Andrew Simpson

So, if you change your mind, who's the first in line?

Looks like Depeche Mode predicted this correctly decades ago

Didn't realise he was still a thing

I'm glad I wasn't drinking my pint when I read that, otherwise the contents would've been sprayed over anyone nearby

Me too

I see the incels of YouTube are frothing at the mouth about the Doctor Who ending 🙄

Russell Brand - the rarely heard downside of sobriety.

In the Yorkshire region, you'd have struggled to get anything from the Emley Moor transmitter shortly after 5 pm

Ashfield, Boston and Skegness, Clacton, Great Yarmouth, and South Basildon and East Thurrock

One for the UK teenagers there 🙂

No more guard rails

Is he saying this because his mind is failing rapidly or is he just an absolute shithouse or all of the above?

The world's richest man - perhaps the richest man who has ever lived - gloating about shutting down aid for the world's poorest people. All while posing as the champion of the common man.

The great lie of populism in its most naked and morally putrid form.

Thoughts and prayers to students at the college I work at 😏

As someone who has deal with academic misconducts, all I can say is thoughts and prayers

The Tesla Cybertruck has got to be the ugliest car ever, and I lived through the era of the Austin Allegro #autominger

"Orwell feared we would become a captive culture.

Huxley feared we would become a trivial culture."

- Neil Postman.

It seems pretty clear who was closer to being right (apart from Postman himself, that is).

"Orwell feared those who would deprive us of information. Huxley feared those who would give us so much that we would be reduced to passivity and egoism.

Orwell feared that the truth would be concealed from us. Huxley feared the truth would be drowned in a sea of irrelevance..... /1

Happy New Year everybody

Did he say Mission Accomplished underneath?

SIMPLY HAVING A

Not very fair on the poor pineapple

I'll be surprised if it's just her

Good to see you here. I'm also enjoying the experience much more than Twitter. A lot less depressing. Were you thinking of going on any other social media sites, by the way? Perhaps it might be wise to avoid Threads... 🤔

*taps microphone*. Is this thing on? I'd best say hello, I suppose. Been quietly lurking on here while I see how things looked and I have to say I quite like it here compared to "the other place".