I don't mean any of it

The British were slaves during the Roman occupation for over 300 years, and then slaves under the Norman French for another 300 years So we should do well out of reparations, and then get a bonus for being the first country to abolish slavery

I always think of this quote on memorial weekend.

It's the septum ring - it's a big red flag

My husband and I booked a flight months in advance for our honeymoon. We booked 4A and 4C in First Class so we could talk, relax, and celebrate. We board the plane, get to row 4, and there is already a woman sitting in my seat, 4C. My husband politely looks at her and says, "Oh, hi, sorry, I think you might be in my wife's seat." The woman looks up, sighs dramatically, and says, "The gate agent moved her. I need this seat because of my medical condition. She's in 12D." 12D is Comfort Plus. Not First Class. I immediately look at my phone—sure enough, the airline app had refreshed while we were walking down the jet bridge and changed my seat without a single notification or warning. My husband instantly flagged down the lead flight attendant. He explained that we paid thousands for these specific seats for our honeymoon, and I was absolutely not moving to a lower class because someone else made a last-minute demand at the gate. The flight attendant went to speak to the woman, who instantly started crying, claiming we were "harassing" her. The flight attendant then turned to my husband and whispered, "Can't you just be a gentleman so we can take off on time?" The sheer audacity. My husband stood his ground. "If she has a medical need for First Class, she can buy a First Class ticket. Give my wife her seat back, or get the supervisor down here right now." They eventually moved the woman back to her original seat in coach, but for the rest of the flight, the flight attendant completely penalized us. She ignored our drink orders and literally slammed our snack baskets onto our trays. Sorry for wanting the seat we actually paid for, I guess?

@ALadyNamedKatie no wonder he wants to protect that booty! Lovely pic

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For those curious how the date went last night with Mr. Officer, I’m happy to inform y’all that he is more than ready and willing to serve and protect this booty 😝😂❤️ I’m smitten 🥰

@ywomendeservles How is he to believe you when you say you only cheated once> Sounds more like you only got CAUGHT once.

A farmer dies in April 2026. His son inherits the farm. The farm has been in the family since 1847. The farm consists of: 300 acres of grazing pasture, a farmhouse built in 1892, a barn, a milking parlour, two tractors of varying ages, a Land Rover that runs about 70% of the time, and a herd of 180 Hereford-cross cattle. On paper, the farm is worth approximately £3.2 million. This is because land near him has been bought recently by a London hedge fund looking for carbon credits, which has dragged the comparable value of every field within forty miles upward to a number nobody local can justify. In cash, the farm produces a profit of about £28,000 a year in a good year. In a bad year it loses money. The son also works as a fencing contractor three days a week to keep the operation viable. The inheritance tax bill on a £3.2 million estate, even at the reduced 20% rate, comes to approximately £140,000 after the increased threshold is applied. The son does not have £140,000. The son has never had £140,000. The son has £4,200 in his current account and an overdraft. The son sells 60 acres to a developer to pay the tax. The developer puts solar panels on the 60 acres. The remaining herd cannot be sustained on the reduced land. The herd is sold. The barn becomes a holiday let. A different family eats Brazilian beef this Christmas without knowing why the price went up. The Treasury collects £140,000. The land never produces British food again.

Just so you know. Boomers didn't have fast food. Except fish and chips. Boomers didn't have ready meals. Except Vesta beef curry. Look it up. Boomers didn't have colour TVs, front loading washing machines, central heating or holidays abroad. Boomers didn't have babymoons or baby showers nor did they go on stag or hen weekends. Boomers didn't go to restaurants. Except on birthdays. Boomers didn't have new clothes every year, every season. They made do and mended. But Boomers had a fabulous time in the 1960s to 1980s because people were friendly, respectful, dignified and hardworking. Boomers also had law and order and a judiciary who punished ALL criminals. Boomers were happy with their lot. Yes. I'm a Boomer. Just so you know.

To be fair, there’s no better time of year to suffer a bout of burnout than just as summer arrives.

@benonwine Bag lady

First thing that comes to Mind?

That's what we call maturity😅

Fentanyl, probably

I’m in engineering. My laptop has $2k of licensed software for my senior project. It doesn’t leave my desk. My dormmate kept asking to “just use it for Netflix” because his was slow. I said no. Every time. “Too much important stuff on here. Use the library computers.” He waited until I was in the shower, grabbed it, and spilled Dr Pepper on the keyboard. Fried the motherboard. Repair: $900. Data recovery: $300. His response: “It’s just a laptop bro. My parents bought yours anyway.” They didn’t. I worked 2 jobs for it. RA said: “You guys should just work it out. Don’t make it a whole thing.” I didn’t. I filed a campus police report for destruction of property and took him to small claims. Won $1,200. He had to drop a class to pick up more shifts to pay me. Now the whole floor says I “got him kicked out of school” because he failed that class. No. He got himself kicked out of my trust when he picked up my laptop.

I’ve spent my life in swimming pool & sports centres changing rooms, from way back in the early 70s till now… men did not go into womens changing rooms until stonewall told them to in the last decade or so, that once great organisation went full misogynist on us sadly.

Green MP takes FULL PAY leave of absence due to burn out. Fuck me Carla love. You aren’t pulling 12 hour night-shifts as a nurse. You’re pushing pens Can we stop indulging weakness. And return to celebrating strength Well done to all the grafters; nurses, builders, farmers

I am absolutely fuming 🤬 I've just watched a TV ad for Richmond sausages. It depicted a family of 6 sitting around a table eating their evening meal. Shockingly, they were all white. No one wearing a hijab, no random Chinese kid, no mixed race twins. There wasn't even a blue haired, nose pierced person of indistinct gender. And all this was broadcast during the early evening when impressionable children could be watching. Absolutely disgusting.

@Karma_Served_R @DAMIADENUGA @grok So glad she recovered

@DAMIADENUGA @grok what’s her current state of condition ?

In the United Kingdom, Millie Taplin was offered a drink by a stranger while heading to a nightclub for the first time on her 18th birthday. The stranger handed her a cocktail, saying, “Vodka lemonade, try this.” Millie took a sip. Within seconds, her face went numb, her fingers clenched in a grotesque spasm, and her entire body stiffened as if locked in place. She was fully conscious but her body wouldn’t move; trapped inside, she writhed in agony, her mind screaming in realization that she couldn’t budge. When she was rushed to the hospital, doctors said she had likely been given two unidentified substances: one to paralyze, the other to knock her out. Tests failed to identify the substances. Her mother later shared this as a warning: “Never accept a drink from a stranger.”

Today marks 9 years since a whole family of Muslim, who were brought into the UK as "refugees", plotted together and blew up an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester. 22 innocent lives lost. We will never forget!