I recently came across a book in Oxfam that was the sheet music for how to play all the songs from the TV show Glee on a ukulele. Which feels like such an artefact of a very specific cultural moment.

I try my best. Thanks James!

"A fundraising page, organised by Tucker Carlson's nicotine pouch company ALP on the Christian crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo" What a sentence.

We made a video about Wetherspoon and the crisis in British pubs. And, in order to do so, went on a road trip from the UK's most-southerly spoons to its most northerly... ...only eating, drinking, and sleeping in Wetherspoon's pubs along the way.

We made a video about Wetherspoon and the crisis in British pubs. And, in order to do so, went on a road trip from the UK's most-southerly spoons to its most northerly... ...only eating, drinking, and sleeping in Wetherspoon's pubs along the way.

It was a pleasure to have @tomnicholas.bsky.social as our first guest on this episode of @redbarrelspodcast.bsky.social! Join us as we discuss the excellent Citizen Sleeper and gaming news ranging from the exciting to the baffling!

I'm gonna be knocking around this year's Games Transformed as the "whoever else we can think to invite" category of person that @chrisbratt.bsky.social mentions here. Maybe wearing a costume? I dunno. I kinda just say yes to stuff. But you should come along!

Holy balls this is a good video essay

Honestly a really fantastic video essay, I highly recommend watching it. It's making me reinterpret how I hear about Trump and how our Labour party in the UK is failing.

Reform UK councils are gonna be wild. It’s the sort of “after the revolution, who’s gonna take out the bins” but they *only* really have the power to take out (or not) the bins. And their decisions will be entirely guided by what this week’s right-wing, AI slop memes have to say about bins.

Genuinely an amazing video that really opened my eyes to why it seems our establishments are so feckless. I'll be extremely interested to see how the new conceptualization of ideology shapes our politics in these dire times.

This latest video by Tom Nicholas is amazing. In it, he perfectly captures what is so frustrating about Western centrist political leaders who completely lack any bold vision, & how in the fearful avoidance of having any ideology, right wingers with horrifying but bold visions are filling the void.

Came across this excellent example of "I know the data says one thing, but I have this single anecdote" today.

Just think of the financial damage the film Conclave has done to the explainer journalism industrial complex. Outlets which would otherwise have made bank on "How the Next Pope Will Be Chosen, Explained" articles and videos left purposeless as readers cry "don't worry, we know".

Who Killed Postmodernism? My latest video exploring what postmodernism was, where it went, and what might have replaced it, is available to watch on @nebula.tv now! It's a proper old school video essay. So, if you want to party like it's 2017, pop over and check it out!

Who Killed Postmodernism? My latest video exploring what postmodernism was, where it went, and what might have replaced it, is available to watch on @nebula.tv now! It's a proper old school video essay. So, if you want to party like it's 2017, pop over and check it out!

Start a timer now. I'm running a sweepstakes on how long it takes before we discover this app inadvertently pairs students by IQ or familial wealth or head circumference or something.

I'm gonna keep banging this drum: This is a problem for Labour. An interview with the actual Prime Minister of the United Kingdom gets fewer views than a studio piece about a side character in the skirmish within Reform.

The SDP is apparently having a "resurgence". As evidenced by this YouTube video with OVER 600 views. Watch out Westminster!

I’ve got tickets to see Conclave at the cinema on Tuesday. Had them booked for a week. But now it does feel mildly disrespectful.

We're gonna have at least six months of fallen-off conservative personalities doing Nazi salutes to get some press attention.

I made a film about (among other things) politicians being old, and then one of the politicians was so old it kinda derailed it. Enjoy this little inside scoop from the making of Boomers! And then get a cheeky discount on @nebula.tv to watch it at go.nebula.tv/boomers?ref=tomnicholas

A VC firm called "Slow Ventures" has launched a fund for backing content creator businesses and have decided to call it the... ..."Slow Creator Fund". Which is just an incredible name.

The “Dylan going electric was really important” legend does require ignoring the fact that no-one would make a film about Dylan’s post-electric career because, while incredible, his later stuff just wasn’t as culturally important or notable.

I enjoyed A Complete Unknown, but I do think it's the least interesting Bob Dylan you could make. It just ticks off all the main events of the Dylan mythos without questioning any of it. If he comes across as a complex character, it's only really by the weight of the real Dylan's obnoxiousness.

