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When does a joke become a dad joke? When it’s fully groan.

A new six-part series of P.O.V. starts at 6.30pm on Radio 4, and will be available on BBC Sounds afterwards. It takes people making brilliant video comedy online and asks them to make brilliant audio comedy, which we jumble up into a sketch show. Who's in this first episode of the second series..?

In more in depth infos about it: that play kicked of the 1-2 years long phase in which I made a weirdly high amount of prop dead animals for productions I worked on.

We're LIVE! Join me, Sarah's Scribbles, and Jim Benton as we doodle to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association. Streaming HERE 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=tEoCp4LzqX0

You don’t have to have a trillion dollars to be an arsehole, but it helps.

A chair holding another chair at gunpoint.

This is probably the oldest toy I've got that's still in use. Happy meal goodie in 1998, joined every trip to the sea since.

🧡THANK YOU🧡 Thank you everyone for your support and you generous donations, I managed to get round in 3hrs 58mins - the course was brutally hilly and it was so hot, getting under 4hrs feels like a real achievement - more importantly I raised £1,875 which was kind of the point🧡

He's on his way as we speak. Despite his terrible attitude on the pitch he's a properly decent guy. His reports during training were a delight. So why not push that charity a bit further.

I've found an occasion to post about my April taskmaster thing from 2022. So by law it won't go without reposting the best point&click game I've ever made over night: larsum.com/april3/ (To this day I consider the overall puzzle through all 10 tasks in that challenge the best thing I've ever made.)

I've switched my phone to greyscales to see if that helps reducing the screen time a bit. First impression after a day is that it just gives the apps a hint of a fancy retro vibe but has no other effect.

My novel “Baby Steps” is free on ebook 10-14 June to celebrate #cfweek2026 #CysticFibrosis #disabilityfiction #adoption #disabilityfictionauthors An uplifting novel about thriving with a disability, adoption, love & friendship

It's a great festival with a brilliant programme. Only thing I'd criticise is that they seem to start developing a habit of taking place while I'm working on a different festival on the other side of the country.

This week on NonCensored, we are joined by Doctor Five, a meteorologist from the future - who predicts sunny weather ahead!! NonCensored: improvised topical character comedy, out every Friday in all the best podcast apps. podfollow.com/NonCensored

About 93% would be my guess.

I got handed a organ donor agreement thing to consider.* Made me think, given how things are: how likely would it be that my kidneys end up with someone I find obnoxious?

The nmj rewatching cycle @belowthelinehq.bsky.social has come to s4e10 again. Before it first aired I felt flattered when someone said my mind was similar to Alex Horne's. Since watching the scream of agony of someone who's deliberately poured acid in their eyes echoes along with the compliment.

My rewritten #Rails on Rack guide is now live! edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/rails_on_rac...

I have realised lately that I really enjoy to keep silly projects going. Had to drop one that wasn't fully in my hands, but this one here LIVES.

Yo @king-trish.bsky.social . I'm not on my way to London right now. But if we're completely honest it's not really a good reason not to provide you with the traditional photo report. So get ready. I'll go back to sleep for about half an hour.

i am once again returning to the so-called 'edinburgh festival fringe' this august with a new show all about my parents' horny letters from the 80s. please attend. tix: www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

The first rule of Might Club is, you might talk about Might Club.

In 2016 we've had an exhibition by Laurenz Berges on our festival. I loved it, especially since it was my source of serenity during setting the whole festival up. Just occasionally got to stand in front of a photo for minutes with Laurenz before he'd ask if I thought it should hang a bit lower. 1/

I usually just leave little spiders in my flat be. I'm not in Australia, they won't kill me. But there are two of the same kind on the bathroom ceiling at the moment and I feel a bit like on chastity watch when I enter. Keep thinking as loudly as one can: Guys?! No funny business in here, right 🤨

I found this and it may bring a smile!🙂 This is called the "feather-drying dance of the Great blue Heron"

I've taken a written exam today. Partly because of it I haven't slept well. So I put on a podcast about one niche possible topic of the exam at 2:30am. It's given me the perfect answer for one of the questions today. Very satisfying.

