Listen here, you inconsiderate fuckboy - I'm No Kum-sok, how dare you objectify me like this?

Addams family vibes.

For American friends

Ultimately, by being weird and awkward you filter for dates/friends/communities whose specific brand of weird and awkward is compatible with yours. Those guys try to use AI to make themselves into something they are not.

I turned to the Sweetie & asked him "Hmmm, are dating apps worse than back when we were on them?" only to realise "Oh no, we've reach the age when we say Back In Our Day". And went to see Skunk Anansie live we got the sit-down tickets. And I wear Boden dresses.

Crap. I think we may be middle aged.

How good (or bad) are good (or bad) words? @yougov.co.uk includes comparing how Americans and British people hear these words
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...

The city of Pula, Croatia, reported several thefts of road signs by Romanian tourists. In Romanian Pula means d¡¢k.

Those dung dang hoes, amiright, lads?

Twice in 24 hours I've blocked journalists with 10k+ follower counts for uncritically reposting AI-generated video. Different videos. Look, I understand we are facing an unprecedented threat of realistic AI fabrications. That only makes it more pressing to verify sources, especially as a JOURNALIST.

something quite brain-melting about the hard right's position apparently now being "we hate all Muslims and distrust Muslim states, aside from that one Muslim place that still has slavery because that sounds fun"

the double-event is upon us already

I encountered somewhere the concept of "everything worth doing is worth doing badly". Whether it's cleaning your house, being an ethical shopper etc, if you struggle to do something at 100%, better to do it at 80%- and 30% on a bad day - than to obsess over 100% until you break down & end up with 0%

Thank you so much, cake makes it all a lot more bearable. I'm so immensely grateful to have a dessert that isn't a weird protein bar or a sugar free pudding pot.

I am quite amused that France has a Prime Minister named "the horned one".

I'm dealing with gestational diabetes quite miserably, so today I made @nigella.bsky.social 's olive oil almond flour chocolate cake - with a substitution: instead of 200g sugar- 50g inulin powder + 150 g monkfruit-erythritol sweetner.

IT WORKS!

So heads up if you're on a low carb or keto diet.

28 days.
That's how long many newly-recognised refugees now have to find a home, get a job, open a bank account - to build a whole new life.
That means homelessness is inevitable for many people.
Read about the slashing of the move on period here 👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

As far as I can tell, the case with Letitia James is one where she told them a specific thing and the mortgage lender checked a different box and it didn't get caught.

This is the kind of shit that could happen to literally anyone, and I have two thoughts.

That is some level of ass kissing.

"Despair becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Most problems are hard but fixable. Despair gets in the way of getting started. I want to read about problems in a way that helps me get a handle on what to do about them. I want to feel inspired to get started, not compelled to run away."

I renovated my kitchen recently, including getting a new hob. Builder didn't have a gas safe certificate, so he had to bring with him anothrr contractor who did.

And how do I phrase this?

"Please ask the guy with gas when he can come in".

Book Lovers of Bluesky: Is your bookstore ethical? Ethical Consumer (UK) has released their list of most ethical book retailers. Surprise surprise, Amazon (and AbeBooks) is at the bottom of the list.
Buy local, independent.
Buy second hand.

I obviously should not have expected to be the first person to make that joke in the comments.

"I'm not sorry and frankly don't see what the fuss is about."