Brian Ashford

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Access button with a sign above. Door locked when red (text is coloured red). Unlocked when green (text is coloured green). Two different buttons push to open and push to lock. The light is red.

Brand new access buttons still not being colorblind accessible in 2026… the deepest of ironies.

A mug depicting KC Green's This Is Fine dog comic, but tragically faded

I've had my This Is Fine mug so long that the dog has become a ghost and all that remain are flames

My Google Pixel phone is stuck in a reboot loop this morning and is 100% useless.

What’s interesting is that this is the one day every four years that Zunes and OG PS3s would stop working because their calendar chips were expecting a 29th of February.

Hopefully my phone will be fine tomorrow.

Note to self: e-readers with ink-smell cartridges?

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Incredibly unsettling probably an SCP

There is not a single headline across British media about this.

A major medical academic has been outed from a Government institution and major medical trial due to aggressive bigotry on his social media and... silence.

Absolutely brazen institutional complicity.

"Whose career imploded during MeToo" is a weird fucking way to say "who was credibly accused of sexual assault, as well as physical and emotional abuse of women"

"Max Landis, who was credibly accused of rape by multiple women" would have worked.

I'll buy some if you make them!

matt goodwin tweet from late last night saying: "Matt Goodwin @GoodwinMJ.1d X They said I criticised Manchester This was a lie They said I have no local roots This was a lie They said I committed fraud This was a lie They said I am paid by Russia This was a lie They said I am "racist" This was a lie They said I am "sexist" This was a lie They said my research was dodgy This was a lie"

Caught me on the counter (It wasn't me)
Saw me bangin' on the sofa (It wasn't me)
Even had her in the shower (It wasn't me)
Even caught me on camera (It wasn't me)
Saw the marks on my shoulder (It wasn't me)
Heard the words that I told her (It wasn't me)

Hannah Spencer walking into Westminster, sucking her teeth, tutting, and muttering "tell you what, you've had some cowboys in here."

Gorton & Denton by-election, 2026 Source: Britain Elects SIAIS r EFTIES Green GAIN from Labour 40.7 28.7 25.4 1.9 1.8 Grn 427.5 Ref 414.6 Lab 725.4 Con 76.0 Lib 72.0 1.4 Oth 78.9

Starmer:

“If you don’t like our policies you can leave.”

Voters:

The more you dig in the better it gets.

Labour help held the seat for almost a century.

Tories lost their deposit.

All the right people are pissed off.

"The forgotten majority" being the 71% who didn't vote for you.

In which people CHOOSE TO VOTE for a female plumber representing a party with broadly liberal values and an unelected life peer declares it to be the end of liberal democracy.

I'm just going to assume that the script is AI as will and pass thanks.

okay, here it is, the five key takeaways from this by-election:

1. Denton Kebab House
2. The Crispy Cod, Denton
3. Reddish Tandoori, Gorton
4. Cottage Chippy, Gorton
5. The Continental Takeaway, Denton

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Now there is hope! It's no longer a choice between grim and grimmer. We can vote for who we want and win. Anywhere.
It's just one constituency, but the Green victory in Gorton and Denton is an electric shock to our political system.

Labour got 69% of the vote there in 2019!

🗳️ In 2019, Labour won 67% of the vote in Gorton and Denton. The Greens won a mere 2.5% of ballots.

Tonight, the Greens stormed to victory with 41% while Labour crashed to an all-time low of 25%.

“I said we were here to replace Labour and this is what replacing looks like.”

Zack Polanski talking to volunteers after our stunning victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

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Hahahahahaha

Congratulations Hannah Spencer

Get wrecked Matt Goodwin and Keir Starmer

"RPGs as games" is doing harm to "RPGs as RPGs"

It could happen

Mornin

why starship consoles explode

We literally know now that anti-trans legislation was pushed by a pedophile ring to allow a pedophile ring to serve a pedophile ring’s interests, and legislators have decided the best course of action is to keep doing what the pedophile ring wants.