Me logging into COD

Gorgeous! Do read.

At the Wallace Collection for lunch. The Temptation of St Hilarion made me laugh.

An Oxbridge man replying to Brittney telling him her latest struggles

Found the best named law ever on Jane Austen's wiki

Our Discorders answered the question, 'what if the games of 2025 were Simpsons stills?' Judge the results for yourself.

Holy shit

Here he is taking the photo.

I was not ready

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

OK so it's dark and rainy and I feel like this story should be shared. The movie Grace Of My Heart is a sort of 'film á clef' loosely based on Carole King's life, interpolating a fictional romance with a character based on Brian Wilson. Musical director J Mascis said they HAD TO use a theremin...

The Impact of AIDS on the Artistic Community, by Fran Lebowitz. For World AIDS Day. Part 2 of 2:

The Impact of AIDS on the Artistic Community, by Fran Lebowitz. For World AIDS Day. 1 of 2:

this is what I looked like playing sektori this morning

The Back Page gets the VIDEOVERSE treatment! Thanks for 5 years of the podcast, giant men!

Huge thanks to anyone who has ever tried an episode of the podcast, and extra special thanks to anyone who came back for more. We do work really hard on making it a worthwhile listen (and evergreen if you fancy dipping into the back catalogue). Hope it's still going in another five years.

When I arrive at the party

Half-Life 3 looks fucking SICK

27 years later, I’ve finally done it.

Every ad now

Jeff Pearlman found Brenda and the baby from Tupac's "Brenda's Got A Baby."

Seriously though, this comes from a beautiful photo essay of a strange and troubling subject. I highly recommend it.

G. K. Chesterton raises his hand…

Not really our cup of tea.

I know nothing about Dr Who, but, for Londoners, the phrase "Going For Dinner With Billie Piper" is the absolute best way to remember the order of the vertical streets running east to west in Soho (Greek, Frith, Dean, Wardour, Berwick, Poland) and has saved many a late night out

Facebook tells me that I posted this comment 10 years ago and it’s still the best “being caught bunking off school” story I’ve heard. Apologies for any minor factual inaccuracies in my retelling

My favourite Jilly Cooper story is recounted in Graham Hoyland's 2013 book Last Hours on Everest. What a trooper.

The rikishi are taking-in the town and doing what we all do when in London. Seeing the sights, admiring the parks, shopping on High Street, taking tea at Fortnum's, using the olde phonebox, eating Chinese, and having a terrific time.

Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...

Ever wondered where all the Cheers title photos are from? I did. And I've gathered everything I can find into this post. That was fun. joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...

Helped my brother buy a new car today and this was the only decoration the salesman had on the desk.

ㅤ Evolution of the Cosmos from a single point (Bindu): Tantric painting — India, 18th c. ㅤ

The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."

🔴 Brand new comic now up on @boingboing.net - A Busy, Busy Day in Washington, D.C. - boingboing.net/2025/10/01/t...

Really sorry to hear about the sudden passing of Kaleb Horton, a fantastic writer. Only seems fitting to share what he wrote for David Lynch kalebhorton.ghost.io/death-is-jus...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

I saw this circulating on twitter, I thought it was a joke but it’s real

He gets to stay!

anyone need their horse rotated?

Once again thinking about Macaulay Culkin walking into the Parisian café where the wifi password was “Macaulay Culkin” and the owner saying “I knew you’d come here someday”

Every Apple event

I hope this ishmael finds you whale

Fuck!!!

@blueprincegame.bsky.social @dogubomb.bsky.social What a wonderful game! We’ve just made to to Room 46 as a family, and it’ll join the pantheon with the likes of Fez and The Witness of games we’ve solved together that will always be a part of our family lore and remembered fondly. Thank you so much!

@iammilliam.bsky.social I’m sorry to hear you’re having such a bad time. Year of RD, Backlisted, its live shows, Shabby Road, and the books I’ve read have given me a great deal. I have friends who’ve lost a lot with Unbound and I’m sorry that the fallout is hurting so many.Hope you’re ok. Take care.

From this month's edition of The Onion.

my kid was playing with a hand-me-down train set the other day and he asked "why did someone else give this away" and i told him "well maybe they got a little older and stopped liking it as much" and my man paused and said "i will NEVER stop liking this train" 😭