Just contributed to the downfall of society by listening to a history podcast on the way to the corner shop and back.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Perhaps my most classically woke opinion is that this is both ableist and authoritarian. People going “it’s just my opinion” about something that has fuck all to do with you and also doesn’t affect you in the slightest. Fuck off.

The hill I will die on: Remove those earphones – you’re blocking out the music of humanity | Stefan Stern

Beyond the white noise lies a vibrant world of possibility, so take your headphones off and listen to your surroundings. It may even save your life, says author Stefan Stern

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Jesus the replies to this. Bluesky people are horrendous.

Ben Goldacre@bengoldacre.bsky.social · 6d ago

Apologies: I’m not online much, I haven't paid any attention to Rod Liddle for a long time, I didn't really know his extremes. I do now: I wouldn’t have posted if I'd known. I’ve seen death of difficult people up close (and its impact on others): that’s the only reason it was on my mind as an issue.

This reminds me of the performative non-football liking music student at university who claimed to have spent the evening of the Euro 96 semi final writing a musical based on the Vietnam war called “Apocalypse Wow!”

Rolling Stone UK@rollingstoneuk.bsky.social · 6d ago

“The current economic climate has resulted in lower than expected ticket sales” www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/trains...

Further proof Attlee was the best prime minister.

Argentina are the kind of team where I wouldn’t shake hands with them after the game and all of a sudden I’d be the one in the wrong for some reason.

Maybe Sir Alf had a point.

They’ve just been marking time until Merino came on.

Would put a fairly significant sum of money on Spain getting the first yellow card here.

Missed the whole of the build up to the game because I was watching Batman Begins with Child 2. Like that bit in Peep Show where they’re imagining they’re watching Heat during something awful, except I just watched it.

Same with people describing England as “embarrassing”. Why? Did you personally tell Thomas Tuchel to let his arsehole fall out?

Werbeniuk@werbenuik.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Huge admiration for Arsenal’s performance last night, but why do fans talk about being “proud” of the team? You weren’t, like, training them or giving tactical advice or anything.

Man tries to persuade another man to restructure his company while he’s asleep.

Peter Lucier@peterlucier.bsky.social · 4w ago

The itinerary for the boys’ trip to Holland may have been overly ambitious. Starring Sean Connery

My main issue with Haaland is that he normalizes Manchester City and kids that don’t know better might start thinking it’s ok to support that club

The bloke who officiated at mine looked a lot like Roger Moore. Who would be an excellent choice.

Jess Zimmerman@jesszimmerman.com · last mo.

Okay if you had to have a celebrity officiate your wedding who would you choose? I’m going with Mel Brooks

Since USMNT now going through the usual England discourse of "is it ok to support them": I think you have to accept sports are a stupid place where nationalism is fair game. It's fine to support them. But you don't really need to argue that doing so is morally *good*, either. It's just dumb fun.

A proper government would be making a huge deal of this instead of letting it dribble out because they’re scared of their imaginary bogeyman voter in Stoke.

Crisis@crisis-uk.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨 Breaking news: from today, it's no longer a crime to sleep rough in England and Wales. The Vagrancy Act has finally been repealed. For more than 200 years, this archaic law criminalised people for sleeping rough or begging. But no more.

The heat has conquered all Gaul. All?

Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash!@standplaatskrk.pl · 2mo ago

Streaming services pay people to go to cinemas and act like arseholes so that people watch stuff at home instead.

James Ball@jamesrball.com · 2mo ago

I like this. Go on, let's get a few more: what's your low stakes conspiracy theory?

www.theguardian.com/football/pic... Absolutely nicking a living. I’ve genuinely got more respect for Matt from the Telegraph’s artistic abilities.

Cold War Steve on … the arrival of the World Cup superheroes

The second in a special series of World Cup 2026 themed collages made for the Guardian by the celebrated satirist

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Australia’s players all look like they should be wearing vests.

Not sure what to think about the government of the UK’s future hanging on the decision of less than 10,000 people in a place I’ve never heard of to vote for a less racist party than the openly racist one.

Think it says a lot about me that I was like “I wonder if the Algerian goalie was named after THAT Zidane” and it took this post for me to go “…oh yeah. Right. Oops.”

Grace Robertson 🏳️‍⚧️@graceonfootball.com · 2mo ago

a whole lot of people around the world just realised zidane is not a white french guy

I needed a username for something else and he popped into my head for some reason. Once got into a row (my fault) with some Everything Is The West's Fault people and ended up getting admonished for appropriating the tragic story of a working class folk hero or something. I just quite like his vibe.

Jason the Average ®️ 💛🤍💜🖤@jasontheaverage.bsky.social · 2mo ago

explain your @ I wanted to use my real first name so I was somewhat genuine. But didn’t want to use my full name to remain somewhat anonymous and free to post stupid shit. (Also not my actual pic) the Average was fun but didn’t set too high of expectations.

Greatly enjoying my birthday present from @noscoredraws.com which my wife insisted I take into work. Particularly impressed at how they’ve made Max Dowman look like what he actually looks like (i.e. literally every teenage boy in Brighton).

Trying to remind myself of this seeing the pub that got caught up in yesterday’s fash protest getting abuse for not being able to magically make the whole thing go away.

Werbeniuk@werbenuik.bsky.social · last yr.

There are people on the left who are mad and annoying and talk shit, and they represent 2-5% of the social media posts you see. Then there are people on the right who are mad and annoying and talk shit, and they occupy almost every position of power on the earth.

This post isn’t that hard to make but it’s still very welcome. Say what you like about the Green Party, nobody there is wringing their hands about “legitimate concerns” and making snide comments about middle class Islington dinner parties.

Sian Berry MP@sianberry.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Once again, Brighton and Hove’s brave and inclusive city has massively outnumbered an attempted fascist march on our streets. Love will win. Pics: forward view, backward view, team view, street view. #gohomeracists #Brighton

Arresting them on terror charges is still mental, but I do wonder whether all those Infinity Foods grandmas who professed to support Palestine Action knew they were backing someone who attacked a woman with a sledgehammer and left her with a fractured spine.

As we speak there are at least seven pieces of weird fan fiction being written about Martin and Erling, an odd-couple Viking raiding partnership in Northumberland in 900AD getting into all sorts of scrapes with the locals.

Poorly Drawn Arsenal@poorlydrawnarsenal.com · 2mo ago

My wife and I saw you from across the bar and we really dig your vibe. Can we buy you a drink?

Huge admiration for Arsenal’s performance last night, but why do fans talk about being “proud” of the team? You weren’t, like, training them or giving tactical advice or anything.