Moving house tomorrow. Looked out of my bedroom window at the evening view for the last time, and a little robin hopped onto the fence, looked at me, then flew away. My daughter, Robin, was born in this house ❤️

Got lucky and captured the Golden Hour in Norfolk last week on holiday but now concerned that what I've really captured is the Tradwife Aesthetic

Taking down shelves in preparation for moving next week. Took one of these off the wall only to discover/remember that we, um, painted around it when we last decorated. Screwed it back into the wall and we'll leave it as a gift for the new owners 😬

@juudes.bsky.social tell your tram friend that nobody can reply to her post unless she follows them! 😅 (But yeah you can buy a ticket on board)

Not only is this gross parenting advice ("outsource your emotional labour to AI") but the idea that what your kids really need is a podcast *about themselves* is so far off the mark that it's unreal. Did someone think "a generation of narcissists" was a KPI?

Veerender Singh Jubbal@veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 5d ago

Just paid £5 in a deli for a bag of these on the off-chance they tasted close to Brannigans and MY GOD THEY DO, I'M IN POTATO SNACK HEAVEN

Jim Atkins 🦚@jimatkins.bsky.social · 2w ago

Gone but not forgotten.

Looked away for two minutes in the second-hand bookshop and—

Thanks, Jason, for this insightful review of a Norfolk beach

In one week we're moving house, but we've yet to exchange contracts so technically nothing is official. Buying/selling property in the UK is the most ridiculous bureaucratic process imaginable.

I was lucky enough to work with Oli many years ago and it's frankly ridiculous that he's available right now. If anyone's hiring for frontend engineering roles you would be extremely foolish to miss this opportunity to snap him up.

Oliver Ash@oliverjash.me · last wk.

I'm looking for a new role as a lead frontend/TypeScript engineer. 👋 13 years of experience and I formerly led the web team at Unsplash. My CV: drive.google.com/file/d/1Hp7w... If you know of any roles, please reach out. I'd really appreciate if you could share. Thank you!

Wait what the fuck; is this some kind of superhero origin story?

Just saw someone wearing their belt buckle at the back and it briefly made me question my every life decision to this point

The council says: "we encourage all residents to act responsibly and [...] help maintain calm, reduce the risk of intimidation, and support community cohesion". Uh, isn't that *your* job? Isn't that why this article was written? Because the council's done fuck all to stop racist violence in Brum?

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

Birmingham council accused of giving ‘free rein’ to group erecting England flags

In case it wasn't obvious from this grumpy post, I spent my 11 hour journey home reading the Odyssey

Matt Andrews@mattandrews.info · 2w ago

Missed my connecting train by 90 seconds after my flight landed and I'm blaming it solely on the guy who got up from his plane seat and made everyone wait while he squeezed several rows back to incredibly slowly collect his bag.

Missed my connecting train by 90 seconds after my flight landed and I'm blaming it solely on the guy who got up from his plane seat and made everyone wait while he squeezed several rows back to incredibly slowly collect his bag.

New on my blog: pondering being on the edge of things, plus a link roundup of good reading on AI risks, Coronation Street memes and more: mattandrews.info/manfeelings/...

Forgot my noise cancelling earphones for a solo flight to Spain on the first day of the school summer holidays didn't I

Matt Andrews@mattandrews.info · 2w ago

I'm flying to Spain tomorrow, can't wait to deal with all the hungover airport staff

I'm flying to Spain tomorrow, can't wait to deal with all the hungover airport staff

Got half a day in Tarragona next Friday, any recs? I like food, history, interesting buildings and coffee.

Come for the pithy takedown of two mismatched 50-somethings; stay for the blistering critique of male culture, far right influence on masculinity and the lack of emotional intelligence in the modern bloke.

Justin Myers@theguyliner.bsky.social · 3w ago

In the latest Guardian Blind Date: oh. Oh no. Don't do that. Nor that. Oh. My review:

A humane referee would end this early for France's benefit

At the stage of packing for the impending house move where I've begun to tackle the garden shed. Am currently in despair at my past life choices

Last day of school. Surprised my kid by picking him up early to take him to the park for ice cream. He saw me, reacted furiously, and insisted I let him go to After School Club so he could play the Monopoly game he'd taken in with him today. Was forced to agree.

The *real* World Cup: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

UK children will be one of unhealthiest generations in decades, doctors say

Analysis of 12 indicators including asthma, obesity and vaccination finds child health is ‘national embarrassment’

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Just donated my first proper road bike to the local bike shop to reuse. This thing took me on many adventures, including once around the loch at Etape Loch Ness, and on the fastest 100 miles I've ever ridden at RideLondon. Got a slicker replacement these days, but still sad to bid it adieu.

Some guys in this pub are clearly having some kind of "ugly shirts" night and one of them has a kind of illuminated manuscript short sleeve with pictures of Thomas Cromwell on it and I'm kind of jealous

She was radicalised after watching Angine de Poitrine perform in front of her on Jools Holland

Stereogum@stereogum.com · 4w ago

The new Shania Twain single "Faded Blue Jeans" features @qotsa-official.bsky.social frontman Josh Homme

Horrible new bullshit from the sea every time. It’s never ‘oh we found a new pink fish that is so happy’ it’s always stuff like this, the crush-depth screw-headed dongwongler, and it’s got to have big long creepy bits. Sick of the ocean tbh.

When I saw this cheeky headline on the Guardian I was briefly confused and made a note to check out that unexpected psych-rock direction on Robyn's new album