The previews of this article all make it out to be really anti-young people. But, to be fair to the guy, it’s actually pretty sympathetic. And makes quite a firm stance in favour of votes at 16.

I want to go to see the Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds stadium tour, but it really feels like fully crossing the threshold into the middle-aged man zone. There’s really no going back after that.

My deep dive into the past, present, and future of the House of Lords is now available to watch on YouTube. A big thanks to all four members who were kind enough to speak with me, and for the House of Lords Press team for helping us with the logistics!

My job is really weird. Yesterday I was emailing Baronesses and Earls. Today I'm ordering back issues of the Wetherspoon News.

THEY’VE REMADE “THE ONE AND ONLY HERB MCGWYER PLAYS WALLIS ISLAND” AND IT’S GOING TO BE IN CINEMAS. AHHHHHHHHHHHH. I CANNOT WAIT.

Just been reading an article on the website of Canadian magazine Maclean's. This ad for subscribing is kinda cute in its concept, but does also heavily imply the magazine is open to having its opinions shaped by folks with big money.

My deep dive into the past, present, and future of the House of Lords is now available to watch on YouTube. A big thanks to all four members who were kind enough to speak with me, and for the House of Lords Press team for helping us with the logistics!

Elon Musk is conducting an all-out attack on the US government. What can the shock therapy being carried out by the Department of Government Efficiency tell us about how the contemporary populist right view the role of the state?

We had someone join the chat during my stream last night who only knew my stuff from watching Boomers, which was really nice! It's been wonderful to watch @nebula.tv grow into such a vibrant platform where people are discovering new creators as well as just finding those they already love!

The UK's Houses of Parliament are often held up as the spiritual home of modern democracies. But, over half the politicians who sit and vote in that building aren't democratically elected at all. I went INSIDE the House of Lords and spoke with FOUR of its members...

Pedant time: Jordan Peterson's "Peterson Academy" platform has a lecture by the historian Andrew Roberts, whom it styles as "Lord Andrew Roberts". However, this isn't how you would ever style the name of a Baron. It's "Lord Roberts". Or "Andrew Roberts, Baron Roberts of Belgravia".

I'm at the brutalist theatre. I'm at the brutalist gymnasium. I'm at the brutalist library. I'm at the brutalist chapel. I'm at the combination brutalist theatre and gymnasium and library and chapel.

I understand that Gaie Delap has been released from prison. More to follow.

I've travelled a lot for work this year and last. Sat here doing my books and realising quite how much of it is just meal deals. Very postmodern Willy Loman.

Keir Starmer is being absolutely hammered for reach on YouTube, which remains the largest video streaming platform; particularly for in-depth stuff. The slickly-produced official 10 Downing Street stuff just doesn't cut through on the platform in a way that Reform/Farage's stuff does.

I just went on a website which allows me to choose three "levels" of data protection/sharing. You'd assume Silver shared the most with advertisers etc. and Platinum the least. (Platinum being the "strongest" level of protection). And you'd be wrong!

On the one hand, I'm sure the way the Trump Admin will implement this is gonna be incredibly partisan and awful. On the other, I'm kinda surprised Keir Starmer and co hasn't been doing more podcast/YouTube/TikTok stuff. The new media landscape is currently just an open goal for Nigel Farage.

This entry in The Guardian’s “Dining Across the Divide” series is just two middle-aged white guys who both vote Lib Dem.

We were filming in Westminster yesterday and someone came up and asked if we were the BBC. When we said no, he instantly turned and walked away. Can't stop wondering what this guy's urgent message for the beeb was.

Our first video of the year sets the bar extremely high for locations. Expect it to drop off quite rapidly.

Came to the realisation today that the room in which Charles I was put on trial and sentenced to execution was the same room in which Holly and Phil from This Morning skipped the queue.

I'm currently in the very, very outskirts of London. Fascinated by this weird part of the UK where you can effectively live in a small village which also has a tube station.

This is one of the things which is often overlooked in discussions about copyright, theft, and AI training. AI companies often aren't even paying to buy the books etc. their models digest in the first place.

I've just stumbled across this piece of merch on the Labour Party website whilst working. And all credit where it's due... "Change" on the bum is a great bit. The slogan on the front almost ruins it by distracting from the main gag. (Having to put an impressum on your child is even funnier.)