Search your camera roll for “Hell” (Didn’t think I’d have anything for this then got Wic Div’d out of left field)

Just did some mini painting with the head mounted magnifier and light and... yes, you look ridiculous wearing it. But frankly I'm almost offended by how much difference it makes.

@strandedselkie.bsky.social : no that’s not how you play hide and seek. You need to count higher. Count to ten. Kiddo: ten! @strandedselkie.bsky.social : that’s cheating!

Kids hear what they want to hear. Her: More plum? Me: No you’ll get a stomach ache. Her: Cake?!

According to the kiddo the name for the movie the rest of us call Moana is ‘Mermaid and Dolphin’, which is interesting as that’s two things the movie is not about.

This is what anthropic is doing in the press release is. This piece of paper is alive look it says so right here #fuckai

One of my favourite things the kiddo does is try and get our attention with no plan beyond that. Her: Daddy daddy daddy daddy daddy Me: Yes? Her: Uhmm .... *point at something at random and say its name excitedly, e.g. Window!*

This isn't entirely fair. They also made it impossible to buy GPUs.

@strandedselkie.bsky.social was expressing a desire to go back to 3ds pokemon games which prompted me to dig out our pair of 3dses. Kind of glad I did as I discovered that between our two consoles we also had a pair of spicy pillows.

While Encanto was a huge success it seems kiddo sees Moana as “long boring bits separating the only worthwhile scenes: the ones with hei hei the chicken”

The conservative candidate in last nights election was known literally for one thing; she led the anti trans activity in the police. Seriously that was her background, and why Badenoch backed her. And what happened? It’s time to give up the lie that transphobia is popular

About time for Labour to look into proportional representation.

You know your child is growing up (lol she's 2) when half way through the bedtime patter you've been using consistently as part of bedtime routine for over a year they just roll over on their side and say 'go away'.

The Ford Pinto had a death rate of 85 people for 10 million cars sold. The Cybertruck hasn't sold 10 million, but the fatality rate so far maths out to 1,452 people killed per 10 million sold. The Cybertruck may be the deadliest road car, for the occupants, ever sold. fuelarc.com/evs/its-offi...

Speaking of Encanto, hot take: We Don't Talk About Bruno is overrated and Surface Pressure doesn't get the love it deserves.

Lovely second birthday for the kiddo. We finished it off with her first movie before bed. She watched (almost) all of Encanto! Only briefly distracted during emotional scenes that didn’t interest her but she even stuck with it through the scary bits!

It's kiddo's second birthday so I got the camera out. And when Daddy gets the camera out, sometimes, so does she.

Government of (all) the people by the (acceptable) people for the (favoured) people is all some people can imagine, it seems.

Presumably because Microsoft's AI platform has done so well? RIght? It did well? Considered a success?

Times are dark so allow me to share this with you. The gaelic for pumpkin is peapag. I hope this delights you as much as it does me.

Playing with the fridge magnets with the kiddo. Her: D! A! D! Me: That's right, D a d. What does that spell? Her: Mummy!

Alright, Clair Obscur, I was not familiar with your game. (Just finished Act One, IYKYK)

FaceTime is great, I was able to read my kid her bedtime book from the other end of the country. Love that for me.

Every night for a couple of months the kiddo has asked me to reader her 'The Tiger Who Came To Tea'. I'm not saying it's become routine but half way through my reading it she did then ask @strandedselkie.bsky.social to read her a different book while I was still going.

Brianna Ghey was targeted by classmates who knew her offline. Online, she made friends and a community, and was making content to help other trans kids like her. This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.

Let my daughter play with my infinite folding cube. She liked it a bit too much so I gave her a cheap 3d printed infinite folding cube so I could get mine back. My daughter now has two infinite folding cubes.

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

Slightly diminish a band. Alice In Zipties

Slightly diminish a band. Slight Doubt

Slightly diminish a band. Corn (I like this meme too much)

Slightly diminish a band. Eight Inch Nails

Slightly diminish a band. Irritation With the Machine

This is, objectively, a VERY funny thing for a US President to say.

hi! i'm co-founding a new gaming website with my former polygon colleague @zoehhannah.com. it's called mothership.blog. i made it for someone like me... the kind of website i always wished we had in our space. watch the video to learn more :D

Having a distinctly Lemon it's Wednesday kind of a Wednesday, so much so that I misremembered the meme as Lemon it's Tuesday.

The kiddo has discovered mince pies and now we shall not know peace. Mince pies have birthed a monster. This is worse than the muffins.

Just a heads up to any world leaders reading my blog (lol): It's apparently now A-OK to invade a country and just abduct its' leader in the night if they're authoritarian tyrants. Also worth noting, Mar-A-Lago is right on the coast. In case that was relevant at all.

2026 is the year of the what? (🐎)

Can we lobby FIFA to take way Trump's made up peace prize?

We had a good run

Going into 2026 like

If I were @foldablehuman.bsky.social I’d use this as an opportunity to launch a special edition of the Gold video, same footage, same script, just change every instance of referring to Idris Elba by name with Sir Idris.

I hate that knowing why you're sad and knowing it's a silly reason doesn't stop you being sad.

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you? Honestly not sure if I’m under more threat from the kidnappers or my rescuers.

Had a lovely opportunity over Christmas to reconnect with the in-laws’ cat who I have nicknamed mini-murder, because she is absolutely tiny but has an enviable confirmed kill list. As opposed to our cat who is not tiny and has a kill list of “definitely one moth, maybe two”

Leaving aside the comedy value of an MP in Starmer's Labour Party complaining about division, this is also just nonsense. The interests of the extremely rich are at odds with those of the rest of the population. Objectively. The division is real, material, structural. You can't just wish it away.

Farage and Starmer have something in common. Policy.