Unpopular opinion: Sinners was good but not exceptional

“Look: Rome wasn’t burned in a day.”

There’s a new He-Man film - Cool! And Alison Brie is Evil Lyn - Amazing! And Jared Leto is Skeletor! -

Seven minutes after arriving at the function I agreed to attend because I thought it would be good for me

I knew I’d seen that hairstyle somewhere before

Cripes #TheTraitorsUK

Harriet was, briefly, the best Faithful in the game. Then she went rogue #TheTraitorsUK

Possibly a missed opportunity there #TheTraitorsUK

When James speaks: #TheTraitorsUK

“Are you keeping me in because we’re close?” - Jack, you’re still here because no-one remembers you exist unless they’re looking directly at you. You lack object permanence. #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK

“Sorry guys, the last task is to put some rocks on a podium because we spent this year’s budget blowing up a train on celebrity Traitors” #TheTraitorsUK

I’d have been retching after throwing the first stone #TheTraitorsUK

James with his tea: #TheTraitorsUK

This is actually a relief. I find them really annoying. #TheTraitorsUK

I didn’t know I spoke Dutch

creative sectors only breathlessly document Alan Carr buying a castle when they are in extreme distress 😿

[AI bubble bursts] billionaire tech bro: the stupid consumer did not understand it

Maybe the real European Union was the hatred of America we shared along the way.

Also, this story illustrates a fundamental truth: Trump's opinions are shaped by the last person he spoke to

I totally understand why politicians can’t say, “Trump is clearly unhinged and possibly evil”. I don’t understand why news agencies aren’t hammering that side of things much more. Why do we never see words like: outlandish, ludicrous, horrific or authoritarian used when reporting his actions?

A list of five words (and their meanings) for children under six years-old… 1. Criancinha (Portuguese) = small child 2. Smábarn (Icelandic) = small child 3. Kleinkind (German) = small child 4. Pikkulapsi (Finnish) = small child 5. Sopliaci (Slovak) = snotling

You be the judge: should my husband stop quoting song lyrics during serious conversations?

Central London, £3,450 pcm

And we're back. The moment the danger passes, people rush to pretend everything is alright again. It isn't and will not be.

Every day of my mom’s life has been colored by the trauma of witnessing her mother’s torture and murder. That, in turn, colored every day of mine. Every single day ICE inflicts psychic torture on children whose souls will not heal and whose scars will bleed through onto their children. On and on.

The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues.

Does Trump think that Americans wanting to buy stuff from abroad is the same as other countries taking advantage of the US?

Without America, "right now, you'd all be speaking German" Trump tells an audience in Switzerland.

I was musing earlier that hoodies are quite convenient to wear round the house, but that the hood can be a bit uncomfortable to lean back on when sitting on a sofa etc. So I thought that I might like to wear a hoodie that *didn’t have a hood*. And that’s a cardigan, isn’t it?

The venue made me laugh.

Blimey. Woman complains of bullying and sexual harassment at Moët Hennessy, gets fired and then sued for defamation by her employer. It owns Hennessy cognac, Glenmorangie scotch, and Moët and Veuve Clicquot champagne (in case you want to know what not to buy).

Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.

My finest work.

Everyone else sounds so metal and then he comes in like the fucking Swedish Chef lol

It’s a good speech. I wonder what it means in reality?

The Rus’ took their land from Finnic and Slavic people. Maybe they should return it?

Well worth a watch (If you like that sort of thing) ((Which you should)) youtu.be/GhJxiU1_5o0?...

Shark1: What is it we can smell from a quarter of a mile away? Shark2: Blood. Shark1: Not Toast? Shark2: No. Shark1: Eugene, I think I’m having a stroke.

Mental health admissions to acute medical wards rose 65% for young people in England (2012-2022) 📈 Adolescent girls most affected. Eating disorders up 515%, anxiety admissions doubled. Self-harm accounted for 53% of admissions. #MentalHealth #YouthMentalHealth 🧵 THREAD

US sec of state Marco Rubio, May 2025: “Today, the US welcomed the historic agreement [on Chagos]. Following a comprehensive interagency review, the Trump Administration determined that this agreement secures the long-term, stable, and effective operation” of the base at Diego Garcia.

NEW: Donald Trump lashes out at UK over Chagos Islands deal - which he signed off in May last year - describing it as “an act of great stupidity” and another reason for his Greenland takeover plan.

A joke for the history buffs.

That headline is doing a lot of heavy lifting. *blinks, waits*

President Donald Trump has not recognized Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 2026 through official statements, proclamation or activity.

Stop mansplaining The Silence of the Lambs to me, I dont need a Hannibal lecture.

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These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.

One of the projects you can support on Smelt is a new sitcom by me. It's called The Least Bad Of All Possible Worlds and it's about refugees from parallel universes trying to integrate into society in Morecambe. You can pledge to fund it here: if you fund it, we make it! mirlo.space/leadmojo/rel...

there have been better days to launch an ambitious project to fund original scripted audio comedy from the likes of joel & ben (pictured), but it’s been in the diary for ages. please take a look at our store: Leadmojo.co.uk/smelt

Interesting how, when pressed to sound more forceful personally against Trump, Starmer restates essential nuclear and intelligence partnership. Wld be interesting to know what, if any, implicit and explicit threats US has made to withdraw that cooperation. Strong whiff of backstage menaces there.