David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026‘We apologise for any embarrassment caused last week when we wrote about Mr Tommy Hitchcock. We were of course referring to the celebrated comedian Mr Terry Hankick.’ 120
Reposted by David LewisEddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I find it strange that some people refuse to believe this is the way our decentralised culture works now, that it's possible to be completely ignorant of hugely popular things that don't match your tastes and interests. People aren't lying about that because they think it makes them look cool. 7762596
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I read it in the resigned tone of someone unimpressed by their latest promise: ‘Hope 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, Labour?’ 150
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 27/09/2026‘Man still bitter about typo on birth certificate flees UK’ 071
Reposted by David LewisSara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He imposed Shania Law 14975301452
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Exactly this. Punishing them *now* by (eg) demotion to non-league, 115 points deduction, five year ban from professional divisions, whatever, would be far more appropriate. 111
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just checked the NYT list of best telly of the 2000s. Surprised to find I’ve watched at least one episode of 34 of them and seen the whole show from beginning to end for 16. Far higher than anticipated, although of the top twenty, I’ve seen 8, completed 5. 120
Reposted by David LewisAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Relatedly: More could be done under existing legislation against platforms that host videos of criminal activity and individuals or organisations who profit from posting videos of crimes they & their members commit. This is also relevant to curbing stuff like dangerous driving video content. 327181
Reposted by David LewisDavid Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I wrote this inspired by @juderogers.bsky.social’s lovely Substack on Seven Up: quantick.substack.com/p/seven-down 2279
Reposted by David LewisRussell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Such a sad decline from his Sherlock/Doctor Strange heyday www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow...glasgowlive.co.ukBurst Cumbernauld sewage pipe leaves smelly 'Pringles tube sized keech' on pathThe issue is said to have been reported to Scottish Water after a pipe burst, spewing raw sewage onto the path behind Drumpellier Gardens. 13929211
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Of course, that’s what always works when it comes to stopping these scumbag fascist criminals: a half-amusing pun nickname. 020
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Whoever advised Gordon Brown to apologise to that bigoted woman in 2010 instead of doubling down on his original remark should be sent to The Hague. So much of what is wrong with the UK today is a result of that initial craven pandering to ‘legitimate concerns’ that were nothing of the sort. 45613
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Following a policeman’s visit to tell our primary school assembly about road safety, the deputy head unfathomably decided to sing his own adaption of the song from Pirates of Penzance – sample lyric: ‘PC Hunting’s lot must be a happy one (happy one)’ – while the mortified cop stood there listening. 3312
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 23/09/2026One assembly, a girl tried to read out something she’d written, only for the mic to emit a horrid drone of feedback instead. Cue laughter from the audience, tears and a hasty withdrawal from the speaker, and castigation of the guffawing onlookers by a teacher: ‘You have the intelligence of a GNAT!’ 040
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Awake literally all night with Covid and either feel like I’m dead or wish I was 120
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A mad racist grandma on TikTok complaining about the cafe prices at Auschwitz is final proof that we need to switch off the internet, or at least insist upon an annual test of suitability for continued use. 1355
Reposted by David LewisDavid Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Every time I hear a politician (usually a Labour cabinet member) say, ‘we’re not going to relitigate Brexit’, I want to scream. We should be grovelling to the EU to have us back. Pathetic that the country is still governed solely for the benefit of Daily Mail editorials and brainwashed pensioners. 062
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Why are films so visually atrocious l these days? That trailer for Pitt/Dog or whatever it’s called just looks awful, saturated with colour, over sharpened, clunky FX shots, every frame cluttered … an utter lack of believability. How do audiences buy into something so abrasive on the eyes? 000
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Wretchedly awful from Liverpool again. There have been signs elsewhere of Iraola’s ideas and philosophy seeping into their play, but today is like watching the worst of the Slot era. Lethargic, error-strewn, petulant and a distinct lack of grit or passion. 110
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Every time I hear a politician (usually a Labour cabinet member) say, ‘we’re not going to relitigate Brexit’, I want to scream. We should be grovelling to the EU to have us back. Pathetic that the country is still governed solely for the benefit of Daily Mail editorials and brainwashed pensioners. 062
Reposted by David LewisDavid Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I think it’s important, in the interests of fairness and balance, to point out that every Reform MP, every Reform donor, every Reform councillor, every Reform member and every Reform voter is either a dog-fucking moron or an evil racist cunt. Or both. 1111
