Dan

she was very good at remaining a minister despite the fact (it turns out) she was nuts

Refusing to see the trees for the wood surely

The keys get put in a specific 'key' place. As I get older I find more and more things have specific places.

Or if you want to really expand your oeuvre do Grave Of The Fireflies

Kubi is definitely a war movie but not easy to get I think

Fantastic episode, and one I was nervous about because I love Last Of The Mohicans more than is appropriate and wasn't sure I would cope it if they were mean about it.

Willing to bet it was still tom waits

They predicted Only Connect!

I feel that too many interviews of politicians actually want to punish the subject by giving them a hard time rather than, say, find out what they think about stuff. People have come to believe this is what 'being held to account' means. I mostly blame Paxman for this.

You knew it was a forbidden book
but you stole it down and took a look
and the horror and the madness overthrew you
Yog-sothoth he is the gate
dead and dreaming he awaits
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu

Ia Cthulhu, Ia Cthulhu
Ia Ia fhtagn Cthulhu

I dreamed I saw unknown Kadath
When Nayarlotep, he conquered death
but you don't really worship old ones, do you?
You rage and weep, you fear to sleep
his city rising from the deep
the cultist priest awakening Cthulhu

Oh Cthulhu, Oh Cthulhu
Oh Cthulhu, Oh Cthulhu

The UK is, the Labour party is a bit more complex

The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.

Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵

The CEO of a massive multinational company once told someone I know that his job was easy, by the time a decision got to him so much work had been done already that all the options were good ones.

Me approaching the not moving escalator: 'Well this escalator definitely isn't moving, no need to break my stride.'

My feet on reaching the not moving escalator: 'What the Hell! Aaaah!'

Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s AI-Generated Art in Protest A University of Alaska student was charged with a misdemeanor for eating another student's AI-generated art in protest.

Look for the helpers

Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

Holy hell, what an obituary

"That is a SHED of love" I shouted at Coney Island, and despite being 100% in the right somehow it was me that ruined the date.

Really? Still?

if you wanted a free-trade low-tax island, and you were the government of a country composed of lots of islands, why would you build another one?

Off topic, but I was thinking that sounded pretty peaceful and law abiding until I remembered how old the year actually was.

I don't have to imagine it

Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter.

Featuring illustrations by Grok, because “pixels 🟰 zero harm” apparently. www.ft.com/content/ad94...

Looks like an olympic podium

Itvx has The Apartment, which was new to me (an old bastard, if not Billy Wilder old) but absolutely rocks

The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees

🧵

The Elizabethans were right,
it's pronounced candle-light,
to rhyme with 'fire and fleet,'
just like 'this ae night.'

This was great, although I spent most of it mildly confused because I was convinced I'd read the book but remembered nothing. Only afterwards did I work out that the book I read was The Odessa Files.

The light turns green and I cross and go the other way, a dull Thursday morning suddenly seeming a little bit magical.

The pigeons take a moment (I imagine them looking at each other in confusion) and then take to the skies and follow.