@edzitron.com I love that you corrected yourself from saying Bournemouth to Christchurch when talking about your Grandpa. As a resident of Bournemouth, that very much adjusted my view from "Oh, poor man." to "Oh, good for him!" Hope it's nice to know you still have at least one Dorset listener!

Ooh, it's that time of year that I realise I forgot about CES and binge all of @edzitron.com's coverage in a single day. CES never fails to be odd, Ed never fails to get great guests to discuss it. Throw in the occasional insightful topic or fascinating piece of tech and it makes for a great time!

@jamieloftus.bsky.social Your community needs you!

@lucyxiv.boontavista.com Listening to you guys talk about Seasonal Affective Disorder was interesting as a UK listener. If it can get to you guys in sunnier parts of the world, it makes sense why the British are perpetually grumpy. Equally, could also just be being here 🥲

This man is an absolute hero. Both for what he did and his reasoning behind it. I hope that this is example hits home for those in the UK: We are better when we look after each other.

I got a subscription as a gift last year and it's honestly kept on giving. The discord is full of lovely people who have genuinely helped my mental health and been there when I needed it. Bravo to these guys for a brilliant podcast and for bringing together such a lovely community, too!

@lucyxiv.boontavista.com Oh, no. I really liked the version of this show I'd built in my head listening to Savant-Garde!

I just dreamt that microplastics had formed together to create a D20 under the skin on my thigh... I don't even play D&D. Interesting choice, brain!

How does this keep happening to RT? Dan always seems to be patient zero for YouTube's poorly executed policies. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy, truly undeserving of this stress. I hope that little messages of support like this from the community help give some comfort. Drift on, King 👑 ♥️

@choopo.bsky.social I'm on my sofa sick as hell. I paused out of curiosity and... It hit home. Thanks for checking in, Choopo! Little things like this really do make a big difference sometimes! We should all leave kind notes everywhere, make the world a lil treasure hunt. Please.

@aynrandy.boontavista.com Hey, dude! Effexor/Methylphenidate buddy here. I wanted to recommend watching Everything Everywhere All At Once! It's not explicitly mentioned in the film, but the MC has undiagnosed ADHD. One of the directors realised that about himself early on, too, which shaped the film

@boontavista.com , the reason my conscience now speaks in an Australian accent. I will forever recommend this podcast and they will forever make me feel weird about doing so!

Ashamed to say that this took a second to click...

I see that the Lego: Final Destination filming is going well!

Seriously, though, what if every decent person just... Left Britain? We could do a reverse Australia - leaving the island filled with all the criminals, thugs etc.. We don't even have to do the colonialism!

Packing to move house has me asking some interesting questions. How DO you pack your @killjamesbond.bsky.social commemorative signed beer cans?

@postoctobrist.bsky.social Calling your crimesona December would work so well! Got caught and need a fresh start? Happy New Year, it's January, y'all!

Sadly, this feels like a post that we'll find ourselves coming back to more and more frequently. Just replace "British children" with whoever it is we've decided to disadvantage next.

@aynrandy.boontavista.com You've convinced me that we need to give more ghost hunters adhd meds. I'm not sure it'd make a very interesting TV show or anything, but it seems like it might be good for them... (Also, very flattered how often you've replied to me despite the object permanence issue!)

This is like so hilariously textbook 'bad guy' material. Stealing? Bad. From the poor? Worse. En masse? Villain territory. That the response from some nerds is bootlicking rather than heroism says something of their reading comprehension - and chances of winning a debate with an author.

I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.

My relationship with my mum improved vastly when I got my ADHD diagnosis. She started reading into it and found that she understood me, becoming far my forgiving of my symptoms. She encourages me to rest where she used to push too hard! 10/10 experience, would recommend.

This somehow feels like a visual metaphor for something @postoctobrist.bsky.social would say on Kill James Bond. (Positive)

Tried to think of something witty to reply, ended up repeating the experiment myself. Consider it peer reviewed?

