This isn’t vandalism, it’s art – and reminds me I must watch They Live again

I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS

What do I want from Labour? 1. Net Zero 2. Continuity on Ukraine 3. Independence from US in defence/foreign policy 4. Local/municipal devolution 5. Voting reform, campaign finance reform 6. Closer EU ties 7. Pro nature policies. 8. Social housing - in cities/towns. 9. Commitment to Human Rights

A friend’s bf saw the opening post in this thread and said “Was that AI?” and I fear I was perhaps not as calm as I could have been when I replied “OF COURSE IT’S NOT FUCKING AI. AS IF I WOULD EVER EVEN GO NEAR AI. ROD IS NOT AI. ROD SHITS ON AI FROM A GREAT HEIGHT. NOW APOLOGISE TO ROD RIGHT NOW.”

1979, London Underground. A cassette on a label founded by Keith Dobson/Kiff Le Batteur of Here & Now & World Domination Enterprises. Danny & The Dressmakers featured Graham Massey, later of 808 State

Time Change xkcd.com/3272/

I've been out and about. Hot it is. I'm melting.

lolll

We've managed to set Scotland on fire but sure, let's drill some more oil.

Weird thing is most testing will show you that one of the most vote losing positions Labour could adopt is explicit anti-Net Zero signalling. This is because climate still disproportionately matters to Lab/Green voters while Lab/Reform voters don’t care either way...

ON THIS DAY in 1969, Apollo 11 launched and landed on the Moon using Raytheon's Apollo Guidance Computer, designed by MIT. Where did you watch the launch? #Apollo11 #MoonLanding #NASA #OnThisDay

The Luddites loved technology. They owned looms at home and would ‘mod’ them to count threads. Their battle was against worker exploitation. The degradation of their rights, safety and wages. They were against a handful of rich businessmen owning the means of production. Sound familiar?

I feel like I want to replace d20 with a d100. Or 3d6. 🤣 It's still funny though. 😂

There's a lot we can learn from museums. For example: imagine how much better England would have been last night if there had been a dry-stone wall in front of Pickford's goal.

I've just seen about 40 kids sneak into watch 'The Odyssey' without paying by hiding in a giant wooden coat.

The Las Vegas skyline from Blade Runner 2049 vs the Toronto skyline from right now.

Those #Romans thought of everything for 🔥heatwave🔥 conditions like these.. and even erected safe swimming signs around their famous Pont du Gard aqueduct in Provence 🌊😮 An incredible survival from 1800 years ago 🧐 📷.my own, June 2026

The British media seem not to have noticed that Canada is on fire.

are young people today aware that there was an active effort 20-25 years ago to stop depicting smoking as cool and glamorous because people got tired of watching their loved ones die of cancer and heart disease from something preventable? seems like classic history repeating itself stuff

So farewell then, Keir Starmer... my SKETCH of a friendly final PMQs. thecritic.co.uk/two-...

George Roderick as Mario and Roger Moore playing you-know-who, sharing a moment in the first episode of "The Saint". Mario has just said to Simon, "sometimes, I feel I don't know you at all". Leading to this.

Today's railway photograph: sheep on the line, West Somerset Railway.

The Princess and the Pea xkcd.com/3271/

Happy Innsmouth Day to all Deep Ones and hybrids who celebrate

Oh wait, we're talking about the peasant's revolt. I can't resist using this as an excuse to share one of my favourite memes ever:

Spot the bird: expert level. Can you spot this yellowhammer chick nesting in the grass? Thank you for supporting nature’s recovery by staying on marked paths and keeping dogs on short leads, to avoid disturbing hidden nests and chicks.

"So, there you have it. Is it a mocking postscript to a formal letter, a kind of nut found in tropical Borneo, or the noise made by a New York Times compiler when you ram their fucking Wordle up their arse? Frank…?" #Wordle 1,852

Hatred of AI now reaching the level of cultural consensus that becomes attractive to advertisers

Don't know how it is/was in the US, but here in the UK was a time (80s/90s) when ads ran at a rough 2 to 1 ratio of cheesy crap for dumb people to utterly sublime. Was actually worth watching an ad break for the 3 or 4 ads that would make your night. That ratio now runs at about 377 to 1.....

I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday.

21 A bigger TTRPG set-up is possible. 4 tables? Multiple Referees? But why the hell would anyone offer that? Would growing the offer grow the participation? Attendees lanyards all held a small book of timetabled events to tick off as they visited the various celebrity panels and photo shoots. 21

“A "vast amount" of taxpayers' money was wasted on PPE - almost £10bn of the £14.9bn spent by the UK and devolved governments.” Who will be held accountable? www.bbc.co.uk/news/a... 1/3

it is true that for as long as we've displayed this ladder, no shark has been within 36 feet of The Museum of English Rural Life bsky.app/profile/chri...

The Dish (2000). Sam Neill and David Warburton. True story of the Australian antenna that carried the first live broadcast from the Moon. A warm homage to all the people behind the scenes. Today the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex is a key part of NASA's Deep Space Network.

Brent above $85. European gas back over €50/MWh as Hormuz escalates again. A reminder: A fifth of global oil and LNG passes through that strait. Every heat pump, EV and electrified factory shrinks this exposure. Electrons made at home cannot be blockaded in a shipping lane.

Nice work, everyone! Keep it up!

Here's an example of a whitewashing and a full and proper restoration. ghostsigns.co.uk/2021/03/whit... ghostsigns.co.uk/2021/09/retu...

This is very pleasing - really like ghost signs for their sense of the presence of a faded past. Northampton volunteers record more than 60 shop 'ghost signs' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com Many more here: www.theguardian.com/profile/tom-gauld

In a world of men who think the only way to be a man is to stand on the necks of everyone else, be a Sam Neill.

The evil Fabian plot to (checks notes) improve society somewhat very very slowly

Roses are red Skywriting is cool www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wait until these guys find out that Tony Blair, Keir Starmer, Sadiq Khan, Andy Burnham and Shabana Mahmood are also members of a shadowy organisation which exists to take over the government of the country called the Labour Party

Goodbye Instagram, you socially and culturally ruinous fuckwit.

Expected growth in number of countries for men's World Cup finals, assuming Fifa's desperate money-grabbing continues. By the 2070s, Fifa will be instigating civil wars and national partitions to ensure they don't run out of countries.

Why don't most Europeans have air conditioning? Dumb? Woke? No - WE DID NOT NEED IT UNTIL FOSSIL FUEL BURNING CAUSED THE CLIMATE CRISIS More info 👇 www.carbonbrief.org/eight-facts-...

"I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered"