@thetindrum.bsky.social
#Books, #cats, #food, #gardening. Almost any meal can be improved by the addition of capers or hot sauce. Mostly spend my time waving a fist at the sky.
Pinned
TOP TEN CAT BREEDS
1. Super Bingus
2. Tender Loaf
3. Crime Bean
4. Le Squishe
5. Load-bearing Tater
6. Royal Softling
7. Electric Spiceweasel
8. Pantaloosian
9. Tammy
10. Dinky Porch Pebble
1. Super Bingus
2. Tender Loaf
3. Crime Bean
4. Le Squishe
5. Load-bearing Tater
6. Royal Softling
7. Electric Spiceweasel
8. Pantaloosian
9. Tammy
10. Dinky Porch Pebble
Everyone with 2 cats knows there is always 1 tender loaf / royal softling and 1 crime bean / electric spiceweasel…
Still 100% men, I note. Undefeated in the arena of being a shitty terrorist fuck. Whatever your race or religion. LMK when we can talk about this.
December 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Still 100% men, I note. Undefeated in the arena of being a shitty terrorist fuck. Whatever your race or religion. LMK when we can talk about this.
I see that someone whose contribution to the political discourse is a book on ‘weird MPs’ and a book on Westminster gossip is now decrying the ‘raging anti-intellectualism’ of the British press.
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I see that someone whose contribution to the political discourse is a book on ‘weird MPs’ and a book on Westminster gossip is now decrying the ‘raging anti-intellectualism’ of the British press.
Quite remarkable that Dan Hannan (of all people) gets closer than I’ve seen anyone else in the British media has done to acknowledging the fact that Britain is at war with Russia in Ukraine. The British right is very pro-Ukraine, sharp contrast with the Yanks.
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/2c3eba6...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/2c3eba6...
Trump is behaving precisely as he would if he were a Russian asset
This ‘peace plan’ is not only a tragedy for Ukraine, but an immediate crisis for Britain
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Quite remarkable that Dan Hannan (of all people) gets closer than I’ve seen anyone else in the British media has done to acknowledging the fact that Britain is at war with Russia in Ukraine. The British right is very pro-Ukraine, sharp contrast with the Yanks.
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/2c3eba6...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/2c3eba6...
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this is like that scene in office space where the consultants end up loving peter
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
this is like that scene in office space where the consultants end up loving peter
Wonderful exhibition about dreams at @bethlemmuseum.bsky.social … highly recommended, some fascinating pictures. I particularly liked the drawing by William Kurelek. Well worth the (long) journey from central London.
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Wonderful exhibition about dreams at @bethlemmuseum.bsky.social … highly recommended, some fascinating pictures. I particularly liked the drawing by William Kurelek. Well worth the (long) journey from central London.
I honestly find it wild that our brains require us to be unconscious for ~1/3 of our lives. Like, what are you DOING while we’re out of it?! 🧐
There is so much pressure not to be "lazy" that we are hurting ourselves for some nebulous goal of "being active" and I hate it so fucking much. Sleep is necessary. Sleep is good. It is not an indulgence or laziness or anything negative. You do not need to "earn" sleep.
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I honestly find it wild that our brains require us to be unconscious for ~1/3 of our lives. Like, what are you DOING while we’re out of it?! 🧐
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When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM
When Tommy Robinson is celebrating your policies it is time to take a long hard look in the mirror and then quit politics forever.
It’s not just engaging in far-right talking points, it’s not having your own explanation for voters about why they are experiencing what they’re experiencing in their lives. Deeply irresponsible, deeply unprincipled. Why go into politics if you can’t even answer that question for yourself?
Deep breath, once more for those at the back, seeking asylum is not illegal. No matter route used, which considering Labour has closed pretty much all the last remaining alternatives means irregular ones.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It’s not just engaging in far-right talking points, it’s not having your own explanation for voters about why they are experiencing what they’re experiencing in their lives. Deeply irresponsible, deeply unprincipled. Why go into politics if you can’t even answer that question for yourself?
There are actually more being let off tonight than there have been for the last couple of weekends. It’s getting absolutely ridiculous.
Knob off with the fireworks, you cunts.
