Antony 'Dop' Shepherd

Is the "Be Ready" campaign an attempt to boost sales of bottled water, crisps and Spam? Doesn't having Wes Streeting tell people what to do make you feel much less likely to do it? Are they just dusting off "Protect and Survive"?

The news that GB News are having an 'all British all day' music radio station put me in mind of something.

Andy Burn'em, more like... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Well that sounds just great, but who's going to enforce it? Are there going to be "Anti-Sodcasting Wardens" on every bus and several on each train? Are bus drivers going to be expected to deal with it? Or is all the film and audio footage going to be passed to Palantir to identify the sodcasters?

I read an article about the last airworthy one of these which said it drives better than a Cessna and flies better than a Buick. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRZ1...

A Well-known Individual stands in the High Court, holding a gun to his head. "Don't name the Well-known Individual!", the Well Known Individual says, "Or the Well-known Individual gets it!!"

Good grief, they actually went there. How many years is it since Skyrim came out and that line was all over the internet?

Least surprising report since the ones about the defecation habits of bears and the religious beliefs of the Pope. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

So... if Carlsberg are shutting down the brewery which makes Hobgoblin, does that mean the lagerboy won?

Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. Accidentally... on purpose? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Too bad for whichever one gets on the £50 note as when did you last see one of those? Given that all the £10s and £20s, and almost all the £5s to have passed through my hands still have QE2 on them it'll be a while before any of these are in circulation. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

First morning since spring that the heating has come on. Definitely feeling like October this morning.

We should abolish the monarchy.

Who designed the new Jag? Did they hire the same guy who designed the Cybertruck? It's a bloated monstrosity aimed at bloated monstrosities with no sense of style. Malcolm Sayer must be spinning in his grave.

The way the Tories are going their next party conference might be in the upstairs room of a pub somewhere.

'Sam Altman says he believes the world should accept “bad things” happening with AI in exchange for the benefits of the technology.' He'd doom us all for a quick profit. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Times like this when I think that if there were a Heaven and a Hell, this guy would be very surprised when he finds himself on the down escalator.

Newfound sound. Heard Weyes Blood in the Proms and have been getting her albums. youtu.be/ZHGw78IJryE

Oh look, another one. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Man, that new anime series "FX Fighter Kuromi-chan" has one hell of a disclaimer at the start.

"Farage suggests Reform UK's internal inquiry will clear two aides suspended after undercover C4 probe" 1920: The Mafia's internal inquiry will clear Al Capone after The Untouchables probe.

Only a matter of time before Badenoch starts telling young people to buck their ideas up or they'll get a good slap.

WHY IS THERE A CHIBI ANIME ANDY BURNHAM

Good double bill on Talking Pictures tonight. "The Fog" and "Night of the Eagle". Not seen either for AGES.

Government plans to solve the NEET problem...

Best use of a golf course if you ask me! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Section 11 of the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 says that "A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for life". Here's hoping!

Well, he would say that, wouldn't he? The complete arse.

Been to Kew Gardens, took most pictures with a film camera but a few phone snaps.

Turns on Radio3 and thinks “Ah, this is that Aaron Copeland Appalachian Spring bit that riffs on ‘I am the lord of the dance settee’ - as Richard Herring had it.

"Microsoft has filed a patent for a system that allows PC and Xbox games to serve advertisements during game sessions, seemingly without disrupting gameplay." Well bollocks to that! www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-pa...

Just realised that earlier I'd started off a loaf in the breadmaker and that it would have been ready hours ago! Well at least I didn't leave it there all night!

Thursday I took a 1947 folding camera loaded with a 2 year out of date roll of HP5+, today during development I exposed it all to light for a few seconds before continuing development. I did kind of screw that up a bit but still the results when I scanned them are interesting.

Well why don't you just fuck off to Dubai then, you brexity polluting tax-dodging buffoon. Do let the door hit you on the way out. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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This is bizarre. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

With Doctor Who up for tender, what next? The Disney deal having fallen through means no Muppet Doctor Who. Maybe get Science Saru to do an Anime Doctor Who? Maybe reboot the whole damn thing to do away with messy 'canon' which the original writers didn't give a stuff about anyway? Or just leave it?

Frankie Mouse and Benjy Mouse would be proud. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Maybe more people would visit websites by Reach if they weren't such massively ad-stuffed and click-baity heaps of where only 10% or less of a page is actual content?

Lisa Nandy possibly the only person in the entire world to feel sympathy for Ed Sheeran.

Normally a village might only have one or two idiots, but there's one that today announced it has 285 idiots!

the Lannister army has dropped out of the Ed Sheeran tour

We know what the cryptotwats expect for their handout to frogface, they expect full control over a country where there are zero checks, balances and laws governing their dodgy dealings, and no taxes on what they rake in.

What was Disgraced Former Prime Minister Johnson (to use his full title) even doing there? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

Heard odd bits of the Proms over the season but this one hit my musical buttons and made me think "Whoa! I need to buy their music!" One album makes it certain I'll buy more. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Couldn't they have replaced the usual Jingoistic Bullshit Half-Hour with the Dolly Parton tribute instead?

The Cryptotwats are trying to buy a government. £72 Million Pounds to frogface so far. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...