Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 17hAnd, as anyone who’s heard Nile Rodgers tell the story of that night knows, “Freak out” is not what they were singing on the original version. It was something a little less radio-friendly, but with the same initial letters. And that’s what I now sing whenever I hear this classic song. 😄 110
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 17hBadenoch’s in-depth knowledge of the defence project that she has decided to make up is very reminiscent of Dawn French’s breakfast TV ‘royal expert’. Only that was funny. This is painful. #KemiBadenoch #NotASeriousPolitician #DontCallItAnIronDomeEvenThoughWeDid #Conservatives #CPC2026 031
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Yes, he was 70 four days ago; born in 1956, not 1957 as your graphic says. 030
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I knew #JeffreyArcher was a scumbag, but I hadn’t realised quite how far his scumbaggery went back, until reading this. This is the person some current #Conservatives think is an inspiration, rather than a warning. 100
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Of all the strong voices in support of Irish unification, I didn’t expect #DuranDuran to be at the forefront, but here we are. And Glasgow here is in ‘Scotland’, but Birmingham is in ‘UK’. Why not ‘England’? Or both in ‘UK’. Some weird decisions here. #Ireland #NorthernIreland #RepublicOfIreland 010
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Because parliament scheduled a by-election just a few days after the Green Party and Conservative conferences, which is massively inconvenient for both. It’s almost as if the scheduling was in the hands of the Labour Party. Oh… hang on… #HolbornAndStPancras 121
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It’s because they’re all drag queens, Alex. Have you not heard that they’re society’s biggest problem? 030
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“We go now to Craig Bellamy, for a summary of that match.” #WALDEN #CYMDEN #WALDAN #CYMDAN #NationsLeague #Wales #Cymru #Denmark #Danmark #CraigBellamy #FAW #BBCSport 110
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Seems a bit cruel - and counterproductive - to propose putting police officers in an oven. 🤷 000
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“I’m a haggis. Get me out of here!” #CelebrityTraitors #TheCelebrityTraitors @claudiawinkleman.bsky.social 000
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Much as I enjoyed #ZackPolanski’s excellent conference speech, the best bit - for me - of the BBC coverage was when a friend (& elected councillor) wandered into shot behind Co-Deputy Rachel’s interview afterwards, eating a sandwich. 🥪 (I’m easily entertained.) 😄 #GreenParty #PoliticsLive 💚 010
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If Trump gives them the title ‘SI Czar’, I hope people pronounce it the same as SZA, the singer, and it leads to widespread confusion for the rest of time. 😉 000
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’m not sure that ‘Oh yes, we already knew about these dangerous terrorists & their evil plot… but now we’re letting them go’ is really going to stand up to much examination. Over to you, #Trump and #Streeting… 🤷 #RAFFairford #Gloucestershire #TerroristsNotTerrorists www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...bbc.co.ukRAF Fairford suspects to be released on bail, head of counter-terror police saysLaurence Taylor says the five men arrested on Sunday are still under investigation as police consider multiple lines of inquiry, including the possible involvement of a foreign state. 001
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I thought he said ‘fort’. He thinks RAF Fairford is some kind of playground for Americans to play at being soldiers. 1131
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Doesn’t it make you proud that the same principles and standards that underpin UK customer services are also at the heart of our national security? It’s so wonderfully British, not to bother answering the phone. 🇬🇧 #NationalSecurity #MOD #RAFFairford #Whelford #CustomerServices #TheGuardian 150
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Alright, babs! It’s International Day Of Birmingham! (For two days, just to confuse people.) We are Lycett-lite this time, as Joe’s pretend pub is in that there London, but there’s loads on in the council house, today & tomorrow. Join us! #IDOB #MrEgg #InternationalDayOfBirmingham #Birmingham #Brum 030
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 23/09/2026PS. Robin, the TV show that I was struggling to name was ‘Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled’. I remembered before I even got back to my car! @robinince.bsky.social 130
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It was an absolute joy to meet @robinince.bsky.social at my local #TheHeath bookshop earlier. We more or less confirmed that we’d met around 30 years ago, as I’d always suspected, at #TheBear in #Bearwood, when Robin did our Thursday comedy club & I pretended I knew how to run the sound desk. 1141
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The fact that two international icons were born on exactly the same day in 1949 has been embedded in my brain for a few years now. So, this morning, when #BBCRadio2 mentioned that #BruceSpringsteen is 77 today, I immediately thought ‘Happy birthday, Floella’! 😀 Happy 77th birthday to both of them! 🥳 000
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 23/09/2026So that was summer 2026. It’s now 01:04 BST. Welcome to autumn! 🍂 #AutumnalEquinox 000
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Get your tea out of the MEE-CROW-WAH-VEY. It’s Nigella time! #GBBO #BakeOff #Nigella #Channel4 010
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A double fail for the Press Gazette here. They can’t even get the book’s title right. It’s called ‘Swan Song’, not ‘Swansong’. 010
