Dave Pitt

I'm really starting to think the only political party who will get my vote will be the one who promises, on day one, to ban political donations, second jobs for MPs and lobbying.

Politicians on all sides need to get their snouts out of the trough.

i got a text that said "trump is on the roof of the white house shouting at people" and i didn't actually believe it

For anyone who needs to hear this the worst thing you can say to anyone with #Autism is "We don't have it on file you're autistic."

Just accept the person is telling the truth, that your files might even be out of date or the person has been fighting for five years for a diagnosis

You know them days were you wake up and think... "Yeah I know what's happening today. Should be quite easy." And then all of sudden 28 different things conspire against you by 3pm so you've no idea how you're going to survive the next three days...

Yeah... That.

So Coldplay out a CEO having an affair and Trump turned his signature into pubes on a note to a convicted sex trafficker.

The 2025 bingo card is wild.

Massive Attack announce alliance of musicians speaking out over Gaza Brian Eno, Fontaines DC and Kneecap say group will support those subject to ‘aggressive, vexatious campaigns’ by pro-Israel advocates

Time to stand up and speak out...

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Can anyone translate?

There's something about the way men use LLMs that feel like those men at the strip club who believe that the dancers like them for their personality and wit.

They just want a toy that makes them feel good.

I'd go with Alison Hammond and Uncle Roger.

tweet screenshot: “Fantastic Four skins are coming to Fortnite It is one of the most wanted collabs ever via HYPEX”

fantastic foreskins

I’m Starting To Worry This Industry Has No Respect For The People Who Work In It Once your stock options were fully vested, did you sell off all the shares in your humanity?

I wrote this column and I'll just say that the original headline was much meaner. The piece itself, though, is still very angry and very mean, I assure you.

YouTube video by PoliticsJOE Ian Hislop and Private Eye journalist start reading out MPs' gifts in select committee

The more I think about this video the more I think we should have it on a loop until the rules are changed.

youtu.be/Fg3DsTuG7yY?...

Willenhall Writers' Group

Willenhall Writers have undertaken a commission as part of Creative Black Country’s Creative Communities project.

www.youtube.com/@WillenhallWritersGroup

Stop by and have a look. You’ll find poems, stories, memoir, glorious pictures of Willenhall, and even a song!

Happy Black Country Day!

Old school gamers will still get a twitch "down there" when they see the word Irem

Image of headline on BBC website which says "Children fetching water killed in Israeli strike in Gaza"

Errr the word isn't "killed".

The word is "murdered"

I'm surprised the advert doesn't say "work sets you free"

Remembering the Panama Papers? In this economy?

the epstein footage is missing a minute because jeffrey started singing hey jude in his cell. justice dept doesn’t want to pay for the licensing. somewhat understandable

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The 90's: "Imagine how much society will benefit from having all essential human knowledge in one easy to access place!"

2025: "A subscription is required to access the dictionary."

Study: 97% Of Average American’s Day Spent Retrieving 6-Digit Codes

Study: 97% Of Average American’s Day Spent Retrieving 6-Digit Codes
theonion.com/study-9...

Why are people boiling the ocean engaging with a racist LLM by asking the LLM why it's racist and not asking the real people involved why their LLM is racist and making them accountable

It's not difficult, is it?

UTA dropped Bob Vylan but represents Chris Brown just so you know where the line of acceptability is

A tabby cat sitting in a cardboard box with an incredibly cute look on his face.

It's my box now. #cat #CatsOfBluesky #Tabby

Broken Code: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose It… By an award-winning technology reporter for the Wall St…

I finished Broken Code by @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social and what a fantastic but also bleak book. I'm so glad I abandoned Facebook all those years ago.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...?

A speed awareness course is one of those things most of us have to do. Like jury service, being knocked out for an operation and crying on the toilet while eating a family bag of Monster Munch.

Brb just typing “make me a video of Keir Starmer in PMQs condemning Jarvis Cocker for wiggling his arse on stage during Michael Jackson’s performance at the 1996 BRIT Awards” in to ChatGPT.

A man with short grey hair and glasses, wearing a blue jacket and a blue shirt with white spots, has his right arm outstretched towards the camera and is holding a mandolin. That man is John Hegley.

Morecambe Poetry Festival runs from 12-14 September, and we're once again running their poetry competition for them. It opened this morning, and you've got till July 28 to send in your poems and impress judge John Hegley. For all the info, follow this link:
pandemonialists.co.uk/morecambe-po...

The life of Charlie "Chas" Grigg | black-country-soc The beautifully produced full-colour book by Dr Brian Dakin is the biography of Charlie 'Chas' Grigg who was a Black Country based cartoonist who drew Desperate Dan, Korky the Cat and many other…

Charlie Grigg was the Black Country man behind some of the most memorable cartoon characters in magazines like Dandy, Beano, and others. Sales of this beautifully produced book also help support a local dementia charity. #BlackCountryDay www.blackcountrysociety.com/product-page...