Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · 2w ago

King of Spain’s cuffs still perfect as he hugs Yamal.

SpinningHugo@spinninghugo.bsky.social · 2w ago

You don't need to read from a script, indeed for preference shouldn't but public speaking is easier if 1. You write out in full what you want to say 2. Have a note in front of you with bullet points so that you have the confidence that you don't need to memorise them. Podiums are useful for that.

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · 2w ago

seems to be no podium for andy burnham outside number 10

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 2w ago

Hmph. I quite like the podium. Think the PM should have a bit of gravitas.

The Economist@economist.com · 3w ago

Number 10’s canny feline can teach Andy Burnham a thing or two

Petrus Crinitus @petruscrinitus.bsky.social · 3w ago

Thou wall, O wall, O sweet and lovely wall, Show me thy chink to blink through with mine eyne. Thanks, courteous wall. Jove shield thee well for this.

Legal C@legalclaret.bsky.social · last mo.

Repost with your best Bluesky sneering odium. Some of you have slightly questionable taste in trainers.

Angry People in Local Newspapers@apiln.bsky.social · last mo.

Angry Crowd Photo Reactolite Survey: Regret to report that this angry crowd photo is only 14% reactolites. Poor show, Totton.

Adrian Edmondson @adrianedmondson.bsky.social · last mo.

Whoever bought that podium must be very pleased at the use it’s getting. Do they keep it just inside the front door? ‘Back under the stairs?’ ‘No, it’ll be out again any minute.’

A Poor Player@apoorplayer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Always - and still - a stylish man. Maybe our most stylish PM? I feel menswear guy would enjoy the shape and drape.

Dr Duncan Robertson@duncanrobertson.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For all those who look back with a fond sense of nostalgia, here's a (genuine) Ladybird book extolling the virtues of electrical pylons. The Public Services: Electricity, artwork by John Berry (1966)

Alan Beattie@alanbeattie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Repost with the Russian agent that spies on your posts

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1. London Underground station flooding has reportedly been reduced by around 90% thanks to a group of engineers: beavers. After conservationists reintroduced a family of beavers into a nearby city park, the animals built dams and restored wetlands that now absorb and slow floodwater naturally.

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I could eat only this — and collard greens! — for the rest of my life

Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I will never come to terms with the spacing on this road sign

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This piece really is just desperately sad, among other things. The final line really stays with you:

Angry People in Local Newspapers@apiln.bsky.social · 3mo ago

By the time they split up, The Smiths had more or less stopped bothering.