Alastair

Rubbish

About time

Incredible that you think this exchange reflects well on you.

‘As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a tree surgeon’

@reignoferror.bsky.social requests something savoury to use up a glut of Bramley apples.

Well, how about a sausage and apple casserole cooked in cider?

You will need -

as Storm Season rolls in, I am once again inviting you to post a screenshot of your donation to the RNLI in exchange for one(1) recipe of your choice, style manner and difficulty level to be decided by you.

We racked up a couple of hundred quid last time and if any satisfied punters could RT…

Indeed. Government's proposed ILR changes are wrong morally & politically - that is the main point.

But from purely *economic* perspective, they're likely to be self-defeating - the migrants most likely to be deterred from coming/staying are high-skilled/high-paid, because they have other options!

Trans identification really is in free fall: New data And so is nonbinary identity.

www.generationtechblog.com/p/trans-iden...

Fair. You are sadly missed at the other place.

Paging @showerabsolute.bsky.social

Bellenden Gardens in Edinburgh would like a word

Ah, cherche pas...

RFK dislodging some week-old panda gristle from his jaw as he works out how long it would take to stuff the lifeless Trump in his trunk, joint him and burger him.

A septic?

Takes time and effort. Yes. It does. The time and effort involved is meeting the humans. Other humans. Understanding why certain communities do what they do and their representatives say what they say

Blocked by OP, is that really what they said? It makes no sense.

Bridget with The Beatles on Abbey Road.

Bridget hanging out in Grant Wood's American Gothic.

Bridget in Bruegel's Hunters In The Snow (with a freshly caught mouse).

The Girl With The Cat Earring

A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.

The Fair, not the pub.

Three Musketeers in Borough bridge used to be pretty dodgy. Was worse when we still had Barnaby Fair. I think that was shut down after someone was killed though.

I remember friends getting into fights in Harrogate FFS

Genuinely think everyone in the Anglosphere and everyone in the States who has escaped this method should be aware of this, just as a reminder that a lot of the time, people's weird reading of your posts aren't their fault, they are the victims of a terrible way of teaching kids to read!

Athletes face new biological sex test for World Championships Anyone competing in female category at World Athletics Championships faces SRY gene test, which determines if someone is biologically male

Excellent news. About time
www.thetimes.com/article/6475...

Well no one else was going to write it

Unhinged comparison of the day

Joke advertisement for a pegging event at Westside Library. The game is with pegs! It’s grandmother’s favorite once a year event!

I hope your grandmother has a great time!

Not according to the Supreme Court decision.

World Boxing to introduce mandatory sex testing for all boxers - World Boxing World Boxing will introduce mandatory sex testing, to determine the eligibility of male and female athletes that want to take part in its competitions. The introduction of mandatory testing will be pa...

I welcome the decision by World Boxing to introduce mandatory sex testing, which is in line with the recommendation I made in my thematic report to #UNGA79 (A/79/325)

worldboxing.org/world-boxing...

She's using it to support women. More power to her.

Utter horseshit