It’s absolutely a Fern Cotton/Holly Willoughby/Laura Whitmote thing. And it’s also absolutely BE KIND OR ELSE.

Piers Morgan mentioned "Be Kind" too recently, as some kind of lefty, woke thing. It's not and it never has been. Be Kind is spouted by Instagram huns who want to flog supplements with dodgy scientific claims or pimp their kids out for #kindlygifted freebies.

Mic Wright@brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 16h ago

I was wondering why I’d got 19 clickthroughs from The Daily Telegraph…

First, you tell me to get a hobby; now it's an “appropriate hobby”.

Just ploughed through a Reddit thread of people arguing about whether Agas are good or bad (dunno why, I'm not thinking of getting one) and I'm crying in menopause at the thought of having an always-on heating source but I'm also dying to try Aga toast.

I have a strong desire to do something with my life. It's just not as strong as my desire to nap.

The Great House Giveaway is a bit of a swizz because the participants don't set the buying price, or renovation budget or the sales price and they don't have much say in the house they buy and after 6mths work they are lucky to break even but omg when they both hate each other it is TV gold.

Four grand. He's made an absolute fanny out of himself for four grand. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Live: Man who claimed car's brakes failed at 100mph to be sentenced

Updates from Liverpool Crown Court as Nathan Owen is sentenced for dangerous driving and fraud

liverpoolecho.co.uk

Was thinking how desperately sad this is, and how lonely he must have been...until I got to the part where HE HAS A GIRLFRIEND.

Christopher Phillips kept mum's body in dining room freezer in Porthcawl for years 'couldn't let her go'

Christopher Phillips’ mother, Sylvia, had yellow and pink roses and a birthday card placed on her body.

bbc.co.uk

Um, yeah that's kind of the issue?

Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 3d ago

"Questions about [my] money could go on for years," says Nigel Farage, when asked about the secret deal he struck with the convicted fraudster George Cottrell before agreeing to return as leader of Reform UK.

How exactly? They're not in power. Oh you mean *if* they win a general election? Lol.

Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3d ago

Reform UK has announced it will launch 'the largest military operation' in decades in the English Channel to block small boats, marking an escalation in the party’s anti-immigration plans as it dips in the polls and faces scrutiny over its finances. ft.trib.al/6hFquXT

On insta a woman has done a reel showing a horrible comment (involving dying alone with cobwebs on her pissflaps) from a man in response to something she'd previously said regarding male violence against women & girls. She very ably showed him to be a pathetic loser. Good for her. Interestingly...

Absolutely no reason whatsoever to overreact to a pre season friendly. But based on this first half against Leeds, we're clearly winning the quadruple #LFC

Absolutely staggered by the amount of people I know who fancy Andy Burnham.

Omg. "Charles! We've got to get on the motorway back to Liverpoooooooool"

Bungling robbers pretended to be Scousers

They threatened a terrified shopkeeper

liverpoolecho.co.uk

Just accidentally caught the first 5 minutes of a C5 programme with Josie Gibson about to embark on a 1970s style diet to see why people were thinner then. Quickly switched off so maybe they'll mention how everybody smoked? Or the "diet pills" we might know today as speed?

Just rubbed some Deep Heat on my son's back then washed my hands, leading to two discoveries: 1) I don't wash my hands as well as I thought 😳 and 2) I touch my face A LOT more than I thought

This is how little today’s maga republicans think of women. His own daughter. His GRANDdaughter. What the fuck

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 4d ago

Should the congressman who is credibly accused of beating and throwing scalding water at your own daughter run for re-election? “I don’t know,” says GOP Senator Bernie Moreno www.notus.org/ohio/bernie-...

Shh! Hungry Eyes is playing.

I contacted the electoral commission after the last GE because I don't believe my "local" Reform candidate was a real person. No online presence at all, not present at vote count and my MP was suspicious too. Anyway, the EC told me that there is absolutely no vetting and they take it all on trust.

Rhodri Marsden@rhodri.biz · 4d ago

Don’t read this list of all the candidates in the Clacton by-election and definitely don’t visit their websites, that’s my advice, I am now mildly traumatised and in some cases concerned for their mental health (I’m not talking about Farage) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Protect women and girls" latest.

Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 4d ago

A far-right thug who performed Nazi salutes at a "protect women and children protest" has been exposed as a serial stalker and abuser.

All of the Osbornes are awful people. All of them.

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 4d ago

So I woke up this morning to find out that Ozzy Osbourne’s son made a video falsely accusing me of using AI to write a Rolling Stone article about the Tate brothers.

Do non-Europeans get just how fucked the Infantino/FIFA thing is if actual UEFA are going "hold on lads, this isn't a good look. You don't want people thinking you're all about the money". Like, UEFA being the moral guardian?

In the garden, radio on, book, a shady spot, bees buzzing, dragonflies hovering, cold drinks... summer's just bloody lovely.

It depends; do you want to keep fucking Rumpelstiltskin?

Slate@slate.com · 5d ago

Dear How to Do It: I want to have sex with a new man—but he won’t tell me his name. I can’t tell if that’s a problem. slate.trib.al/n2PPQW6

Interesting this. If even the gullible Guardian is sceptical then it doesn't bode well. But what strikes me though with a lot of these people with - literally - incredible backstories is their actual, undeniable backstory is impressive enough. Why the embellishment?

Playbooks, plagiarism and a pig’s head: new claims surrounding a star Cambridge professor

Jason Arday was regarded as an academic superstar, but then questions about his work prompted scrutiny of his backstory and counterclaims of racism

theguardian.com

Why is it the people with the most annoying voices are the ones who will not caption their videos?

christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times

I bet Anne Stewart still dines out on this story today.

Ben Baker@benbaker.bsky.social · 6d ago

There is something inherently funny to me about the word "naughty". Unless its that bloody Mr Punch puppet saying it in which case I might pull my own ears off.

I see the "we need to look after our own first" excuse for attacking asylum seekers has turned out to be the load of bollocks we always knew it was.

HappyToast@happytoast.co.uk · 6d ago

This has really pissed me off, if you're in the area and can afford it go and give the cafe owner some money to help fund the kids meals. And if he refuses buy yourself a nice coffee and tip him as much as you can. Fuck Reform taking food from kids in need. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

All I will say is my nan was 95 when she died. Non-smoker, pretty much a pescatarian diet, and her "regime" was clean face/Ponds cold cream and she had fantastic skin. Pretty sure she never wore SPF until the 90s (although she did wear sunhats).

Skincare staple or expensive gimmick: do you really need an LED face mask?

They promise clearer, younger-looking skin, but is your money better spent elsewhere? Dermatologists and experts weigh in

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