Patrick Lenton

The vet is next to my gym, but closes before I finish working out, so often I’ll pick up basils special food before I go in

Dog food fell out of my bag at the gym today and I said “protein loading” really loudly and cackled, and weirdly nobody would make eye contact with me

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

Imagine how much better the world would be if the people who believed in the rapture actually got raptured

Bringing a hustle and grind mindset to this internal ritual

I can’t work out if my life problems are because of trafficking too much with dark powers or not trafficking enough with dark powers

I’ve always admired the magpie for its beauty and spite – so much so I got one tattooed on my arm | Patrick Lenton I love their monochromatic beauty, I adore the sound of their warble, and above all I relate to their commitment to revenge

Of course, that’s my official vote

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Who am I voting for in the guardians bird of the year? Why, the bird reading this (I’m a time travelling misogynist from the fifties who learned how to tweet)

Deb Tsorbaris named children's commissioner Deb Tsorbaris will become national children’s commissioner this November, bringing 12 years’ leadership in child and family services.

A new National Children's Commissioner is appointed.

While the LGBTIQ+ community still waits for an LGBTIQ+ Commissioner, first promised by Labor under Shorten in 2016, before being abandoned by Albanese. #auspol
www.themandarin.com.au/300553-deb-t...

One of my biggest fears is drowning, not because I’m scared of the water, but because I don’t want a bunch of lifeguards calling me “mate” while they resuscitate me

2 Teen Girls Died In a Hit-And-Run. Another Teen Faces Murder Charges.

The New York Times doesn't tell you why the alleged murderer said he sent pizzas to the victim's house just before he ran down the girl and her best friend. He said on video that he was getting revenge for social media comments about death of Charlie Kirk.

charli xcx’s next album should be called “The Life of a Blow Girl”

Saruman after the battle of Isengard:

precisely

having a dog is so weird, just got this hungry guy in my house whose dick is always out

One time I spent five minutes at lunch drawing a reverse centaur and it became one of my most retweeted pieces of art. I resented that so I deleted it but now it can be free again because not enough people follow me on here for it to go big

editing my own interviews forces me to confront that i have a much broader aussie accent than I think i do, my internal monologue is still a berries and cream style voice

If Sisyphus stopped and smooched the rock he would solve the puzzle

I say, the cum trees are rambunctious this time of year

You know those people who live in peoples ceilings? Do you think they are jealous of people in aeroplanes?

a mean gay saying "that's so valid" to you can either make your entire night or ruin your life, it's so powerful

When they bring out an annoying guy to sit with you before dinner, an amuse douche if you will

‘Laughing at a libertarian crypto dragon? That rules’: Brennan Lee Mulligan on how Dungeons & Dragons took over the world The games master has accrued millions of fans and sold out Madison Square Garden with his shows where he plays D&D live with guests. He’s still ‘bewildered’ by the success

I was lucky enough to chat to @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social for the @australia.theguardian.com about D&D actual play shows arena tours!!! and about and the importance of the community that come together to watch adults roll dice at each other
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/s...

If I’d been in Pompeii I wouldn’t have been of those those corpses jacking off, I’d have been reading a book

I kissed my dogs head and was so confused why he tasted like vanilla, until I realised it was lip balm from all the other times I kissed him on the head

Won’t someone think about smosh

i dont want america to crumble under fascism, that's where most of my parasocial youtube comedian friends live

I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting. The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The "known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson. So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself." 1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium. Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten a new job at a higher salary. Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further. It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that, but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the U.S.

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

A divide in journalism right now that's worth watching is between reporters who understand how bad things are but are mindful of their reputation and not wanting to be perceived as too extreme or hyperbolic and reporters who feel things are so urgent they have to use urgent, clear language.