Either my citizenship is the same as yours, or what's the fucking point

If I managed one this year, I'll probably just keep going forever. Exclusively for Bluesky, it's my 2025 Blog! #Blogmanay🥳

If this is a Rod Hull and Emu reboot then I'm absolutely here for it.

Words and photos from Bexhill United v Little Common are now up jonsmalldon.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/a...

The whole "yeah I'm aware of her racism and calling female rape victims liars but look how fucking hot she was in a bikini!" thing is very, very telling on many of you this morning.

Look, if you don't want me calling Whitehawk vs Lewes "The Hipster Derby", I'm going to need fewer FC Utrecht shirts in the bar (one) and fewer jokes half-overheard with the punchline, "A meal? A succulent Christmas meal?" (also one)

Remake Ted Demme’s Beautiful Girls but with a female lead?

Since we're all talking about podcasts, it's a fun thing to note that they have long outlived the piece of technology that gave them their name, and there will soon be people, if there aren't already, who will need an explanation of why they're called that which also includes what an iPod was.

Not now, super-massive runaway black hole!

If you think podcasts have made a pivot to video you should try real podcasts

COMMISSION SOME SITCOMS, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.

Words and photos from last Saturday's match between Hastings and Sheppey jonsmalldon.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/a...

There’s sure a lot of football today for a day when the media has been banging on and on about no football being on today

New camera. I mean, Lego … but also lovely …

I got a Stewart Lee joke in my Christmas cracker.

Quite possibly a record breaking turnout in Hastings as well. Lots of fancy dress, many Xmas hats and several hundred people just having a relaxed run.

The sheer delight of starting the day looking over all the #duvetknowitschristmas posts ...

I'm dreaming of a plaid Christmas, completely unlike the ones I used to know.

Of course, "Golden" featured heavily and, of course, the jokes were corny. But a good time had by all at the White Rock panto. And if you're wondering what Richard Blackwood is up to these days ...

There is nobody more than me who would like to say that a woman did the right thing about Walliams, but sorry, no.

I see that the full time golfer, and occasional media face, but somehow paid by the ECB, Rob Key, is shocked, shocked!, to hear players had been drinking

Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be.

Minor in the scheme of things but my *purchased* copy of Three Colours Red on Prime has now updated to not have subtitles

Turns out it is actually impossible to even find out *if* the local leisure centre has badminton courts available at a time I could use, let alone their hire rate, without paying a membership fee …

What men like this want is a chatbot. Something that can never assert itself, but which they choose to find credible – because they believe they deserve uncritical affirmation. It’s been designed by men like this for men like this. People who aren’t like this correctly find it creepy and repulsive.

Not saying the UK justice system is broken, but the hero who jumped into Paul Doyle’s car and saved people’s lives has just received the same cash prize as folk who send You’ve Been Framed clips of their cat jumping on a trampoline.

My water bill has just gone up by 46% a month.

Despite me always having to send a text to the older son that reads, essentially, “We’ll leave in ten minutes”, the predictive text changes it to well every time, despite that making no sense and then makes it insanely fiddly to change back

I said this before but it’s Buffy. He’s internalised and got all het up about Buffy the Vampire Slayer and then freaked out about any media that uses the Strong Woman Character archetype ever since.

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

Posted this at the start of the year. Sad to say it's aged liked the finest of wines.

Norway won because Norway always win #thehandball

Dancing on the streets of St Mirren

Obviously there are no words to describe the horror of the Bondi attack. It is a barbaric act and has destroyed lives. The only glimmer of light: the apparent heroic actions that stopped it being worse, and the tireless work of the first responders.

It is now the Netherlands’ turn to learn the simple truth of women’s handball: nobody beats Norway

I see, again, the press is having to report that a “won” employment tribunal is now being appealed by the winner.

Iceland boycotting Eurovision is like England boycotting a World Cup

paywall

I'd pay good money just to see her argument for these biscuits being "biologically male"

Just because you are unable to imagine how someone else’s mind works does not mean that person’s mind does not work like that

Martin Parr’s greatest strength was also his biggest weakness: the image was the thing above all else. Any humanity and empathy was almost accidental. But they were great images.

Apart from anything else, this really embodies the Playmobil approach to workforces that politicians often fall into — it’s all very well and good to laud “frontline” NHS workers but without backroom staff the entire service would actually collapse.

When I arrived in the UK 25 years ago I had a job at a university that paid £21k. I could barely make ends meet but I worked hard and eventually I succeeded. I guess this Labour government considers young broke hardworking me a “taker”? Fuck this.

The last time Indiana won an outright Big Ten title, 1945, the leading rusher was George Taliaferro. The next spring, he was the first Black player to be drafted by an NFL team.

I’ve only had it for 24 hours but should your New Year’s resolution be to “go for runs and stuff” and the price of GPS watches causes you to faint then I can recommend the Amazfit Bip 6. It seems to … work, be accurate, be fun and is just really simple.

EVERYBODY (STILL) COMES TO RICK’S: A CASABLANCA ADVENTURE

Possibly the only water polo match I am even vaguely aware of

Ignore the grain, hear the noise I did take the camera but didn't fire with too much intent Enjoyable game at the Polegrove sees Bexhill win 3-2. There will be a handful of photies to follow.

Artist: S-Crimmy https://b3ta.com/board/11423341 From the 'Movie Poster Recycling' challenge https://b3ta.com/challenge/movieposterrecycling/popular/ #MoviePosterRecycling