I invite everyone who still thinks their Brexit vote was a good idea to put themselves through departures at Alicante airport and drink it deep and dry.
November 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I invite everyone who still thinks their Brexit vote was a good idea to put themselves through departures at Alicante airport and drink it deep and dry.
Yes. It’s the sadness at the heart of the absurdity trap that gets me. What a great piece.
"The wallpaper was busier maybe, the world was browner, but essentially it was the same world, where telephones were answered with a string of digits and time flowed begrudgingly forwards like gravy."
I wrote about my favourite sitcom of all time.
madeleinebrettingham.substack.com/p/that-is-wh...
I wrote about my favourite sitcom of all time.
madeleinebrettingham.substack.com/p/that-is-wh...
October 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Yes. It’s the sadness at the heart of the absurdity trap that gets me. What a great piece.
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i resent how every time i do an internet search for something now the browser takes a guess at explaining what i am searching for at me. i know what i am looking for actually, do not presume i need it explained, how insulting
September 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
i resent how every time i do an internet search for something now the browser takes a guess at explaining what i am searching for at me. i know what i am looking for actually, do not presume i need it explained, how insulting
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I am biased but I don’t think there is a better website on the internet today than TheOnion.com.
September 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I am biased but I don’t think there is a better website on the internet today than TheOnion.com.
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gentleman, gentleman, please, there's no need for this! you are both in the epstein files.
June 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
gentleman, gentleman, please, there's no need for this! you are both in the epstein files.
Well that’s the end of Dr Who for a while I think. It’s saying something when the Jodie Whittaker bit was the best bit. Incomprehensible.
May 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Well that’s the end of Dr Who for a while I think. It’s saying something when the Jodie Whittaker bit was the best bit. Incomprehensible.
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Incredible work from everyone involved here
May 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Incredible work from everyone involved here
“Conclave” now trending on Amazon Prime…
April 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
“Conclave” now trending on Amazon Prime…
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Due to a mix-up at the BBC Graphics Department in 1982... #DoctorWho #Sorry
April 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Due to a mix-up at the BBC Graphics Department in 1982... #DoctorWho #Sorry
Zelenskyy having to tweet out gritted-teeth flattery to the giant orange baby and his gutless weasels... there is no sick bag big enough.
March 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Zelenskyy having to tweet out gritted-teeth flattery to the giant orange baby and his gutless weasels... there is no sick bag big enough.
One day, when I reach the apex of a life commuting - I’m just going to lose it and scream “TAKE your BAG off the seat MOTHERFUCKER!!” and decent people in the carriage will clap and applaud and then I’ll ascend heavenwards on a stairwell of stars. Good morning.
February 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
One day, when I reach the apex of a life commuting - I’m just going to lose it and scream “TAKE your BAG off the seat MOTHERFUCKER!!” and decent people in the carriage will clap and applaud and then I’ll ascend heavenwards on a stairwell of stars. Good morning.
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How much of *your* working day, in terms of extra clicks and closing pop ups and finding / un-checking menu preferences, is spent turning off AI assistance?
FUCK OFF. I CAN DRAW AND COMPOSE AND MIX AND EDIT AND DESIGN AND WRITE AND COMPREHEND AND SUMMARISE.
THOSE ARE MY SKILLS.
FUCK OFF.
FUCK OFF. I CAN DRAW AND COMPOSE AND MIX AND EDIT AND DESIGN AND WRITE AND COMPREHEND AND SUMMARISE.
THOSE ARE MY SKILLS.
FUCK OFF.
February 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
How much of *your* working day, in terms of extra clicks and closing pop ups and finding / un-checking menu preferences, is spent turning off AI assistance?
FUCK OFF. I CAN DRAW AND COMPOSE AND MIX AND EDIT AND DESIGN AND WRITE AND COMPREHEND AND SUMMARISE.
THOSE ARE MY SKILLS.
FUCK OFF.
FUCK OFF. I CAN DRAW AND COMPOSE AND MIX AND EDIT AND DESIGN AND WRITE AND COMPREHEND AND SUMMARISE.
THOSE ARE MY SKILLS.
FUCK OFF.
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Actually addressing a neo-nazi rally is really common in autism.
January 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Actually addressing a neo-nazi rally is really common in autism.
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Trump speech in brief:
January 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Trump speech in brief:
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Elon Musk Holds Up AI Girlfriend App So She Can See
theonion.com/elon-mu...
theonion.com/elon-mu...
January 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Elon Musk Holds Up AI Girlfriend App So She Can See
theonion.com/elon-mu...
theonion.com/elon-mu...
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So on the pardon front, we have a day when an outgoing president feels the need to pardon lots of people who haven’t committer crimes, and an incoming president who will likely pardon lots of people who definitely have (Jan 6th insurrectionists).
January 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
So on the pardon front, we have a day when an outgoing president feels the need to pardon lots of people who haven’t committer crimes, and an incoming president who will likely pardon lots of people who definitely have (Jan 6th insurrectionists).
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JD Vance Begins To Suspect There Another Group Chat
theonion.com/jd-vanc...
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JD Vance Begins To Suspect There Another Group Chat
PALM BEACH, FL—Noticing everyone else’s phone simultaneously buzzing throughout a meeting, Vice President-elect JD Vance began to suspect there was another group chat among Trump’s senior staff that he wasn’t part of, sources confirmed Monday. “It can’t be a coincidence that they all keep looking down at their phones and chuckling at the same time,” […]
theonion.com
January 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
JD Vance Begins To Suspect There Another Group Chat
theonion.com/jd-vanc...
theonion.com/jd-vanc...
After watching multiple episodes of "Shrinking" in a row, this is all I can think about:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXBs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXBs...
Talking About Feelings | Succession
YouTube video by Greg The Egg
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
After watching multiple episodes of "Shrinking" in a row, this is all I can think about:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXBs...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXBs...
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Touching words there
January 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Touching words there
I was obsessed by Tony Slattery in Whose Line Is It Anyway when I was a teenager. Taped and watched and rewatched S&M his Channel 4 series with Mike McShane. Ah, dear...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tony Slattery: Comedian and actor dies aged 65
He was known for his quick-witted improvisations on shows like Channel 4's Whose Line Is It Anyway.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I was obsessed by Tony Slattery in Whose Line Is It Anyway when I was a teenager. Taped and watched and rewatched S&M his Channel 4 series with Mike McShane. Ah, dear...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Channel 4 Thatcher vs Brian Walden interview drama is my jam, but I am amused by this trend now for overly episodic series about media interviews. Next I am hoping for three simultaneous 6 part dramas about the time some kid called into Going Live and called Five Star "fucking shit."
January 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Channel 4 Thatcher vs Brian Walden interview drama is my jam, but I am amused by this trend now for overly episodic series about media interviews. Next I am hoping for three simultaneous 6 part dramas about the time some kid called into Going Live and called Five Star "fucking shit."
Perhaps this new platform might improve my blood pressure.
January 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Perhaps this new platform might improve my blood pressure.