don’t think this is a “politicians have got dumber” issue for the most part. If you look at the *actual CVs* of previous cohorts of MPs, their background is not radically different when you account for, you know, the fact the economy is different! It is primarily a media and ecosystem issue.
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Doing the "making everything about my personal hobby horse" thing, but this was particularly the case during Covid where the government reduced all its comms to three word slogans, and the opposition continually complained that The Rules were too complex and confusing.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Is there anything that prevents one from telling these people to fuck off and walking away? Presumably they don't have the power to physically detain people. It presumably just incentivises going after people who are too timid or baffled to just leave.
Is there anything that prevents one from telling these people to fuck off and walking away? Presumably they don't have the power to physically detain people. It presumably just incentivises going after people who are too timid or baffled to just leave.
Ministers to crack down on ‘for-profit’ litter enforcers in England
Councils will end contracts allowing private enforcers to receive 50% to 100% of each fine served
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Is there anything that prevents one from telling these people to fuck off and walking away? Presumably they don't have the power to physically detain people. It presumably just incentivises going after people who are too timid or baffled to just leave.
Is there anything that prevents one from telling these people to fuck off and walking away? Presumably they don't have the power to physically detain people. It presumably just incentivises going after people who are too timid or baffled to just leave.
Live action Race For Your Life Charlie Brown. Maybe with Christopher Nolan as director.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Live action Race For Your Life Charlie Brown. Maybe with Christopher Nolan as director.
On #worldchildrensday a report is issued in the UK on the government’s appalling treatment of children during the pandemic. Condemned by large numbers of people who, at the time, were arguing it wasn’t harsh enough.
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
On #worldchildrensday a report is issued in the UK on the government’s appalling treatment of children during the pandemic. Condemned by large numbers of people who, at the time, were arguing it wasn’t harsh enough.
Made a wardrobe mistake this morning, the heating at work was slightly off and so I never got warm all day. But at least these fuckers have got another seven months of the weather they want.
Is it too much to ask for hayfever sufferers to just take some antihistamine and shut the fuck up for the five minutes where the weather is actually nice in this country?
November 20, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Made a wardrobe mistake this morning, the heating at work was slightly off and so I never got warm all day. But at least these fuckers have got another seven months of the weather they want.
The Stone Roses were brilliant and Primal Scream were far better with Mani in the band than without him.
November 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The Stone Roses were brilliant and Primal Scream were far better with Mani in the band than without him.
Amazing, given how underwhelmed the country was when he won the election, that Starmer hasn’t even managed to live up to those low expectations.
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Amazing, given how underwhelmed the country was when he won the election, that Starmer hasn’t even managed to live up to those low expectations.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
Who was the last British politician to talk to the public like they were grown ups? Gordon Brown? I can’t think of many.
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Who was the last British politician to talk to the public like they were grown ups? Gordon Brown? I can’t think of many.
London is a city that I’ve never liked and always does my head in whenever I go there but now I feel obliged to defend the place and well…yeah. I’ve never felt particularly unsafe there. Irritated, confused and overwhelmed yes, but not unsafe.
November 4, 2025 at 7:49 AM
London is a city that I’ve never liked and always does my head in whenever I go there but now I feel obliged to defend the place and well…yeah. I’ve never felt particularly unsafe there. Irritated, confused and overwhelmed yes, but not unsafe.
Not if you have to go there it isn’t.
it's so funny that bognor regis is a real place
November 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Not if you have to go there it isn’t.
SHAFT!
who after the creation of the world rested from all your works and sanctified a day of rest for all your creatures:
October 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
SHAFT!
Carry yourself with the confidence of a Bluesky user opining on whether Maccabi Tel Aviv should be allowed to take their fans to Aston Villa.
October 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Carry yourself with the confidence of a Bluesky user opining on whether Maccabi Tel Aviv should be allowed to take their fans to Aston Villa.
Evergreen, this one. Did we get any Charlie Kirk gags from Gervais or Carr?
I can't be bothered to check Ricky Gervais and Jimmy Carr's outputs but I assume that, as they'll joke about absolutely anything, it's absolutely chock full of gags about the healthcare CEO who got shot.
October 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Evergreen, this one. Did we get any Charlie Kirk gags from Gervais or Carr?
Read this three times before I realised they meant Zac rather than Roman. I like the bloke, I hope that a) this is just me or b) he gets enough media attention to get past the association.
polanski is doing well because the strategy of everybody to his right has been hippy punching for what feels like forever and there are now enough hippies who don’t like being punched to show up in polling
October 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Read this three times before I realised they meant Zac rather than Roman. I like the bloke, I hope that a) this is just me or b) he gets enough media attention to get past the association.
At the World Cup this year someone needs to tell ICE that the England Band are Mexican nationals and their visas aren’t in order.
October 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
At the World Cup this year someone needs to tell ICE that the England Band are Mexican nationals and their visas aren’t in order.
Golf.
What’s the most Tory-coded thing you actively love?
Me: Essex. Elgar. Country pubs.
Me: Essex. Elgar. Country pubs.
September 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Golf.
I don’t get ashamed by things I have no control over but I have a real
sense of unease and vague guilt about how the civilised part of the south of England didn’t get its shit together and let Tommy Robinson take over London in the way that it did.
sense of unease and vague guilt about how the civilised part of the south of England didn’t get its shit together and let Tommy Robinson take over London in the way that it did.
Fash overwhelmed by anti-fascists in Glasgow. As always, we're joyful, singing ABBA and chanting, and the fascists are just standing gloomily, not even bothering to chant or sing.
September 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I don’t get ashamed by things I have no control over but I have a real
sense of unease and vague guilt about how the civilised part of the south of England didn’t get its shit together and let Tommy Robinson take over London in the way that it did.
sense of unease and vague guilt about how the civilised part of the south of England didn’t get its shit together and let Tommy Robinson take over London in the way that it did.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This seems a very rare case of a sporting body making a quick decision not to be dicks and then get on with their day.
This seems a very rare case of a sporting body making a quick decision not to be dicks and then get on with their day.
British ice dancer and same-sex skating partner to compete in Finland after rule change
Mille Colling and Emma Aalto given go-ahead to compete in qualifier for national championships next month
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This seems a very rare case of a sporting body making a quick decision not to be dicks and then get on with their day.
This seems a very rare case of a sporting body making a quick decision not to be dicks and then get on with their day.
I’m going to pay tribute to the man by not giving a shit.
September 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I’m going to pay tribute to the man by not giving a shit.
Not paying the right amount of Stamp Duty is such a quaint, 20th century thing to resign over.
September 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Not paying the right amount of Stamp Duty is such a quaint, 20th century thing to resign over.
Bluesky culture can be a bit insufferable at times, but better than the alternative. I've had people being sniffy and been blocked a few times for either a misunderstanding, bad etiquette on my part or my getting the wrong end of the stick (even though I subsequently apologised)...
August 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Bluesky culture can be a bit insufferable at times, but better than the alternative. I've had people being sniffy and been blocked a few times for either a misunderstanding, bad etiquette on my part or my getting the wrong end of the stick (even though I subsequently apologised)...