Heading out into what is now the mayor-less wilderness of Manchester. Wish me luck 🙏

This looks like it's the photo from a Wikipedia page explaining what a "Poindexter" is.

Just got in after doing my weekly big shop and realised I forgot to buy milk which means I have to go back out again.

Get ready for a massive influx of new users on here calling everybody - yes, even you - "unc".

Also, if you swear on the internet before 9:00pm, social media sites will have to dub over it with a milder word.

Remember the 2010 South Africa World Cup with the vuvuzelas? Absolutely loved them. All that avant-garde atonal screeching during the games, like Albert Ayler or somebody was just jamming along. Great stuff. Anyway, for unrelated reasons, I reckon this latest one is gonna be SHIT.

I'm glad they're finally addressing the core problem with all of the previous adaptations: Real dogs just don't behave like that.

Mine too. I pestered the one person I knew at the time with a satellite dish to record all these for me and hoo boy, you could see why he was so bemused by the controversies his (comparatively tame) American films caused.

KONTINENTAL '25 (Dir. Radu Jude, 2025) Jude's on a roll at the moment, holding modern malaise up to the light like no-one else. This one isn't as over-stuffed or absurd as his more recent films but still finds room for yappy robot police dogs and a dinosaur theme park as a backdrop to despair.

I guess it depends on what you think defines these arbitrarily-labelled generations/eras.  For me, Ghost World (2001) felt like the final gasps of Gen X cinema and Fight Club (1999) was the first ripples of Millennial cinema. Why? The people I know/knew who liked them and just general vibes.

I would love/possibly hate somebody to take on Peter Milligan, Steve Dillon & Brett Ewins' retro-future James-Joyce-Meets-Once-Upon-A-Time-In-America gangster epic, Skreemer. Maybe best avoided though.

"It's just us now" #pigeonsky

Still can't help but feel this Platner guy should have listened to me when all this started. It's all been downhill for him since then.

What's everybody's favourite World Cup song which also gives squad selection advice to managers? Mine is Dennis Alcapone's World Cup Football where he advises Ron Greenwood to take Cyrille Regis to Spain 82. (Ron didn't listen though and England went home early)  youtu.be/Psk5xGOa9AM?...

RIP

I hope these scientists obtained permission from his family otherwise this is very disrespectful to the memory of Oetzi The Iceman.

I saw Tony Curtis in the actual flesh once, filming an ad with a Marilyn Monroe impersonator. Considering his, um, complicated relationship with the real MM, this must have felt a bit strange. Then again, just actually being Tony Curtis was probably a bit strange.

The BBFC gave this a 15 certificate when it came out on DVD for "moderate nudity".

"Did you ever see what OpenAI can do to a woman's face...?"

Six years ago. I remember there being widespread disgust & a seeming eagerness to learn from some who'd never really had to think about it. Of course, there were always going to be those who wouldn't so hey let's now hear what they have to say!  This fucking country.  www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

This x3 youtu.be/VtqhYZnckNs?...

All of human existence can be found here: youtu.be/S3JhgupA_pg?...

Here in the UK, Reform have used a slowed-down Lebanon Hanover track for one of their videos and the band are threatening to sue. Right-wingers: Stop trying to look cool! You're not.

BREAKING: Galactic space-rockers Andromeda have announced they will not be performing at the Freedom 250 concert.

I remember GB News interviewing a real life human Winston Churchill impersonator in character a few years ago which, as laughable as it was, makes them a way more ethical organisation than the BBC.

Flo Rida to Vanilla Ice: "I guess it's just you and me, kiddo"

RIP Tommy's House Of Fires. My favourite building in Manchester. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

This place used to have a bar that was a repurposed car inspection pit i.e. an actual hole in the ground. Such a brave hilarious maverick conceit! Which left serving staff vulnerable to spillages and stuff being kicked on them etc as well as having them being literally beneath everyone...

Walked past a pub earlier and three old guys were sat outside and seemed to have been there a while. The only bits of their conversation I heard were: "Tony Blair's emerged from his pit.." "That bastard!" So, yeah, the Word On The Street there. Way more sense & clarity than whatever this guff is.

They mocked him when he first came here, said his fancy continental tactics wouldn't work in this country, that the English cheese game is different, that he's just a chequebook roller etc.

Didn't realise it was Harvey Keitel playing Grogu.

THE BRIDE! A crazed, clunky, unwieldy melding of the two Joker films but as feminist Frankenstein. Understand why it has its haters but I found its messy overambition really compelling. (Haven't seen Hamnet so I'm telling myself that this is what Jessie Buckley won the Oscar for) #Filmsky 📽️

🚨⚽️ BREAKING: Pep Guardiola steps down as Manchester City's manager after 10 years. We want to thank him for using his platform to speak out against human rights abuses while working here in the UK.

I don't post much about football on here as I haven't really got the energy to indulge in the fun and cheeky banter with strangers on the internet that this normally entails. Having said all that, I will really miss this strange bald man 💙

Share a magazine cover you love. 📸 (I've never actually read the magazine though. It was the precursor to Charlie Hebdo so is presumably full of bourgeoisie-baiting outré humour and mild racism)

Seeing 1976's ecology-gone-wrong masterpiece The Food Of The Gods at a young age with its giant chickens and mice meant I've grown up prepared for this future. Do your worst, Mutant Super Pigs. I'm ready.  youtu.be/3P453GgTiQk?...

I like Xabi Alonso because he used to post Belle & Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub and Galaxie 500 songs on Twitter. If he can bring Pat Nevin back into the fold, Chelsea are gonna have THE best indie discos.

Worth mentioning that all this (correct) ragging on Soderbergh for using AI in his latest documentary means nobody is talking about his decision to cast James Corden in his new feature film.

Eat Drink Man Woman and Grogu

Me, after people started questioning whether I really have read as many books on The Guardian's Best 100 list as I claimed.

I always got the impression that Andy Burnham quite liked and leaned into his King Of The North nickname. Anyway, it's been years since I watched Game Of Thrones - what happened to the guy in that when he ventured South to try and sort all the bad stuff out?

Bab news for Starmer.

BREAKING: Paddington Bear has turned up at Downing Street. "Time for your journey, Sir Keir", he is currently shouting through a megaphone. "Don't make this any harder than it needs to be"

🎵 There's a feeling I get when I look to Catherine West 🎵

Last night's entertainment all the way from Guadalajara. Garage/psych with added menacing electronic THROB.

My ward is generally one of those boringly safe Labour seats. Not a single leaflet/poster from anyone, no evidence of campaigning in the area, nothing on social media, probably too insignificant and un-marginal to target as a "battleground" etc.  Anyway, Greens won with over 50% lol 💚

Update to HR guidelines: "Acting inappropriately" is behaviour deemed unsuitable, improper or unacceptable for a specific context, time or place. It ranges from breaches of social etiquette to harassment, aggression, sexual misconduct, creating hostile environments or changing a word in a song.

It's becoming increasingly clear that the reason they decided to shut down Ask Jeeves was because Richard Dawkins kept harassing him to go on a date.

Happy Star Wars Day to all who celebrate. Here's a rare picture from the original ending where Bear Man from The Shining turns up and tells everyone they can fuck him if they stop fighting and they all have a big parade to celebrate. (The studio wanted a sequel though so they completely reshot it)

This is also a good, entry-level way to teach kids about the concept of fertility cults, seasonal cycles and the ritual sacrifice of sacred kings. "So, do you remember Plumbert..?"