(Yes I will say the same when it’s ’bonfire night’ etc. The sale of fireworks should be heavily regulated & restricted to council-licensed displays only).
I was in the vets today and while I was waiting, 4 dog owners came in to ask for help. Poor animals.
(Yes I will say the same when it’s ’bonfire night’ etc. The sale of fireworks should be heavily regulated & restricted to council-licensed displays only).
I was in the vets today and while I was waiting, 4 dog owners came in to ask for help. Poor animals.
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
There are actually more being let off tonight than there have been for the last couple of weekends. It’s getting absolutely ridiculous.
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Knob off with the fireworks, you cunts.
(Yes I will say the same when it’s ’bonfire night’ etc. The sale of fireworks should be heavily regulated & restricted to council-licensed displays only).
I was in the vets today and while I was waiting, 4 dog owners came in to ask for help. Poor animals.
(Yes I will say the same when it’s ’bonfire night’ etc. The sale of fireworks should be heavily regulated & restricted to council-licensed displays only).
I was in the vets today and while I was waiting, 4 dog owners came in to ask for help. Poor animals.
October 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Knob off with the fireworks, you cunts.
(Yes I will say the same when it’s ’bonfire night’ etc. The sale of fireworks should be heavily regulated & restricted to council-licensed displays only).
I was in the vets today and while I was waiting, 4 dog owners came in to ask for help. Poor animals.
(Yes I will say the same when it’s ’bonfire night’ etc. The sale of fireworks should be heavily regulated & restricted to council-licensed displays only).
I was in the vets today and while I was waiting, 4 dog owners came in to ask for help. Poor animals.
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Just been reading about how the scale of death in WWI was a factor in the dearth of political talent in the 1920s and 30s (Arthur Marwick) and thinking about how both the Tories and Labour purging themselves in the last decade has had much the same result, only in a very self-inflicted way.
October 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Just been reading about how the scale of death in WWI was a factor in the dearth of political talent in the 1920s and 30s (Arthur Marwick) and thinking about how both the Tories and Labour purging themselves in the last decade has had much the same result, only in a very self-inflicted way.
Can someone please tell these twats that I would far rather pay a bit more income tax than have my employer significantly cut its contribution to my pension, which is what is now going to happen.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves to abandon plans to raise income tax rates in budget
Labour had laid the ground to break a manifesto pledge on taxes for working people but has now made a U-turn
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Can someone please tell these twats that I would far rather pay a bit more income tax than have my employer significantly cut its contribution to my pension, which is what is now going to happen.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
A week later and we’ve moved on from undermining the chancellor to now undermining the prime minister. All going swimmingly. Tick tock.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A week later and we’ve moved on from undermining the chancellor to now undermining the prime minister. All going swimmingly. Tick tock.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tick tock tick tock. Yes, having a resignation drama and then a new chancellor and wasting another six months or so sounds ideal at this point, let’s do that.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Tick tock tick tock. Yes, having a resignation drama and then a new chancellor and wasting another six months or so sounds ideal at this point, let’s do that.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Ben Tillett published ‘Is The Parliamentary Labour Party A Failure?’ in 1908 - two years after the formation of the Parliamentary Labour Party. In many ways things haven’t moved on much since then.
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ui...
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ui...
babel.hathitrust.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Ben Tillett published ‘Is The Parliamentary Labour Party A Failure?’ in 1908 - two years after the formation of the Parliamentary Labour Party. In many ways things haven’t moved on much since then.
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ui...
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ui...
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Reeves won't get the Louise Haigh or Angela Rayner treatment because none of this is about being a stickler for the rules. The rules for MPs are there so when you want to get rid of someone, you can find a rule they've broken.
She didn't get the licence *she* had campaigned for, championed and overseen as MP in her own goddamn constituency.
Not only venal and corrupt, but utterly utterly moronic. A whole Senate of horses.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not only venal and corrupt, but utterly utterly moronic. A whole Senate of horses.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer rules out investigation after Reeves admits rental rules 'mistake'
The PM says an investigation is not
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Reeves won't get the Louise Haigh or Angela Rayner treatment because none of this is about being a stickler for the rules. The rules for MPs are there so when you want to get rid of someone, you can find a rule they've broken.
