Dave The Tanuki

8.5 episodes in and The Terror: Infamy is a weird beast. I found myself far more interested in the potential of the internment storyline than the horror aspect: the show seems to feel the same, spending quite a lot of time on internment stuff entirely unconnected to what is presented as the A story

Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover.

Watching Match of the Day and Wolves give away two absolutely stupid penalties, the second one even more inexplicable than the first. What's he pushing the fella for?

Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.

“Generally, people have weaker rights than they think they do”.

This ITV thing of merging a quiet period of the game with an ad is horrible. Either cut to an ad or don't.

This looks like Tuvok is in the middle of Pon Farr.

Luge is an absolutely mad sport. And it looks even more mad when you have a camera drone following behind them.

Peter Mandelson is on the front of Times Magazine with a puff piece

GUYS YOU HAD SEVERAL DAYS TO PUT LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE ON THE FRONT OF THE MAGAZINE COME ON

I don't think I've ever seen two yellows in two minutes for the same team in a rugby match.

Every year since we wrote our game about bringing down the dictatorship of legally distinct Balt Disney it feels like we accidentally found a palantir

"Government security inquiries are only used for killing press stories. They enable the Prime Minister to stand up in the House and say, “We’d held a full enquiry, and there is no evidence to substantiate these charges.”

Geoffrey: You could hold an inquiry... But... We don't want any more irresponsible ill-informed press speculation.
Hacker: Even if it's accurate.
Geoffrey - Director General MI5: Oh, *especially* if it's accurate. There's nothing worse than *accurate* irresponsible ill-informed press speculation.

If you've never seen the Sir John Halstead episode of Yes Prime Minister, I'd recommend it as Mandelson refuses to go away.

As with Musk, if he wasn't an evil prick, Trump is so pathetic I'd find him a pitiable man.

a man in a suit says i 'm the oldest boy ALT: a man in a suit says i 'm the oldest boy

My wife set Netflix as Grumpy Gnome.
I chose the below.
For Disney it's Rocket Racoon.
For Prime (which is how we get Paramount Plus) it is Tennant as Crowley.

Even with just two, that's a trend.

And my name on all profiles is The Eldest Boy because I am in fact the eldest boy, unlike Ken.

There is an incredibly enthusiastic woman at this samurai exhibition at the British Museum. The staff are very polite but clearly aren't interested in her knowledge. I want us to be friends and talk to each other about things we love with little or no ability to gauge each other's lack of interest

The Speak With Dead scene has happened to almost every group I have ever played with (especially with me as GM, who used to always play the unhelpful witness in BVC advocacy classes).

I watched the Sir John Halstead episode of Yes Prime Minister just last week and it rings very true with the Mandelson farrago.

What a fucking quote. This is terrible legal drafting on a scale I haven't seen in quite some time.

I had no reason to believe serial liar Peter Mandelson was lying, or that the man sacked for corruption by a Prime Minister could possibly be at risk of being sacked for corruption by a Prime Minister.

Please.

Fuck knows what else I would do tho. Full-time novelist or full-time games player don't seem to be salaried positions.

It's so hard to turn my back on the work that I've spent 17 years getting very good at, but I may just have to if it goes.on like this.

Just worked an 11 hour day because it's the only way I can ensure that things don't fall apart when I am on leave and I don't work Fridays. Gonna be claiming those fucking 5 hours back that they owe me now if I have to fake a sick day.

To slightly misquote Jean-Luc Picard, "Despite all you've done, I find you to be a pitiable man".

You really have to do work hard at being this pathetic.

Elon, mate, if you give me even ten per cent of your money, I will prove you so wrong living my best life.

Lip Service Issue #4 - Disability & Sex Lip Service is a quarterly publication by the Vagina Museum in the style of old school community magazines. In this 60-page A5 zine, the content ranges from expanded exhibition content and other longf...

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Why we need to strengthen and codify small party rights in the House of Commons Following the Unit’s January seminar, Can the House of Commons handle multi-party politics?, panellist Louise Thompson explains the procedural and logistical obstacles facing small parties in…

Why we need to strengthen and codify small party rights in the House of Commons, by @louisevthompson.bsky.social for @conunitucl.bsky.social : constitution-unit.com/2026/01/26/w...

Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds Findings suggest physical performance in trans women converges toward that of cis women over time

A new systematic review has found that trans women on HRT have the same level of fitness as cis women and don't retain any advantage in sports.

www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

I am incredibly excited to be doing an online talk all about my Research into Ann Morgan, The Wenlock Witch!

We will be exploring the complex place the witch has in Shropshire and their cultural importance as well as exploring Ann Morgan's story in detail.

www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...

A photo that appears to have a "gettyimages" watermark but the watermark is actually painted directly on the bridge.

This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.