I just tried to watch one of the many new films listed in Apple tv to find they're not included, and not even available to rent or buy in the app! Fine if they're listed as to rent, but they're just mixed in with everything else. Load of bollocks 🙄

Great video on why world maps are so misleading and distorted youtu.be/tK7yTJ8Mk7A?...

I recently looked up an old friend of my mum's Robin Addie, and found this article in which he talks about working with Alan Turing at Bletchley (his part starts at paragraph 9) share.google/WB0QnBhHUi7D...

Congress need to grow a pair and do the right thing

Possible Blake's 7 reboot! share.google/dFgBGdI1l6dD...

A joke for the history buffs.

Interesting article on Sweden's growing inequality: theconversation.com/we-got-lazy-...

I might watch Alex Garland's Civil War tonight. It will be some light relief from watching the news.

Album track from FNL on BBC Radio 3 Unclassified tonight @elizabethalker.bsky.social 🙌❤️📻

This took me about 45 seconds.

I just had to print something for the first time in over a year. That went as swimmingly as you can imagine.

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Tonight's film

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition, The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance Iconic imo

Never a better time to leave

Those ai weapons systems won't invest in themselves

I had to check it wasn't April 1st. 'The New Reich' as I've seen it dubbed www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I thought this was great Waiting for the Out www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002hzc6

Philip K. Dick in Metz, please read, share, like, subscribe open.substack.com/pub/jbleasda...

Someone has added Robbie Coltrane's commentary over this amazing scene from "The Supergrass" youtu.be/_fvAb3Jwwj4?...

I'm slowly rewatching my old Blurays and dvds. This is next up tonight

I just had to unfriend someone else on Facebook. It looks like they've been spending too much time arguing with bots on there

Little Stones is out today 🎉 This album started with a kid, a new guitar, and a quiet room where music felt safe. Years later, I finally did the thing I dreamed of back then: recording and releasing an album from home, just for the love of it. 1/2

It's Bowie's birthday, which means it's time for the annual repost of my drawing of a bunch of dancing Daves in the style of Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts. Happy Birthday, Mr Jones.

37 years ago today, Del Boy fell through the bar and a Proper British Tradition was created. Play it cool, however you choose to celebrate.

A pal posted this somewhere else and I thought you’d all like to spend the morning with db too. #BowieForever youtu.be/6xRy1pHdULE?...

This thread is a dizzyingly high benchmark for the rest of the year's shenanigans.

I very much enjoyed The Holdovers. It reminded me of college films I watched growing up in the 80s

Just plugged my nearly 20 year old PS3 in so I can watch some blurays, and Sony are still supplying updates. Compare this to Apple and others with their built in redundancy.

One for my fellow composers and home workers theconversation.com/why-procrast...

Might try and actually get something done today

I wrote about 2025 open.substack.com/pub/jbleasda...

One year since I posted this. One year since everybody treated it like a joke. One year of watching my back. Tell me: have you seen much of Harry Styles this past year? Tim Davie's gone a bit quiet too, hasn't he?

Just had the last mince pie

The death of the music shop is really sad. I'm currently looking at monitor speakers and there's nowhere to actually hear them, despite the fact I live an hour from London and Birmingham.

Late entry for #DuvetKnowItsChristmas at my mum's for Boxing day. Nice view of the teapots and running machine from the sofa bed. @rhodri.biz doing great work again this year

Morning all! Ivor remained asleep until 6am, bless him. Just had a look and we tipped 20k, which is magnificent. I’m going to repost some pix that I missed while slumbering. Thank you thank you #DuvetKnowItsChristmas www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...

Sorry, I was about to go to sleep and then this arrived and now I’m on high #DuvetKnowItsChristmas alert

5PM, Saturday 27th Dec #TrustTheDoc radio show on #exilefm with Neil will be a pre-recorded 'Best Of 2025 Part 1' show counting down 20 - 11 in his Singles of the Year & playing cool grassroots tracks from 2025 by some friends of the show too. Part 2 is live on 3rd Jan with show regulars & the rest!

I don't go to the old place but this cropped up elsewhere so I thought I'd share. Lovely words from Bob Mortimer on Chris Rea

Hello, So, our holiday accommodation is finally up on Airbnb. If you want a holiday stay on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica in the middle of secondary rainforest with views like the one below (or you know somebody who would) take a look: airbnb.com/h/casitaanya

Christmas giveaway time! I've got a 2026 Calendar in need of a good home. For a chance to win it just click Follow/Like/Retweet (and if you can spare a couple of quid a month & want to encourage me, sign up to my Patreon.com/happytoast - but that bit's not necessary to win)

I found this picture of me in the 90s going off to a fancy dress as DLT. I sprayed the wig myself and borrowed my dad's shirt with a cushion stuffed up the front :D

Ep1 9pm tonight on Sky Atlantic! All episodes available to stream on NOWtv!

Any tech people know how to help the brilliant Beatles Bible appeal against the FB ban? An incredible long term resource, removed for ridiculous (and incorrect) reasons. If there’s a way where the Beatles community can get together to appeal please help!

I do wonder what tech companies are doing with our data and why it's meant to be so valuable. I use Google for email, searches and as a browser, yet YouTube keeps playing me adverts for Tampax. If they can't even figure out what sex I am, what are they doing with it?

Just about the best review of It’s a Wonderful Life you’ll ever get. The @alltherightmovies.com chaps walk through every moment of this beautiful film; the background stories, phenomenal acting, writing and direction. A perfect celebration of the humour, warmth and devastatingly moving moments 10/10