Joel Morris
@gralefrit.bsky.social
Writer & highwayman.
Ladybird, Cunk, Wipe, Be Funny Or Die, Framley, Candidate band, Comfort Blanket, Broken Veil etc
https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit
AGENTS, website, links, bio etc: www.gralefrit.co.uk
Ladybird, Cunk, Wipe, Be Funny Or Die, Framley, Candidate band, Comfort Blanket, Broken Veil etc
https://ko-fi.com/gralefrit
AGENTS, website, links, bio etc: www.gralefrit.co.uk
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If you want to get info, buy books, courses etc, it’s all on my website…
www.gralefrit.co.uk
Substack: for writing, Comfort Blanket and exclusive bonus subscriber podcasts.
joelmorris.substack.com
And the Broken Veil channel is where to get (and support) the weird stuff.
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
www.gralefrit.co.uk
Substack: for writing, Comfort Blanket and exclusive bonus subscriber podcasts.
joelmorris.substack.com
And the Broken Veil channel is where to get (and support) the weird stuff.
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
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Finally got around to listening to this (while nursing a cold, which heightens the sense of discombobulation). It's great.
BROKEN VEIL
TOP TEN BEST AUDIO OF 2025 -- The Observer
BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS WINNER
Series one out now wherever you get your podcasts.
Series two coming exclusively to Patreon in 2026.
#BrokenVeil
TOP TEN BEST AUDIO OF 2025 -- The Observer
BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS WINNER
Series one out now wherever you get your podcasts.
Series two coming exclusively to Patreon in 2026.
#BrokenVeil
January 10, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Finally got around to listening to this (while nursing a cold, which heightens the sense of discombobulation). It's great.
It’s like Richard Scarry doing the end of the Zone of Interest.
Feel like he’s breaking the 4th wall bc he realized this is kinda f’d up
January 10, 2026 at 8:57 AM
It’s like Richard Scarry doing the end of the Zone of Interest.
I can’t fathom this either.
Is one side trying to prove a terrible crime took place, and the other to prove their guy didn’t miss? Like one side is treating it as evidence, and the other as a sort of fascist VAR?
Is one side trying to prove a terrible crime took place, and the other to prove their guy didn’t miss? Like one side is treating it as evidence, and the other as a sort of fascist VAR?
The most frightening thing about the shooting in Minnesota is the way two 'sides' are both showing the same video and both convinced it proves that they're right.
January 10, 2026 at 8:56 AM
I can’t fathom this either.
Is one side trying to prove a terrible crime took place, and the other to prove their guy didn’t miss? Like one side is treating it as evidence, and the other as a sort of fascist VAR?
Is one side trying to prove a terrible crime took place, and the other to prove their guy didn’t miss? Like one side is treating it as evidence, and the other as a sort of fascist VAR?
I think next season of the Traitors, the contestants should lean hard into the unconscious bias. But instead of getting rid of all the people of colour first, like always, which never works, just chuck out all the Welsh people (and people pretending to be Welsh). Job done.
January 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM
I think next season of the Traitors, the contestants should lean hard into the unconscious bias. But instead of getting rid of all the people of colour first, like always, which never works, just chuck out all the Welsh people (and people pretending to be Welsh). Job done.
I think it would be better if there were some gradations of “worst President” between this one, and the one who had too many tape recorders.
January 10, 2026 at 8:20 AM
I think it would be better if there were some gradations of “worst President” between this one, and the one who had too many tape recorders.
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The most-discussed product here is an LG robot that can "fold laundry" but can't actually do it and takes 90 seconds to fail at the task. This product is not being released, and LG has been explicit that's the case. It is entirely built to mislead people. Every company doing this fucking sucks.
January 10, 2026 at 2:29 AM
The most-discussed product here is an LG robot that can "fold laundry" but can't actually do it and takes 90 seconds to fail at the task. This product is not being released, and LG has been explicit that's the case. It is entirely built to mislead people. Every company doing this fucking sucks.