Just been reading about how the scale of death in WWI was a factor in the dearth of political talent in the 1920s and 30s (Arthur Marwick) and thinking about how both the Tories and Labour purging themselves in the last decade has had much the same result, only in a very self-inflicted way.
October 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Just been reading about how the scale of death in WWI was a factor in the dearth of political talent in the 1920s and 30s (Arthur Marwick) and thinking about how both the Tories and Labour purging themselves in the last decade has had much the same result, only in a very self-inflicted way.
Entirely predictable and, indeed, predicted long ago. Labour are just wasting everyone’s time rn. Clock’s ticking.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
October 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Entirely predictable and, indeed, predicted long ago. Labour are just wasting everyone’s time rn. Clock’s ticking.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
“Ring ring. Ring ring.”
“Yes hello? Hey, Chotiner for you on line 1.”
*throws phone out of window, changes name, moves to a different country and adopts a disguise when in public*
“Yes hello? Hey, Chotiner for you on line 1.”
*throws phone out of window, changes name, moves to a different country and adopts a disguise when in public*
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“Ring ring. Ring ring.”
“Yes hello? Hey, Chotiner for you on line 1.”
*throws phone out of window, changes name, moves to a different country and adopts a disguise when in public*
“Yes hello? Hey, Chotiner for you on line 1.”
*throws phone out of window, changes name, moves to a different country and adopts a disguise when in public*
Knob off with the fireworks, you cunts.
(Yes I will say the same when it’s ’bonfire night’ etc. The sale of fireworks should be heavily regulated & restricted to council-licensed displays only).
I was in the vets today and while I was waiting, 4 dog owners came in to ask for help. Poor animals.
(Yes I will say the same when it’s ’bonfire night’ etc. The sale of fireworks should be heavily regulated & restricted to council-licensed displays only).
I was in the vets today and while I was waiting, 4 dog owners came in to ask for help. Poor animals.
October 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Knob off with the fireworks, you cunts.
(Yes I will say the same when it’s ’bonfire night’ etc. The sale of fireworks should be heavily regulated & restricted to council-licensed displays only).
I was in the vets today and while I was waiting, 4 dog owners came in to ask for help. Poor animals.
(Yes I will say the same when it’s ’bonfire night’ etc. The sale of fireworks should be heavily regulated & restricted to council-licensed displays only).
I was in the vets today and while I was waiting, 4 dog owners came in to ask for help. Poor animals.
I found this interview very enlightening about the pressures that parents can put on young activists. The financial pressure she has faced to provide for so many other people through ostensibly being a charitable campaigner is shocking!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her
The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen wi...
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I found this interview very enlightening about the pressures that parents can put on young activists. The financial pressure she has faced to provide for so many other people through ostensibly being a charitable campaigner is shocking!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
NYT Connections has really excelled itself with nonsense today.
October 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
NYT Connections has really excelled itself with nonsense today.
Got blocked for asking this 🤷♀️
Without wishing to be rude about someone who people are clearly grieving over, did he ever write anything about a woman?
September 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Got blocked for asking this 🤷♀️
I cannot believe we are even talking about deporting hundreds of ‘000s of people. It is BAIT, ffs. The media needs to wake up & realise they have a choice here. Stop reporting this stuff and it WON’T be ‘the issue of the moment’. It’s only on everyone’s lips because YOU ARE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY!
September 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I cannot believe we are even talking about deporting hundreds of ‘000s of people. It is BAIT, ffs. The media needs to wake up & realise they have a choice here. Stop reporting this stuff and it WON’T be ‘the issue of the moment’. It’s only on everyone’s lips because YOU ARE TAKING IT SERIOUSLY!
The main reason for this is social media, btw. Am just reflecting on the fact that there are pros as well as the very obvious and myriad cons.
When I was protesting against the Iraq war, I was baffled that the majority of people just couldn’t see why. With Gaza, it feels so different - to stand with the opinion of the majority, to be in the norm. The political repercussions are going to be massive. There has never been such dissonance >
September 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The main reason for this is social media, btw. Am just reflecting on the fact that there are pros as well as the very obvious and myriad cons.