Alan

Steve: did u guys get a good pic of me
Dave: ya dont worry
Steve: which pic did u use
Mark: dont worry about it

Isn’t the second pic referencing JFK Vs Nixon?

I remember learning about the Hays Code in film school and how it made it so that any amoral protagonist had to meet karmic justice by the end of the film and going “wow, that’s really silly” and then once a week I log online and see people argue that we need stuff like that now or it’s problematic

They did him on SNL in December!

I went to my first Grand Prix last year (Spa, lot more walking than you’d think!) and I was only able to tell the drivers on each team apart because you mentioned the camera tower colours on the pre-season primer so thanks

I do think “Graham Platner was a bartender who personally served some DC pundits and reporters and was known to them” is a pretty big part of the skeleton key to unlocking how he got so much cash and media attention so fast and why they’re so determined to stay all in on him now

We have a secret neighbourhood group chat called No Robs

I like it! And it seems like they’ve assembled a good team for this (I like everybody I’ve heard of)

“The cars have an overtake button”
“We regret to inform you that the laws of physics stop the car’s battery from ever generating enough charge to use the overtake button”

Which Chimp Should Wield The Crystal? | Defector More than a century ago, the Chinese paleontologist and archaeologist Pei Wenzhong found an unusual trove in the same cave near Beijing where he found the skulls of the early hominin Peking Man. Along...

I wrote about which chimp deserves the chance to unlock the healing powers of crystals
defector.com/which-chimp-...

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Headline of a Q&A in New Yorker formatting Headline: A panicked middle-aged man refuses to tell me directions to the bathroom. Subhed: Please, I just have to pee. I'm in a hurry. By Isaac Chotiner March 4, 2026

Excuse me. Oh, God. Oh, no. Holy shit. Get away from me. I was wondering if you knew where the bathrooms are. Look, I'm ... it's not a crime to scroll through your high school girlfriend's Instagram account. We remained friends after high school! I was at her wedding! It's only natural to see how she's doing.

I'm in a bit of a hurry, and I'm afraid that if I choose the wrong corridor, I'll be late for my train. I think they're down that way, but I'm actually from out of town. Please stop talking to me.

Real quick, though. I agree that it's natural to be interested in an old friend, but aren't you afraid about the message you might be sending by liking a picture of her at the beach from 2015? If that did happen, and I'm only going off your word, it was probably an accident. They put the ... scroll bars or whatever ... close to the thumbs up button. People have been complaining about that for years. I've been complaining about that for years.

I released a Christmas song with the Chocolate Rain guy

Starting to think I could actually be a good undercover agent based on how convincingly I’m enthusing about AI in work

Yeah I was thinking of Golden Axe, Streets Of Rage, Alien Storm

2026 nuclear family meme— featuring Fritzi as Neurodivergent Aunt, Sluggo as Sluggo, Nancy as Daughter, Nancy Jr as Woke Dog

This is wild to me because I feel like the trope of “three playable characters to choose from, the female character is weaker but faster” is from like two whole console generations earlier than Tomb Raider?

As always

People sometimes ask why I left Twitter for Bluesky but earlier I posted here about being HIV+ for thirty years and none of the replies have told me I deserved it, I should have died, and angrily denounced how much it cost to develop the medication that kept me alive

Greg Davies: Seems very straightforward. Pop back to Ireland, see the old homestead, don't get off the horse.

Alex Horne: You would think it's simple wouldn't you.

Oisín: OK look -

Alex Horne: Roll the clip!

Greg Davies: Get to Chulainn’s dinner party on time. Seems straightforward.

Alex Horne: Yep, we gave them plenty of time.

*Setanta shifts nervously in his seat*

Alex: let’s see how Setanta did

Greg Davies: Impress your mother? Seems like a nice wholesome task for a Channel 4 light entertainment show. Surely nobody did something that can never be taken back?

Alex Horne: Let’s see how Oedipus did

- The Bone Clocks (2014), David Mitchell

A photo of an Irish road sign for Banna Strand

There’s always money in the

Some of the lads of Irish Irony-Poisoning Twitter are googling how to become a prison penpal

Greg Davies: Can’t fault you for effort, well done that man.

Sisyphus: What kept me going was knowing everyone else was also pushing that boulder uphill every day.

Alex Horne: Ah. Well, I’ve got some bad news there.

Years ago I wrote a piece for the NYT about how my 78yo dad and I bond over our shared love of Enya. I said he was occasionally brought to tears by her music, so THEY RANG MY OWN DAD TO CHECK.

I could have saved them the long distance charges by saying he was forcibly transitioned by Enya's music.

#beastmode

From Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 3: The Captive Castaways Mickey, covered in chains, looks down at a tube that rolled over to him, Opium written on the side. Mickey: Good gosh! Opium!

This is also how Robert Webb poked his head over the transphobia wall a while back