The latest episode of #Pluribus was particularly funny to me because "HDP" is what my wife and I call Herbes de Provence. When John Cena brought it up all I could think was "Pfft, big deal — I put HDP in my food all the time!"

deep down, he believes we are all good chaps and he believes it hard enough that everyone wants to live up to it, just a little, just for him

They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do.

Took my little girl to see #Zootopia2 today, but she can't quite say cinema so she ended up skipping through a shopping mall shouting "we're going to the CINNAMON!" at the top of her lungs.

Going to dive into the PS5 port of Red Dead Redemption this weekend. It's been a long time since I played the original game so I'm interested to see how well it's aged.

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity. I am only slightly exaggerating when I say that Bandit Heeler is the best role model for modern fatherhood that one could ask for.

My wife got me the best advent calendar this year. Yippee ki-yay, melon farmers!

I've been thinking a lot about the writers' practice of "trunking" and how it feels too much like an admission of defeat to me. So I'm going to open my trunk and start sharing some of the random scraps I find inside!

What is the worst Christmas song, and why is it "Merry Xmas (The War is Over)" by John Lennon and Yoko Ono?

Has anyone ever made a trilogy of films with such an impeccable hit ratio as Rian Johnson’s Benoit Blanc series? Not Coppola’s Godfather. Not Lucas’ Star Wars. Not the Wachowski’s Matrix. Not Nolan’s Batman.

These folks really go online every day and just admit to being giant losers. Nobody makes them post stuff like this.

#WakeUpDeadMan is every bit as brilliant as Knives Out and Glass Onion, just as I expected. What I *didn't* expect was that it's also the most profoundly moving film about why people turn to God since Life of Pi. I just want Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig to make a dozen more of these movies.

Every time in the last year I've thought about giving up writing I've given myself a mini existential crisis realising that if I don't write, I basically don't know who I am anymore. I guarantee that nobody who uses AI slop to make art has ever once had that feeling.

We really need to talk more about the ' If I don't create I will literally die' brain disease required to be an artist. If you have the feeling like your skin is going to peel off if you're not creating youll MAKE it happen. Youll buy some cheap ass instrument second hand, you'll steal time at work

I want a new game to sink my teeth into after finishing The Outer Worlds 2 this week, but nothing in my library is jumping out at me. Which means I'm probably just going to end up playing round after round of Balatro again. If anyone has any recommendations for PS5 games, hit me up.

Stayed up late tonight to finish reading Project Hail Mary and I can't remember the last time a book drew me in so completely. Every time I think Andy Weir's about to lose me with the science talk he casually drops a great joke or a really touching character moment and pulls me right back in.

I wanted to be able to write fiction, so I had to find a day job that paid enough and was *just* challenging enough to make me indispensable but not *so* challenging that it took up too much of my day. Hopefully soon the fiction will become the career!

I have fond memories of playing Mario and Banjo-Kazooie on my uncle's N64 when I was a nipper, and I had GameBoys growing up, but the PS2 is definitely the point where the switch flipped for me.

My latest short story is now available to read online at @sillygoosepress.bsky.social! It's called "O Time Thy Pyramids" and it's about writer's block and struggling to live up to The Greats. Also orangutans.

See ya tmrw! 🫶🏻🤩🪿

The secret is out: I'm going to be in the next issue of @sillygoosepress.bsky.social! My story is all about writer's block and includes at least one orangutan; I am very proud of it.

I bloody love the Flaw system in #TheOuterWorlds2. My character now has Bad Knees which make a horrible crunching noise every time he crouches, and I don't think I've ever felt more seen by a video game.

I see the nominees for The Sweaty Oscars have been announced

If this bozo is going to name his stupid slop company Prometheus, then he should also be chained to a rock and have his liver pecked out by eagles.

omg if you live next to a field of horses they're literally neighbours

Ultra-wealth needs to be classified as a mental disorder. Not only is it one of the most extreme forms of hoarding imaginable, but it completely detaches you from reality and primes you to believe all sorts of nonsensical (and often dangerous) things. Luckily, the treatment is very simple.

"Totoro" by Phil W. Bayles (aged 32 ½).

I've always been a PlayStation man, but now that the consoles are essentially just prefabricated gaming PCs I've been considering making the jump to Steam for a while now. A device like the Steam Machine, that lets me do that without the faff of building a PC, might just be the thing that sways me.

Finished Dispatch, since the last two episodes were released today. Gosh, how fun was THAT? The actual dispatch sim gameplay was the best part, I think, and I want more. Reactivity, too, but... yeah, I can see how that could get really expensive *really* quickly. As it was: solid season.

I was always a big fan of the "James Bond is a codename that's assigned to Agent 007" theory that used to go around online. Maybe this would be a good way to make that official; you get to spin it as a tribute to Daniel Craig and basically turn the franchise into "Doctor Who but spies."

Glad I went to see #Frankenstein in the cinema even if I was a little disappointed by it. It feels (ironically) like many of del Toro's other movies stitched together. It's never more than the sum of its parts, but those parts still have more artistry in them than some directors' entire oeuvres.

I know this is absolutely not the point, but the Earth is a sphere. The "middle" would be its fiery molten core, which coincidentally is exactly where I think Mr Beast should put his theme park.

For the past month or so I've been really struggling mentally. This morning I talked to a very lovely GP who listened and agreed to increase my dose of antidepressants to see if it can help buoy me up again. Even just hearing her say that nearly made me weep. The placebo effect's a hell of a thing.

I really didn't think I was going to bother with Dispatch and now it's becoming one of my favourite games of 2025. Here's hoping the last two episodes stick the landing...

Episodes 5 & 6 of Dispatch firmly cemented how much I love these characters, so naturally that's when the heartbreak kicks in.

Dick Cheney clearly decided to beat the rush and get out of New York before the mass billionaire exodus.

Coca-Cola has shat out another slop commercial for Christmas this year and this quote from one of the soulless corporate husks involved is driving me insane. There is no craftsmanship in creating anything with generative AI. So ten times the craftsmanship is still zero craftsmanship.

I long ago lost count of how many times I've seen a piece of popular culture only to realise I'd seen it parodied on The Simpsons many years beforehand.

I'm sorry, NY Times, but you're gonna have to run that name by me again.

“Performative reading” is the anxiety of an illiterate culture

Ringo Starr as 'Thomas the Tank Engine Narrator'

Food is not something we should talk about in terms of deserving it or not. Food is not something we should have to 'earn'.

This year for Halloween we went as a childless couple! Had a fabulous evening watching @daraobriain.bsky.social at Sheffield City Hall; they even let us feed him! #YouHadToBeThere

Most things are reasonably fair game as far as I'm concerned until the moment the BBFC black card comes up. At that point, phones away, stop chattering, and enjoy the film. This is not difficult.

"My name is Ozymandias, and I'm an alcoholic. Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair." "Hi, Ozymandias..."

Cos they are pig ignorant fuckin bastards thats why.

This is a much more ethical (and efficient) use of water than generating AI slop.

Watched the first two episodes of #DownCemeteryRoad tonight. Absolutely fantastic television. It definitely feels like a proto-version of Slow Horses in that the plot's a bit shaggy around the edges, but Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson are so good as the two leads that it's hard to care too much.

Another great story about an elephant! Parenting Tip of the Day: if in doubt, reach for a magical pachyderm.

"My wings are here to stay, get used to it!" screamed the man plummeting towards the jagged rocks below