Arts funding is a public good but BIIIIIIIIG side eye for some of these claims. The biggest "profit" for the Irish economy was that it made the recipients about €80 million happier.

I don't have any opinions about anything any more. All I want is for everyone to stop talking like fucking morons.

Being an artists is about "suffering and madness" while "completely covered in paint" 🙄 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

It's up: this week's Ersatz Thursday Quiz. thursdayquiz.glitch.me/quiz-2025-06... I've just got to redo the score table because MrsTim posted a late score. cc @katarazzi.bsky.social @markosp.bsky.social

If you see this post an image you saved because it made you laugh

Week 2 without the Guardian Thursday Quiz. I'm trying to stay calm but the panic is rising.

Remembering that time in 2007 when I invented the beard.

What can we learn about Leo XIV from looking at his namesake predecessors? Well, here are two Leo XIII "facts" (disclaimer: they're from a brief look at Wikipedia). 1. He was concerned with social justice issues 2. He enjoyed "the cocaine-infused wine tonic Vin Mariani" #wokepope #cokepope

Very happy that I have, once again, been elected as the new Pope.

This 160 Madness bootleg by POLO LILLI... What a time to be alive. soundcloud.com/polo-lilli/2...

Went for a walk, wrote about it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It’s April 25th!

Go read (or listen to) some of what Richard wrote. He's very good at it.

two donuts is not enough. three donuts is too many.

my home

don't forget

Post a warning.

Post a warning.

I don’t wish to alarm anyone but if you draw glasses on Masaccio’s Virgin and Child it’s Michael Caine holding a tiny Chris Evans being serenaded by the Proclaimers

A reminder that music is good. You should listen to some.

Enjoying this old mill 𝓋𝒾𝒷𝑒 ‘Isn’t it grand, boys? To be bloody well dead / Let’s not have a sniffle / Let’s have a bloody good cry / And always remember: the longer you live / The sooner you bloody well die’

I will always love you, Kabosu. I don't care that you were co-opted by the biggest losers on the internet. It was not your fault.

That poor dog. She deserves to be remembered better than she will be in the long run.

I'll never forgive them for the dirty they've done to doge.

Fuck this for a game of soldiers.

the largest cat

The @universityofleeds.bsky.social is the first Russell Group Uni to quit X! 🎉 🎉 Read more👇 tinyurl.com/2h3tyjfx @lsjleeds.bsky.social #Yorkshire #Leeds #Academia #AcademicSky #HigherEd #LawSky

"On social media, it’s relatively easy to find breadwinners cosplaying as homemakers."

"Unfortunately, several things happen all the time in the Universe..."

With apologies to @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social

If you’re in the Leeds area this is a great comics shop with staff that really know their stuff.

First run of '25. The challenge at the moment is how to keep my hands warm...