www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... this reminds me of the weeks before Covid when the government just placidly watched the threat approaching - then lots and lots of people fucking died. I need to be by myself in the dark, like a monk.

My kid is watching the final episode of pickle storm in which the fluffy egg from the fridge will hatch, and I have never been more fascinated. What will hatch?!

Before I went to sleep, I heard that a government report had declared that lots of biodiversity ecosystems are going to just collapse. I don’t know how to feel or act, if that’s true.

I was dreaming last night that a glamorous woman with black hair said to me very seriously, IT’S HAPPENING and then covered me in party poppers while I stood really still like I was in a party popper religious ritual.

imagine being too much of a hardcore Nazi for Rupert fucking Murdoch

Maybe all I need really is Muppets themed hats

It would be so strange if Glinda was related to Miss Piggy, and Elphaba to Kermit.

I’ve just heard that they’re going to be a new Muppets thing, I feel SICK FROM ADRENALINE oh let it be true. Something to do with Valentine’s Day and The Muppets??!! W h a t t ttt. This might just be the thing that saves us all.

Apparently it’s possible to teach bunnies to play basketball. I don’t hold out a lot of hope for Crumbellino, but I feel like Biscadora is a latent athlete and I owe it to her, to teach her. So I should get a tiny little hoop

Getting Robbie Gibb away from the leadership of the BBC would be a good start. youtube.com/shorts/h5kF1...

The ghoulish evil unfolding with ICE - I am so eager to know how to stop this from happening in England. I know somebody who intends to vote Reform. He is - to put things very lightly - not someone who I would like to see given violent powers by the state.

I have to switch it off soon to do something else, and the thought is causing me vertigo

link.deezer.com/s/32gsqQgF0l... I’m at risk of losing my mind, I like this a great, GREAT deal. I’m so into it. Oh help

link.deezer.com/s/32gs3ADGxc... this album is really good. I am only on listen 3, so I don’t have a favourite track. It’s fuckin really good though

If you live in the UK and you were shocked to see the US ICE seize a 5 year old boy, don't forget this is what Nigel Farage and the Reform Party UK want for our country.

There was a Burn’s Night party for kids last night, at which I was helping. One of the activities was “pretend to be the fluffy creature ‘Haggis’” and I thought, wot?! - but no, there actually is a mythical creature called a Haggis. It’s porcupine-esque / porcupinular / porkpendicular. Scotland 💙

It’s infuriating how many people claim to care about fictitious “child trafficking” conspiracies about trans people and Wayfair and Democrats but will miss, ignore, and distract from actual government agents kidnapping children in front of their very eyes

How people can be so beautiful, in response to such gravely upsetting atrocities: I’m thinking so much about Minneapolis. The bravery and love. There’s a pattern here in the UK, of thinking that US politics won’t happen to us. We must be careful.

this entire thread about the warzone that Minneapolis has become is both sobering and encouraging I hope I get to visit Minneapolis eventually and buy the whole damn city a beer

If I bought something absurd every time I wanted to, there would be chaos - so, I spent all of 2025 going “I don’t need any Pop Mart toys, I can admire them not acquire them”

It doesn't seem fair that you can do the coolest thing in a game and lose. The winners should be the ones who were cool

There’s this neighbourhood cat whom I call The Gothic Feather-duster - it is very magical to get a sighting of him - and tonight, he suddenly appeared in my kitchen!!

Several of the top podcasters, influencers, and politicians right now are proudly aligned with Nazi sex traffickers and people *still* argue we’re too quick to “cancel” people

I made iced flower biscuits yesterday and consequently, I have had icing sugar for breakfast.

Mark Ruffalo would be a beautiful name for a dog

This album is such a nice time link.deezer.com/s/32bPJ1LWMo...

Arthur Rackham is a true hero. I wish I knew more about him. I wonder if it’s too late to Wassail, a bit

I’m never taking it down, it is the fortress life for me 🤍

FORTRESS

This tiny magic seal cloud brings blessings to you 🦭

I recently found out that the word Scone applied to a kelp-entwined throne dredged up out of the sea in a myth, to consolidate the power of the Scots - and it feels apt. I fuckin love scones, but I’m happy to accept that’s because there’s something wrong with me and I like eating boulders

The Traitors scare tactics need stepping up a notch. You know when Ross Robinson was recording Slipknot by Slipknot and he would just hide inside a bureau and explode out of it and hit the vocalist with a mallet or something. We need something like that. For hysteria 💖 I’ll get the mallets

Lots of piglets are squeaking “oh Harriet has got this really wrong” and what they mean is, she took a risk which didn’t pay off - and in doing so, proved herself to be a LEGEND! You cowards could never. #thetraitors

All ICE agents should be tied together until they form an enormous ball that elephants can kick and headbutt for sport

Is it a good idea to host a major event like the FIFA World Cup in a country whose secret state police hunt down innocent people, lock them in cages, or execute them in the street?

Another great episode of The Traitors. In completely unrelated news, here's this week's podcast on Reform and Russia. youtu.be/43m0LKNDz6M

Harriet is my favourite #thetraitors player of all time, what a cool fucking cat ❤️⚡️

I came across the idea, recently, of a personal curriculum: you basically set yourself a study syllabus of intrigues. I think it’s so cool.

Once, in a dance theory lesson, I was quietly drawing a goblin. My teacher picked up the drawing, held it up sternly for everyone to see and said in a serious voice, “HOW WEIRD”. Funny.

You know what else is horrifying? Conkdor in Mario Kart. Strikes fear into my soul. With her terrible beak.

About to do stupid yoga with my big flailing limbs. Horrid. I hate it!!! You don’t often see someone angry and upside down both at once, but I’m about to change all of that.

Whoa 🌟

DELIGHT DELIGHT

Tabby update: I am pretty sure she’s possessed

The maddening low hum of despair about the far right has really got to me this week - I often panic about how to explain the evil to the people I know who are not very media literate. So, to be productive and positive - I think Danny Fucking Price is a great resource for that.

It is - at last - time for the new Donut Squad with sweets and bubblegum pop. I really believe certain comics pair well with certain musics, like cheese and wine. I must seek out the perfect combinations. For science.

She’s growling a lot, probably in a really friendly way

I’m really worried she’s going to escape. I need to sedate myself with midnight snacks.

When she gets out in the morning, she’s going to pen me a strongly worded letter.

The cat charity has asked me to trap my poor little cat friend in a room overnight so they can ID her, and I’ve given her a room full of treats - and locked the door. She’s going to be so unhappy. She also might ransack my living room. I hear a lot of thumping.