Things you didn't know you needed in your life

Love to find a new subreddit I can do a deep dive into

🎶 you can leave your hat on 🎶 The hat:

Unmatched carved vegetable game in the Shandon colonies

More bands should cover their national anthem, absolute banger youtu.be/aLLnF4vxaeY?...

As someone who enjoys Numbers Going Up, can't wait to lose a bunch of my life to this youtu.be/hU2fxy8mDmc?...

Discovered a kids karaoke app with all the lyrics to your favourite TV shows

Every time I reach for the squash I wonder if diluted sesame oil would be a pleasant drink

My dog just sneezed and a passing stranger leaned down to say "bless you"

I'm convinced my most likely cause of death is being crushed by a car going at 5 mph while the driver looks at their phone

you shouldn't have nazi tattoos, in my opinion

Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage

My kids have never said "yay!, let's go in the car", whereas they love hopping on the cargo bike

People who start digital communications with "Ah" are my favourites 🤩

Did he aye

Edinburgh parenting tip: downstairs in the board game section of Borders they have games open to play around with

🚲 edi.bike | issue 114 | 13th Sep '25 New plans for Fountainbridge, Dundee St and beyond; South Queensferry High Street project an “opportunity missed”; plus events, route closures & more: https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-114-13th-oct-25/

Fulfilling my destiny as a Wickes car park guy

Feels like the honkus ponkus decorations go up earlier every year 🙄

My favourite album from recent years, but having the dude stare at me from across the room is frankly unnerving #nowspinning

Yeah this looks great do it all please

I was dimly aware it was possible, but tonight I got to witness with my own two eyes: mosque kitchen leftovers. Needs to be seen to be believed

Storm Amy messed up my plans so made a mushroom rendang that my kids dutifully ignored

Adapt your diet, save the world.... #food

making Doom guy damage sounds as i receive a stern talking to

Just tried this pricey little fella from tesco. It's been a while since I've had the real deal, but I feel like the plant based meat industry is closing in on the texture of steak. Light years ahead of where it was a few years ago, certainly

Saw two kids going to school sharing one of the new hire bikes, perfect way to reduce the cost

Happy decorative gourd season to all who celebrate

Saw a cyclist get hit by a driver incorrectly taking priority at the junction of Viewforth and Bruntsfield Place this morning. This junction is a nightmare due to drivers parking at it and Viewforth can't handle bidirectional traffic. Previous efforts with local govt have told me it's fine. So..

Hey folks, in this week's Gayle's Guide there's a link to a project some pals are working on around supporting children with allergies - if you're interested in chatting to them check out the link! open.substack.com/pub/gaylesgu...

Heard a rumour on the group chats that Ashley Terrace is now going to be getting not one but two zebra crossings before Easter 👀

The bike is full of bikes today.

Perfect little goblin

Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From

A bit depressed to say I found this article about why you can't access some bits of the DVLA at night really interesting dafyddvaughan.uk/blog/2025/wh...

This year's harvest. Bloody hate gardening

Initially confused by the concept of a "Wet Burger" I have now googled them and they sound brilliant

Folks, we have entered sticky toffee pudding season 🍂

Rotating the kitchen table once a week to keep the patina of dried Weetabix evenly distributed

Looking up knock knock jokes with my kid and love that this one has been downvoted to shit

Finally upgraded to YouTube premium so I can watch subway surfers while playing chess

New dosa place opened next to the railway bridge on Gorgie Road - 5 quid and delicious. Most underrated area of Edinburgh for food

As a reminder as always, now is a good day to start using Signal signal.org

Take A Sexy Picture Of Me Later With Jools Holland

Conversely, have discovered that the kids' cool bag perfectly fits two Augustiners

I got a cookbook out of a library in Edinburgh and it came with a someone's old photo - I'm trying to place the location. Could it be middle meadow walk?

Heading to ikea with a hangover and two small children, presumably as a punishment for a previous life's transgression

Much like with USB-C, we should standardise takeaway container size. How can none of these lids fit any of these boxes? 😞

Thinking back fondly to when packing for a wedding was 20 Marlboro lights and a small bottle of bucky

What an utterly dogshit rebrand. Take something unique, characterful and distinctive and make it look like every other bland corporate unbrand out there.