Steven Perkins

Honestly, with hindsight, Radcliffe, Watson and Grint's public statements where they sided with trans people, expressed their support with no caveats, and willingly blew up any chances at future ties to the franchise has only gotten more and more noteworthy as more actors are revealed to be cowards

honestly it was peak capitalism, forcing you to go past all the superior buffets to get to the cheapest one, each floor that little bit more inhospitable than the last

I was… mid 20s? But also had not been on many dates and had crushingly low self-esteem (as you might have guessed). Also: he was *really* hot.

ahhh, low self-esteem

(the funniest part of all of this is that if I remember correctly this was not our last date)

…up one more floor to the £3 a head buffet (pretty much just noodles). He claimed he couldn’t afford anything better. I (not exactly Rockefeller either) offered to pay if we at least went back down one floor. He refused. It was freezing. I kept my coat on. He ate off my plate.

Was due to meet a guy for dinner. He insisted on going to the pub first even though I was hungry. Then he decided to go to an all you can eat Chinese restaurant. We went past the £10 a head buffet (decent) upstairs to the £5 a head buffet (less good but still passable) and past that…

Cher in CLUELESS saying "and may I remind you it does not say RSVP on the Statue of Liberty" is officially left of the Democratic Party

please, this *wishes* it was as well written as the Zayn heart transplant fanfic

oh nooooo I'm going to have to watch this

poor Dan, accidentally making maternity wear for Santa's grotto #SewingBee

Yasmin making an outfit for Little My #SewingBee

In its first hectic days of business, most of the menu items advertised across platforms weren’t available. When I went, there were no salads, no veggie patties, no club sandwiches, no avocado toasts, no beef tallow-fried hash browns, no biscuits, no pies, no cookies, no soft serve, no milkshakes, no “epic bacon.”

The hot dog — an all-beef Snap-o-Razzo — was withered by the time I made it to an empty chair in the full sun of the second-story balcony. (The shade sails had all been removed following an accident.)

extremely haunting image of a woman's hand emerging from a black background, holding an unusually red hot dog smothered in the most watery chili you've ever seen

everything is going great at the Tesla diner! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/d...

everyone shading Dan's outfit to his face <3 #SewingBee

I love* the implication that literally the only cultural reference the average BBC1 9pm viewer has for Korea is Gangnam Style

* do not particularly love

Screengrab of the Trending section of BlueSky with the category "Epstein Subpoenas"

is it bad taste to say this would be a kickass band name

Every day we stray further from god

also weird how this never applies to, like, Tom Hardy reading the CBeebies Bedtime Story

Belfast Telegraph front page - ‘Drag queen kids’ event shouldn’t have happened’ DUP’S Lyons indicates there will be no repeat of controversial library storytelling #TransAgendaClips

A drag queen storytelling event for children should not have taken place in an east Belfast library, the Communities Minister has said. Gordon Lyons also indicated that future events won’t take place. It comes after a protest was staged outside Holywood Arches Library last week during an Eastside Arts Festival storytelling by two drag queens. The PSNI attended the protest and two people were escorted away to ensure there would be “no breach of the peace”. Mr Lyons said: “This event should not have taken place and it has compromised the perception of our public libraries as a welcoming and inclusive space for all as set out in the Libraries NI policy. I have directed my officials to liaise with Libraries NI to ensure that policy is faithfully implemented.” Green councillor Anthony Flynn said: “These events are safe, joyful, and inclusive. What those protesting actually fear is a world where kids can grow up free to be themselves.” Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has said a drag queen storytelling event should not have taken place in an east Belfast library last week. Hosted by Eastside Partnership, it was held in Holywood Arches Library and featured two drag queens reading stories to children. The event was advertised as “suitable for all ages and families” and aimed to “champion individuality and inclusivity amongst its young audiences, featuring sing-alongs and dancing”. The minister said: “This event was not appropriate for children. I understand that Libraries NI was not the organiser and that it was a venue booking made by Eastside Arts Festival.” Lady Portia read stories to the children, while Miss Dora Belle interpreted them using British sign language (BSL). Mr Lyons said the event didn’t fall within Libraries NI’S policy. “This event should not have taken place and it has compromised the perception of our public libraries as a welcoming and inclusive space for all as set out in the Libraries NI policy.

“The ‘Drag Queen Storytime with BSL Interpretation’ event is one of our longest running events and returns every year based on the positive feedback from those who attend and engage with the event."

oh m8

When was the last time there was a moral panic on a social issue led by older generations and opposed by younger generations when the older generations turned out to be right?

Not talking technology. Social issues.

So you’re telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?

remember when Owen Jones tweeted that it was bad that people were still expecting their cleaners to come over during the Covid lockdown and Sarah Ditum was like ‘Owen has no idea what it’s like living with my gamer husband and our teenage son who don’t even flush the toilet after themselves’

ah, intriguing - thanks for that. It’s definitely a lot less visible in one shot than the other, despite being almost exactly the same angle! (And yes, I like to be near a train station but maybe not *that* near…)

absolutely dead at the view out of the front window changing dramatically between shots, including the addition of a train station

Not just one, a triptych.

We should remember that when asked about Protocol 12 of the EHRC (general prohibition on discrimation) as candidate to lead the UKs equality and human rights regulator(!!!) her response was "I'm not across the full details of Protocol 12"

This is a surprisingly strident editorial (for a UK paper) eviscerating the appointment of Dr Stephenson as the new EHRC Chair.

Though things will obviously get worse before they get better, one can glimpse hope that this is *so* egregious, there's no option but for it to fail.

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It is genuinely interesting to see what crowds Labour will listen to. Tens of thousands for Palestine, for Trans rights? We can fuck off.

40 racist arsonists crying about foreigners? Legitimate concerns. We hear you.

A party that seeks to govern from the left should be free of bigots if it's to actually reverse the social damage Labour are doing. The kinds of people involved in "Your Party" therefore raise some serious red flags.