it is not the most important thing here but how much of this “8 wars” stuff is just him mindlessly repeating what his handlers tell him when they hand him stuff to sign

Is the job marking really giving "we're sorry we laid off all the midlevel management" energy or is it just me

Tickets are moving fast! And we still have more to announce. ra.co/events/2306974

I decided I wanted a wall calendar for my home office, so I got one. It's got Japanese Woodblock Prints on it. I will update you when my MC Escher posters arrive, as I slowly re-create my uni bedroom.

A thread, which I am calling 'Why British Badgers Are Fucking Brilliant'. 1. They are always in a good mood and absolutely love to surprise you by arriving at your window with a big infectious smile on their face. bsky.app/profile/dj-a...

A smiling woman unites all fascists in gibbering rage

I really feel this has not been fully appreciated

Before Trump, presidents were good, there was no corruption, everyone had enough to eat, trans and disabled and homeless people weren't marginalized, Black people existing wasn't criminalized, cops were nice, air was clean, healthcare and education was free and good, on the big rock candy mountain

Not sure if it’s fully visible in the pic. But this pub offers award winning roasts and DJs and coincidentally so do I 🙌

In the late 90s, you could call up a Blockbuster Video and ask, “Do you have The Indian in the Cupboard? And when they said yes, you could reply, “Well, you’d better let him out!”

“make big tech afraid” has to be just as much of a priority as “prosecute the criminals of the previous regime” for the next Dem admin the tech fascists are way too far out over their skis and what remains of global stability will not survive that state of affairs continuing

Tolkien: i can't wait to get away from this stupid teaching Tolkien: and get back to what's really important Tolkien: sexy sexy hobbit feet Tolkien: now if there's no questions, i think we can end class early Diana Wynne Jones: actually professor Jones: i have several questions Tolkien: christ

Wearing a mask on the train because I don’t want to get sick before our Big Holiday. No one else is though, maybe they aren’t going on holibobs 🥰

What I learned from putting this on Facebook: AI enthusiasts are just as chillingly devoid of a sense of humour and irony as AI itself.

Today's ear worm

So when can you start

I appreciate my employers trying to help by paying us in mid December; however at this point in time it does not seem helpful anymore.

There’s..a train ticket sale on? I didn’t know this kind of sale happens tbh

As I walked, aimless, to the frayed edge of the country, I noticed I was being watched. The antlers did not fool me. I knew it was my former work colleague, Richard Cruckshank, from long ago. Some had called him my nemesis. We’d never had much to say to each other & this afternoon was no different.

Enjoy this nice pic of my dog

One of the more important things you can read as 2026 begins: fixthenews.com/p/the-teleme...

A real news outlet publishing the phrase "Grok apologized" should result in like a week-long timeout. Think about what you've done.

Today’s helpful unprompted ear worm is Bombscare, by 2 Bad Mice iykyk

I am also team No Washing Up Bowl but I fear most of you are probably into it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The fallen ones 💚

The other day, my sister‘s partner asked me what day Christmas was. I laughed at him. But then he asked if Christmas Eve or Christmas Day is really the holiday, and don’t different cultures celebrate it differently, and isn’t it also celebrated in January? And you know what

i hope everyone gets the gift of ipad this day. ipad: the perfect device for mild computing

Xmas food update: made these caramelly mini nut pies (and some mini mince pies). I think they might be the best things I've ever made. Hazelnut, macadamia, and pistachio, in a brown sugar base.

Maybe the new roasting tin is too big 😱

I have made aggressively 'non-xmas' food for dinner for the last few days (tofu katsu and kimchi fried rice), so I can fully appreciate the beige-fest about to ensue.

Is it too early to have some wine and mince pies? Asking for a friend.

It's a lot colder today than it's been in ages. Do not fail to upgrade to a warmer jumper when you go out. It will end in tears.

What seasonal delights are you eating/drinking today?

'Rewilding' presented as merely another investment opportunity. Capitalism is like a highly corrosive acid, relentlessly seeking to corrupt and neutralise everything that offers ways out of the dead end nightmare IT is creating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Excited for the emails from brands to change from IT IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO BUY to EVERYTHING IS ON SALE BUY IT AT ONCE

These are so good it's a bit much. Vanillekipferl (vanilla crescents) from Austria/central Europe. I have to make another batch now, these were for gifts.

Good grief people posting on LinkedIn this afternoon, have you not got friends / families / big chore list

What on earth made me think that going to Waitrose when it opened on the 23rd was a good idea? I only needed to pick up a small thing - hadn't even had a coffee yet...decided to panic buy the remaining bits on the list, was laughingly informed they sold the last jar of mincemeat 'days ago'... 😳

She looks nice, definitely passes the two beers and a puppy test (not really)

I feel it's somewhat unfair of DPD to declare an item undeliverable when I wasn't up at 7.05 am on the 22nd of December to answer the door in the 5 seconds they waited.

A good un

EPIC

Panic as I realise we need a new roasting tin in time for xmas

As someone who works on the interaction layer of software: it's this. Stupid trends in hardware self correct after a generation or two, but *software* ratchets in the direction of unusable because designers are occupied with interaction patterns and not whether the fucking thing works properly.

Christmas has started

hey, good opportunity for a psa about this gif i’ve seen a few people using — it comes from the ai cartoon created by a white supremacist

We could be 5 to 10 years from toothpaste that can regrow tooth enamel. The scales are beginning to tip in favor of Mars once sustaining life. We’ll potentially know for sure by 2040. The blue macaw is up to 160 individuals from an all-time low of 7, and confirmed to be breeding in the wild.

nothing says "we care about your privacy" more than sharing your data with 222 partners

The Burmese word for a fox, မြေခွေး, means “earth dog.” One of the Irish words for a fox, madra rua, means “red-haired dog.” The Navajo word mąʼii łitsooí means “yellow coyote.” And the South Estonian language Võro has, amongst others, the word sorrõhand. It means “fluent tail.”

It turns out my house is harboring an unknown number of wasps