David Paisley

@davidpaisley.net

Scottish, theatre loving, queer, gym rat 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

OK so he's apparently the only labour guy who can take on reform in a GE but simultaneously needs the Greens to stand down so he can maybe win against reform to become MP in the first place? Is that an actual argument cos jfc.

Sky News projecting a national vote share for Reform of 27%, based on results so far. That’s four points down on what they achieved in local elections last year. Somewhat of a counter to the prevailing narrative. More evidence that Reform appears to have peaked.

Isn't it amazing that nowadays if you put into a search engine "find my nearest supermarket" the first thing you'll get is AI describing how you might go about finding where your nearest supermarket is, and not, you know, the location of the nearest supermarket. How useful.

I love being extra specially nice when I'm in London. Thanks so much! Have a great day! Cheers Driver! No, you first! Let me open that door for you. Would you like my seat? It really puts people on edge.

Watching Star Trek Voyager an B'ELanna has just found out she's pregnant and says, when asked if she wants to know the sex of the baby "No, i don't want to label it". Season 7. First aired 2000/01.

I wanted to share some personal news: I became a dad recently.👨🏼‍🍼 The last few weeks have completely changed my life. 👶🏼 Becoming a father is something I’ve hoped for as long as I can remember, and now this little human is here, I love them more than I ever thought possible. 🥰

A man holding a newborn baby

I saw someone online say that instead of the clocks changing at 1am on a Sunday, meaning we all lose an hour in bed, why don't they go forward at 4pm on a Friday, so everyone celebrates, and I can't stop thinking about it.

I just made a pasta bake for dinner for my boyfriend, and he asked if we could give some to his flatmate, then he took one look at it and said, actually no, better not, he's Italian. 😳

🦋 Welcome to Buesky! 🦋 It's long past time to leave the Nazi bar, and you'll have a much better time here. I updated this guide due to the influx of users fleeing Grok's new AI bullshit. Share widely for all the newcomers!

Tips: moving from Xitter to Bsky

Before you start following people, fill out your profile! Bio, PFP, banner, and post at least 5 to 10 things. Just reuse your top 10 banger tweets—recycling is encouraged! This way, people will know you aren’t a bot, will see what you are about, and might follow back.

Turn off NSFW filters in Settings > Moderation > Enable Adult Contentand at the bottom on Settings > Moderation > Bluesky Mod Service

Find your friends from the hellsite using Sky-Follower-Bridge.devNot perfect, but it will find the majority of the people you were following.Beware of fake tools that ask for money!

Follow a few feeds related to your interests. In bsky you choose what kind of content you want to see. You can pin feeds (into tabs) to the top of your timeline, and you always have access to the Following feed which shows nothing but who you choose to follow.

Block often. Don’t interact with trolls. Don’t quote dunk, comment, nothing. Let them rot in silence, take away their oxygen and they’ll asphixiate. This is the Bsky way.

Turn off language filters in Settings > Languages > Content Languages
Or you won’t see posts from anyone in Japan, Germany, etc, in your feeds, even if they only post a cool image with no text. Weird, but trust me on this one. Uncheck all to see all posts.

Fuck content scrapers. Do not let that trash overwhelm this site, do not share their stolen content. You can block them all with two clicks by going to joabaldwin.com/scrapers and on the top-right clicking on Subscribe > Block Accounts (I know, “Subscribe” is an odd thing to name it, but that’s how block lists work).

Use alt text to make images accessible. Helps for translations, readability, findability, and users with slow internet. Turn on Settings > Accessibility > Require alt text before posting

It takes time to rebuild, but the best time to do it is right now. Use your last tweets to tell everyone to move, then stop posting. Twitter is a Nazi/AI/bot/crypto cesspit.

As a compassionate and principled person I'm absolutely against capital punishment, it's morally and ethically unjustifiable. But I'd consider bringing it back for the person who decided to put Eclairs into Cadbury's Miniatures.