WHAT'S A HAIKU? (Anagrammed Lines) Basically, the paced heptadecasyllabic blade; a patchy slice.

#5thofFebruary #JFSP youtube.com/watch?v=WJBr...

HOW TO MAKE A RAGÙ (Palindrome) Ragù: Shallot. A tuna. Deft salt (light) or beer, up a root. A motto. Herb most sombre. Hot tomato, or a purée. Broth, gilt, last fed a nut. A toll. Ah, sugar!

I've just realised, there really is a staircase behind our sofa. All these years I've been laughing when my wife walked down it.

A cow who is too cool for school Employing a stick as a tool To scratch her behind Suggests, experts find, Veronika's nobody's fool. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Tips if you're new to Bluesky: Don't Quote Dunk, instead try reading ancient tomes of forgotten lore If you hear a tapping, tis some visitor, or the wind and nothing more If a raven flaps in through the shutter, do NOT ask what its lordly name is on the night's Plutonian shore Use Alt Text

Stunning alt text like this makes coming back to work much easier 🫶

#JFSP #December27th youtu.be/VRU2ujV2fDw?...

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

Like everyone else caught up in the Unbound “drama”, John Finnemore is working out what to do with a book that was terminated with incompetent prejudice by people who vanished. If you would like a lovely Xmas gift, he’s opened a shop, announced in this post here! open.substack.com/pub/johnfinn...

If you don’t add alt text, your image is just vibes and mystery 🕵️‍♀️ Uncover the mystery, simply click "Alt" after you've uploaded your image, write a description and post.

If you hold a yacht up to your ear, you can hear the c

Meet Twitch, our Head of Elf Accessibility. He’s here to make sure every elf can shine at their job with all the right adaptions. ❤️ Just like in Santa’s workshop, we humans can build a more accessible world too. We can listen and adapt so everyone has the opportunity to thrive. 1/2

This is tantalisingly close to £3k. The news moves on, but the lives of Jamaicans are still very difficult. Every bit helps (shares cost nothing but can be incredibly helpful). www.gofundme.com/f/huricane-m...

It's the Seasonal Reposting Competition! Repost this over the weekend, and on Sunday one lucky person will win a signed copy of one of my books. For you or the #crossword addict in your life: 50 fiendish @theguardian.com #puzzles and all the stories behind them: boatmancryptics.co.uk/crossword-bo...

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The wait is finally over, we're happy to announce that the KeebDeck Keyboard and our first product using it, the KeebDeck Basic, are now available for sale from our @lectronz.com store! ⌨️ lectronz.com/stores/solde...

I know many of you will already have done something to help the people of Jamaica, but if you felt like helping a specific family, this is the GoFundMe set up by my son’s girlfriend for her relatives, who find themselves in dire straits. Every bit helps, shares appreciated. gofund.me/9b5b74984

It's my October #Scrabblegram and I'm going #darkmode for this one! 🎃👻👹 (board in reply below) #halloween #scrabble #poem #constrainedwriting #poetry #undead #zombies #creepy

Today’s Halloween poem is called ‘Come, take this hand in yours’.

Boxes of Roses and Whiskas for kittens, Discounts on kettles and M&S mittens That lovely young man who sang "fried onion rings" I think non white people can advertise things

Happy World Pasta Day to all those who celebrate.

Top tip: after an afternoon of scything remember to dial down the vigour before you next shave.

BBC Sounds is starting a repeat today of Welcome to Our Village, Please Invade Carefully, one of my absolute favourite radio sitcoms (written by @eddierobson.bsky.social btw) You should listen to it, it is *funny*. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The horror thread continues over on Substack (free - though you can pay to unlock EVEN MORE HORROR) click below to find out my views on La Cabina, Longlegs, and Carry On Screaming. And please retweet, horror fans! #horror #halloween annasavory.substack.com/p/the-horror...

Any excuse to repost anyone having any excuse to repost a bit of JFSP.

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Happy National Poetry Day to all those who celebrate. This year’s theme is ‘play’ so here’s a poem which plays with some letters. It’s called ‘The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees’.

Just in time for the end of September, here's my #Scrabblegram tweeted 3 years ago today (Sep 30, 2022) My first 'gram with poetic meter and rhyme, it alternates iambic hexameter and iambic trimeter, but flipping to trochaic for the first half of line 3 #scrabble #wordplay #poetry #procrastination

Ladybird endpapers Bedtime Stories (1978) Artist: James Hodgson

20% off in store this weekend when you use code "CLICK" during checkout! (excludes Raspberry Pi computers and kits): shop.pimoroni.com

* Broadcast TV is dying anyway - so this is a good opportunity to cancel your cable or satellite TV and switch to on demand only. When you do it be clear that you cannot support network owners censoring political dissent. Download all the apps you want (not Disney ones if you can avoid it).

@pimoroni.com are brilliant. That is all.

Normalise writing alt text like you’re narrating a nature documentary. “Here we see… a social media manager… holding a pumpkin spice latte… clicking ‘add alt text’ button on a post about pigeons.

big news for fans of this year’s edition of john finnemore’s souvenir programme www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

A RECIPE FOR EVIL (Palindrome) Evil: Oats. Apple. Kiwi. Kelp. Pasta. Olive.

The glorious megatherium (giant ground sloth) at Crystal Palace Park. Built 1854 as part of the world's first dinosaur park & so much at the cutting edge of a new science that the word dinosaur hadn't been invented yet. It's been hidden behind foliage for years, but is now unveiled in all its glory.

I designed this poster which is going to be in the windows of every Lush store as they close business for the day today in solidarity with the people of Gaza. www.lush.com/uk/en/a/gaza...

So, no show today, unless you count– Oh wait you should definitely count this! Enjoy the new JFSP ALL OVER! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Today at 14:15 BST, BBC Radio 4 #JFSP #2025special www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Velcrow Birds of a feather stick together. www.worldofmoose.com/products/vel...

It's the final day of our BIG BIRTHDAY SALE! Get up to 50% off a huge range of goodies in store... Also get a free JUMBO PICO with orders over £35 (excl. shipping)! Nice! shop.pimoroni.com

Not long now… www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Since you ask me what ice dance in the history of ice dancing most perfectly replicates what you dream of achieving artistically...

@solder.party, I finally got around to soldering some FlexyPins. Before possibly messing up the RP2xxx Stamp Carrier Basic, I thought I'd practise on the smaller Pico Adapter. Just as well - I forgot the debug FlexyPins and thought "I've got the hang of these, 3 won't take me any time at all." and…

Beautiful everyday Ladybird things Magnetic fishing (Toys and Games to Make, 1966) Artist: Robert Ayton

Happy National Relaxation Day to all those who celebrate.

Slightly diminish a band: The Smouldering Lips

A legend of children's television has passed. Biddy Baxter was editor of BBC TV's Blue Peter for 23 years. She made it her own and millions of kids (me included) used to tune in. Here's my musical tribute to a pioneering TV producer.