Stuart Benjamin Pulls It Off.

Wakefield should have gone to jail shouldn't he?

Government style ad in watercolour. Image of a burglar stealing a painting from the wall of a home. Tagline: "It's not theft... if you say you're using it to train your AI algorithm". Body text: "Theft is now legal, so we can boost the economy by eliminating jobs. If that doesn't make any sense, ask a chatbot to explain it to you." HM government logo in the corner.

Did a new one

It's telling that there isn't an official Labour Party account on Bluesky but there is one on X.

Fucking cowards.

The worst thing is it gives the worst people an excuse to air their prejudices, it says "it's OK to be cruel and discriminate." Down here on the streets that's what fucking happens.

Honestly, just leave the trans folks alone. They aren't harming anyone, they just want to be happy and live their lives. It’s their goddamn right to do so. I say that as one of these CISsy men or whatever we're called. I dunno, I'm old, don't shout shit at me.

If you are taking away a person's right to use a toilet, you are placing restrictions on a minority group, and therefore restrictions on where they can go and what they can do. It’s called segregation, and it stinks to high heaven. I hope my MP votes against this shit.

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, to find out that UEFA has been funding Russian football clubs...

This is a picture of the CD version of the album Head Over Heels by the band Cocteau Twins. It’s sort of browny grey, and a bit like looking at pebbles underwater. Very arty, but then this is the 4AD label.

#NowPlaying
Cocteau Twins - Head Over Heels
1983
4AD

Indie the black cat lies snoozing on a window sill.

<Lou Reed voice>
I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears...
</Lou Reed voice>

Happening now: protesters in Chicago are interrupting a hiring fair at the Congress Hotel, where U.S. Customs and Border protection is recruiting today.

Banner reads, "stop kidnapping our neighbors!"

It's quite the scene in here, and the DHS table has been blocked for several minutes already.

Office goals. I salute you.

Wanker.

The worst way to solve a problem in a system is by introducing another system. But in the act of creating myriad systems, we lose sight of the people inside them.

BONK!

And now on World Of Stoopid....

<Paul Young voice>
Every time you go away,
You take a piece of meat with you...
</Paul Young voice>

Do it. I think I cut rather a dash.

40? See I can't believe it. Cracking recording though.

Reader, I bought one.

Hurrah! The Hundred is back! No Tan Cymru tonight though.

Sad to hear that Terry Reid has passed. RIP.

Packaging labelled FRAGILE

Tesco Value Yes Albums.

Reminds me of the EO Wilson quote: We exist in a bizarre combination of Stone Age emotions, medieval beliefs, and god-like technology.

More disclosure of suspects' immigration status needed, Cooper says The home secretary says the public 'need to have more information' about those suspected of crime.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

1. Innocent until proven guilty
2. Equal before the law
3. Justice is blind

All foundational principles of justice now to be thrown under the bus in a pointless effort to appease racist mobs.

a bald man with a beard is looking at the camera . Alt: a bald man with a beard is looking at the camera .

Because of the clear and present danger they represent it's very important to *checks notes* arrest retired clergy than *checks notes* masked thugs outside a hotel.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

They played this, and The Visitors at ABBA Voyage which are two of my three favourite ABBA tracks. The third is I'm A Marionette, which they didn't (but Ghost do a laudable version).

YouTube video by TheWhiteCat1965 Abba - Eagle (long album version)

I've had this going around in my head since Saturday. It absolutely slaps.

youtu.be/QuC6yAiaXBw?...

There's not enough whimsy in modern politics.

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.