Brian says

And he certainly ain’t no Roosevelt so move along

In an alternate world where Nigel Farage gets into Number 10, Martine McCutcheon finds herself bundled onto Airforce One before anyone can even say the word “consent”

It's fuzzy in civil law - compensation act in England says "An apology, an offer of treatment or other redress, shall not of itself amount to an admission of negligence or breach of statutory duty". Much clearer in Scotland where it says they're simply inadmissible evidence. Dunno about criminal

Clip from the Italian Job: “you’re only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!”

Oh my god

THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “TRADE DEFICIT”—IT’S JUST CALLED “BUYING THINGS.” YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH YOUR DENTIST JUST BECAUSE HE NEVER BUYS ANYTHING FROM YOU.

Yes this works out - it’s literally back of a cigarette packet stuff with a 10% minimum floor (hence the poor Heard Island penguins)

We all see it don't we?

It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.

“Bloomberg (not) News”.

Next up, exclusive on where bears defecate.

Taking a strategic decision to plough a reported $46bn into the ‘metaverse’ with nothing to show for it would be an easy baseline of Zuck level performance

The Guardian breathlessly announces Princess Beatrice will join the Royal Family at Sandringham for Christmas having been foiled in her attempt sensibly to try to go to Italy instead as she is pregnant

An exhausted Queen Camilla opens up her Waitrose app and adds to the sprouts and pigs in blankets in her basket, thanking the Lord she can do so before the Click and Collect closes. After a brief pause, also another bottle of gin. And another for luck. It's going to be a long Christmas.

a man with a beard is sitting in a crowd of people and making a face . Alt: Ryan Gosling is sitting in a crowd of applauding people and making a totally confused face .

I don't see that and what I am seeing is not because of why you think it is. This seems like a bad take all round

A glorious photo of a Yorkshire Tea lorry in a snowy landscape, rather than a gawdy lit up lorry of a particular brand of cola

🎵🔔 "Holidays are comin', holidays are comin'..." 🔔🎵

The UK parliament has joined Bluesky, with proper verified domains and everything:

• @houseofcommons.parliament.uk
• @houseoflords.parliament.uk
• @ukparliament.parliament.uk
• @commonsspeaker.parliament.uk

two men are hugging each other in bed with the words `` those aren 't pillows '' written in the corner . Alt: Steve Martin and John Candy are hugging each other in bed with the words `` those aren 't pillows '' in a classic scene from Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

Yeah….

1/ With more users joining Bluesky, we know how important it is to identify which accounts are real. Users deserve confidence that the accounts they interact with are authentic.

Sharing some details about our impersonation policy 🧵

BBC headline citing “e-bike hit-and-run” when the victim was on the e-bike and the hit-and-run was committed by the driver of a car

Such a weird headline, BBC. She was on the e-bike - this is a CAR hit-and-run! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Banksy with bonus Bristol building?

*psst*
Starter packs are just follow lists - follow all and then trim them. Complaining about how they’re curated makes no sense. Take responsibility for your own feed.
*pass it on* 🤫

Shadow Chancellor Alex Burghart gives Shadow Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch a look at PMQs that would strip paint off the walls.

Disappointed parents everywhere can only dream of giving their kids the kind of look that the Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster can give to the Shadow Leader of the opposition

Somewhat surprised this not marketed as: Banksy for Sale (free building included)

Yup. Cherish and exalt your independents - there is bravery and passion there in equal measure

I have been guest on occasion. Their cocktails are overly sweet is the best thing I can say about it

Well at least you are self-aware…

Bluesky is not a town square. What even is that? No one asked to be in the ‘World’s Town Square’. Go to an actual town square and see the people shouting there and see why. The other place did untold damage forcing everyone to stay in a caged town square with those guys.

In real life, you’d leave.

True - all the same, storm weather warnings should not ignored. Hope Storm Conall is not too bad

Oh my. The Bsky firehouse has been improved. Exponentially 🤯

Atlantic piece on how “The Right has a Bluesky Problem” reminds me of a pattern observed in cults. After failed prophecies, members often appear even more committed but that misses changes in group composition: nonbelievers and moderate members exit so remaining group is inevitably more extreme. 1/

the most problematic thing to come out of all these new bsky users is that a lot of y'all seem to think anything on here matters