“Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death,” an AO3 fic in which Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who runs the lottery in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”, is astounding. archiveofourown.org/works/73396436

Favourite Bowie 10 (today, top of my head, sorely lacking in deep cuts): Absolute Beginners* Modern Love Ashes to Ashes Life on Mars? This is Not America Let’s Dance Moonage Daydream Suffragette City Under Pressure As the World Falls Down *specifically with Gail Ann Dorsey on bass

i have very rapidly become incapable of thinking about anything that isn’t this video

This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.

Post a pic of the venue where you saw your first concert and the band or artist

Will take the line "I gave the dog a full viennetta" to my deathbed

I have some congresspeople who follow me, so I'll just throw this out there: As a taxpayer, I would actually prefer that you *not* continue to fund the fascist military machine that is being used to kill and kidnap people from our communities.

It’s Kathleen’s birthday tomorrow. (She was almost impossibly beautiful.)

I wanted to like your post, Gail - but it’s currently on 666 likes and that’s too perfect.

Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa.

The KKK-stone Cops

A drama in the cosmos viewed by an audience of one 🐱 (something to calm the nerves)

Got myself a Stanwyck shirt.

The charity vid has always been my favourite thing on the internet, nothing else comes close.

so the answer is no, no one can pull off a lampshade hat

Hey Bluesky, send us your best ducks (Happy #InternationalUnsolicitedDuckPicDay to all who celebrate)

thoughts/prayers to everyone who made their “most anticipated TV shows of 2026” list before finding out that Kumail and Armando Iannucci were on the new season of Taskmaster

Reminder for everyone operating at situationally-diminished capacity.

Made another scrappy, scruffy puffin based on Jill McDonald’s Puffin Post illustrations. A lovely things about these not being “for” anything is that it allows them to be imperfect & hamfisted: there being no pressure on them means my sewing is actually slowly slightly improving a bit with each one

In The Holiday (2006), Arthur (Wallach) tells Iris (Winslet) that Cary Grant was born in Surrey. WRONG!Archie Leach was, quite famously, born in Bristol, several counties away. I couldn’t watch this, otherwise delightful, film for years because it made me angry, now I fast-forward through that bit.

Tonight’s highly pleasurable viewing: the great Powell & Pressburger’s The Small Back Room, from 1949. Gorgeous b+w cinematography, a brilliant dream sequence mid-film, & great repeat pairing of David Farrar and Kathleen Byron from Black Narcissus. This also gets me closer to being a P&P completist.

It’s Julian’s birthday tomorrow.

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy but isn’t a selfie.

@say-hey.bsky.social STUNNING photo shoot!

Made another bockety little Jill McDonald style party puffin: no idea what for but that’s the joy of it. Absolutely stink at sewing but I hope this no pressure making for pure pleasure might improve my non-existent skills & I truly do love the mental peace of pottering away at these felt fripperies

What book is sacred enough to be sworn in on? I’m going for a First Folio. 🎭

Okay. I can think of a few exceptions though.

Here’s an excellent 90s Rom Com that gives Bill Pullman his due as a hottie. #TCMParty #SleeplessInSeattle

Running my hands over some bells just to peal something.

What I will see the New Year in with. I’ll attempt to time it so, at the moment of midnight, Pamela Brown - with her wonderful face of secrets and shadows - suddenly falls into frame to warn Torquil that “she’s running away from you!”

How I am walking* out of 2025: *running

Yeah, man, the only difference between your career and Mark Rufallo’s career is the political stuff.

..and always great to run into a fellow Prince fan! 💙 mdavis19881.substack.com/p/best-conce...

Seeing an enjoyable movie or TV show, by generation: Boomer: "that's that girl from the other movie, what's her name?" Gen X: Buys the DVD for the commentary track Millennial: Buys a car window sticker showing their family as characters Zoomer: Draws yaoi fan art to make the boys kiss.

Bringing this one back for today’s anniversary and adding their resting place.

One-of-a-kind, brilliant, original. Carrie Fisher (October 21, 1956 – December 27, 2016)

A food delivery truck parked outside an alleyway into town, giving the impression of a portal from the drab to the magical - only open for 15 minutes on Christmas Eve.

Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather

Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again

Merry Christmas everyone, especially my #Playschool Babies. Be kind, considerate and compassionate as the festive season continues. Spread joy everywhere you go and remember the best gift you can give is unconditional love ❤️🎄❤️

Happy holidays from your furiends at the zoo ✨ Thanks to Keeper Megan and Keeper Ali for the holiday pics!

Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.

My older brother, this Christmas season, set himself the task of organizing my mother‘s holiday recipes and testing out, for the first time in many years, all of her cookies. He started simply, with the sugar cookies, cut using her cutters into all the familiar shapes, iced with her trademark…

Quote with four of your favourite holiday movies! ❄️☃️

Ever since her Cribs episode in 2002 I’ve found Mariah a lot of fun.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 71616: If you're struggling to stay creative during the dark part of the year, go back to what you love. Re-read, re-watch, rediscover old favourites. Remind yourself why you're doing this. Find your joy.

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)

One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.