One of those days where you're reminded that life is fragile but persistent.

It's been 24 hours since I watched #DisclosureDay. Still fuming.

I see Brazil have got Christ the Redeemer in goal. #BRAJPN

Jesus #DisclosureDay is shite. Completely collapses under the weight of its own guff. Someone probably ought to check in on Spielberg. Would appreciate it if they could also ask him for my tenner back.

Hydration break.

Was hoping for the excitement and drama of a Viking saga but it's more Saga Magazine. #NorFra

At least with England there's an unpredictability about 'em, with that perennial risk of failure that at least keeps it interesting. No such luck with France. #NorFra

GB News gives its take on climate change. This is what a propaganda campaign looks like. Who'd have guessed that the GB News co-owner runs a hedge fund with massive investments in oil and gas? www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...

Remarkable how many cuts of meat sound like veteran news anchors facing multiple accusations of workplace harassment: Chuck Brisket Rib Silverside Rump Foreshank Plate Centreloin Flank Saddleback

Show what you're fanning yourself with.

Shiptease

Oh. Canoooooooda. #SUICAN

Well. That was an interesting Canada game to watch in Canada.

Burnham's off to King's Landing then.

Thank you.

Labour seem determined to encourage young people to equip themselves with the skills to circumvent state communication restrictions.

Qatar, they're no Andorra. #qatsui

A stellar example of parenting being the ability to do afternoon drinking, get home, magic up a leftover meal, make reasonable conversation, make beds, and get the little blighters to bed. Y'know, obvs not proud but reasonably content, given the circumstances.

That a simple broadband supplier can be valued at $2.1tn should be an inspiration for us all.

Terrorism my arse. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

C'mon 🇧🇦

And why not have a completely unnecessary fly past for the most carbon intensive sports event in human history.

Classy BiH intro BBC, nice one, but never, ever, cut from Dubioza Kolektiv to Michael fucking Bublé. #canbih

Upon reaching a trillion they are declared the winner and launched into orbit with as much oxygen as they can catch with their hands.

Hard to understand why the UK doesn't have more money available for conventional forces. Oh, wait...

Ah good, I'll no longer have to worry about wondering who the fuck Al Carns is.

Sure, Starmer is heroically bad at politics but there's a conspicuous lack of talking heads questioning whether the MoD and UK defence sector is capable of not pissing billions of extra pounds of taxpayers money up the wall. Or querying the non-trivial cost of Trident upkeep and replacement.

In which #Masterchef also won Masterchef. Loving the joy and heart that Anna and Grace brought this year. All the more remarkable given how scripted and formulaic it is. Torode and Wallace well and truly forgotten.

Yeah there's a right and wrong way to do community book shares.

This year's gardening has been an emotional rollercoaster: 🏆 Weed and clear bed to allow bindweed to be kept under control. 💩 Create giant litter tray. 🏆 Stopped the local cats shitting on the lawn. 💩 Wading through turds weeding residual bindweed growth. I'm so tired.

An entirely predictable outcome of framing nature as 'natural capital' in a society plagued by individual and corporate greed www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Well. That 28 Years Later Bone Temple malarky is quite the thing hey? Whatever it was I was expecting it wasn't that. Fun though.

People of the valley (and beyond)! The Hare and Hounds community buy out share offer is expected to go live in mid-July. This is a chance to help save the pub and create an amazing permanent asset for the area. We don't need to tell you how good coop pubs can be. wacacoop.org.uk/hare-and-hou...

Turns out that my superpower is buying banana plants from Lidl.

Ooh. When you forget you've pre-ordered a book and you get an email to say it's on its way. Nice.

Today I realised that Royal Mail Tracked 48™ means that you receive your delivery at least 48 hours after you expect to.

Ah The #Mandelson and Grogu.

Nice round here the noo.

Saw a pair of painted ladies earlier, paused to reflect on how nuts it is that they had flown from southern Europe or Africa to the Yorkshire coast.

Dreaming of the day when we will no longer be periodically triggered by Tony Blair.

Today's Bank Holiday tip run was brought to you by Iration Steppas.

Would like to formally apologise to my Cymbidium and Platycerium for allowing them to become so potbound, and for the at times disrespectful means through which they were removed from their pots. I hope they both take some comfort from their new homes.

Congratulations to the so-called gender critical movement for driving up intolerance and hate in the UK while making trans people's lives a misery. www.amnesty.org.uk/knowledge-hu...

Regret not being sober enough to give that fried egg sandwich the attention it probably deserved.

Sweaty. Gardening.

One hopes they'll tell the State Department to go fuck itself. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Cracking line: 'Many people simply do not care enough about politics to be meaningfully defined by their vote.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Currently enjoying some duelling cuckoos drifting through my window.

Sorry, why are you all watching and posting about #Eurovision?

Remarkable how some are only recently acknowledging that #Eurovision is politicised bullshit..https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/16/im-a-eurovision-superfan-but-this-years-contest-brings-only-sadness-i-wont-be-tuning-in