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3am Tuesday and the heavy rain continues to move North as #StormBram moves towards the Southwest coast where winds are increasing now.

PepsiCo’s operational changes will include a 20% reduction of its product lineup in the U.S.

i've just finished the next episode of sound heap with @jlukeroberts.bsky.social and i have done a VERY silly thing with it

Anon Opin Live is coming. Rob Manuel's hosting shows in Leicester (12–13 Feb 2026). Got opinions? Let's fight about them live. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole

Like the Coca-Cola ad it's just a collection of random scenes with different random characters spliced together cos they can't get it to do anything else. They can't get it to do a narrative with central identifiable characters, settings, costumes etc. It's all just random crap shoved together

For a guy who lived and worked in the back of a lorry, Devon from Knight Rider had immaculate tailoring.

Mary Butler TD, Irish Govt Chief Whip & Minister of State at the Dept of Health talks about Irish trans ppl & says she is working to address Ireland’s trans healthcare. Ireland has had self-certification since 2015. It’s important to note that the FF main govt party are supporting trans rights.

I came for the Marx Brothers, but I stayed for the nifty series of very long sentences, including the one in the footnotes with the Samuel Beckett reference.

I have Scottish blood on my maternal side. I was always proud of this fact until the other day, when my mum told me true Scots make porridge with water and salt instead of milk and sugar. Fucking savages.

A reminder that when Kemi Badenoch hacked Harriet Harman's website it was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison

Going to be fun watching them try to figure out a way to say "oh we didn't mean dual citizenship with a white country" without sounding like massive racists.

Without exception, every single person with 007 in their personalised number plate is a weapons grade bellend

People dunking on Glenn Beck for this but it's dazzling to see American conservatives move on from "making up a guy to be mad" at and instead using AI to "make up a weirdly swole, christian George Washington that they're so horny to fuck they should be put down".

As peace talks are ongoing, the EU remains ironclad in its support for Ukraine. Our financing proposals are on the table. The goal is a strong Ukraine, on the battlefield & at the negotiating table. We reaffirmed to President Zelenskyy that the EU remains steadfast and committed to its principles

I work from home and do zoom calls with nothing on under the table. I've got it out below while they talk gibberish. It's my way of saying, "Fuck you, your 'target-centric uplifts' and your tedious wankers' bonding sessions at the golf course".

Musk and Trump hate the EU for the same reasons Farage and Putin hate it. It stands for civil rights, the rule of law, and regulation of oligarchs

Musk and Trump hate the EU in much the way same Farage and Putin hate it. It stands for civil rights, the rule of law, and regulation of oligarchs

The rainfall ahead of #StormBram is just hitting the South coast as storm takes shape South of Ireland.

I put this on randomly and got excited when it turned out there's some early live Steely Dan in here, not a band reknowned for doing a lot of live stuff, and when I watched it they have some weird guy like a poundshop Roger Daltrey on lead vocals! I got quite a shock. youtu.be/VFyWTxB64I8?...

Car interiors from 20-30 years ago still look somewhat ok, whereas car interiors from 10 years ago look dated. The reason is all the screens. Tech moves so fast that a screen from 2015 now looks absolutely shite.

Finally, a foe worthy of her talents.

Gold Coast show on Saturday. 📷 Scott Belzner #SongsTheWorldWillNeverHearTour  3/3

Check out these absolute beauties. Jak Housden Audrey Powne Sarah Belkner 📷 1 Scott Belzner 📷s 2-4 Damian Bennett #SongsTheWorldWillNeverHearTour

Just saw Austentatious for the 5th time, and tonight’s show starred Mel Giedroyc in a hilariously unhinged role — absolutely brilliant!! Go see them on tour

So that, for now, is that! Last show of 2025 done. A truly brilliant final week, with a couple of my favorite shows ever in the Gold Coast, and then a joyous, rowdy Toowoomba Sunday night to finish it off.   📷 Damian Bennett #SongsTheWorldWillNeverHearTour

I am afraid to publicly state how many of these boxes I tick, but it's not looking good, gonna be a while before I have a po'boy in NOLA again.

My favourite photo of Iggy Pop is also my favourite photo of Mr Serious Evil Music himself.

Reform UK councillor Andrew Harrison's business was fined £40,000 for hiring an "illegal immigrant." Almost like these people are shameless, two faced hypocrites isn't it www.bbc.com/news/article...

