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Nice news about …err… cockroaches. #NiceThings

To whoever wrote the music for Antiques Road Trip: if you actually cashed your paycheck for that job, you have absolutely no shame.

#TeaTimeRush in Galway West. Went from an average turnout of 21% at 4pm to 38% by 8pm

Underrated banger of a song, this. #totp

I've had several people tell me it's just a quote, totally legit, issue is only in my head. It's always really strange when people, not personally tuned to the subtle judgments applied to a thing, absolutely refuse to accept the possibility that maybe others hear a broader range of frequencies.

That reminds me, it's black bins this week. #totp

Across the 19th and 20th centuries, urban residents developed a range of strategies to manage extreme heat in densely built environments.

Andy Burnham promises to give voters “the party back they used to know” www.channel4.com/news/andy-bu...

It was either this or a second play of Geri Halliwell. #totp

"This Hungarian-language drama is a wild, surreal, harrowing and funny ride..." György Pálfi offers a bird's eye view of human affairs with Hen — in UK cinemas now. Read our review: www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...

Hucknall! #totp

I stay in hotels three nights a week because work. Sounds great, but I hate hotels now. Causes arguments at home - I hate going to them off duty. They're too expensive and a waste of a good weekend. I refuse to pay good money and 3* is enough. It's just a bed and a sink.

1983? That was only a couple of years ago, right? #NiceThings

This cartoon is good, but it's a little hard to take from The Guardian which has - and continues to, esp via regular columnists - push for this exact thing

“Hi, baaaaby! Are you huuungry?” Parentese uses real words and grammatically correct sentences, but with exaggerated intonation, a higher pitch, stretched-out vowels and a slower rhythm. And it’s good for language development.

Michael McDonald had a great voice, and this is an unmistakable 80's banger #totp

Watching Billy Ocean on #totp, and apropos of nothing, do you remember when you used to have huge wallpaper charts to flip through?

Robbing the Sisters of Mercy? Nobody steals from my favourite goth band and gets away with it. www.itv.com/news/channel...

For twenty years, I had the best job in the world. I was Chief Curator at Hampton Court ... and now I've written it all down. QUEENS AND KINGS: AN UNUSUALLY PERSONAL HISTORY is — I think — unlike anything I've written before. Pre-order link via my link! 👑 bio.to/QueensAndKings

The president had suggested Thursday he may not attend the wedding because of “Iran and other things.”

#totp

Geri signing this song, because why shouldn't the deaf suffer too? #totp

Holy Pop: Exhibition turns private obsessions into public art www.channel4.com/news/holy-po...

She'll catch her death just wearing that. #totp

All I want, when suffering on my deathbed is someone to give me a nice rock star sized morphine dose to finish me off, none of this no water crap, just put me out of my misery, but I guess Shipman fucked that up.

"The Thing Expanded is the ultimate in documentary joy." Aliens Expanded director Ian Nathan returns with new documentary The Thing Expanded — available now. Read our review: www.empireonline.com/movies/revie...

This is like an episode of Noel's House Party, set to music. #totp

I had no memory of this 'Charidee Single'. I miss that me. #totp

No. Me neither. #totp

Meet the South African women turning to guns for their own safety www.channel4.com/news/meet-th...

England Manager picks squad for World Cup 2026 www.channel4.com/news/england...

Trump abruptly cancels an executive order to regulate AI www.channel4.com/news/trump-a...

UK braces for heatwave as record May temperatures expected www.channel4.com/news/uk-brac...

Police say Andrew inquiry could extend beyond misconduct claims www.channel4.com/news/police-...

We can have normal relationship with Cuba without ‘toppling’ them – former US defence official www.channel4.com/news/we-can-...

‘It is colonialism’ but Cuba needs better government – expert on US intervention in Cuba www.channel4.com/news/it-is-c...

Tulsi Gabbard resigns as Trump’s intelligence chief www.channel4.com/news/tulsi-g...

Andy Burnham begins high-stakes campaign in Reform battleground www.channel4.com/news/andy-bu...

Every Boy Band on 90's #totp miming in the Studio like this:

This new drinking trend may help you to drink more mindfully and pace yourself better.

Women’s sports are booming, but there’s still a wide gap between top-earning female athletes and their male counterparts. Here's why.

Having another Caprese Salad of hope whilst watching #totp

In the process of giving up smoking. I tell everyone that I want to, want a better health etc. In truth, I don't want to quit smoking but because my colleague follows me around during breaks, wanting to go smoke with me, he's so annoying. He doesn't follow anyone else who smokes

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David Solomon acknowledged advancements in artificial intelligence have eliminated jobs in some industries but “may lead to job growth in others.”

Back in my fave city, York — the sun is shining, the pubs are full, and it’s such a lovely place to return to every year I’m speaking twice at the Eboracum Roman History festival tomorrow at the Yorkshire Museum, if you fancy coming along. Tickets cheap! www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/news-media/l...

Laurence "the 6th most talented" Fox and teeny Tommy Robinson, have had their appearance at the Oxford Union cancelled. Enjoy your Bank Holiday weekend.

These are the last days.

Newsround about the eternal flame m.youtube.com/watch?v=CrcT...

Taoiseach Micheal Martin has held talks with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome. The meeting with Ms Meloni took place ahead of Ireland's presidency of the EU Council from July

Lil bit o humour 4 ya 😜😜😜👍👍🇬🇧

Putting some thoughts together, I realised that Brexit is a core ingredient and catalyst of BBC News' current dysfunction, too. (Of course, it is.) And let me pick out this, because it really is not said enough: Of course the BBC has a liberal bias. ANY news organisation SHOULD have a liberal bias.

