I’ve just remembered that when Boris Johnson got Covid Dominic Raab was in actual control of the country for several days.

Roses are red Violets are blue Open the pod bay doors HAL I really need the loo

So... spells. We're using spells to undo the work we've done... tricking rocks into thinking with lightning. And trapping evil cars in circles of salt. The old ways are new again.

This neatly articulates what it took me 70000 words to say in a PhD

Are they doing it in character?

The famous British character, who is one of the best known success stories of immigration the UK, said he was thrilled to meet Paddington.

How can we expect to be taken seriously as a country when we regularly declare Yellow Snow Warnings?

Mate, if you’re worried about the cost of the food shop, stop going to whatever place sent you away with those fancy paper bags.

Pub lunch

Happy Interplanetary Men’s Day

Amid all the current presidential scandal I’ve revisited Armando Iannucci’s “Clinton: His Struggle With Dirt”. It feels like we need a sequel to this now. youtu.be/BMf3HqMtfdM

The scientists in question were astrophysicists. They just like to think about this stuff.

Mmmm self-aware. That always makes things VERY watchable.

I love how the humans of Sesame Street were prepared to accept the reality of the giant yellow talking bird and the furry green bin goblin, but felt the woolly mammoth was sanity-shattering step too far.

Scientists identify first species capable of performing the Hard Stare thought unique to Peruvian bears www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Part 162 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd Czech photographer Miroslav Tichý’s camera: constructed from cardboard tubes, tin cans, and bits of string, he made thousands of photographs with his homemade cameras from the 1960s until 1985

John Lewis might be onto something with these Christmas Twee decorations…

Flashbacks to the time my kids got a fun Christmas sticker book

Of all the weird British culinary/linguistic traps, this is one of the sneakiest

The origin of this story is hilarious: the MoD accidentally revealed the locations of new munitions factories because they tried to redact a PDF by *highlighting the secret bits in black*, meaning you could still copy and paste all the original text.

Wow. I didn’t realise Reform were against ticket touts.

I’ve had to enforce the same rule in my car www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Episode 1 of Kevin Eldon’s Speakers is available now from all good podcast shops. No-longer-living Beatles Producer George Martin, United States Citizen Leon, and DIY expert Steve Cobham are all here to speak to you, and you alone. feeds.acast.com/public/shows...

Something Changed by Pulp. Maybe that’s cheating because the conceit of the song is that it both has been written and is being written. But hey, who says time has to be linear?

Classic McCartney songwriting news still got it!

I love this happy, derpy wolf so much 🥰

if you want your own. Fun mix of old and new tech.

Top 5 movie genres: - I’ve got an idea for the perfect crime, but I’ll need a crew of misfits - I’m actually a very nice assassin - we’re all stuck on this spacecraft/submarine until we work this out - Kevin Costner is in a 1930s/60s suit - a shameless vehicle for sketch comedians

Not only do the BBC fund quality kids TV which parents can trust, they’re also massively successful. It’s worth remembering that one of the most streamed TV shows in the world is a BBC co-production - Bluey. It’s racked up over 25 billion minutes of streaming. More than shows like Squid Games.

God bless BlueSky. News breaks about a civilisation-saving medical break through, and everyone’s first reaction is lol sausages

Terminator starts promisingly, being about two naked men on a quest for some trousers, but then goes off in a different direction that isn't as interesting.

Having recently lived through the tory years where every week the PM did something catastrophic or scandalous that should unquestionably end their career (and usually didn’t), it’s confusing to watch a PM be toppled for being generally and unspecifically a bit rubbish.

This goes for lots of stuff at the moment. Basically you’re either expected to do any job yourself after watching a YouTube video, or get an AI to do it for you. A society of individuals and their bots. Train experts. Trust experts. Pay experts.

I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them. I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.

It's a great cosmic joke that neurodivergence both runs in families and gets diagnosed based on parent reports. I was diagnosed at 30 because a man who has eaten potatoes every day for 57 years and a woman who collects loose buttons decided I was a perfectly normal child.

An early depiction of Microsoft Copilot

Good news for anyone taking on the new DG role - you’ll get to visit Florida! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A timely illustration of what the ‘life was better 50 years ago’ people want to go back to.

50 years ago has got to be the rose-tinted sweet spot, where the majority of the population are aware of culture of the time, but have been shielded from most of it’s economic and social realities.

Labour floating tax policies

A big moment for me! Episode 40 of my sketch and character comedy podcast Crowley Time is OUT NOW, and its very special guest is none other than Mr Podcasts, Mr Show alumnus and Mr Peanutbutter himself, Mr Paul F. Tompkins! On your podcast app and at crowleytime.com! @pftompkins.bsky.social

Please can we return to having 45 minute ‘the making of’ shows on prime time Friday night telly? I used to love seeing behind the scenes stuff about film making. I think they’re an underrated way of getting people into creative careers.

Excellent photo choice

Just heard, via @500songspodcast.bsky.social, the Grammy performance where Aretha Franklin stepped in at the last second to replace an ill Pavarotti and sing Nessun Dorma live with orchestra and choir. It floored me a bit. Complete respect. youtu.be/uHb75oTHOV4

Security footage of an imposter disguised as 10 Downing Street. He’s been getting away with it in Westminster for nearly 12 years.

Seize the means of production comrades ✊