Charlie Mayer
@charliemayer93.bsky.social
Urbanist socialist. Town planner, football and athletics fan, feral toddler wrangler.
Diaz we waited 15 minutes for THAT?
January 18, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Diaz we waited 15 minutes for THAT?
Started rewatching Andor and god it's just so good straight away. Every character and relationship is beautifully sketched from their first appearance. I would watch a spin off of a spin off of a spin off about any of them.
January 17, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Started rewatching Andor and god it's just so good straight away. Every character and relationship is beautifully sketched from their first appearance. I would watch a spin off of a spin off of a spin off about any of them.
THANK YOU DOCTOR TOTTENHAM
January 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
THANK YOU DOCTOR TOTTENHAM
Jenrick's sacking is a now or never moment for the Tories. Literally no point in continuing to do the "Farage, but with not apologising for ruining the country" schtick now and a golden opportunity to recover by just banging on about the economy.
Which of course means Badenoch will do the opposite.
Which of course means Badenoch will do the opposite.
January 15, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Jenrick's sacking is a now or never moment for the Tories. Literally no point in continuing to do the "Farage, but with not apologising for ruining the country" schtick now and a golden opportunity to recover by just banging on about the economy.
Which of course means Badenoch will do the opposite.
Which of course means Badenoch will do the opposite.
This is great.
I am yet to find a better mantra in life than "everything in moderation, including moderation"
I am yet to find a better mantra in life than "everything in moderation, including moderation"
Been thinking a lot about how we are talking about health and society so I wrote down some thoughts about what happens when self-care replaces collective care, and why joy, connection, and shared spaces are as essential to a nation’s wellbeing as any diet
zoegrunewald.substack.com/p/when-whats...
zoegrunewald.substack.com/p/when-whats...
When “what’s good for us” stops meaning "us"
Wellness culture promises control and self-care — but what happens when it starts to hollow out our shared collective lives?
zoegrunewald.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
This is great.
I am yet to find a better mantra in life than "everything in moderation, including moderation"
I am yet to find a better mantra in life than "everything in moderation, including moderation"
Is it really boring to say 69 Love Songs
If someone put $1,000,000 on the table and said you had to listen to one album on repeat for 48 hours straight…
what album are you risking your sanity for?
what album are you risking your sanity for?
a hand is holding a discman device in front of a table
ALT: a hand is holding a discman device in front of a table
media.tenor.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Is it really boring to say 69 Love Songs
Unease! At The Disco
Slightly diminish a band:
Hüsker Don’t
Hüsker Don’t
Slightly diminish a band:
Potentially Some Doubt
Potentially Some Doubt
January 7, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Unease! At The Disco
I am genuinely staggered by how bad Nandy has been at her job.
Given the discontent with Starmer, and Burnham, Rayner and Miliband's obvious hurdles, she had a huge opportunity to be the obvious soft left candidate in a leadership election.
Instead she's completely flubbed it.
Given the discontent with Starmer, and Burnham, Rayner and Miliband's obvious hurdles, she had a huge opportunity to be the obvious soft left candidate in a leadership election.
Instead she's completely flubbed it.
In the time since a major platform started committing and enabling a strict liability offence for sexual crimes against children the Secretary for Culture, Media and Sport has posted on said platform three times, put out one instagram post and written an article for Wigan Today.
January 7, 2026 at 1:38 PM
I am genuinely staggered by how bad Nandy has been at her job.
Given the discontent with Starmer, and Burnham, Rayner and Miliband's obvious hurdles, she had a huge opportunity to be the obvious soft left candidate in a leadership election.
Instead she's completely flubbed it.
Given the discontent with Starmer, and Burnham, Rayner and Miliband's obvious hurdles, she had a huge opportunity to be the obvious soft left candidate in a leadership election.
Instead she's completely flubbed it.
Honestly any MP with the stomach for a fight should just start calling Musk a paedophile to get this story in the news more
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Honestly any MP with the stomach for a fight should just start calling Musk a paedophile to get this story in the news more
Stranger Things finale was a quite good ending to a quite good show and that's... fine?
Content creators everywhere will be annoyed that it won't make it onto future best ever or worst ever finale lists
Content creators everywhere will be annoyed that it won't make it onto future best ever or worst ever finale lists
January 2, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Stranger Things finale was a quite good ending to a quite good show and that's... fine?
