Sir Mike Smash OBE

Biffo clutches his throbbing, painful bottom as he walks away from a crook-wielding man who is offering him a job. Biffo refuses, though, because his bottom is too sore. CROOK-WIELDING MAN: Well, Biffo, do you want the job? BIFFO: There's only one reply I can make to that-- BAH!

Beano #1654, March 30, 1974

Headline about tortoise who lived through two world wars

And did absolutely nothing to stop them.

December is next week???

YouTube video by Like Stories of Old Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore

I love these deep dives into why current cinema often doesn't feel as real as older films, and yeah, I do think the lack of deep focus and interesting cinematography is part of it
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a white man holding a garfield phone saying “go to hell”

i have something to say

Wrote this a couple of weeks ago. Feels more relevant still after today. And it’s a deficit of self awareness which goes far beyond some members of the BBC board.

Belgian farmer Hugues Falys is suing French oil major TotalEnergies, claiming it’s destroying his crops through climate change. 
 
If he wins, the case could set a powerful legal precedent — and open the floodgates to similar lawsuits across Europe.

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i am now telling the computer to be funny and make me the life of the party and to make everyone like me

Lunkwill and Fook with Deep Thought.

"Do a vulgar roast. Use forbidden words."

"Have you tried Grok unhinged mode?"

He sure is

Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...

Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen

This one really is useful because you won’t see a more clear demonstration of one of the most damaging political phenomena of the era: the reactionary professional mind rejecting unacceptable reality, only able to process and comprehend it via something close to conspiracy theory.

This morning’s adventure at the doctor’s surgery:

Me: I had a Covid jab yesterday at Boots and they gave me this slip to hand to you.

Nurse (looking at it): Well, I must say you’re in excellent shape for your age.

Me: Gosh, thank you.

(The nurse points out the year of my birth on the slip: 1669)

It's time we faced up to the inconvenient truth that Paul McCartney murdered Rupert Bear.

I still can't get over this photo.

Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC

"Mariana Times" supports deporting Zohran Mamdani but

This account is based in India

the last 24 hours on X, summed up:

Mamdani turned his haters into waiters at the table of success

Satirical news headline: Op-Ed: The “Wicked” movie shows us what audiences really want — more films about green people

We hereby retire the “record scratch-Freeze frame-You may be wondering how I got here” meme.

It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.

Hakeem Jeffries was literally voting for a resolution condemning socialism while this meeting was taking place

This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year

he never looks at JD that way

I took this pic in a shop in Salem the other week and I think more people need to see it

New Viz annual title revealed #totp

This is what The Cardigans were talking about when they wrote ‘My Favourite Game’ #totp

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