On my way, Clacton.

Can any musicians tell me if the music of Philip Glass is particularly challenging to play due to his repetitive compositions? I'm watching the Passages performance at the Proms and it looks like everyone is concentrating harder than normal!

I love this so much. I did my undergrad dissertation on epicureanism. They were perhaps the first to think the world might be made up of tiny particles, and now their work is being analysed by a particle accelerator! scrollprize.org/firstscroll

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

@aiannucci.bsky.social Today Business Secretary Peter Kyle told Sky News that the prime minister is "reflecting on political realities". Does this imply "political surrealities"? Surely this is just the "current situation" wearing its best suit to a job interview?

Catching up on last night's TOTP and if the lyrics to Baby It's Cold Outside weren't problematic enough these days...

Cleansing my ears of tonight's 90's #TOTP episodes by watching some of Aretha Franklin's 1968 Amsterdam concert. 😀

Good book. Well worth buying. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A day after The Late Show ended, Colbert hosted an episode of public access program Only In Monroe, reviving his 11-year-old gag. How bad is CBS/Paramount taking it? They issued copyright complaints for a show they don't own. 🤣 CBS would hate it if you watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlF...

It seems many agreed last night! #Eurovison

Repost if you’d like me to represent the UK at #Eurovision 2027.

Bangaranga is a bit of a banger! Thank you Bulgaria! #Eurovsion

Raising a glass to the first and original Tog Master, Terry Wogan! #Eurovision

My money is on Australia, surely top 3! #Eurovision

(Me after watching Greece's entry...) what the hell just happened?! *waits for heart rate to recover* #Eurovision

Eurovision, I am here and ready to watch the musical spectacle! 🎶

NEW STEWART LEE column. Did you see that story about the crypto tycoon and Farage? It bears repeating Just in case you hadn’t come across it – it's been ignored by the mainstream media – here are the salient details

Good morning ☕️

#TOTP ... and now George Michael ...

Close enough I suppose... 🚨MILD RAVE KLAXON!🚨 #TOTP (kudos for the live vocal)

#TOTP Macie Gray again

#TOTP I vaguely remember this, and how forgettable it was.

#TOTP Admit it, you have sung along with this trying to put on a fake vocoder effect. #Eiffel65

Thank you Wikipedia! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetAid #TOTP

#TOTP At last, talent! I won't have a bad word said about Annie Lennox.

This feels like Strawberry Fields Forever was played backwards for the backing track... #TOTP

Is it a young Matt Smith supporting Mel C on the drums? 😂 #TOTP

#TOTP ... nope, don't remember this at all, sorry Pet Shop Boys.

Right let's see what nonsense #TOTP brings us tonight...

@zed.dev It's like you knew I was going to need to turn this on! Loving the thought and care that has been put into Zed Editor, I can see myself moving to this as my go-to editor. ❤️

Just overheard a very worried old lady in the bakers asking if anyone had reported losing the £5 she found on the street yesterday. She'd been in all the local shops and had had no success. - "It might be their last one" What NE England lacks in wealth it makes up for in decency.

Chinese researchers have created a bamboo-based plastic as strong as petroleum-based plastics, which can fully biodegrade in soil in just 2 months phys.org/news/2025-10...

Bring back the ancient knowledge

The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed arstechnica.com/security/202... "Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of Linux is setting off alarm bells"

Iranian defies odds to defeat Trump.

The rules of Fibonacci Club: 1. You do not talk about Fibonacci Club 1. You do not talk about Fibonacci Club 2. You you do do not not talk talk about about Fibonacci Fibonacci Club Club

announcing ILÚVATAR, my multi-billion dollar company which will specialize in the dismantling of all other idiotically tolkien-named entities, that they shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite

@bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social Who was responsible for this abomination of the pavement? This section was only recently repaved! 😠 A stone's throw from your own offices as well! Where can I report this? #Birmingham #Brum

Catching up on last night's #TOTP and if appears A*Teens reformed a couple of years ago?! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Teens

Happy 8th anniversary to the tweet that changed us forever. Look at this absolute unit.

Absolutely incredible Nutella ad.

This 💯

Translation: "I started something I can't finish and broke something I can't fix so I'm going to walk away and pretend it's your fault"

Kemi Badenoch saying we should drill for oil to lower fuel prices is like me saying growing food in my garden will reduce food prices in the shops. Utterly deluded policy from The Conservatives. #TrevorPhillips.

With the price of fuel going up by the week, change lanes to avoid the impact. Bus tickets are capped at £20 a week. Walking and cycling short trips is free. Fewer short car trips also means less congestion, more reliable public transport, safer and better roads, cleaner air, and healthier people.

load-bearing @xkcd.com

#TheApprentice That was quite a credible win with 4X the profit of the other team. Delivered on the display and adding in some bouquets probably helped.

#TheApprentice You know you've done badly when you hear an oboe played in the background.