Hazel Southwell
@hazelsouthwell.bsky.social
pub manager at The Queen's Head, Stratford (E15 not upon Avon) 🏳️🌈 alewife, she/they, gay. used to write about cars https://buttondown.com/behind-the-bar/archive/
hate when I'm opening the pub like which absolute dickhead closed last night and didn't do any of the things they're meant to and it was me
November 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
hate when I'm opening the pub like which absolute dickhead closed last night and didn't do any of the things they're meant to and it was me
Elfyn Evans taking the Lando Norris route of making this five hundred times more difficult than it should be at the last minute is it
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Elfyn Evans taking the Lando Norris route of making this five hundred times more difficult than it should be at the last minute is it
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
this "the drains contractors will be there at 8am" better not be one of those "we actually mean 1pm" or I might go, how you say, the little bit very crazy
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
this "the drains contractors will be there at 8am" better not be one of those "we actually mean 1pm" or I might go, how you say, the little bit very crazy
having quite a major menty b about the way my cellar is flooding from the drains up lol
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
having quite a major menty b about the way my cellar is flooding from the drains up lol
highlights of this trip include missing the turn to Denmark bc we were too deep into discussion about the TF2 hat economy and watching a bunch of Rally Lads™️ sink a bottle of creme de menthe before 10am. incredible time would do again
Remembering the Best Winter Activities aka the time me and @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social went voyaging off into the deepest Scandinavian forests armed only with sausages
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
highlights of this trip include missing the turn to Denmark bc we were too deep into discussion about the TF2 hat economy and watching a bunch of Rally Lads™️ sink a bottle of creme de menthe before 10am. incredible time would do again
better phone signal under the Thames than in the Stratford Centre make it make sense
November 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
better phone signal under the Thames than in the Stratford Centre make it make sense
doing environmentally catastrophic things at huge cost to avoid a tax is very mansion owner
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
doing environmentally catastrophic things at huge cost to avoid a tax is very mansion owner
Audi announced it was stopping all combustion engine development in 2020. no new combustion models from 2026.
it seemed pretty wild when Audi announced it was making an F1 power unit, under the circumstances. email today saying it's developed a new diesel V6 - VW group walked back on everything
it seemed pretty wild when Audi announced it was making an F1 power unit, under the circumstances. email today saying it's developed a new diesel V6 - VW group walked back on everything
November 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Audi announced it was stopping all combustion engine development in 2020. no new combustion models from 2026.
it seemed pretty wild when Audi announced it was making an F1 power unit, under the circumstances. email today saying it's developed a new diesel V6 - VW group walked back on everything
it seemed pretty wild when Audi announced it was making an F1 power unit, under the circumstances. email today saying it's developed a new diesel V6 - VW group walked back on everything
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except punishment, you can have limitless of that
Britain is a country where the ruling class is utterly determined to convince you that people not only don’t deserve nice things, they don’t deserve anything at all.
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
except punishment, you can have limitless of that
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everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
Luke I am ON MY WAY
Adelaide has been shut down for the grand prix so I am obviously thinking of @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social , editor in chief of International Car Fucker magazine
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Luke I am ON MY WAY
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I really hate it when footballers thank God for their goals. Why would an omnipotent deity be that invested in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League.
November 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I really hate it when footballers thank God for their goals. Why would an omnipotent deity be that invested in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League.
I'm sure Rory McIlRoy is a perfectly nice bloke but if someone who has the discernible personality of a literal golf club wins BBC Sport Personality Of The Year over Chloe Kelly I am going to punt a football at someone
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I'm sure Rory McIlRoy is a perfectly nice bloke but if someone who has the discernible personality of a literal golf club wins BBC Sport Personality Of The Year over Chloe Kelly I am going to punt a football at someone
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Jesus CHRIST
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
Surprise move from chancellor means some university graduates in England may have to pay back debts sooner
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Jesus CHRIST
these people are fucking morons and anyone who believes them about anything is also a fucking moron I cannot believe this is how huge amounts of the planet gets damaged this is stuff Douglas Adams couldn't have written at his most cynically depressed about humanity
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
these people are fucking morons and anyone who believes them about anything is also a fucking moron I cannot believe this is how huge amounts of the planet gets damaged this is stuff Douglas Adams couldn't have written at his most cynically depressed about humanity
hooray! I finally wrote an update about the new pub. boo! it's actually all about me having chronic depression
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A new start
The bar at the Queen’s Head Hello, So the last email was a pretty major bummer, clearly. Weirdly, I think this one might not be much better even though the...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
hooray! I finally wrote an update about the new pub. boo! it's actually all about me having chronic depression
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did you, reader, know that the Formula E season opener is the same weekend as Abu Dhabi?
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
did you, reader, know that the Formula E season opener is the same weekend as Abu Dhabi?
there were plans announced today to sequester carbon under the North Sea
the most efficient sequestering is leaving fossil fuels where they are. when they're in the ground they ARE carbon sequestering
the most efficient sequestering is leaving fossil fuels where they are. when they're in the ground they ARE carbon sequestering
Announced while everyone's reacting to the budget, Labour are backtracking from their already weak position on new fossil fuel extraction.
Wildly irresponsible in the face of the climate emergency.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wildly irresponsible in the face of the climate emergency.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More North Sea exploration to be allowed in new Labour plan - BBC News
The chancellor will unveil the North Sea Strategy in her Budget speech, the BBC understands.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
there were plans announced today to sequester carbon under the North Sea
the most efficient sequestering is leaving fossil fuels where they are. when they're in the ground they ARE carbon sequestering
the most efficient sequestering is leaving fossil fuels where they are. when they're in the ground they ARE carbon sequestering
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You could make practically every bus route in England free for the cost of extending the fuel duty cut.
Reeves says petrol is still expensive.
So the 5p cut in fuel duty will be extended until 2026, she says.
Great. So polluters get to continue to poison us. Yet EV drivers get penalised with pay per mile.
🙃
Climate change. What’s that?
So the 5p cut in fuel duty will be extended until 2026, she says.
Great. So polluters get to continue to poison us. Yet EV drivers get penalised with pay per mile.
🙃
Climate change. What’s that?
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
You could make practically every bus route in England free for the cost of extending the fuel duty cut.
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and again - literally just the hobby horse of some random anonymous Twitter accounts, enraging how quickly they managed to turn their horrid posting into actual government policy and rhetoric
“The Motability scheme was set up to protect the most vulnerable. Not to subsidise the lease on a Mercedes Benz,” Reeves says.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
and again - literally just the hobby horse of some random anonymous Twitter accounts, enraging how quickly they managed to turn their horrid posting into actual government policy and rhetoric
oh, nearly 40-year-old human spine we're really in it now
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
oh, nearly 40-year-old human spine we're really in it now
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I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
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No one has ever been more right than this woman
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
No one has ever been more right than this woman
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We're not in the EU. It's costing us BILLIONS every year. But sure, save £1.9bn over the next 3 years chasing someone who's getting £20 a week too much
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
We're not in the EU. It's costing us BILLIONS every year. But sure, save £1.9bn over the next 3 years chasing someone who's getting £20 a week too much