This is a lovely piece of writing about someone who made me laugh a lot whilst watching kids TV in the 80s and who, it turns out, was a very lovely man indeed

Toby Hadoke@tobyhadoke.bsky.social · 10h ago

Jimmy Cricket Guardian obituary by me: www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Can someone explain to me - like you would to a child - why some media (*cough* BBC *cough*) are reporting "out of control heap of space junk crashes into moon unexpectedly" like it's some kind of positive thing?

Dress for the job you want (Victorian ghost child), not the job you have (common zombie).

My football talking point is that Eva Olid would be an excellent appointment for Man Utd Women in normal times but she will have to work beyond wonders to keep this set up in the running for any trophies. And I'm not sure she has the experience to do that. Here ends the football talking point.

on Sophie Cunningham and a trans controversy that doesn't involve any actual trans people: defector.com/the-right-ha...

My vague, unimportant, conspiracy theory is that The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins is not available in the UK because the British media have decided that, because he had the temerity to be ungrateful, Daniel Radcliffe can only be shown as Harry Potter on UK TV.

Google tells me there is a hosepipe ban in Hastings. And there really should be but there isn’t. We’re Southern not South East Water here and they appear to have forgotten to put in place any restrictions.

The MP here is a southern, privately educated, establishment professioned, long term politician. How they get away with cosplaying to the media as northern working class straight talkers is one of the many, many things I find deeply weird about Reform.

Northern & proud 👊@gazlancs.bsky.social · 2d ago

French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡

Words and photos from Saturday's pre season friendly are now up jonsmalldon.wordpress.com/2026/08/03/a...

Found the record breaking UK no 1 on YouTube. I can confirm: - No, I really haven’t heard it before. Something I think would have been impossible “back in the day”. - It’s well put together and perfectly fine but it’s not for me. And as I’m approaching a half century that is fine.

Hacks doing that lazy hate grift Is upsetting, but I sometimes think “Well, it’s a rough old industry at the moment. And it puts food on the table.” And then one of them dies, and all that food, earned with poison seems utterly wasted, and you’re just left with the ugly stain they’ve left behind.

You know a thing that’s good? Televisions. Each of the TVs I have had to buy upon the death of its predecessor has been cheaper, better and easier to install than the one before.

Say what you like about him but … I think a lot of people won’t have too much of an issue ignoring everything *after* the ‘but’ …

Yes but gilet wearing Local Paper Botherers don't like how they look, so you can see how hands are tied

Julia Raeside@jnraeside.bsky.social · 3d ago

A sensible govt would be putting ALL of their resources into this.

In the garden. I am drinking wine, processing photos and listening to music through the headphones. "Angel of the Morning" has just come on. The neighbourhood should be very grateful that I have had but one glass .. or else all of Hastings would be hearing 'singing' they could never forget.

At nearly 50 years of age, I have uploaded not one but two things to TikTok today. How are *you* doing, fellow kids?

By the way, you know how that guy on that podcast is showing that he's a know nothing grifter who needs engagement - and then doubling down because he's got just enough education to believe he's smart. That's *all of them* *all the time*.

Really enjoy the 4x400 mixed relay as an event. It always seems to deliver.

When friendlies become unfriendly. A few feisty moments towards the end of an otherwise fairly standard pre-season goalless draw between the Uniteds of Hastings and Hashtag. Words and photos to follow.

Just seen the score and have this to say: Jamaica beating Australia in the Commonwealth semi final may count as the biggest sporting upset of the year.

It is very easy to mock the spineless nature of the UK branch of Amnesty International. That’s the sentence.

Amnesty International UK@amnestyuk.bsky.social · 6d ago

Is clapping illegal in the UK in 2026?

Jose Mourinho “if I speak” meme goes here

Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 5d ago

hello from Britain where I'm in the pub with a group of friends and I would say we're now on minute 20 of them sharing stories about the nonce teachers they had at school

Death, taxes and cheering on whoever is playing Barry Town. Unless it's TNS, then we pray for the rapture to take us all. Live Cymru Premier on the iPlayer. Welsh commentary, obvs.

Again the next time you worry you are not qualified for your job please remember that Marvel couldn't figure out how to pick a spot on the map, put Mahershala Ali in a Blade outfit and then write a movie where he fights vampires there.

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · 5d ago

Mahershala Ali says he’s moved on from ‘Blade’ “I have moved on … I'm good … you had me under contract … if they wanted to do the movie, we would've done the movie. So we're not doing the movie … They didn't want to do it, so they should answer that question” (via GQ Magazine)

If you’re in Hastings, the Grumpy Cook is a great place for a coffee and a cake, and they do excellent breakfasts. But, more importantly, they feed people, support vulnerable adults, and work to combat poverty in all its forms in one of the most deprived towns in England.

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...

Is it a Mandela Effect to have to explain that, no, those thing’s weren’t even called “picky bits” a couple of years ago, let alone since some nostalgic days of yore?

That lad with his starched shirt and tie who gets paid by the beeb to scare us silly that “176 migrants in five boats” made the crossing today must be devastated he can’t use his clicker for the surge in Ceuta.

What has actually happened to England netball? Has the rest of the world just got better?

The thing about ADHD is that treatment makes people's lives better, irrespective of how many people don't believe it exists.

Infantino will absolutely run a World Cup without UEFA nations. I wouldn’t put it past him to go direct to agents and spend a few million finding some scabs to play for “England”, “Germany” and the like.