The next rose in the series - adding a longer stem to give a twisted base, and some thorns/leaves/hooks

Make Symbolism Symbolic Again.

Super lunch yesterday at The Swine Bistro in Headingley, pork pastrami and slaw to start, sea trout and cuttlefish with saffron for main. The boy's Gloucester Old Spot pork belly was on point too. We went a la carte, but the £20 lunch set menu is a proper bargain.

Boy turned out a new rose today.

‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios

Morning! The alt-cultural revolution continues at Rockaway Park today. Talk, music, vibes, and song from midday till late.

Technically, they’re Remains now.

Honestly, all I want is a large martini and the next episode of The Pitt IS THAT REALLY TOO MUCH TO ASK?

You know, a reflecting pool was how the original Narcissus met his end.

Just saw an Amazonian shaman going into No 10, looks like Starmer is contemplating his position with an ayahuasca ceremony.

The beautiful game.

This is a spectacular bit of writing.

I mean, it's not a bad view or soundtrack from the front door

Got home just before kick off and could hear my neighbour singing the national anthem. He lives alone.

Here we go - music, exhibitions, talks, workshops, join the choir for a day, learn a new song and sing it with us, make a comic, paint a shirt, swing your pants, live the dream, do it yourself. www.rockawaypark.co.uk/whatson/do-i...

PHWOAR.

This is a nice little compilation of Hockney's work

I know it's not necessarily what you think of when you hear Hockney's name, but i love seeing this whenever I go to Salt's Mill. youtu.be/SMjvI5aa9TE?...

Aww, Hockney's gone. Still, we have a chunk of his work at Salt's Mill, which is always a grand day out.

Just gone down a recursive fake rabbit hole about how the stories of a fake Angine de Poitrine touring Russia are themselves fake. Kind of wanted it to be real and yet also absurdly inadequate, like when your nan offers to make you a MacDonalds.

If I was running a haulage company and I'd accepted I'd overcharged a customer, I certainly wouldn't have waited until they got to the point of saying "right fuckos, no more pallets till we get our refund"

Band practice.

Feel bad for the radio news reader who misread their script and accidentally referred to Artan as "one of Africa's top refugees" earlier.

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What's wrong baby? You haven't touched your peach piss n fart cake.

It's a long story why, but I've just had an utterly hysterical conversation with my wife about whether I could beat Billie Jean King in a fight.

I've read 20 or 30 articles now about how we're all doomscrolling our lives away, but I still can't quite believe it.

Decided to try to make audio recordings of all my postal work journals. About 200,000 words written sporadically since 1988. I've been releasing 25 mins of randomly selected entries in podcast form as regularly as I can. Here's a trailer for Episode 18 which is available now from the usual places.

I can almost see myself in this traffic jam. Its like Ferris Bueller's Drive Home www.motorwaycameras.co.uk/england/a1(m...

Just sprucing up the deck furniture with a lick of paint.

Commoners Choir are on the road at the end of June, as part of a weekend-long festival of creative DIY culture - music,song, workshops and general liveliness. Come and join the Congregation of Agitation at the Chapel of Unrest!

I would like to take this opportunity to wholeheartedly endorse Dunn's River Jerk Seasoning.

The first letter was written today by Keir Starmer. The second was not. The question is not why the first letter was written. The question is why the second letter never will be.

Dafuq?!

Just watched Send Help. It certainly changes gear in the second half.

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In our cellar right now, and on the bar soon! Here @theswanyork.bsky.social we're living proof that a Grade II listed heritage inn can offer a consistently great #craftbeer line up... As long as it's free of the dreaded corporate #beertie... As every #pub across the land should be! 🍻❤️💪

I enjoy a maths puzzle, and I consider myself a numbers person, but by jingo, the blinding array of non-matching weight and volume units in this article, coupled with a refusal to present useful percentage comparisons, makes it almost comedically useless www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Been watching "Somebody Feed Phil" and as I'm going to Greece this summer, thought "I wonder if Phil's done a show on Greece". The Google AI result is pretty detailed, but is also a full-blown "hallucination" - Phil hasn't been to Greece, and that video isn't Phil. Impressively wrong.

Saw somebody complaining about a "woke buffet" on the local FB group. Was about to wade in with snotty derision when I realised it said "wake buffet". I'm always very nearly that guy.

"If you want to get rid of Keir Starmer, vote Labour" is going to be a catchy slogan for the Burnham by-election. Will people get it?

Shit cocktail, anyone?

Also in today's op-recovery updates: I casually searched Angine de Poitrine and now all I'm shown on any device is polka-dotted math rock.

Watched Spinal Tap 2 last night. I think it's fair to say that all the broadly positive reviews were quite generous. It was no Shark Sandwich, but still.

Happy Black Helicopter Day to all who celebrate.

Somebody’s description of this as the night of the short sporks is my favourite way of putting it.

This will absolutely be my last comment on the elections, but I've just found someone locally on FB whose profile name is [firstname] Wheelchair [lastname] proudly announcing that they voted Reform. I sincerely hope they get what they voted for. Doomscrolling over.

"Although we've been looked after by a great local councillor for the last 4 years, I've decided to vote for someone else"