Oof. Waking up to -7C temperatures…

I said earlier that the 2023-24 off-season was one of the biggest screwups in the clubs history. Hannes Delcroix is off to FC Lugano in Switzerland and was an unwitting and glaring example of that.

Fascinating watching people who celebrated the rise to power of an ex-human rights lawyer, as a sign that sensible, law-based politics had returned, now making excuses for their man’s refusal to uphold international law

We're starting the year IN A DARK ROOM! Yes, amazing @robbotron.bsky.social is bringing his live-action RPG to the XS stage, plus support from Ayo Adenekan, Alex Mitchell, and Jo Owen, and, of course @tobyhadoke.bsky.social . Tuesday 6th Jan, 8pm, 53two www.wegottickets.com/xsmalarkey

View from the pitch at Dunlewey Celtic, County Donegal.

UK Sensible Centrists in 2019: "It is the absolute duty of the Labour leader to condemn every single bad Facebook post." UK Sensible Centrists in 2026: "Not only is it very good the Labour leader isn't condemning flagrant breaches of international law it's also extremely smart."

Mentioned it before but this is the full Timeless Toni Storm / Mariah May storyline edited together and there are so many incredible moments from both of them all the way through. #aew youtu.be/oHGF9zmnejs?...

Unless I mis-calculate my stats... we have conceded 39 times in 20 games. Under the "naive", "wide open" VK at this point we had conceded 41. (Interestingly, our GD would be equal at -19.) #burnleyfc

This to me seems significantly worse than eg the Salisbury thing from Jez Corbs that was apparently an intolerable surrender.

Seeing as I cancelled Game Pass, I have a copy of Red Dead Redemption 2 that I basically got half an hour into and dropped as it seemed boring. Worth a revisit? And if so, how long before it actually gets going?

Why can’t she use tinsel?

Toni Storm should be protected at all costs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_01...

SNER! THERE’S BIN SNER!

Lovely piece on the hatefulness of all this. Worth it for many little highlights, but I enjoyed the riff on a calculator that aggressively suggests sums you might want to do today.

A message for you all to carry through the year

Time to look back at 2025 one more time. My annual Doctor Who In Memoriam is on You Tube now. Please watch, like and circulate. Oh, and please just be nice about it and Doctor Who as there are plenty of other places you can be otherwise. youtu.be/mfNDgewmlEU?...

Jet lag is just weird as all hell. I have no idea how flight crews cope with it. (And that is very, very much not a job I'd like to do.)

Brand new on Dirty Feed: I absolutely guarantee that you have not read this fact about The Peter Serafinowicz Show and The Butterfield Detective Agency sketch ANYWHERE else. www.dirtyfeed.org/2026/01/ever...

This is what the fans at the top end of the Premier League just don’t understand.

"What was your favourite game of 2025?" Keir Starmer - *sincere answer about spending his limited time with his kids playing Mario Kart, delivered as if he just googled it* Ed Davey - "I still love a bit of Wii Sports" Kemi Badenoch - "My best friend was killed by a Sega Mega Drive"

Starting the new year with old music… youtu.be/yNhmlG-3RO8?...

So we just accept this then? This is a legitimate use of technology going forward? This vile individual's account is just prompt after prompt asking Al to alter real-life images of women. The law needs to catch up with technology now - because we can't trust these tech companies to police themselves

pathetic that he couldn't sort new york out top to bottom in six hours, tbh.

Happy New Year, folks. And if 2026 doesn’t bring you what you want, may it at least bring you what you need.

Home. When means the traditional first thing of flicking the kettle on and heading towards the jar of teabags with a mixture of lust and murderous intent.

I've waited 3 years to make this post

Douglas Adams shows up to help at one of them.

From 24oC to -1oC in one easy flight…

Get this, they actually say things no one else can/will say. Some of them even smoke cigarettes that you can buy in a shop. Just you try stopping them. Oh boy. They'll never stop saying scary things, unless an oil state tells them to not do that, then they'll say other things, obvs.

BLOG UPDATE! I've gone and made a full rundown of the fifty TV programmes that have been broadcast most frequently throughout 2025. With the bonus added prize of revealing which FOUR television programmes appeared on all four BBC channels in 2025. brokentv.uk/2025/12/28/t...

*copy, paste* “Well on balance of play we deserved something from that.” #burnleyfc

Sigh. It could be worse. I could be there watching it. #burnleyfc

Sorry, forgot the Alt-text on this one.

There are a few successful writers on social media who will tower over you, telling you "If it's not magnificent, forget it" (I blame Ken Campbell). Below is the correct advice. Keep producing the work, accept the criticism, give it a fair hearing but don't let it overwhelm your efforts.

Hate freeloaders who join in the New Year's Eve countdown for the last 10 seconds. I've been doing this all year. Where were you back in May

One week they're crying about people getting visits from the police because of tweets, the next week they're calling for inquiries into tweets.

pour one out to an icon www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

And Now We Commence The Solemn Ritual Of The Packing Of The Suitcases. To be followed by the Rite of Weighing. And the Many Oaths Of Trying To Get It Under The Allowance.

This is the single greatest piece of rock art in human history

FILM PITCH: A sequel to ET, called ETC.

THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DUNE

“Buy our home security package named after someone who was utterly destroyed by a back door break-in he didn’t see coming because he was focused solely on the front door.”

Screenshotting *that* post before it gets removed…

Leeds have been doing well since their manager stopped being afraid of losing points and thought that he might as well try getting them. Hmm. Hmm I say. *looks to camera* #burnleyfc

For anyone wondering, the answer to this question is EXCLUSIVELY REVEALED* in this new blog post: brokentv.uk/2025/12/28/t... (*Unless you'd read @nickwalker.bsky.social getting the answer right earlier, or looked at this table I've just made of the Dad's Army episodes in question.) (Oh, hang on.)

Eight minutes of constant sniggering. youtu.be/JdlJjvVmcsU?...

With the death of Bardot we're down to the last three of Billy Joel Roulette. Chubby Checker Bob Dylan Bernie Goetz Will someone try and rob Goetz of the title? Will there be an entertaining twist? The answer, my friends, is anyone could win, The answer is anyone could win.