A story in two images:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=X_78... TG Jones always felt a bit like going to the Zavii tbh

Congratulations, you are watching a good TV show

Look I don’t want to dwell on appearances too much here but yesterday Hannah Spencer brought a message of hope, dressed like Doctor Who (complimentary) Shabana Mahmood did this, dressed like the “are we the bad guys sketch”

For my 150th (!) post, a look back at Apple’s breathing lights: unsung.aresluna.org/just-a-littl...

I’ve heard of course of the “Crystal Palace” as a centrepiece of The Great Exhibition but I’ve just learned that there were other Crystal Palaces all popping up around the place, so basically in my head now these are Victorian Box Parks Here’s some mad stuff about my local Crystal Palace:

When you used to study and teach media and you’re drinking with your extended family and they get to talking about the TV license fee and the current state of the BBC

buildingslack.com/the-week-the... The Building Slack blog has made it up to their Novel Coronavirus chapter and it’s a banger

we live in the ruins of a greater civilization

🏢Have you read the weekend's piece on Sutton Coldfield yet? If not, click below to check it out: 🔗 www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-decline-...

Happy birthday to Tjinder Singh of Cornershop. Here’s a playlist celebrating their magnificent music ▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/0eI...

Our kid sent us a text asking us to be quiet when we get back in from the pub. You never know when they’ll become your house mate rather than your kid so I guess hold them close and enjoy the illusion that you control their amount of screen time and etc

Inside Aston Villa's transfer window: Gallagher €26m bid, Garner & Mbaye interest, Kamara's PCL injury, Bogarde, Tielemans contract, Abraham sacrifice, Douglas Luiz, Elliott impasse & a month of battling against finances & injuries. @theathleticfc.bsky.social #AVFC www.nytimes.com/athletic/700...

january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing

Lads I don’t know who else needs this information but Timpson’s wanted £185 (one hundred and eighty five quid!) to fix my car key or this fella sells a kit for you to DIY rebuild it so I guess I made £150 profit today?! thecarkeyman.co.uk/key-news/vau...

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Crypto Isas sounds like a £50m-rated midfielder currently at Fiorentina that the Clickbait Industrial Complex insists is moving to Manchester United this January

#TheTraitors cast members as UK railway liveries. Stephen as an Avanti West Coast Class 805

Applying this setting fixed 90% of the Liquid Glass fluff that made me hate my phone. Find it under Settings>accessibility>display & text size.

The world’s number 2. 👌

Further information on the NEU strikes at Arthur Terry Learning Partnership Since this letter was written it emerged that the top slice was actually 29% not 20%, which I corrected in the alt text.

Please pay attention to this very good dog and his sign.

Matthew, #thetraitors, season 4, 2026 (colourised).

I was thinking about that 1980s James Bond movie where everybody's trying to get their hands on a Fabergé egg for some reason And then I realized: It's an Egg McGuffin.

I finally figured it out

Two things I’ve so far discovered, rewatching Friends in 2025/26, that I didn’t or couldn’t appreciate back in the 90s: 1. At Monica’s apartment they always make coffee in a chemex. 2. Friends predicted the tech billionaire to MMA pipeline with the introduction of Jon Favreau’s Pete Becker.

never forget the princess diana ps4 theme

He played a blinder there tbh cos I looked him up after and google just showed this.

Remember yesterday when you thought you’d seen the most epic Machiavellian move on #thetraitors? Sweet summer child, Friday is holding your pint

Only two school children (or sheep) allowed in the shop at any one time

Dudes rock [citation needed]

Since y'all asked nicely, here's my complete history of Robin of Sherwood. One of the finest TV shows ever made. Hugely influential. Most modern cinematic/TV Robin Hood tropes trace back to it. As Herne would say: "Nothing is forgotten. Nothing is ever forgotten." authory.com/JohnBull/Not...

Back to work in 1h48m. Just ran out of coffee beans. Pray for me. And anyone who needs to speak to me.

Also they seem open to a Linux port? techcentral.co.za/affinity-for...

Running review for 2025 / running plans for 2026. One possible target for the year was “me and some pals might run Yorkshire Marathon in October” Shared this post with the group chat and in the space of an hour 3 of us have booked in. Writing it down helps, I guess! www.theplan.co.uk/200-hours/

la reine des neiges, c’est moi tags : Mélenchat, #winter #meteo #caturday #cats

Bit of a weird hour of the internet there, with the timeline very strongly split between UK peeps on Traitors Watch and everyone else on the news.

Love to do a little FBI training, as a treat. #thetraitors

Sam’s full name is “Sam Exposition” #thetraitors

Lucy Dacus performing "Bread and Roses" at Zohran Mamdani's inauguration

Me: well 2025 was a lot! Ronan Keating: welcome to 2026. LIFE IS A ROLLERCOASTER MOTHER FUCKER BUCKLE UP

We need to unironically bring back texting now before the networks get jammed.

Car: "Depress clutch to start." Me to clutch: "The planet is being ruined by billionaire sociopaths, everyone's house is grey, the internet was a terrible mistake and I can't stop thinking about all the stuff I put in bins in the 1990s that I should have recycled. Also I think I've broken my toe."

I’ve just recently got into reading Christopher Priest. If you’ve not read him you’re probably familiar with his work via Nolan’s adaptation of his novel, The Prestige—that’s a good place to start reading him (as I did) as Nolan left enough behind that you’ll discover a new depth to the story.

Recent reviews of my risotto: “I’m not hungry” (teen) “I don’t like risotto at all but that’s the best one yet” (preteen) “The topping was amazing, exactly as I imagined it” (wife who pressured me into making a chilli, sage and squash butter topping) “I’m tired; the rice drank all the wine” (me)

Lads I need to tell you, I’ve taken to baking the bubble and squeak and honestly it’s the best change I’ve made in my life during year of lord the big 2025.

It’s… beautiful

Just catching up on Telegram spam after the break