Me on the way to the rapture.

Can't wait for the Rapture tomorrow. More seats on the bus!

There's a certain left-wing politician that I wanted to believe in very much. I was disappointed & critical of him when I realised he wasn't up to the job. Others are now realising this too after spending years defending him by hurling abuse at people like me. I have to admit, it's annoying.

Favourite 10 comedies (no particular order) The Larry Sanders Show Dad's Army Frasier 'Allo 'Allo Arrested Development Hancock's Half Hour Only Fools and Horses King of the Hill Bob's Burgers Look Around You

It's Batman Day, so everyone make sure to leave a torn pearl necklace out for Joe Chill.

People getting the internet at home meant young men no longer got a basic grounding in arthouse cinema while looking for nudity on TV.

In honour of Batman Day, here's a thread from last year in which I whine about some piddling little detail & pompously opine that "this doesn't bode well for the Absolute line" when, as we all know, Absolute Batman & the Absolute line turned out to be amazing.

In honour of Batman Day, here's Batman ruining a Planetarium Show. Can confirm that I wear a tuxedo while presenting and all our audience members wear sapphires and furs.

IT'S BATMAN DAY

I am absolutely baffled by these writers who are cheerfully making themselves obsolete.

I think if I was immortal I'd just be worrying all the time about someone burying me in concrete.

Oor Party, Your Party, A' body's Party.

Scolding someone for buying something at the price that the shop has chosen to sell it for is peak Bluesky. 10/10, no notes.

I watched the famous "That's my purse! I don't know you!" episode yesterday and every time I think about it I burst out laughing.

Watching Ricky Gervais go dead silent about the right of a comedian to offend anyone they want now that it means more than pissing off college students is gonna be the first funny thing he’s done since The Office ended.

Something I love about Superman (and something that sums him up as a fantasy of how we'd like powerful people to behave in real life), is that he's the most powerful being on Earth, but he gives interviews to journalists where he tells everyone exactly how to kill him.

thinking once again about one of the all-time great newspaper mixups, when Dennis the Menace and The Far Side got their captions swapped

I'm currently training presenters on a show that displays a live exoplanet count. Yesterday it was 5989 and this morning, it was 6007. A very exciting thing to discover mid-show.

One thing I'll say about DC not only canceling Red Hood, but recalling the first issue and refunding stores for buying it, is that you can still get Neil Gaiman's work through them. They still work with Otto Schmidt. Eddie Berganza worked there for years AFTER the formation of a policy that no women

It's terrible when a celebrity you admire lets you down. I don't know why Darkwing Duck accepted this invitation.

It's terrible when a celebrity you admire lets you down. I don't know why Darkwing Duck accepted this invitation.

BBC news showing the Trump protest in London, Sylvester McCoy has just appeared on a vox pop.

My "complicated" feelings towards my own country and its people continue to grow ever more complicated.

Fair play, it was nowhere near as insufferable as I anticipated. I quite enjoyed it, in fact. Just goes to show, most of the time I don't know what I'm talking about.

I'm buying Batman/Deadpool today 'cos the first Marvel/DC comic in years is exciting, but I wish Batman was teaming up with literally any other Marvel character. I can already picture the tedious references to Ryan Reynolds & Battinson & the self-mocking "Holy Cash-grab" jokes. It's all a bit dull.

I know TikTok is supposed to be a symptom of everything that's wrong with the world, but it's started regularly showing me videos of this fisherman who takes barnacles off crabs and then releases the crabs back into the sea and it's just really lovely.

Massively unimpressed with Labour figures commenting on the Fascist march only now, 48 hours later, after they've had a chance to gauge the mood and speak to their advisers and check what's happening in the news. It should have been immediate. It should have been unequivocal, while it was happening.

