My mum has lots of ornaments of different animals. Most years I put one of them in their crib. Not a cow or a sheep, normally something like a dog that is much bigger than all the other statues.

Bring back blogging tbh

The outrageous sanctioning of EU lawmakers and citizens in order to pressure democratically-elected European governments to change their laws shows just how intent the US government is on controlling Europeans' lives. We must go into 2026 with eyes open.

I don't remember this.

Slightly annoyed, but also slightly pleased that my tea supplier who had a "10% off" black Friday sale, has a "15% off" boxing day sale. I tend to pay little attention to Black Friday sales, but I succumbed this time and this reminds me why I should I pay little attention.

It’s the most washing-up time of the year. So here’s a timely jeremiad. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A few years ago my Mum asked my Dad for a Ted Baker watch for Christmas - he did get her one but told us on Christmas Day how he’d initially struggled to find it before realising he had spent some time googling ‘Fred West watch’ by mistake.

RTÉ have a Eurovision mass on, for those who like that sort of thing.

The good thing about not visiting family is that I can get all the excess cardboard etc into the communal recycling bins, before they get full.

Genuinely a much underrated gift!

Very subtle Wordle. 😃

On this day long ago a child was born, who by the age of 30 would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton, born Dec. 25th 1642. 😂 Credit: Neil Degrasse Tyson. Merry Festive season everyone, have a fabulous day. Do eat and drink too much, I sure will.

I'm drinking some Wednesday night crémant and watching a documentary about Mongolian goat farmers.

@teakayb.mathsy.space www.instagram.com/p/DSc5EMvFKe...

I love when hotels do this!

If anyone wants to see my Bluesky Unwrapped 2025, you can go to the site and generate it yourself.

When you're the only person working on Christmas eve and all your colleagues have taken leave, I guess it's possible to take the piss with "Ach, sure let's finish up a bit early today"?

He isn't "losing" this money. This is called "paying tax like a responsible citizen and not hiding your money offshore" and we need to start recognising and applauding it.

Really feeling this one today, @effinbirds.com

Went out for a walk. Passed an off-license with a massive queue outside. Presumably people getting their booze at the last minute so that it is still fresh on Christmas day.

Just a reminder that if you give blood, or if you're able and eligible and have been meaning to, now would be a good time to book to donate an armful

Was at a Christmas party with a load of clergy last night and as some people were leaving they found a person collapsed on the street outside so the Verger took over and called an ambulance and sent all the clergy away because "if they wake up surrounded by priests that'll just make things worse"

Happened to be chatting to an old neighbour today who told me that the Nobel winning physicist Ernest Walton, lived just round the corner.

Dude, have you considered simply going to a restaurant that doesn't do small plates?

Silent fight Holy fight All kicked off Cos the funfair's shite

I've just used a gift card to buy a different type of gift card. This doesn't seem right somehow.

Fun fact: when Michael Flatley drinks champagne he turns into Michael Bublé.

Your reminder that the sunrise isn't the actual solstice - that happens just after 3 this afternoon www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

Watched some of "Unholylands". I have no words...

Weird how The Sun calls for the the BBC to cancel Strictly Come Dancing every time there's the slightest hint of a scandal, but they don't demand the Premier League be shut down every time a footballer does an actual rape.

Came across Clarissa Dickson-Wright’s autobiography in a charity shop. It is everything a devotee of weird history could hope for

Got asked a security question as to my "memorable word". I didn't know it, so had to go through a security process. I asked to reset my "memorable word" and I was told that I needed to choose a word that included both letters and numbers. (i.e. Not a word).

😂

Shirokuro, a Japanese restaurant in NYC's East Village, where the interior mimics a hand-drawn black-and-white sketchbook.

Watching a programme where apparently more information can be found on Ceefax page 686.

Everyone knows about Ahmed al-Ahmad, the Syrian Muslim migrant who took down one gunman. Another man, a Middle Eastern refugee, ran into a firefight and kicked the gun away from the other gunman. Police shot him, and bystanders kicked him in the head while he was down, thinking he was the terrorist.

If an LGBT+ big gay slant on the story of Christ offends you, have a think how you feel about Jesus, Mary and Joseph all being portrayed as white people.

Today I'm meeting up with my colleagues in person. Seems to be something to do with Christmas, however there will be wine...

For me, this is not my favourite part of Instagram, quite the opposite. I preferred it when it was just photos.

Watch this. Keep going until 2013.

Just been annoyed by a short video that pointed out “why do we pronounce the G in “longevity” twice?

Is it because you write about it in the Daily Mail? Oh - it actually is.

"Bluesky is an echo chamber." "Bluesky doesn't have enough reach" "Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right" I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.

This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites. The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.

Apparently my niece googled whether Santa Claus is real and my sister was able to say "That AI stuff always gets things wrong. Don't heed it".

“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)

So lovely being driven through Brighton centre, seeing all the Christmassy shops and shoppers… and carrying on beyond the shops and people to somewhere else🎄 💫

This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time "Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?" Chair says "have English as a second language" Caption changes the meaning entirely "Don't speak fluent English"

🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid. A pissed off thread using data. Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10

Not rude things, a thread: