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oh i am at a real low point dudes

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something so funny abt giving myself a new name with every internet persona i have…

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I PROMISE IM ALIVE OHMYGOD I WAS NOT BUILT FOR A 9-5 GUYS

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mcm over. man down. so seleepg

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bed. please. need bed.

MCM DAY ONEEEEE

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MCM DAY ONEEEEE

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not by the sex shop tho :(

IM EMPLOYED!!!!!!!

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IM EMPLOYED!!!!!!!

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i need all of you to manifest i get a job at a local sex/lingerie store i’ve applied for, i am GETTING this job

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HI I PROMISE IM ALIVE SORRY I HAVE TWO ESSAYS DUE THAT I HAVE NOT STARTED AND A CON IN A WEEK SEND HELP MY ATOMS ARE FOLDING IN ON THEMSELVES ANYWAY KISSES TO U ALL

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I just want to lay on my bed and think about Evan Rosier

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ugh (with want)

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English local council results are in and not great.

The first thing to note is that not all councils were up for the vote this time (I didn't get to vote yesterday for instance), and so the raw number of councillors isn't especially meaningful (especially as the selection of councils up for election this time skewed very Tory).

So we're better off looking at % change in seat numbers.

And the results there are (with the exception of Reform who did not have any seats previously, as they did not exist at the time):

LD: +78.7%

CON: -68.0%

LAB: -65.2%

IND: -18.3%

GRN: +35%

Looking at the raw numbers though, the number of Tory seats lost is almost exactly the same as the number of Reform seats gained.

The general trend (at this stage just looking at the numbers of councillors not specific changes) then seems to be that both Labour and Tory votes have collapsed, with Tory seats generally being picked up by Reform, and with the Labour seats being picked up by the Lib Dems and Greens (in practice there's probably also some non-trivial transfer from Labour to Reform, and Tory to Lib Dem).

This is a bad state of affairs for anyone on the left. Reform is doing a reasonable job of simply stepping into the Tories' shoes, but Labour's march to the right hasn't left a single definitive successor as the party for the left.

In short, the left is now more split than the right, by a greater extent than it was before.

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is anyone else not vibing with the always looming sense of impending doom or is it just me

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hey guys have you ever heard of THE CHARACTER. i’m thinking about THE CHARACTER. honestly can’t even get shit done because i’m thinking about THE CHARACTER. i’m listening to a song and imagining THE CHARACTER. all i know and love is THE CHARACTER

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please will someone save me. haha im just kidding. please can i be saved