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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 1h

*waves lighter #tonty

Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 14h

Thank you for this important public service message. Some great stuff, and a lot that made scrolling the list like visiting a slightly shabby video shop in 1989, in the best way.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 18h

Just want to salute not even trying 'at least three'. Also, expanded tournament offers an exciting new range of opponents to add to the list. Jordan! Uzbekistan! If we're lucky both Curacao and Cape Verde!

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 20h

I'm loathe to praise FIFA but there are a load of live streams from the decisive round of African World Cup qualifiers on their website.

List of live streams from African World Cup qualifiers on the FIFA website

Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 21h

Those clips are the reason I will always part with a fiver to get Halfords to just do it. It'll take them 30 seconds but I'll pay to not have to.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 21h

I salute the preparatory work being done by your festive exploratory committee. (That'll do as an excuse, right?)

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 21h

I can't be the only one who sometimes seeks out the commentary from a team about to be on the wrong end of a major upset?

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 1d

Some of them come with wings.

Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 1d

Once you've recovered it's important to know that a lot of SCTV is on YouTube.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 2d

It's only been a problem since they started making them with wings.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 2d

And also now on the iplayer for a month. Lovely.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 2d

What question do they ask people in France to check for concussions, because "who's the prime minister?" seems more likely to cause them than diagnose.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Macron reappoints Sébastien Lecornu as French prime minister

Lecornu, who resigned as PM on Monday, is tasked with urgently delivering a budget to parliament The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has named Sébastien Lecornu as prime minister, reappointing him after he quit the job earlier this week. Lecornu’s immediate task will be to deliver a budget to parliament by the end of Monday. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 2d

From experience, the loudness/vehemence of the claim is inversely proportional to how much trouble you're actually in.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 2d

8th November 1990: first episode of Harry Enfield's Television Programme. Quoppenheimer.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 2d

It's just a real shame they cut Tommy DeVito, possibly the most New Jersey person ever.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 2d

They've been around a while - Murdoch, Beaverbrook, Northcliffe, Rothermere, etc, but they've never had global reach in the same way.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 2d

Oh. Ouch. Not exactly 'a lot of strong contenders this year'.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 2d

Last Christmas ITV showed the first Police Academy at lunchtime, which I assume lasted 35 minutes and was a miracle of editing.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 3d

I'd almost respect it if he started a war this afternoon out of pure spite.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 3d

That is a man who definitely does not know that Iran, Kazakhstan, Colombia and Ecuador have already qualified, with several more awkward visitors in with a chance.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 3d

First pics of John Belushi biopic leaked.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 3d

That's basically the job description of 'President of Argentina', tbf.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 3d

Born exactly the same day as Murray Walker, so not a bad result for broadcasting and entertainment, all told.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 3d

I once got an email from a student theatre group and for a few amazing moments thought it was a production of 'Tron' rather than something much less amazing at the Tron theatre in Glasgow.

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Ross McKay @rossmc11.bsky.social · 3d

Tom Lehrer said that satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize, one of several reasons it's sad he isn't still around for today which could either revive it or kill it once and for all.