I’m no expert but…
@plaisteach.bsky.social
Connoisseur of coffee and sandwiches.
I once made eye contact on the tube and was exiled to Devon.
I once made eye contact on the tube and was exiled to Devon.
I’ve noticed that estate agents have started putting pictures of themselves on their advert boards. Is that to try to make us think of them as human?
December 8, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I’ve noticed that estate agents have started putting pictures of themselves on their advert boards. Is that to try to make us think of them as human?
First the public chose Brexit and now this.
No wonder authoritarianism is on the rise…
No wonder authoritarianism is on the rise…
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
First the public chose Brexit and now this.
No wonder authoritarianism is on the rise…
No wonder authoritarianism is on the rise…
I was just reading an article on The Times about how xAI’s new supercomputer is polluting a nearby town. One day historians will look back and wonder how we didn’t see it coming won’t they?
November 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I was just reading an article on The Times about how xAI’s new supercomputer is polluting a nearby town. One day historians will look back and wonder how we didn’t see it coming won’t they?
So @news.sky.com are reporting that Nigel Farage said racist things. In other news - water is wet and fire is hot.
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
So @news.sky.com are reporting that Nigel Farage said racist things. In other news - water is wet and fire is hot.
I was just reading about this new Nations Cup that the Six Nations are planning with SANZAAR. I had to check a map.
Has anyone told Japan they’re moving?
Has anyone told Japan they’re moving?
November 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I was just reading about this new Nations Cup that the Six Nations are planning with SANZAAR. I had to check a map.
Has anyone told Japan they’re moving?
Has anyone told Japan they’re moving?
The US are disappointed that the UK will use a UK company to build mini nuclear reactors in the UK.
Fuck ‘em
Fuck ‘em
US ‘disappointed’ that Rolls-Royce will build UK’s first small modular reactors
US ‘disappointed’ that Rolls-Royce will build UK’s first small modular reactors
As Keir Starmer announces SMRs to be built in Wales, US ambassador says Britain should choose ‘a different path’
Keir Starmer has announced that the UK’s first small modular nuclear reactors will be built in north Wales – but immediately faced a backlash from Donald Trump’s administration after it pushed for a US manufacturer to be chosen.
Wylfa on the island of Anglesey, or Ynys Môn, will be home to three small modular reactors (SMRs) to be built by British manufacturer Rolls-Royce SMR. The government said it will invest £2.5bn. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The US are disappointed that the UK will use a UK company to build mini nuclear reactors in the UK.
Fuck ‘em
Fuck ‘em
Can a toddler be a terrorist? seems like a question that would only be asked by someone who isn’t a parent.
It should definitely be a joke and not a genuine question.
It should definitely be a joke and not a genuine question.
Can a toddler be a terrorist? A shocking new report has found that babies and toddlers have been referred to the controversial counter-terrorism scheme Prevent hundreds of times since 2016.
Read the report from @hyphenonline.com here:
hyphenonline.com/2025/11/12/b...
Read the report from @hyphenonline.com here:
hyphenonline.com/2025/11/12/b...
Babies and toddlers referred to Prevent hundreds of times
More than 200 referrals made to counter-terror scheme for children aged three or under since 2016, most citing ‘Islamist’ concerns
hyphenonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Can a toddler be a terrorist? seems like a question that would only be asked by someone who isn’t a parent.
It should definitely be a joke and not a genuine question.
It should definitely be a joke and not a genuine question.
Just got home from a few nights in a caravan and I can safely say that I never thought I’d be this glad to see a toilet seat that doesn’t require advanced yoga skills to use
November 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Just got home from a few nights in a caravan and I can safely say that I never thought I’d be this glad to see a toilet seat that doesn’t require advanced yoga skills to use
Elon hasn’t read the books, he just had the films on in the background while he was shit posting
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Elon hasn’t read the books, he just had the films on in the background while he was shit posting
Royal Mail have really gone to shit lately haven’t they? I had 2 tracked letters coming to my house today. One has been delivered and the other says they attempted delivery but were unable to deliver.
What happened to the postie in between putting the first and second letter through the letterbox?
What happened to the postie in between putting the first and second letter through the letterbox?
October 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Royal Mail have really gone to shit lately haven’t they? I had 2 tracked letters coming to my house today. One has been delivered and the other says they attempted delivery but were unable to deliver.
What happened to the postie in between putting the first and second letter through the letterbox?
What happened to the postie in between putting the first and second letter through the letterbox?
I’m watching a video of Donald Trump shaking hands with a series of people in Egypt.
Can someone from @debretts.bsky.social pop over and teach him how to do it properly?
Can someone from @debretts.bsky.social pop over and teach him how to do it properly?
October 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I’m watching a video of Donald Trump shaking hands with a series of people in Egypt.
Can someone from @debretts.bsky.social pop over and teach him how to do it properly?
Can someone from @debretts.bsky.social pop over and teach him how to do it properly?
Just updating my phone software and this description sounds like something the Federal Bureau of Control would have written. What is an “unexpected artefact”?
September 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Just updating my phone software and this description sounds like something the Federal Bureau of Control would have written. What is an “unexpected artefact”?
Weird perspective from the Guardian here.
Eli Lilly are saying that the way our drugs market works, they are forced to make less profit because we won’t pay higher prices.
That’s a good thing. 🇬🇧
Eli Lilly are saying that the way our drugs market works, they are forced to make less profit because we won’t pay higher prices.
