ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Of all the retail banking apps I've used in the UK, #hsbc has by far the worst, clunkiest interface. Sort of hilarious that that's the bank to replace a bunch of financial advisors with #AI. Then again, most FAs from retail banks are pretty useless. 000
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I believe some words can be dropped from the #GreenDay song... #AmericanIdiot A nation under the new media Sound of hysteria Subliminal mindfuck #America 000
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 19/08/2026#meta hooked young kids? Big surprise. Where's the enquiry into Meta hooking moms and pops and grannies on racial hatred? 000
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Infantino backed off from Kushner's investment thingy? How infantile! #fifa 010
Reposted by ashicAlan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Classless to the last. Only missing the Falklands banner for the full graceless-loser effect. 3254293
Reposted by ashicAlistair Green @mralistairgreen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026It’s all over. World Cup over , Wimbledon over. Nothing to distract you but the terrifying reality of your own thoughts now. Never mind, it’ll be autumn soon where everything dies. 3848867
Reposted by ashicThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Reversed, wrong-headed, lied; unhinged, wrong-headed, deprived. 251039241
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 12/07/2026So... What do we think Infantino will order against #England? Penalty, red card, both? We'll find out next week! #bbcfootball #fifaworldcup 020
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Followed by Infantino's #argentina (or rather Messi) fetish affecting quite a few matches. 000
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 12/07/2026The absolute worst thing about the #fifaworldcup is the endless number of twitter and Facebook engagement accounts from the US making bonkers comments on "soccer" as if they know anything about the sport. 100
Reposted by ashicRussell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 08/07/2026So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842 The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com 371525758
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Infantino will try his best to get them through... Smooth path to the final, "helping" them at every stage... Egypt should prevail here for the sake or the game. 100
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Is #fifa going to go back a few more phases to cancel the first goal as well? #fifaworldcup 000
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026That was such a borefest. Spain and Portugal both should be removed. 000
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Well.... can't say we won that, but we did survive. And that's what you need to do when things are weird. Well done to #Mexico... was a good, albeit nerve-wracking match. #England #fifaworldcup2026 000
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026They're going to give this to keep the match alive. And we'll be sunk. 000
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026dear oh dear did we need that.... still 40 mins to go with 10 men to defend two.... 000
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Everybody except Pickford seem to have lost the function of their brain cells... 000
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026The defending is a bit headless-chicken mode right now. Boys are getting psyched out by the noise. Need a head reset, or it won't end well. 100
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Can't sit back.... goals are coming. And second half at high altitude will be harder, no doubt. 000
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026A low altitude header at high altitude. Hey Jude! #fifaworldcup2026 100
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 05/07/2026#brazil have been shit all tournament. Well done, #Norway. Fully deserved. #bbcfootball #fifaworldcup 000
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Yup... What insane drama... Had it gone to extra time, there might've been some heart failures. Helf n' safety sees #Ronaldo through. 000
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 03/07/202613th minute of added on 10 minutes. It refuses to end. Err... No... Surely that's offside. 100
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Insaner and Insaner. And quite a few minutes are going to be added on. Might not be over... Yet. 100
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 03/07/2026This match has gone from one sided, to boring, to a goal against the run of play, to disallowed goal, to a penalty scored by the man himself. Kinda happy that I stayed up. #bbcfootball #fifaworldcup 100
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 01/07/2026tbf, Congo were terrible. We were worse. Great second goal, mind. Quite an audition for their keeper though. 010
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 01/07/2026#senegal look really good. the fluidity is surprising. #bbcfootball #fifaworldcup 000
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 01/07/2026#congo have been pretty bad... We've just been shambolic. #worldcup2026 000
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 30/06/2026No Man in the High Castle for the World Cup... Since there's already such an individual leading the American Reich... #fifaworldcup What a hapless, hopeless, amazing display by #Paraguay! 100
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Anyhow, my point is that Farage is winning the perception war and I very much doubt it'll change with Burnham. In practical terms, I think he might be incompetent. I do hope I'm wrong. Time will tell. Oh yeah, and Starmer's actual record in office is better than quite a few of his predecessors. 100
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 23/06/2026All valid. Though it does seem like getting rid of the boring old school engineer because the hipster new scrum master from a competitor keeps telling the ceo how he's "doing it wrong". And the next guy in has no idea what he's doing having failed at trying to be lead twice already. 210
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 22/06/2026As for the PLP... Unfortunately, the fact remains that tactically all the parties are rather dumb and the engines and money behind Reform enables them to have at least some strategy. Burnham will be PM in a month and nobody actually knows what the policies are / mean. Circus. 100
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 22/06/2026As for leadership election, you can't win. Have one and it gives Farage ammo with dirt being slung. Don't and it's deemed a coronation of the incompetent with barely anybody voting for the PM. You think Starmer was bad, they'll destroy Burnham. 100
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Not sure Burnham has shown anything. The candidate he was up against is literal pond scum even by Reform's very low standards. And this is when Burnham is sky high. 2 years in the gutter delivering compromise after compromise due to leading a "poor" country... 100
Reposted by ashicDennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Someone just called the reflecting pool the "strait of warm ooze" and now my friends, I am dead. 6362110
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 22/06/2026It wouldn't surprise me if Streeting were on Elon's payroll. 010
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 22/06/2026For over 15 years, the O2 has been my tube stop. Seen all sorts of fans exiting the O2. Tennis fans, comedy fans, Taylor Swift fans, U2 fans... I saw the largest group of mindless dumbfucks today. Apparently there was some #WWE wrestling stage thing. Half of them didn't even appear drunk! 000
ashic @ashic.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Burnham is a twice failed attempted leader who's come in via Streeting's coup. Very much doubt he'll be of any concern to Farage. The issue is that we'll find out after the fact when this can all be seen from miles away. "We're not moving so let's change onto the path of a freight train" sums it up. 000
