Gareth Watkins

This is relatable to me - the background looks exactly like all the bottles of Original Source in my shower.

There is a free tool to migrate from Spotify to Apple Music and you won’t regret it

Out in spring from @bentarnoff.com & I www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

One of the four elements of malignant narcissism is sadism.

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

No, the Avatar movies are visceral, intense experiences like Aerosmith's Revolution X arcade gun game.

Interceptor City is the correct answer (what if Top Gun was a murder mystery and everyone had PTSD that they were medicating with weird drugs?) but I can see Dropsite Massa-cree* taking this.

*= This is a Ramones reference.

This update includes information you may find upsetting. Please take care when reading. From today, it is with a heavy heart that we announce trans girls will no longer be able to join Girlguiding. This is a decision we would have preferred not to make, and we know that this may be upsetting for members of our community. There will be no immediate changes for current young members, but more information will be shared soon. Most adult roles - including unit helpers, district helpers and administrative support - are already open to all, so we are confident that no volunteers will have to leave the organisation. Girlguiding believes strongly in inclusion, and we will continue to support young people and adults in marginalised groups. Over the next few months, we will explore opportunities to champion this value and actively support young people who need us. We stand in solidarity with trans girls and women.

i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry

girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...

The Reform-Backed Far-Right Street Patrols Coming to British School Gates EXCLUSIVE: Nationalist vigilante groups, with links to Neo-Nazis, and the support of senior Reform figures, have been falsely claiming police backing while attempting to infiltrate local school networ...

Vigilante far-right 'street patrols' with links to Neo-Nazis and the support of senior Reform UK figures, are falsely claiming police backing, while attempting to infiltrate school networks in order to "protect" local children.

bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...

Gammon Four Lions should ne a thing. There's like a million and one hard-hitting dramas like This is England and American History X that portray neo-nazis as variously dangerous and/or full of tragic pathos; I want one that portrays them as bumbling dipshit facebook dads and coked up lads on tour.

I feel like a big paradox of American life is how we're all made personally responsible for every aspect of our lives out of a total lack of care and compassion by society, except for our feelings

Our feelings are for everyone else to regulate and manage, otherwise there will be consequences

Chiitan Knight will continue to spread his message until there are no more transgender people who are subjected to unjustified criticism and slander♡
Let's create a world where we can all love freely🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

On the Rise of ChatGPT and the Industrialization of the Post-Meaning World When you teach children to analyze, or appreciate, poetry, you get used to a certain complaint, that you’re making it up, that the writer did not give that much thought to choosing a colon over a c…

This is an outstanding essay from @arealmattgreene.bsky.social, where I found myself highlighting multiple sections (check out his latest novel, The Definitions, which is also excellent)

lithub.com/on-the-rise-...

Outside Over There, by EarthBall 8 track album

The number 2 album I really liked. It's psych rock, largely instrumental, which often doesn't do it for me, but the trick is that it sounds like the final stretch of Funhouse played on Khanate's instruments. That's how you get me to care about hippie shit

upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com/album/outsid...

hexed!, by aya 10 track album

The number one album is good as hell though. Gross cover aside, it actually sounds like its from the year 2025. I was surprised that she's from Huddersfield when this is very much a London album, like Burial. Give it a listen.

aya-yco.bandcamp.com/album/hexed

So is it normal to feel that maybe there's been some horrible mix up, like you didn't take leap years into account or something, and that you're actually 32?

If they saw even a single second of the sick Gun Kata from Equilibrium it would have fundamentally altered their culture like the Lisbon Earthquake of 1755.

Literally the only bike-based films I can think of are Italian neorealist film The Bicycle Thief, the French animated film Les Triplets De Bellville and forgettable Joseph Gordon Levitt bike courier movie Premium Rush.

"〽 features high-octane minyo and chanting from Kasai, a Japanese care worker, binman, father and hobbyist farmer who’s released a number of records now on Chinabot."

Literally can't tell if you're taking the piss here Quietus.

Me: Yeah, I listen to some pretty obscure music lol! Stuff you probably haven't heard of!

The Quietus Top 100 records of the year list:

Die Hard is a Metroidvania with rougelike elements.

I got a shout out on one of my favourite podcasts, Ghost Stories For The End of the World, and stood up in the middle of a Subway and did a little fist pump.

Still better than Lady Ghostbusters, am I right fellas?

I'm still working on a way of saying 'No, when I write things they get published, I get paid and people read what I've written. You having figured out the different kinds of Elves in the fantasy book that you want to write (but not, I might add, characters or a plot) does not make you a writer'.

Architects are cooked. AI is coming for you.

Prepare accordingly.

Most people only sleep once a day but shit and piss eight or nine times, so if anything there are too few bathrooms.

I think that it's that thing directly under the family room but it appears to be on its side.

tys i'm a bathroom labelled 'master roshi' (?)