Watching the new season of Stranger Things. Hopefully The Fall get to number one thanks to this great publicity. Mark E. Smith would be thrilled.

Watching the new season of Stranger Things. Hopefully The Fall get to number one thanks to this great publicity. Mark E. Smith would be thrilled.

Now I've heard there was a secret chord that Lorde played, and it pleased David.

The new season of Stranger Things is up on Netflix today, but what you might not know is that Netflix has also just put up Blue Velvet and The Blair Witch Project.

The new season of Stranger Things is up on Netflix today, but what you might not know is that Netflix has also just put up Blue Velvet and The Blair Witch Project.

Now I've heard there was a secret chord that Lorde played, and it pleased David.

Today, the library had a book on the shelf for me that I hadn’t ordered (The Second Wife by Rebecca Fleet). Someone had mistakenly put a note on it with my name on it and when I checked the note it was for Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon.

Today, the library had a book on the shelf for me that I hadn’t ordered (The Second Wife by Rebecca Fleet). Someone had mistakenly put a note on it with my name on it and when I checked the note it was for Shadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon.

This is great.

If The Beatles would have been around today, they could have avoided any creative differences by releasing four versions of each song i.e Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (John’s version).

If The Beatles would have been around today, they could have avoided any creative differences by releasing four versions of each song i.e Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (John’s version).

One thing about Twitter, it is still good at focusing on your interests, no matter how mundane. If Bluesky could do this (i.e less F1 Vegas, AEW Full Gear, USC Football etc) then that would be great. I accept it is still probably a work in progress.

Saturday.

Saturday.

Franz Kafka through the years apparently. (Not too sure what’s going on here, very Kafkaesque.)

Franz Kafka through the years apparently. (Not too sure what’s going on here, very Kafkaesque.)

Staying optimistic about this by keeping in mind that most people will reject AI fiction since AI can’t write fiction because, to quote DFW, fiction is about “what it is to be a fucking human being”. AI can’t do that as it is not a human being.

Amazing news this morning. We have reached the peak of civilisation.

I am looking to buy a red rug. For some reason there is a pony modelling this one.

I am looking to buy a red rug. For some reason there is a pony modelling this one.

Hilarious how phones looked in the old days. Glad they made the screens bigger.

While I’ve got nothing against this ‘word of the year’ as such, I don’t think we are any more parasocial than any other year (this century).

While I’ve got nothing against this ‘word of the year’ as such, I don’t think we are any more parasocial than any other year (this century).

Hilarious how phones looked in the old days. Glad they made the screens bigger.

I’d be interested to know what percentage of the people who use this meme don’t know who this guy is.

I’d be interested to know what percentage of the people who use this meme don’t know who this guy is.

Tell me more about out this Yorkshire-set period drama aka Wuthering Heights.

The Literary Twitter discourse appears to have caused Twitter to explode.

Tell me more about out this Yorkshire-set period drama aka Wuthering Heights.

Watching a film that is 3hrs 26mins but due to matters beyond my control I am only watching 30 mins a day so I should finish it on Sunday.

Finally, someone is emailing me to ask me my opinion on Picasso.

The Goat.

The Goat.

I always wondered what the corporate watchdog looks like.

I always wondered what the corporate watchdog looks like.

If you think whatever you’re researching is boring, imagine trying to do research on boredom.

If you think whatever you’re researching is boring, imagine trying to do research on boredom.

Starting this. #NowReading

Starting this. #NowReading

Things the dog doesn’t like: 1. Rain 2. The neighbour’s cat 3. The neighbour 4. The washing machine 5. Anything new in the house.

Hello darkness, my old friend.

These days it’s not enough to just ponder.