@actualnames.bsky.social not sure if you've seen this one?

wandering the Sonora desert in a carefree fashion like

They've made a gimp house, somehow

Well clearly a poster version of this will be going up in every lab across the civilised world... xkcd.com/3242/ #chemsky

A friend came to me for advice because she's constantly imagining entire countries populated only by women with exactly the same first name. I couldn't help, though. I can't deal with her Lucy nations.

#MayThe4th Happy Star Wars Day – May the Force be with you! ✨ Looking for a real-life galaxy far, far away? The Zweibrücken Observatory has you covered! 🔭 #StarWarsDay 📷 www.zeit.de/zett/2019-03...

Wrens are usually solitary birds but when it’s cold they will sometimes huddle together for warmth. Some people call this a ‘herd’ but technically it’s known as a ‘scene’. That’s because chilled wren should be ‘scene’ and not ‘herd’.

Apparently, Marc Jacobs has a cameo in the new Devil Wears Prada film. Is there room for his name in the end credits, though?

My latest books cartoon for the @theguardian.com

A long, great thread :)

Tufted Pygmy Squirrel, Borneo.

Different hardware, same software.

Timeline cleanse!

My attention has been drawn to this delightful image.

thinking about this 1500 year old plush swan made of reindeer wool

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

It's a good job the Castle and Falcon is on the 50 route, because I thought tonight's gig was at the Hare and Hounds... Quick bite to eat then off to catch the openers, all being well.

Whatever you do,

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

do you ever wake up at 3am and think "shit that's a good idea, I better write that down so I can share it later on"

JQ beer weekend: done! Lots of folks out for it on day 1.

When Hawkshead Brewery shed most of its team and closed its tap room, I thought beer in Cumbria would suffer. I needn't have worried. My latest story for @pelliclemag.com is about the breweries and all the people and pubs that make up this county. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...

SF writer Ian Watson has died (RIP). Posting this because, in his obit, is the instruction: "At the express wish of the deceased, do not buy flowers, BUY BOOKS". I think that's an excellent sentiment and something to consider in future plans. www.reddit.com/r/Blacklibra...

@actualnames.bsky.social Scotland's women's rugby team coach: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

Genuinely one of the coolest things I've ever seen a cultural venue post

I missed this from @phineas.bsky.social when it originally came out but it sure feels relevant at the moment. Also, you can buy this as a print from the artist here: www.inprnt.com/gallery/phin...

An opportunity to restate that, while I am not remotely superstitious, it's a very bad thing for me to watch important events live, lest Something Bad happen. I have thus assiduously avoided the re-entry of Artemis. Welcome home.

WARGAMES (1983): What if we took the human element out of the equation and handed the keys to the nuclear arsenal to an AI WARGAMES 2 (2026): What if we took the human element out of the equation and handed the keys to the nuclear arsenal to a depraved narcissist pedophile billionaire chaos goblin

War is bad. But it is also. Strange. uwu. nya. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFEO...

New pleasingly-euphonious logistics company spotted:

Please control your cat from social media....

while doing some research I came across the greatest headline I have ever read & I can’t believe I missed this in 2011

don't think I ever posted this one, it's from 2021

Every sentence brings something new to the madness. Stick it on CEEFAX.

A thing that I do has a name!

live your life in such a way that when your neighbors maybe see you murdered by your wife and kid they’re not like “thank god! it’s nice to see them happy for once!” www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/gar...

Celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States with the dumbest, most corrupt president ever in power is a bit like celebrating a wedding anniversary after your spouse murdered all your children and drained your bank accounts.

Reader, I googlied him

The NYT has caught on to how much people want to see this and republished the videos. Their gift links don't have a view count limit. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/c...

Both delightful and terrifying!

Regional woomba intensity across Australia

at no point was I able to accurately predict the next word

The knitted WW2 tour of UK continues.

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

@actualnames.bsky.social Nob Hill Theatre on … Bush Street I am deceased ☠️ sfstandard.com/2026/03/20/n...

I have just set a reminder for the 1st November for this, to make sure that I do go and see it. I know what I'm like... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I don't have anything in specific to complain about right now. unless you count <gestures broadly at the state of everything>, but I wanted to try out this picture generator. So: