Paul D

So, basically then, between Podyssey and this, your sole function now is just to bring joy into my life, is that it? Thank you! (for the second time today)

We must not allow these two-faced, cynical motherfuckers to pretend there was no way of knowing before now. I knew. You knew. They knew. They didn't care. They pretended not to know because it was in their interest. They're now pretending to be just finding out for exactly the same reason.

"When you're not interested in the fennel stalk, only the ember, you're not a hero but a fire hazard" is utterly brilliant. Listened to this while out on my regular long run and this line caused me to stop and write it down so I wouldn't forget it. Thank you!

Poor today and got what we deserved. Understand the argument that with some of the selections/performances over the last few weeks, we've been getting away with it and that's been coming, but with my glass half full hat on, it is still 12 pts out of last 15 available. Onward and upward!

I'll say it again - these "people" are monsters. No civilised country should allow this

Congratulations to everyone who ever for even a fraction of a second entertained the notion that right wingers wanted there to be more free speech on social media

“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion”
Oscar Wilde

Scumbags gonna scumbag...

a ground squirrel standing on its hind legs with the word beef written on it ALT: a ground squirrel standing on its hind legs with the word beef written on it

Start a beef, start a beef!

Which pods? Name and shame

Email your MP about Mandelson, Palantir, and the dangerous influence of US Big Tech The Mandelson scandal has lifted the lid on something Foxglove has been warning about for years: the UK government's dangerously cosy relationship with US Big Tech.

Email your MP about it —> www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...

Screenshot of a home office tweet

If the PM reckons Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for spreading this exact same lie, should the Home Office apologise too, or? 🤨

Would be good if the Prime Minister and/or Home Secretary would for once come out and describe this as the unadulterated racism and xenophobia it so clearly is.

UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption Countries’ drop in scores in annual table comes amid ‘worrying trend’ of backsliding in established democracies

UK and US sink to new lows in global index of corruption.

The Index is flawed but tells a story. Political parties, legislators available for hire, crony contracts, VIP lanes, money buys honours

UK more corrupt than Estonia, Hong Kong, Uruguay, Ireland.

No relief in sight.

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

These testimonies of children detained in US detention camps are heart-breaking. This is no way for any nation that thinks of itself as civilised to behave.

‘Pulling up the drawbridge’: Alf Dubs criticises Shabana Mahmood’s plans for child refugees Exclusive: Labour peer, who came to UK as a refugee, says some ministers try to show they won’t ‘just do things because of their background’

Children need their families. Refugee children are no different.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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What is this "too early to be thinking about wine" of which you speak?

It's all relative! 😁

Slightly stinky first half but in the end a fairly routine win. After a slightly wobbly period, hopefully this helps put us back on track and we can focus on promotion. The young lad Hoilett looks promising, Holloway might have unearthed a gem there!

He should stand in Portsmouth on a "I fucked up the Saints" ticket

Oh that's really shit. Can you recoup it from the bank?

Can we just reset the 21st century and start again?

Opinion | I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants.

Why Spain is breaking the mold in Europe -
choosing regularisation instead of MAGA mass deportations!!

Two reasons: morality & pragmatism.

🙏Spain showing us another, better way is possible www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...

Say no to Palantir in the NHS NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back

Get Palantir out of the NHS

https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media

Well and also c) do we really want this slimeball in one of our most important diplomatic posts? Or anywhere near govt in any way?
It's not just a presentation issue, it's a terrible failure of judgement

Probably - these guys have a long track record of Holocaust denial and consorting with Nazis

Jeffrey Epstein emailing Peter Thiel: Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain. ... Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances.

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

Yeah, that's right, alienate the cum sock vote 🙄

I realize that "hustle culture" is all the rage, but what about "sit in front of a cracking fire in a Scottish Highlands cottage whilst reading, sipping tea, and eating scones" culture?