David Wilding

I remember, many years ago now (with ny transport strategist hat on) being asked in a BBC interview if Crossrail would be Khan's biggest legacy. The thing that had the biggest impact on London.

I said:

"No. It'll be ULEZ."

(The low emissions zone)

All sorts of Chimney Sweep drama playing out in my emails.

Another reason why I exclusively use Dick Van Dyke.

All my comics have happy endings!

Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.

this exists it is called thinking

“Yeah we definitely need the big tech bosses”

“And the media moguls”

“Politicians, royalty, ok. So anyone else we’re missing?”

“The winner of the US PGA tournament in 1992”

“Of course, can’t believe we nearly forgot him”

Nick Faldo?! Hahahaha, fabulous.

X post by Milo Yiannopoulos: "28 pilots have been suspended or fired so far after I made their airlines aware of gruesome remarks made about Charlie Kirk’s death. Of the big three, Delta has the biggest problem by far; United the smallest."

Hard to think of a more on-the-nose encapsulation of how far the online speech wars have swung in the year of our lord 2025 than major U.S. corporations racing to fire people whose tweets offended Milo Yiannopoulos

Wow. Has nobody got any backbone anymore?

Fouls and handballs in the box should result in an indirect free kick from where the incident happened - not a penalty. Penalties are too big a punishment for a lot of minor offences especially given how specialist a lot of takers are these days.

Also Brighton are just really annoying, sorry.

Gary Lineker on winning the National TV Award,

"It's not lost on me why I might have won this award"

"Aside from presenting Match of the Day.."

"Also, I think it demonstrates that perhaps it's ok sometimes to use our platform to speak up on behalf of those who have no voice"

I think it's good to keep getting mad about evil and unjust things, if only to remind yourself and everyone else that these things are in fact evil and unjust. I don't think it's naive. Nor is it wise and sophisticated to adopt a "You fool, nothing matters and nothing good can ever happen" posture

Well either way I’m not renaming the cat :)

Won’t accept any Nuno slander!

A great manager and a great man (see example below + how he conducted himself around Jota’s tragic death).

Also our cat is called Nuno (he’s about 5 years old) and he’s a great lad too.

The problem for Meta is that when you read stuff like this very few people’s reaction is “well that doesn’t sound like the sort of thing they’d do”

A tile stands on a shelf above a toilet. It reads: "You only live once. Lick the bowl."

My mum keeps this in the kitchen, but I decided to move it. So far, she hasn’t noticed.

Let's be clear: The flood of hatred sloshing across Britain right now is 100% a product of the political and media elite scapegoating minorities for the harms that those elites have visited upon the country.

not to mention the social media haters

Some of the worst public figures we have are cock a hoop that Rayner’s resigned and that makes me sad.

Just for a second, take a step back, and remember that these are the actions of a 56 year old man towards a 17 year old girl.

Refreshing to hear some Isak perspectives I’d not heard before.

@larssivertsen.bsky.social’s point about planning for Salah leaving was very well made (and his mic set up is world class).

Excellent pod today, thank you @maxrushden.bsky.social @philippeauclair.bsky.social @beardedgenius.bsky.social

“Hateful, spiteful, pointless and embarrassing. Something meant to intimidate, to incite and to exclude an imagined “evil force” that does not exist.

This is brilliant from @roisinlanigan.bsky.social for @theobserveruk.bsky.social (and very funny on her experience working in Belfast in 2012)

Watch out, England – you’re being Ulsterised | The Observer Flag-waving, patriotic spray-painting and men shimmying up lamp-posts. Why do I feel like I’ve been here before?

observer.co.uk/news/columni...

The existence of Barney Walsh makes this entirely plausible.

Greetings cards labelled "Nan, Nanna, Nanny, Nana and Nannie"

Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire, mind and senses purified
Freed from desire...

Yes, all very odd.

I heard someone on The Guardian football weekly this week describe his as looking like “a baddie from Emmerdale”.

Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me? Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

The Noel Clarke judgment is a victory for the brave women who told us their stories – and for journalism | Katharine Viner The high court has found in favour of the Guardian after the British actor and filmmaker sued for libel over allegations of sexual misconduct, says Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner

“It’s a good day for the Guardian, for media in the public interest, and for women”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Remarkable range of wardrobe on display this morning. I’ve seen someone in short shorts and a T shirt all the way through to a full on winter puffer jacket and heavy jeans.

Choose well and good luck.

Haha, 3 different people. I have to say the 3rd one sounded quite half hearted and embarrassed :)