Scott Payne

Quick question does anyone know how to restore virtue to a decaying society

A tweet from the Daily Mail with a headline saying "Four biblical signs the world has entered the end of days as US bombs Iran

This perfectly illustrates my point that the British tabloids are aiming at a US audience. There like 5 people in the UK who think about this. But it is huge among US evangelicals.

British politicians need to ignore UK tabloids, as UK tabloids are talking to an audience in the US for clicks.

War is hell, mash meme

It’s not. Its political results are that of a standard European democracy in 2026, mediated through a worse electoral system.

*raises hand*

who's taking the ubers and where are they going

It's fun - and fair - and maybe a little comforting - to point and laugh at the weird things LLMs get wrong. But AI can already do a lot of seriously impressive things. It is definitely worth thinking about how we'd handle the disappearance of, say, a fifth of white-collar jobs over the next decade.

Somehow, cable tv returned

Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.

Describe your Bluesky account in a single image.

Thank you Sam! Hope all’s good with you!

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

Ahhh man. Catherine O’Hara 😔 What an absolute talent. Just stole every minute she was on screen and seemed to still be getting better and funnier every year. 💔

Thank god Chuck Schumer isn’t alive to see this.

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

I’m conducting a 30 year experiment to see what happens if you never get a good night’s sleep

Without America, "right now, you'd all be speaking German" Trump tells an audience in Switzerland.

keir starmer speeches are like being scolded by a newly qualified maths teacher. it’s all very “this is unacceptable”

not to lib out but if anybody in labour made a speech that demonstrated even 70% of the understanding of what’s happening and, importantly, the willingness to explain what’s happening as that mark carney one, they should obvs just coronate them leader now and save everybody the faff

It’s truly a special kind of unhinged psychotic who will come up with “You didn’t give me the Nobel Peace Prize so I’m going to start World War 3.”

I give you all permission to say 'I told you so' to any British Trump fans in your life this year. Yes it's unbecoming and politically unwise, but frankly, we've earned it.

Do I sense the Telegraph getting cold feet over Trump...?

So be it, frankly. I accept it's not wise for our leaders to attack him, but let's stop with the grovelling and begging at least. I hope Starmer shows some resolve here.

Marty Supreme is fun. Absolutely nuts. But fun.

I got the hardback as a Christmas present, such a great concept, I’m looking forward to reading it!

I’ve been studying Robin Hood recently, from the medieval ballads to the present, and he’s actually far more morally complex than you’d expect. “Robbing the rich to give to the poor” was an 18th century invention, for one thing

Terrible time to fancy an early night

Harvey Price time then.

In 2016, I had an ill fated stint as the Social Media Producer on Loose Women on ITV. It was a disaster, I should never have applied for the job, I certainly shouldn’t have been given it. I could do the actual job standing on my head, but the politics of the place…woof.

Magneto defeated by wooden gun YouTube video by supermegafnord12

Good morning, I just stumbled across this magnificent scene on YouTube and had to share. Please enjoy this incredible dialogue.

youtu.be/x5-JVvCrGC8?...

'Write every day'. Take breaks, live your life, it's good for you.

[first day as a shepherd]

boss: where are you going?

me: [pointing] star

boss: what? why

me: [shrugging] baby