This latest absurd change by Elon Musk is too much for me. I’m off to threads. And when that falls apart I’ll be back to paper ink and carrier pigeons.

This is magnificent. Sinead O’Connor’s 2013 open letter in response to Miley Cyrus saying the video for Wrecking Ball was inspired by O’Connor theguardian.com/music/2013/oct…

Ryan Gosling as geese.

A thread.

CNN posts “obituary” for Twitter:

“Twitter, the text-based social media platform that played an outsized role on society by serving as a digital town square, was killed by its unhinged owner Elon Musk on Sunday. It was 17 years old.
 
A zombie Twitter, known only as X,…

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Spotted this little beauty in the backyard today. Thought it was a ceramic ornament at first

Awful as it must be for the people involved in the Titan drama, I can’t help seeing a stark contrast between the treatment of 750 desperate asylum seekers in the Med this week and that of 5 obscenely rich thrill seekers.

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#EUROVISION2023 if I see another performer lying on the stage, I may scream

Seems a no brainer - Toronto should rename all streets and squares currently named after Scottish men - replace them with Canadian musicians. Buble Buildings, Cohen Corner, Alanis Morrisette Parkette…. Come on Toronto … we can do this!

I know I’m sad but delighted to discover if I say “lumos” to Siri on my iPhone the light comes on and “nox” will turn it off. I’m a what…?

An exact thread on student analysis of ChatGPT

Brilliantly clear explanation of what is happening in the UK right now

The cost of meeting the nurses' pay demand - £1.6bn 🏥

Cost of Sunak's bank tax giveaway - £7.3bn 💸

They have the money to give nurses a proper pay rise- they just don't want to.

RT if you back a real pay rise for our nurses 👊

Pls share. Anyone know a Mr Y G L Wolters, a Belgium citizen, who was in London today.

He left his cards & ID in back of a black cab. I was the next passenger. Cabbie Jamie picked it up & is holding it. If he emails [email protected] we'll give him Jamie's number.

Some important take always in this thread about who we spend time with in our lives

Giving Mastodon a whirl. No idea what I’m doing but you can find me there at [email protected]

Just watched The Banshees of Inisherin - excellent. Especially the knitwear. What’s your favourite movie based on knitted garments? I’ll start - Eurovision

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