Great North Run: achieved. #greatnorthrun

Here's a playlist of the #MercuryPrize 2025 albums for Tidal users: tidal.com/playlist/27b...

The Government is planning to roll out mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

I'm doing the Great North Run for the first time this weekend, having previously only managed a maximum of 10km... Eeek! Love this poem from @georgecaulkin.bsky.social and the associated video, it's emotional & inspirational: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-rZ... #gnr25 #GreatNorthRun

Sad to hear that Jim Lovell has died. I was privileged to hear him talk about his life and experiences a few years ago, and he signed this artwork that I have up on the living room wall, an artist's impression of what the Apollo 13 mission might have looked like. Godspeed, Commander.

Why are #m&s the only UK supermarket who can produce ready meals with plastic films that don't tear to shreds when you try to peel them off? Can they not share this miraculous technology with other supermarkets? You know, for the benefit of all humankind?

Feeling a bit leonine... #ENGESP

Latest update: 10k achieved! www.justgiving.com/page/karli-w...

Vaccinate your kids, you idiots! End of message. I meant to swear more, but I don't have the energy.

Geordie maths: x=yi, man.

Weirdest storm ever. The lightning is continuous! #ukweatherwatch #ne49 #

Is it just me, or has YouTube recently been flooded by weird US political ads? Rubbish targeting as I'm not even in America!

Too cute not to share :) M is getting her steampunk on!

I have the greatest of pleasures and privileges to introduce you to Matilda Angelika Watson, born on the 15th of May 2025 at 10:08. She weighs in at 6lb 5oz (2.850kg) and is ginger. She is also impossibly cute 😍

As I was drifting off to sleep last night, the semi-dreamlike state I was in started taunting me with wordplay. Specifically, "a quidditch quid in a ditch on a quidditch pitch". AI has provided me with a helpful illustration of this for your entertainment. Also, 3 Ds? #quidditch

Before my 50th birthday, I'm going to do my best to complete my first half marathon with my beautiful wife and baby daughter waiting for me at the finish line. Wish me luck, and/or donate some cash to Breast Cancer Now on my JG page, a charity close to my heart! www.justgiving.com/page/karli-w...

Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.

From a Scottish friend into folk music:

Did nobody tell the orange twat that penguins are masters of fishcal policy?

Golfing while Rome burns?

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

I'm waiting for Trump to whip off the mask and reveal that he's been Liz Truss all along. Although, in many ways, it would be funnier if he was Kwasi Kwarteng. The look on JD Vance's face would be priceless.

Happy Mother’s Day! (My cartoon for @theguardian.com books)

Out tomorrow, although your local independent bookshop may have copies already!

You know who should've won an Oscar last night? The person who designed the little 'Gravity on / off' buttons in Alien Romulus.

I'm sure this is fine futurism.com/young-coders...

Craster

The Tyne is a bit foggy. If that keeps happening, eventually someone will write a song about it.

Rachel Reeves: the best chancellor the Tories never had.

Donald Trump. An Apology. The new Private Eye is out now

I know that a lot of you are choosing to bury your heads in the sand at the moment. What's going on over in America is, to anyone of sound mind, abhorrent and more than a little terrifying. I've taken the opposite approach, and I'm watching and reading as much as I can.

Stone Cold Steve Davis signed by snooker champion and synth wizard Steve Davis sold out in minutes raising £3,000 for The Feline Fine Foundation If you want to be notified of special drops like this one sign up to the newsletter jimll.co.uk/pages/newsle...

I think the band is now gearing up to play The Imperial March #inauguration

I've never seen such a ludicrous gathering of the rich and corrupt. Or been as scared as when I look into the cold, dead, lizard eyes of the Trump children. I weep to be human. #inauguration

Here, broken down into a thread, is a copy of my last post on X. 1. This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it.

Ah, #Valletta! Loved visiting #Malta, such an amazing place. We'll be back, one day, I'm sure :)

When did we start using "griffon" instead of "gryphon"? I think a combination of Dragon Age and @sennydreadful.bsky.social has brought this to my attention! 🦁🦅

Four years since my son wrote the best opening to a mystery novel ever written.

The first rule of Vegan Club is...You talk about Vegan Club.

These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer. These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP. You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇 www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...

Brilliant and positive stuff from @samdumitriu.bsky.social on the culture that created the infamous ‘bat tunnel’ and the steps being taken to purge Britain of the bat menace for good.

including replies, Musk has posted more than 1180 times in seven days www.ft.com/content/8e91...

With everything in the news lately, I thought I'd have a look for myself what Elon is posting. I now feel physically sick and in despair. The vitriol being spouted in the posts and replies is unimaginable. The non stop lies and misinformation. The hatred. How do we, as a species, fix this? Can we?

Marvelling at the range of involuntary noises “one” finds “oneself” emitting in middle age: *Standing up - dying manatee winched from mineshaft *Sitting down - air escaping from punctured pouffe *Bending over - concussed bison wrestled into sack *Sneezing - final roar of once-proud warrior race

Ahhh we’ve reached the bit in the series where the billionaire tech bro orchestrates the invasion of Britain, and viewers conclude the show writers have gone too far and jumped the shark.

"Sorry, we can't make this technology that sucks and nobody wants and that uses enough power to blow up the moon unless we *also* steal people's shit to throw into our content woodchipper in order to produce mediocre digital particleboard out of the cumulative artbarf." futurism.com/the-byte/ope...

The Haltwhistle Burn in the snow.

The true cost of Brexit. Get all the stats 👉 bestforbritain.org/brexit_impact

Occultation of Saturn observed from Haltwhistle, UK at 17:20:30. Cloudy, but clearly visible through a 100mm Dobsonian! #astronomy

A year in scrobbles... #last.fm #scobbles #2024