oneoneoneone
@oneoneoneone.bsky.social
Wizard cop. B-list situationist. Used to be cool. I am interested in British politics and detective stories and woodlice and goofy movies about misunderstandings.
be careful what you wish for
Personally I'd be pleased to see BBC News disappear entirely. To argue, as many do, that British politics or our news environment would be so much worse without the BBC you have to explain why British politics and news environment is so very bad with the BBC.
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
be careful what you wish for
not only is anthony horowitz a terrible person but he is also not very good at being a novelist if this is what happens when he is faced with a character getting poisoned and blown up
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
not only is anthony horowitz a terrible person but he is also not very good at being a novelist if this is what happens when he is faced with a character getting poisoned and blown up
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Before people get steamy, this is a ‘page issues’ warning template. As in, ‘someone included AI content in this article, and we recognise that is a Bad Thing, so proceed with caution’. It’s not @wikipedia.org condoning AI-generated content, it’s the *opposite*.
First time seeing this large language model text notice on Wikipedia.
From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerryma...
From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerryma...
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Before people get steamy, this is a ‘page issues’ warning template. As in, ‘someone included AI content in this article, and we recognise that is a Bad Thing, so proceed with caution’. It’s not @wikipedia.org condoning AI-generated content, it’s the *opposite*.
lots of people getting angry about this but Wikipedia editors don't tend to put these sort notices on the top of pages if the page is good! this is a "pls someone sort this article out & take it with a pinch of salt before they do" notice, surely?
First time seeing this large language model text notice on Wikipedia.
From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerryma...
From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerryma...
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
lots of people getting angry about this but Wikipedia editors don't tend to put these sort notices on the top of pages if the page is good! this is a "pls someone sort this article out & take it with a pinch of salt before they do" notice, surely?
why would you make this your vinted username
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
why would you make this your vinted username
One of my favourite things my small child does is when he furiously corrects adults who have shortened his name. Long may it continue!
I have unfollowed people on social media who have called me Andy. It’s not my name. I am not an Andy. You might as well call me Ronald. Call people by the name they want.
Dump him, girl www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
One of my favourite things my small child does is when he furiously corrects adults who have shortened his name. Long may it continue!
if true then not only is this dreadful optics but also risks the Tories sending a bunch of MPs in to vote for the bill meaning that it passes and then in theory it could go to second reading (although it's unlikely to do so in practice)
I’m told Labour MPs have been told by whips to *abstain* in the vote on Nigel Farage’s ten-min rule bill on leaving the ECHR, which has left some furious. Whips’ arguments seems to be to just ignore it. Labour MPs worry it leaves Lib Dems/Greens looking like only they care on this.
October 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
if true then not only is this dreadful optics but also risks the Tories sending a bunch of MPs in to vote for the bill meaning that it passes and then in theory it could go to second reading (although it's unlikely to do so in practice)
lord of the rings is a childrens book anyway, no-one over the age of 11 should be using a book about goblins to make a political point
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
lord of the rings is a childrens book anyway, no-one over the age of 11 should be using a book about goblins to make a political point
Ed Miliband has become the new David Miliband*
*a figure that Labour people think, through desperation, can become the leader of the Labour party and sort everything out, despite showing no inclination to or interest in becoming the leader of the Labour party
*a figure that Labour people think, through desperation, can become the leader of the Labour party and sort everything out, despite showing no inclination to or interest in becoming the leader of the Labour party
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Ed Miliband has become the new David Miliband*
*a figure that Labour people think, through desperation, can become the leader of the Labour party and sort everything out, despite showing no inclination to or interest in becoming the leader of the Labour party
*a figure that Labour people think, through desperation, can become the leader of the Labour party and sort everything out, despite showing no inclination to or interest in becoming the leader of the Labour party
obviously there are much worse things about Twitter turning into a far-right cesspit but I have to say I do miss the biannual tradition of Peter Hitchens becoming furious about clocks
October 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
obviously there are much worse things about Twitter turning into a far-right cesspit but I have to say I do miss the biannual tradition of Peter Hitchens becoming furious about clocks
As someone who spends far too much time thinking about the Millennium Dome, it's good to see the tradition of taking out adverts to promote your machinery that was used in a jewel heist continues to this day.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
October 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
As someone who spends far too much time thinking about the Millennium Dome, it's good to see the tradition of taking out adverts to promote your machinery that was used in a jewel heist continues to this day.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
just remembered about the guy who grew a giant onion and gave it to Keir Starmer
October 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
just remembered about the guy who grew a giant onion and gave it to Keir Starmer
Every few months there's the "we should move parliament to a floating oil rig in the north sea and all the MPs would live in boxes & get paid minimum wage and can only eat gruel and cup noodles" chat and usually the same people ask "how can we get better people to become MPs" a couple of days later
October 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Every few months there's the "we should move parliament to a floating oil rig in the north sea and all the MPs would live in boxes & get paid minimum wage and can only eat gruel and cup noodles" chat and usually the same people ask "how can we get better people to become MPs" a couple of days later
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oh my god it's still online
October 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
oh my god it's still online
Found another of these, namely the 1960's block of flats in Portsmouth where Conan Doyle wrote the first couple of Sherlock Holmes stories
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Found another of these, namely the 1960's block of flats in Portsmouth where Conan Doyle wrote the first couple of Sherlock Holmes stories
