Chris Rand
@chrisrand.com
Ipswich, England.
"In a Venn Diagram of one" – The Guardian.
• Curator of the Half Man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project. #hmhb
• Supporter of Ipswich Town FC. #itfc
• Expect to see mainly stuff that amused me.
https://chrisrand.com
"In a Venn Diagram of one" – The Guardian.
• Curator of the Half Man Half Biscuit Lyrics Project. #hmhb
• Supporter of Ipswich Town FC. #itfc
• Expect to see mainly stuff that amused me.
https://chrisrand.com
Australia’s ban on social media use for under-16s comes into force today. It can only be a good thing. Of course it’s easy to circumvent, but it’s about not getting the next generation addicted to it in the first place. If most kids aren’t on it, there’s no critical mass and the rest won’t bother.
December 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Australia’s ban on social media use for under-16s comes into force today. It can only be a good thing. Of course it’s easy to circumvent, but it’s about not getting the next generation addicted to it in the first place. If most kids aren’t on it, there’s no critical mass and the rest won’t bother.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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I get that it’s quite satisfying to tell other people what music you’ve been listening to, but why wait for Spotify to tell you to do so?
December 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I get that it’s quite satisfying to tell other people what music you’ve been listening to, but why wait for Spotify to tell you to do so?
Most unfortunate consequence of being 10 ½ hrs ahead of most people on my timeline? I’ve just failed #Mariahgeddon before you’ve even got up. Rundle Mall, Adelaide, 16:21, 1/12/25. 😡
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Most unfortunate consequence of being 10 ½ hrs ahead of most people on my timeline? I’ve just failed #Mariahgeddon before you’ve even got up. Rundle Mall, Adelaide, 16:21, 1/12/25. 😡
To all traditionalists who celebrate it, happy Unthanksgiving.
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
To all traditionalists who celebrate it, happy Unthanksgiving.
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Well done Scotland.
The Tartan Army vs ICE on the streets of World Cup America next summer is going to be box office.
American blowhards used to beating up kids are about to face having the piss mercilessly taken out of them by men in skirts. Lovely stuff.
The Tartan Army vs ICE on the streets of World Cup America next summer is going to be box office.
American blowhards used to beating up kids are about to face having the piss mercilessly taken out of them by men in skirts. Lovely stuff.
November 18, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Well done Scotland.
The Tartan Army vs ICE on the streets of World Cup America next summer is going to be box office.
American blowhards used to beating up kids are about to face having the piss mercilessly taken out of them by men in skirts. Lovely stuff.
The Tartan Army vs ICE on the streets of World Cup America next summer is going to be box office.
American blowhards used to beating up kids are about to face having the piss mercilessly taken out of them by men in skirts. Lovely stuff.
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The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
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‘The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what "works," but art opens up what is possible.’
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
‘The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what "works," but art opens up what is possible.’
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No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
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Analysis from Cambridge Lib Dem city councillor (their spokes on Finance and Resources.) Interesting. (Seriously.)
Well... with my first attempt at a Youtube video, I've also had my first complete rewrite of a script after recording:
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Rachel Reeves and the faster budget U-turn in history?
YouTube video by Jamie from Accounts
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November 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Analysis from Cambridge Lib Dem city councillor (their spokes on Finance and Resources.) Interesting. (Seriously.)
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If your church clock isn't working, then I suppose is-there-honey-still-for-tea-o'clock is quite a good time to leave it set to
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
If your church clock isn't working, then I suppose is-there-honey-still-for-tea-o'clock is quite a good time to leave it set to
Just subscribe to this and all Twitter screens posted in your timeline get blissfully hidden. Works beautifully for me.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Just subscribe to this and all Twitter screens posted in your timeline get blissfully hidden. Works beautifully for me.
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Thank goodness. Every election, it's been a complete toss-up whether the P&CC that uninterested electors voted in (solely on the basis of rosette colour) was someone who had any interest or ability in the role or – more likely – some time-serving party clown who could finally be given a Proper Job.
