Nigel Farage suggests the police advised him against attending the result of the Clacton by-election. Essex Police completely deny this, telling the BBC "we have a proportionate and robust policing operation to ensure the safety and security of all participants in the count"

I know this might be a wind-up, but I do worry the kids aren’t having enough fun. A friend said something terrifying to me: some teenagers don’t take any risks (such as dancing with abandon, or talking to a new person they might fancy), because they’re constantly aware someone might be filming them.

jon christian@jonchristian.net · 14h ago

kids today are literally confused about whether "partying" was real or an urban legend

Gutted for Binface. Relieved for Jon Harvey. Disgusted at Clacton.

“Saw a museum exhibition of nudes in London yesterday.” “Really? The V & A?” “Yep, some boobs and balls too”.

The results of the video I posted earlier was this iconic shot 👏 Danny León and his crew smashed it.

It's really important not to forget about old people during this upcoming period of extreme hot weather. Because they've always got a supply of ice pops in the freezer.

Noticing that the bin is full but trying to cram more stuff into it instead of emptying it

Douglas Cheape@douglascheape.bsky.social · yesterday

The Compendium of Common Household Crimes needs your input. I’ll start you off… Taking only what you need from the clean things in the dishwasher and closing the door again. Putting 3 millilitres of milk back in the fridge. Over to you…

I recently watched Iron Man (2008) for the first time in over a decade, and it's a real lightbulb moment to realize that every executive, business bro and tech guy currently obsessed with using ChatGPT or Claude or whatever thinks they're like Tony Stark talking to Jarvis

not on the level of twitter doing the same but if your social media systems even gesture in the direction of impacting voter turnout in a democratic election you shut them the fuck down immediately, no more trending topics today, that's it

Tracey No™️@traceyno.bsky.social · yesterday

hey @support.bsky.team umm what are you doing? This election is happening now, current tense

Posting false information about election candidates is one of the last remaining forms of criminal libel in the UK, fwiw. If your algorithm/AI is bad enough that it isn't immune to this kind of fuck up, it is not ready for deployment! Turn it the fuck off!

Tracey No™️@traceyno.bsky.social · yesterday

hey @support.bsky.team umm what are you doing? This election is happening now, current tense

Spare a thought for all those colanders, once again relegated to spend their time in a dark, inaccessible, kitchen cupboard until the inevitable deluge of 'advent colander' jokes on December 1st.

Look, I’m not saying the eclipse was overrated, but there does come a point into watching your dad stood at the window looking at a speck of light shining on a piece of paper through a pinprick hole in a Birds Eye waffle box for 45 minutes that you do start to question what the fuck is going on.

Bro. People are cool as fuck.

Brouhaha (noun): the feeling of joy upon discovering someone has made you a cup of tea.

Oh no, the train announcer just said we have to change for rugby but I haven't brought my kit.

I do love that in this age of AI rubbish and tech nonsense, everyone from my neighbours to people online got outside and used basic kitchen equipment to view a planetary event. Something very soothing about that

I bought that so-called "official figurine" of E.T. fishing and it turns out it was just a faux gnome.

So embarrassing when people think the point of reading a novel is to know the plot, so a summary is just as good. The plot isn’t important, you rube. You absolute simpleton. The point of reading a novel is to find out what the characters are eating and start thinking about what you want for dinner.

Because the speed limit had transitioned from a higher speed to a lower one she didn’t believe it existed. She only believes in biological speed limits. news.sky.com/story/olympi...

Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies faces speeding trial as she blames 'poor signage'

The former athlete, 63, was driving back from a speaking event in Wales in October last year when she was caught by a speed camera on the M4.

news.sky.com

Apparently, if you have a pair of those new Meta glasses, they're 100% safe for looking directly at the sun during the eclipse tomorrow.

To raise your spirits here’s a donkey 😹❤️

Where did the far-right get the idea Britain was existentially imperilled and so should fortify itself as a white Christian ethnostate? Who embedded such notions in their head? Who emboldened them so? Truly, it is a mystery.

HK@hkesvani.bsky.social · 3d ago

British columnists love getting everything they wanted and still moaning about it

Morning all. Photograph by Don McCullin, Consett, County Durham 1974.

"Break Free" by Disha Dua

St Benedict's Church, Glastonbury at sunrise.

This is a 17C portrait of notorious gambler & womaniser Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset, but for me the real stars are his magnificent ‘hedgehog’ slippers (William Larkin, 1613)

In 1997, the Chuckle Brothers won the World's Biggest Sheep Competition with their two metre ewe.

amazing how many people don't think children are people. you brought them into a burning world. answer their questions.

Ian Fraser@ianfraser.bsky.social · 4d ago

Morning! @rolandmcs.bsky.social