Pechorin
@pechorin.bsky.social
A Probation Officer in the south of England, so interested in crime and our response to it. Part owner of Exeter City Fc. Also interested in food, league 1 football, Russia, and cats.
It is worth saying that the nonsense over this crappy little racist village voting for "independence" does underline that Reform's policies are just completely unworkable. You cannot actually appease these people by promising to build internment camps, because they won't want them near them
Given what has happened to the RNLI, this is when wider civil society should speak in solidarity about the far-right and political parties attacking charities delivering vital services for vulnerable people. The voluntary sector is part of our social fabric, it needs protecting.
I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.
I listen to the omnibus very early on Sunday mornings and usually drift in and out of sleep. I jolted awake to the ghastliness of Rex and Alice smooching and instantly thought: "Jeff won'tlike this." @onambridge.bsky.social
My entire life I’ve never called it the FIFA World Cup. I’ve always called it the World Cup. Fans don’t give a shit about FIFA. If national teams showed up for a World Cup tournament not held by FIFA we would all watch it. World Cup is the brand. FIFA is nothing.
Trying to think who are the Reform-curious of Ambridge. Mick (the twat) for sure, definitely a Grundy or two?
The Cider Shed podcast@thecidershedpod.bsky.social · 3mo agoDo you reckon the mystery guest at The Borchester Show will be Nigel Farage? #TheArchers
We have always name-progressed our cats, often in the style of Brazilian footballers e.g. Arnold is regularly referred to as Arnaldo and Arnaldinho. This lead to the short form 'dinho and now just 'Dean' or ' The Dean'
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 3mo agoNeighbour: "Did I hear you shouting 'Oxfam' out your back door the other day?" Me: "It's entirely possible. One of our cats is called Charles, and we started calling him Chaz, then Chazza, then Chazza Shop then Charity Shop then Oxfam Books And Music but sometimes we shorten that to just Oxfam."
Neighbour: "Did I hear you shouting 'Oxfam' out your back door the other day?" Me: "It's entirely possible. One of our cats is called Charles, and we started calling him Chaz, then Chazza, then Chazza Shop then Charity Shop then Oxfam Books And Music but sometimes we shorten that to just Oxfam."
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 3mo ago"Put that weird cosmic jazz LP from 1968 on again and I swear I will cut you."
In last night's and the previous game I thought he and the defence have been poor. Better sides would have (and will) punish us. I agree Pickford has in previous tournaments been great for us.
P🔵G@poggymac87.bsky.social · 3mo agoSorry, have you just said Jordan Pickford is a weak link for England? England would’ve won the euros if his teammates stepped up the same way Pickford always has for England
went down to the centrist convention. they’re all shaking and crying, I heard one guy say “I’m starting to think a better world IS possible.” the lady next to him slapped him in the face
Madueke must be pinching himself. How does such an ordinary player start for England? #EngGha
Did he post that on the official Labour account that is still running on X or his own Personal account that is still running on X?
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo agoStarmer accuses Musk of trying to ‘whip up division’ in UK over Henry Nowak murder
Bragging about being the only president repeatedly asked to take a cognitive test… Right.
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · 5mo agoTrump: We should give Newsom a cognitive test. I took 3 of them. Aced all of them, by the way. You know, I'm the only president to take a cognitive test.
Chelsea and Man City in the FA Cup final. No other English clubs have systematically ignored, bent or broken the rules like both have done. In terms of trophies won, no other English clubs have been as successful over the past decade and a half either. The moral of the story - is that there is none.
Meanwhile…out in the real world Sam, we’re all kind of, you know, getting on with things. Modern media’s demand for daily outrage and drama is not daily life.
Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
Currently dealing with a solicitors' firm whose every communication comes with the snazzy strapline "Life. Less complicated" I needed to make a payment to them and asked them to send their bank details. They've told me they're sending them by post. 🤦♂️🤷♂️
Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 9mo agoTrump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
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Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing. they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors. their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen. their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
Jonathan Kingham@jonkingh.bsky.social · 10mo agoThis is so disgusting.
Nigel Farage was a racist bully at school but Rachel Reeves won the wrong chess championship so who can say who is worse?
Before buying her Cornish home Menabilly, Daphne Du Maurier was told a mysterious woman in blue had been seen staring from a window. Writing in the same room years later, the author happened to look out of the window while wearing a blue smock - and wondered, had she been the ghost? #PhantomsFriday
𝙰𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚔 💀☕📚🍂🎨🐈⬛@andy-paciorek.bsky.social · 12mo agoDaphne du Maurier ~ Compton Collier (1932)
🚨Christian children were told they'd "be Muslim by year 6"!🚨 😱Sounds outrageous? You know the drill… If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some 1/25 🧵
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
