The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this

Ten thousand fucking percent. Like, I get it. I get that you're despairing. Shit is rough. But skeeting "we're so fucked" ten times a day accomplishes nothing, alleviates nothing, and contributes to learned helplessness. In all seriousness, if you feel that welling up? Log off. You need a break.

I react to approaching carollers like normal people react to approaching murderers

Short thread on my most-played song of 2025, The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station by CMAT (1/5) www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTWg...

There are sick burns, and then there is the kind of 3rd degree that chars the entire epidermis like bacon

Can we stop using the euphemism “women’s rights activist” for ardent transphobe?

Ken Campbell's birthday. I once watched a documentary he made about quantum physics where he described the origin of the universe like this: "For a very long time, there was nothing. Then, suddenly - something went wrong with the nothing."

You've heard of etc etc etc

„Arm Ukraine to win costs: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.“ Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Corisk estimations. euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/03/b...

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨

Sadly relevant today.

who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there

Congratulations to Joao Almeida! You're not really a mature established professional bike rider until you've had your first "there's no respect in the peloton anymore"-story published in the cycling media.

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

"You seem happier" Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.

Weird the way the entire world went mad and only the creator of the IT Crowd was unaffected.

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen — Suede Sugar Sultans of Ping The Wonder Stuff Super Furry Animals

1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:

What did I tell you?

Morning.

Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

Hello ex-wife.

That famous left-wing bias again

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

This one affects me and my wife, so would appreciate the effort it takes to fill this in. Unsurprisingly they won't be dissuading those rich folks, who can simply buy their way in.

VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM, YOU FLAMING SHITBIRDS. WE HAVE, IN FACT, NOT IGNORED YOUR NOW-DEFUNCT HYPOTHESIS. WE INVESTIGATED IT TO THE TUNE OF STUDIES WITH DATA FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS.

ongoing comics 🧵 because i want to send some love to the talented creators! starting with @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social haul and we’ll see where this goes:

Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."

As a man, nothing will turn you into a radical feminist faster than the first time you're shown the twitter mentions and DM requests of literally any woman on the internet. We don't need a Joe Rogan of the left. We need Bryan to see what his sister's LinkedIn Message Requests folder looks like.

I did an interview with @davidhallerwrites.bsky.social that you may enjoy; I talk about a few things I don't think I have talked about before. Plus, enjoy a huge picture of my fast-collapsing middle-aged face which I do not even hide with a beard. www.davidhallerwrites.com/post/freeze-...

This is a heartbreaking read – Books With Pictures is a brilliant shop in Portland. If there's a shop that would leave a huge hole in both the industry AND its community, it's this. I know money is tight but please consider sending some Katie's way.

Alexander The Great! Philip I! Emperor Justinian! Mother Teresa! Can you hear me, Mother Teresa? YOUR BOYS TOOK ONE HELL OF A BEATING! YOUR BOYS TOOK ONE HELL OF A BEATING!

Our trad final THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH piece... @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Continues to Be an Intoxicating Comics Brew of Styles, Approaches, Subject Matter and Presentation” – BF’s @andywpoliver.bsky.social Looks Back on Another Memorable Weekend in Harrogate www.brokenfrontier.com/thought-bubb...

A splendid haul of comics and badges and art at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social !! #thoughtbubble2025 #thoughtbubble

Adverts should be representative of traditional British families.

Dave Brailsford won’t talk about the 2012 Tour de France escapecollective.com/dave-brailsf...

From the very same paragraph in Orwell's essay: "England has got to be true to herself. She is not being true to herself while the refugees who have sought our shores are penned up in concentration camps, and company directors work out subtle schemes to dodge their Excess Profits Tax."

So,as a little thought-experiment, tell me something about the United Kingdom that works well and is actually quite impressive. I am not trying to sound like some boosterish politician. I just genuinely believe that making people believe that all is lost is a convenient pretext for shady characters.

I am entirely in favour of the techno-utopian project of creating superhuman godlike intelligences that solve all the world's problems. The problem is, the people trying to do it are thick as pigshit and think their mad-libs machines will just magically do that.

Hope you can join us

The Cass Review gets peer reviewed and absolutely shredded Cass is the Wakefield of our time. A scandal in broad daylight

We hadn’t won World War II by May 8th. I know because my family and I were still in an internment camp in Tule Lake, California.

US Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reveals new medical training protocol.

Labour should be looking the hardest at that Green vote and wondering why on earth in circumstances like this they couldn’t win those voters over

PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week. They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions. Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.