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Honestly, the number of times I've sat looking up at that painting, probably with a nice pint of Dark Star in my hand, and wondered... We now have an answer! Great work by Joel here:

idk if he counts as a celebrity but Douglas Carswell blocked me for repeatedly retweeting his invite to play Hello Kitty World with him

Sorry, breaking my rule about not sharing Twitter screenshots, but it's SO FUNNY. Apart from everything else, the idea that Tom Harwood (the tool in the box that you threw out rather than sharpening, because you thought it was packaging material) might have a view on how feminist Jane Austen was.

We also have to say that @seanislegend.com's photos for this piece are absolute stunners. Each one worthy of framing.

Great fun to write this. Marvellous pub. The pictures are 👌🏽

Let's Not Play Frisbee With That Poet Anymore

It's especially delightful that he couldn't be in court to receive news of yet another legal defeat because he was in custody in connection with an assault for which he has just been charged.

Ah, that's good news. Nasty little shite.

I'll be doing my bit for a slower, more considered approach to public affairs by only quoting or referring to the first headline for at least a couple more months.

I almost missed that in a video where the former Chancellor of the Exchequer talks about "Institutional Credibility", the video misspells the word "credibility", which kind of sums this whole thing up

Hard to keep up with all these people, but Thomas Corbett-Dillon (real name Craig Dillon) is quite the grifter.

OFCOM all over this like a sloth on diazepam wielding a feather duster

jesus CHRIST. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

These guys do amazing work for orphans. Please donate if you can.

Stereolab :: Emperor Tomato Ketchup at 30 aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/03/09/s... Thirty years old this month, Stereolab’s 1996 breakthrough record Emperor Tomato Ketchup was equal parts transitional and revolutionary.

You’d think in this era of “MPs face increasing danger” there would be more outrage at newly elected Green MP Hannah Spencer being assaulted by transphobes but it’s nowhere to be seen on BBC News app even if you search her name

Some of these automated scam calls are just SO convincing. "Hello, this is John Patterson from the local postcode..."

I'd like to see the alert "Come on please" brought into standard use across the NHS.

Siskin in the garden!

holy shit

A round up, in no particular order, of the peregrine falcon nest cams of England: Spring 2026 Expect to see the first eggs laid in some of these locations in the next week or two

Vittorio's always very funny, but the perfectly controlled anger here... 🔥

The clubs should just leave X, it's beyond fixing.

A by-no-means definitive #IWD composer playlist I made in 2023. You can listen to it on whatever streaming service you like via this link: www.tunemymusic.com/share/GfxCb4...

Nice to see my niece (dangling from her partner's shoulders) in the lead here:

Can we ban football clubs from using their Tannoys for anything other than important messages?Crawley Town have just tortured us with what seemed like 4 hours of a tinny version of the strings loop from Bittersweet Symphony.

Blimey. Had to watch most of it via patchy rural Surrey mobile data (and on a dodgy Malaysian stream). Apologies for the swearing, fellow train passengers. But WHAT a lovely sight.

Two good Luxembourgish words for you: If a pair of twins are identical, they are "eeneeëg". If they are non-identical, they are "zweeeeëg".

Kind of a folk horror & Don't Look Now vibe to the Swansea mascot. I approve.

Such a relief to have pissing rain after that relentless spring sunshine.

Important reminder. I've had that consultation bookmarked for ages, so will get round to it this weekend.

I'm enjoying Look Mum No Computer's instrumental synth stuff (very strong flavour of 1979-82). I'm in my 50s, so I guess this means the poor lad will bomb on Eurovision.

Is this like when Richard Dreyfus starts making a mashed potato model of the mountain in Close Encounters?

This, like Episode 1, is a lovely chat which will probably send me down more internet rabbit holes than I have time for. No change there, then. (It's an audio guest-driven version of Lev's Substack series, if that helps)

This is a good point, and important context for any discussion of US/Iran relations (not to mention the invocation of Churchill)

A few thimbles that have been through the tumbler. Why do we find so many? I don't really know. I've heard of sacks being sewn up, or young girls practicing their needlework in the field, whilst father is working on the land.

He did WHAT in a pasty shop?! Oh right sorry my mistake. Phew.

Chiffchaff! Merlin reckoned it had found me one on the local common a couple of days ago, but I couldn't be sure... wondered if it was a Great Tit in 2nd gear. However, just now, 100% certainty, yelling above my head.

Repeat reminder that it's well worth investing in Jacobi Jayne bird feeders. I've just ordered fairly significant replacement parts for our Squirrel Buster peanut feeder (not their product, but they sell them)... price of postage only.

With thanks to Edwin Schoon, an extraordinary document: never-seen-before colour footage of the young Cruijff, my forever hero. nos.nl/l/2561009

Glad people are settling on the term "pervert glasses". Bonus points if you also say it while posting a picture of Mark Zuckerberg or call them Mark Zuckerberg's pervert glasses.

Trump: When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take. Iranian elite: Ooh, like absolute monarchy, you mean? Cool!

I feel they have misunderstood this expression:

fuck, I’m sorry, I can’t compete with this

This IPSO adjudication against the Telegraph is quite something Confirms their story titled: ‘We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays’ was completely fabricated, with the family involved non-existent and stock pictures used www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0210...

Every one of these ****s consciously chose to move to a society that runs on slave-labour. Some of them will claim to be oblivious to that. That makes them wicked AND stupid.

Tried this on a whim (I'd saved it on my Feast app) and it's VERY NICE. No rice syrup in our supermarkets, so I used honey instead (so not vegan). Also, used a regular loaf tin instead of her cake tin, and might try dispensing with the baking paper next time (wouldn't normally use it, even at 240C)

Story time, y'all, about the time I witnessed nearly this exact scenario play out in real time. It's 2003 or 2004. Serena, Venus, Anna Kournikova, and Brenda Shultz-McCarthy played an indoor exhibition event at Rupp Arena. Both Williams sisters had won majors at this point. 🧵/x