Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I’m lukewarm on it as a slogan and think it’s fine for the BBC to have a general policy against political slogans on entertainment shows, but I’m soooo bored of these people claiming to speak for all women and painting their opponents as creepy men. the person who wore the t-shirt is a cis lesbian! 2251
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 07/10/2026seems clear that whatever Polanski’s ambiguous feelings about the motion pre-passage, he now thinks critics should shut up and move on 67316
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026also deeply weird remarks directed to an adult offender? 090
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026thought this was a really good, clear paragraph that some other outlets could have learned from in how to cover the triple lock/social care fiscal implications 2272
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026*general, not emperor but I was double checking and did enjoy this Google translation 110
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026quite funny how surface-level different but actually quite similar my ward at the time and my current ward are here 060
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026oh I forgot it was backbench FMQs literally right now, let’s see how right I was 130
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026See if you can spot any issues with the lines given here. 071
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026maybe this time doing slopulism on energy policy will work for a party of the left and not just poison the well and embolden calls to reverse on net zero 251
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026guys idk if you have heard of something called the strait of hormuz? 140
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One neat trick for reconciling the two halves of Labour’s coalition: simply pretend your less preferred half has all the same priorities as your more preferred one! 0273
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Edinburgh council should make it a jailable offence to put cones on stuff. tragic yearning to be Glasgow when Edinburgh’s literally better 2162
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Can’t argue with their reasoning really but it’s a pretty sad sign about car dependence that the only way in to a shop is via the car park at the back. 160
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026American online left get through one conversation without triggering Godwin’s law challenge (impossible) 141
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026does he ask ChatGPT “make this sound more uncanny” for every sentence? 1424625
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026they should study him in a lab. I don’t think I could write this badly on purpose. still, glad this has higher billing than coverage of last night’s far right escalation 78627138
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026You would not guess from what a lot of our leading politicians say that we have high debt and borrowing costs and struggling public services. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 191
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Right, I’ve had enough of this now. We’ve got left of centre governments in Scotland and the UK. Every public body needs to be off X and finding appropriate alternatives, right now. 25719
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I think it’s a good day for the fight against the EHRC guidance that we got this coverage in the Guardian, and I don’t think shouting at the journalist involved is going to make that any likelier in future 240
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026this is presumably not unrelated to the much better chain Tortilla having opened up in the same area a few years ago (although it always seems pretty quiet… I guess it does good trade on the delivery apps) 030
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026so what’s the tea on Joe Marler and Richard Osman accidentally announcing it was the 23rd of September? 110
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026sorry what definition of “racist” are we working with here that this doesn’t fit 56417
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I’m afraid at a certain point this is just insulting the listener’s intelligence. if Israel is becoming a pariah state I think we can start the search for those responsible with Benjamin Netanyahu, not Ed Miliband 2182
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026it’s kind of obvious at this point that [least obvious thing you’ve ever heard in your life] 350
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I enjoy it referring throughout to Meat Loaf as just “Loaf” as though it’s a regular first name/surname combo 150
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I mean, it’s pretty operatic, to be fair, just not from an opera per se 120
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026opinions may vary as to where on this list you start to look back at “appropriate judges” and realise it was meant as a read 120
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026People on here loved the Zohran Mamdani thing of “look how unsubtly I can pivot any question back to the line I want to give” but I don’t know if that works when (a) the line you’re pivoting to isn’t that interesting and (b) you’re not a once-in-a-generation charismatic politician. 130
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026there’s already a beloved adaptation that realises this 1332
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Worth reading the full comments from Labour’s culture convener about the festivals here. The overall picture I take away is of toxic complacency about the astonishing ongoing success of the festivals, and everything they contribute to our city. archive.ph/GUisG 130
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026thought my choir rehearsal was at 10:30 and it’s actually at 14:00 and it’s the wettest most stinking humid day for months 030
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026looks like it is at elevated levels compared to pre-Ukraine war, but not increasing since Labour came in 010
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026house down the street is getting a Tesco delivery at 10pm on a Saturday night 1150
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026might need to delete the Instagram app. why am I watching a Linda from the Traitors compilation clip (which only includes early footage so missing loads of her best moments) and then has an error-riddled slop caption 120
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026the devil works fast but Wikipedia editors work faster 010
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026last festival outing of the year (to see the wonderful Ann Patchett) 120
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026apparently Healey doesn’t come with a blank cheque on defence 1110
Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I thought that BBC article was bad in a pretty typical way of BBC News online content nowadays: shallow and reductive, alluding to issues rather than analysing them. I think we should also say this sort of response is alarmist and actively unhelpful. 171
