This long weekend I have been mostly : Watching David Lean movies and Charles Dickens (BBC) tv productions; Reading John LeCarre books (3.5 thru the 8 Smileys) & bingeing 30Rock in betweens. It's been line on line on line of wordplay and delivery.

Merry Christmas from the Sunshine Coast where it is 27 degrees, the cicadas are screeching and I have set the turntable on fire spinning Motown

It's 2.45 am and the Kookaburras are warbling. Something is happening. Maybe a sleigh sighting?

Everyone should get a #Manousos for Christmas. He'll take 2026 and sort it. #Pluribus

The final line IS the whole article. Nuff said.

This is brilliantly done www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...

Just completed final watch through of the finished ROGUE TROOPER film… 25 years of pestering @2000ad.bsky.social to let me give it a shot, 3 years of production to make the thing & now… it’s DONE! Can’t wait for you to see it. So, so proud of our team. We’ve made something a bit special. ❤️

It gets even more pathetic— x.com/RepBeatty/st...

Antony Price obituary: fashion designer for pop stars ⬇️ Visionary designer who created the looks of Roxy Music, Duran Duran and David Bowie, dies aged 80

What the HELL was that speech? open.substack.com/pub/therickw...

Gil Gerard, an actor best known for his role as Buck Rogers in the science-fiction TV show “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,” died on Tuesday. He was 82.

When I grow up...

Beautiful. But how I wish it was unnecessary.

Javier, our new CEO, wanted to thank everyone for a fun and motivating first week. You all have made his transition process enjoyable. He has much to do but insisted on relaying that his initial numbers indicate that the dogs are all very good and will likely continue to be ❤️

One of the worst tragedies to hit Washington DC was in 1996 when diva Patti LaBelle struggled through "This Christmas" with zero support.

Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.

Rewarded myself with dinner at #GreenZebra Me n Pat Malone on a Mon-Yay night. Coz. Why not.

Glad this came across my TL again because I really wanted to share it again

Vince Gilligan Bloody marvellous Watching premiere eps of Pluribus again!

Hey! Calling all Wonder Women! We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit. 50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.

Watch @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring victory speech. This is the future the Democratic Party must embrace. Turn the volume up.

youtu.be/DZElbix-nf4?... Just having a 1984 moment ... always.

Downstairs at AWS

A 2012 stroke has largely kept Tim Curry from acting, but not from writing — and recording — a new memoir. “It was very peculiar not to be able to speak,” he says.

#SlowHorses ... keeping me very entertained. "Gotta go furra Donald" <= Perfection

I feel an urge to listen to Neil Young #theMoonisaBalloon

Superb. Well played, Dame Patricia #RIP youtu.be/JGCg3ARv14U?...

Actor & campaigner Hugh Grant tells ITV News why he feels Labour has ‘betrayed’ hacking victims. He says seeing Keir Starmer forge close relationships with major newspaper barons is hard to stomach for the families who were promised things would change.

"I had to work 10 times harder than the average man just to get the same level of recognition," Jane Goodall told us in 2020. "But once I had made a name for myself, I let the data speak for me."

The English Teacher is back. Very very very very very very excellent.

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

"You leave the carnival with your arm around your girl and climb behind the wheel of your car. It feels like nothing could go wrong."

Pretty certain the #rapture occurred in 2016 and we've been in denial (or perhaps purgatory) ever since.

Here are my top 10 fall dogs!

Slightly distracted for morning routine #DaftPunk Radio just breezed into life on the TubesofU. Consensus is anticipating 'Alive2027' announcement.

While we support the freedom to use TikTok, we don’t feel USA will use data any more responsibly than China. Therefore, we are giving traveling Terns and Skuas complimentary access to ICE-Blok, our new dual feature social media and anti-Gestapo app.

Colbert tells Disney to get fucked in a very Colbert kinda way. youtu.be/HMGD1KCYFOw?...

America doesn't know how to America anymore

The new TV... #Kimmel #Colbert

#PirateTV American Network Television 'n' Internet For All

ICYMI, our entire #4Corners, Big Brethren, is here. Posting YouTube so international viewers can watch. Thank you to all of the incredibly brave people who spoke to us. m.youtube.com/watch?v=lFEI...

Lexicographer @susiedent.com is our latest Brief Encounter: “As the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein put it so beautifully, ‘The limits of my language are the limits of my world.’” Read Dent’s full Q&A: www.prospectmagazine...

Let all the poisons That lurk in the mud Hatch out

I do love Honda.

Taking this advice from @kazcooke.bsky.social and seeing this tomoz in Marooch' .

I don't mind #Foundation But honestly I don't find Lou Llobell can carry the pivotal character of Gael in any scene. Very amateur acting masquerading as breathless gravitas. Whereas Laura Birn sticks every landing.

For people without X accounts. I finally found a way to read the stroke theory and honestly, it's delicious. nitter.poast.org/adamscochran...

"Do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish"