Matt Swan

Just deactivated my twitter account after 14 years of frequent, daily use. I’m slightly ashamed I didn’t do it months ago. This place seems to work well and feels like the Twitter we knew when it was a cool, friendly place. Hello everyone :-)

sorry to ruin your fun but his whole stoner nice guy routine is an act. Scooby's not even his real name, it's Gideon, and the only reason he can doss about in a mystery van is because his family, the D'Oubay-Doux, made a fortune in the East India Company in the 1700s. educate yourself.

It’s funny how this never features in the cultural memory of 1995, or even my own memories. I actually did not know it was the year of maximum crime

This is absolutely incredible

This is how you write a headline.

Andy Burnham confirms what previous PM's - May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak and Starmer - failed to, that Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum.

"I'm aware that Mr Farage's political judgement has been a bit off lately, to put it politely 🤭. But you'd think even he would've realised that Zia Yusuf has become a dangerous liability!" via Christopher Warner

Omg Kate Garraway gagged her with that question

Three weeks in politics is a lifetime for Owen Jones.

"The 80-year-old President just tends to say whatever pops into his head at any given moment, and whatever seems like a good idea at the time…Trump is so volatile that his words no longer carry the weight that they once did, and certainly not the weight that his office implies."

As the government bans social media for kids further evidence emerges that it's a minority of retired adults we should really be concerned about. www.devonlive.com/news/devon-n...

London's homicide rate hit its lowest level since records began. Yet 40% of the public thought that murders had risen since 2019. That’s the danger of disinformation. We cannot accept it, and to defeat it, we’ve got to put pressure on the social media companies who profit from it.

If you're making cheesy chips, for the love of god please layer the chips and cheese. Those substrata chips are not going to cheese themselves.

Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... The most leopard-eating-my-face thing ever.

Coyote vs Acme is the best film I’ve seen all summer. An absurd masterpiece, a loving tribute to absurdism, hysterically funny, a worthy heir to its Looney Tune forefathers and to Roger Rabbit, and a sledgehammer “fuck you” to the very corporate fuckery that almost killed it. GO SEE THIS MOVIE.

Two actors who were cast as Gilderoy Lockhart but had to drop out due to “scheduling conflicts” a few weeks before filming, 25 years apart.

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

With each passing day, there's more and more fighting and bad blood among the parties of the Right. They are starting to hate each other more than they hate the Left.

I’m here to save cinema

Every day we stray further from God’s light

I think for me the most impactful moment of Spielberg's career was in E.T., when they're at the dinner table and Elliott calls his brother "penis breath" and his mom yells at him but also has to stop herself from laughing

Andy Burnham correctly points out in an interview that small boat crossings are massively down this year compared with last. The comments in the post are filled with people suggesting he is lying about this very clear, data-evidenced fact. It’s almost as though they don’t want it to he true…

May the power of Madonna x Kylie heal this broken hellscape of a timeline. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Burnham: "Social care in England is as unfair as American healthcare." It's a very good line.

Huge if true.

It's funny how no-one ever asks where the money is coming from when you announce a cut in immigration.

In just its first two days, we've seen a government is vastly more politically astute than its predecessor inews.co.uk/opinion/burn...

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"This is a genuine first in UK politics. Never before has a politician announced their intention to run for re-election on an explicitly pro-sleaze, anti-transparency ticket." bylinetimes.com/2026/07/08/n....

Zelensky is a comedian who ran as a joke and ended up fighting a superpower in the bloodiest war since WWII. I hope Count Binface is ready for that responsibility.

The Clacton by election is proper, old fashioned and very British farce. It's like a classic Ealing Comedy. And it's made all the funnier by the humourless po faced response from the Reform lot who are utterly devoid of a sense of humour. Look at this from one man joy zapper Lee Anderson.

Ok, but Danny Dyer.

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In case you forgot what democracy looks like. It is too easy to normalize fascism. Whose streets? Our streets.

As we see the end of the Starmer years, I am reflecting on my favourite things about him. Personally, it was when he told a newspaper that he didn’t dream or have any internal thoughts

Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.

We are not a serious country 🇺🇸

Nigel Farage. A proper football fan who hasn't moved an inch in almost two years.

Moorside (Bury) Countermanded Election Result: 🌹 LAB: 39.4% (-4.5) ➡️ RFM: 31.1% (New) ⚙️ WPB: 18.4% (New) 🌍 GRN: 6.0% (New) 🌳 CON: 3.3% (-21.5) 🏘️ BI: 1.8% (-29.5) Labour HOLD. Changes w/ 2024.

Pretty telling that it’s all 70 to 80 year old directors who are “just experimenting” with AI to automate their workflows while a 20-year-old director blew up all box office expectations by building 30,000 square feet of rooms to wander through.

Five Guys is good if you want to eat in a restaurant full of Soviet-level propaganda about the burger you are eating.

Who knew it was still even possible to stand out for vulgarity in America?

2026 Me: Hey 1996 me, in 30 years time you'll be furious at everything Tony Blair says and think John Major makes some pretty sensible points 1996 Me: Fuck, so I'm doomed to become more conservative as I get older 2026 Me: Well not exactly

Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...