It's bonkers isn't it. An old guy with massive satin ribbons on his shoulders, a stoat-fur cloak, and a fancy hat with a diamond the size of a hen's egg clapped to his forehead, sits in front of massive gold panelling talking about the poor.

Design legend Margaret Calvert is 90 today. Look at that cake! If you've ever admired a road, rail or metro sign in Britain it's likely she had something to do with it. One of Britain's design heroes - happy birthday to her. Photo by: @oshgallerylondon (IG) Cake by: mybaker.co

Saverio, a 19 year-old Italian tuxedo cat, is living a happy life in the medieval streets of Poppi (Italy). He has become the official mascot of the village.

SNL UK is so fucking good, man. It is mad how much we've needed something like this. #SNLUK

I approve of this special guest #snluk

Holy shit it's Peter! I've been saying for ages Peter Serafinowicz would be perfect on #SNLUK

JK Rowling is now represented by a trans person in the Scottish parliament. Absolutely incredible.

I’ve taken the laptop outside to gets some work done in the sun. My cat boy is enjoying the weather too.

Is it possible to renounce my Essex citizenship?

All I wanted was a technically competent vaguely left-leaning government who would undo the worst of what the Tories did, and change us back to a welcoming, no longer hate-ridden society.

Till the day I die, I will never understand how anyone can look at these grasping, crypto funded, hate filled, facist, flag shaggers and think “I’m sure they have my best interests at heart.”

Not sure which I'm dreading more when I wake up, the latest hantavirusmap.com data or the Reform numbers. Oh well, sweet dreams of living through a pandemic under far right rule.

Weird & non-celeb-vehicle sketch shows written by a writers room of professional comedy writers work! WHO KNEW!!! NOW LET'S HAVE EVEN MORE!

I’m sorry, but everyone now knows exactly what Reform stands for, so if you vote for them, you’re a nasty racist with no respect for other humans. No ‘I didn’t know’ or ‘the other parties have let me down’ excuses now. Shame on them and shame on you.

The interview by Jarvis Cocker of Sir David Attenborough on BBC 6 music is a wonderful listen

They got the actual lamp and plates from the original British Pork advert for the SNL parody of it!

Waiting for SNL UK to upload the pork sketch. While in a services on the M4 with a coffee. On a bank holiday weekend. I’m being quite British today.

Impressed with Niki Cardwell's delivery of the phrase "a nimble fingered woman from Wigan" on the BBC 6 Music news just now.

CHUNBY PEAS (nicked off X The Everything App, but I don't think it's been posted on here so it's fair game)

I have restricted access to my bed. And then noticing my Mr Cat Boy's patterns... I've gone down a rabbit hole of reading about melanocyte migration. Also his beans smell like Wotsits.

45 Seconds With Fouracres #snluk youtu.be/6xNr97mx240?...

Child: I know your name. Mamdani. Obama: What’s his first name? Child: Mayor.

Dear @labourpartyuk.bsky.social you may wish to fix this.

With compliments : British Rail : ca.1980 ticket wallet #ephemera #railways #logo @doublearrow64.bsky.social ↘️ flic.kr/p/2s7Soq4

This is my battle. I am behind the camera, not in front of it. I photograph weddings, and I could tell you so much about the wonderful people I meet and the stories I hear. I am moved; I get attached.

BBC Radio 6 Music Nick Grimshaw Now Playing Wham! Everything She Wants

CHRISTINA KOCH GREETING HER DOG AFTER RETURNING FROM THE MOON IM GONNA CRYYY 😭😭😭

I think of all the photos of Artemis II this is my favourite, such joy.

The Artemis II crew is now moving in excess of nine kilometres per second. That's 21,000 miles per hour in old money. Quite an unreasonable velocity.

Watching the Artemis II live feed... rewinding it back & forwarding it through today. Earth coming closer. I am in awe on my little screen, I cannot even imagine how it must feel to see with your own eyes. Coming home to a world where too many do not appreciate how amazing it is that we exist.

This woman is facing a copyright claim for her own music by an AI company that took her youtube page and copied her.

24 degrees, shorts and SPF on, and the first barbecue of the year.

By Massive Attack.

So pro-life means jailing women who miscarry but shrugging when the deranged president says “a whole civilization will die tonight.” Do I have that right?

Michael Baumgartner you are the fascists. You are the terrorists, you are the war criminals. We obviously know Trump is a deranged dangerous malignant narcissist and terrorist who needs locking up forever, but those who enable him, what is their excuse?

one undercooked big mac is all we need

I think Keir Starmer should have more to say about the President of the United States threatening to kill an entire civilisation than a musical festival cancelling itself coz of a fucking dogshit booking.

The #Artemis II astronauts said they needed more superlatives to describe their view of the eclipse, when the Sun was behind the Moon and its near surface was faintly illuminated by Earthshine

“We’re the hottest country anywhere in the world” — Trump to the Artemis II crew

There is no chance of going to bed while listening to the crew describing what they can see right now. Flying round the Moon, impact flashes, solar eclipse, Earthshine, the starfield...

Wow. Live video from the far side of The Moon, as The Earth sets. Orion capsule, The Moon, Earth. All in one view. #Artemis

this is cool af

I am often asked how did I go from astrophysics to wedding photographer... no childcare where I live is the answer. I know, FFS. Watching the crew of Artemis II I see that they are photographers too. And I am glad to see them using a DSLR. Bring back DSLRs, mirrorless cameras are not progress.

OK, I've been ill so not really looking deeply into it, but I've only just realised there's a 24/7 live stream of Artemis II's mission to the moon. They're on the approach, and will be flying past it over the next ~8 hours. www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK8TEs

Oh my gd, the Artemis II crew doing a parody of a bad 1980s sitcom intro from in space. Source: www.instagram.com/p/DWwuHPfCZ8Z/

CHOOSE YOUR JESUS

Is my new favourite George Fouracres channelling the late Jack Karlson’s ‘Democracy Manifest, a succulent Chinese meal’ in this seagull sketch? #snluk

Whatever else #SNLUK does, referring to Jesus as "the only murdered Palestinian we're allowed to talk about" was a fucking boss move.

Don't do drugs, kids

There are now 10 toilets in Space International Space Station: 4 Crew Dragon Docked at ISS: 1 Soyuz Docked at ISS: 1 Tiangong Space Station: 2 Shenzhou Docked at TSS: 1 Artemis II on way around Moon: 1 This will be the first time a toilet has left low earth orbit!