Blue Monday is a piece of crap pseudo science originally part of a travel company's press release to sell holidays. Can we all try to avoid rewarding marketeers, using this term, which tries to sell goods by parasiting on the back of real mental health campaigns.

Something worthy of due concern from the next government, we think! humanists.uk/2024/07/04/new…

This is the kind of ad I’m being targeted with on here constantly in the week I’ve been travelling stateside. It’s not even the most batshit example. The scam ads that are all I get back home are positively genteel in comparison.

JD Vance, one Big Mac away from the Presidency.

The great thing about going to Disneyworld is you get to the airport and think “Finally! Some sensible prices!”

Noel Gallagher, Halifax Piece Hall #NoelGallagher

Oh good, I'm on a "journey"

Having spent an hour corralling five eight year olds I’ve decided they should pay teachers more.

Since I got an 800mm lens, nobody has put me on the mixing desk, so here's a picture of a squirrel in the garden this morning instead.

Aurora at Manchester Apollo #aurora

rodneymuggleton No publicly-funded school should be allowed to discriminate on religious grounds.

A pleasant surprise to see my shot of Dionne Warwick at the The Bridgewater Hall from 2012 included during the broadcast of her Rock n Roll Hall of Fame Induction.

Let us face the new year with the bravery of this plucky spud.

I Don’t Vaccinate My Child Because It’s My Right To Decide What Eliminated Diseases Come Roaring Back theonion.com/i-don-t-vaccin…

Arguably the biggest rock line-up since the Freddie Mercury tribute? theguardian.com/music/2025/feb…

Gillian Anderson & Jason Isaacs now both wishing they’d waited a couple of years & been in the much more interesting film about the scam

Very sad news today, a brilliant mathematician and musician, and "Poisoning pigeons in the park" is one of my top karaoke picks. We'll never know the missing line from "My home town" now. pbs.org/newshour/arts/…

“Ted, do you want to paint a traffic island with me”

Every second a Labour MP spends campaigning for a wealth tax is a second that could be spent campaigning for real tax reform that could make the tax system fairer, boost economic growth and (unlike the wealth tax) actually happen. A thread:

★★★★☆ Little Simz at Co-op Live Manchester review — a magnificent, punky gig ⬇️ thetimes.com/culture/music/…