I am in “town”. I no longer fear death

This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.

The DOG, you are named after the DOG??

Ahhh Glenn #TMS

This is my “too ill to Christmas, again”. I trust you are all well and I wish you to indulge on my behalf.

Between my foot, my shoulder and a cold manifesting, the waves of depression are vast.

Why is this advice always aimed at children avoiding their parents, and never at older people belligerently and inevitably regurgitating Facebook opinions so offensive their own kids would rather skip Christmas dinner than endure them?

LIGHT THE LAMP NOT THE RAT

And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, was present at the end of the universe, having witnessed every black hole evaporate and every proton decay. Even so, Death would not come.

@alicefraser.bsky.social just listening to the new @thebugle.bsky.social, the recent live one. Thank you for your very powerful words on it. Also, merry Christmas to you and yours.

Was just calling @anchorhitch.bsky.social a naysayer for having another midlife crisis when I realised I’ve got gout as well as a knackered rotator cuff. This is all a little on the nose tbh

Tescos have just been and there’s been a sub on the after eights and I don’t know how to feel rn tbh

Etc is my most used word. 🤦🏻‍♂️ @perilmild.bsky.social is my most chatted-to person. [London bus emoji] My most popular post was a joke about terfs. 👍

A dear friend from a former life has text me from LA. There’s rain-related evacuation orders and I’m trying really hard not to laugh.

My hangover is abject and I am about to head to the pub.

In opposition to the Radiohead principle, This machine *will* communicate the thoughts and the strain I am under.

THEY ARE MAKING ME FIX A PYTHON APP. I FEEL SO DIRTY. This is supposed to be my last day of the year. URRRGGHHHH ITS ALL NUMBERS AND SCIENCE. *retches*

Pragmatism not idealism / there’s the progress, we have found a way to talk around the problem.

On this day, when I was so down, I could barely speaker, my friend accompanied me. Now he’s on some meds and in a similar boat.

One of these is a perfect reasonable house amplifier and the middle one is going to be flogged. And the little one is a cat scratching post by the look of it.

It would be a crime against Christmas to leave mince pies out of the December #RecipeOfTheDay line-up, so here they are, my little Star-Topped Mince Pies, which have lightness and tang on their side, as well as that familiar, obligatory aromatic richness! www.nigella.com/recipes/star...

This is proper content creation. youtube.com/shorts/l6JwG...

It’s been both too long and not long enough. There’s a lot of years in these cables.

Trouble and doubt has a way of leading you back home.

cc @hiddenbonusnoise.bsky.social. Maxim Goth Christmas.

I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end

“When is the start of that rolling time period?” [blank look, consideration that there is only this moment and time has been constructed around us]

It's important to remember that when a big storm hits, you need to have a minimum of 4 hobnobs per hour available to you, otherwise you're in trouble.

Today in the most depressing thing I've ever heard

The river was always right here.

“I was just following otters.”

We barely remember what came before this precious moment. We are choosing to be here.

I AM IN DIRTY LEEDS. I AM EATING MACKEREL. AFTER SPENDING THREE FUCKING HOURS GETTING HERE.

Nearly took the edge firmly off a code review.

I didn’t. I got a job because I’d cut all my hair off. I chose nothing. I’m here by accident. Except now I’m a “Head of”.

In something of a change of plan, currently hosting three school run mums after a loss of car keys has resulted in medicinal gins. Unexpected Friday.

*dies laughing* *doesn’t invite trump* edition.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...

The big man is confused as to the stress. It’s only 400+ local knowledge bods and you didn’t refer to python as not a proper code language or R as a kids toy ONCE despite thinking it really REALLY LOUD

Realised watching University Challenge that I only know the French word for monkey due to an Eddie Izzard sketch

Today, I went to Leeds. I did not take this cat, by only by luck rather than judgement.

Listen you pair, we need to have a chat… You have the entire house so my keyboard and the ancient bureau door are not the best places to sleep/sit.

Today, I have to make my job sound less awful than it is so I don’t scare the new person off. Yay

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Saw this at 1647 whilst walking out of Withington Public Hall… Gutted.

Are we losing touch? ( flatbread is the same size as the pizza )

Stars turn in place / each pen mark leaves a trace.

( off shot, me, feeling as empty as it is possible to be whilst also filled with panic and desperation. Can a vessel be both empty and full? Can a hollow be filled?)

I take Poppy Day very seriously, so I will be banging a load of Heroin. And if you've any respect for our fallen, so will you.

Quickly lads, the parkin cannon.

“What?”