When I buy trainers I go for ones where someone has tied the laces and then see how long I can go without redoing. Someone out there is doing me a public service, present trainer 3 weeks without needing to tie

Cyclones Ditwah and Senyar show we must prepare for storms that are weak in wind but extreme in rain.

Dressage Facebook groups remain undefeated.

Orange warning updated with more counties added now at 21:12 Monday.

So Sgt Pepper took you by surprise?

🧵 Although the days are short in December, the skies burst with rainbow coloured clouds - especially as the sun travels west to New York from Dublin. The colours of these skies reappear in my one-off ink drawings, as you can see in this thread! My pic is of Waterford [1]

Latest high resolution charts increase gusts in Donegal to closer to red level gusts but the last ensembles update had that low risk so interesting to see how next ensembles update looks. #StormBram

Japan has rebuffed the EU’s offer to join its plan to use frozen Russian state assets to fund Ukraine — dashing the bloc's hopes of securing global support for the initiative.

LATEST | Trump attacks female reporter as ‘most obnoxious’ and rants about Alina Habba exit from US attorney role

You can’t park there mate.

Anyone whistling in a pub should be barred for life.

Awards season think pieces are always the worst but if this awards season is a head to head between OBAA and Sinners, the think pieces are going to be especially stinky this year.

This, but Indiana Jones saying “It belongs in a museum”

Lando Norris has just won the F1 World Championship. Now it’s your turn to race… to newsagents (you’re fired - Ed.) on Wednesday morning, because IT'S PRIVATE EYE WEEK! New edition in shops and with subscribers from Wednesday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kyiv had no legal or moral right to give up land to Russia in any deal aimed at ending Moscow's nearly four-year invasion, rejecting a key Kremlin demand in peace talks.

If this amendment proceeds, then mothers who have fled overseas with their children to escape an abusive relationship may refuse to return for fear of prosecution.

Not sure it will work but worth a go

My Mum died earlier this year. She was a narcissist who made my life miserable. My family left me to make all the arrangements. She picked the songs for her funeral and told me she had always hated The Lord is My Shepherd. It played at the church and at the crematorium.

I love British television.

At the moment, it feels like every BBC producer is compelled to feature Mary Berry rambling on about Victoria Sponge in their programme, irrespective of format or genre.

Irish government seems to have given up doing anything about the housing crisis and would prefer to just make patronising videos

Does nobody else think it weird that "vanilla" has become a shorthand for safe, boring, clean, unadventurous? For a start, vanilla is fucking delicious, with a taste like no other spice. It's expensive, rare and only grows in a handful of places. Sensual on every level.

Mariah Carey’s holiday hit ties Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” and Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” as the longest Billboard Hot 100 leaders in history.

Mothers don’t normally belong in Latin epics, which were meant to be devoted to warriors and warfare.

Tremendous DOGE savings can be realised in desk name-plate costs by getting rid of these clowns.

7pm Monday latest update on #StormBram which will hit tonight and Tuesday with worst of rain tonight and strongest winds tomorrow. Watch video for full update.

Two courts found Habba’s appointment was unlawful, rejecting a legal maneuver used by the Trump administration to keep her in place after her temporary status expired.

Councillor quits Reform for second time in two weeks and defects to Ben Habib's party. "Brown previously resigned from Reform UK on November 28. However, she withdrew her resignation and was re-listed as a Reform UK councillor." 🤡 ~AA www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I always pick the most expensive items from a shops lunchtime meal deal. Most of the time I don't even like or want what I have picked but at least I feel like I have cheated the shop. I win.

"They were named Pip and Squeak by Dogs Trust, which took them in." ❤️ ~AA www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits

you can’t spell “breathaliser” without “liar”, officer

Good to see another Labour minister on Bsky.

I see Nadine fell off the wagon again.

🧵 Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783-1853) was the founder of Danish Golden Age painting. He created a series of classical nudes that have a sensual vitality, as well as stunningly presented landscapes. [1]

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A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan, prompting orders for about 90,000 residents to evacuate and tsunami warnings that hours later were downgraded to advisories

I always thought he should do a hospital drama

The best piece of music Stuart Copeland has been involved in is the theme tune to The Equalizer.

The Trump administration is highly critical of Europe in its national security strategy, while barely mentioning the threats posed by rival great powers.