That’s a good thing. 🇬🇧
September 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Weird perspective from the Guardian here.
Eli Lilly are saying that the way our drugs market works, they are forced to make less profit because we won’t pay higher prices.
That’s a good thing. 🇬🇧
Eli Lilly are saying that the way our drugs market works, they are forced to make less profit because we won’t pay higher prices.
That’s a good thing. 🇬🇧
Imagine studying for years to qualify as a GP and this morning you arrived at work in a practice. First patient is a pregnant woman who has been suffering with headaches. Nice easy start for you, you advise paracetamol.
She says she can’t take paracetamol because it will make her baby autistic.
She says she can’t take paracetamol because it will make her baby autistic.
September 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Imagine studying for years to qualify as a GP and this morning you arrived at work in a practice. First patient is a pregnant woman who has been suffering with headaches. Nice easy start for you, you advise paracetamol.
She says she can’t take paracetamol because it will make her baby autistic.
She says she can’t take paracetamol because it will make her baby autistic.
Just heard that the #rapture is happening tomorrow. Does anyone know if that’s going to be treated like a bank holiday? I don’t want to turn up to an empty office.
September 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Just heard that the #rapture is happening tomorrow. Does anyone know if that’s going to be treated like a bank holiday? I don’t want to turn up to an empty office.
Sometimes I write a post too quickly and end up with spelling mistakes in it. I have a completely irrational need to delete and repost with the spellings corrected. I wish we had an edit button, even if it was time limited.
September 22, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Sometimes I write a post too quickly and end up with spelling mistakes in it. I have a completely irrational need to delete and repost with the spellings corrected. I wish we had an edit button, even if it was time limited.
@news.sky.com just referred to the density of the Unite the Kingdom demonstration and I couldn’t agree more. Definitely the densest crowd I’ve ever seen.
September 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
@news.sky.com just referred to the density of the Unite the Kingdom demonstration and I couldn’t agree more. Definitely the densest crowd I’ve ever seen.
Back in the day, we used to beat the shit out of right wing thugs who marched through London. I want that country back. 🇬🇧
September 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Back in the day, we used to beat the shit out of right wing thugs who marched through London. I want that country back. 🇬🇧
Why can’t we have flat backs on phones any more? Why does everything seem to have a massive camera bump?
September 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Why can’t we have flat backs on phones any more? Why does everything seem to have a massive camera bump?
Reposted by I’m no expert but…
The targeted killing of Anas al-Sharif and five other journalists on Sunday means at least 242 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of October 2023.
No conflict in modern history has seen a higher number of journalists killed.
No conflict in modern history has seen a higher number of journalists killed.
August 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The targeted killing of Anas al-Sharif and five other journalists on Sunday means at least 242 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of October 2023.
No conflict in modern history has seen a higher number of journalists killed.
No conflict in modern history has seen a higher number of journalists killed.
When are we going to get localised trending topics in the @bsky.app?
I’m in the UK and I’m finding it hard to comprehend that all people are talking about is electricity, bird spotting, home decoration, big cats or aquatic mammals.
I’m in the UK and I’m finding it hard to comprehend that all people are talking about is electricity, bird spotting, home decoration, big cats or aquatic mammals.
August 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
When are we going to get localised trending topics in the @bsky.app?
I’m in the UK and I’m finding it hard to comprehend that all people are talking about is electricity, bird spotting, home decoration, big cats or aquatic mammals.
I’m in the UK and I’m finding it hard to comprehend that all people are talking about is electricity, bird spotting, home decoration, big cats or aquatic mammals.
The wife thinks we need to repaint the downstairs loo. I’m going to point out that it could be considered violent criminal damage and terrorism.
@alexdaviesjones.bsky.social : "We don't support terrorists in the UK. Would you be asking me that if this was about the IRA?"
Madeley: "... the IRA planted bombs... Palestine Action isn't quite in the same league"
"... we do not support terrorists in this country" #GMB
Madeley: "... the IRA planted bombs... Palestine Action isn't quite in the same league"
"... we do not support terrorists in this country" #GMB
August 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The wife thinks we need to repaint the downstairs loo. I’m going to point out that it could be considered violent criminal damage and terrorism.
So, theoretically a person could come to the UK and commit crimes and if caught they’ll send them home instead of punishing them for their crimes?
Foreign criminals convicted in UK to be deported immediately under new plans
Foreign criminals convicted in UK to be deported immediately under new plans
Deported offenders will be barred from re-entering UK and measures will apply to those in custody too to cut costs
Most foreign criminals convicted by a UK court will be deported immediately, instead of 30% of the way through their prison sentences, under plans announced by the government.
The justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has proposed a change in legislation that will give the government the power to deport most foreign prisoners as soon as they are convicted and incarcerated. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
So, theoretically a person could come to the UK and commit crimes and if caught they’ll send them home instead of punishing them for their crimes?
Just saw a report from earlier today about the work that @nationaltrust.org.uk do in the Farne Islands. Great work by them as always but I did have a good chuckle at the technique for weighing puffins.
August 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Just saw a report from earlier today about the work that @nationaltrust.org.uk do in the Farne Islands. Great work by them as always but I did have a good chuckle at the technique for weighing puffins.
@monzo.com seem to be doing their best to make paying my @unison.org.uk fees seem less of a bill…
July 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
@monzo.com seem to be doing their best to make paying my @unison.org.uk fees seem less of a bill…