They say they're patriots. They hate the RNLI. They hate the BBC. They hate the NHS. They hate the Police. They hate the Govt. They hate the King's son. They hate teachers. They hate Winston Churchill's refugee detention hotels. They hate the Church Of England. Where is the patriotism?

Alasdair Stuart@alasdairstuart.com · 13h ago

I grew up on an island community. Two of my teachers were RNLI volunteers and, regularly, would have to drop everything in a lesson to go answer a call. Two of my closest friends are now Coast Guard volunteers working with the RNLI. If you're doxing people like that? You're a fucking fascist.

Can't unsee this now.

Is that Anne Diamond on the bottom right?

Tony Keetch@tonykeetch.bsky.social · yesterday

I need this as a t-shirt

Why is my dad texting like he's an NPC on a videogame

Rita, Sue and Pob too

[on the phone, as Marty plays "Right Here Waiting"] Richard! Richard, it's Karl. Your cousin, Karl Marx. You know that new sound you're looking for? Well, listen to this! [holds the receiver out]

"My donor's got no strong beliefs, he's got his money"

James Ball@jamesrball.com · 4d ago

Reform Conference was already running about 55 minutes late. Now Nigel Farage's speech is further delayed due to "unforeseen circumstances". Attendees are being treated to Freed From Desire instead.

This is the sort of insight that only a journalist steeped in Westminster and Whitehall intrigue could mine. Worth every penny of my licence fee.

Ah, farewell to Richard O'Sullivan, who didn't have the easiest of later years, and hard to emphasise just how famous he was in his heyday. Enjoyed revisiting Man About the House last year. #RIP

“Phew,” says Zia Yusuf, “that was close.”

While I totally understand why you would buy and own a self-driving car. (You don't want to drive). I have zero understanding of the benefits to the user of getting a driverless taxi beyond novelty. I understand why the people owning the cars want you to, but that's not how business works.

"I've left your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle with a neighbour"

Gary Bainbridge@garybainbridge.bsky.social · 7d ago

One of two things has happened here: either the business owner failed to Google the name, or our robot overlords lied.

One of two things has happened here: either the business owner failed to Google the name, or our robot overlords lied.

Regrettably you do, in this very particular set of circumstances and - to be clear - in no other, have to hand it to ICE.

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 2w ago

BREAKING via TMZ Milo Yiannopolous has been apprehended by ICE and is currently in a detention center.

Spadger's Blimp

Not the 80-year-old star of Home Alone 2 the world needed to die.

I'm currently dating a top hat, a dog, a cat, a penguin, a thimble, a racecar, a rubber duck, and a boat. That's right, I'm monopolyamorous.

"So how will seeing a clown cure me?" "I'm afraid you misunderstand. There is no cure; this is purely pagliative."

Satisfactory. #thefootball

New post! Pilgrim on Allerton Road is made for lucky locals. chrispople.substack.com/p/pilgrim

Pilgrim

Liverpool

chrispople.substack.com

Xanadu-du-du push pineapple, shake the tree Xanadu-du-du stately pleasure dome decree

I just think that you can’t complain about No.10 being overcrowded and cramped, but still have room for Lisa Nandy’s book.

Matthew Holehouse@matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 3w ago

Seem to recall Sue Lawley choked when Engelbert Humperdinck opted for his autobiography on Desert Island Discs. A revealing list

I am at my barber’s at Penny Lane and a Beatles song is playing on the radio. Can you guess what it is?

What’s up, Bluesky? I’ll tell you what’s up. I’m having to wear a shacket because the weather is complicated.

How do I explain to small business owners that the menu on the left is one billion times more appealing than the one on the right

New! Mark Thompson (@markreckons.bsky.social) joins me for a chat about a web-slinging meets kung fu movie that if we're being entirely honest about it features surprisingly little of either... Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge! timworthington.org/2026/08/19/i...

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Spider-Man: The Dragon’s Challenge With Mark Thompson

Mark Thompson joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Peter Parker discreetly declining to be one of the everybody who was Kung Fu fighting in Spider-Man: The Dragon’s Challenge.

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Will Self has apparently written something about the evils of going after somebody vulnerable even after they've been asked to stop and even though their target is clearly ill. Yes, *that* Will Self.

Am now moving to Bristol East specifically to vote for Kerry McCarthy.

Chris Rand@chrisrand.com · 3w ago

Hat tip to Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East.

Looking for a quicker and easier and only moderately more sarcastic way of catching up with Marvel's recommended viewing list ahead of Avengers: Doomsday? Well I might be able to help you with that... timworthington.org/2026/08/19/i...

It’s Good, Except It Sucks: Countdown To Avengers: Doomsday

A quicker – and only moderately more sarcastic – way of getting caught up on Marvel’s watch list ahead of Avengers: Doomsday.

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Yet more 'environmental policy works' news... www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...

Captain Holt Brooklyn Nine Nine

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