Had to cut this down, but other than that, no trickery here. Just pure speed and endurance. I’m almost ready for my 24-hour challenge on Thursday 🫡

Israeli authorities have entered the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency's offices in East Jerusalem and raised Israel's flag, in a raid they say was ordered over unpaid taxes

Happy birthday again to the incomparable Mary Woronov (yeah I got the date wrong in the original post, sue me)

#NowPlaying Of course, a Christmas LP about “the day to day existence in a Siberian work camp and the prisoners’ will to survive” sung by Coloma Convent Girls School at Fairfield Halls in December 1978. Of course.

Doors open for our Bath Forum show at 7pm Merch is ready for ya Signed books and periodic tables for the early birds Were on stage at 8:10pm for the first of two sets They are calling it Big Monday round here

First outing of the year for my beautiful Sonic Xmas jumper. Originally a gift from @ashens.bsky.social, it really makes me feel like the festive season has begun.

First Neighbours, now Home & Away. Australian soap reportedly moving to 5Star, and won't be shown on Channel 5 www.backtothebay.net/news/2025/12...

Lando Norris seems like a lovely young man. (Here ends this year's Formula 1 analysis.)

The sale of The Telegraph: a brief history. Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.

Slow Cooker French Onion soup, anyone?

Airlines love President Trump’s deregulations—but consumer advocacy experts warn passengers are getting the short shrift.

When I was a teenager I thought I'd try a wank using the condom I found in my dad's top drawer. It seems he had plans to use it as 9 months later I had a little brother that probably wouldn't have happened if his horny son hadn't nicked his last condom.

So many bad-faith attacks on Zack Polanski. His own partner works in palliative care! About a third of carers are migrants. Among other things, Labour has banned them from bringing their partners and kids here. Labour pretending to care about them is nauseating.

Releasing acclaimed movies that didn't get distribution via Letterboxd is a good idea, I just don't want an app that actually works to diversify so much it stops being good at what it initially set out to do.

A British police force investigating bribery and money laundering will be expanded amid fears corruption is threatening UK national security.

The Trump administration's foreign policy strategy attacks allies including the UK & has been enthusiastically greeted by the Kremlin. Last month, the USA announced a 'peace deal' the Kremlin had written. And in the UK, the media is full of people still wibbling about 'Trump Derangement Syndrome'.

Courtesy of #StormBram, wind and rain is sweeping in from the south and west this evening Take care as heavy rain, spray and flooding will cause some difficult driving conditions #WeatherReady @RAC @NationalHways Stay #WeatherAware⚠️

Workers are clinging to their roles and there’s little space for entry-level candidates.

Up to $11 billion of the funds will be reserved for farmers of row crops, including soybeans, who were hit hard during a tariff dispute earlier this year.

Keir Starmer launches personal TikTok Why nothing on BlueSky? www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

It wasn't JUST us, pushing Britain off the cliff that hurt it, it was how bad Britain turned out to be at not-falling. Delusional fools.

Wow the GTTO FBPE posters are gonna be SO mad when they see this! They're gonna LOSE it! If a single one of them brushes this off they're admitting Briefcase Labour is a damn cult.

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I suggest we get someone who will actually do it. Probably need to start with America though.

No political party should be more embarassed by the polls right now than the Liberal Democrats. Both Labour and the Tories are more unpopular than they ever have been and yet the traditional "third party" has completely failed to capitalise on their failures.

Tickets to a live show make a great Christmas gift - London, Leicester or Chelmsford richardherring.com/rhlstp

RHLSTP with brainbox but Taskmaster weakling Victoria Coren Mitchell now available as full free video for first time www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq64... Or listen here shows.acast.com/rhlstp/episo... Help us make more pods and get all the videos plus lots of extra stuff gofasterstripe.com/badges

Look at his little face.

Brokerages and betting markets expect the central bank to cut rates for a third time this year, reversing a hawkish stance.

🧐 NBER study may have overestimated Brexit hit, apparently, because "a good deal of this effect will have been due not so much to Brexit as such, but the long period of uncertainty after the vote". 🤣 But that uncertainty was a predictable product of Brexit. Why should it be discounted? ~AA

🧵 I love Christmastime, mainly for the decorating, my Christmas tree & family traditions. I am doing some one-off ink drawings for requested presents, but I also have some available in this thread! This is my photo of the festive season in Amsterdam in the dawn [1]