Just reading @doctorow.pluralistic.net's latest, which - as usual - is the most pithy, witty, accurate, fair, essential and impeccably-argued piece of tech industry criticism you're likely to read this year. So do.

Marbled white butterfly. They're hard to snap on a phone because they flit about so much but managed to catch this one on a thistle.

He's bloody good that Messy...

Jeez. This road's full of fucking speed bumps.

Was going to post a mashup I'd done until I read this. Seems a bit harsh to treat this guy like a profiteering copyright pirate and give him a sentence (harsher than that handed to a lot of rapists) if he was just a DJ making and flogging his own unofficial remixes... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Don't believe, and never have done, that you can solve social problems by just banning stuff. #crass #ineffective #posturing

The scriptwriters of Disclosure Day need to be abducted by aliens and whisked off to the far reaches of the known universe for the rest of their existence. Not seen such a pile of utterly nonsensical drivel for many a long year. 👽

Right then, off you fuck now, Keir Tarmac, you soporific, sinusoidal waste of space.

**Parrot Blabs Smile Recipe – Ep. 73** In which the lass on the bus may have been pondering ‘Mars (anag.)’, solving a maze, anticipating a dessert at the Fat Duck or worrying about the Bill(y/ie). === If that sounds like your sort of prescription for […] [Original post on offgrid.tlmb.net]

New album from @boardsofcanada.bsky.social is absolutely amazing and well worth the 13-year wait! Absolutely f'kin outrageous that Trump nicked one of the tracks for a promo video yesterday though. Hope they sue him for a shitload: pitchfork.com/news/boards-...

Just spinning Robert Görl (+DJ Sylvie Marks)'s latest, "Dark Silver Moon Light". If you like classic D.A.F., it won't disappoint. Excellent stuff.

Been to Burnham-on-Crouch today...

boingboing.net/2026/05/19/t... @b3ta.com

Labour Fiddles While Burnham Roams

Labour Fiddles While Burnham Roams

www.subvert.fm/audio-obscura Subvert officially launches today @subvert.fm --a music platform owned by its community. I have an exclusive 10 track album of laid-back-synth-pop-ambient tunes on this platform. Some strings, some field recordings, some nice melodic beats.

I was always more of an ICA man myself, but had a few memorable nights at the Scala in the mid-late 80s... so it was a delight to finally get round to watching @alicatterall.bsky.social's excellent docu "Scala!!!" last night. Fab soundtrack by Barry Adamson too. player.bfi.org.uk/subscription...

I've stuck up free lossless versions of a selection of my older (mostly satirical/humourous) numbers from 2003-2020 on new music co-op Subvert, until I get round to making some new stuff: Subvert.fm/jimjarmo

Just catching up on one of my favourite pods...

Whenever I hear the name Jacob Elordi, I hear it being sung by Throbbing Gristle's Genesis P. Orridge to the "tune" of "Hamburger Lady".

Britain filling its councils with climate change deniers... what a great present to give David Attenborough on his 100th birthday. 😔

The extremely rare catcopus.

Separated at birth? Reform's Tim Montgomerie on Newsnight and Christopher Lloyd as Uncle Fester...

Well, I've done my bit to try to keep the bigoted, knuckledragging numbskulls' hands off the local levers of power, for whatever fucking good it'll do. ✖️🙄

My daughter just sent me this video she filmed earlier of a magpie taking the piss out of a rabbit. (I added the music.)

My daughter just sent me this video she filmed earlier of a magpie taking the piss out of a rabbit. (I added the music.)

Simon Fisher Turner's Record Store Day 2026 release "Stuff" is a beautiful collection of ambient soundscapes and eclectic field recordings, a wonderfully mesmeric antedote to the maelstrom of media and madness wearing us all down. A sonic bath for the soul. If you can still grab a copy, do.

Was sporting that middle design on a T-shirt for Record Store Day yesterday. Her designs are great. Support independent artists!

Femfresh? Just say it as it is, adfolk. No shame: cuntwash.

Friday. Fish and chips night. Lovely bit of haddock on my plate. Nipped out to the garage to grab a beer. Came back in to find haddock on floor being eaten by thieving bastard cat. Grrr.

Emily Thornberry just said to Andrew Marr on LBC that she had a bit of Hackney in her constituency. She should get some ointment for that in her local pharmacy.

🕷️🕷️🕸️ Spider fight! (Orb weaver vs cellar spider.)

It'd be a terrible shame if every time Farage went to do a speech someone with a portable projector or just loudspeaker played that "oh for fucks sake you cunt" clip

Anyone who says "normalcy" instead of "normality" should #getinthesea

C4 drama "Dirty Business" on the sewage-dumping scandal is a depressing and highly enraging must-watch. If you thought you were angry about it before you'll be even more so after. We need to extract billions back from these cunts and chuck 'em all behind bars for life. And renationalise, obvs.

Anthropic: We lost a contract because we refuse to build Skynet. OpenAI: We'll do it

Putting VPNs behind an age wall threatens our privacy. They keep young people safe from harassment. Business networks secure. Journalists, campaigners and whistleblowers shielded from harm. Privacy is online safety ✊️ Sign the petition to protect VPNs ⬇️ action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-governm...

This is much better than Sonic...

😗👌 to whichever cop decided to do the raid and arrest on his birthday.

Just remembered I still have the latest #OffGridPod to listen to, albeit 11 days late. Fortunately, they're not time sensitive, so if you're a wordy/trivia-loving/quizzy/crosswordy type who's late to the party then you have 68 wonderful episodes waiting for you...

People of Norfolk: if you happen to see Andrew Mountbatten Windsor frequenting your local farm shop, gastronomic hostelry or loitering around a posh girls' prep school, be sure not to forget to cast him a distainful look, gob in his face and call him a sweaty nonce.

Fuck me, this is some real Bond Villain shit right here. "Order sunlight instantly in approved locations." www.reflectorbital.com

Quick heads-up for fellow synthheads. If you love the music of @warringtonruncorn.com then you'll probably also love the music of @cravenfaults.bsky.social, whose excellent new album, "Sidings", is out this week. cravenfaults.bandcamp.com/album/sidings

America's post-invasion plans for Greenland unveiled...

Just a quick reminder that the #OffGridPod compilation clip show is out. If you enjoy words, trivia, crosswords, quizzes, eclectica, et cetera, then there's bound to be something to divert, fascinate or titillate you.

The "not really about crosswords" #OffGridPod is in its 5th year of diversely digressive diversion. I was General Knowledge's chief researcher on this episode: offgrid.tlmb.net/2025/08/31/a... If you like #cryptic #crosswords and/or conversational curiosities, give this #podcast a listen in 2026! 📻

Sunburnt Clanger on ozempic

No, Bendick's! Dipping Kendal mint cake in dark chocolate and wrapping it in foil does not turn it into a posh chocolate mint. Yeurgh!

I think it's meant to say 'Tucked'.