up, down, top, bottom, charm and strange

What is it with dads of a certain age and their insistence on trying to identify power tools by sound. At length. 'Oh that's definitely a concrete saw, you can hear the [I stopped listening here]'

I've been remembering this one 'great works of literature in haiku form' book recently and my fave is prob Pride & Prejudice: Single white lass seeks landed gent for marriage, whist. No parsons, thank you.

Onceit, I really think you should take another pass at this

If you ever want to spot mansplainers in the wild, a gym weights floor is a wilderness of them.

OK, so I've already done a total career 180 once, maybe I should get into Meme Studies

I just cleared all the notification badges on my phone and instantly felt calmer. I will never understand folks who can cope with a '3000 emails' red blob staring at them constantly

You gotta love a spicy chicken burger that's so spicy it gives you a cold.

I'm so tired of the historical inaccuracies in Bridgerton. Almost all of these 19th century English aristocrats have discernable chins.

All my fat heroes are getting skinny, and I believe firmly that NO ONE owes their fatness or thinness or anything inbetween to anyone else for ANY reason, but at the same time, shit man it's hard.

At least the people who angrily point out tiny anachronisms in IMDB reviews actually have a hobby, imagine if they were forced to unleash all of that impotent pedantic fury in real life.

I'm so tired of the historical inaccuracies in Bridgerton. Almost all of these 19th century English aristocrats have discernable chins.

I just went through my plex and I have nine shows in my collection about sad cops with dead wives.

Anyone else have non-existent fictional works of art they wish were real? My major ones are the paintings from Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood and Adam Dalgliesh's poetry from the P.D. James novels.

Why do AI images always look somehow greasy? I swear it's not just that I hate it, everything looks like it has a layer of grease over it.

if i could i'd open a strip club for fat bitches and gay dudes ONLY.

Trying to photograph the moon through the window and ending up with the Welsh flag in the corner

I've never smoked a cigarette but I have done a line of snuff off a half naked man's clavicle, so?

Just accidentally triggered a Google speaker I always forget exists and instinctively sprinted across the room to unplug it so it would shut up, in a manner reminiscent of that ancient jump scare computer punch meme

Adding 'NO loud facile conversations about Polymarket on the weights floor' to the gym rules with a sharpie

I'm knitting a blanket and have got to the point where I can use it as a blanket while knitting it.

Report: Every Place On Earth Has Wrong Amount Of Water https://theonion.com/report-every-place-on-earth-has-wrong-amount-of-water-1851544516/

One parish priest likes to help his policeman friend solve crimes: reasonable. His replacement also ends up solving crimes with the same copper: a little ridiculous, but we can let it slide. A third vicar from the same village decides to also solve crimes: JUST GIVE ROBSON GREEN A SHOW FFS

Me responding to every text my mum sends me describing her experiences in London:

Tag yourself, I'm Fen with Bog rising

Experiencing the most ridiculous influx of fruit flies atm, to the point where putting out vinegar traps feels like it's almost encouraging them. Anyone got any tips?

GOOD POST

There's clearly a cricket somewhere in my living room, every now and then it chirps gently

Googling the rules for how to safely dispose of old nail polish: ❌ DON'T put it in the landfill bin ❌ DON'T put it in the recycling ✅ DO take them to a recycling centre that accepts nail polish ❌ NO, there aren't any such centres in your area

Pantalone was robbed

Starting a spull just to feel something

ROBOTS DON'T HAVE NERVOUS SYSTEMS, YOU ABSOLUTE PLANKS

Apparently it's the sort of Sunday night where I veer wildly between earnestly talking about history and performing scenes from Derry Girls

HOLY SHIT. This is incredible

Imagine if there was a shazam for what language someone was speaking. I often wish I could ask without being a creep.

I don't understand how you can go from making shoes to making 'AI chips', whatever the fuck that means, and still be the same company.

It's one of those weeks when it feels like it's never going to stop raining. Just gonna be this shit forever.

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

For anyone who wants some advice on how to move from substack and what the alternatives are

Just randomly thought of this scene

The thing is I have the word Trump muted so I only ever find out whatever bullshit he's done from indirect posts, many of which are jokes. It's not the most efficient system, but it does mean I have to go looking for stuff deliberately. And it is fun sometimes, trying to figure it out.

Ooof yep there's that wind

OK well let's just see how this goes y'know

CIVIL DEFENCE HEART ATTACK would be a great band name

Ah, the 'panic buying remaining stocks of a discontinued yarn once you realise you've undercounted for a ⅓ finished project' experience.

Has anyone else had the phrase 'thicker than zoo glass' bouncing around their head since yesterday?

This doesn't seem great

I've been getting my drawing-fu back recently (last one still in progress)

VALIUM-ING THROUGH A COUNTDOWN TO NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE LIKE A 1960s HOUSEWIFE