James Tarn

Philomena Cunk against a collection of classical statues. "Antigone's death is even more tragic than it actually is, which makes her a tragic hero"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtful. "Goya continued to paint tapestries until 1792 when serious illness left him dead for life"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtfully into the distance. "Society is slowly becoming more contemporary now"

Philomena Cunk looking into camera on a beach. "Diderot's Tahiti represents a typical male fantasy in which attractive young women are eager to engage in sexual activity with the French"

@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.

I think one of the most valuable things I learned from my (attempt at a) compsci degree was *how* to stay abreast of current technology without being sucked in by hype.

Screenshot of an email: Hi Rachel, Thank you for contacting us about the article you’ve seen. We want our stores to be inclusive and welcoming places for our colleagues and customers. We have written to this customer and explained that our colleagues typically work across all departments in our stores and customers can always ask to speak to the colleague they feel most comfortable with. We also explained that our colleague was asking a customer if they needed help; they were not working on bra fit or offering this. Thank you again for getting in touch.

I wrote to M&S about the stupid lingerie department story - confirms nobody offered a bra fitting to a teenage girl. The Telegraph and JK can (always) do one.

The Transformers: The Movie

The Transformers: The Movie was released 39 years ago today.

"The Autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons."

A normal cat doing normal things.

A 'cinematic universe' of Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion stories.

Semi-related, Stingray as a Mass Effect-type RPG.

Just straight up a new season of Thunderbirds, entirely in Supermarionation.

Comedy biopic of Charles Tyson Yerkes, the crooked financier who funded the building of much of what is now the London Underground.

Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers, directed by James Gunn.

Alien movie with a Xenomorph as the protagonist. A juvenile Queen Die Harding her way out of a WY lab/prison.

Won't even ask for a like. I'll just fire some off.

Every time I do it makes me laugh

I grew up on these streets.

That's a bold claim that I'd love to see elaborated on.

I've noticed a few indie games including content inspired by these kinds of rumours; the Weird Route(s) in Deltarune, to name one example.

Concept art of the Turn A Gundam, from the anime of the same name, by artist Syd Mead, on a red and black field with two other mobile suits and the Moon in the background.

I think the Turn A Gundam is my favourite design of his.

Can I come over and look at you like this?

I don't think I've ever seen one of those in the UK (at least that I can remember) but I have a debit card issued a couple of years ago with raised numbers.

YouTube video by Tom Scott John Stonehouse and Dropped Trousers: Citation Needed 7x05

Oh, John Stonehouse. He sure was a guy who existed.
youtu.be/C666j39s3wc

BBC will no longer broadcast "high risk" performances

You could argue that Vader might have known because something something The Force, OR the tracking device is standard procedure *in case* they get away, but IDK if there really needs to be an explanation?

I don't think that's even remotely true - *every* Jurassic Park/World movie has made big money, even the bad ones.

A map showing South West England and Wales, labelled "Graph of British Rivers". Two river courses are shown, labelled 'Wye axis' and 'Exe axis'. Does anyone read these descriptions, or am I wasting my time?

Graph of British Rivers

President Thomas J. Whitmore

Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in this history of mankind.

Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today.

1/10

'Zohran the Destroyer' sounds like the title of a shitty Conan the Barbarian knockoff they'd feature on MST3K back in the day.

Congrats to New York for choosing Zohran Mamdani as the Democratic candidate for Mayor of NYC! I'm sure he'll do a good job...

...Even if he is an Arsenal fan.

the insincerity is just galling

a bunch of people who don’t believe trans women are women and don’t believe trans men are men but felt like they couldn’t say that in polite society worked tirelessly to make it so they could, and then told trans people to stop hitting themselves

gross behavior