Tim Evans

Deleting my Deliveroo account once and for all.

What was your prompt instruction?

Where shall we meet? Last week, I listened to an episode of the Ezra Klein Show that I found incredibly compelling.

If every arts org must pass a self imposed moral purity test for sponsorship, most won't survive long enough to be patted on the back for it.

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Phillip Seymour Hoffman

Attention is a luxury good Luxury goods are special: they are scarce and expensive, and they earn us status with some folks because it shows that we paid more than we needed to. Luxury isn’t about quality, suitability …

Attention is a luxury good.
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Grown Man Licking Ice Cream Cone Placed On Sex Offender Registry

Grown Man Licking Ice Cream Cone Placed On Sex Offender Registry https://theonion.com/grown-man-licking-ice-cream-cone-placed-on-sex-offender-registry/

After complaints about Timothy Dexter's A Pickle for the Knowing Ones (1797) being entirely devoid of punctuation, in future editions the eccentric businessman supplied a supplemental page so that people “may peper and solt as they please”: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dexter-pickle

Buy My Course Curtis McHale in Productivity as a Fetish edition of their newsletter 3 Threads: Many of the people touting their system actually have a team behind them getting most of the work done. Their only job...

Not an ad for a course btw… gregmorris.co.uk/buy-my-course/

Spotted a typo.

I opened my curtains today to see the house opposite with a newly installed 12 foot flag pole with Union Jack.
(Definitely not for aesthetic reasons)
I can currently see three separate homes with flags erected this month.
I’m watching emboldened fascism declare itself from my bedroom window.

Had insomnia Tuesday night and only managed a few hours sleep.
Pushed through yesterday, fell asleep quickly, and was then woken at 3am by neighbour's car alarm which went off for an hour.
After that, couldn't drop back off.
Today I'm at work but barely functioning.

Smartphone scrolling on the toilet could increase risk of haemorrhoids People seem to spend longer on the toilet if they use a smartphone while sitting there – and all that scrolling may be boosting their likelihood of getting haemorrhoids

People seem to spend longer on the toilet if they use a smartphone while sitting there – and all that scrolling may be boosting their likelihood of getting haemorrhoids

Now lost again

St. George was Palestinian. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
(And an immigrant) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Letter to the Person Who Carved His Initials into the Oldest Living Longleaf Pine in North America by Matthew Olzmann -Southern Pines, NC Tell me what it's like to live without curiosity, without awe. To sail on clear water, rolling your eyes at the kelp reefs swaying beneath you, ignoring the flicker of mermaid scales in the mist, looking at the world and feeling only boredom. To stand on the precipice of some wild valley, the eagles circling, a herd of caribou booming below, and to yawn with indifference. To discover something primordial and holy. To have the smell of the earth welcome you to everywhere. To take it all in, and then, to reach for your knife.

#poetry

Text: ‘For "The Goonies," Steven Spielberg had a special request for Drew Struzan - create a series of variations on the poster so that each of the kids could have their own moment in the spotlight at the top of the artwork. These sepia-toned pieces were used for weekly newspaper ads to promote the film, with each version highlighting a different cast member.’ Image: A variation of the poster image (a group of intrepid kids and teenagers hanging from a stalactite, each holding onto the leg of another). In this instance ‘Data’ played by Ke Huy Quan is at the top

Two variations of the GOONIES poster image (a group of intrepid kids and teenagers hanging from a stalactite, each holding onto the leg of another). In these versions Andy, played by Kerri Green, and Chunk, played by Jeffrey Cohen are at the top of the chain.

Two variations of the GOONIES poster image (a group of intrepid kids and teenagers hanging from a stalactite, each holding onto the leg of another). In these versions, Mikey, played by Sean Astin and Stef played by Martha Plimpton are at the top of the chain

Two variations of the GOONIES poster image (a group of intrepid kids and teenagers hanging from a stalactite, each holding onto the leg of another). In these versions The first is the final poster image featuring Josh Brolin as Brand at the top of the chain and next to it is the final Alternate showing Corey Feldman as Mouth in the same position

A truly great ‘Today I learned…’ to send you to bed x

And did you?

That phrase irks me more than any.
Overused irritating empty verbal tick that comes across as if the speaker thinks they’re sharing some profound zen insight.

An exhausting thing about this alt right stuff is how insincere it all is. These people aren’t ideologues. They’re morons. They’re internet trolls. They call for things they know will stir outrage - for fun. We give them too much credit. And it has warped our sense of humanity.

Letter of the day (in the Times)

YouTube video by The Osbournes Ozzy's Hilarious Trip to The Dentist | The Osbournes TV

Ozzy Osbourne at the dentist.
youtu.be/bQjmVvP7LFM

The poetry machine [written by claude.] Here’s the thing about ChatGPT that nobody wants to admit: It’s not intelligent. It’s something far more interesting. Back in the 1950s, a Russian linguist na…

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Shifty When power begins to shift in society, everything becomes unstable, exciting and frightening. Living in Britain at the end of the 20th century. From acclaimed film maker Adam Curtis.

Fantastic series
Love Adam Curtis’ work.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

YouTube video by Team Coco Tig Notaro's Impression Of A Person Doing Impressions | CONAN on TBS

Tig Notaro is very good

youtu.be/9kxO2Xes31A

All of this.

Whoever put the b in to subtle really knew what they were doing

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Trek," "Star Wars," "Dr Who," or "Transformers."

Saw this image on an article about the 7/7 anniversary, which I think neatly sums it up - even 20 years ago news was still travelling so slowly compared with now.

Charity prepares legal challenge after NHS trust pauses ADHD referrals for over-25s ADHD UK says over-25s wanting assessment with Coventry and Warwickshire trust have no choice but to pay privately

“One in 10 men and boys and one in four women and girls with ADHD will at some point try to take their own life”.

Meanwhile, it’s now impossible for over-25s to get an ADHD assessment on the NHS in some areas
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

MEDIACORE: AN ANALYTICAL MANIFESTO 0. Mediacore as a phenomenon can only be written about in the form of a brand manifesto because mediacore only exists as a series of…

It appears people are reading the Mediacore manifesto again: betarish.medium.com/mediacore-an...