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Discworld QOTD, from Wyrd Sisters

Tributes paid to Philippe Gaulier

Superb Owls.

For the love of God, Montresor!

The Muppet Show 2026 is good. Go watch.

New Dr Bees! youtu.be/kwdNXYOD-Vs?...

"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"

They’re here! The Muppet Show special is now available on @disneyplus!

I spent so much time over the last decade wringing my hands about putting together a stand-alone version of Swords. Largely because I didn't have the resources to do it justice and I was worried there wouldn't be the interested to justify it. What a fool I was. www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

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I do wonder if we'll ever get the whole truth as to what is going on with Rowling's charity, Lumos. (All we know at this point is that there was a major walk-out in 2019. Bronte Productions also has it's share of horror stories, apparently. ) But TLDR: JK Rowling appears in the Epstein Files...

JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner. www.justice.gov/epstein/file... www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

He wrote "The Dramaturgy Of Conflict: The Fiasco RPG As A Device For Collaborative Learning And Complex Thinking In Civil Law" and it is linked it here if you'd like to read it: bpglink.com/fiasco-brazil/ #FiascoRPG

Jesus Christ how is it still only January

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This is very important journalism. Big kitty soft.

They say you get more conservative as you get older, but that's not really true. The clue we are missing here is this: racism is a symptom of cognitive decline. If a beloved older relative suddenly starts talking total rubbish, maybe it's time to look at diet, exercise and puzzles / training.

So basically America elected Jimmy Saville for their President. Twice. And it's gone horribly, horribly wrong for the entire world.

That's so fucking cool.

Look. The important thing is that we can all laugh at Tottenham.

I like to think I'd be good on The Traitors but if I was selected I would fuck it up before the blindfold came off. Claudia would squeeze me on the shoulder, I would immediately scream "I'M A TRAITOR I'M SORRY" and throw up right on the round table as a moody version of "Oops I Did It Again" plays

They are doing what? Oh no!

Rowling: what? no! Rowling: jessuss chrisst what are you even talking about Romero: am i the only one around here who reads theory?

this guy throws on cantina band (dance club remix bass booted) at the dance floor at your wedding wyd

I *think* this is what @benstewart.bsky.social has been trying to tell us for 25 years.

Daily bunny no.3192 is tampering with the past

A long, good thread about selling zines vs larger books, and what that means.

The Meanies have successfully captured the leader of Pepperland. Bonkers have successfully made several kinetic strikes with giant apples and the three-headed dog followed by the sentient piano has suppressed the local musicians who fought back

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Oooh, The BBC's The Traitors now has a 'Secret Traitor'. They could expand that with different, claimable, ambiguous assigned roles with special abilities. Instantly slay a demon, sorry, traitor, or can ask a single yes/no question. To keep it simple, we could call the contestants Townsfolk...

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Proof that Stranger Things isn't very D&D - no one brings 30ft of rope to every encounter...

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Cancelling the Sky Diving plans due to weather...

Kings of Leon did predict this tbf 😬

Now we all know about The Death Note, a supernatural black notebook that can end anyone's life in seconds if their name is written in it, and also curses the user. May I present The Shit List, a mysterious brown notebook that can make anyone shit themselves if their name is written in it.

Why yes, those are my monkeys. And that is my circus. Why do you ask?

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

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So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.

Oh, they absolutely do. We're all just here to be bit players in the glorious story of their meteoric success, and they don't understand why we won't turn the page.

We are having a lovely time watching films we haven't watched in a while. But can we just revisit what a good film 'The Mitchells vs the Machines' is?