What a mess - this is what Reform UK looks like in local government https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj6pdk48868o

💥 79,000💥 now! Well that IS fast progress. Let’s get it to 80,000 tonight people. Sign and share - you know the drill.

Heavy shower in Southeast heading for Dublin shortly.

Record labels that don't identify side A or side B have failed at their primary task.

While net migration is on a downward trajectory, it is still positive, meaning that the foreign-born population continues to grow.

Thread: I love to create unique one-off ink drawings in bold & vibrant colours. Nature particularly appeals to me, as well as depicting the world from the subconscious mind. The latter means that the work speaks to different people, differently! Here’s a thread of the drawings, just scroll down! [1]

This makes it much less likely Reform win Greater Manchester if there's a vacancy.

don jr knew the risks when he told his dad that eric would definitely be there

An English Bluebell a day until I run out of photos #15

These sports superstars collectively earned $1.4 billion over the past 12 months. Here's who made the list.

You should have kept quiet and helped yourself to free kebab forever

Karen Hao: Ai creating a desperate base of workers with no full-time employment youtu.be/E4Zd9ZXjkao

Gabbard reportedly informed Trump of her decision during a Cabinet meeting Friday.

Ah shit I’ll never know what it means now

Keir Eye-Liner. Both hate human rights. The Labour Govt is a car crash into a dumpster fire off a cliff. Why change the captain after it has hit the ice berg & the quartet is slipping into the brine?! What other far right policies does he have, besides transphobia & homophobia*?

Series creator Eric Kripke, who has acknowledged his show is a right-wing critique, said he would “never get a better review ever."

Lawyer at big company. When we get sued I have to do a risk-weighted assessment of how much the claim is worth. For the last few years I've just plucked a number out of thin air every time. Now the auditors want a presentation on the methodology I use to calculate it. Gulp.

Dutch govt just banned the trade in goods from the Occupied Territories of Palestine. They are investigating how to ban services, at this time. Some EU countries are also seeking to end the EU-Israeli trade deal, as it is in breach of the treaty, WRT human rights.

No, *you've* got something in your eye 🥹

Extraordinary! Where once “to Google” meant searching for information online, now it means to wreck your reputation in record speed

The BBC’s impartiality and editorial fairness is under scrutiny following several deeply embarrassing incidents.

A beautiful speech by Dua Lipa on the power of books to inspire, immerse, and transform us youtube.com/watch?v=jmFp...

"Well, everybody's heard about the board The board, board, board is the word Don't you know about the board? Everybody's heard about the board - "

If I found out Pudsey the bear was talking to my child I would dropkick him x

This timeline still had potential to turn out half decent, right up until the point where people stopped sitting in baths of beans for charity. Since then it's been pretty clear to everyone that we're completely fucked.

We’re opening an EU-Mexico Summit of historic importance. There is so much Europe and Mexico can offer one another. But even more importantly, there is so much we can achieve together. A stronger partnership starts today. 🇪🇺🇲🇽

45 million Americans are traveling this weekend. Here's how to avoid delays, high costs, and cancellations during the season of “tight tolerance.”

Ross Greer MSP: "The good news is the way we tackle the climate emergency is also the way that we cut people's bills."

London stands with Manchester today. We remember the 22 innocent people whose lives were taken in the Manchester Arena attack. Our thoughts remain with the families, survivors and all those whose lives were changed forever.

Regret to report that Parking Bastard™️ is at it again.

As it’s mini MSE’s half term, I’m taking a break for the next week from work & socials for family time and a recharge. Wishing you all a great scorcher of a bank holiday weekend (& week). 1/3

It's been a very warm day across parts of England and Wales 🌡️ Here are the highest temperatures recorded today 👇

UK braced for record-breaking bank holiday temperatures up to 33C heat Parts of the UK are set for soaring temperatures over the bank holiday weekend, following a drizzly and cold few weeks, writes Liam Dutton. Read the full newsletter here:

"That's what happens when you elect Nigel Farage fans..." @mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to two new Reform councillors admitting they don't know what they're doing.

Lovely bit of street art.

Why immigration-obsessed media isn’t celebrating plummeting immigration figures but is lying about ‘brain drains’ & emigration. open.spotify.com/episode/05xH...

A furious councillor who is not even a Lib Dem. World’s gone mad. (He’s a Green)

anyone after a super furry animals ticket for tonight?

The southwest peninsula of the UK has a burgeoning network of marine observers.

My mate is obsessed with things being "premium", especially when it comes to beer as you can apparently "taste the quality". Every time it's my round in the pub, I get him a carling in a fancy glass. He hasn't noticed a thing.

If this is what the Israeli authorities do to people the world is watching, imagine what they do to people with no voice and no visibility. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Can we do a reality show competition to find him

Copped an absolute record number of blocks for this

The UK Health Security Agency has issued an Amber heat-health alert for London from Friday to Wednesday. Please stay safe during the hot weather. Not everyone copes well in the heat, so check in on older neighbours, friends and family, young children and anyone who may find it difficult to manage.

I Love The New Sky Released on May 22nd 2020

Online retailers claiming that an item has been sold 73 times in the last hour or whatever, are pulling those numbers out of their arses. Unconvincing, contrived fiction that only makes me wonder what else they're lying about.

Despite Putin and Xi Jinping’s proclamations of an ever-deepening partnership, analysts say the two countries may be approaching the limits of what the relationship can deliver economically.