all the halfpipe girlies are properly harder than diamonds and adorable in the camaraderie, I simply have to sit in respectful awe

in one sense, the Winter Olympics (ie. having something on telly during the day) couldn’t have come at a better time for me in another sense, watching them is just making me shout ‘DON’T DO THAT, LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES, MOGULS IS NOT A THING ANYBODY NEEDS TO DO EVER’ at the telly all day every day

I am respectfully asking again: 2026, please can you just fucking *not*

this is the kind of commitment to the cause, and indeed the cause itself, that we should really all be aspiring to in our own lives

Create Your Own Luck*

Nerds assemble! I need recommendations for a speaker who can talk not only about the growth in awareness of ADHD/autism in the UK, and the importance of accommodations etc., but also the sociological aspects of underdiagnosis/stigma in women/minority communities etc. Pls repost for wider reach, ta.

today in ‘the horrors persist but I still have my silly little hobbies’ (can’t do writing rn): paracord supplies just landed! most of these are intended for custom USB cables, and the micro cord is for my MagSafe charger, but planning on making some phone lanyards and zipper pulls also 🪢 🤗

I'm running this 2 hour online screenwriting masterclass for the brilliant @arvonfoundation.bsky.social next Tuesday evening Feb 17th 'How To Write An Eye-Catching Pilot' www.arvon.org/writing-cour...

Olympic skiing & snowboarding makes me reflect on the importance of athletes learning how to fall to minimize chances of injury. This is also true of art. Striving, ambition, inspiration, craft are all discussed & taught.We also need to learn how to protect our falls & fails so we can get back up.

only just got to watch Bad Bunny’s halftime show bloody love it whenever I watch something and immediately know it’s giving me the gift of a million new-to-me things I now get to spend weeks on end doing deep-dives about (complimentary)

well this is gonna be interesting for the many niche hobby companies who were basically pushed towards using discord for general cs during the panini

the vibe

this is absolutely daft and brilliant need ‘don’t trust big pasta’ on a t-shirt, ideally with some sort of northern Italy aesthetic

genuinely reckon most of the best stuff comes out of ‘hey, this group of people is cool, let’s make a thing together’ like this

totally checks out that in 2026 they’ve now made it a crime to thrive

I absolutely burst out laughing

Yep

we’re watching Persuasion have to admit it *is* impressive how Henry Golding’s literal introduction shot is the period representation of ‘a new bombshell/fuckboy has entered the villa’

two stone put throwers from rival Highland clans have a gay romance, call that yeeted rivalry

Was in a restaurant once where the hummus sandwich wasn't marked vegan so we asked the waitress what made it not vegan so she went to ask, came back, and apologetically told us "it has chickpeas"

The Horrors™️ persist but so does daily life, and the fact of the matter is: you have reached a snoot-boop checkpoint. Please boop expeditiously.

❤️

Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her

RIP Catherine O'Hara, I have never not laughed at this

just went to check the wiki (was being asked who might be related to Catherine O'Hara) and for a brief, joyful moment I got to time-travel

I DO NOT ACCEPT THE PREMISE 😭😭😭

LRT: I cannot overstate enough how much everything about that Norfolk NHS exorcist headline (explicit and implied) is just 'standard East Anglia' next time someone asks me 'why are you like this' this is what I am citing as evidence

***MORE BREAKING NORFOLK NEWS*** (for the avoidance of doubt, I am not making this up)

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” ― Mahatma Gandhi

Fellow writers: I am deeply saddened to share that if we want the rewards of having written, we must submit to the mortifying ordeal of writing

my Dad was the OG Nerdy Setups Dude, and a key reason he didn't leave me an inheritance of an eternally profitable how-to YouTube channel is because he predicted the 2026 social media hellscape coming down the line in like 2007

by popular request i have turned the meme into a blog post, which explains how it works, links to the template file and includes a selection of examples from the thread #KirbyFraming

“NOT ONE WORD, KATHLEEN.”

Happy 90th birthday to Alan Alda! ❤️

This came up in my old posts today. Don’t know why, but it feels good to know that Andre 3000 specifically is this kind of guy.

apropos of having just watched Oblivion again, please enjoy the ridiculous M83-does-sci-fi Bond anthem (complimentary) that is the title/credits song youtu.be/UjpbQ1OWMPE

I’ve bought an apocalypse-proof boat, with an array of weaponry

Stephen is fully a gentleman thief straight out of a Studio Ghibli film (complimentary) #TheTraitors

I love Stephen. The face of a doomed WW1 officer and the wardrobe of John Travolta. #thetraitors

round of applause for the mothering alliance #TheTraitors

…okay, well, this didn’t pan out #TheTraitors

I'm going to be taking part in the Annual 50 hour London Improvathon this year. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's a gloriously mad & experimental show/experience where performers improvise for up to 50 hours. Audience can sign up to watch as much or as little as they like!

remarkably appropriate meme

Claudia walking in with the chests of fate. #TheTraitors

some faithfuls have finally passed #TheTraitors version of the Turing Test

“I’ve manifested winning” Siri, play ‘famous last words’ #TheTraitors

My local bookshop understands their audience.

ACADEMY AWARD-NOMINATED WUNMI MOSAKU WE LOVE TO SEE IT

I’ve added the script for Wake Up Dead Man to my site. This is the final shooting script, so it has stuff that was cut and moved around, which I always think is more interesting to see than a conformed cleaned up version. Enjoy! www.rian-johnson.com/screenplays