At a rugby club in small-town Leicestershire. This was on the window ledge in the toilet. Fearing the worst, I scanned the QR & opened it in an incognito window… It’s a link to Amnesty International’s explainer on asylum & refugees 😍

The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.

How was the hipstere knighte moost grievouslye woundid? Wore the chainmail bifor it was coole.

For the Aussies, the zoologists and the architects out there. 💩🧊🧪 By @chazhutton.com

Kind of wild how relevant this 2013 JFSP sketch still is in 2025. @edmorrish.bsky.social

Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops

Struggling with Noble Silence. Practising Noble Humming as a halfway house.

Can none of these millionaires sex criminals write in full sentences? Have you heard of paragraphs? Punctuation? No wonder ChatGPT sounds like a genius to these clowns.

The thread about Argyle House; “preposterously large and a potential rival to the Castle rock” Brutalist buildings are the Marmite of architecture - passionately loved or loathed - and one in Edinburgh was much in the news yesterday when it was announced that plans had been lodged for the…

No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?

James Bond discourse reminds me that an ex's nan sat in solemn silence through the whole of Austin Powers, then said "Well I don't see how he gets all those women"

Tonight’s dinner: halloumi and sprout curry. Much less disastrous than it sounds.

An analysis of BBC news coverage over the last 4 years shows a shameless bias against Vladimir Putin, with BBC reporters insisting on calling the Special Military Operation in Ukraine “an invasion”

Gazillions spent on arming and equipping the police and they couldn’t field a single helicopter with a big dangly magnet?

I’m really hoping that the next season of The Diplomat features, or at the very least mentions, David Rosen.

Orange Alert. Orange Alert.

Happy 50th anniversary to a classic album

A slow hour into GDT’s Frankenstein and there’s still no sign of Puttin’ On The Ritz.

“I did this because, in ways you might think I’d have outgrown by now, I’m a fucking idiot.”

Far Side

I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme. So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”

Lol

said "fucking hell" aloud at my phone

Entirely accurate.

If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.

My love language is making you watch a movie I’ve made part of my personality and then quietly seething at you as you gradually lose interest and begin to play on your phone more and more

The other reference for people of my generation is Extreme’s “More Than Words”.

this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"

Quite like that apparently one of the robots has figured out that the best strategy is just to stand out of the way and wait for its opponent to fall over.

Suddenly find myself singing the theme to Orm and Cheep, which taught a generation of children that an ability to fly, however desirable, was neither necessary for a fulfilling life nor a cure for dyspraxia.

Fireworks PIF countdown: WHERE'S YOUR LAD (1976) Two messages for the price of one in this PIF. Dodgy deals, grimy 70s aesthetics, Penny for the Guy (Bonfire Night was 1000 times bigger than Halloween back then), and Patrick 'Dr Who' Troughton and Jean 'Bread' Boht!

Picard: there ARE FOUR GUYS! FOUR

We've got you 👍

Absolute perfection. #Reform

If any kids go "6-7!" to you, respond with "That's Numberwang!"

He totally is here and I missed it. @harrybliss.bsky.social, I love this cartoon of yours!

Inevitably fascinating thread on a particular strand of modern tailoring and its place in American political life. To which I can add a little contrast if you want it…

A few thoughts on art: art plus intent, and the human connections and empathy of live performance. From The Art of Tax Reform Summit 2025 in NSW.

"go to TikTok. See for yourself."

The name on the plinth is Ozymandias Christopher Robin despaired with Alice Two trunkless legs are all that stand Except for a face and lots of sand Says Alice

🎶 He used to have eyes for his mother / But now he just used to have eyes. 🎶

Best version to cross my feed so far…

A House of Dynamite seems to be getting Marmite reviews. I thought it was great.

Very grateful to the trailer for the next season of Slow Horses for introducing me to The 5 “F”s.

Carmageddon on Elm Row - echelon parking in the parallel parking encroaching on cycleway; parking in crossing area; parking on footway outside shops. This is supposed to be a place for people not a car park! Why no wardens? How about some signs to guide drivers?? @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social

I would rather live next door to someone who speaks another language than live next door to someone who doesn’t want to live near people who speak other languages. I know nothing about Person A but I know person B is a shitbird.

who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.