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I think it’s important, in the interests of fairness and balance, to point out that every Reform MP, every Reform donor, every Reform councillor, every Reform member and every Reform voter is either a dog-fucking moron or an evil racist cunt. Or both. 1111
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I’m not mad on hearing musicians go on about their craft anymore, particularly not since what was essentially the enforced end of my own guitar playing, but I continue to find Johnny Marr endlessly fascinating. I could listen to him talk about music and instruments all day long. 110
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Previous post: I will save the obvious joke for a more tasteful interval … 110
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Meanwhile, in The Onion …theguardian.comOxford United apologise for launching ‘United 93’ clothing range around 9/11 anniversaryOxford United have been forced to abandon a new range of American sports-influenced merchandise given its jarring association with one of the aircrafts hijacked on 11 September 0144
Reposted by David LewisToby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 18/09/2026*rubs temples* why am i reading about MPs scrutinising Eurovision track record instead of them taking action against far-right and fascist groups that are harrassing the RNLI, the public, & shutting down infrastructure www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUK's 'dismal' Eurovision song choices to be examined by MPsIt comes after the UK's entry Look Mum No Computer came last in May's final, scoring just one point. 24739185
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026🎵 Maundy Thursday happy days Tea with Jesus happy days Tomorrow’s a crappy day But Saturday – what a day Jesus is back real soon 🎵 120
Reposted by David LewisWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The original reporting of what happened in Portsmouth was a joke. This is just a hate mob that has been whipped up who are now targeting the RNLI. Throw the book at them.independent.co.ukRNLI closes Portsmouth lifeboat station after huge anti-migrant protestsRNLI volunteers were branded ‘traitors’ after bringing migrants ashore 27556173
Reposted by David LewisDraculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026What a fucking world where I find myself writing letters like this to my MP. 16427121
Reposted by David LewisStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Agree with this also. There was a *lot* going on in this interaction, but the man using his phone clearly had, as Jon says, a straight-up, literal addiction. 1522010
Reposted by David LewisStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Exactly this. It’s gone from a “thing that happens, someone says something, phone goes off”, to “thing that happens, triggering a loud, stand up row”. 526511
Reposted by David LewisStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Saw two men - RP accents, early 60s - come close to blows in the cinema last night because one of them told the other to turn their phone off. Something bad and strange is happening in society. 12785963
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026good to see Lime doing the bare minimum for the first time ever 😑 030
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 16/09/20269am: Lisa Tandy brands X ‘an absolute disgrace’ 9.36am: Andy Burnham posts on X 07518
Reposted by David LewisPaul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"Slowly walking down the hall/to my premium toilet stall/where were you when wees were priced so high" 48930
Reposted by David LewisOisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 14/09/2026There’s a major overlap between technocrats who want a science fiction world, but have taken all the wrong lessons from sci-fi, and far-right guys who are nostalgic for a past that didn’t exist, but they don’t know because they don’t read enough history. Ignorance is a cultural identity now. 28031
Reposted by David Lewisbossk baby @bonnnt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It is so mentally corrosive to try to ascertain, every day, whether the images I am seeing or the texts I am getting or the phone calls I am receiving are real - produced by a human who is trying to communicate something with me, even indirectly. It makes me feel insane and paranoid all the time 6616153
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026When it’s no longer possible to tell if people are posting X screengrabs because they’re laughing at moronic X users or laughing at satirical X accounts taking the piss out of moronic X users or if they understand the difference or if there even is one maybe it’s time to stop posting X screengrabs. 020
David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 14/09/2026When you get to the fifth repeat of ‘this train is being held here to regulate the service’ it’s pretty clear that the train is not being held here to regulate the service. 140
Reposted by David LewisMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I cannot tell you what absolute fiction this is. AI is heading for a crash and this cackhanded Terminator narrative is being engineered to save them. The fact that the unsubstantiated testimony of a former employee has been the top story on BBC News all day is absurd and irresponsible. 561221358
Reposted by David LewisLuke Turner @luketurner.com · 12/09/2026As Ben Delo's record £36m Reform donation is headline news, I can't emphasise enough that the media ought to be reporting on Delo's heinous funding of antisemitic conspiracy theorists in the High Court – anonymous contributors to the horrifying neo-Nazi account shown below. bsky.app/profile/luke... 12620396
