Back from root canal work. Really not fun. Can I just say, if your dentist says you grind your teeth & you’ve got to wear a nightguard, WEAR IT. Or the consequences catch up with you sooner or later. In my case, now

I’ve read 47 of the books on the Guardian’s 100 list if I’m strict about not counting ‘read some of it & gave up’, ‘Surely I have but can’t remember anything about it’ or ‘saw the film’

If you know someone with Long Covid or mild/moderate ME & you feel they’re overcareful about not exerting themselves too much etc - it’s because they’re living in quiet terror of ending up here

I would never ever watch a video of a podcast. As mad as sitting watching a Radio 1 DJ in the early hours or something. Podcasts are for sewing/painting/trying to fall asleep to

How scary is Widow’s Bay? Bearing in mind I’m an abject coward

i could never live in a smart home. opening the shades and adjusting the thermostat are my little projects. don't take my little projects from me.

All of those events involve spectacles, celebrities, and obscene amounts of money. Notably, the Met Gala is the only one that's a charity for a public institution. What upsets people isn't the actual money or celebrities, but the notion of fashion. The more unusual the outfits, the more outrage.

Map Tap just consistently humiliating me now

My parrot pot looking good in its final form IMO

Yet another fashion article about leather trousers that never even addresses the mystery of how you’re meant to clean them. If people just never do I think we should be told (so we can avoid sitting next to them)

I wonder if it’s related to social media, that so many people are stuck on Broadcast & seem to forget the ‘And how about you?’ part. ‘Here’s what you need to know about me!’ seems to be the whole of some people’s communication

Really feel we need to start giving lessons in school about How to Have a Conversation. Quite a few people I’ve met recently - mostly but not exclusively men - who after hours haven’t asked me a single question about myself. Not how a conversation works!

We just had a power cut that made me realise in the apocalypse I will be fine for just as long as my phone is charged up & then I will be completely helpless & might as well be consumed by local foxes or seagulls immediately

Happy with how my pre glaze parrot pot has turned out so far

Just had my MMR jab. The nurse seemed a bit surprised I wasn’t a baby, but the NHS will give it to you if you ask & haven’t had 2 doses of the measles vaccine (which is most people born before 1990)

God the ability to give an account of yourself is so underrated. Doesn’t matter how great you or your ideas are, if you can’t explain or defend them properly to other people you’re sunk

I do think the UK might be entering a truly Dickensian age of many people being absolutely dependent on buttering up/bumping off comfortably off aged relatives. The return of the tyrannical great aunt

First saw this story over on Threads, and people really, really, really did not like anyone correcting misinformation about their misreading of the story. We seem to be moving to some sort of post-reality where people just want fake stories that reinforce their beliefs.

This is a big problem for audiences too - it’s actually really hard work to find what to read next or search for what’s worth watching on the streamers. You end up watching crap just out of tiredness. Trusted recommendations save so much valuable time

Don’t think there’s anything odd about Victoria Wood insisting actors ‘get every word exactly right’. Comedy writers spend forever agonising over what’s a ‘funny number’ or the right word order for a joke to work - it’s like poetry, you can’t just give the gist of it

Anyone know of any UK-based pixel art animators looking for freelance work this year? Asking on behalf of a friend's project!

Wordle 1,764 2/6* ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Clearly invincible today

Visit to the dentist today involving an encounter with the ‘electric pulp machine’, which is even less fun than it sounds

Hopefully every cleaner, chef & nanny who looks after tech billionaires decides to pivot to AI instead & they’re left frantically hoovering, stirring pots & changing nappies in total bewilderment

Walking back to Pest towards the Liberty Bridge, with unbridled joy and euphoria in the air, as far as the eye can see. The Hungarian nation is free! 🔥 🙏🏼🇭🇺🕊️ #Hungary

I spent 16, SIXTEEN years fighting this crap. I can’t believe it 😭

It shouldn’t be about JD Vance but it really is incredible - rather than speak to him any more Orban resigned & the Pope straight up died. Send him & Truss out on world tour! Putin next!

Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.

Typical that they managed the whole moon thing fine & then it’s all held up by trying to get the phone to pair or whatever it is

Should get to leave on one of those yellow banana boats to maximise their fun

Such delicious looking parachutes

Nearly had a heart attack when those tiny parachutes floated off

Splashdown!

So incredible to watch all this so close up all the way

Look like Tunnocks tea cakes

So tiny

PHEW

Little boats going to pick them up! The Earth end of it seems so low tech

Utterly surreal the dropping down into the clouds

Seeing the Earth approaching like that is so strange

Bit nerve racking this

Those 6 minutes where they’re out of communication are going to be TENSE

It’s late here, if they could fly in a bit faster that would be great

Separation!

Amazing views

Whoa!

Don’t they have to sit in lawn chairs wrapped in duvets for a while to reaclimatise? I’m sure I’ve seen pictures of cosmonauts doing that

Now there's a lot of panic about the fact Gentleman's Relish has stopped production. DO NOT FEAR! I wrote a blog post with RECIPE. Note: it's no way near salty as the real thing so increase appropriately.... wp.me/p1I3yI-8x

They splashdown at 19 mph?? Sort of bicycle speed?