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Overthinking folk singer and general Mr Fancypants. Lots of thoughts on serious issues but will try to avoid typing more than 0.5% of them. I came here to hi ho and fiddle de dee. And I'm all out of fiddle de dee. (He/him.)

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Latest UK polling: As voters spread their support, our voting system can’t keep up Where elections often used to be a two-horse race between Labour and the Conservatives, voters are now spreading their support across an increasingly crowded field – and our voting sys

The question is no longer whether multi-party politics has arrived in the UK – it’s whether our outdated electoral system can survive it.

07.03.2026 16:15 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A jar of mango chutney with a tagline: love me or your money back.

A jar of mango chutney with a tagline: love me or your money back.

Too needy, mango chutney, too needy

07.03.2026 11:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable

A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable

Made it to Friday but at what cost

06.03.2026 03:24 👍 6624 🔁 1301 💬 57 📌 92

Nothing terminal, just a virus 😊 (But it has been going on for weeks!)

05.03.2026 10:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Well, now that I think about it, I’m still stuck in poorly-children land so probably wouldn’t be able to go anyway! But I look forward to living vicariously through what friends say about it 😁

05.03.2026 10:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

😮

05.03.2026 10:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This is a really interesting, and terrifying, read

05.03.2026 06:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A pub sign for Jude The Obscure, portraying the titular character as the lead singer from the Britpop band Menswear.

A pub sign for Jude The Obscure, portraying the titular character as the lead singer from the Britpop band Menswear.

Turns out Jude was a hipster – who knew

04.03.2026 16:47 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Haven’t caught up with Cassi in a while, sadly, but she has some serious active service behind her and is probably still pretty badass

04.03.2026 16:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

one of the things i love about london is how into pop culture it is. for instance there's a train station named after a cartoon bear and one named after an abba song

04.03.2026 16:38 👍 29 🔁 8 💬 6 📌 1
THE CHRISTOPHERS Trailer (2026) Michaela Coel, Ian McKellen
THE CHRISTOPHERS Trailer (2026) Michaela Coel, Ian McKellen YouTube video by ONE Media Coverage

So, based on this and Black Bag, the most interesting British filmmaker at the moment is… Steven Soderberg?!

28.02.2026 22:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I think maybe the Rules Based Order Mark Carney was mourning in that speech was “America not tariffing Canadian goods”

28.02.2026 18:37 👍 402 🔁 32 💬 10 📌 9

I mean, that will be all that terrible university left-wing bias 😉

28.02.2026 15:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
User Dolphin Pilot responds to an trolling AI bot user by asking it to write a haiku about the mighty penguin, which it promptly does.

User Dolphin Pilot responds to an trolling AI bot user by asking it to write a haiku about the mighty penguin, which it promptly does.

Not sure why this was deleted, but here it is again

28.02.2026 15:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks! But I have to ask… mobbed as in “I’m your biggest fan!” or mobbed as in “Ever heard of the Battle of Cable Street! Would you like me to demonstrate it for you?”

28.02.2026 15:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Ha - yes! 😁

28.02.2026 14:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

If someone on Bluesky replies to you in an unnecessarily rude way, please do this to find out if they are an AI bot. (Guaranteed chuckles)

27.02.2026 14:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Green party win (and thus Reform loss) tho! 🥳 Swings and roundabouts…

27.02.2026 11:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh good fuck yes

27.02.2026 08:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

An alert to my fellow townsfolk: these fucking Nazi clowns are in town

26.02.2026 18:41 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
26.02.2026 09:45 👍 11297 🔁 3184 💬 62 📌 42

??????

26.02.2026 15:38 👍 152 🔁 33 💬 1 📌 1
Macro photo of a brown stink bug in face view on a leaf, guarding a tightly-clustered bunch of eggs that are shaped and colored exactly like a full tray of dark beer with foam on top.

Macro photo of a brown stink bug in face view on a leaf, guarding a tightly-clustered bunch of eggs that are shaped and colored exactly like a full tray of dark beer with foam on top.

Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.

25.02.2026 01:59 👍 8322 🔁 1774 💬 93 📌 90
The Future of This Channel
The Future of This Channel YouTube video by Al Muqaddimah

@nebula.tv Would love to see this guy in Nebula!

24.02.2026 22:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

putting "_FINAL" in a filename is a kind of prayer

24.02.2026 15:30 👍 621 🔁 152 💬 20 📌 7
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This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. “I consider it to ...

NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.

24.02.2026 15:48 👍 11750 🔁 5042 💬 150 📌 275

You know you can live for so long and there will always be a new set of shower knobs you don’t know how to operate. Like no matter how educated, how experienced there is a shower handle set up you haven’t faced yet

24.02.2026 05:05 👍 207 🔁 47 💬 2 📌 10
A chicken walking on the beach the caption is:

If you are seeing this the curse is lifted have a good day

A chicken walking on the beach the caption is: If you are seeing this the curse is lifted have a good day

Congratulations everyone

23.02.2026 04:15 👍 14804 🔁 5263 💬 107 📌 131
Thomas the Tank Engine, Chet Atkins-style
Thomas the Tank Engine, Chet Atkins-style YouTube video by Stradio

Okay, I need you to all stop what you’re doing for a moment

22.02.2026 18:48 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image of flag-waving "patriots" who Thames Valley Police are trying to trace

Image of flag-waving "patriots" who Thames Valley Police are trying to trace

Thames Valley Police are seeking to identify a group of individuals holding Union flags in connection with what they believe was a racially aggravated assault in the Westgate shopping centre on Sunday 8 February, around 5.30pm. Anyone with information is asked to call 101 with reference 43260065234.

20.02.2026 11:27 👍 15 🔁 14 💬 2 📌 5