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ah fuck Frodo has put on the One Ring somewhere in Cambridgeshire
Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
December 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
ah fuck Frodo has put on the One Ring somewhere in Cambridgeshire
This is even better than telling kids that the ice cream van only plays music when it’s out of ice cream, or that cakes will only rise if you stay quiet while they’re in the oven
I think my mum wanted to avoid spending money on something an 8yo would destroy. But I believed her when she told me that the people who wore sunglasses were vampires. I did my best to avoid sunglasses wearers in case they were hungry. I now own sunglasses.
December 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is even better than telling kids that the ice cream van only plays music when it’s out of ice cream, or that cakes will only rise if you stay quiet while they’re in the oven
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Today I introduced my parents to the greatest joke of all time.
December 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Today I introduced my parents to the greatest joke of all time.
Think I should go to this, drink 300 coffees, and then I’ll be able to see through time
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December 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Think I should go to this, drink 300 coffees, and then I’ll be able to see through time
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When you're running the BBC website in 1533
December 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
When you're running the BBC website in 1533
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Visitors are coming, so you clean your messy house because your standard of cleanliness is based on the houses you visit, houses that look spotless since they cleaned up before you arrived after seeing your house was clean when they visited.
Together, we can stop this.
Don’t clean up.
Together, we can stop this.
Don’t clean up.
December 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Visitors are coming, so you clean your messy house because your standard of cleanliness is based on the houses you visit, houses that look spotless since they cleaned up before you arrived after seeing your house was clean when they visited.
Together, we can stop this.
Don’t clean up.
Together, we can stop this.
Don’t clean up.
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ASMR? Pff. If you want a shiver down your spine, try listening to “Hey Jude” by The Beatles and rewinding to hear the “better better better BETTER OOH na na na na na na na hey Jude” bit again and again
November 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
ASMR? Pff. If you want a shiver down your spine, try listening to “Hey Jude” by The Beatles and rewinding to hear the “better better better BETTER OOH na na na na na na na hey Jude” bit again and again
Perfect sign placement, 10/10 no notes
December 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Perfect sign placement, 10/10 no notes
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This essay by the author of a recent well-reviewed book about Tolkien starts modestly and then stabs you with a Morgul-blade halfway through, where you are pinioned by a twist in the telling. You may never recover. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Opinion | Why I Keep Returning to Middle-Earth
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This essay by the author of a recent well-reviewed book about Tolkien starts modestly and then stabs you with a Morgul-blade halfway through, where you are pinioned by a twist in the telling. You may never recover. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
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Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
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Laughing
I have no idea where this is originally from or if my friend made it but they sent it to me once; and I love it
December 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Laughing
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Fieldfare and Waxwing from Heath And Woodland Birds, John Leigh-Pemberton.
December 19, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Fieldfare and Waxwing from Heath And Woodland Birds, John Leigh-Pemberton.
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Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Of all the sins of AI, this is an unexpected and deeply annoying one
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I heard there was a secret meat
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I heard there was a secret meat
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
The footage of this race is hilarious AND Bradbury is genuinely an inspiration. He came back *twice* from life-threatening injury to compete in Salt Lake City and became Olympic champion through perseverance and determination.
He also saved four teenage girls from drowning in 2022.
He also saved four teenage girls from drowning in 2022.
In Aussie slang “do a Bradbury” describes a surprise / lucky victory. In 2002, Aussie skater Steven Bradbury got to the semis of the Winter Olympics because the world champion was disqualified. Bradbury then won the semi when everyone in front of him fell over (which then also happened in the final)
December 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The footage of this race is hilarious AND Bradbury is genuinely an inspiration. He came back *twice* from life-threatening injury to compete in Salt Lake City and became Olympic champion through perseverance and determination.
He also saved four teenage girls from drowning in 2022.
He also saved four teenage girls from drowning in 2022.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild
Red squirrel
Screech owl
Hare
Badger
TaillessTenrec*
*like a hedgehog with a longer snout and legs, lives in Madagascar and some other islands in the Indian Ocean, I saw them in Mauritius
Red squirrel
Screech owl
Hare
Badger
TaillessTenrec*
*like a hedgehog with a longer snout and legs, lives in Madagascar and some other islands in the Indian Ocean, I saw them in Mauritius
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild.
