A lot of people's bullshit would be resolved if they were more aware of how insanely easy it is to die
Chinggis Khan dies from complications from falling off a horse! This is the problem with going 'arf arf, what is Aragorn's tax policy'....real life is often either a) dramatically unsatisfying or b) so dramatically neat as to feel contrived.
that's what makes medieval history so wild that so many stories of powerful rulers end with "and then on campaign he got the chills and died"
or in the case of vlad vi of wallachia "after a couple of large ones got on his horse and rode into the dâmbovița river"
or in the case of vlad vi of wallachia "after a couple of large ones got on his horse and rode into the dâmbovița river"
February 18, 2026 at 12:30 AM
A lot of people's bullshit would be resolved if they were more aware of how insanely easy it is to die
Jesus built my hotrod. Obviously.
What song would you skate to at the Olympics?
February 17, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Jesus built my hotrod. Obviously.
Not going far enough. We need a return to the groat.
Abandon decimalisation. Bring back 240 pence in the pound.
February 17, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Not going far enough. We need a return to the groat.
I know we're all dunking on the panicky vax mum in the Indie but have you considered she might just be a fucking idiot.
February 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
I know we're all dunking on the panicky vax mum in the Indie but have you considered she might just be a fucking idiot.
I mean, you'd have to have a heart of stone not to laugh at Braverman there, beaten out for her old job by Zia sodding Yusuf.
Reform’s new shadow cabinet team:
Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
February 17, 2026 at 12:17 PM
I mean, you'd have to have a heart of stone not to laugh at Braverman there, beaten out for her old job by Zia sodding Yusuf.
Mandatory morning school assemblies where the kids have to salute the flag.
All hospitality outlets to offer 50% pensioner discount at all times.
All hospitality outlets to offer 50% pensioner discount at all times.
Your challenge for the day is to invent a ReformUK policy. On Shrove Tuesday next year we get to see if they’ve adopted it.
Remember, it should appeal to insane pensioners and absolutely nobody else. QT with yours!
Remember, it should appeal to insane pensioners and absolutely nobody else. QT with yours!
February 17, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Mandatory morning school assemblies where the kids have to salute the flag.
All hospitality outlets to offer 50% pensioner discount at all times.
All hospitality outlets to offer 50% pensioner discount at all times.
Genuinely hilarious that our right wing nutters think they can import American Christian right wing nutjobbery here.
Lads. Have you met...anyone?
You might get a bit of traction with the aul casual racism, but RELIGION? Are you fucking MAD?
Lads. Have you met...anyone?
You might get a bit of traction with the aul casual racism, but RELIGION? Are you fucking MAD?
Charlie Downes (Restore Britain, campaign director): "More than anything, it is Christian faith. Ancestry and it is Christian faith"
Alex Phillips: "So if you are not a Christian, you can't be British?"
CD: "Well. You are certainly less British if you are not a believer in Christian principles".
Alex Phillips: "So if you are not a Christian, you can't be British?"
CD: "Well. You are certainly less British if you are not a believer in Christian principles".
February 16, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Genuinely hilarious that our right wing nutters think they can import American Christian right wing nutjobbery here.
Lads. Have you met...anyone?
You might get a bit of traction with the aul casual racism, but RELIGION? Are you fucking MAD?
Lads. Have you met...anyone?
You might get a bit of traction with the aul casual racism, but RELIGION? Are you fucking MAD?
Upon my oath I am not a violent man, but something about the usage of a truncated "collab" makes me look around for a lump hammer.
February 16, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Upon my oath I am not a violent man, but something about the usage of a truncated "collab" makes me look around for a lump hammer.
Currrent mood is the lad at the front.
February 16, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Currrent mood is the lad at the front.
I swear to God HMG if you fuck this one up you will not be forgiven.
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:47 PM
I swear to God HMG if you fuck this one up you will not be forgiven.
As it turns out, the bloke who invented Malibu.
Who's the most famous alum of your high school?
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
I'll go first: David Draiman of Disturbed
guys i just found out i went to the same high school as howard lutnick. please respect my privacy at this time.
February 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM
As it turns out, the bloke who invented Malibu.
If AI wants to come and prep the buffet I've got for 80 pub-crawling beer bus people on Saturday it's more than welcome. Good fucking luck Claude.
This post argues AI is having a moment similar to when you heard about some illness in China back in February 2020.
Tech workers just watched AI go from “helpful tool” to “does my job better than I do.” Everyone else is next. Get your financial house in order and lean into what’s hardest to replace
Tech workers just watched AI go from “helpful tool” to “does my job better than I do.” Everyone else is next. Get your financial house in order and lean into what’s hardest to replace
Something Big Is Happening
A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.
shumer.dev
February 12, 2026 at 1:16 PM
If AI wants to come and prep the buffet I've got for 80 pub-crawling beer bus people on Saturday it's more than welcome. Good fucking luck Claude.
Observed a builder earlier sporting the most magnificent set of mutton chops. Had thought Fred West had killed that style for the trade, so fair play.
February 11, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Observed a builder earlier sporting the most magnificent set of mutton chops. Had thought Fred West had killed that style for the trade, so fair play.
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It’s got to be Lamela.
February 11, 2026 at 11:40 AM
It’s got to be Lamela.
On reflection should have just quit after the Super Cup final.
He seemed out of his depth even during the brief good times.
February 11, 2026 at 11:24 AM
On reflection should have just quit after the Super Cup final.
🚨MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT from Deputy Leader @LibDemDaisy.bsky.social
Dropping tomorrow at 9am.
Watch this space.
Dropping tomorrow at 9am.
Watch this space.
February 10, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Working this evening, but judging from occasional glances at my phone it seems it's very much business at usual at White Hart Lane. Allmof a sudden going out to sort the cardboard bin out doesn't seem that bad.
February 10, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Working this evening, but judging from occasional glances at my phone it seems it's very much business at usual at White Hart Lane. Allmof a sudden going out to sort the cardboard bin out doesn't seem that bad.
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starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 5:12 PM
starting to feel like there's a direct relationship between the growing obsession with lifestyle hygeine (no drinking, no caffeine, no sex, obsessive working out and looksmaxxing) and the inability to meaningful moral stands on issues of actual import