Cow tools! A great read.

The Nobel Peace Prize becoming so prestigious that wars are fought over a head of state coveting it is some real monkey paw stuff for Alfred Nobel.

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

Is it a Greek rhyton or is it Tilly?

Tough ol' time for art sales of late and I depend solely on it for a living, so if you like anything I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for friends or family. If you hate what I do, I'd appreciate if you'd keep me in mind when buying gifts for enemies or nemeses.

I haven't read the whole article [giff of the ain't nobody got time for bronchitis lady] but this bit is on the money (metaphorically and literally... well, not exactly literally... oh you know what I mean!) which is why we need to start building large wooden frames with big blades at the top

Heard a lad earlier talking about ‘Belgian whistles’ “A basic website costs 10k or 25k upwards if you want all the Belgian whistles” BELGIAN WHISTLES

Leonardo DiCaprio has stopped using Wikipedia.

It took me just a few minutes to write an email on this important issue. Weigh in before today’s deadline.

sorry! I meant to type 'If you're in Ireland <or> Irish', i.e. if you have any skin in this game, please email the government consultation on its plan to stop NGOs from litigating to protect the environment.

Woody To Norm: When you've been working all day in the field and someone comes in all sweaty and their chest hair is all matted down Norm: Well that's pretty gross Woody but (doesn't put me off my beer) Woody: Well that's cos you never met Grandma

US Weighing Up Whether It Should Be Them Killing Iranians Instead Of Iranian Government https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/01/12/us-weighing-up-whether-it-should-be-them-killing-iranians-instead-of-iranian-government/

One reason I feel like I'm going mad is, even if Musk did immediately halt Grok and issue a grovelling apology - rather than PAYWALLING IT - he should *still* be prosecuted and his website banned. Very obviously! You don't get out of CSAM charges by just stopping. AND HE STILL HASN'T STOPPED.

There's a non-zero chance he thinks that they've captured Mamdani

Pet Dog Almost Like Disgusting Family Member https://theonion.com/pet-dog-almost-like-disgusting-family-member-1819574337/

Jaysus. They must have the heating turned right up in Fermanagh.

Olivia Dean spoiling us like an ambassador on Jools Holland

Edgar Allan Poe really ruined it for anyone who just wants to show their bitter enemy something cool in a catacomb.

Picture of the staff who operate my account:

Anthony Hopkins is 88. Here’s that time he was stuck in the 7 items or fewer queue because the cashiers were changing over & having a long chat.

Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.

probably because they have to keep stopping to pick up their backpacks

M.R. James on holiday

Baffled that #TheSerpentQueen seems to be completely overlooked. Such an insane, fun, over-the-top extravaganza of a show, with the always compelling Samantha Morton leading an excellent cast.

ME: have you seen my camouflage pants WIFE: no ME: damn they’re good

Witch-King: “No man can kill me.” Eowyn: “I am no man.” Witch-King: “Fuck.”

My son took this picture of Ozzy looking outraged and I think it’s my new meme.

Very happy with my book haul this morning. Looking forward to finally diving in to this @sylvialeatham.bsky.social

If genAI was 100 times more useful than it is, it still probably wouldn't be worth all the trouble it causes. The fact that it's basically useless AND profoundly damaging to pretty much every aspect of humanity turns it from something at best morally dubious into something downright malevolent.

*at the dramatic climax of hard-boiled dystopian sci-fi film* FAKE TITS ARE PEOPLE

Holiday Meat Tree is my new band name

From William Donaldson's GREAT DISASTERS OF THE STAGE:

This poor lil guy has SEEN some shit.

It’s Christmas bitches

“Well, I’ve got good gnus and I’ve got bad gnus.”

New band name just dropped

Went to see A Bug’s Life in the cinema with three others on a Friday night, all of us stoned out of our minds. When the desk lamp hopped out for the animated Pixar logo, we laughed until we cried.

You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:

Jean Harlow, when introduced to Margot Asquith, clumsily pronounced it MargoT, who immediately quipped – “No, my dear, the T is silent, as in Harlot”

No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.

Oh how good is #Mr.Scorsese? Three episodes in and I am simply delighted by it.

“Frost on an outdoor Rodin” I mean… How can you NOT follow this genius?

Love to be told by my GP that asking if menopause is a factor in musculoskeletal problems is “bringing a lot of hot air into the issue.” If he means the steam coming out of my ears, then yes, he’s correct.

Martin Amis on meeting Anthony Burgess. My late best friend used to grade hangovers- eg the ‘angry cat trying to get out through your eyeballs hangover,’ the ‘vague, zen-like hangover’ and worst of all, the ‘dinner with Anthony Burgess hangover’. I guess this is where he got it from.

A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:

My absolute fav. The caption, the pose. The setting. Cliff, shit, just remembered we need one more picture for the calendar. Fuck it just grab the Custard Creams and riff with it.

I don’t mind when tv or movie adaptations veer from the book - it’s a different medium - but holy Jesus #Trespasses is uncannily like the mental film that played in my head while reading Louise Kennedy’s incredible book. Devastating, moving, brilliant work by all involved.

Mimi Leder’s direction of Jennifer Aniston’s acting is the apotheosis of this show’s style, and I am HERE for it #MorningShowSeasonFinale #GetInLoserWereGoingToCamptown