brb designing a wifi router which blocks fb/linkedin/twitter/most news sites unless you constantly hold down a button marked “I WANT MY LIFE TO SUCK FOR A BIT” or maybe put a coin in a meter to save up for therapy bills
(yes i am subtweeting multiple people here including myself)
(yes i am subtweeting multiple people here including myself)
January 11, 2026 at 1:45 PM
brb designing a wifi router which blocks fb/linkedin/twitter/most news sites unless you constantly hold down a button marked “I WANT MY LIFE TO SUCK FOR A BIT” or maybe put a coin in a meter to save up for therapy bills
(yes i am subtweeting multiple people here including myself)
(yes i am subtweeting multiple people here including myself)
At some point during last night’s festivities someone appears to have found and consumed the wine in the fridge that’s been open since Boxing Day which I was using for cooking. Well done whoever you are! 🫡
January 11, 2026 at 1:31 PM
At some point during last night’s festivities someone appears to have found and consumed the wine in the fridge that’s been open since Boxing Day which I was using for cooking. Well done whoever you are! 🫡
One of my all time favourite MeFi comments, behind perhaps only “It is time now to talk about The Wheel” and “First, be smart from the very beginning”.
today i got mildly bummed because i saw an "explain this joke" post on reddit about "He Needs Mouse Bites To Live," and everyone upvoted a comment that said it was from an old video. but it was originally from a 2007 metafilter comment that i read on the day it was posted while slacking at work
January 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM
One of my all time favourite MeFi comments, behind perhaps only “It is time now to talk about The Wheel” and “First, be smart from the very beginning”.
I needed a physical copy of a broadsheet today (because reasons) and of the six places I tried, all had the Telegraph if they sold newspapers at all, and only one had the FT. We used to be a country, etc
January 9, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I needed a physical copy of a broadsheet today (because reasons) and of the six places I tried, all had the Telegraph if they sold newspapers at all, and only one had the FT. We used to be a country, etc
Can Sadiq Khan please set up a podium on the junction of Lower Road just by Surrey Quays tube and make a stirring speech about reinstating the box junction there before doing so, that would be awesome
Zohran just went out and fixed the Williamsburg Bridge bike entrance. Just did it. No faffing, no nonsense. Bam. Fixed.
January 6, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Can Sadiq Khan please set up a podium on the junction of Lower Road just by Surrey Quays tube and make a stirring speech about reinstating the box junction there before doing so, that would be awesome
excellent work from the FT here
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter.
Featuring illustrations by Grok, because “pixels 🟰 zero harm” apparently. www.ft.com/content/ad94...
Featuring illustrations by Grok, because “pixels 🟰 zero harm” apparently. www.ft.com/content/ad94...
January 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
excellent work from the FT here
For all that floating-point arithmetic is annoying and full of sharp edges and weird behaviour, it’s worth bearing in mind that the alternatives are often even harder to work with
iquilezles.org/articles/flo...
iquilezles.org/articles/flo...
Inigo Quilez :: computer graphics, mathematics, shaders, fractals, demoscene and more
Tutorials and articles of Inigo Quilez on computer graphics, fractals, demoscene, shaders and more.
iquilezles.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:09 AM
For all that floating-point arithmetic is annoying and full of sharp edges and weird behaviour, it’s worth bearing in mind that the alternatives are often even harder to work with
iquilezles.org/articles/flo...
iquilezles.org/articles/flo...
when i was in the lovely water i felt the lovely sensation of every single blood vessel in my body clenching in the lovely cold
The sea was LOVELY.
I have had a new year’s dip in the sea and I am confident that things can only get better from here
January 2, 2026 at 11:26 PM
when i was in the lovely water i felt the lovely sensation of every single blood vessel in my body clenching in the lovely cold
I have had a new year’s dip in the sea and I am confident that things can only get better from here
January 1, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I have had a new year’s dip in the sea and I am confident that things can only get better from here
Some time in the early 00s my sister and I were flicking through TV late at night and we found this and ever since I’ve been trying to get her to once again find the secret Ninja Channel which is just 24h musical martial arts
youtu.be/cYXI344Siew?...
youtu.be/cYXI344Siew?...
