I was 12, riding a bike made for a 5 year old, going down a hill as fast as I could on a farm track. I flipped over the handlebars, and started laughing hysterically to the point my mum was like 👀 It turns out I broke my wrist, but didn't realise for 3 days because I didn't think it hurt enough.

seeing an early front runner for worst guy of the year

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

Literally having to set a food alarm on my phone because otherwise I will DIE around 4pm

I have 3 pieces of work that I could probably finish in about 2 hours. Will I do them? No. Do I need to be paid for them? Yes. But will I do them? No. Will I go for a walk instead? YES.

Cambridge! Come see me record my radio 4 show LIVE! 10th January! www.sroaudiences.com/application....

I have been remiss in posting Sarah Barnard's @sarahbpolar.bsky.social's beautiful 2026 #calendar!

I went out for my daily hot girl stomp and it snowed so I was grinning away like a loon ❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️❄️

My letting agency wants us all to know that it's the year of the fire horse which is 'exciting and terrifying at the same time' 👍

I did a huts design for the Antarctic Heritage Trust NZ in 2025! There were a few edits to make printing easier but I liked it best like this.

Gonna try to watch fewer documentaries about the Hindenburg this year 😙✌️

We're going to need a bigger Hague.

There's a definite relationship between how good the day is and how much scrolling I do. I think less scrolling this year, more history documentaries 🤔

I went to Edinburgh Art Shop today and it was SUCH a treat. I don't let myself go in very often because I'd bankrupt myself, but it's such a lovely warren of exciting new things! I want to try ALL THE THINGS.

Just replaced the fuse in my lava lamp and now it works, I am KILLING IT in 2026 🥳✌️🥂🐴

"Don't eat food with any ingredient you can't pronounce" Bitch I can pronounce all ingredients, I pronounce them in my own special way

We’re doing a big group admin session! Everything you’ve been putting off in one boring but necessary hour of mutually supportive body doubling & good company! This Sunday 4th Jan, available to all paid subscribers. See this post for all the details:

Happy 140th birthday to the man in my icon! To celebrate, I have put together my deductions of what he might have sounded like: www.patreon.com/posts/cherry... (it's a paid post for now, but you can get it on a free trial.) I don't mean to mortify you, Cherry, but the people want to know!

If 2025 didn't stop you nothing will

Some very excited people just buzzed the entry phone and when I answered they shouted "WE'RE HERE!!" and I have no idea who they are

Who starts a year on a Thursday? Embarrassing

Thank you to the Edinburgh Castle fireworks for waking me up and giving me the opportunity to experience the Blitz in a semi-realistic manner

Happy New Year pals 😊

Waited in all day for a delivery of lava lamp bulbs, lamp still no work, sad :(

Most recently it would be the incredibly long, misguided and flirtatious email I got from a very old man who then invited me to spend 16 days on a raft with him, where I would 100% expect to be murdered.

I just finished Tal's book and it absolutely fucking slams

Do you reckon dentists make extra money from putting random teeth under their pillows Y/N

Why'd they have to call her towel rail

I really enjoyed the bit about throwing a banana at Marilyn Manson's tour bus 👍 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Just had a full pack of spring rolls for dinner. Feeling greasy 👍

Just popping in to tell everyone about the Bank the Food app, you can follow your local food bank and it tells you what they need most, and where to drop it off 👍

I'm 80% through this and it's brilliant, I love it. Man's a tennis ball bouncing around into capital S Situations

Every day at the top of his to do list is 'protect the bird feeders from the birds'. Happy Christmas everyone! 🐧❄️☃️🐻‍❄️🛷🦌🍊🎁🎄

BEHOLD! The greatest of all cakes!

I was going to say he'd get a pat for every like on this but the wee man would end up with a headache/flat skull at this rate

It’s Christmas but The Daily Tism, being truly Daily, does not stop. Reward our desperate efforts by filling our metaphorical socks with crap (and by crap we mean money) by signing up to our Patreon for more articles like these.

The ideal Christmas gift: my beef anecdote

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Really good things going on here 👍

Went to pets at home, someone had left this door ajar so I had a nose about. Mostly buckets 👍

I'm running on one book a day and very little sleep, I've just eaten a chickpea to 'see what happens'

... And then he looked over at Teddy, who nodded solemnly 😌

We make a great Christmas gift! And a great distraction from how underwhelming Christmas is once you reach adulthood!

I've been home for an hour and a half, my dad has described my mum as "obsessed with beans".

Journey's going well cheers

How many books can I read on the train journey between Edinburgh and Thetford? HOW MANY?? (maybe one)

Santa Is Now Using AI

The wise kids at Time Out have included my book as one of the 10 best of 2025 www.timeout.com/arts-and-cul...

I've been holding off buying Evan Dando's autobiography so I can get it as a treat for Christmas, but anyway here are a couple of drawings aka the Dando Diptych 😌✨

Breaking: Autistic community preemptively rejects David Walliams