He really is impossible, isn’t he?

I’m reading the FT’s lunch with Emily Wilson and it’s great but they spend several paragraphs talking about how she’s described on X and I find myself wondering: why? Could we not just ignore it, as a culture? Are we letting a dustbin of incels and algorithms dictate how we think about controversy?

Watching the Tour de France. I must say, those cyclists have been very lucky with the traffic. The roads are almost empty. What are the odds.

One of the things that annoys me about The Discourse surrounding the upcoming release of Nolan's adaptation of The Odyssey is the complaint from Chudsville that Nolan should have "cast actual Greek people to play Greek characters."

And Elmer the Elephant, apparently.

Is it because - now stay with me here, this is going to get complicated and you’ll need to look up some terms if they’re unfamiliar - is it because they’re too fucking expensive?

I love this guy

She didn’t ’become an unlikely star on Strictly’, we ‘were not persuaded of her humanity and continued to loathe her, on Strictly’.

This is a spectacularly good photo tbf.

I set today’s Guardian cryptic crossword. A piece of it is very easy: Greek actress partly redirected Hollywood production? (4) Mother has fixed idea about River Island (7) Wipe bum (6) crosswords-static.guim.co.uk/gdn.cryptic....

The Look In annual.

I miss mud. Glorious gloopy, squelchy, inconvenient and all-pervasive mud. Bring back the mud.

Though it does put him closer to the sea so he can get in it.

There’s a bit in this that might resonate. Paraphrasing: Nuclear would get all of us, quickly. Climate gets some of us first, all of us slowly. www.ppfideas.com/episodes/whe...

Anyone can read this you don’t need a sub (I think). It’s priceless

He's supposed to be a football fan. Doesn't he know statements like this doom any chance of the team doing well? www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Ever heard of a song "Lost in France" - it's my signature tune after the coach (complete with my luggage) left me behind in Boulogne.

Ah no. Her pivot to rock always felt wrong to me because I mainly remember my Mum *looking an awful lot like Bonnie Tyler* singing along to Lost in France.

Having failed to interest any papers in this story, I resorted to writing a letter to The Times, like in olden times. So when all that's left to watch is NASCAR racing sponsored by Cheetos, I can at least say I tried. #ITV #Sky #Comcast

Having lived through both, I think I preferred nuclear dread to climate dread.

Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with

Yes cycling across town for a meeting at midday and back at 2 was a great idea, well done Lloyd, no notes

Some things that are happening for people as they start reading instead of scrolling this week. - finding that their morning routine goes much more quickly because they haven't been brain fogged by scrolling before the day starts.

Another cracker (arf) of a story from Jim and his team. Main depressing takeaway, apart from the one this kid ordered, is the complete absence of a moral landscape in this community. It reminds me of when I joined a book pirating message board soon after my first book was published.

Have long wondered what was in the water in the Kennedy Martin household. Have any two other brothers shaped British culture as much?

Wow. I didn’t see that coming. It’s rather brilliant.

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Fair play this is funny.

I would argue that ‘forcing a by-election’ is just another form of attention-seeking trolling and that this man is deeply, deeply unhealthy for this country.

Since he will never leave public life, without being imprisoned, this can only possibly be a piece of theatre aimed at ramping up the victimhood narrative

My prediction - Farage is a troll. Arguably that’s all he is. This statement will be trolling.

Amazing video not least because it reveals that USA have been managed by John Bishop all this time.

The best edit I’ve seen in weeks, you absolutely have to turn the sound on for this one.

This is perfect. Absolutely on point. No notes.

Hang it in the Musée Magritte.

I love hearing loud music coming out of cars at traffic lights. This morning I’ve already heard T-Pain, a track from Malcolm McLaren’s Duck Rock, I Don’t Need ‘Em by 50 Cent and Come As You Are by Little Roy.

The silver lining of this whole ‘holding the World Cup in Trump’s America’ fiasco is that the nickname ‘Shitler’ has really taken hold.

I hope British leftists are looking at how bad things can get when you keep making excuses for a patholgical liar and lifelong fuck-up just because he's currently saying what you want to hear

This is a real end-of-an-era World Cup. So many legends who might be nearing the end of the road. Ronaldo. Messi. Salah. Modric. FIFA. America.

Apropos of...something, Balogun/Balagan is the Hebrew word for "chaos" or "an absolute mess".

Oh my God.

Leighton's The Black Knight's Accolade Artist: HappyToast https://b3ta.com/board/11429268 From the 'Comedy Art' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/comedyart/popular/ #ComedyArt

Very well played, Thameslink trains

Next three matches: Stamford Bridge, Goose Green, Hastings.

As in 1066 England will prevail against the Norwegians before tragically losing to the French a couple of weeks later.

Well the football went exactly in the opposite direction to my prediction as is normal.

Imagine if he scores against Belgium!

Of course they will! If I wake up tmrw and find it even went to extra time I’ll be astonished. Mexico have lost at the Azteca four times in the last 30 years, including friendlies. They haven’t lost a competitive game there since 2013!