December 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Some time in the early 00s my sister and I were flicking through TV late at night and we found this and ever since I’ve been trying to get her to once again find the secret Ninja Channel which is just 24h musical martial arts
youtu.be/cYXI344Siew?...
youtu.be/cYXI344Siew?...
Aww man tfw you think “what a great story” then realise why it got posted
I spoke to Isiah Whitlock Jr on the phone for a Wire retrospective a few years ago and I did not - would never - ask him to say the word but he said it anyway, just as a treat, and had a good old chuckle about it
December 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Aww man tfw you think “what a great story” then realise why it got posted
People moan about family tech support but I have just installed a shelf and USB dongle so The Teenager can hook up his laptop and position it on the right spot by the MIDI keyboard, and listening to him noodle around with new ease is lovely
December 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
People moan about family tech support but I have just installed a shelf and USB dongle so The Teenager can hook up his laptop and position it on the right spot by the MIDI keyboard, and listening to him noodle around with new ease is lovely
the club scene was awesome but the bisexual lighting was perfection, just impossibly good, we love it
…ok so the hockey yaoi is actually quite good isn’t it?
December 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
the club scene was awesome but the bisexual lighting was perfection, just impossibly good, we love it
…ok so the hockey yaoi is actually quite good isn’t it?
December 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
…ok so the hockey yaoi is actually quite good isn’t it?
Never quite sure how to respond when the blood donation people are all “Ohh you’ve got good veins! You’re a great bleeder!”
…thanks?!? i guess?
…thanks?!? i guess?
December 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Never quite sure how to respond when the blood donation people are all “Ohh you’ve got good veins! You’re a great bleeder!”
…thanks?!? i guess?
…thanks?!? i guess?
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Common mistake but O Brother Where Art Thou was actually a remake of the original
December 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Common mistake but O Brother Where Art Thou was actually a remake of the original
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Cole Hawlings is a queer ally for freeing the Waterfall Twink.
December 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Cole Hawlings is a queer ally for freeing the Waterfall Twink.
Ok for all I grumble about iOS, “are you really sure you want to be woken up at that time on Christmas morning?” is a pretty good feature, well done there
December 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Ok for all I grumble about iOS, “are you really sure you want to be woken up at that time on Christmas morning?” is a pretty good feature, well done there
I have only just discovered that you can use a neodymium magnet as a stud finder and it’s way better than the inscrutable beepy thing
December 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I have only just discovered that you can use a neodymium magnet as a stud finder and it’s way better than the inscrutable beepy thing
🚩Marked safe from: amateur hour at Borough Market
December 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🚩Marked safe from: amateur hour at Borough Market
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I've just realised that throughout that whole damn film nobody actually makes a margin call
December 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I've just realised that throughout that whole damn film nobody actually makes a margin call
I am currently struggling with the hardest part of making mince pies (not eating them all the moment they come out of the oven)
December 18, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I am currently struggling with the hardest part of making mince pies (not eating them all the moment they come out of the oven)
The sky above the Shard was the color of television tuned to a dead HDMI port
December 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The sky above the Shard was the color of television tuned to a dead HDMI port
I finally upgraded to iOS 26 and I hate the UI a little less now that I’ve convinced myself that there’s just a thin layer of plastic over my phone with cutouts where the widgets live, but some of the details are insanely impressive - it has chromatic aberration when you drag transparent things!!!
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I finally upgraded to iOS 26 and I hate the UI a little less now that I’ve convinced myself that there’s just a thin layer of plastic over my phone with cutouts where the widgets live, but some of the details are insanely impressive - it has chromatic aberration when you drag transparent things!!!
The Christmas lights at Kew were lovely as always but I fear that my standard for these things was set by the magnificent laser lake installed by @yagfox.bsky.social at the last EMF, and it’s a very hard one to measure up to
December 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The Christmas lights at Kew were lovely as always but I fear that my standard for these things was set by the magnificent laser lake installed by @yagfox.bsky.social at the last EMF, and it’s a very hard one to measure up to