Greg Darwin

Really great piece on the state of Sheffield Wednesday and the lack of response from the governing body

1. [SCENE: Medieval village next to a hill with sheep grazing on it. From somewhere in the village comes a sound effect:] DING 2. [We now see a MEDIEVAL PERSON looking at a smartphone. He is talking to ANOTHER MEDIEVAL PERSON] MEDIEVAL GUY: Ugh [Phone sounds again] DING 3 MEDIEVAL GUY: It’s that shepherd boy again 4 MEDIEVAL GUY: He’s started a WhatsApp group for wolf attacks 5 MEDIEVAL GUY: Everybody in the village has joined it to be polite But he’s got all needy and started oversharing 6 [Show the guy’s phone. It displays a WhatsApp group called 'Sheep Chat!!!’, with a photo posted by the Shepherd boy of him taking a selfie with a sheep. Caption reads “HEY GUYS THE SHEEP SAY HI!!!!”] 7 MEDIEVAL GUY: I really want to leave the group bit it’d look too rude It’s like his only entertainment up there 8 ANOTHER MEDIEVAL PERSON: Mute him then [Phone goes DING again] 9 MEDIEVAL GUY: But what if a wolf comes along and eats him and his flock in some kind of narratively satisfying bloodbath? 10 [He pauses. Phone goes DING once more.] 11 [PHONE GOES CRAZY] DING DING DING [He looks at it and just presses MUTE] 12 MEDIEVAL GUY: Ahem. [ends]

Ugh it's the shepherd boy

A mate on WhatsApp shared this meme and it’s utterly sublime.
I’m a Wednesdayite and what’s happening at Hillsborough is an utter shitshow.

It's hard to grasp just how stupid he is, but this helps

'Who do you trust more... Donald Trump, who lies about everything, or the US intelligence community?'

@mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to the President's claim that Iran's nuclear sites were 'totally obliterated'.

Jesus Christ this graph. Total and utter political failure.

It drives me nuts. The Telegraph, Mail, Sun etc and the politicians they sponsor like Johnson, Farage, Cameron & Truss got everything they wanted for fourteen of the last fifteen years & only now, with Labour in power for *less than one*, do they acknowledge the damage they have done. It’s sick.

I feel as though something is telling me to like this.

The Green Party don’t get as much media coverage as Reform because the continuation of civilised human life on the planet isn’t as interesting as cunts.

It's mad that a platform designed to let you catch up with old friends has failed so spectacularly through contact limiting algorithms, shitty adverts, fake news and hate that it's having to offer pretend friends for you.

An old lady tapping on glass

Awful scenes at the shops today as someone's nan got locked inside their cybertruck and had to call tech support to be let out.

I wondered for a while why Trump was so excited by Brexit, even to the point of getting Farage to fluff him. It was simple, really: proof that, with the support of enough bent media, bad people selling bigotry & lies really could persuade people to vote to punch themselves in the face forever.

‘Tell me what’s gone well with Brexit. I’ll wait.’

‘I can’t think of an example.’

Caller Paul and @mrjamesob.bsky.social's debate on Trump’s tariffs descends into Brexit.

32 years ago at Wembley:

“Chris Waddle, is he going to have a crack? OH HE DOES… AND HE SCORES!”

We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY

"Sheffield's been voted one of the best cities in the North - here's why I love it" It’s official: Sheffield has once again been named one of the best places to live. And honestly, it’s about time.

It’s official: Sheffield has once again been named one of the best places to live. And honestly, it’s about time
#Sheffield
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Dig through this timeline and you'll figure out what I'm here to do. I spoke to a commercial leader in the offensive security space last year. My words: you're fucking it up.

What I didn't say: I feel compelled, even though I DON'T want the bullshit, to try and fix it.

What does all of this mean?

The Security Conversation - The value of offensive security work is fully realized by participation in the security conversation.

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One is a TV star-turned-hero of the free world.
One is a Putin-appeasing orange shitclown who should be in prison.
#TeamZelensky

My thoughts on Farage.

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Trump running America is the political equivalent of letting Dougal do a funeral.

It’s the 30th anniversary of some classic Chris Waddle.

That left peg could knit you a sweater.

Picture of the Tesla gigafactory in Berlin with Elon Musk projected and the words Heil Tesla

Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin

(Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )

...and the updates always seem to drop when you have a short window for gaming.

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21.5C?! Can't help but picture you sitting under a heat lamp like a lizard in the reptile house at the zoo.

Now that we’re here, and the angry people are on X and the dancing people are on insta, and we’re all finding a place; wouldn’t it be nice if there was a peaceful garden somewhere, just for the sexy lady bot accounts, where they could finally rest.