Mr Pepin

Not even 9am. So far on Radio 6, the news bulletins have featured a mother saying her daughters aren't safe because of asylum seekers, a Tory politician lambasting Labour for crossing numbers & Badenoch encouraging councils to lodge legal challenges against hotels. An endless stream of hateful bile.

I just did that.

Recently spent a day on a beach in Fife, Scotland looking for fossils just like that one as my son was desperate to find a fossil. No such luck unfortunately. Well done on your find.

Have the adverts been sorted yet? I'm fearful of being shouted at about things I'll never buy.

I only checked this post to see if they had sorted that. Ah well. No pod for me until they sort this out.

I had the same. Not sure how long I can cope with that - it was pretty much the only reason I renewed mys subscription, may just cancel it and listen on spotify if I have to have ads fired at me.

Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.

Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.

More of this pointed ridicule, please.

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Now on 99,250 signatures!

By almost every economic and financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - lets get this petition to the 100,000 needed today and start an honest and open conversation about it

This video is just epic.

The beauty of the human spirit’s ability to overcome & thrive. 🇵🇸 ❤️

Trump wants US to ‘take over’ Gaza after ethnically cleansing Palestinians Trump unveiled shocking plan for Gaza at news conference with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu after White House meeting.

That Trump is normalising the notion of a forcible eviction of an entire people from a patch of Middle Eastern land does not seem to bother Netanyahu. Caught up in his genocidal mania, he cannot even discern what a lethal notion this is for Israeli Jews. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

I am all about the winter soup at the moment.

Is there any chance you could drop this a little bit earlier in the day as last week in particular I didn't get the chance to listen before the actual Tuesday matches took place. (also, it's too late for my commute home from work and I'm staying later at work just to catch the podcast).

YouGov find just 30% of people think we were right to leave the EU. The lowest number yet.

Just 10% of 18-24 year olds think it was the right decision.

This is a good and accessible piece on the place of big tech in people’s lives. To me, that notion of being more deliberate about tech use will become increasingly important. A lot of what we do is habit, be that visiting Instagram or shopping on Amazon. Habits can be broken – sometimes within days.

Led by donkeys killing it

Thanks for the recommendation. Sounds like just my kind of thing.

YouTube video by Bon Iver - Topic Re: Stacks

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w68... I had to post this, obviously.

The Pulp Fiction dance scene except it’s to the theme song for Duck Tales

Mick Lynch is retiring. An unparalleled communicator standing up for straightforward left values.

Here he calls out Labour for “being afraid of itself” 🙌

Always against nationalism, & for tackling wealth inequality. Legend.

Word of the day is ‘pavonise’ (19th century): to strut about like a peacock, all puffed up with conceit.

Thanks for the recommendation!!

Floor signage in a clothes shop that reads: Women 0 Men -1

And for those of you who don’t want to know tonight’s score, look away now

Been swithering about this one for a few days as it clearly has that Christmas feel but looks terrible. My kids (6 & 9) will most likely love it despite all its terribleness.

Ben Lomond on the way home from work today and the sunset from Helensburgh.

Helensburgh town view

Helensburgh, #scotland today. Beautiful sunny winter day.

Lester Bolton

Chelsea Fleetwood

Charlton Bradford

Burton Preston

Americans who sound like Carabao Cup ties

Seems fair enough. Olafur Arnalds was top last year.

Massive away win for the little fella.