Me, giggling like a goblin, strapping myself into the BBC Boss chair, commissioning non-celeb sitcom & sketch show after another. High concept narrative comedies by women! 100 shows with writers rooms! Tell whatever celeb blokes are doing a travel show they can make their own way back from Bordeaux!

Whoa WHOA Remembrance Sunday is almost over and I haven't shoved your face in the Dreadnoughts' klezmer-infused sea shanty ciderpunk album about how the First World War was not a very nice time! Headbang to the whizzbangs! Don't miss the B-sides either! thedreadnoughts.bandcamp.com/album/foreig...

The kids are all right.

For Remembrance Sunday, a post I wrote on two boys who never married, owned property, had children, or anything else that might leave a paper trail, only had really memorable headstones. tealin.dreamwidth.org/469419.html

New DD4/PRACTICAL DEFENCE Production Diary up now! Including: - the purpose of teenagers (to shake you up), - why I'm so grateful for Patron readers (one example of many), - the completeness of pencil drawings for Chapter Six (very), - and THAT'S ALL! (No it's not!!) www.patreon.com/posts/143098...

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

Further evidence that you can tack on the end of any Conservative policy Scrooge's "... and decrease the surplus population!"

What did I say about the CBC being the best source for US news? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... TBF almost any article these days could start with 'Some phenomena in the history of humankind simply defy logic,' but Natalie Stechyson actually thought of writing it down, and deserves a prize.

Your life is probably materially complete 🙏🏽

Also happy Four Seasons Total Landscaping anniversary to all who celebrate, it is simply the funniest thing that has ever happened and I'm so glad I got to watch it unfold in real time

First the EBU, then Eurovision, then join the EU! www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...

lol

It's hard to hold peoples attention when you attempt to explain that our classic commerce based economy has been methodically perverted from a system of exchanging goods and services for money... to a new model were we throw all that money in some giant pit a billionaire dug in their back garden.

Can we also tell the story about how the economy sucks because no one has money to spend on anything but housing costs and food?

Untitled | Kaoru Yamada

Dreamt last night I went to a Trump dinner; got starters and pudding but no main course cos my table was in an out-of-the-way corner. He was more with it and charismatic than he seems IRL but deathly pale; without spray tan his complexion was 'cream cheese' (or 'cream peas' as he initially put it).

Prog Rock Hell Yes

.... are they using the sampled riff from Gangsta Paradise on the trail for the new Attenborough doc?

The Loch Ness Mobster. Happy to write this as a series now I have the idea. Can probably use Chat GPT. Offers welcome.

Just 62 HOURS REMAIN to support Eisner and Ignatz nominee @secase.bsky.social on Kickstarter and grab a copy of "Rigsby WI: Burn it Down!" We've hit our stretch goal, so a fancy cover effect is GO. www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

ATTN: SUBMISSIONS FOR THE NEXT @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social ANTHOLOGY OPEN DECEMBER 1ST. EVERYTHING IS FINE. NOTHING IS WRONG. WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AT WAR WITH EURASIA. Start planning your submission to LIE MACHINE now!! ironcircus.com/lie-machine/

Thank you Samir Zitouni, I hope you make a full recovery.

on radio 4 tonight the 57th episode i've made with @paulsinha.bsky.social goes out (sinha test/sinha games/citizenship test x4/sinha carta/history revision x12/general knowledge x12/perfect pub quiz x26), matching the 57 episodes i've made with @johnfinnemore.bsky.social (jfsp x56 plus the pilot)

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

There’s no screening for ovarian cancer and it’s really difficult to spot: you can’t squidge your ovaries in the shower to check for lumps. Also it’s very good at masquerading at other things, like IBS and diverticulitis. Please take a look at this list of symptoms - and share if you can.

Being aware that (while you might have empathy and social responsibility) you are also in human social competition with people who treat life as a first person shooter video game, where your main use to them is to loot your corpse for power-ups, is vital prep for negotiating life.

An awesome 🧵, especially w/ current fuckery. Also recommending 4 cookbooks: * YOU GOTTA EAT by Margaret Eby * THE SAD BASTARD COOKBOOK by Zilla Novikov and Rachel A Rosen * THE POORCRAFT COOKBOOK by Iron Circus Comics * GOOD AND CHEAP by Leanne Brown Nab from library or get online PDFs if you can.

Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.

A movie you've seen more than 7 times, as a GIF. No one's GIF'd Copenhagen, alas ...

@mjowen174.bsky.social Hey Mat, I get this free bulletin of freelance writing jobs every week - sharing in case it might be any use to you.

the jd vance/erika kirk rumours would be really upsetting to vance if he was actually a christian instead of just pretending

Potatober #31: Happy Halloween! My only deviation from the "draw a potato" rule. But I say it's still art. And so Potatober is at an end. It's been fun, see you next year?

In his newsletter this week, @austinkleon.bsky.social unintentionally captures the spirit of my current project. It’s comforting to not feel like I am alone in believing this. austinkleon.substack.com/p/even-the-m...

Does anyone here know where I might find traditional Dia de los Muertos dance music? I got to like it in LA but not speaking Spanish the closest recorded thing I've found is Beirut's March of the Zapotec album, and that seems really unfair. youtu.be/dQyqukuaCq0?...

Really amazing that Microsoft managed to hire back the exact same animator to make the annoying bouncy envelope icon on Outlook as did Clippy back in the 90s. That's a serious commitment to continuity.

[Ducktales theme] Vast and trunkless legs of stone I-n the, de-sert Standing out there all alone It's un-pleasant A shattered visage might be a mirage Hubris! Woo hoo!

Our village church has had bats for ages and we've learned to live with them. The trouble is that the missing pane of glass by which they get in – which we aren't allowed to fix – also lets in bluetits, which have a much harder time finding their way out again. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I must go down to the sands again, To the lonely sands and the sky, Where all I see are vast trunkless legs, And a sneering visage by. Hand once mocking, heart once feeding, Sculpted passions baring, Ozymandias, king of all kings, Of his works despairing.

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Potatober #30: Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered tuber lies, whose flaked and flame-charred peel, distant from farmer's land, Tells that its sculptor oft those taters baked, The skin that crisped up, and the flesh that fed; And on the pedestal...

It blows my mind, the fact that the current discourse and hype around "AI" exists alongside the continued practice of sending emails with a footer that says, "PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL"

The statue It destroyed it's base Yes YES Ozymandias is out

fox populi, fox dei

Have started listening to the 'Welcome to Jurassic Park' Theme every morning when I wake up, to start the day. Best thing I have ever done for my mental health. Can literally deal with anything after those 7.55mins. Thoroughly recommend.

The perfect drink of 2025

I highly recommend the Poorcraft series from @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social particularly the Cookbook. It's full of helpful info about food shopping & cooking presented with charm as neighbors get to know each other. I appreciated the non-meat inclusiveness. store.ironcircus.com/products/the...