Watching TOTP 1976, which the wife has described as a parade of men belting out heartfelt love songs about impossible Hollywood sirens to an audience of women called Tina with their arms folded.
January 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Watching TOTP 1976, which the wife has described as a parade of men belting out heartfelt love songs about impossible Hollywood sirens to an audience of women called Tina with their arms folded.
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Listening to this hour or so of pure joy on the way home from work yesterday was the highlight of my week.
COMFORT BLANKET KLAXON!
Map Man jayforeman.bsky.social talks about his love for Cosgrove Hall’s vegetarian vampire… COUNT DUCKULA and takes time to praise the whole delightful world of teatime ITV…
pod.link/1614879928/e...
Map Man jayforeman.bsky.social talks about his love for Cosgrove Hall’s vegetarian vampire… COUNT DUCKULA and takes time to praise the whole delightful world of teatime ITV…
pod.link/1614879928/e...
January 9, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Listening to this hour or so of pure joy on the way home from work yesterday was the highlight of my week.
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HELLO!
There are a few spaces left for my podcast crash course.
Two online sessions, 1st and 8th Feb, Sunday afternoons, with a cuppa*.
(*participant’s own).
Details and sign-up link here:
www.gralefrit.co.uk/podcast-cour...
There are a few spaces left for my podcast crash course.
Two online sessions, 1st and 8th Feb, Sunday afternoons, with a cuppa*.
(*participant’s own).
Details and sign-up link here:
www.gralefrit.co.uk/podcast-cour...
January 9, 2026 at 9:42 AM
HELLO!
There are a few spaces left for my podcast crash course.
Two online sessions, 1st and 8th Feb, Sunday afternoons, with a cuppa*.
(*participant’s own).
Details and sign-up link here:
www.gralefrit.co.uk/podcast-cour...
There are a few spaces left for my podcast crash course.
Two online sessions, 1st and 8th Feb, Sunday afternoons, with a cuppa*.
(*participant’s own).
Details and sign-up link here:
www.gralefrit.co.uk/podcast-cour...
Found some BLIRER from Xmas at the back of the fridge. Might fry it up with some bubble and squeak. Do you reckon it’s still alright? @cheeseford.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Found some BLIRER from Xmas at the back of the fridge. Might fry it up with some bubble and squeak. Do you reckon it’s still alright? @cheeseford.bsky.social
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The amount of shit I got for this segment at the time was astronomical, and it was all from people who now stalk CVS employees to get them fired for insufficient online sadness.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
September 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The amount of shit I got for this segment at the time was astronomical, and it was all from people who now stalk CVS employees to get them fired for insufficient online sadness.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
Cheering on political violence is both evil and not new, an outgrowth of an internet intentionally dismantled years ago.
HELLO!
There are a few spaces left for my podcast crash course.
Two online sessions, 1st and 8th Feb, Sunday afternoons, with a cuppa*.
(*participant’s own).
Details and sign-up link here:
www.gralefrit.co.uk/podcast-cour...
There are a few spaces left for my podcast crash course.
Two online sessions, 1st and 8th Feb, Sunday afternoons, with a cuppa*.
(*participant’s own).
Details and sign-up link here:
www.gralefrit.co.uk/podcast-cour...
January 9, 2026 at 9:42 AM
HELLO!
There are a few spaces left for my podcast crash course.
Two online sessions, 1st and 8th Feb, Sunday afternoons, with a cuppa*.
(*participant’s own).
Details and sign-up link here:
www.gralefrit.co.uk/podcast-cour...
There are a few spaces left for my podcast crash course.
Two online sessions, 1st and 8th Feb, Sunday afternoons, with a cuppa*.
(*participant’s own).
Details and sign-up link here:
www.gralefrit.co.uk/podcast-cour...
The old man Clive Dunn, who here is pictured just after his 11-plus exam.
