Funny thing about getting a new phone, realising that your Google Pixel doesn't have the UK or any of the countries that make up the UK in its region settings.

So Disney deleted their post on Threads asking users to post Disney quotes that show how their feeling - I suspect this is because it didn't quite go as they expected but the internet is forever so, for your delectation and delight...

For a moment there Schrödinger's Air Force One was playing out.

roomba accidentally saw outside

Sums up the grim state of affairs anyone in a band right now. Spend 2 months doing an arena tour with a big artist and come back home with very little to show for it. PS. Witch Fever are great.

we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)

This is 100% something that would have been on 999 with Michael Buerk.

Noticed DC has put out a Compact Comics edition of V For Vendetta. My immediate thought was it's going to be hard to read because it's a dialogue heavy book with lots of speech bubbles and the smaller format of the book will make the font really small.

Competition: I’ve got three hardback copies of ‘Anywhere But Here’ to give away. Tell me who you think would benefit from reading it and why and I'll send you a copy with a personalised note to that person. It can be you! Subscribe to my Substack and reply to win. substack.com/@nicolakelly

This is Pioppi. He didn't pop up for any particular reason, just likes looking at you. 13/10 (IG: pioppibluestaffy)

"a lot of people are posting about the bus kidnapping story, surely it can't be that bonkers" my friends this is an actual odyssey

It's funny that they will always cheer on things that won't impact them and will happily throw people under the bus of SOMETHING MUST BE DONE.

I’ve long suspected that the Beckhams operate like the monarchy of a small fictional European nation.

I'm reminded of that scene from the film V For Vendetta where Chief Inspector Eric Finch is explaining the consequences of High Chancellor Adam Sutler's actions for no reason at all.

Treated myself to a pair of NPS Solovair Derby Boots. I find the way bad actors have essentially corrupted the idea of pride in something English pretty nauseating. The history of NPS is fascinating and the kind of thing 'Made in England' should stand for. uk.nps-solovair.com/pages/history

Played Small World for the first time yesterday. There's an inherent charm to its presentation of its fantasy theme. I was amused to see that the Ratmen here are still rat sized. I can see how it can be a bit broken by optimizing the race/power combos. #boardgamesky 🎲

If you enjoyed the British horror/folk vibes of “28 Years Later” you might enjoy the graphic novel collection of my comic book series “Surface Tension” (2014) published by Titan Comics. The story of survivors inhabiting a British island during/after a global pandemic known as ‘the sea sickness.’

We have an update on Charlie’s newfound love of printing.

Played 6 player Ethnos 2nd Edition. Plays pretty quick especially when the crab tactics kick in. #boardgamesky 🎲 🦀

I am really struck by how much this plays out like a tech dystopia horror story, only it's real.

Sláine is perfectly suited to live storytelling given its roots in Celtic myth. Check this out if you get a chance, the hand gestures alone indicate you're in for a good time.

Gladiators is back and the first episode did not disappoint. Some top shithousery from Legend, a new event and the closest Eliminator yet.

A second season of The Night Manager 10 years after the first is a reminder that seemingly nothing can just stand alone. The first season was a very good take on John le Carré's novel with an excellent cast that worked as a great prestige mini-series.

"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."

Look at this absolute queen

If you were maybe inclined to think MPs were self serving grifters only in it for themselves today's developments will not disabuse you of that notion.

Everything hinges on the writing and direction but Sophie Turner looks great here as Lara Croft.

Apparently loads of people need to hear this - having grandchildren, nieces/nephews/cousins of dual heritage does not magically render you incapable of racism. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

This is very good from @zoegrunewald.bsky.social. Third spaces and social connectivity are vital, the cost of everything going up only makes this even more true. A couple of years ago I set up my gaming group for this reason. #boardgamesky 🎲 ☕ 🍺

Being shoved to the ground and threatened with arrest by the police at the Sarah Everard vigil was probably the single most radicalising moment of my life. But everything about her murder showed the terrifying violent and exculpatory potential of the British state.

Politicians: don't use AI to make your maps.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is excellent. Equal parts drama and horror much like 28 Years Later, but definitely more of the latter. Ralph Fiennes is outstanding. American reviewers not understanding where the Jimmy's got their look is an interesting side note. #Filmsky

When you're watching a film you planned to see in the cinema but didn't and end up thinking that was actually a good thing.

Can't help but laugh at 2 buses not turning up on one of the main bus routes out of the city. Nothing like a 2 mile walk after work because the bus that goes near your place just hasn't turned up twice. 👍

A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate

Me going into work today after a week off.

Dragon's Claws was undoubtedly one of the best comics around in Britain in the late 80's apart from 2000AD. The team of Simon Furman and Geoff Senior were great and it even featured Death's Head after he got shrunk after colliding with the TARDIS in Doctor Who Magazine. I'm not making that up.

My #ChildhoodCinema was the Odeon on the Headrow in Leeds city centre. I can remember the very long queue for Jurassic Park, which went out of the cinema and along the street. This was before massive cinemas with a dozen or more screens. The film was rated PG on release but later a 12A. #Filmsky 🍿🎬

One of my top recent discoveries on Youtube is The Thrifty Typewriter that does video essays like this one on West World.

This has big poster in ATHENA vibes. Love it.

Just seen a video about a guy who set up a coffee nerd micro cafe in a village of just over 1,000 and was somehow surprised it didn't last very long and had to close. 🙃☕

This is very good from @charalanahzard.bsky.social on X and how media have been reluctant to cover it. Mind boggling to me that the British government, MPs, councils,etc, still use the platform. Putting out policy announcements sandwiched between non-consensual porn imagery and racist abuse.

After almost two years of playing board games in a pub yesterday was the first time we had any problems with someone. A random guy asked to join us to "quietly to watch you play", you'll no doubt be shocked to hear he became distinctly less quiet as he got through several pints. #boardgamesky

Shocked, shocked I say. 'Calls to bring trams back to Leeds – the largest city in Europe without a mass transit system – go back more than four decades. Plans have twice reached an advanced stage, only to stall, most recently in 2016 when a £250m trolley bus network was cancelled.'

Game of Thrones The Board Game is one of those games where either everyone has to be playing it the first time or everyone has to have played it several times. We were playing for 5 hours, by which point I just wanted to surrender King's Landing to get it over with. #boardgamesky 🎲

Just had a reminder on my phone of this photo. Pretty sure everyone who visits the Corn Exchange has a photo of this sign.

I BEG every smug commentator who praised Mahmood for doing the “tough but necessary thing” to read this. All the disadvantages of plummeting immigration for the economy & public services, for NO POLITICAL GAIN. Labour in DESPERATE need of a 180 change of course on immigration

If you see this post an archer.

Woke up this morning to discover the snow has apparently turned up fashionably late like some sort of diva.