Kirill Dmitriev trying desperately to hammer the final nail into satire's coffin.

Joni Askola@joniaskola.bsky.social · yesterday

Russian officials will always defend Russia’s favorite envoys

I do so hope Stewart Lee does a column about this in The Nerve. It'll be absolutely devastating.

Jane@localnotail.bsky.social · 2d ago

Daniel Thomas / Danny Tommo has today marched his private army of blackshorts to Daily Mail HQ to demand a new house for his mum within 48 hrs, after they doorstepped her for a feature on him. Apparently he plans to blockade them + cry at them until they do Bet those lads are glad of the balaclavas

Yet again, it’s the satirists I feel sorriest for…

Jane@localnotail.bsky.social · 2d ago

Daniel Thomas / Danny Tommo has today marched his private army of blackshorts to Daily Mail HQ to demand a new house for his mum within 48 hrs, after they doorstepped her for a feature on him. Apparently he plans to blockade them + cry at them until they do Bet those lads are glad of the balaclavas

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️@snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 2d ago

You need this puppy and duckling cuteness overload: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

Lily from The Meffs pretty much said the same thing recently at a gig before introducing the song Broken Britain, Broken Brain ('It's *my* flag too, y'know!') and I was/am absolutely here for that.

The i Paper @theipaper.com · 3d ago

"A woman was viciously attacked and senior party figures found it funny. The message sent by Farage and Jenrick is clear: violence is an acceptable response to criticism," writes @mrjamesob.bsky.social Read more: trib.al/yNG6d5Y

Needed saying.

The i Paper @theipaper.com · 3d ago

"A woman was viciously attacked and senior party figures found it funny. The message sent by Farage and Jenrick is clear: violence is an acceptable response to criticism," writes @mrjamesob.bsky.social Read more: trib.al/yNG6d5Y

45/47: 'You shoulda seen me rescuing all those people from the burning World Trade Centre. I was a hero, the likes of which the world has never seen. I was amazing. The best. But nobody wants to acknowledge it 'cause they all have TDS...etc.' Putin: '...'

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social · 2d ago

Putin and Trump did not specifically discuss a possible meeting on the sidelines of the APEC summit in November, the Kremlin reported.

For years, medical scientists were saying that drinking 3-4 cups of coffee a day, particularly strong black coffee, would help to significantly reduce your risk of getting neck cancer. Combined with the fact I can't operate without it, I very much keep to my conspicuous consumption.

Tony Yates@t0nyyates.bsky.social · 2d ago

File under 'life can increase risk of death' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign

Noel rocking the awesome Sami Yaffa look there. (And yes, Sami *is* awesome).

Nigella Lawson@nigella.bsky.social · 4d ago

The Bake Is Back!! GBBO starts again on the 22nd of September on @channel4tv.bsky.social! And in the US it’s the 25th of September on @netflix.com, though I’m afraid I don’t know the dates/networks for other countries yet.

As one of the replies alluded to, it's just simply easier to go after the soft targets than to go after the ones that might, y'know... physically f**k you up if you came face to face with them.

Dorian Lynskey@dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 4d ago

I’m interested in the emotional response (I have it too) whereby anger at the worst people is immediately displaced on to institutions you think should be calling them out. Labour and the BBC’s weak response to fascists arouses more fury than the fascists themselves. Must be a term for it

Translation: "The triple lock was *my* idea. *This* is why we still need it."

If you'll forgive the pun: "Preach!"

Michelle@michelleroy78.bsky.social · 5d ago

Treating people love, respect and empathy is better than posting religious verses that you don't even practice.

Fuck this guy. In fact, fuck both of them. Authoritarian dictators always want what doesn't belong to them, don't they. Trump’s ‘retribution’ could now include Falklands as favor to Milei – and revenge on the UK www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Trump’s ‘retribution’ could now include Falklands as favor to Milei – and revenge on the UK

US president suggests he might support his Argentinian acolyte’s drive to reclaim sovereignty of disputed islands

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To paraphrase Malcolm Tucker: 'Is it always this easy to get into your pants? [Because] if it is, you'd better get down the clap clinic, pronto.'

Robert Smith@bondhack.ft.com · last wk.

