This episode of SNL was not as good as the last two which is a shame as I showed it to someone who'd not seen it before tonight

By our calculations, motoring in Britain has rarely been so cheap Petrol prices in Britain rose after Middle East conflict, but fuel efficiency gains and lower real costs make driving cheaper than at any time since 1990.

www.economist.com/britain/2026...

Quiet zone sign on a train. It says to not use your phone and make sure your music does not disturb other passengers. The accompanying icons have an old T9 phone with antenna crossed out, and a pair of overear headphones crossed out.

A relic of the not too distant past when it was considered inconsiderate to play music so loudly it leaked out of your headphones.

Now a small minority of people literally play music *out loud*. A very real shift.

Irish will be fine

right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer

Graph showing driving 100 miles is cheaper than any time since 1990

Anyone supporting the Lib Dem calls for fuel duty cuts seriously needs to stop and think

Yes! bsky.app/profile/jack...

Tried Irn Bru for the first time last night thanks to @butwhosjan.bsky.social.

Would drink again!

Declan

Petit écolier biscuits

Le petit chocolat biscuits

Can't for the life of me figure out why they released Le Petit écolier biscuits in the UK as Le Petit Chocolat (aka "the small chocolate") rather than just using a direct English translation of The Small Schoolboy 🤔

Fuel duty is *already* 34p per litre lower, in real terms, than in 2010

Its been frozen or cut for 15 years

Its cost the Treasury over £200bn in tax - and hugely incentivised people to keep using ICE cars and driving. It's favoured the richest

If anything we should be restoring it to 2010 levels

Need a switch 2 I fear...

Incentivizing fuel use during a shortage. Wonder what will happen when demand goes up...

Our emergency plan to keep Britain moving Liberal Democrats are calling for an emergency transport package to keep Britain moving, cutting the cost of travel for people – whether by car, train or bus.

Despite calling climate change an "existential threat" on their website, the Lib Dems have just called for a 10p cut to fuel duty (so nearly 19% cut to duty on a litre of fuel).

They also called for 10% cut to rail fares.

www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...

Many times I've been to supermarkets now with no staffed tills

I think I might start doing this

Oh, and don't forget to download and scan the app or we will charge you double!

Swear UK supermarkets are in a race to see who can make the shopping experience the shittest.

Big shop? Use that tiny self checkout.

Want to leave? Scan the receipt you forgot and we might let you out.

And the soundtrack to it all: constant alarms.

this is stuck in my head

'My wife was killed by a driver four times over the limit while on holiday' Lisa Di Palma died after a driver 'four times over the limit' hit into her while on holiday - her husband slammed the hospital and said it was 'discompassionate' after her death

A very emotional inquest to attend and a reminder that road violence has real consequences.

I feel absolutely terrible for the Di Palma family.

It is clear Lisa's death has had a profound impact on the entire community. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Strikes me as an absurd threat, either we need the 4000 new training places or we don’t

Easter bank holiday expected to be UK’s busiest on roads in four years Drivers planning nearly 21m leisure journeys from Thursday to Monday despite soaring fuel prices, say experts

A great time to do more than 270 projects on Britain's railways then, including closing the West Coast Main Line between Euston and Milton Keynes.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Surely not

Yep and they even offered them some free parking in a car park. Not enough for them though!

Maidenhead M&S now expected to relocate to Stafferton Way in 2027, retailer reveals The relocation of the Marks and Spencer (M&S) store in Maidenhead High Street is now expected to take place next summer, the retailer has said.

Yet another M&S moving out of a high street and into a retail park. So backwards. www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/gallery/busi...

Lib Dems at it again

Victory for campaigners as Cleethorpe Road bus lane extension plans scrapped Traders on Cleethorpe Road have celebrated the scrapping of plans for a bus lane that would have resulted in the loss of parking spaces along the road

Local officials (pictured inside the article) love to celebrate making it harder for public transport users to get around www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/grimsby...

National Park Service will void passes with stickers over Trump's face The use of an image of Trump on the 2026 pass — rather than the usual picture of nature — has sparked a backlash, sticker protests, and a lawsuit from a conservation group.

Fucking pathetic little cretinous man

www.npr.org/2026/01/09/n...

WHAT IS EVEN THE POINT

I've not had that in ages I miss it dearly