Heads up for anyone reading Sandman Mystery Theatre for the first time in the two recent compendiums: DC hasn't included Sandman Midnight Theatre (the one-shot where Wes meets Morpheus). I have it in Sandman Deluxe Edition Vol. 1, but it's a shame that the Compendiums aren't truly complete.

Just saw this Jim Lee Justice League art on Reddit & it reminded me of how fond I am of the New 52 era of DC Comics - despite everything! 1/

That useless blob of pork pie jelly and his team probably sat around a table all night, and this is the best they could come up with. "Racism & hurting cops is bad but I still like flags okay!"

Starmer's silence is absolutely correct. After all, if he condemns all the people who spent today assaulting the police, listening to a foreign billionaire tell them to "fight or die," calling for the dissolution of parliament, & chanting that he's a wanker, he might lose their vote in four years.

Just adding this to Madeley's glorious Coldplay hate-fest - the time Bowie turned down a collaboration with Coldplay in a manner that, by rights, should have caused every member of the band to give up music and go & live in the woods.

The police can't be identifying who's in the white supremacist crowd because it'll be embarrassing down the station on Monday when they all come in for their shift.

Absolutely devastated to discover that the Alp Mac food van in Bristol will be closing down very soon. This will likely be my last ever Alp Mac. 💔

Jake Thackray - The Unsung Writer on meeting a musical legend…

Tonight I introduced some of my friends to Eighth Day by Hazel O'Connor via the medium of karaoke. I am doing god's work.

I find it so hard to be alone with my thoughts, so sitting in darkness for 147 mins with nothing but music to keep my brain occupied was challenging at times, but so so so worth it. All the hits plus Low performed in its entirety. Just incredible. I'd forgotten how much I love this man.

I've stayed late at work to listen to Bowie in the dark. :) pitchblackplayback.com/products/dav...

This is like that thing where you keep forgetting why you unfollowed someone so you follow them again but then they post something awful and you're like "oh yeah, that's why" but on a much larger, much more embarrassing scale.

Tickets for our new Planetarium Show are now on sale - The Space Between! I was really nervous about making this one, but I think we've done a good job. If you live in or near Bristol & fancy getting your mind blown on a Thursday night, then check it out. www.wethecurious.org/whats-on/eve...

I bought Action Comics #500 (1979) today & in the back, E. Nelson Bridwell writes "will we one day celebrate our 1000th issue?" This milestone was reached in 2018.

After nearly a decade of saying which JWST result I was most excited about, it's here: JWST SPECTRA OF THE HABITABLE TRAPPIST-1 PLANETS! TRAPPIST-1 E!!! IT'S ... A FLAT LINE! BUT NOT AS FLAT AS IT COULD BE!? IS THERE AN ATMOSPHERE?!?!? WE STILL DON'T KNOWWWWW. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/s...

And I know what you're thinking. "Paul, where does The Suicide Squad land in your Top 20 Best Superhero Movies of All Time?" Well, I'm glad you asked. Paul's Top 20 Superhero Movies boxd.it/vlTgK

I'm pleased to say that the pub cat is still paying us occasional visits so we can give her scratches and cuddles (but no food!) She will march in through our back door or sometimes even our front window and demand attention like some sort of mad Queen.

DC Comics Movies Ranked (Disclaimer: I'm not including serials or animated movies and I haven't seen Jonah Hex, Constantine, The Return of Swamp Thing, Catwoman, Steel, or Joker: Folie à Deux, and you can't make me.) boxd.it/OyVjI

And I know what you're thinking. "Paul, where does The Suicide Squad land in your Top 20 Best Superhero Movies of All Time?" Well, I'm glad you asked. Paul's Top 20 Superhero Movies boxd.it/vlTgK

My ★★★★★ review of The Suicide Squad on Letterboxd boxd.it/b0gjwb

Me & @madeley.bsky.social were chatting recently about what he might have achieved if he hadn't died at such an absurdly young age. How would the artists that he inspired have inspired him?

Happy 89th birthday to the immortal Buddy Holly