The full Verbatim video also on YouTube here. youtu.be/RugPik-G1Jw?...

I genuinely thought someone had mocked this up, but then I remembered both writer and publication know no shame whatsoever.

I bet he wouldn't have dared attempt that while Keano was still playing.

Stephen Bush@stephenkb.bsky.social · last wk.

I just don't understand why you would a) do this and b) admit that you'd done it. How do some high profile people have so little professional pride?!

Also, Judas Priest's Sin After Sin album is criminally underrated. #Facts

LAFAYETTE@lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · last wk.

He should also explicitly admit that he prays the racist boots he's licking won't eventually kick the shit out of him, either. (They will, of course. But he needs to at least acknowledge that).

Dmitry Grozoubinski@explaintrade.com · last wk.

There's a lot here to be sickened by, but for some reason the "do you understand what's happening?" really got me. What's happening, Zia? Explain it to us. Use your words. Say it out loud. No no, not "wink wink, nudge nudge, you know..." Why is it a problem she's nominated? Say it, coward.

Meanwhile, back in the Tankies-gonna-Tankie world of Princess Brain-fart: www.lbc.co.uk/article/russ...

Russian threat is nothing but 'Nato fiction', claims Diane Abbott - as she's branded 'Putin’s useful idiot' | LBC

The Labour MP has been branded "naive" after playing down the threat posed by Putin

lbc.co.uk

Kate from Kharkiv@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · last wk.

PETRAEUS: Britain's response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine provides particularly powerful example. From late 2021 onward, UK demonstrated strategic clarity. Your leaders publicly recognized the nature of Russian threat earlier than most,

The people around him, particularly his family, need to start actively managing him the same way his father was managed towards the end of his life, where they just gave him fictitious [yet important looking] documents to sign just to make him feel like he was still in charge.

Action Man on the right: 'Knob-head!' Action Man on the left: 'F**k off, our kid!'

Andrew Male@andrewmale.bsky.social · last wk.

I demilitarised my childhood Action Men and now it looks like they’re modelling the men’s Autumn/Winter Toast catalogue.

I feel like she'd help herself massively if she didn't come off like an unhinged person in scheduled media appearances. Maybe it's frustration on her part, but it is rather off-putting.

Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · last wk.

I've just watched Katharine Birbalsingh's debut education podcast for the purposes of research and I'm seriously considering going back to bed.

Not the main point, I guess, but fuck Piers Morgan. I mean, really. Jesus! He really is a content whore, isn't he. There is seemingly no depth he won't try and plumb when it comes to giving the worst people a platform. Absolutely zero standards.

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · last wk.

Former Kanye West aide Milo Yiannopoulos on his ICE arrest: "I don't think I've ever been afraid before... It was humiliating, it was physically degrading, it was frightening... I wouldn't wish it on anyone"

Haven't the foggiest, but we *must* be clean out of "Where's Mitch?" memes by now.

Molly Jong-Fast@mollyjongfast.bsky.social · last wk.

Anybody know what happened to mitch McConnell?

Even Modi was like: "Leave it mate, you've made a right arse of the whole thing (and yourself)."

24Hours Ukraine@24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 2w ago

🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: For now, unfortunately, all the intel – both ours and our partners’ – and all the signals from Russia indicate that the Russian leader personally wants more war. Even now, when the absolute majority of his own society would agree to stop the war along the line of contact.

Think I'm going to have to amend my preferences before too long. There's been some absolute stinkers showing up in my newsfeed lately.

No fan of Narendra Modi, but he has just totally told Putin [to his face] to "LEAVE IT, YOU SHLAAAYYG" and I am totally here for it.

Well, let's face it - we will damage it, won't we. Of course we will. It's *us*, for goodness sake.

Ros Taylor@rostaylor.bsky.social · last wk.

Plus, the Bayeux tapestry exhibition opens at the British Museum, despite French fears that we'll damage it ...

It was way down the pecking order as a news item in The Telegraph, which should tell you everything you need to know.

Twlldun@twlldun.bsky.social · last wk.

Got a news alert this morning telling me that small boat crossings had fallen to the lowest level for 6 years and I think it’s really important to note that even though this is very arguably a success in dealing with the situation, it won’t matter one iota to the people who have made it their thing.