When you find a theme tune in an unexpected place. m.youtube.com/watch?v=kL6k...

The radio edit of Sabrina Carpenter’s Tears editing out the word “wet” is unintentionally hilarious, especially given that the rest of it is left completely intact.

THAT’S NO ONE CAN BE PRICES A GRINCH ABOUT

I regret to inform London newsrooms that income tax is different in Scotland, and you’ll need to get your head round that, block grants etc.

One to blow the minds of the people who moan about Australia being at Eurovision.

‘Pariah’ Carey is incredible subbing work, 10/10 no notes.

A thing I appreciate about John MacKay, who’s leaving STV after decades: I could not tell you his opinions on much at all. I could not tell you how he voted in the independence referendum, or the EU one. Which is an excellent quality for a flagship news presenter. www.stvplc.tv/newsroom/202...

The bosses at Clyde 1 explaining in a few months why their listening figures went up 600% to their mates at Bauer Towers will be something else.

You know you’re in for a day when you switch the computer on and see this.

Back in the day when Channel 5 showed North American sport in the UK, if it overran this much they’d be deeply apologetic and cut the feed to make way for kids’ programmes… #WorldSeries

Enjoy your extra hour in bed, everyone. That's except for viewers who are parents, who'll be up at 5am instead.

When The Chart Show had to deal with this, just before being replaced with CD:UK, it took the chance to go into a full nostalgia fest. #TOTP m.youtube.com/watch?v=GFxg...

A Brief History of Let’s Bring Back The Good Old Days 🧵

Add a Santa who pretends to scratch.

Jump to 50 seconds in and listen to the music they use. Trust me. Your flabber will have never been so gasted.

Rangers have "parted company" with Russell Martin. www.rangers.co.uk/article/club...

I’ll be honest, I wasn’t watching and immediately started searching for the dance. I didn’t think you could get a 2 on Strictly without breaking someone’s leg or something.

Not sure about my hand here.

I know what you're thinking and no, that's not how they rescued him. www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Dizzy by Olly Alexander is actually a tremendous little in your headphones song. Which isn't the use case at Eurovision, sadly.

Nothing quite makes you feel like a fossil than hearing the newsreader on the Radio 1 breakfast show when you’re growing up now doing the news on Radio 4.

What’s that? A chance to write about misinformation and Eurovision? Potentially the most on-brand thing I’ll ever write. escinsight.com/2025/09/29/f...

ISAAC NEWTON: i have just discovered gravity EVERYONE ELSE: hey how come i can't float around anymore

Forever thinking about the Irn Bru Dreamcast I saw at Retro Games at the Barras.

Think it would be quite good for the EBU to come out and explain the rules behind this Israel/KAN Eurovision vote because we’re all going a bit Scott Steiner over here trying to work it out.

If you ever wanted reassurance that fake information isn't new and social media isn't the only reason it's a thing ...

I used to work at this paper. I never spotted this and now I can’t unsee it.

A very good article by a man who knows his Eurovision. Worth reading given the ongoing furore about (and borderline existential threat to) Eurovision itself. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Meanwhile, in Scottish politics

Football translations, part one "It's not what you want to see", 99% of the time, means "it absolutely is what you want to see".

Potentially not a huge shock if it happens, but a big moment. One of the big five, the main funders of the event (alongside the BBC and the broadcasters in Germany, Italy, and France - a penny/euro for their thoughts right now).

So we had the high drama of two countries threatening to pull out and then ... nothing. And into that misinformation vacuum steps rumours and anonymous reports. I'd just urge a liiiitle bit of caution at the moment.

"Welcome to Barga, the most Scottish town in Italy." Excellent piece, by @danigaravelli.bsky.social, on a joyful cultural exchange.

It’s a strong time when two of my specialist subjects are misinformation and Eurovision… Anyway, France has not made an official comment saying it’s against Israel, and the countries reported to be in favour of Israel have not done so either. Stick to the official comments.

Postman Pat having a helicopter in an episode from 2008 is full pre-financial crisis stuff.

Former world champion boxer Ricky Hatton has died aged 46 - report

I regret to inform you our child has entered his Paw Patrol era.

Dare I say, the answer if you think this place is too small and the other place has issues is … it’s time to experiment with video and photos on the likes of Insta and TikTok. Which actually have tons more users, as others have pointed out. I know, I prefer this too.

Meanwhile, my team has been knocked out of a completely pointless cup competition and that's always a fun mix of emotions.

Russell Martin remains such a spectacular misfit to be Rangers manager it's like a Fringe performance art piece.

Just listening to Elton John’s song about his second favourite Amiga magazine.

Fair play, someone at the BBC giving themselves the mixing challenge of the century.

I’m not quite sure how we got into chatting about Sanremo and I ended up discussing the Bugo incident in the office today, to be honest, but quite happy with that situation.

It's still number one ... no, honest. #TOTP

We are doomed to be knocked out of a World Cup by a called playing for Argentina called Ian, aren't we? www.heraldscotland.com/news/2546379...

Before you watch, well, people basically dying online - whether through feeling a need to "bear witness", through morbid curiosity or by stumbling across it thanks to an algorithm, it's worth bearing this in mind. If nothing else, turn autoplay off where possible. www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...

From before last year’s contest, some useful context on the Israel and Eurovision situation. It would be fair to say things have moved on a little since, and things have not been entirely rosy behind the scenes long before Ireland spoke up. www.youtube.com/watch?si=rEX...

Well