jane fae #facciamorete #antifa

With pink sponge in it!

While almost all cake here is home-made, i would be happy for #MrKipling to slip me one of his exceedingly fine battenbergs.

Any time.

I understand palace officials have been quietly sounding out the governor-general of the bahamas ...

Would she like early retirement?

#AndrewWindsor

Followed @graceblakeley.substack.com after discovering her podcasts.

A breath of fresh air!

Sunday morning, there are a number of "popular" current affairs programmes on BBC, sky, etc. that usually pull in well-known public figures for a both sides argument.

Cass was on one of those this morning... likely because draft guidance on trans kids in school came out this week.

Think you sorta missed the point.

Depends what you're using it for and how. I used to write some very heavy-duty sector reports for a business publisher.

Usually started on Wikipedia.

Not because the info was any good.

But because the references usually pointed me in the direction of publications which DID contain useful info.

<sigh>

Doncha just know your pedantry is getting out of hand when you read a piece like this and what jumps out is not Zahawi's proto-Trumpery (always baked in as part of the move to Reform)...

...but Sadiq Khan's reference to 'LESS murders in London.

Like, damnit, man: it's FEWER!

Well, instill thi k the original FWS case was a model of clarity.

Absolutely £70,000 well spent!

Oi! That was my line.

I saw it first...

But i guess that once it becomes a statue (!) it will be literally set in stone...

Was she stood at the sink washing her pores?

Sorry, i mean, paws!

I think if you're wfh, and a colleague visits and needs to use your loo...

...you shouldn't try to use it at the same time as them!

So. have I read this right?

In their wisdom, a bray of judges has ruled that it's OK for trans women to share public loos with cis women they've never met...

...but absolutely not OK for them to share a loo with a workplace colleague.

That makes perfect (non)sense.

Do they take the cheese in a boat, row it across the river, and come back for the pork?

You suggesting i have a hot t'asse?

Couldn't comment on why. Just passing on a thing told me by French friends.

Good for you.

If you're learning French, has anyone yet told you about 'verlan?'

It's worth knowing and makes you sound a bit more authentic!

And to think folks complain about use of English pronouns!

Well, yes. And, no.

"Un crème" is shorthand for "un café crème."

That is a bit of a grammatical oddity to begin with, as a noun ("crème") is being used as/identifies as an adjective.

To confuse matters further, in common parlance, the French dropped "café" from the phrase, but kept its gender

Actually, it is more than weirdly relevant, given the essentialism depths the SC is plumbing nowadays.

"Crème," meaning "cream," is feminine. "La crème fraiche" and all that.

But in a café, you order "un crème." So what is up? Does cream magically change grammatical sex in a café?

Une française répond : Mauvais exemple.

Voulez-vous que je vous explique l'origine de « un crème » dans un café français ?

Now looking for a lawyer to sue morrisons!

bsky.app/profile/did:...

Ooo. Interesting. This week i received a coupon from @morrisons for extra points on butter and/or margarine.

The pedant in me noted instantly that almost zero actual margarine is now sold in the uk.

It's all vegetable based spreads. I tutted.

But perhaps i should sue?

Hi, @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social

Trying to get in touch to discuss summat.

Have texted or if you don't get that, can we dm here? Ta.

Beat me to it!

Just goes to show: "Great jane's think alike!"

They ATE Harry Potter?

Or was this just some weird symbolic revenge, during which they consumed Daniel Radcliffe in effigy?

Apparently, Christian fundamentalists are confused by news that Streeting has now denied knowing Peter three times.

"Jesus Christ!" a spokesperson told the Times...

That said, it is the most shocking political intervention by a Scottish leader since Macbeth.

Asked about who might make the best leader for the Labour Party, he proclaimed: Burnham Wood!

Meanwhile, Sir Keir Starmer seeks to re-assure Scottish voters by politely suggesting he should be battered...

...and served up with a side order of French Fries.

Ananas Sarwar?

The most shocking aspect to this is the realisation that the Scottish Labour Party opted for a pineapple topping!