Watching an old episode of Columbo, where this dog trainer is clearly a time travelling Parker Posey:

“We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend” is a banger. And a rallying cry for artists in the AI slop era.

terrible. 20 years ago, the internet was full of hobbyist blogs and forums. over time, these have been replaced by paywalled substacks and private discord channels, each a walled garden. google's decision to prioritize AI just makes it less likely people will create free, public info

Made another appearance on the brilliant Cricket Sickos podcast with @aditrs.bsky.social. Listen to hear discussions about the trauma of organising a T20 World Cup, Heather Knight reenacting the 90s comedy drama SeaChange, and the cricketing career of the Spiceman, christened with oregano and cumin.

What waking up and checking the overnight news has felt like this week

The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted

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Watching the 1971 Doctor Who serial 'Inferno' by Don Houghton. It's about a fascistic regime with a potentially apocalyptic fossil fuel drilling project run by an autocratic sociopath who everyone obeys despite the fact that he's visibly unstable. This fucking old show man, I'm telling you.

He’s just a cute lil guy, leave him alone.

Woo two more episodes of Delegates!

brb, screaming about mavic chen

Computer, enhance Can this be a solution?

Italy: Beat USA in baseball. Qualified for t20 World Cup. Hasn't made a football World Cup since 2014.

Jay Shah waking up and checking his phone to see the photos from the T20 World Cup presentation

Total distance run in to bowl in their respective international careers Mitch Starc - 702.7 kilometres Alyssa Healy - 40.0 metres #AUSvIND

Never a big Narnia guy but this 6 seconds typifies everything I love about British television.

Not sure I've ever seen more artful use of redeye in a photograph.

Me, looking at every photo of Former Prince Andrew over the past 12 hours.

getting into Star Trek TOS for the first time is watching a random episode that fills you with grief and a new perspective on humanity, then going on IMDb where the episode is rated 6.2/10 by fans and then another random episode where they’re battling three witches and their black cat. also 6.2/10

With the Ashes done and dusted, here's the final Omnibus post for the Marnus Labuschagne Diaries. Both the Marnus and Smudge Diaries have been an absolute joy to write over the years, and I'm glad I got to end them the way I wanted to.

In 2021, I decided to pretend to be Ian Chappell for a joke once. Things then got out of hand. In the below link, you'll find a collection of over 60 gags based around someone pretending to be an increasingly insane cricket commentator.

In the final ever #Ashes Diary, we discover how you can punch Bazball out of people, and say goodbye to some old friends.

As the Marnus Labuschagne Diaries draw to a close, their relevance to what is actually happening in the #Ashes gets further and further away. Still, there's lots of in-jokes about Australian cricketers here for people to look at and be confused by.

this thread has the most incredible levels of american bluesky I've ever seen. no need to have an opinion on any of it. just sit back and enjoy.

In the latest #Ashes Diaries, Trav develops a plan for defeating Baz, while the English lay down their final attack on the Australians.

For people looking for something to do on their Friday evenings, here's a link to a 6000 word story where the #cricket commentator Ian Chappell describes the events of the Doctor Who TV Movie as if they happened to him. I have no idea why I did this.

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

While you wait for the start of another day of #Ashes #Cricket, if you've been following the ongoing saga of the Marnus Labuschagne Diaires, they are slowly approaching some form of climax.

Enjoying the #Ashes nonsense and want some more odd cricket things? Then why not enjoy a little bit from Marnus Labuschagne's Diary about Christmas in the Australian change rooms!

Enjoying the build-up to Day 4 of the #Ashes #Cricket? Why not enjoy it a little bit more with some nonsense about Travis Head's moustache and Ben Stokes's war on computers.

If you're not already tired of DRS drama in the #Ashes #cricket, then why not read the latest Ashes Diary, and find out how it all relates to Travis Head...

While England are struggling to bat sensibly in the #Ashes #cricket, cast your mind back to yesterday when Australia were struggling to bat sensibly with the latest Marnus Diary.

It's all a bit chaotic in the #Ashes #Cricket in Adelaide at the moment, but remember how chaotic things got at the end of the Brisbane test? Reminisce with this pretend diary entry from Marnus Labuschagne.

Rewatched When Harry Met Sally tonight. Meg Ryan spends most of it being one of the most attractive women in the world, except for when she puts on glasses, when she suddenly becomes The Most Attractive Woman in the World. Perfect movie.

This entire weekend

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars or Trek, LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar. I try and watch Chicken Run every year in that space between Christmas and New Year’s. A beautifully crafted and incredibly funny movie.

Stokes continues a wonderful tradition of the England captain being hit in the dick during an Ashes tour. #Ashes 🏏

Wondered what inspirational speech Steve Smith gave to the Australian cricket team before Starc and Boland batted in the #Ashes? Find out in the latest entry in the Marnus Labuschagne Diaries!

A little bit of nonsense as the #Ashes cricket devolves into some Starc and Boland nonsense about what cricketers dream about

Watching the #Ashes and wondering what Marnus Labuschagne might have thought about the Australian cricket team deciding that they didn't want to play cricket last night? Then wonder no more!

Enjoying the #Ashes? Wondering what Marnus Labuschagne thought about the ending of the Perth test? Then, continue to wonder, because this is baseless speculation about what he might have written in his diary.

No one: My cat at 2 a.m.: I bet I can jump through the Christmas tree

While all the cricket focus is on the Gabba, do you remember the last Ashes test match? Where everyone thought Day 1 at Perth Stadium was insane and nothing could get more insane than that? Here's a post about what Marnus Labuschagne might have been thinking around that time.