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An undeniable all-time great; one of the key driving forces behind one of the most exciting and rewarding periods of music I've lived through. This one fucking stings. Soulquarians forever. RIP. youtu.be/mVsQwJfWzoI

Just saying if you think that AI is conscious and worthy of being placed alongside actual life forms then I fundamentally don't think that you are worthy of talking to me

A song chosen as a tribute to some of the lyrics on that new Taylor Swift album, one presumes

Not saying this Bournemouth - Fulham game has been bad, but so far the three most exciting players have been 'the wind', 'a balloon', and 'whoever tricked Fulham into having a Berocca Piss Green kit'

Chinese post-rock with an electric guqin. Fucking rules. #MusicSky #NowPlaying www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOen...

Eating a perfectly reasonable lunch of 3½ onigiri because apparently 'counting to 6' is beyond my poor little brain today

Just saw Jared Leto talking to Zlatan Ibrahimovich and I'm amazed my TV was able to handle displaying such a massive concentration of God complex in a single frame

I don't know what sport the referees in the VAR booths think they're officiating this weekend, but it definitely isn't fucking football. That is a scandalous decision.

It's Ryder Cup weekend, that beautiful time of the year where all of humanity unites in a shared hatred of the most universally despised thing in the world: Americans who shout 'get in the hole' at every shot

West Ham, performing an act of mercy toward us all by sacking Graham Potter before the brands start photoshopping his face onto their mascots: we see you, and we appreciate you

Turns out you can just use halloumi as a pie topping. The government can't stop you. 🍜 🍽️

Us: Lando, you've got a massive opportunity here with Oscar out of the race, make it count. Lando: I got this guys *immediately gets overtaken by Leclerc* #f1

Just caught up on qualifying. Very funny would watch again 10/10 go weeyums #f1 (in all seriousness, think that's genuinely the most fun I've ever had watching a qualy session. Those minutes when it seriously looked like a Sainz/Lawson front row were beautiful. Really glad I avoided spoilers.)

Two Red Bull drivers crashing into each other in Baku? Huh. That must be the first time that's ever happened, certainly can't think of any other famous inchidents like that #f2

Terrified to even ask this, but....are we, like, genuinely a really good football team??? #boro

Roman Stanek doing his best to make Your Party look competent in comparison, what a patriot #f2

Big up Marcus Rashford for showing us what a true left-wing leader in England looks like today

Just deeped that there's a very real possibility the song I've heard most often in my life is the Taskmaster theme tune

Seen some debate about whether Mgła is pronounced 'mig-wah', 'meg-wah', or 'mug-wah'. Happy to clarify: they're signed to Northern Heritage, so it's actually pronounced Make Gmerica Łate Again. Thank you.

Social experiment: can you win the league title despite being the worst team in every game you play

You could take somebody that's never watched any sporting event before, have them read the Wikipedia page for 'football' half an hour before going on live TV, and they'd be exactly as good at punditry as Martin Keown.

Took right up until the final ad break to work out Phil Ellis reminds me of. I was thinking of Stannis Baratheon lmao #TMUK

Players who are eligible for multiple national teams should be allowed to switch at the start of a new World Cup cycle

☆☆☆☆☆ Service as described. Prompt delivery.

The price drop on every Nottingham Forest defender and goalkeeper in FPL is about to look like the Wall Street crash of 1929

Carlos Alcaraz just hit an overhead smash from behind the baseline that redrew the borders of the word 'swazz'. The *curl* on it, jesus christ. Never seen anything like it 🎾

It's 2025. Is Shaggy really still famous enough for the TV director at the US Open final to be repeatedly picking him out of the crowd and showing him more than any other famous person there? Feels a bit weird, imo

Oscar Piastri is so funny. Says something more calmly than anything I've ever said in my life, then five minutes later gets back on the radio and says 'now that I've calmed down a bit....' #f1

53 laps of Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc going wheel to wheel please, this is magnificent racing #f1

Catching up on the #F2 feature race. Halfway through and I cannot believe what I'm watching. Full-on bozo behaviour everywhere you look. What did this guy think he was going to achieve with that tape....

Working in a pub the day after the smoking ban came in was hilarious. You could see the social dynamics of the regulars shifting right before your very eyes in real time, as people worked out which regulars stank of BO and had terrible breath. A whole world of smells were buried under that smoke.

We're easing ourselves back into #F2 after the summer break with a completely normal, totally not chaotic qualifying session, I see.

I have got all the time in the world for Jean-Philippe Mateta. Always looks so eager to hype up the people around him and make sure all the credit gets shared around. Seems a properly lovely bloke.

Charles Leclerc are you mad. That's an outrageous overtake. #f1

Alright, we're surrendering. This house officially and unexpectedly embraces The Optimism. Both of us don't know what do with it, but we certainly do like it #utb

Top of the league with a 100% record going into the first international break

It's the Old Firm this weekend, and I know foreshadowing when I see it:

So distracted by the Man Utd score that I missed the Rangers score. Good grief.

The CIA are going to study what Man Utd have done to Andre Onana and start using the same tactics on protesters

I Am Being Threatened With A Good Time

If I had a penny for every time a Taskmaster contestant was given five points for bringing in a picture of themselves doing whiteface for the prize task, I'd have two pennies. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.

The saying 'as American as apple pie' really does become grimly funny when you learn that apples, wheat, sugar, and butter all didn't even exist in the Americas until the Columbian Exchange. Accidentally perfect satire.

Woman at the bank just said 'good luck with buying your first property' and I practically had to physically remove my brain from my skull and wrestle it to the ground to stop myself from saying 'thanks, you too'

That's the most one-sided 3-2 defeat I've ever seen. Complete robbery. Very funny.

That's the first time I've ever watched Alexandra Eala play. I'm already a huge fan. That performance from 5-1 down in the third, to drag herself back into it and then grind out the win in a gruelling tie-break, was sensational. A brilliant match to watch 🎾

Can't believe Everton built a whole new stadium and still can't escape that bloody Z-Cars theme tune

Spurs having a hex over Pep Guardiola is one of the reliably funny running jokes the Premier League has ever produced

The cake task in the latest Taskmaster NZ episode is absolutely diabolical. I bet whoever thought that one up felt very pleased with themselves.