David Chance

They come endorsed by Bob, who is cat of great distinction and taste.

Replace the statue of Big Jim with Mr Tayto, rebrand the GPO.

Imagine a giant potato gracing the Spire

Dublin should have one. Stick it on the Spire.

Elif Shafak’s There are rivers in the sky

Book bloat.

Animals keep evolving into anteaters. Could this be the future of humanity? | Helen Pilcher Even if we don’t evolve long sticky tongues and live off a diet of ants, we can still learn a lot from these remarkable creatures, says science writer Helen Pilcher

Somewhat disappointed to find that I will not evolve into an anteater. But it’s nice to find something in the Guardian opinion pages that’s not frothing madness.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Probably!

They’re definitely missing out. Need to take a leaf out of Star Wars and do spinoffs and prequels. Jakob: The force awakens and Amber, The attack of the clones.

U.S. health sec cancels mRNA vaccines

U.S. health sec sacks entire vaccine committee

Bring out your dead.

I don’t claim any either! Thankfully there are lots of supermarkets here packed with Asian goodies.

Are those cold noodles? I had some in Korea and I wasn’t a fan. They also had Samgyetang in summer which was a small chicken stuffed with rice and ginseng. I must confess Korean food in general left me cold after the culinary delights of Malaysia, and in comparison with trips to Japan.

Poutine muncher!

One source of idle entertainment is bookmarking recipes. In search of Udon salads I have disappeared down a Japanese recipe rabbit hole. Is it just me or is savoy cabbage in every dish?

Terry Thomas with a large cigarette holder looking like the ultimate cad

I am complete rotter!

A list of Bluesky blocklists

If it cheers you up… here’s a selection of the blocklists i am on.

I wouldn’t be at all bothered if I were you.

Four frame cartoon. frame 1: 3 people one with round head, one a square head one triangular. Text reads "We may look different" frame 2: 3 thought bubbles, one with a red square in it, one a blue drop shape, one a yellow 5 point star. Text reads: "we may think different". frame 3: string of identical linked paper cut people. Text reads, "But inside us, we have one thing in common". frame 4: close up of one of the paper people, text on the person says "microplastics".

That man has featured in more tribunals than I have had hot dinners.

Bring back the amphitheater. Feed pensioners to lions. You could have a love island type gameshow where people compete for their PIP benefits and the losers get the thumbs down. Live on pay per view.

Trump’s Demand to Trading Partners: Pledge Money or Get Higher Tariffs

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/u...
So we’re finally back at the ‘art of the deal’ rubbish to explain Trump. But there’s no ‘cold, hard cash’ is there? And no up front investment. It’s made up numbers to assuage his ego.

Summit opens in final push for plastics treaty to tackle crisis The world's nations are hoping to sign the first global plastic treaty to limit plastic pollution.

Driving a car in a city the single most selfish and destructive act that people undertake regularly.

“It is estimated that more than a quarter of microplastics in the environment come from car tyres.”

Countries gather to thrash out deal on 'plastic crisis' www.bbc.com/news/article...

A second chance: Sizewell C to give jobs to hundreds of e... Nuclear power station to offer training courses and work for prisoners in the building and operation of the plant

Lost amid all the noise, but this is genuinely good news. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

God that’s scary!

Our next live show…

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‘Whispering Paper’ album launch
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20th September, LEAF on Bold Street, #Liverpool

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Escobar’s hippos.

Going to have a heart attack listening to 🏏

It will have aged like sour milk.

Cricketer on OnlyFans in NYT article

Ben Strokes

Oh dear is it that time of year again?

Guardian writers’ predicted position: 2nd (NB: this is not necessarily Ed Aarons’ prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)

Last season’s position: 2nd.

Brian and Justin #TheArchers