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It’s the last day of summer, and the sky has turned into The Simpsons. (The autumnal equinox - and start of autumn in the Northern hemisphere - is at 01:04 tomorrow morning, Wed 23/09/26.) #AutumnEquinox #AutumnalEquinox #LastDayOfSummer #TheSimpsons #SimpsonsClouds 000
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Yes, the winter solstice is the shortest day; for the Northern hemisphere it’s on Monday 21 December this year at 20:50 GMT. (It’s sometimes on 22 December, and some sources say it can be the 20th or 23rd.) 100
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 21/09/2026That construct is undoubtedly true, and fascinating if you work for The Met Office. For everyone else in the Northern hemisphere though (including Met Office statisticians, whether they like it or not), real autumn starts on the equinox, as it always has and always will. 🌍🌎🌏 ☀️ 220
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Summer *will* end, but not until the early hours of Wednesday. Autumn will start at 01:04 UK time. Enjoy the penultimate day of summer today! ☀️🍦 100
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Happy Earth, Wind & Fire Day* to all those who celebrate! (*And the penultimate day of summer in the Northern hemisphere.) #EarthWindAndFire #21September youtu.be/Gs069dndIYkyoutu.beEarth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO 000
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 19/09/2026⚽️ 🐓2-3🦁 Phew! A league win, at the 5th attempt. But Villa’s players tried their best to give it away, after leading 0-3 at 86 minutes. We’re up to the giddy heights of 15th. Onwards and upwards! ⚽️ #TOTAST #TOTAVL #AstonVilla #AVFC #Talksport @avfc-official.bsky.social 000
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“I have EVERY DOUBT that what he’s conveying there is what he experienced.” So Cruz doesn’t believe Trump either. For once, the truth has slipped out of Ted’s mouth, probably inadvertently. 001
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Why has this been up for over 12 hours with the glaring spelling mistake on display? As a Green Party member, I’m very much up for doing things differently, but ‘things’ doesn’t include the spelling of ‘billionaire’. 020
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 04/09/2026It’s always nice when the train company tells you why your train has arrived 14 minutes late, even though it was on time for most of the journey. Train tannoy, on arrival at #Euston just now; “There was a bit of conjunction (sic) on the network.” So, glad that’s clear. Thanks, #LondonNorthwestern. 010
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I was thinking how massively impressive it is to get very nearly 64%. Then I read your preview and saw that the previous LD incumbent had 82% at one point! (It’s still a very solid result though.) #Stroud #Kingswood 100
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I really like DJ Spoony, but at this point in human evolution, we should be long past the days when a radio presenter would read out something from ‘Ben Doon & Phil McCavity’ & not realise what they’ve done. 😳 (Still childishly funny though. Congrats to whoever it was.) #DJSpoony #Radio2 #BBCRadio2 020
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 31/08/2026⚽️ Half of Villa’s players have left. The remaining players are being forced to promote a despicable, corrupt regime on their shirts. Two games played, two games lost. No goals scored, five conceded. But, rejoice! We’re not bottom of the #PremierLeague! I love alphabetical order! #AstonVilla #AVFC 120
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I know who one of these 25 people is, and I’ve vaguely heard of the person at #1. And that’s it. I am 245 years old. (And I don’t use #TikTok.) #RollingStone #ContentCreators #FingerOnThePulse 040
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 31/08/2026‘The Conservative Party - doing everything wrong since the 1970s.’ This is absolutely perfect imagery. #Conservatives #ConservativeParty #Tories #KemiBadenoch #MargaretThatcher 020
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Wordle 1,899 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Wordle, I hate you. So many options for the first letter on this one. My 53-day streak ends on the last day of the month. Grrr. 020
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Grrr! Infuriatingly close on guess #3. Wordle 1,898 4/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Wordle 030
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dolly Parton Tim Curry The Grim Reaper is having a cull of 80 year-olds. Fingers crossed he knows the way to the White House. 010
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I’d need a lot of hot cross buns for even one bottle of Japanese rice wine. This doesn’t seem like a very practical exchange of goods. 010
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Kacey Musgraves is unfazed by Buster Gonad hanging out (ahem) in the roof space. #KaceyMusgraves #BusterGonad #Viz 000
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 22/08/2026‘Manchester United and Spurs both heading for relegation after start of season shocks.’ #PremierLeague #ManchesterUnited #ManUnited #Spurs #TottenhamHotspur 020
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 20/08/2026WILL THIS RAIN NEVER END? What a terrible Summer we’re having! I bet the reservoirs are overflowing… blah, blah, blah… 020
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Is Cates now claiming to be a former Conservative, a former politician, or both? 100
Chig @chigworld.bsky.social · 19/08/2026All the LOTR films. The Godfather (and all sequels). Gone With The Wind. Avatar: The Way Of Water (Because I made the mistake of seeing the first one.) In Bed With Madonna (Truth Or Dare) 000