Pete Williams
@londiscalrissian.bsky.social
London / Black Country. A really big fan of Dan Ackroyd.
My abiding memory of my 17th birthday is some prick screaming that I was useless in my face because it was two days after Christmas and the toy shop I worked in, weirdly enough, had long queues. That was thirty years ago but still: fuck that guy.
more business owners need to be like this
October 8, 2026 at 8:43 AM
My abiding memory of my 17th birthday is some prick screaming that I was useless in my face because it was two days after Christmas and the toy shop I worked in, weirdly enough, had long queues. That was thirty years ago but still: fuck that guy.
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But isn't Doctor Who already a show for kids?
October 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
But isn't Doctor Who already a show for kids?
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I'm a proud Londoner born and bred and like you, it's what I call myself above anything else. This, from Livingston's speech after 7/7 sums up my city, and other major cities, so well.
October 6, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I'm a proud Londoner born and bred and like you, it's what I call myself above anything else. This, from Livingston's speech after 7/7 sums up my city, and other major cities, so well.
Whatever works for you of course, but I definitely feel you can get very good results working out at home instead of forking out loads on gym memberships. The fact that I am too bone idle to actually leave the house and walk to a gym is neither here nor there.
October 5, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Whatever works for you of course, but I definitely feel you can get very good results working out at home instead of forking out loads on gym memberships. The fact that I am too bone idle to actually leave the house and walk to a gym is neither here nor there.
Does anyone else’s toddler greet them in the morning with a violent teabagging or it just mine?
October 2, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Does anyone else’s toddler greet them in the morning with a violent teabagging or it just mine?
Middle class baby update: he loves these. Obviously.
September 25, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Middle class baby update: he loves these. Obviously.
One pissing wet Tuesday morning while I was on extended parental leave I needed to get out of the flat so I took the boy to a parent & baby screening of some film I'd not heard of. Something about the war? Anyway, it turned out to be The Zone of Interest. I saw The Zone of Interest with 40 babies.
Me and my sister went to see Zone of Interest in the cinema and left completely fucked up and in silence while the lady behind us complained that she left her Haribo behind and I think about that sometimes
September 21, 2026 at 12:54 PM
One pissing wet Tuesday morning while I was on extended parental leave I needed to get out of the flat so I took the boy to a parent & baby screening of some film I'd not heard of. Something about the war? Anyway, it turned out to be The Zone of Interest. I saw The Zone of Interest with 40 babies.
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PAUL: What’s in the box?
REVEREND MOTHER: Pain.
[PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.]
REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,
REVEREND MOTHER: Pain.
[PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.]
REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,
September 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
PAUL: What’s in the box?
REVEREND MOTHER: Pain.
[PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.]
REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,
REVEREND MOTHER: Pain.
[PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.]
REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,
It’s only the Shoreditch half marathon, right outside our block.
September 20, 2026 at 8:52 AM
It’s only the Shoreditch half marathon, right outside our block.
The boy has found his way into our bed so I’ve once again been banished to the settee. How can someone so small take up so much room? It’s like sleeping with Doctor Octopus.
September 20, 2026 at 1:21 AM
The boy has found his way into our bed so I’ve once again been banished to the settee. How can someone so small take up so much room? It’s like sleeping with Doctor Octopus.
I was so panicked and shaken up by that story about the little boy falling in the pond that I've ordered an air tag and wrist band for my three year old so I can find him if/when he runs off, and even I think this is fucking mad.
September 18, 2026 at 9:09 AM
I was so panicked and shaken up by that story about the little boy falling in the pond that I've ordered an air tag and wrist band for my three year old so I can find him if/when he runs off, and even I think this is fucking mad.
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Father of Noah, three, thanks those who searched for his son as village reels from loss
Father of Noah, three, thanks those who searched for his son as village reels from loss
Rhys Woods says there are ‘no words’ for family’s pain after Noah’s body was found in pond near Suffolk playground
The father of Noah, the three-year-old boy who was found dead after going missing from a playground, has spoken of his heartbreak and thanked the community who launched a tireless search for his son.
Rhys Woods said there were “no words to describe the pain of this loss”, adding that the family was “absolutely heartbroken”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Father of Noah, three, thanks those who searched for his son as village reels from loss
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Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77
Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77
The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on panel shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband
The British-American novelist, playwright and commentator Bonnie Greer has died aged 77.
In a statement, her husband David Hutchins said that she died on Tuesday evening following a brief illness. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77
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After a certain point, not everything can be shaped around “I want the benefits of living in a core city but without the drawbacks”
September 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM
After a certain point, not everything can be shaped around “I want the benefits of living in a core city but without the drawbacks”
Just gave the boy half a giant prawn cocktail flavour Wotsit. It’s fine, probably.
September 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Just gave the boy half a giant prawn cocktail flavour Wotsit. It’s fine, probably.
Finishing a half eaten apple that my illness-ridden son has just handed me, because apparently I never fucking learn. It's that time swapped colds because we were taking it in turns on the same harmonica all over again.
September 11, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Finishing a half eaten apple that my illness-ridden son has just handed me, because apparently I never fucking learn. It's that time swapped colds because we were taking it in turns on the same harmonica all over again.
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People of All Genders Empowered to Maintain Delusion That They Have A Chance With Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson shared that she identifies as pansexual, saying in a new interview, “Pan, as in pansexual, as in attracted to all genders.” Anderson has spoken openly about her attraction to women and sexual fluidity for years, and now says pansexual is the label that fits her #NOH8
September 10, 2026 at 9:41 PM
People of All Genders Empowered to Maintain Delusion That They Have A Chance With Gillian Anderson
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I do find odd that we all apparently enjoy the right to enter a hotel uninvited, go to the guest floors, knock on the doors of complete strangers on the grounds that they are not white - and yet not commit any offence.
Group entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrants
Protesters congregated at a Portsmouth hotel after false rumours that a coach of migrants had arrived.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I do find odd that we all apparently enjoy the right to enter a hotel uninvited, go to the guest floors, knock on the doors of complete strangers on the grounds that they are not white - and yet not commit any offence.
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I once consulted for some High-Minded Intellectuals at a climate non-profit who were incensed that people donated more to a donkey sanctuary, so I opened each website.
Sanctuary had a donkey in a hat named Puddle, and non-profit had a press release titled ‘Crop Eradication Likely Within A Century’
Sanctuary had a donkey in a hat named Puddle, and non-profit had a press release titled ‘Crop Eradication Likely Within A Century’
September 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM
I once consulted for some High-Minded Intellectuals at a climate non-profit who were incensed that people donated more to a donkey sanctuary, so I opened each website.
Sanctuary had a donkey in a hat named Puddle, and non-profit had a press release titled ‘Crop Eradication Likely Within A Century’
Sanctuary had a donkey in a hat named Puddle, and non-profit had a press release titled ‘Crop Eradication Likely Within A Century’
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This Neo-Nazi is attempting to target RNLI volunteers. The police have to act, and the Prime Minister should be making a public statement.
September 8, 2026 at 8:47 AM
This Neo-Nazi is attempting to target RNLI volunteers. The police have to act, and the Prime Minister should be making a public statement.
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I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.
September 7, 2026 at 12:15 PM
I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.