"Oh, the Arsenal and Gillingham games are both lunchtime kick-offs, that'll set me up for a nice afternoon!" Both goals against Gillingham have come within two minutes of Arsenal conceding. At least my FM career is going well.

In memoriam...

[Listening to the Taylor Swift album at 2.5x so I can get this review out before everyone else] I have to say, her pitch is too high on every single song. Disappointing. Incredible breath control singing that fast though

The dopamine hit of being woken up by a purring kitty, thankful that you've given her a home, cannot be overstated.

Team task: row along the Thames. Fastest wins. Your time starts now.

Yes yes YES. Station Eleven is one of the books of the century, and The Glass Hotel and Sea of Tranquility are also incredible. She’s got this way like nobody else of nailing the tone of the quiet moments scattered among great tumult.

Ok so here's how she can end up with Ewan McGregor and we can **finally** get a happy ending to Moulin Rouge...

Kid: Why do companies charge less for a double-size package than if you bought two single packs? Mom: They want to make sure they charge you as much as possible now, in case you die before you finish the single pack

every AI ad is like “hey gemini, what would i have for lunch?” and then the phone is like “sandwich” and the guy is like “wow”

It's all happening for us train enthusiasts (or is it just me?) as today marks 200 years since the Stockton and Darlington Railway opened in 1825 - the birth of the modern railway. So here are some of the many railway linocuts I have done over the years - too many, I hear you say? Surely not… 😂

In my defence my current book involves cannibalism, and I have been wondering on occasion this week if my muscly legs would be more or less appealing as a dish.

I remember, when I was a small boy in the 1960s, saying "Dad, what's an anachronism?", and he simply replied "Google it".

Bless those who think the Home Office can successfully carry out a huge IT procurement exercise for digital ID cards for implementation before the next general election.

Going to the Big Waterstones without a book on the go is dangerous. I'm only going to check something out but there's a chance some of them will come home with me...

One of the biggest ways the nightmare in the US affects us is that it gives our local bigots a copy and paste playbook, this smug bellend being a prime example

Important: there is a pub in Holborn where a cat wears a ruff. His name is The General

It's an odd feeling seeing your team lose 4-1 yet feeling optimistic afterwards. The club bar has a lovely new beer on tap, but that's only like 27% of the reason for it.

Went past a house earlier proudly flying both Israel and Ukraine flags, which was...a choice.

10/10, no notes

Personal achievement later this morning, as The Warning (a band I started listening to in December 2021) will overtake Blood Red Shoes (a band I stopped listening to over eleven years ago) to take fourth place in my all-time most listened to artists.

SPOILER FOR HANDMAID’S TALE NOVEL: Thinking a lot lately about the importance of the conclusion, where the framing device is revealed. That idea, that Gilead ended, is so much more important than I realized when I first read the book.

Turns out that this message is how I find out that Robert Redford died

I used to laugh at the absurdity of sitcom plots where a character would book two dates on the same day, but now I find myself in the same situation I'm a lot more understanding.

Instant block for advertisers on my Instagram feed: * Verified account * Any use of AI * Pauses my music when the story is on screen

Most people understand that recorded music developed out of pasta. Like eg tape was first influenced by pappardelle (reel-to-reel) and later fettuccine (cassette) or records took the idea of a round shape with grooves from rigatoni and instead of sauces, you put music on them, which is like a sauce.

Hat tip @clownf1st.bsky.social

Anyone who brings a sign begging for anything from a player (shirt, boots, gloves, selfie, kiss) should be banned from football for life and made to watch cricket sober.

The Onion's post 9/11 issue may have been -- just for degree of difficulty alone -- the greatest comic writing of my lifetime.

Since today's discourse is on how "not everyone grew up with Nintendo", I'll reshare this: medium.com/@felipepepe/... And reinforce that this is systemic - a consequence of US hegemony. It's NOT a personal attack on American journos, youtubers & gamers, but rather a reminder of our differences.

When you have a hammer, everything looks like nails

*Youth pastor voice* You know who else was a carpenter people are weird about?

Moment of pride and instant fall yesterday. Got to the tube platform just as the hustle alarm started beeping on the train in situ. Dashed up to an empty set of double doors and jumped on just as they closed behind me.

Ten years ago, we got our PS4 and a Batman game, and I had enough time to set it up but not play it as I was off to the Emirates stadium to watch Arsenal play. Today, I've just set up our newly delivered PS5, and downloaded a different Batman game, before going off to the Emirates to watch Arsenal.

the dailup sound was a protection spell the computer said for us every time we went online but we thought we were too good for it. we wanted to be on the phone and the computer at the same time. we wanted to be on the phone and the computer at the same time and now we’re fucked

Fascinating thread for everyone, not just podcasters.

Bought a PS5 game tonight! I do not own a PS5. Our PS4 is currently only able to be used in the winter. Our most advanced working games console in the place is an Xbox 360; which is just a fraction ahead of the other one, a Sega Mega Drive II.

Outstanding news that should be shared.

@uponthesea.bsky.social regional performances in France first, with the potential for international dates later.

Oh, I have good news.

Connections Puzzle #814 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 That blue one's niche

There's something really funny about how Gen Z has realised that all you have to do is film yourself making shocked faces and mouthing WOOOOW to hit songs from the 70s and 80s and put it on YT and it's basically a free money transfer service from boomers

Getting food poisoning and having to run through the entire set of Nickelodeons Guts and solve a Scooby Doo mystery with a living talking dog before you can use a toilet

Rewatching The Mask Of Zorro, and Catherine Zeta Jones is just stunning

Looks like we picked the right day to watch this then

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

🎶I'm sorry Nick Jackson (woo) There is no deal We called off the Bayern loan-to-buy Fly home to replace the injured guy🎶

The divorces are going well x

Done with work for the weekend, sitting in the pub with a pre-haircut stout and a new Iain Macintosh FM column. What more can I ask for?

That looks like the canopy at Brighton station (on the left) but the shelter on the right isn't familiar