Super Furry Animals spectacular last night. Always remember, the man don't give a fuck.

I had a soul transplant operation Cause my bypass didn't function So now I'm keeping on my toes Till I see your one-man show Show me magic SFAOK

Wow Andy Burnham trying to become Prime Minister is actually all about you being right about everything. Who would have thought?

And I wonder When I sing along with you If everything could ever feel this real forever If anything could ever be this good again

Collectivism and autonomy Are not mutually exclusive Those who find discomfort In your goals of liberation Will be issued No apology... And fuck Tom Brady!

Come all ye rolling minstrels And together we will try To rouse the spirit of the air And move the rolling sky

No I don't wish to be in the background of your insta snapshot of your matcha latte or whatever. Nor do I want me and my child to be featured in your shots of the hotel pool. Is this really that difficult?

Last night I saw the new, new moon With the old moon in her arm And that is the sign since we were born That means there'll be a deadly storm

Hairdresser tells me she doesn't believe anything on the internet anymore because it's all faked.

Hotels. Where you can go from the sauna, to your room, which is also kept as hot as a sauna at all times!

It's very strange how every holiday cabin you stay at has chosen not to invest in window blinds that actually keep out any light.

"On the way from mythology to logistics thought has lost the element of self-reflection and today machinery disables men even as it nurtures them." Theodor Adorno, Philosophical Fragments

"There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen." Usually attributed to Lenin, though no evidence he actually said it.

"Technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral" Melvin Kranzberg

"The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear." Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks

"There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto" Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian

UK travel woes last night. 18:30 Train from London to Preston. 20:25 Train stopped at Crewe, which it does not usually and cancelled.

"... when God made man the devil was at his elbow. A creature that can do anything. Make a machine. And a machine to make the machine. And evil that can run itself a thousand years, no need to tend it." Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian

I hadn't even noticed this was a thing, but yes me too. I doubt anyone has sent me a message here but if you have I can't read it.

Time to create another not terribly secure account, so that I can add lots of unnecessary information, use it once and then delete it. Why do organisations do this.

Helping an older relative change bank. The document capture just does not work. Messages that do not make sense. Zero options to report an issue or do it another way. These companies make a fortune. Sigh.

Here's how a spike in energy prices proves I am right about everything, by everyone.

"The purpose of a system is what it does" Anthony Stafford Beer

The first false spring has passed again. Only a couple more until true spring.

Got around to watching Bugonia, just wonderful. One thing that struck me was, there's only 3 main roles and yet the performances are so good and the shifting tone so well orchestrated that you hardly notice.

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (reality of experience) and between true and false (standards of thought) no longer exist.” Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

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"In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was once directly lived has become mere representation." Guy Debord, Society of the Spectacle

"All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind." Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations.

No you just read 150g of flour as 450g .

Thinking of this song today. youtu.be/a5N68RIZM8c

Finally got to see Sinners. Very good. Never has something cried out for a stage musical version so much. They would be printing money.

Is Mark Carney really not going to make a counter offer for Greenland?

Every time someone on the Traitors apologises to the person they're voting for or says something like "you'd make a great traitor" or "you're playing a great game" a thousand pounds should be taken off the prize money.

Someone screams investigate Excuse me sir, it's a little late Let us pray

Forgive me I have deleted the tracking parameters you added to the share link So invasive Tiresome And long

Any @proton.me people out there? Any good?

Happy new year everyone. Back down the design systems mine today. youtu.be/H42OD97yuWY

I wonder if Donald Trump could do something about auto play trailers. Surely someone should be getting bombed for that.

Blessed solstice to all! Feels like it has been particularly dark this year. Brighter days ahead. "Vines, leaves, roots of darkness, growing, come with your seasons, your fullness, your end" www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53238/...

As someone expecting delivery of a parcel I want a 4 hour, non guaranteed delivery window So that I can wait in all day hoping it will turn up at some point

Estate agent friend says it's a busy time of year for her. Apparently enough people get caught having affairs at the Christmas do that it's a serious business driver for them.

It being Christmas, I've had the horror of ordering items online for delivery. One single item = 15 emails.

It's a competitive market but getting gig tickets is up there with the worst experiences on the internet.

Started typing the letters "co..." And the auto suggestion was "coping strategies". Probably fine.

1 December means it's time for @amymcnichol.bsky.social great essay series @allconsuming.bsky.social Trust me. www.ithoughtaboutthatalot.com/2025/christm...

"Look on every exit as being an entrance somewhere else." Rest in peace Tom Stoppard.

Hi, Spotify here again. We noticed you've used the pathetic number of audiobook hours we give you. Why not give us even more money every month for access?

no, I don't wanna download another fucking app on my phone

Another tale of inconvenience Britain. I could just drive next time I suppose but feels unnecessary when there are trains available.