Moving the chairs on @gluefactorypod.bsky.social 1mm closer each week until this happens... Or Riley/Pierre walks in and instantly clocks the difference.

My wife and I never decided whether our anniversary was 4th November, when I asked her out, or 10th November when we had our first date. So this week marks (roughly) 10 years together! She always gives me hope, even when the world is on fire!

Dickhead kids playing with fireworks set a whole shed/structure ablaze across the road from me... I did get a pretty cool gif of my Piranha Plant looking chaotic as hell in the window, though.

@aynrandy.boontavista.com To further your secret knowledge of a frozen turkey's nuclear impact potential when thrown from the moon: It can't be a coincidence that they chose a guy with the surname Armstrong to go to the moon. You just know he hucked a few birds off that rock!

Introducing... Weiße Tomas?

Last night I heard someone say that the name Milo can be (mis)translated as "strong boy." My instant thought was that maybe some people that go to see @miloedwards.bsky.social are expecting the Little Buff Boys show from I Think You Should Leave...

Can I get a 'hell yeah'!?

Okay, admittedly this made me giggle at several points. However, fuck AI, bless the fools that fall for it and pay the artists deprived by it.

@aynrandy.boontavista.com Forgive my parasocial outreach, but you're (bizarrely) the only other person I know of that will be able to appreciate how I currently feel: I'm back on methylphenidate!! After 9 months on a less suitable alternative! I AM ALIVE AGAIN!

Breaking News: Bin (?) on Bus looks alarmingly like someone decapitated K-9 from Dr Who.

Updating my LEGO White House

Did they pick this line-up directly out of my mind?? Especially @jamieloftus.bsky.social , oh my gosh!!

I have somehow volunteered myself to run a mime workshop with primary school children. @tomwalker.bsky.social I have a vague recollection of you mentioning learning mime - any idea of an activity I could do with the kids? At least they'll be quiet, I guess..?

Honestly baffling. "Oh, I'm fundamentally an awful person. You should live by my standards, though."

Also for relief from The Horrors: Gunna be pumpkin carving with the kids later this week. I'd be super grateful for any tips (I am NOT a crafty person) or design ideas suitable for primary school kids!

The number of global situations causing Big Feelings™️ at the moment has completely drained me of executive function. If anyone needs me, I'll be by the faucet.

Oh, no, I expressed an opinion online and am now deeply anxious despite at the consequence that someone I do not know may be angry at me. I am definitely a bastion of good mental health.

Continuing my theme of "Am I going insane or is the rest of the world practicing some hardcore cognitive dissonance?" this article made me feel far less insane. I don't care about football at all, so this situation really made no sense to me. This article made it clear, there isn't sense to be made.

I really do like when people talk sense, y'know?

Upon realising I can set custom notifications on my phone, I also found that I have this saved as a sticker. Now I'll never miss an @edzitron.com post again!

Oh fuck, nobody has put it as succinctly as this!

@aynrandy.boontavista.com If you want to learn more about American hot dogs, I'd heavily recommend Raw Dog by Jamie Loftus! Jamie is a brilliant comedian and she did a road trip trying regional hotdogs. It's also a hardcore lament of capitalism... Reckon it'd be up your street! ☺️

See, this is why, autistically speaking, I thought I'd be happier if other people actually said what they mean, rather than speaking in code... Now I'm just in constant justice sensitivity and running around trying to comfort those that these people are hurting instead. It feels more productive.

I won't lie, watching clips of @zackpolanski.bsky.social has done wonders for my mental health this morning. Rather than hanging up flags and yelling "we're so great" as our country falls apart, why don't we DO something great to SHOW that this country has some benefit to the world?

@lucyxiv.boontavista.com The "Twelve Punch Man" joke did not go unnoticed on this week's Boonta Vista! Lucy has been tarnished by anime and weed recently, who knows what the future holds.

Happy as I am that all the hosts are back together, I look forward to when we get an episode that's just Lucy and Theo reading through the DSM-V. open.spotify.com/episode/6wFP...