John Self

How to Tell if Your Brother is on a Horse 1. Look through your brother's bank statements and see if he has recently hired or purchased a horse. If he has, the chances of him now being on a horse just increased considerably. 2. Check where your brother's feet currently are in relation to the ground. If they're a few feet off the ground and separated by the width of a horse, there is a chance he might be on a horse. 3. Sneak into your brother's bedroom and read his diary. If last night's entry mentions that he's got a horseriding appointment today, there is a strong possibility that your brother is now on a horse. 4. Ask your brother if he'd mind you sitting directly behind him. If he says "no, there's enough room for both of us on this horse," that could be a sign that he is currently on a horse.

Want to know if your brother is on a horse or not? These are the signs to look for.

Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."

It earned Gerry Rafferty £80,000 a year toward the end of his life.

Still, good news about Nigella on Bake-Off, eh?

radgepacket-deactivated20241030 parents got a new cat they named lord montague and this morning i heard my dad in the other room say "i would have to advise against that decision, my lord" followed by a crashing sound

From the Insta account catsbeingweirdlittleguys

Salient and stylish as always.

"As governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem launched an anti-drug campaign with the tagline: “Meth: We’re on it.” Noem’s message control has not obviously sharpened as Donald Trump’s homeland security secretary."

Man Struggling To Pierce Orange Peel With Fingernail Under Impression He Could Kill If He Had To

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Having discovered the best-named scent of all time, I can now take the rest of the day off

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Ah, what is the point of wording things carefully? I said "Spotify pays *artists*" above because I didn't want it to be confused with publishing/songwriting royalties (which Spotify pays separately), but ... well, check the replies.

Thanks. Yes, I assumed she would only get artists' royalties, though the link suggests that is paid separately to publishing royalties and should go to the artist themselves (via the record label).

Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of The Heart hits 1bn streams - but 'makes nothing' The gravelly-voiced Welsh icon's hit is still loved by fans 43 years after its release.

Bonnie Tyler says she's earned "almost nothing" from Total Eclipse of the Heart's one billion streams on Spotify. Yet Spotify supposedly pays artists $0.003 - $0.005 per stream, which would add to a tidy $3m+. Does Tyler need to have a word with her accountant?

His spoof memoir Well-Remembered Days was very funny as I recall. (At a distance of - yikes - 25 years.)

Tangentially reminds me of Simon Hoggart's story about Bill Stone MP:

Andy Street, formerly of John Lewis.

Amber Rudd is apparently 5'10", but he looks several inches taller than her.

The height differential on their website team photo could have been better disguised.

Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?

In my morning scroll of misery I’m seeing a lot of reposts of “TikTok is censoring anti-ICE content” but far fewer reposts of replies from people pointing out that their video of amusing cat antics is also blocked and that maybe the platform was experiencing technical issues

Channel 5 now if you want to see American football in a blizzard with one team in white.

Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.

“The administration is urging Americans to reject the evidence of their eyes and ears. Ms. Noem and Mr. Bovino are lying in defiance of obvious truths. They are lying in the manner of authoritarian regimes that require people to accept lies as a demonstration of power.”

YouTube video by T. S. Eliot Prize Tom Paulin reads his poem ‘Folly Bridge’

As a long time observer of the Irish poetry scene, it's magnificent to see Tom Paulin back amongst us - bathing in the words of history, rousing us with the fine accent of our fine people.

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Wibble

"Your boundary is at hue 175, bluer than 65% of the population."

It's green! But my family agree with you, as do some other social media folk. Am I the *only* one marching in step??

You win the bonus round: is the back cover of this book blue or green?

Even more curiously, on desktop they all look consistently purple to me, but on mobile the one I'm looking at is purpler (though the others are still purple, just not as intensely so).

I did!

I listened to that In Our Time and it’s interesting on Eliot but there’s very little actual analysis of the poem.