Wow.

Something compelled me to make this

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Quite magnificent and straight to the point.

If you want a break from snow or ICE, I have a #longread in the current @harpers.bsky.social about a mystical drift through London. Includes Blake, Hawksmoor, the Sex Pistols, Derek Jarman, John Dee and conversations with Alan Moore and Iain Sinclair harpers.org/archive/2026...

the villains in neuromancer being a family of gross inbred rich weirdos who want to live forever in space feels a little too on the nose

rules for watching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) - try to guess the age of everyone in screen - shout “78!” or similar - look cast up on IMDb - discover they are all younger than you are now

Kinda this

The Signalman (Postgate, 1976)

just remembered part of a dream from last night where the area 51 autopsy was shown to have been Keith Richards

"Look, I get it, he's mental but what the fuck do you want me to do?" - Labour +45%

“Children left unattended will be given a Red Bull and taught to swear.” - sign at The Heys Inn, Oswaldtwistle, UK

Took in a 'dog friendly' screening of Hamnet yesterday. The film starts with Jessie Buckley whistling at a hawk, but the entire canine element in the cinema took it as a signal to go for walkies and it all kicked off.

I'm in my fifties & well remember power cuts, bombings, endless strikes, millions on the dole and the constant background hum of threatened nuclear war. Felt way more broken to me then.

If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation.

"And we now have María on the line who would like to swap a Nobel Peace Prize for the presidency of Venezuela..."

"Murmuration over Lanhydrock Park", 2020 by Annie Ovenden, English painter #WomensArt

Well. This government is simply not good at policy-making and implementation. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Sailing Rigs xkcd.com/3193/

Today’s revelation: if you have a bad back, the seats on the LNER Azuma trains are just the thing.

Have not yet stopped laughing…

The National Library of Scotland (@natlibscot.bsky.social) will be holding a free map festival on 6 February at the Map Library in Edinburgh's Causewayside. Find out more and book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/map-festiv...

Roses are red, Sunlight is bright

Jump Into 2026 I love the secret feature at Nine Elms London Underground station that reveals itself during a sunny day. If you arrive at the perfect moment, the roundel logo is beautifully projected onto the floor. So I took Dancer Andreya with me to interact with the scene.

illuminated tree, Kew Gardens

God I love the English translations of Asterix. And yes, they're the perfect example for why you need humans to actually understand the text and the purpose -- word-for-word translations simply do not work. See: how the initial translation failed, until translators adapted creatively:

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice In Chains.

Official footage of me leaving the house on Boxing Day.....

Lovely thread 😁

CALTON HILL:—December night. Edinburgh sky aglow. #Edinburgh #hyperlocal #news

via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon

🏆 on so many levels

Spooner's career as a continuity announcer was short-lived

Happy Winter Solstice everyone. One of my first oil paintings from 1996 of Avebury where I went to primary school. Being there had a profound influence on my work. Lighter days ahead.

Talking about _The Player of Games_ by Iain M. Banks. www.newscientist.com/video/250912...

this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member

The Oxenham Arms pub in South Zeal, Devon, boasts the unusual distinction of having been constructed by 12th Century monks around a prehistoric standing stone. If you’re lucky and visit at the right time of day, as I did today, you might also see it being recharged with sacred energy by the sun.

(*One of my favourite Nirvana songs)

REMEMBER: even in the wettest winter weather, SPONTANEOUS GOTH COMBUSTION is real and can strike AT ANY TIME. Almost 1 in 4 goths will burst into flames at a Cure concert in their lifetime. Don't be a statistic, KNOW THE SIGNS.

I think I’ve just discovered the best song title - Vorpal Laserblaster of Pittenweem.

Took my car to the garage because it was making a terrible noise... He removed the Mariah Carey Christmas CD, and now it’s fine.

Post your favourite “Transformers” character. Wrong answers only.

The last leaves of autumn

Some fascinating insights into the craft of script writing here.

#Rewilding One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats'. Available now in good bookshops an online nowwww.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2