Tracy King

What is your favourite book? If I haven’t read it, I will read at least the first few pages

It’s The Wire, so definitely several memes. Contains frequent “shiiiiiiiiit”

Right but I’m always hungry for roast potatoes and bacon anyway

The show I’m watching has a disclaimer at the start of every episode that says “this show contains strong and frequent language”. Call me some sort of professional word person but I’d have given that another draft.

Why are air fresheners always things like flowers or lemon and not the things I want to smell such as roast potatoes or bacon

Still, handy to know that a vote for @greenparty.org.uk is a vote for the gambling industry lobby, which makes a profit £14b a year. Ladbrokes do things like paying £1m to the victims of a thief who had a gambling addiction in return for not being reported to the gambling commission. Cool, cool.

Genuinely disgusted

Does @greenparty.org.uk have even the faintest idea how much hardship is caused by and how many suicides are linked to gambling? Extraordinarily irresponsible

That ad for Ladbrokes is also one of the maddest things I have seen, wtf

This looks good

We can, that is phwoar

I’m in London listening to The Clash which is correct and good

A young friend recently said to me “what’s that film, East by Eastwest?”

Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re* not out to get you

*the Blue Glove Gang

A blue latex glove blown up, on a red carpet

A blue latex glove on marble tiles

Another blue latex glove on marble tiles

1) Woolwich today, 9am, lobby of my building

2) Euston today, 6pm, concourse

3) Moorgate today, 6:20pm, tube platform

I’m in Birmingham listening to Black Sabbath which is correct and good

Fascinating slice of Birmingham music history

Cc @jezcollins.bsky.social

For every retweet I will make Zuckerberg’s creep glasses 5% thicker

Person: say, i am alive. Computer: I am alive. Person: oh my god.

Jelly says time is wibbly wobbly

She says yes to a nice side or back stroke but if you touch her back legs you will get the famous Jelly Triple Slap

Jelly says her claws are excellent for finger picking but for some reason she’s not allowed

Hello Olivia. Yes Jelly does like to play but she has never met a dog and might quite possibly give a couple of slaps.

An old lady baby pale ginger cat looking at the camera

Ask Jelly anything

Yes I am hoping for a divorce update

‘Whoa Black Betty...’

Nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to ‘shit adults in education say to young people’.

Yep. I’ve seen some awful cases of it being the one lesson that kid takes in and simply stops trying. At least these days those same type kids will (hopefully) be assessed for neurodivergence but it really can ruin lives. But I also see how it happens, teaching is one of the hardest jobs there is.

The extremely sad thing is that some kids will simply believe them. It can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. It’s meant to be a motivator to change behaviour but can be the worst of own goals, particularly if the kid doesn’t have a supportive home environment.

One of the main points of school is to prepare a child for a career and later life so of course some teachers will use that as a threat when exasperated