Diving back into this - released 10 years ago - fuck it was a cool album, still is yussefkamaal.bandcamp.com/album/black-...

Orange album cover

Just remember ALL CAPS when you spell the man name www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f...

Crickey - just tuned in - it really is as bad as people are making out.

‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discoveries of #microplastics throughout human body, from brain to blood, arteries to testes Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’ Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

One thing that amazes me at the moment - the number of previously accessible paths that have been cut off with barbed wire . When running, I either scramble through them, or alter my route. Nothing else has changed, they should still be open. Big problem for Garmin Connect trail tool.

FFS - switch the cricket back on, first ball and Jacks is out. #AusvEng #thecricket

Why would I want to calculate something that will just make me want to walk straight into the sea at the age of 65?

Post-Turkey pingers for everyone!

"groimes, groimes, get aht ahf mah hed, groimes."

Perfect reverse order today Connections Puzzle #870 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨

It is such a shame we don't get 'The Making of [FILM]" anymore. On DVD these bits as well as outtakes, commentary etc. added much and helped me learn (what little I know) about film. I even remember for big releases they would even do 'Making of ...' on BBC2, ITV, C4 as promotion.

Absolutely fantastic article from @jonathanliew.bsky.social. Not only elevating the cheese toasty to a new plane of consciousness but also cricket and cricket writing.

Real Metal Gear Solid stuff www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

Strong Roy in Close Encounters of 3rd Kind crying after his family think he's weird for playing with the mash - but for sex, not aliens.

Embarrassing.

Looking forward to the HUNDRED&TWENTY in a couple of years time. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...

"These days if you say you're English, you get arrested and thrown in jail."

Currently reading 'Land of Hope', I'm enjoying it but - christ - it is bleak.

Tea (coffee) break m8

dipped my toe in the trail running water at the weekend - my only regret is i hadn't started trail running sooner

One for the 'On Cinema' fans today Connections Puzzle #718 🟨🟨🟦🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪

skin of my teeth Connections Puzzle #716 🟩🟪🟨🟨 🟩🟨🟦🟪 🟦🟨🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨

I was wrong - great batting from Eng yesterday vs fairly tame bowling with a slight hint of threat. England to go another 100 runs and put Zim in just before lunch? #ENGvZIM

I've been here before - we're cruising at 150-0 for not wicket, opposition nearly on the ropes - why do i think it'll 200 all out? #ENGvZIM #cricket

There are times when you see litigation come up where while some is technically right, they are still wrong. This is one of those times. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The time between every Adam Curtis documentary being trailed and me watching it is full of such curios anticipation - excited to have my perspective shifted in such unexpected ways. Whether he is right or wrong in some of his core arguments, they are always well made. youtu.be/AQc8625Y03g?...

This entire album is so great - i sometimes feel it shouldn’t work (try explaining the concept) but each track always hits the spot.

In news that will surprise no one.

To: everyone Re: all your idioms posts

Eclipse!

My favourite thing about this article is they have chosen to use a picture from 2006 when Middlesex CC were sponsored Northern Rock to illustrate physiotherapy - like no photos of physio's have been taken since then. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

One of my favourite four tet (and extended) tracks. The album is great, but trk 1 really hits the spot for me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFgf...

Everytime I see Greg/Gary pop up in White Lotus, all I see if Uncle Rico wanting to make a bet.

Barry Shitpeas and nuclear bunkers.

EPISODE THREE of our chart-topping new podcast. OUT NOW. This time we find ghosts of the Cold War, and of other wars, and some things that never were… It’s weird down there. pod.link/1745494718 #BrokenVeil

Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. And then the bears moved in.

There is a reason the EU is a non-enumerated member of the G7.

*accidently give yourself shell shock*

Weirdly, the 2 y.o. was watching Happy Feet this morning. A film released in 2006 (I was 17). At the end, humans all agree to ban fishing in Antartica. What happened the following year? (clue it sounds like pinancial bash) A film like this wouldn't be made today.

How are these looking so far? France certainly not walking it. England might surprise us, but I think France result a freak. Ireland (who I thought would finish 2nd) are looking stronger than anticipated. Wales are truly dire.

Perspective change this morning - I think, as #AFC fans we spend some much time getting vexed about stuff outside the club that we never take time to consider the wins (not just the three points, but the stories, developments etc.) that make a club a club.

Watching documentary on TNT about Aaron Ramsey. What a player. The leg break at Stoke still makes me feel sick - both for the bloke and for what could have been. #AFC

BEST ONE-OFF SIMPSONS CHARACTER?

Something I’ve raised a few times. Fits the profile of the current team, eases burden on Havertz, another set piece headache.

My predictions: 1. France to walk it 2. Italy to finish above Wales 3. Scotland and England will disappoint www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j... #6nations #rugby

gonna reactivate my facebook account to finally delete my facebook account

England would undoubtably manage to get relegated at the earliest opportunity - leaving us with no Ashes at all. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

The movie Home Alone was released in November 1990, at the start of the US-led Gulf War. It was #1 at the box office until that wars end, in February 1991. The film’s popularity can in part be explained by its fitting with liberal arguments about America’s failure in Vietnam 1/10