Nick Offerman: 'My Trump-voting friends think I'm brainwashed by paedophiles' The 'Last of Us' actor talks being attracted to right-wing roles, why he's thankful for friends on different sides of the political spectrum - and why 'Parks and Recreation' could never be made now

I spoke to Nick Offerman, the George Saunders of Hollywood, about playing extremists, his smalltown upbringing, the defamation of Ron Swanson and how to be happy. I sort of wish he was my therapist
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Noooooooooo!!!

Record cover. Arvo Pärt: Credo. Kalle Randalu, Estonian Festival Orchestra, The Estonian National Male Choir, Ellerhein Girls' Choir, Ellerhein Alumni Choir, Paavo Järvi. Alpha ALPHA1158. https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9802137--arvo-part-credo

Have you heard? It's #NewReleaseFriday! This week there's Arvo Pärt from his homeland, Beethoven from France, Nielsen from Norway & the UK, and much, much more. All on my symphony and orchestral #NewReleases playlist, updated every Friday.

Hear them here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn

I have people saved in my phone like “Mary Landlord” and “Jim Maintenance” and it occurs to me that’s the way that Anglo surnames have always worked

Hegseth is now the Secretary of War, which is fitting I guess as RFK jr is basically the Secretary of Pestilence. We just need Famine and Death to round it out.

Frank Cooper is the patriarchy. It’s not your marmalade pal

🎶SHUT THE FUCK UP, LIL SEBASTIAN🎶

It’s 100 years since the Scopes trial so why not watch Inherit the Wind (free on Prime) and enjoy Spencer Tracy laying into ignorance, superstition and authoritarianism

Two children in jeans and jumpers are engrossed in their comics as they sit on packed suitcases

When they bought you the bumper summer edition for the journey

(Talkabout Holidays, 1977)
Artist: Robert Ayton

Couldn't keep listening to the superb @originstorypodcast.bsky.social and not become a Patreon member.

The work @dorianlynskey.bsky.social and @iandunt.bsky.social put into every episode is tremendous. Clearly a real labour of love.

That rare beast: Educational AND entertaining.

Never stop, lads!

Oops! I've "accidentally" started tomorrow's #A-Haydn-A-Day early.

I may not always love you
But long as there are stars above you
You never need to doubt it
I'll make you so sure about it...

YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic 'Til I Die (Remastered 2009)

When I think of Brian Wilson I think how wonderful it was that he had the chance to come back from limbo with the 2002 Pet Sounds shows and then finally finish Smile. After a pretty hellish three decades, he got to see how loved he was. Those shows were celestial.
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Star Trek The Search for Spock scene. Our Lord and Savior Spock is pictured in a white robe. He stands surrounded by his shipmates who are all older here than they were in the TV show. Sulu is touching Spock's chest for some reason and he's smiling. Uhura, Chekov, Scotty, and Bones also all seem thrilled to see him. Despite being surrounded by friends, Spock is staring only at Kirk, for obvious reasons.

He is risen

Record cover. Elfrida Andrée: Symphony No. 1; Fritiof-Svit. Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Hermann Bäumer. CPO 5555892.

Record cover. Emilie Mayer: Symphonies 4 & 6. NDR Radiophilharmonie, Jan Willem de Vriend. CPO 5556152.

Ok so it's a day late, but don't let that stop you celebrating #NewReleaseFriday! This week my playlist starts with not one, not two, but THREE symphonies by women. de Vriend's previous Mayer record (Nos. 3 & 7) was my favourite of her symphonies so far. Try them all here ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn

My wife just realized it’s not “Hans Olo”

Sad things you realise in adulthood: there's no Bermuda Triangle; there are surprisingly few uses for felt; solar eclipses are actually shit.

isn't it just

I mean, imagine making Canada your enemy. Canada. Possibly the least offensive nation on earth.

Album cover for Sir Richard Rodney Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5 - Concerto For Orchestra; Sonnets To Orpheus; Diversions. Jonathan Aasgaard (cello), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson. Chandos Records.

Album cover for Mozart: Serenata (eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Posthorn - Haffner). Munich Chamber Orchestra, Enrico Onofri. Harmonia Mundi.

Album cover for Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. II. Fleur Barron (mezzo-soprano), Alexandre Duhamel (baritone), OBC Barcelona Symphony Orchestra, Ludovic Morlot. L'Auditori Records.

Album cover for Tchaikovsky: Suites 1 & 2. Orchestre Consuelo, Victor Julien-Laferrière. Mirare Records.

Happy #NewReleaseFriday! This week: more revelatory Richard Rodney Bennett from John Wilson in Scotland, Ravel from Spain, Tchaikovsky from France, and Mozart marches & serenades from Munich. Sample them on my playlist of symphony & orchestral #NewReleases, updated every Friday. ▶️ spoti.fi/400asdn

🎉OUT NOW🎉 It’s five years this week since we left the EU. Isn’t everything going brilliantly?! Special guest @anandmenon.bsky.social of UK In A Changing Europe joins us to assess the many, many achievements of Global Britain! Has Brexit changed Britain irrevocably? linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

The only way this could be better is if they'd included an interview with Paul Simon.

Do you think this editorial cartoon will be seen even more now, after the Washington Post tried to make sure it wasn’t seen?

Gee, I wonder. #StreisandEffect

The podcast is excellent

A one-panel comic by Glauco Villas Boas. A group of people stand against the corner of a wall. One reaches around the corner and uses a long stick to push open a door labeled 2025.

This comic gets shared every year with the date changed. It is by Brazilian cartoonist Glauco Villas Boas (1957-2010).

Someone should write a story about a rich workaholic who’s miserable and alone at Christmas because he sucks. Throw in some ghosts or something

Gavin and Stacey: That was perfect. Just perfect. I adored every second of it.

🎄Our Christmas live show at @comedystoreuk.bsky.social uk is up NOW as a festive brace of podcasts.
🎅 Get Part 1 (UK politics) and Part 2 (France, Trump, party games) here: linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...

Copy pasting the same thing for my last Twitter post and my first Bluesky post and seeing which gets more traction