Content creators everywhere will be annoyed that it won't make it onto future best ever or worst ever finale lists
Content creators everywhere will be annoyed that it won't make it onto future best ever or worst ever finale lists
The Falling in Reverse
Ruin two bands by combining them:
ZZ Toploader
ZZ Toploader
Ruin two bands by combining them:
XTC+C Music Factory
XTC+C Music Factory
December 30, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The Falling in Reverse
Accidentally got some gravy on my chin during Christmas dinner and concluded this phenomenon should be dubbed a Northern Soul Patch
December 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Accidentally got some gravy on my chin during Christmas dinner and concluded this phenomenon should be dubbed a Northern Soul Patch
Chronic main character syndrome
Labour would rather have a Reform/Tory minority gov than work with us, and they'll blame us for it lmao
December 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Chronic main character syndrome
This game is slightly putting paid to the idea that Alexander-Arnold and Mason bloody Greenwood are among the 100 best players in the world but Reece James isn't
December 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This game is slightly putting paid to the idea that Alexander-Arnold and Mason bloody Greenwood are among the 100 best players in the world but Reece James isn't
I'm not as down on the Life of a Showgirl as some people but State of Grace just came up on my shuffle and yikes... what a drop off in quality
December 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I'm not as down on the Life of a Showgirl as some people but State of Grace just came up on my shuffle and yikes... what a drop off in quality
T-Rex, truly the Cleopatra of the dinosaur era
To put it in perspective, the time period between Stegosaurus and T Rex is about 33% longer than the time period between T Rex and today
I don’t know a lot.
But I know a lot about dinosaurs.
Now we all know dinosaurs lived for millions of years right?
But does you mind actually wrap around how long they dominated for?
Lets get a little perspective.
Did you know Allosaurus never saw flowers but T.rex did?
But I know a lot about dinosaurs.
Now we all know dinosaurs lived for millions of years right?
But does you mind actually wrap around how long they dominated for?
Lets get a little perspective.
Did you know Allosaurus never saw flowers but T.rex did?
November 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
T-Rex, truly the Cleopatra of the dinosaur era
As a perfect demonstration of how long it has been between seasons, we have just watched the cold open of Season 4 of Stranger Things by accident and didn't even realise until the opening credits
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
As a perfect demonstration of how long it has been between seasons, we have just watched the cold open of Season 4 of Stranger Things by accident and didn't even realise until the opening credits
Absolutely amazing 🏴
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Absolutely amazing 🏴
Painfully soft left take but it does feel like a problem that Labour has for the last decade been run by two different factions, who despise each other and think the other is everything wrong with the left, and neither was interested in cultivating support from both grassroots *and* MPs
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Painfully soft left take but it does feel like a problem that Labour has for the last decade been run by two different factions, who despise each other and think the other is everything wrong with the left, and neither was interested in cultivating support from both grassroots *and* MPs
Our only hope is that she u-turns again in the next two weeks because this is utterly brainless
Rachel Reeves plans £7.5bn tax rise in budget after U-turn on income tax rates
Chancellor expected to freeze level at which people start paying income tax for two years rather than putting rates up
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Chancellor expected to freeze level at which people start paying income tax for two years rather than putting rates up
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Rachel Reeves plans £7.5bn tax rise in budget after U-turn on income tax rates
Chancellor expected to freeze level at which people start paying income tax for two years rather than putting rates up
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Our only hope is that she u-turns again in the next two weeks because this is utterly brainless
I wonder, had they known they were eventually going to kill him off, whether they might not have started Craig's Bond with a reset in Casino Royale. It's the first time in the series that Bond explicitly can't be the same guy as in previous films and would have been a useful get-out to use now.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I wonder, had they known they were eventually going to kill him off, whether they might not have started Craig's Bond with a reset in Casino Royale. It's the first time in the series that Bond explicitly can't be the same guy as in previous films and would have been a useful get-out to use now.
Everyone knew precisely one person who looked like this at university and the goal was to not get their opinion on any topic ever
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Everyone knew precisely one person who looked like this at university and the goal was to not get their opinion on any topic ever
Absolutely perfect reaction from Nick there #CelebrityTraitors
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Absolutely perfect reaction from Nick there #CelebrityTraitors