I'm yelling. I love the Disrespect Contraption

Bernard's jacket is a statement. Of what, I'm unsure. #FaceTheMusic

Nigel Farage has announced that he wouldn't buy a ticket for a Kanye West gig. But now I'm intrigued... what *would* Nigel Farage buy a ticket for? I have a morbid yearning to hear his #desertislanddiscs

Cartoon by Bob Eckstein

Meanwhile on #bbcradio4 they're talking about mushrooms shagging.

Someone on Facebook just got seriously pissy with me because I mocked the green bubblewrap in The Ark in Space. Remember, people, Doctor Who fandom has a Taliban.

Still only the second most awkward #thearchers shower scene, after Syd and Jolene.

Fascist Nostalgics has to be the great lost Gang Of Four album, no?

JOHN HUGHES DIDN'T DIRECT PRETTY IN PINK!!! #nottotp

More singers should adopt the hands-in-pockets stance. #totp

The Spandaus appear to have nicked Legs & Co's blouses. #totp

60% of these kids went on to form bands on Sarah Records #totp

Five weren't very good, were they? Just sayin'. #totp

She'll catch her death in that frock #totp

Just a reminder that Keir Starmer might be crap but will never ever be as dreadful as the previous 5 prime ministers. I mean, come on.

So, now that's (almost) done, about those Epstein files...

That was odd. Wordle 1,747 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Lucky they haven't renamed it the Trump/Kennedy Award.

Just been sent an ad for a teaching job with salary starting at £10,000 a *month*. Rubbing my chin raw in excitement.

It's my own fault for using ChatGPT as a search tool, but this really made me laugh. "...with an important nuance..." is sublime 🤌

Tom can offer three hours of fascinating sausage talk. #TheArchers

Igor Tudor spent exactly the same length of time at Spurs as Brian Clough did at Leeds. I assume Michael Sheen has already been signed up for the movie.

This profile of the new Archbishop of Canterbury is almost parodically banal, like a Victoria Wood sketch. Peters and Lee on the soundtrack and "She likes cheese, though." #BBCRadio4

"Lady Day" always sounds to me like an ancient pagan ritual to mark when a girl gets her first period. #TheArchers

Bone spurs no obstacle.

That's funny, Peter, because "wuthering" sounds vaguely like "wondering" oh wait no it doesn't. #totp

Why don't people on #thearchers talk about #totp?

And now Facebook thinks I might want to purchase Silicone Padded Buttock Hip and Butt Enhancer Silicone Panties.

"...he entered the world of chemsex parties to help inform government policy." 😵‍💫

Splendid that This Life is on iPlayer, but can we have Attachments as well, please? #bbc

It is good and right that #AnyAnswers gives a voice to the Iranian diaspora but by definition they are going to be vociferous opponents of the regime - which could not survive without equally vociferous support among its people. #bbcradio4

I get so angry about the ghastliness emanating from tge White House and Tehran and Moscow and Beijing and beyond, sometimes it's easy to forget (maybe smaller) manifestations of toxic fuckwittery closer to home.

A non-sucky episode of You're Dead To Me. Give this Irish historian her own show, she's fab. #BBCRadio4

Be fair, Donny. Maybe they've got bone spurs.

"George, have you ever considered going to My Fiancee's Possibly Having Someone Else's Baby counselling? Just a thought." #TheArchers

Starship Reunion Imminent

OK, who *hasn't* shagged Amber? #TheArchers

So nice Eric is concerned about his dad's safety. I wonder whether the feeling is reciprocated.

Morning Bluesky.

Oh God, they're just doing this to annoy me, aren't they? Castaway selected Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, which was played. Fine. But this is what appears on the website. #DesertIslandDiscs

We are deeply into Talented And Admirable Human Being With Bloody Awful Record Collection Territory. #DesertIslandDiscs

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

If the supreme leader of the United States were to be disfigured, how would we know?

This article makes the bold claim that the cover of Catch A Fire by Bob Marley & the Wailers was designed by Leo Sayer. Is this true? Or are we into Bob Holness/Baker Street territory?

Weird. When M*A*S*H was on BBC2, they used to run it without the canned laughter. But now it's on some godforsaken FreeView channel, the laughs are restored. And it's so, so much worse.

If we're so desperate to have a banknote with the picture of the chap who helped us win WW2, maybe we should go with....

The funniest thing about the US losing a baseball game to Italy is that most people on the planet neither know nor care that it happened.

I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.

"Very complete, pretty much." I teach English to non-native speakers. If one of my intermediate students announced that something was "very complete, pretty much" I'd tell him or her to try again.

The wisdom of Peter Hegseth, a continuing saga.