"At one point, apropos nothing, we cut to [Paloma] Faith and [Sam] Ryder peering blankly through their hotel window at the events below, like the ghosts of Edwardian siblings cursed for ever to watch Alison Hammond high-fiving a passing hen party." The Guardian share.google/F3aU3QKy8d3l...

Drag Race España judges Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo (no longer romantically together) have a film on the Palme D'or list this year. Don't get that level of culture from the OG version.

"A billionaire says: store your pee like a weird flatmate to save money that can be used on my website!"

Calling it now: Boards of Canada Funko Pops.

With all the narrative in the USA about London being overrun either by atheists or muslims imposing Sharia law (delete as appropriate), it's been fun dipping into the very US-centric Threads app and reading Americans being amazed that we get a four-day weekend for the Christian festival of Easter.

Bluesky every Me few days meeting new for no reason people 🤝 Unable to connect

In what perhaps should be my last accidental checkin of Gregg Wallace over on TikTok, he's continuing the career of stallholder salesman, now with sidekick *and* stained wipes.

We need to close down the Internet.

Live music venue expansion approved @tomrobinson.com @bbcradio6musicbot.bsky.social @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social @dukeofpreston.bsky.social #musicvenuetrust #livemusic #preston #lancashire Preston grassroots gig venue's expansion plans approved - BBC News share.google/4SaIgUfFL2WK...

The banknote design "argument" comes from a tranche of the Outrage Corps who can't remember the last time money didn't just magically appear or disappear from their accounts.

Christ Appearing to His Mother, by Juan de Flandes, 1496, 📸 via @MartinFLSheriff

Ma'am, your flavo[u]r shouldn't 'gush'.

“I always hated the strenuous process of marathon running. now it’s actually kinda fun. going out on my own, I realized I just needed to drive a car and mow down all the other runners to get to the finish line first.”

"Acorn Antiques" only scratched the surface of the fundamentally weird "Crossroads".

The King and Queen arriving in regiment dress and flanked by SAS soldiers please.

K-pop verses Nepalese folk, I can see this working well. (I'm genuinely curious, but with healthy scepticism.)

"What are Iran gonna do? Release the dogs? Or the bees? Or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark, they shoot bees at you?"

A SUCCULANT CHINESE MEAL!

REVERSE THE POLARITY OF THE NEUTRON FLOW!

PUT A DECKCHAIR UP YOUR NOSE!

I have no interest in this man’s problems

They'll hush up the incident of a MAGA bro being so overwhelmed by landing on the moon that he lifts off his helmet and immediately melts into airless spaghetti.

It’s a good day to revisit this Ursula Le Guin quote. In the best possible reality, Earthsea would be the dominant fantasy series for children.

Life is short. Write that novel. Paint that painting. Try new recipes. Learn black magic. Go into the forest at night. Summon a demon. Earn that demon's trust. Become best friends with it. Brag to everyone else about your new cool demon best friend. Knit that sweater.

I'm trying to recall my favourite Carry On joke. "I was once a weak man" "Once a week's enough for any man"

The middle class is suffering.

[Stares in @ariadnereviews.bsky.social @elliemade.bsky.social etc] [But mostly stares in disbelief]

Opening up straights of horny? Oh honey let me tell you about.... [puts on proper glasses] Oh. Oh I see, ok. Never mind.

[Sade voice 🎵]

Somebody fire up @tobyhadoke.bsky.social @wheezingpod.bsky.social , there's some news this morning! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...?

The discourse on Bank of England banknotes is hysterical and tragic at the same time (though funny that we've got Kemi Badenoch reduced to statements confirming that she doesn't disrespect British animals)

#MasterChef subtitle glitch, turning a man's "blast chiller" into a rare woodland creature with firm teeth.

"Oh it's my son, Sheridan!"

The Zoo should double down and book every drag artist in the 32 counties for the day.

BlueSky being ruled over by a venture capitalist is probably bad, though his profile does try to make him sound awfully human: "When he’s not helping Founders, you can find Toni in his biodiesel Land Cruiser exploring the US, rooting for the San Francisco Giants, or tinkering with old cars."

Transphobes rarely think, at all, about the real problem at the centre of their hatred: whoever they choose to drive along with may suddenly want to run them over.

almost all of their most acclaimed films ponder existence and the nature of self, as well as trauma, abandonment, body horror, mortality, creativity, authorship, grief, forced displacement, the apocalypse, and/or having your entire family murdered in an instant

QUEEN FELICIA WINS!!!! #Melfest

UNDO MY BOP #Melfest

The E in EDM here stands for EXCELLENCE #melfest

There was a weird “ABBA vs Queen” show on channel 5 over Christmas, and I feel like Greczula watched that and said “…yes” #melfest

Watching #melfest with @rickyorr.bsky.social because given *gestures at everything* this could be the only Eurovision we really watch

I express one opinion about kiwifruit and united the people against me.

The decision to allow the Chinese "Super Embassy" put in (another) context. (The arrested man is husband to the MP for "East Kilbride and Strathaven", as it happens)

Müller Reich

Catching up with things @ariadnereviews.bsky.social and I have to thank you again...