Born in Bangladesh, Bred in Britain, Blissful in Barcelona. A-litter-Asian x https://substack.com/@shihabsjoihttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mqlyvbulcs2lAs a Bangladeshi immigrant who got my British passport 18 years ago and been away for the country for work for the past 11 years ago and fully expecting to return to UK at the end of it, I'm not worried about this AT ALL (cut to me in 10 yrs posting "shit, I was wrong" from back of a detention van) [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlyvbulcs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mqlmt5wwks2lIt's quite something that only a short while ago we'd look at dumb comments on social media and conclude it must be a bot. Now we've accepted AI bots actually know their shit and when we see comments this dumb it's a sure sign it's by a dumbfuck human... [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 06:55 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlmt5wwks2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mqkwd67qtc2l#QuarantineAmerica [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2026 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkwd67qtc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mqk5fk7xik2lVerify your age [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jul 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqk5fk7xik2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mqk2akbc422lI used to be a sub-editor and, on first reading, this seems a weak headline. A daily mail sub (who are exceptional when it comes to twisting words) could easily have heightened the drama and sensationalism, esp with a pole involved. Until you look at it and see the subliminal message: "Loner left"13 Jul 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqk2akbc422lhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mqjfba6ius2lI hereby coin a new term. I'm having a power nap based on the principle of a nappucinno (caffeine takes 15 mins to half hour to absorb into the bloodstream and kick in) only I'm doing it with a can of coke. I'm calling it a napacola ™️ x13 Jul 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjfba6ius2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mqj7lwizqk2l41 yrs ago today... What's your fave live aid memory? I'd just arrived from bangladesh where Boney M were huge and was sure they'd play. My fave song of theirs was Heart of Gold Then this crusty hippie comes on and sings it and I'm like who is this guy and why is he singing a Boney M song? 😂13 Jul 2026 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqj7lwizqk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mqj5d3cu5c2lA lot of my female friends talk about their appointment to get a Brazilian in the same breath as getting a manicure. This sort of thinking suggests their partners are somehow pedos. Women don't want to be little girls any more than men want little girls. Only pedos do and they don't want real women [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jul 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqj5d3cu5c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mqhaksrey22w15 years ago I was a single dad journo dealing with the collapse of print media and took out a payday loan to treat this lady to a date at a fancy seafood place. She's since helped me retrain for my new career in Europe Back here for our 15th anniversary. This time I can stretch to dessert 😂12 Jul 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqhaksrey22whttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mqgpilbf622wI've liked coffee before Friends made it cool and Starbucks made it creamy mud smoothies with coffee flavoured matter, but I totally don't get the trend around matcha. It's just wet grass. Iced coffee is just coffee gone cold. Also... Is it hot?? 🤔12 Jul 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqgpilbf622whttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mqeqp4igc22ySimple explainer for the "tolerant left" brigade We are tolerant towards the people you are intolerant towards and we are absolutely intolerant of people like you Hope that clears things up x11 Jul 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqeqp4igc22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mqch2kwfpk2mLiterally drooling at the mouth getting ready to see the Bowie You're Not Alone show at the Lightroom, kings x10 Jul 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqch2kwfpk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mqcc2oraik2mDoes anyone know why so many people in London are wearing condoms on their head? Both men and women. I'm not even kidding. Is it something to do with Wimbledon10 Jul 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcc2oraik2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mqbpsmkrvc2uLol my mother-in-law has been watering these Had to tell her it was fake It's not just AI that lies 😂10 Jul 2026 08:22 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbpsmkrvc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mqbehhkcx22uOne of the best things about the world cup is, a POC in UK can walk past a house/pub flying the St George's flag and think "maybe they're not racists just footie fans". All other times, the logical suspicion is they are racists I mean, does any non-racist fly the flag when the footie isn't on? 🤔 [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 04:59 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbehhkcx22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mq7dpekrgk2uTo commemorate the passing of Bonnie Tyler (RIP), if I may share my absolute favourite YouTube video of all time x https://youtu.be/fsgWUq0fdKk?is=jZzGB5_8LflBK6qp09 Jul 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7dpekrgk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mq7dch64zk2uLiving in Europe past 12 years, i only visit London and brighton, (both cosmopolitan) and (wrongly) assumed other places in England were full of Reform types. So it's been a genuine pleasure to hang out in Margate. Folk here are beyond friendly 😍 They even have a church converted into a mosque 🫨09 Jul 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7dch64zk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mq6rubseyc2xJust saw the most incredible sunrise and went through these stages: REGRET: Argh didn't bring phone REVIEW: Need to tell someone about this RECORD: I'm telling you now, as if that somehow makes it real Somewhere in between I felt RELEASE: just me, the sea, free of thought and at peace. Alive x09 Jul 2026 04:21 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq6rubseyc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mq62c35hak2vNew in the #QuarantineAmerica series [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq62c35hak2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mq53ufczxk2lWhen my wife nears her birthday, it's tradition to go away somewhere with her fam. Over the past 16 years we've been to Mykanos, Cinqueterra, Menorca, Porto... This year she's chosen, um, Margate 🤷08 Jul 2026 12:14 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq53ufczxk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mq3a2cgktc2zAll other 50 deaths in ICE custody "have been blamed on natural causes or suicide" fuck off just fuck off. They're torturing them to death 😡 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3a2cgktc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mq2wagcick2z#ABarInASongOrMovie Gotta be our Tom's Little Red Recovery Room x [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2wagcick2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/shihabsjoi.bsky.social/post/3mq2liwhlrk2zI don't give a toss about the royal family but my in-laws are loyal royalists (they're Indian but hey ho). The wall to wall coverage of Harry's visit and the scrutiny the media is putting him under, you'd think he was some kind of, I dunno, disgraced pedo07 Jul 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:qxqctknonsowhmk2v24th36t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2liwhlrk2z