Karli Watson

I don't want Tony Blair's resurrected ID card bollocks, I want a functional welfare state and for you to tax the rich. It's not complicated. It is, in fact, what Labour ought to be.

Great North Run: achieved. #greatnorthrun

Mercury Prize 2025 Playlist - Mercury Prize 2025 - 142 items

Here's a playlist of the #MercuryPrize 2025 albums for Tidal users: tidal.com/playlist/27b...

Reject plans for a mandatory BritCard (digital ID) Sir Keir Starmer is considering a mandatory digital ID scheme called “BritCard” that would make us all reliant on a digital pass to go about our daily lives. Mandatory digital IDs give the state enor...

The Government is planning to roll out mandatory digital ID. It’s invasive and could mean millions of people unable to go about their daily lives. Right now it's just an idea - we need to stop it becoming a reality. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...

Karli's fundraiser for Breast Cancer Now Help Karli Watson raise money to support Breast Cancer Now

I'm running for @breastcancernow.bsky.social in memory of donna, so please donate here if you can: www.justgiving.com/page/karli-w...

YouTube video by GreatRunTV We Are The Great North Run | GNR25 | Poem by George Caulkin

I'm doing the Great North Run for the first time this weekend, having previously only managed a maximum of 10km... Eeek! Love this poem from @georgecaulkin.bsky.social and the associated video, it's emotional & inspirational: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-rZ...

#gnr25 #GreatNorthRun

Sad to hear that Jim Lovell has died. I was privileged to hear him talk about his life and experiences a few years ago, and he signed this artwork that I have up on the living room wall, an artist's impression of what the Apollo 13 mission might have looked like. Godspeed, Commander.

Why are #m&s the only UK supermarket who can produce ready meals with plastic films that don't tear to shreds when you try to peel them off? Can they not share this miraculous technology with other supermarkets? You know, for the benefit of all humankind?

Feeling a bit leonine... #ENGESP

Karli's fundraiser for Breast Cancer Now New milestone: first 10k achieved! I entered the Hexham 10k at the weekend, a mostly flat road race from Hexham to Corbridge and back. It was (I think) ambitious, as I still haven't managed to run a c...

Latest update: 10k achieved! www.justgiving.com/page/karli-w...

Vaccinate your kids, you idiots! End of message. I meant to swear more, but I don't have the energy.

Geordie maths: x=yi, man.

Weirdest storm ever. The lightning is continuous! #ukweatherwatch #ne49 #

Is it just me, or has YouTube recently been flooded by weird US political ads? Rubbish targeting as I'm not even in America!

Too cute not to share :) M is getting her steampunk on!

Baby Matilda looking gorgeous.

I have the greatest of pleasures and privileges to introduce you to Matilda Angelika Watson, born on the 15th of May 2025 at 10:08. She weighs in at 6lb 5oz (2.850kg) and is ginger. She is also impossibly cute 😍

As I was drifting off to sleep last night, the semi-dreamlike state I was in started taunting me with wordplay. Specifically, "a quidditch quid in a ditch on a quidditch pitch". AI has provided me with a helpful illustration of this for your entertainment. Also, 3 Ds? #quidditch

Karli's fundraiser for Breast Cancer Now Help Karli Watson raise money to support Breast Cancer Now

Before my 50th birthday, I'm going to do my best to complete my first half marathon with my beautiful wife and baby daughter waiting for me at the finish line. Wish me luck, and/or donate some cash to Breast Cancer Now on my JG page, a charity close to my heart! www.justgiving.com/page/karli-w...

May 5, 2025 cover of the New Yorker. Expository text: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2025-05-05

Barry Blitt’s first 100 days cover for the New Yorker.

From a Scottish friend into folk music:

Did nobody tell the orange twat that penguins are masters of fishcal policy?

Golfing while Rome burns?

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

I'm waiting for Trump to whip off the mask and reveal that he's been Liz Truss all along. Although, in many ways, it would be funnier if he was Kwasi Kwarteng. The look on JD Vance's face would be priceless.

Title: Just in time for Mother's Day: Classic literature with added Mums Panel 1: Moby Dick "Ahab! Moby! Enough of this nonsense. Apologise to each other and if you can't get along, stay apart." says Ahab's mother, standing in a little boat and looking sternly into Moby's eye, while her son sits chastened behing her. Panel 2: Casino Royale. "Vodka martini, shaken not stirred... And a sweet sherry for my mother." says James Bond. His mother calls over feom their table "Just a little one." Panel 3: The Lord of the Rings. "You can look for your ring after you tidy your room and walk the dog, Sauron." says Sauron's mother, holding out the dog lead to her son, who replies "Aw, mum!".

Happy Mother’s Day!
(My cartoon for @theguardian.com books)

It's a lot of fun. I think Redshirts is a must-read, or indeed a must-listen (I enjoy his books on audible as Wil Wheaton's narration is excellent!).

Out tomorrow, although your local independent bookshop may have copies already!

Somehow I'd missed that! Now pre-ordered and I'll get on it as soon as I finish "Starter Villain" :)

An dusty, industrial looking control panel in a wall. There are two big white square buttons on it. The one on the left has a red border and the letter 'i' touching the bottom, representing a person stuck to the ground (the dot of the i being their head). The 2nd button also has a red border, but inside the button is an upside down stickman figure, arms and legs spread out. To indicate this person is floating around helplessly in zero-gravity.

You know who should've won an Oscar last night? The person who designed the little 'Gravity on / off' buttons in Alien Romulus.