Bellend Sebastian

Surely evidence that we should actually do this more? In all seriousness though (for a change) one of the reasons I came off Twitter ages ago was that the algorithm had convinced itself that I was into videos of hapless Russian servicemen having bits of their body blown off by drone dropped grenades and I would rather have seen less of that given the choice

My earlier piss-take post about London proving quite popular so thanks for that but those of us that still dip into Facebook from time to time know that if I put it on there you'd get replies like "too right" and "yes I've been there and that's the sort of thing that happens all the time". Perhaps that's what you lot were thinking as well

The last time I was in London they barely seemed to be enforcing Islamic law AT ALL and when I asked a police officer about this he didn't answer because he was too busy sewing a Pride flag

They should've added the above in for clarity. Those comparative stats for murder rates across different cities are interesting, aren't they?

I actually quite like this now, really didn't think I was going to on first listen (although in fairness I don't think he's ever put out a single either solo or with The Smiths that I didn't enjoy on some level)

My days of trying to run up there in one go are probably behind me but you never know

Fair play to the surprising numbers of runners going up Old John this morning, where there was enough snow and particularly ice to make me petrified of going arse over tit and I was just walking

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/10/elon-musk-uk-free-speech-x-ban-grok-ai I must admit I'm starting to think, yeah, just close the f**king thing down. The idea that this is in any way a vehicle for free speech has long evaporated from what I can see, and it's now just a means for bad actors to mainline disinformation to a public who seem weirdly unaware of this as a concept, as well as normalising folk becoming the very worst versions of themselves

After all that fuss got myself a pair of New Balance 860s that seem to fit pretty well. Bit annoyed to see them for £15 less on THEIR OWN WEBSITE when I got in, though

I'm going shopping for running shoes this morning as it's fairly obvious the Adidas Supernovas I bought in reserve a couple of years ago aren't going to cut it (they've changed the sizing and I've given up any hope of them being comfortable) so mentally preparing myself for how soul destroying that's going to be

Me seeing a fox actually has been a pretty good omen for a positive City result previously. It certainly is more reliable than me trying to force the issue by touching the football on the sport statue in town whenever I went in. That was bullshit, pointless even, as it turned out

A fox just had a wander around our garden in the snow, quite the charming winter scene. Usually it's rats we see so definitely an improvement on that

Having had two rubber components fail on my boiler (neither catastrophically, thankfully) I feel your pain. And yes, Raj is right, I've been looking out for your response

In more positive news, concerted efforts on the cards to reduce the stubbornly high (yet weirdly accepted at societal level as a sort of background hum of carnage that doesn't really matter) level of deaths on UK roads: https://roadsafetygb.org.uk/news/new-road-safety-strategy-promises-to-save-thousands-of-lives/

That was the day when most businesses in town let everyone out early and it took them hours to get home, whereas if you left at normal time it didn't take much longer than usual for a lot of people. A few lessons learned there. Also, fell on my arse in the Bingo car park walking to the game, but so much snow by then in a fun way

Very much looking forward to the drive to work in my rear wheel drive car. Could pop into the tyre place on the way and spend best part of 700 quid on all seasons tyres I suppose

That Four Seasons Landscaping press conference feels like a lifetime ago

"Maduro captured and flown out of country". Bonkers

Spoke a bit too soon, my foot is really not happy about my efforts yesterday and is hurting in a new and exciting way, so let's see if that sorts itself or requires a physio session as per bleeding usual

I have some Adidas Terrex which I bought mainly as I knew they'd fit and they've been pretty good

In the full knowledge I'd be good for nothing today I did my longest run for at least 3 years if my Garmin is to be believed: 8.3 miles. Very slow, but actually felt alright. Just as well as remembered I'm signed up for the Leicester Big 10k in April so I need to be doing SOMETHING

Circumstances have brought me back into contact with a community I grew up in and I was a bit taken aback by some of the attitudes I've encountered. Before you even get anywhere near anything like race, religion, class, background or anything like that the 'othering' of literally anyone you don't know is quite something to behold

Two fatal house fires in the space of a couple of days, both involving kids. Horrible that this still happens

I think you can file both Clinton and Walliams under 'it's always the ones you most suspect'

So far I've seen some pdfs of really, really lame decor. Rich people like incredibly shit stuff don't they?