It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star The Rosetta Stone!

Today’s Connections may have pushed me over the edge.

thank you for this @dril.bsky.social

The REAL "Monster at the End of this Book" isn't Grover It's you. the reader. Despite Grover's obvious torment, you keep turning pages. You are escalating his anxiety to the breaking point, and for what? Because Society says that how you read a book? Disgusting

Sometimes, stuff you enjoyed as a teenager doesn't hold up at all. And then sometimes you wake up in your 40s like "you know what? Actually everything IS fucked, and everybody DOES suck"

There are universities that are financially struggling and then there are universities that don't want to let a crisis go to waste.

One of my favorite Chef John YouTube videos is for homemade ketchup because at the end he’s like was it worth it? No. Does it taste better? No. But was it fun to make? No. Should you do this? I’m not the boss of you but no.

"You just knew it was going to be him," says the commentator, who gave no previous indication it was going to be him

recently received the most delicious text any person can receive from a friend, 'can i vent to you about something that you can never tell anybody'

Radio 4 Long Wave ends tomorrow www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

Cinemas are a ripoff

NEW THRILL! Ants! Matchsticks! Shaggy! And DOES HOT WEATHER make MEN EAT MORE?! Join us as we play, again, ONE of these people IS LYING! youtu.be/vWVDtmJ9y3c?...

Whaaaaaaat the fuck

Eh hov tikken a jerb doughing the connictions fur the No Yark Tomes

The heat (& other stresses) have left me so devoid of whimsy. Can't even enjoy Musk losing his trillion bc I keep thinking about the millions of ppl he's killed that can't be undone as easily as pretend money not pretending to be in his pile any more.

If you can't figure out ways to make people want or need hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of what you're selling, well... There it goes! See ya!

BBC absolutely grassing up Brian here.

went down to the centrist convention. they’re all shaking and crying, I heard one guy say “I’m starting to think a better world IS possible.” the lady next to him slapped him in the face

Lydia Mizon (@lydiamizon.bsky.social) joins me for a chat about Look Around You, The Smurfs Go Pop!, Karma Hotel by Spooks, Mongrels, Lift Off, Math Rescue, Ceefax Backchat and 4-Tel MegaZine and more! timworthington.org/2022/07/11/l...

This was just shared by @naomialderman.bsky.social and it deserves the widest possible audience. Ladies and gentlemen and all others, for your graphic design delight, I present… … the logo for the Paris Tennis School.

More 10-year-olds say they want puppies than parents do. What's behind the divide?

MORE CONTENT from @tomscott.com, @garybrannan.bsky.social, Chris Joel and me! There's a segment in this that had me doubled over laughing when re-watching it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0cL...

Captcha: Are you alone? Me: Uh. Yeah. Captcha: Kiss all the squares with butts in them. Me: What?! Captcha: You heard me. Me: [leans in to kiss the squares with butts in them] Captcha: LMFAO OMG I can't believe you did that

I’ve now had multiple Hollywood meetings where execs are like “Do you want to talk about anything other than Girls5Eva?” to which I reply “Not today!”

it’s been bothering me for a while but i finally figured out what is so off about those live-action disney movie remakes, and it’s that they suck

a lot of 1984 is just about the UK in 1948: still on "wartime" rationing w/no end in sight, reduced from an empire to an outpost of american hegemony useful mostly as an airbase, abruptly enemies with a state that had been an ally in a v recent existential war, etc

Happy Meldrew Point Day, Jason Mantzoukas! Today you are 19,537 days old and have reached your Meldrew Point - the age of Richard Wilson on the day One Foot In The Grave was first aired on Jan 4, 1990. I don’t believe it!

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[taking the deepest possible breath] the Dutch East India Company was established in 1602,

The internet, 2026:

I know Calvin’s dad is already having a moment, but every terrible “outsource precious and fleeting moments with your children to tech so that you can spend more time on your work” pitch makes me think of that one strip I never really cared about as a kid, but care a lot about as an adult.

WE’RE BACK! With a totally new format. Join @tomscott.com, @garybrannan.bsky.social, Chris and I for some more FACTS and FUNNY youtu.be/HprnN7iyiZI

I had a small hand in this and I am so excited to see how it all goes down!

The state of higher education in the UK, in a photo

I remain, Sir, Ever yours,

most video games can be boiled down to playing dolls and, as a rule, the more a video game lets you play dolls, the better it is

something has really gone off near Surrey Quays

You used to go to websites and they would have guestbooks that people would sign like it was a bed and breakfast

The latest episode of Book Marks might feature someone you recognise… www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

DOCTOR: "So what seems to be the problem?" PATIENT: "Mmhbbhhggr hhruuh engghhuu." DOCTOR: "I'm sorry I can't understand, but don't worry. Great singer Bob Dylan is in town. Go see his show and no matter what ails you, you'll feel better!" PATIENT (sadly): "Ehg ddnghh m'm Bddnnn."

Happy Meldrew Point Day, Brian Molko! Today you are 19,537 days old and have reached your Meldrew Point - the age of Richard Wilson on the day One Foot In The Grave was first aired on Jan 4, 1990. I don’t believe it!

Cabin Pressure is honestly one of the best British sitcoms of the 21st Century so far - if you haven't heard any of it yet, treat yerself

Temporarily un-lapsing as a Catholic to avoid using Microsoft Copilot