1. Agatha Christie is possibly the most inventive novelist of the 20th century.
2. Nobody can write like Dr Seuss and childrens publishers should refuse to publish anyone who tries.
3. Nobody over the age of 12 should be allowed to read or quote George Orwell except for his defence of English food.
2. Nobody can write like Dr Seuss and childrens publishers should refuse to publish anyone who tries.
3. Nobody over the age of 12 should be allowed to read or quote George Orwell except for his defence of English food.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
1. Agatha Christie is possibly the most inventive novelist of the 20th century.
2. Nobody can write like Dr Seuss and childrens publishers should refuse to publish anyone who tries.
3. Nobody over the age of 12 should be allowed to read or quote George Orwell except for his defence of English food.
2. Nobody can write like Dr Seuss and childrens publishers should refuse to publish anyone who tries.
3. Nobody over the age of 12 should be allowed to read or quote George Orwell except for his defence of English food.
Ok this is quite a random question but would love to know if there was any way of finding data on this: What percentage of today's teenagers know who the following people are?
1. Princess Diana
2. Elvis Presley
1. Princess Diana
2. Elvis Presley
October 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Ok this is quite a random question but would love to know if there was any way of finding data on this: What percentage of today's teenagers know who the following people are?
1. Princess Diana
2. Elvis Presley
1. Princess Diana
2. Elvis Presley
amateurs (*54 tabs on desktop, over 100 on mobile)
How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*
1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%
*across all windows, on desktop/laptop
yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...
1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%
*across all windows, on desktop/laptop
yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...
October 9, 2025 at 10:58 AM
amateurs (*54 tabs on desktop, over 100 on mobile)
further evidence for my pet theory about Kemi Badenoch's entire political worldview being shaped by going to the University of Sussex in the early 2000s and getting wound up by everyone banging on about Hegel the whole time
How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
October 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
further evidence for my pet theory about Kemi Badenoch's entire political worldview being shaped by going to the University of Sussex in the early 2000s and getting wound up by everyone banging on about Hegel the whole time
Tony Blair used to carry a Belinda Carlisle CD around with him everywhere he went which he would listen to every time he was writing a speech. It's not clear what CD it was but reasonable to guess it was probably "Heaven on Earth" (1987).
October 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Tony Blair used to carry a Belinda Carlisle CD around with him everywhere he went which he would listen to every time he was writing a speech. It's not clear what CD it was but reasonable to guess it was probably "Heaven on Earth" (1987).
gnawing at a rare steak whilst your colleagues open the packets of their meal deals
October 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
gnawing at a rare steak whilst your colleagues open the packets of their meal deals
it will never not be funny that a load of weird far-right people are super into being cosplay catholics but have never really thought about what it is that catholics actually believe. Pastor aeternus is right there!
really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today
October 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
it will never not be funny that a load of weird far-right people are super into being cosplay catholics but have never really thought about what it is that catholics actually believe. Pastor aeternus is right there!
sounds like Martin Lewis has been reading about Harold Wilson's list of "little things that mean a lot". And given that Starmer named Wilson as his favourite Labour PM, Starmer should probably do this as well.
September 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
sounds like Martin Lewis has been reading about Harold Wilson's list of "little things that mean a lot". And given that Starmer named Wilson as his favourite Labour PM, Starmer should probably do this as well.
My "I'm not hopeless and I know how to add up" t-shirt etc etc
Andy Burnham has hit back against veiled criticism by chancellor Rachel Reeves, saying “I reject entirely this idea that I’m hopeless and I have no idea how to add up”.
September 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
My "I'm not hopeless and I know how to add up" t-shirt etc etc
33 years after the original apocryphal incident the specter of guacamole still haunts the depiction of a typical Labour party activist
Is there a word for an article which makes a basically fair point but goes too far/uses crazy examples? The latter makes it easy to ridicule, but the essential point remains true.
Example: today's Telegraph piece on the middle class nature of Lab support and supporters, which includes this claim...
Example: today's Telegraph piece on the middle class nature of Lab support and supporters, which includes this claim...
September 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
33 years after the original apocryphal incident the specter of guacamole still haunts the depiction of a typical Labour party activist