Spectacular pop art migraine aura incoming. Why must the medication be so difficult to get out of the blister pack? Does the manufacturer not know time is of the essence?

My current job role is being assimilated into a new job role. Resistance is futile.

This is Bailey. He wants to be picked up and put on the bed. Could just jump, but prefers this method. 12/10 (TT: screamingbailey8)

It was at rest free weekend. Absolutely frazzled.

This clip is all over the other place and has made its way onto GB News and Talk TV so I’ll do a bit of an explainer here too! The clip doing the rounds is of a fantastic police officer telling a group of Muslim men that a Christian preacher nearby is entitled to freedom of expression. 🧵 1/19

Going out for a walk would probably be a good idea but my nervous system is so jangly right now just thinking about it makes me panic. Maybe I could try going to the end of the road. Probably won’t die.

The neighbouring schools intruder alarm has been going off for more than 4 hours and I’m dangerously close to writing an obnoxious email to the school but I don’t want to be that person.

Maybe I could just sleep through the whole weekend.

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A gentle giant, Tom Noonan was a singular character actor in Manhunter, Heat, Last Action Hero, and Synecdoche, New York, and the writer-director-star (+ more) behind What Happened Was.... An imposing presence with rare depth and intelligence, he will be missed. RIP, 1951–2026

I hate working from a community centre when it’s half term. So much noise, it’s like being back at school and the constant sensory overload.

Every child needs to hear this, and remember it, as a teen, as an adult, when they are very old. Rest in Power Rev. Jesse Jackson

I had some crazy intense deja vu earlier that’s put kind of a dampener on the evening. Maybe I am trapped here forever.

“Fried lightly in the bacon fat.” 👀

走る犬🐶 Good morning! Masuke is doing well again this morning. A very energetic 17-year-old!

I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Make Art (1/4)

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

That’s was fish number three.

I don’t want to laugh at a small business but also VERY funny

Just because good news is worth celebrating: There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection. HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.

Now wondering if I could barter for some dental work with the tulips I’ve got growing in my garden.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Bezos burning the Washington post to the ground is as firm a reason for the continued bbc licence as ever there was. Eventually everything that can be owned by a billionaire will be owned by a billionaire and at that point its future will be determined by the whims of a man making 166k per minute.

Why Spain is breaking the mold in Europe - choosing regularisation instead of MAGA mass deportations!! Two reasons: morality & pragmatism. 🙏Spain showing us another, better way is possible www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...

Abracadabra! We're watching "Nuremberg", a film about war crimes that may well constitute some sort of crime itself. With @direthoughts.com, who is so obsessed that he went and checked the screenplay, which is apparently even worse. champ.ly/1li6Z85W

Look at that in my podcast feed. Ask and ye shall receive.

This is tremendous. Take the time to watch it.

A day into my very long weekend and the lurgy has decided now would be a great time to show up.

I’ve completed my stressful post office visit. Of which the most stressful part were the number of pensioners who tried to queue jump ahead of me as the store opened. They didn’t succeed, I’ve a long stride and outpaced them.

My Axolotl beanie for #NationalAxolotlDay. I actually didn't know it was axolotl day until today, but it's a good day to be publishing this pattern. 🧶🐸 www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...

I need all of my British friends to see this.

Every time I see someone like Abbott choose self-inflicted decline, I think of this quote from Pedro Sanchez: "Spain needs to choose between being an open and prosperous country or a closed-off, poor country. It’s as simple as that." www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...

Borders also keep you in

Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

This afternoon I get to write some copy to promote a new service. Which is awkward because I’m not a writer. Will all those rewatches of Mad Men pay off? Should I start knocking back gimlets? I’m not paid enough for this.

Liz Truss's real legacy

Home from work in something resembling daylight. Finally.

Unmute. Absolute banger

France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.

Tips on coping from the Renaissance Inkstand with a Man Distilling his Brains, maiolica, probably Urbino, ca. 1600. Inscribed in black on back of chair: “[…] CERV[...] IOTUTO LIETO” (Mi lambico il] cerv[ello] io tutto lieto; I distill my brain and am totally happy) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

The media should cover sport the way they cover the state murder of civilians: ‘Jannik Sinner appeared to win the French Open yesterday after what supporters say was a comeback from being two sets down.’

Rise and shine, it's the final day of #BigGardenBirdwatch! Remember, you can still take part even if you haven't signed up. Help us spread the word: share this post, text someone, or tell the whole table over your Sunday roast. The more data we get, the better 🧑🔬

Sit down to do the big garden birdwatch and not a bird in sight. Every year.

So I watched the shooting video frame by frame and it looks like: 1) They were beating a struggling man with batons 2) His jacket opened revealing a gun in his waistband or lower back 3) The agent in gray grabbed the gun and was walking away 4) THEN the other agents shot the man in the back

For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.

An observation test for your inner 8-year-old. You’ll be doing well to spot 12 deliberate mistakes. From Treasure magazine, 1963 Official answers coming soon (Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)

Keep honking, I'm reloading my double-barreled brass lizard hand-blunderbuss