How long does it take to shoot an apple off someone’s head with a crossbow? Time will tell.

For obvious @murderbastard.bsky.social related reasons I did wonder about the etymology of 'sonder' in English given its existence in German. And, oh boy, that's fantastic. Just have to convince myself I don't actually NEED to read The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows now.

I see why you tend to assume 'I'm less kind to others' implies 'because I'm looking after myself more'. It's the usual narrative. I'm not. And I don't think it works as an argument in general. The capability of kindness is defining being human. There is absolutely no good reason to drop it.

Looking at myself I think over the last couple of years I've left behind my I dare say extensive and unconditional kindness towards people and the world. Unfortunately I haven't exchanged it for something cool like overconfidence and success I'm just really whiny, pathetic and mean now.

#Taskmaster Series 21, episode 4 Kebab meat and jam Old white Brits don’t care much for Racial harmony

I am making a playlist of songs with a petty vibe. Anyone got any suggestions?

Do you live in Brighton? Would you like to see a show where a queer girl reveals her special interest in pettiness by unveiling a ‘scientific’ scale to measure petty acts on using pop culture and historic examples? Coming to Brighton Fringe next month! Prepare to meet your Chief Petty Officer!

Disclaimer: neither @edmorrish.com or @jlukeroberts.bsky.social know how to do a livestream, but if enough of you join and/or upgrade, we WILL ask someone at @maximumfun.org and find out! maximumfun.org/join maximumfun.org/joinsoundheap

Happy Birthday to the one true king @king-trish.bsky.social . I've read some back and I'm sure now that she is the absolute best person to have nonsense dialogues with.

I'm always super nervous to start painting on clothes because I don't want to ruin a perfectly usable t-shirt. I'm not much of a painter, but it still is the kind of thing where when you do it often enough you actually don't completely screw up anymore. Annoying to see practice getting me anywhere.

My rewrite of Rails' Layouts and Rendering guide is now up for community review. Take a peek and let me know what you think!

Know someone petty who lives in Brighton? Are YOU someone petty who lives in Brighton? Comedy lecture on the history of petty in pop culture introducing my ‘scientific’ theory on how to achieve peak petty as part of @brightonfringe.bsky.social ‘Chief Petty Officer 23rd May #comedy #brighton #petty

That's quite cool.

I’m a conflict avoider, if that’s OK with you.

A marketing success on this platform. (I've got two copies now. It's the kind of thing that's brilliant to have up your sleeve when you're surprisingly invited to something where you would be expected to bring a gift but have no idea what you should get.)

Time to slowly reactivate the feed bsky.app/profile/did:... (It picks up posts linking to the edfringe ticket site as well as reposts by @fringepromo.bsky.social , you can pin it and have it as a little tab on top of your timeline, it's handy.)

This, in all fairness, looks amazing again www.impatientproductionsuk.com/edinburgh-2026 @impatientuk.bsky.social @watsoncomedian.bsky.social

New addition to this @murderbastard.bsky.social extended universe project. @joyousechidna.bsky.social 's work even so that character specifically has an aggressively German name so I don't worry about making mistakes so much when I'm writing. (1/2)

Read a headline: "Situation of stranded whale disimproves". It's a dramatic thing of course. But the phrasing made me imagine the whale stranding, saying "urgh, this day really couldn't get any worse!" and then a thunderstorm starts/a pod of bullies passes going "look, Genna's on land AGAIN!"...

My dad and brother are running the marathon in Rome as we speak. It starts at the Colosseum and ends at the Circus Maximus. And while I'd say it kinds of goes the absolute opposite of an efficient route between those two you've got to admit it has flair.

Meanwhile, follow @thebuzzsocial.bsky.social for unofficial - sometimes very unofficial - commentary and gossip on the ongoing Stevie Chase investigation. (You should already be following @larsum.com if you want to see good things.)