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Recovering Press Secretary. Evertonian. Colts fan. Joyful cynicist, according to my own colleagues.

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This makes sense given they’re building a whole land at Hollywood Studios based on the universe

07.03.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every public transport should have this rule.

06.03.2026 00:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have lifetime entry to Alton Towers as they named me the UK’s biggest thrill seeker.

05.03.2026 04:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It also took approximately a century* for them to build a line out to the international airport.

*This is a joke, BlueSky folk.

26.02.2026 02:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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John Davidson Gives First Interview and Explains Tourette’s Tics After Shouting N-Word and Other Slurs at BAFTAs: β€˜I Felt a Wave of Shame’ (EXCLUSIVE) John Davidson's explains Tourette's tics and the BAFTA N-word incident in his first exclusive interview with Variety.

Fantastic interview. Everyone should read it:

25.02.2026 02:47 πŸ‘ 620 πŸ” 307 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 27

I think it was two terrible teams, a dreadful game with one bit of quality the whole time. But it’s more the negative approach that bothers me more.

23.02.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Astonished that the plan that hasn’t worked for the last 4 games has not worked today, and we’ve again waited to be 1-0 down to get the right players on the pitch when we’re chasing the game.

Astonished.

23.02.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Our bench has 2 right backs, 1 left back and 3 wingers.

Our starting lineup has a a center back at left back, and central midfielders at right back and left wing.

Make it make sense. #EFC

23.02.2026 20:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How can anyone tell they’re feeling stressed?

20.02.2026 13:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

UPS once delivered a half a sofa to me. The sofa was in two boxes. Box #1 arrived, Box #2 which was *on the same truck* was a failed delivery and got sent back to the store.

17.02.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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EU privacy watchdog opens probe into Elon Musk’s X over sexualised AI images β€˜Large-scale’ inquiry is latest sign of how regulators are scrutinising the group’s Grok chatbot

Also, that was posted shortly before this was announced:

ft.trib.al/V6HeK0a

17.02.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Someone in Capitol Hill is having a *terrible* day.

16.02.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Once, as I passed a man in the mall, I just heard β€œI don’t want to go to prison for a line in a spreadsheet”.

15.02.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As the parent of now two dual national kids, it’s just a real fucking ballache, especially given all the paperwork they may need. Fortunately we don’t have any travel home planned imminently.

13.02.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
McSweeney pressed for his mentor to get the job. One of the most bizarre shortlists of all time was drawn up: Mandelson, George Osborne and the rugged TV survivalist Bear Grylls, since it was believed he would appeal to Trump, also a star of reality TV. Starmer initially backed Osborne but McSweeney got his way.

McSweeney pressed for his mentor to get the job. One of the most bizarre shortlists of all time was drawn up: Mandelson, George Osborne and the rugged TV survivalist Bear Grylls, since it was believed he would appeal to Trump, also a star of reality TV. Starmer initially backed Osborne but McSweeney got his way.

This piece in The Spectator by @shippersunbound.bsky.social has an absolutely mad detail that I was not previously aware of spectator.com/article/auth...

12.02.2026 13:12 πŸ‘ 225 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 53

Second season could have been an email.

04.02.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love David Moyes, but will deserve the hammering he gets for this setup today. It has essentially been a surrender and hope we luck into a goal. #EFC

31.01.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

and no I haven't put the Mandelson-Epstein-Reinaldo scoop on twitter

we journalists *can* make Bluesky the place to break news

30.01.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 2681 πŸ” 348 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 20

Ms Rachel as OC, Daniel Tiger as DC?

26.01.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There is no battle. There is the truth, and there are lies - you’re just choosing to give equal weight to both.

26.01.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every team should be forced to have a dome option in the playoffs - this is just stupid.

25.01.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

hey folks, six figure opinion columnist here and gotta say, made a big ol’ whoopsie on the most consequential and honestly, probably the most obvious opinion of my life. thats my bad. anyway, guess I’ll just keep getting paid to give my opinion, thanks for reading

25.01.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 8867 πŸ” 1205 πŸ’¬ 116 πŸ“Œ 50
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This remains one of the most bafflingly stupid surrenders of soft power you could execute.

22.01.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It is worth noting (again) that the only time in the history of NATO where article 5 has been invoked was post 9/11, and other countries did indeed support the US.

20.01.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Especially when the last thing that offense did was drive the ball down to your 2yd line….

19.01.2026 02:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t understand running the ball there so close to the 2 minute warning. If you complete a pass for the first down, it’s game over!

19.01.2026 02:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was an enormous red flag when book 4 became book 4 & 5, but split geographically covering the same period. It’s too big George!

19.01.2026 01:43 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Everton just had a goal ruled out because a player jumped in an offside position. Didn’t touch the ball, didn’t get in anyone’s way, influenced the game in no way. #EFC

18.01.2026 17:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the most eye opening conversations I’ve had in my time here was when I explaining the β€˜Two world wars and one world cup’ chant to two American friends, and they were borderline angry that we claimed the two world wars.

18.01.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m sorry Trader Joes, excuse me?

13.01.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0