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New here. Used to be a climatologist. Became a priest. Left because they hate queers. Worked for the NHS a bit. Retired. Interests include alcohol and classical music. Swear a lot. Hiya! 👋

Forget "What's your drag name?" I just found my dinosaur name.

Quote with your earliest tv memory. I *so* wanted to be Morticia Addams when I grew up! youtu.be/cfawtDT945o?...

I've got *the* theme from Harold in Italy stuck in my head. It's happened before. It could be there for days.

Reform supporter Chris called in to say… “The problem we’ve got is BBC News is hell bent on destroying Reform” MAAAATE Not letting you have that…

Pedolf would make Benedict Arnold blush

One of the nice things about Celebrity Traitors is how easily and without fuss absolutely everyone uses Bella Ramsey’s they/them pronouns. See how easy it is not to be an asshole?

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books

Every now and then, when people say stupid things about socialism, I have to roll out these lines from Arthur Lewis, on what socialists want.

it's been less than a year, and already the socialists are forcing people to go to the opera

Oh well. There goes Greenland, I guess.

There were many ways in which the US and its allies could have responded to the horror of 9/11. But by building extreme security states, launching pointless forever wars and restricting domestic dissent, successive governments inflicted more harm on their nations than the terrorists could have done.

JK Rowling uses her Harry Potter money to fund lawsuits against companies that support trans rights so no, I do not care what Hogwarts house you are in.

It should not be beyond the creativity of humankind to come up with crutches that can stay standing up on their own.

One of the absolute bloody worst things about not being well and stuck in my flat is that right when I could be reading and listening to music, my attention span has been buggered by pain and fatigue. Pain is, above all, boring.

*Sigh* Day 3,668 of no blu ray release of Frank Castorf's production of the Ring at Bayreuth.

I was searching on Plex for the film "The Bird with the Crystal Plumage". Nothing came up. I was perplexed. Surely such a classic film can't just vanish? It turns out autocorrect had changed the title to "The Bird with the Crystal Plunger" – an altogether lesser-known title.

You should hang your heads in shame for producing guidance which is practically unworkable, intrusive and discriminatory, which does nothing to improve the safety of cis women, while making the lives of trans and gender non-conforming people considerably less comfortable and potentially dangerous.

Good things when you're immobilised, uncomfortable or in pain, and your attention span is (temporarily, I hope) broken: • Sonnets • Single movements of symphonies* • Webern * Yes, you can listen to one movement of a symphony and the Music Police don't come for you in the night

Did neolithic flint tool makers have an afternoon knap?

While I'm laid-up for the summer with a broken knee, my attention span is completely buggered. Can't settle to anything. I can, however, confirm that it's rather fun listening to Der Ring Des Nibelungen scene by scene – it really does leave you wanting more.

If you see this quote pic yourself wearing sun glasses. (Can't believe I had to go back 8 years in my FB history to find this!)

Fell over and badly hurt my knee earlier. I find it irksome that the event hasn't yet appeared on the BBC national news.

Probably time to move away from the internet for the evening.

33 years ago the Daily Mail described the prospect of eliminating homosexuality as a ‘hope’.

Any second now, Reform will come along and condemn the police for wasting time arresting people over "hurty words". Any ... second ... now ...

Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2

🚨The UK-US pharma deal with Trump will cost 229,000 lives in England. The deal is so bad that the editor of the British Medical Journal says it suggests "We’ll kill our poor people to make your rich companies richer”. Dear Andy Burnham, tear up this deal as Prime Minister. Thank you.

*Farage removes all his clothes in public and takes a dump on the floor* Chris Mason: "some might say this is not the act of a PM in waiting but others note in today's politics the public appreciate authenticity."

"Amber Heat-Health? Gad, how I love that woman!"

Never underestimate the self-pity of the ruling classes.

I'm so disillusioned, I almost don't even care who gets the FIFA Peace Prize next year

After I wrote last week's column, I learnt that a neighbour with severe disabilities, an extremely tough & resourceful woman who lived to the full, died in the heatwave. Everyone here is devastated. I can scarcely express my anger towards a mindset that treats people like her as collateral damage. 🧵

This is exactly why we have Pride. Because a few years ago this would have just been a hateful fringe figure - but this is where our politics is heading with a Government that kertows. We will resist. And bring hope (*and* electing progressive politicians.) We will win. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Just now and then, @manchestereveningnews.co.uk.web.brid.gy comes up with tiny works of genius:

Ten years ago today the whole country and its future were sacrificed on the altar of Boris Johnson’s ego, David Cameron’s stupidity and Nigel Farage’s prejudice. A decade thrown away and a nation left angrier and poorer. Thanks, you absoute pricks.

Sad day with Starmer’s retirement - who will protect us from 97 year old peace protestors now ?

Look after yourselves this week, in our record-breaking heat. And don't let this or any government backtrack on its climate commitments: both to prevent the worst and to help us adapt to the escalating impacts to which - unfortunately and infuriatingly - we are now committed. #35YearsOfFailure

Does anyone know what time we can expect Nigel Farage to start saying the by-election was rigged? #Makerfield

If you say “I support Palestine Action”, they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on TV.

A policy billed as banning social media for under-16s in practice means requiring ID for all over-16s to use social media.

Ffs, as if this year wasn't wretched enough already 😢 BBC News - David Hockney: Tributes paid to a 'giant' and 'true icon' of British art - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is Sam Fahd Abu Haikal. A 7-month-old Palestinian baby killed by Israel. If this were an Israeli baby or a Western baby, his face would be splashed across front pages. Western leaders would condemn the perpetrator's evil. Here? Silence.