another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Me, a physicist, watching the kids screaming as they open their last present: well there was a 50/50 chance for the cat, but here we are.

If you begin Star Trek: Voyager episode Spirit Folk at exactly 11:49:35 on New Year's Eve, Ensign Harry Kim will kiss a cow as the clock strikes midnight. Join in a very dumb annual tradition and start 2026 off on the right hoof.

The holiday limbo days hath begun.

Well, it’s the day after Wallace and Gromit rode again – and it’s the 31st anniversary of the first appearance of the greatest sound effect in the history of the motion picture, so here’s the story of how (I found out how) they made it...

What if we’ve all died, loaded our consciousness into a simulation, but we’re the low-mid tier subscription, so we don’t get ads, but also we don’t get a version of paradise… And other thoughts like these today at the dinner table.

Such a beautiful story of an enduring friendship. Do read.

My brain right now.

The family watching me go back to get a nineteenth helping of leftovers.

A Home Alone prequel, similar to Wolverines origin story, where the Wet Bandits escape a military complex after an experiment robs them of their memories, but also renders them indestructible. Pursued by the authorities, with nothing to their name they turn to a life of crime.

The scariest Christmas story: Twas the night before Christmas, And all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, Except for A DRACULA

Is there anything more wholesome than baking gingerbread? ☺️

Can’t believe Hollywood didn’t go for my Christmas film where a bunch of wartime children are transported by a witch to a magical land of wardrobe’s, through the anus of a lion.

New Paralysis Demon unlocked.

Please, please Frankenstein was my father’s name. Just call me Monster.

My wife’s family pausing the Christmas music: Your entire life you thought she was singing to a baby Santa? I mutter something about magic and boss baby. We continue eating in silence.

My first solo show in over a decade. Come experience the weirdness. Tickets here: fane.co.uk/dan-schreiber MARCH - 15 Coventry, 16 Salford, 18 Brighton, 27 Edinburgh APRIL - 7 Nottingham, 9 London

Some of the best wrist action I've ever seen. (at 46 seconds) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Eight years ago today I took this picture of a hummingbird.

As ever, is it really Christmas until Mr Blobby saves the Nakatomi Plaza?

The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵

Look this can be a cynical place and yessssssss you might say I’ve been drinking but a Merry Christmas to all of you, a little bit of cheer can travel the world. Keep being good ❤️ *falls over in drunk

As ever, is it really Christmas until Mr Blobby saves the Nakatomi Plaza?

My son, huddled by the fire asks me again: Father what was the world like before Whamageddon? He should know. So, I answer: We did not cower, son. We did not fear. Then we heard his fell voice on the air and all was ash and knitwear. We gave him our hearts, but the very next day HE wanted more...

Last-minute gig idea! A knock-off VHS that looks a bit like a classic Disney cartoon:

I don’t know how to identify a bad parent anymore. But sweeties, you’re doing great!

And to anyone who saw my previously now deleted post I have been singing that song wrong all day 🤦‍♂️

You’re allowed one cartoon skill (like running on air before you fall) what do you choose?

here’s an Elon Musk Christmas Tale. Merry Xmas everyone ❤️

This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙‍♀️🎄

The greatest trick a Muppets Christmas Carol ever did was convincing the world there were two Marleys.

This is the way 🖤🖤✨✨ From Teaandrosemary IG

Loving the updated White House portrait.

Loving the updated White House portrait.

True! I had to clarify during my lesson on Wednesday that there was only one Marley. After stating that MCC stuck very closely to the original text I had to concede that they did 'Muppet it up' a bit. Then had to explain Statler and Waldorf to pupils born in 2010.

The greatest trick a Muppets Christmas Carol ever did was convincing the world there were two Marleys.

You might say he was drawn to the light.

Because of the Santa hat in his profile this just reads like he’s upset because someone’s been mean about Father Christmas.

Team Rocket on a retrospective podcast: yeah, it was wild, we were teenagers but the company would give us anything we wanted to try and catch one specific Pikachu. We had them send balloons, robots, corny disguises. Limitless travel budget. And all we wanted to do was come up with stupid rhymes…

These are excellent gifts for young readers. Also, just to double down on the point, Alasdair himself gets money if you buy them. And that’s handy because it takes ages to write a book.

Can only assume he will be revealing he has perfected his fighting Uruk-hai.

Them some big toothbrushes.

Very lucky to have caught the moment my son received his first side quest. 🥹

As you may know, I have stopped using Twitter, and have decided to reproduce some of my more memorable threads here for posterity. Here’s one I hold wrote after a particularly engaging swordfighting lesson. Buckle up, swordfighting fans, because I *have* studied my Agrippa! [BIG ASS THREAD]

Can’t quite process the Rob and Michelle Reiner story on top of all the other stuff going on at the moment. This world is systemically sick 😔

100 more years!!!! ❤️

Is this based on the blurb only?