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Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian. [Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa]. 1 PRESENTER: Now - some disturbing new research has shown 2 PRESENTER: that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK. [Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives  3 PRESENTER: In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage [We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage] 4 PRESENTER: Nigel, what’s your view?  FARAGE: Well I think this very worrying. 5 FARAGE: And just another reason why we should ban all immigration. 6 PRESENTER: I won’t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! 7 PRESENTER: Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it? FARAGE: Oop - plug time! PRESENTER: Ha ha 8 FARAGE: Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’. 9 [Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc] FARAGE: It’s a really emotional journey  10 FARAGE: with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...  11 FARAGE: as I answer the question: *Am I the only option for Britain?* 12 [Cut back to studio] PRESENTER: I won’t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! [ends]

Stupid/bleak concept inspired by the Crimson Guard reveal today: Cobra preying on trans people to drive Siegie recruitment.
"Oh, yeah, we can pay for your top surgery no problem. We'll even do facial reconstruction! Just one thing: how do you feel about the name Fred?"

I met it in person today, waited till the Hasbro guy was away so I could take a picture with an iconic flop.

Would be cool to get a Cyberworld panel at TFN 2026, I hadn't realised that most of the cast and crew were UK-based!

TBH, I think there's a degree to which the war for What Transformers Looks Like ended in the late '10s, and now everything aimed at adults will look G1 and everything aimed at kids will look evergreen, and we all just kinda have to make peace with it.

Flashing back to all the insane shit people were throwing around about Ruckley after that Brainstorm death at the start of IDW2, TBH.

Frankly it's insane the "trust" score is as high as 9%??

The Beano kids are investigating the haunted Pizza shop in this week's Beano.

The Pizza shop on Hobbs lane.

Because if there's one thing kids love it's references to Quatermass and the Pit.

I don't think they're stripping it out of the normal subscription, are they? I've just taken a look on my parents' account, and it looks like they just renamed the "Star" tile to say Hulu instead, all the same stuff is still there.

I'm always thinking about the 1950s throuple from the Godzilla/Kong prequel TV show.

I think it's supposed to be a Cybertronian-mode version of his Legacy toy, judging by the design art.

It terrifies me to know that several human beings are going to look at their Friday Night, one of a finite amount of Friday nights you will ever experience, and decide to go see Tron: Ares

Black and white illustration with gray shading of a humanoid robot. He has a burly build, with a thick trunk made up of the front section of a wrecker truck. Flame decals adorn his abdomen/hood, where a Decepticon symbol is centered. He holds a chained morning star-type weapon in his burly hands. His ankles have large tires on them. His helmet is studded with round lenses and a slit for his eyes, and his face is behind a mask.

#botaday RM-04: Wrecker Hook. The Japanese name of Tow-Line, a character in the RID line that redecoed a design from Machine Wars. This version, released in Japan in 2004 as part of the RobotMasters line, is now redecoed as a Decepticon. Wrecker Hook transforms into a Kenworth W900 wrecker truck.

You've sort of got to feel a little bad for Emiliano Santalucia that one of his most visible and long-lasting contributions to TF has wound up being a set of designs now synonymous with, like, dogshit licensed fragrances and Official Collabs with sports gambling apps or whatever.

See honestly, if you commissioned Guidi or someone to do nice new art of this moment and put *that* on your Transformers protein powder tub, it'd go *some* way to making it feel like a fun product that somebody put thought into and not joyless Brand Slop, but obv. just it's the evergreen brand kit.

Be sure to go on the literal theme park ride they have there about the construction of the Titanic!

who act as if it was made in space by nobody and reflects nothing, or indeed nerd demiurge theorists who act as if there is a "true" version of the story blocked off by evil makers putting in unnecessary drama or sex scenes

I worry that more people than we realise don't care who made something!

one thing that sticks with me in relation to the point of "people will never fully accept AI generated media as a replacement for human-made stuff" is the overwhelming prevalence of people in nerd spaces who act as if their favourite game, anime or whatever (especially non-English media)>

I had no idea such footage existed this is incredible. To say this is an influential image is probably a vast understatement and you get to see it being made

I cannot believe people were losing their jobs for being mildly critical of Charlie Kirk and the president of the united states just went on tv and said "skill issue loser, RIP but I'm different"

There’s always a plan B…

Afantasia is when you can't picture Mickey Mouse dressed as a wizard.

Alyson — 17:17 imagine an adorable cartoon pig made from the mosty delicious candy ever. its eyes are gumdrops. its flesh is marshmallow. its organs are gourmet chocolate. now imagine eating its hard, slightly indigestible feet that’s Percy Pig

explaining percy pig to non-brits

inb4 Microsoft announces the Xbox Delta-13 Edition with flagship Copilot integration and gets torn to shreds, and three days later Sony reveals the PS6 and garners thunderous applause just for saying "yeah it hasn't got AI features".

Hooting and hollering @ the female Siegie! More for the Cobra girlies shelf!

the ad from above, but signed by Renee Jacobs (April O'Neil, with a "guess not...", Barry Gordon (Donatello, with a "YEAH RIGHT!"), Townsend Coleman (Michelangelo, with a "Still here!"), Rob Paulsen (Raphael) and Cam Clarke (Leonardo, with a "Crystal Ball, anyone?")

I think it's funnier that someone got this signed by the original Turtles.

The error's not coming off the phone number box, is it? I've had that before - you have to manually select a country for it from a dropdown but the UI design sucks and it's not clear you have to do that.

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

it's not FOR us

Oh shit, I missed this! Boom picked up the Jem licence and are doing a Kickstarter for a collection of the IDW run! I only ever owned that digitally, so if it's properly complete and presented nicely, I might go in on that.