Red deer
Hedgehog
Tawny Owl
Mink
Hare
Red deer
Hedgehog
Tawny Owl
Mink
Hare
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Hedgehog
Roe deer
Badger
Muntjac deer
Fox
I live in the Cotswolds, okay?
Hedgehog
Roe deer
Badger
Muntjac deer
Fox
I live in the Cotswolds, okay?
December 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild
Red squirrel
Screech owl
Hare
Badger
TaillessTenrec*
*like a hedgehog with a longer snout and legs, lives in Madagascar and some other islands in the Indian Ocean, I saw them in Mauritius
Red squirrel
Screech owl
Hare
Badger
TaillessTenrec*
*like a hedgehog with a longer snout and legs, lives in Madagascar and some other islands in the Indian Ocean, I saw them in Mauritius
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English isn't my wife's first language, but she's lived in UK 20+ yrs. This morning, at a carol concert, I learned she has been singing that "Christ, Arse Saver" is born during 'Silent Night' the whole time. "Because he saves our arses, yes?"
December 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
English isn't my wife's first language, but she's lived in UK 20+ yrs. This morning, at a carol concert, I learned she has been singing that "Christ, Arse Saver" is born during 'Silent Night' the whole time. "Because he saves our arses, yes?"
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When I was a bookseller:
"I saw someone reading a book on the tube. Do you have it?"
"Do you know the title or the author?"
"No."
"Can you tell me what it looked like?"
"I know it was black. It must be popular, I'm surprised you don't know it."
*Shows them The Secret History*
"That's it."
"I saw someone reading a book on the tube. Do you have it?"
"Do you know the title or the author?"
"No."
"Can you tell me what it looked like?"
"I know it was black. It must be popular, I'm surprised you don't know it."
*Shows them The Secret History*
"That's it."
December 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
When I was a bookseller:
"I saw someone reading a book on the tube. Do you have it?"
"Do you know the title or the author?"
"No."
"Can you tell me what it looked like?"
"I know it was black. It must be popular, I'm surprised you don't know it."
*Shows them The Secret History*
"That's it."
"I saw someone reading a book on the tube. Do you have it?"
"Do you know the title or the author?"
"No."
"Can you tell me what it looked like?"
"I know it was black. It must be popular, I'm surprised you don't know it."
*Shows them The Secret History*
"That's it."
Listening to the latest episode of The Rest Is Entertainment and hearing Richard Osman get radicalised in real time by the AI industry is quite a treat.
He’s literally talking about how the OpenAI-Disney deal proves that Karl Marx was right all along
He’s literally talking about how the OpenAI-Disney deal proves that Karl Marx was right all along
December 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Listening to the latest episode of The Rest Is Entertainment and hearing Richard Osman get radicalised in real time by the AI industry is quite a treat.
He’s literally talking about how the OpenAI-Disney deal proves that Karl Marx was right all along
He’s literally talking about how the OpenAI-Disney deal proves that Karl Marx was right all along
I see there’s “should writers pivot to video” discourse today. I personally have no desire to make videos, but more than that I think we need to be a bit more honest about how much difference all this self-promotion social media stuff actually makes.
December 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I see there’s “should writers pivot to video” discourse today. I personally have no desire to make videos, but more than that I think we need to be a bit more honest about how much difference all this self-promotion social media stuff actually makes.
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A German version of “the early bird catches the worm” translates to “the morning hour has gold in its mouth.” A Czech version is “he who does not laze around, gets the greens.” But my favourite is the French “the first cow to the meadow licks up all the dew” (imo, a vache improvement on the others).
December 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
A German version of “the early bird catches the worm” translates to “the morning hour has gold in its mouth.” A Czech version is “he who does not laze around, gets the greens.” But my favourite is the French “the first cow to the meadow licks up all the dew” (imo, a vache improvement on the others).
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Book Cover of the Day:
December 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Book Cover of the Day:
Subtext is for cowards
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 16, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Subtext is for cowards
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—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
—I’ve been asked to baptise the King of Spain’s daughter
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly
—Infanta?
—No, holy water as usual. Weird thing to ask honestly