Steve Spithray
@underthehills.net
Freelance writer of repute | #pressonbook OUT NOW https://butterflyeffectlabel.com | http://underthehills.net | Asst Ed NARC.
I’m staying in a house tonight that is so large and ramshackle I’ll need to ask where the nearest toilet is before I go to bed
November 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I’m staying in a house tonight that is so large and ramshackle I’ll need to ask where the nearest toilet is before I go to bed
Jesus wept, all the way through Covid we were being drip fed info to gauge public opinion before policy decisions were made. That’s your hokey cokey www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What's behind Rachel Reeves's hokey cokey on income tax rises?
The bond markets selling UK debt, which the chancellor had spent months courting, reacted badly to her change of heart on income tax rises
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Jesus wept, all the way through Covid we were being drip fed info to gauge public opinion before policy decisions were made. That’s your hokey cokey www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Had a dream Craven Faults had moved to London and was now calling themselves baristaa.
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Had a dream Craven Faults had moved to London and was now calling themselves baristaa.
A midweek veggie treat
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A midweek veggie treat
If only there was a levy of some kind that governments could impose to divert some of this wealth back into the public purse 🤷♂️
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
If only there was a levy of some kind that governments could impose to divert some of this wealth back into the public purse 🤷♂️
The further left you are on the Graham Norton sofa the less self awareness you have
November 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The further left you are on the Graham Norton sofa the less self awareness you have
Well I’ve taken no pleasure out of today at all
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Well I’ve taken no pleasure out of today at all
Well done Bluesky. I wonder if you can help with this song. It’s a dance track possibly by Jacques Lu Cont (or associates). The video was a single shot of a man walking through a nightclub (a bit like Wrote For Luck) and every time he starts singing he bursts out laughing…
Hello Bluesky hive mind. What’s the British tv drama I’m thinking of. I have a strong memory of it.
It’s a one-off play type thing.
Woman experiences a time slip and sees a man with broken glasses attacking her.
She then meets the man and they fall in love.
It’s a one-off play type thing.
Woman experiences a time slip and sees a man with broken glasses attacking her.
She then meets the man and they fall in love.
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Well done Bluesky. I wonder if you can help with this song. It’s a dance track possibly by Jacques Lu Cont (or associates). The video was a single shot of a man walking through a nightclub (a bit like Wrote For Luck) and every time he starts singing he bursts out laughing…
Fully Automated Luxury Communism. Far from trying to get more people IN to work, in a thriving economy a successful society should be looking for ways to get more people OUT of work…
If the bosses replaces the workers with AI, it is time for the workers to replace the bosses with AI.
Then we will have a system where everyone has everything and nobody does any work.
Sound like a plan?
Then we will have a system where everyone has everything and nobody does any work.
Sound like a plan?
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Fully Automated Luxury Communism. Far from trying to get more people IN to work, in a thriving economy a successful society should be looking for ways to get more people OUT of work…
Hard agree but is it any different to promoters in university cities trying to engage more with the student population..? Or, genuinely, wouldn’t it be great if Middlesbrough FC ran out to Cattle & Cane’s Infant Hercules…
Totally agree, I can slightly understand if you end up going to a gig after a match, however people turning gigs into football tops and making the gig experience like a football match, no thanks. These are marketing strategies to boost sales and profile quicker.
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Hard agree but is it any different to promoters in university cities trying to engage more with the student population..? Or, genuinely, wouldn’t it be great if Middlesbrough FC ran out to Cattle & Cane’s Infant Hercules…
Question: How much overlap should there be on the music and football Venn diagram?
October 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Question: How much overlap should there be on the music and football Venn diagram?
Wtaf is this cartoon shit from @adidas?
October 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Wtaf is this cartoon shit from @adidas?
Reposted by Steve Spithray
should be at every polling station tbh, the turnout would be close to 100% 🤤
The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324
October 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
should be at every polling station tbh, the turnout would be close to 100% 🤤
A cross between Traitors and Squid Games could work for me
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A cross between Traitors and Squid Games could work for me
Airport-pinting a London airport (if you are from north of Nottingham anyway) is the opposite of a humble brag. Just saying
October 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Airport-pinting a London airport (if you are from north of Nottingham anyway) is the opposite of a humble brag. Just saying
Take away all their titles and nationalise their castles
October 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Take away all their titles and nationalise their castles
Ah, the electric blanket is on
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Ah, the electric blanket is on
You can tell a lot by a person’s shoe. Noel Gallagher and Paul McCartney have both, historically, worn terrible shoes
October 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
You can tell a lot by a person’s shoe. Noel Gallagher and Paul McCartney have both, historically, worn terrible shoes
It’s incredible the influence Hurricane #1 seem to have had on the current crop of northern lad bands
October 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It’s incredible the influence Hurricane #1 seem to have had on the current crop of northern lad bands
Behold the mango chutney salsa. Absolutely banging in a chicken burger with some baby gem lettuce it was
October 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Behold the mango chutney salsa. Absolutely banging in a chicken burger with some baby gem lettuce it was
One edition of NARC. was only ever replaced by the next so the final edition could, in theory, last forever. Might post a pic every time I still see one in the wild #narcwatch
October 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
One edition of NARC. was only ever replaced by the next so the final edition could, in theory, last forever. Might post a pic every time I still see one in the wild #narcwatch
Are toasted tea cakes one of your five-a-day?
October 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Are toasted tea cakes one of your five-a-day?
Well, this is a treat
October 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Well, this is a treat
Also, I cut the grass twice today. That last cut of the year is a bitch
October 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Also, I cut the grass twice today. That last cut of the year is a bitch
I used to be all about the Twisterella brunch. Preparation was key. Now it’s recovery so spent the day cooking up almighty post-Twisterella stew!
October 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I used to be all about the Twisterella brunch. Preparation was key. Now it’s recovery so spent the day cooking up almighty post-Twisterella stew!