My greatest wish is that the dark fairy’s curse upon us is finally lifted, and our human forms crack and break open. Three badgers will emerge, blink in the dawn of a new day, and run off into the mossy old forest, free at last.

Goodnight from Ellie Carver, wishing her dad didn’t always think a good New Year’s Day family treat was a visit to yet another bloody haunted castle. Goodnight from Jennet Covell, constructing psychic flypaper to trap any soul that floats passed in the night. Goodnight from Hookland.

"It is not just people in Birmingham who have fallen victim to such hoaxes. Tourists were dismayed last month when they visited Buckingham Palace after an AI-generated image on social media showed a picturesque scene of a Christmas market. Visitors arrived to find it was fake."

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CORRECTED POST: :) MPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE: If you are trans at a convention I am at and someone gives you shit about it, let me know and I will come throw a fucking chair at them. This service is complimentary. Also, I have to start proofreading my posts!

If you toss it JUST RIGHT you can literally snap a clavicle.

Scandal: Socialist understands and acts upon Vimes' Boots theory.

A message for you all to carry through the year

Chapter 30: Wren’s Aria Illustration 30/52 #WrensAria, a charming illustrated animal fantasy arriving in 2026 (that's this year now! 😱) (and yes this chapter has the same title as the book because REASONS! Don't you love it when the book title shows up in the book? I do!)

Martha Woods being awesome and making us dance. www.instagram.com/reel/DS-p4FA...

SCANDAL: SO CALLED SOCIALISTS PAY A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR WELL MADE CLOTHES INSTEAD OF CHEAP GOODS PRODUCED UNDER TERRIBLE CONDITIONS

Another day, another year and another of these mystery objects washed up. What are they and where are they coming from? Numerous suggestions have been put forward* but we still haven't found an exact match.

This seems about right.

Here you go, so! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qpz...

Last night @ the chintz : a bit mad.

Stumbled out of cafe onto beach, saw everyone taking photos. Turned round and Big rainbow.

And this morning the Shed is a quiet path between the dreaming winter trees…

I don't dislike dogs to be clear. But I really really dislike how many dog owners allow their dogs to foul the streets and to yap at people and scare kids and still expect everyone to think their precious little pooch is such a good dog 14/10 whatever

In a surprise to no-one, i started the night showing a group of strangers how to do 3 step (which is similar to waltz, basic salsa and samba and means you can fake it and stay on beat) and how to add hips and knees and posture to make it look decent.

It's not getting better. Build your own media server. Buy physical media. They had their chance and they blew it.

The inevitable end point of losing even the pretense of regulation is that people will refuse to participate with systems stacked against them wherever possible. If you make it impossible to watch and unreasonable to pay, there are alternatives that still work remarkably well and we will use them.

Straight bloke threesomes are so weird when you think about it. Dancing with 2 blokes last night and i swear they managed to not touch each other at all aside from knuckles brushing. (I knew exactly where their hands and mouths were)

For 2026, would like to see genAI masquerading as "local and handmade" get the boot from craft/art fairs and anywhere working makers earn their living, and for progressive movements to stop using it - you didn't need it before, and 100% don't need it now. Walk the walk as well as talking the talk.

So i didn't have a hangover but i left the house, walked on the beach and now vague nausea and a headache is setting in.

Soft Blue-green. It's the color of new budding beneath snow. It's the first gentle pushback against the heart of winter. It's the color of a snow-dappled dawn. It is cool without being frozen. It is the first suggestion of the Spring to follow.

"The Human's world ends soon," said the cat. "Again?" said the dog. "They are fond of endings and beginnings. Even if nothing changes." The dog whined. "Same procedure as last year?" said the cat. "Please." The cat lay on the dog's head and purred, muffling the fireworks. #CrossRepost

Open yourself up to the universe. Receive the strange signals it provides. It may ask you to start crafting deranged sculptures out of moss, or to wear a tiara of ancient goblin bones. Be ready.

Capy New Year you magnificent bastards xxx

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1753

You don't need to change for anyone in the new year. Don't hide your fangs behind a thin smile. Don't hide your wings under a tattered cardigan. Show everyone your claws and dark determination. Make the world change for you.

Daily bunny no.3186 says good riddance

Happy New Year!

1st January 2026 08.43

The morning after the night before... Photo: Tamsin Holmes

Diving into 2026 like this guy in 'Scene from the Tomb of the Diver, Paestum, Southern Italy, about 480-470 BC 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums Happy New Year, all! 🍾🪩🥳

Boasting about hanging around by the bogs, presumably mostly being accosted by people coming out saying that one of the cubicles is blocked and there's shite everywhere because no one in real life knows what the fuck these people are on about.

The land has been year-walked. The future has been met in the lanes and ways. The cunning folk have conferred. On the doors of The Raven, The Woodwose's Crown and all the other pubs they use, the proclamation has gone up: 'This is the YEAR OF THE GREEN PATHS.'

1st January 2026 13.12

Sweet Jesus...

That or someone has to write the serial killer novel based on a crime novelist who needs the practice

My literal kingdom for a romance novel about a romance writer who keeps their career totally disengaged from their personal life, and knows that their relationship status has zero relevance to either their writing or their readership.

What was your biggest impact on the internet? Pretty sure it's this. 2012 was five lifetimes ago.

Otters Who Look Like Benedict Cumberbatch was on the Letterman Show, Graham Norton (three separate times) AND 30 Rock (pictured). I don't think I can beat that. I still can't get my head around it.

Just reminding you that America isn't real, it's just a cruel Aİ hoax to troll the rest of us.

under a 1769 act of parliament, it is technically ‘illegal’ for someone to die between recording an appearance on hootenanny and its broadcast

I am up. I brunched. Only a mild headache.