BREAKING Home Office is about to announce that police and crime commissioners are to be scrapped..
Established in 2012 by Theresa May, Labour has never been a fan of the PCC system…they’ll be replaced in 2028 by policing mayors & local policing boards ..
Established in 2012 by Theresa May, Labour has never been a fan of the PCC system…they’ll be replaced in 2028 by policing mayors & local policing boards ..
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Thank goodness. Every election, it's been a complete toss-up whether the P&CC that uninterested electors voted in (solely on the basis of rosette colour) was someone who had any interest or ability in the role or – more likely – some time-serving party clown who could finally be given a Proper Job.
Locomotive on the A14.
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Locomotive on the A14.
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
@simonmayo.bsky.social – Dr Feelgood the only band with a song having "Mayo" in the title? Not even the best song!
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The Saw Doctors - Green and Red of Mayo - Live In Galway
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November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
@simonmayo.bsky.social – Dr Feelgood the only band with a song having "Mayo" in the title? Not even the best song!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdwF...
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Doctorow: “Meta’s depravity and greed in the face of truly horrifying fraud and scams on its platform is breathtaking.”
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Facebook’s fraud files
10% of gross ad revenue coming from fraudulent ads.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Doctorow: “Meta’s depravity and greed in the face of truly horrifying fraud and scams on its platform is breathtaking.”
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I’ve seen a few extraordinary set designs; U2 at the Sphere, McCartney’s channeling of intense collective memory, all sorts of heavy metal tomfoolery. Rammstein on fire on the stage of the O2.
This is better than all of those
This is better than all of those
Spoke to someone tonight who was at his 200th Half Man Half Biscuit gig. I suggested it must be something of a record, at which he nodded to the guy next to him, who coughed “221…”
Respect! #HMHB
Respect! #HMHB
November 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I’ve seen a few extraordinary set designs; U2 at the Sphere, McCartney’s channeling of intense collective memory, all sorts of heavy metal tomfoolery. Rammstein on fire on the stage of the O2.
This is better than all of those
This is better than all of those
Spoke to someone tonight who was at his 200th Half Man Half Biscuit gig. I suggested it must be something of a record, at which he nodded to the guy next to him, who coughed “221…”
Respect! #HMHB
Respect! #HMHB
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Spoke to someone tonight who was at his 200th Half Man Half Biscuit gig. I suggested it must be something of a record, at which he nodded to the guy next to him, who coughed “221…”
Respect! #HMHB
Respect! #HMHB
£750 billion in £1 coins, laid flat and tightly packed, would cover about 357 square kilometres — roughly the size of the Isle of Wight. Just saying.
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Tesla shareholders approve $878 billion pay plan for Elon Musk
Tesla CEO Elon Musk scored a resounding victory on Thursday as shareholders approved a pay package of as much as $878 billion over the next decade, endorsing his vision of morphing the EV maker into an AI and robotics juggernaut.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
£750 billion in £1 coins, laid flat and tightly packed, would cover about 357 square kilometres — roughly the size of the Isle of Wight. Just saying.
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Four decades on, I think I find Ted Chippington's Pebble Mill At One performance funnier than ever.
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“Well, I find that quite shocking actually that you have to say that” – Ted Chippington vs Pebble Mill At One. | Pete Paphides
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November 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Four decades on, I think I find Ted Chippington's Pebble Mill At One performance funnier than ever.
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I wonder who the winner will be 🤔
FIFA introduces the FIFA Peace Prize - an award to recognise exceptional actions for peace and unity
FIFA has announced the introduction of the “FIFA Peace Prize – Football Unites the World” to reward individuals who have taken exceptional and extraordinary actions for peace and by doing so have united people across the world.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I wonder who the winner will be 🤔
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Thames Television weatherman Francis Wilson did the dry run for Parklife in 1979
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September 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Thames Television weatherman Francis Wilson did the dry run for Parklife in 1979
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Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.