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Hey @JeremyClarkson as a small agricultural business that depends on trading at small local events, it’d be great if you could stop trying to pressgang your Hawkstone cider into every event we do. You don’t grow apples or make the cider yourself. Butt out - you’re bankrupting us

@ListerLawrence I thought you were getting rid of your collection, for the 'great reset'?

I’m staying at a stately home and this lovely little A2 is in the grounds. Such a shame as it looks like it’s been abandoned. I’m going to try and buy it off the owner and bring it back to life. I wonder if it was the Lady’s of the house one titled owner from new?

I’m fucking dreading my turn to marry Katie Price.

@Valkerr8 @saniyafatma1278 Yeah, she’s getting blocked.

@saniyafatma1278 You don't have much luck with your cats do you? 1 dead every day.

Today, my sweet boy quietly crossed the rainbow bridge. This morning felt like any other. He ate, drank water, and curled up in his favorite spot, calm and content. I tucked him into his cozy bed, just the way he loved… and when I came back, he had already slipped away—peacefully, gently, like the good boy he had always been. My beloved Tuxedo Cat came into my life in December 2010 after being rescued with a broken leg.

@F1Media @bernie_collins1 @SkyGroup @SkySports That’s shit then. You’re announcing it like it’s good news though?

Formula 1 and @SkyGroup have today announced a multi-year agreement continuing their long standing and deep partnership, giving @SkySports viewers in the UK, Ireland, and Italy exclusive access to all the action from every Formula 1 race weekend into the next decade. In the UK and the Republic of Ireland, viewers will be able to watch all the action for a further five seasons in both markets, taking the UK&I partnership through the 2034 season (inclusive). Fans in Italy will be able to watch all the action on Sky Italia through the 2032 season (inclusive). For more information, click here: corp.formula1.com/formula-1-and-…

@G_plus_C @MaximumAttackDT The 1.5 Dragon engine uses a timing chain for the camshaft but still uses a wet belt for the oil pump. The 1.0ltr engines from about 2020 use the same setup.

@Xanda73 @MaximumAttackDT I hadn’t realised they’d ditched the 1.5 turbocharged Eco’Boom’ wetbelt engine… progress in Fords eyes I bet

A reminder it wasn't that long ago Ford would sell you a 200bhp, 1,200kg hot hatch with a manual gearbox, limited-slip differential and adjustable dampers. Now all they want to sell you is a bunch of dreary, unimaginative, distinctly average crossovers. How the mighty have fallen

@G_plus_C @MaximumAttackDT It was, on the pre face lift cars. Now it’s a 1.0ltr with 170bhp and an auto box.

@MaximumAttackDT I believe the Puma ST is the same engine, same power and running gear but I can’t answer for the handling characteristics

@MrJamesMay Make that your last pint.

I went to a lovely village fete today, and there was a fish ‘n’ chip van, so I had a large cod and chips. My missus ‘didn’t want any’, but then, of course, proceeded to eat around 40 per cent of my chips. Also, two random women simply walked up and helped themselves to some, as if that was perfectly acceptable. How much longer must men put up with this? How do we know how much food to buy? If you run a chips-adjacent food outlet, how do you know how much to serve to a bloke when there are obvious women present? Of course, I’m happy to share with the frail, fainting flower of womanhood, because what’s mine is hers first. We are men, and our duty is to provide and, ultimately, defend, even unto death. But this is about chips, and boundaries are important. Sisters: it’s OK to like chips. It’s OK to want some. We know you do.

@paulbatistta But also boring looking.

Em toda minha carreira no PCismo, eu nunca vi uma build mais clean do que essa. NUNCA.

A man asked me today "have you got a computer?" in an unironic way.

One of the greatest sounding race cars of all time? The Scuderia Ferrari 412-T2, fitted with a V12 engine, powers around the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. #F1

🚨 Crash di Jean Alesi Sequenza del crash di Jean Alesi nel GP storico del Principato di Monaco. #F1 #Alesi #Crash

@Neondancer Not at all. The Lotus is cool but the Montecarlo is nicer.

Took my Lancia grocery shopping and got out-flexed in the parking lot by this Europa...

Liverpool then.

@GoodwoodRRC Most probably the ugliest car to win a World Championship though, yeah?

17 years ago, the #Brawn BGP 001 accomplished the impossible, as with Jenson Button behind the wheel, it claimed an #F1 World Championship in its first and only season. Today at #83MM, the driver and car were reunited for a series of scintillating laps that reminded us all why we miss F1's V8 era so dearly. If this doesn't give you goosebumps, nothing will...

@MttRbnsn @crepycidon Because you can now get 'massive' for ' cheap'. Size matters. And that's the brilliance of marketing - they've managed to move the market into these behemoths. Nobody asked for them, but here we are.

@crepycidon Strange that, for such a previously badge-/prestige-obsessed nation, people are suddenly willing to forgo all discernment, because something is 'cheap'. 🤷‍♂️ For example, who'd pick two weeks in Skegness Butlins over a fortnight in the Caribbean, simply because one is less money?

In March, the best-selling car of them all was this - the #Jaecoo7, with more than 10,000 registered in a month. So far in '26, nearly 16,000 examples of the J7 have found homes here. One week with this £34,500 #PHEV #SHS #Luxury should therefore hopefully answer the big Q: why?

@AutoPap I had one and it was nowhere near the drivers car my Megane 275 Trophy was. Not even close. More like a comfortable crusier than a hot hatch.

Will this be remembered as one of the best hot hatches ever made?

I figured out why the Artemis stream felt so different It's because for the first time in decades, we collectively witnessed something that was untouched by politics, celebrities and influencers

Can we all agree that in a world of influencers, Z-listers, TikToks, badly acted ads, brand collabs, people filming themselves crying…the Artemis livestream of 4 middle-aged scientists doing their jobs is genuinely the best most authentic content of the century? Thanks @NASA🌚