graybo
@graybouk.bsky.social
Sorting the wanted from the unwanted since the times when all blogging was hand-coded.
Have a pretty sunset photo. Skies over Tunbridge Wells this evening.
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Have a pretty sunset photo. Skies over Tunbridge Wells this evening.
I'm speculating, but I think there will be considerable speculation during the next half hour or so.
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I'm speculating, but I think there will be considerable speculation during the next half hour or so.
This is more like it.
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is more like it.
Weird train today. I guess they remove the sticky-out bits before we leave the station, otherwise it's going to be outside the loading gauge.
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Weird train today. I guess they remove the sticky-out bits before we leave the station, otherwise it's going to be outside the loading gauge.
How have successive Prime Ministers (both CON and LAB) succeeded in finding the biggest possible bastard in their party and put them in the role of Home Secretary?
November 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
How have successive Prime Ministers (both CON and LAB) succeeded in finding the biggest possible bastard in their party and put them in the role of Home Secretary?
From the "no shit, Sherlock!" department.
A majority of voters, and a plurality of white voters, think that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.
October 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
From the "no shit, Sherlock!" department.
Good luck getting a functioning and not temporary coalition out of this mess...
Netherlands, Peil poll:
Seat projection national parliament
PVV-PfE: 23 (-6)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 23 (-1)
VVD-RE: 22 (+2)
D66-RE: 22 (+5)
CDA-EPP: 20 (-2)
JA21~ECR: 9
FvD-ESN: 7 (+1)
BBB-EPP: 4
SP-LEFT: 4
...
+/- vs. 24 October 2025
Fieldwork: 28 October 2025
➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands
Seat projection national parliament
PVV-PfE: 23 (-6)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 23 (-1)
VVD-RE: 22 (+2)
D66-RE: 22 (+5)
CDA-EPP: 20 (-2)
JA21~ECR: 9
FvD-ESN: 7 (+1)
BBB-EPP: 4
SP-LEFT: 4
...
+/- vs. 24 October 2025
Fieldwork: 28 October 2025
➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands
October 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Good luck getting a functioning and not temporary coalition out of this mess...
I was near the Sussex coast on October 16 1987 - the night of the Great Storm. Maximum recorded wind was, I think, 108mph - but a gust, not sustained. It was pretty frightening. I cannot imagine what winds of 175mph sustained feels like. Good luck, Jamaica.
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I was near the Sussex coast on October 16 1987 - the night of the Great Storm. Maximum recorded wind was, I think, 108mph - but a gust, not sustained. It was pretty frightening. I cannot imagine what winds of 175mph sustained feels like. Good luck, Jamaica.
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👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
October 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
👏 "We've lived here all our lives. And I have never felt so unwelcome in my own hometown as I do since your party came into Caerphilly."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
"With all the rhetoric that you bring in, I have to say to my sons, please don't go there. Please don't do this."
"I blame you for that."
I use SwiftKey. It predicts the next words that the algorithm reckons I want to type. I typed "They would". SwiftKey suggested "of been". Who should I be kicking vigorously in the shins?
October 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I use SwiftKey. It predicts the next words that the algorithm reckons I want to type. I typed "They would". SwiftKey suggested "of been". Who should I be kicking vigorously in the shins?
I think this is correct, although I don't think it is mainly a male problem. Women are also susceptible, often first getting there through "wellness" and "alternative" therapies that, weirdly, become an entry point to far right (or, less frequently, far left) radicalisation. This is all anecdotal.
October 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I think this is correct, although I don't think it is mainly a male problem. Women are also susceptible, often first getting there through "wellness" and "alternative" therapies that, weirdly, become an entry point to far right (or, less frequently, far left) radicalisation. This is all anecdotal.
Presumably all Welsh children will also be issued with a copy of Not For Threes - which wouldn't be awful. #NicheJoke
October 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Presumably all Welsh children will also be issued with a copy of Not For Threes - which wouldn't be awful. #NicheJoke
Hmmm. Why is it that tech (like a Dell laptop, for example) develops a fault just four weeks after the warranty expires?
October 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Hmmm. Why is it that tech (like a Dell laptop, for example) develops a fault just four weeks after the warranty expires?
Matt is a bloody genius, wasted at the Torygraph (or maybe not).
October 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Matt is a bloody genius, wasted at the Torygraph (or maybe not).
Always friendly when I bumped into her in the queue in M&S in Chichester - although she had utter disdain for anyone who called her "Hyacinth". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dame Patricia Routledge obituary: The life of TV's magnificently snobby 'Hyacinth Bucket'
A much-loved actress who became famous in the role of Hyacinth Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Always friendly when I bumped into her in the queue in M&S in Chichester - although she had utter disdain for anyone who called her "Hyacinth". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
You know that thing where everyone in positions of power/responsibility is older than you - but, as you age, you see that status being eroded? New Archbish of Canterbury is younger than my older brother, as is the PM and all the leaders of UK political parties. They're coming for me next.
October 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
You know that thing where everyone in positions of power/responsibility is older than you - but, as you age, you see that status being eroded? New Archbish of Canterbury is younger than my older brother, as is the PM and all the leaders of UK political parties. They're coming for me next.
Terrible clickbait. I'm biting.
September 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Terrible clickbait. I'm biting.
Oh, this is lovely. Read the whole article - genuinely heartwarming. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Miss Hoolie's bright green Balamory house up for sale in Mull
The Tobermory house was home to nursery teacher Miss Hoolie in the Cbeebies show.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Oh, this is lovely. Read the whole article - genuinely heartwarming. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A picture says a thousand words, or something....
There's always the unpopular uncle, who you'd hoped wouldn't come along, but then he's suddenly there anyway. 😉 Large pic set of them, and the uncle, and everyone else, at the agencies, still editing...and editing...
September 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A picture says a thousand words, or something....
Just been adjacent to a random racist assault on a woman in Eastbourne. Waited with her for police to arrive (very quick). Another guy saw the attacker and gave police info. Woman understandably shocked/distressed. In genteel seaside Eastbourne. Feeling very demoralised.
September 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Just been adjacent to a random racist assault on a woman in Eastbourne. Waited with her for police to arrive (very quick). Another guy saw the attacker and gave police info. Woman understandably shocked/distressed. In genteel seaside Eastbourne. Feeling very demoralised.
Be alert. This country needs lerts.
Next week, the return of the chad.
Next week, the return of the chad.
September 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Be alert. This country needs lerts.
Next week, the return of the chad.
Next week, the return of the chad.
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This is my flag.
August 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This is my flag.
Being run over by that bus speeding towards you is no longer low likelihood. Relief all round, then..... SPLAT! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Being run over by that bus speeding towards you is no longer low likelihood. Relief all round, then..... SPLAT! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wasn't there a Calvin and Hobbes strip on this theme? bbc.com/news/videos/...
Watch: World's tallest bridge completes key load-bearing test
Some 96 trucks were driven on China's Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in a test ahead of the scheduled opening next month.
bbc.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Wasn't there a Calvin and Hobbes strip on this theme? bbc.com/news/videos/...
One to watch.
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the Democrat running against Joni Ernst in Iowa. worth every second
August 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
One to watch.