Happy 106th birthday to Clive Dunn, the first man to parody Dr Who on television (seen here with Michael Bentine on It's A Square World, 1963)
January 9, 2026 at 9:28 AM
The old man Clive Dunn, who here is pictured just after his 11-plus exam.
POV: you are so locked into a modern first-person identity bubble that for the set up to any piece of ‘content’, you need to be offered a three letter cue to try and imagine yourself somewhere else and in someone else’s mind before starting to take in story data.
January 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
POV: you are so locked into a modern first-person identity bubble that for the set up to any piece of ‘content’, you need to be offered a three letter cue to try and imagine yourself somewhere else and in someone else’s mind before starting to take in story data.
That Maggie Chascarillo is ageing alongside the rest of us is one of the most unexpectedly moving and raw things in my life.
January 9, 2026 at 8:09 AM
That Maggie Chascarillo is ageing alongside the rest of us is one of the most unexpectedly moving and raw things in my life.
For my living, I have to keep moving apps and platforms every time one explodes or turns to rancid piss.
I think I’d like my government - who seem to be broadly in favour of the tedious whims of idiot tech - to do the fucking same. Ta.
I think I’d like my government - who seem to be broadly in favour of the tedious whims of idiot tech - to do the fucking same. Ta.
This is an important point, because the Rules Of The Universe mean that it's simply impossible for a G7 government to post in two or three different places. It can't be done! There are no apps! YOU'RE IMAGINING IT!
Government should stay on X despite the Grok scandal, Keir Starmer's former communications director has said
James Lyons, who worked at TikTok before serving in Downing St, told PolHome podcast The Rundown that quitting Elon Musk's platform would leave a "vacuum" for Labour's rivals to fill
James Lyons, who worked at TikTok before serving in Downing St, told PolHome podcast The Rundown that quitting Elon Musk's platform would leave a "vacuum" for Labour's rivals to fill
January 9, 2026 at 7:47 AM
For my living, I have to keep moving apps and platforms every time one explodes or turns to rancid piss.
I think I’d like my government - who seem to be broadly in favour of the tedious whims of idiot tech - to do the fucking same. Ta.
I think I’d like my government - who seem to be broadly in favour of the tedious whims of idiot tech - to do the fucking same. Ta.
“Just ask your smart speaker to play Radio One.”
I don’t remember needing to be told to “just turn your radio on and push the button for radio one”.
“Available at Sainsbury’s. Just travel physically to your nearest store using your feet, or a bicycle, a car or public transport. Then go inside.”
I don’t remember needing to be told to “just turn your radio on and push the button for radio one”.
“Available at Sainsbury’s. Just travel physically to your nearest store using your feet, or a bicycle, a car or public transport. Then go inside.”
Oh, shove your 'smart speaker' up your arse, Radio 3. "All without touching a button!" I DON'T MIND TOUCHING A BUTTON! I CAN COPE WITH TOUCHING A FUCKING BUTTON! Good morning.
January 9, 2026 at 7:26 AM
“Just ask your smart speaker to play Radio One.”
I don’t remember needing to be told to “just turn your radio on and push the button for radio one”.
“Available at Sainsbury’s. Just travel physically to your nearest store using your feet, or a bicycle, a car or public transport. Then go inside.”
I don’t remember needing to be told to “just turn your radio on and push the button for radio one”.
“Available at Sainsbury’s. Just travel physically to your nearest store using your feet, or a bicycle, a car or public transport. Then go inside.”
Happy birthday, David Bowie.
It’s still possible to hear new David Bowie music, by the way. All you have to do is get hold of the albums that the critics decided were crap, so you avoided them, and you’ll find they’re all pretty good. Or at least interesting. Cos that was the whole point.
It’s still possible to hear new David Bowie music, by the way. All you have to do is get hold of the albums that the critics decided were crap, so you avoided them, and you’ll find they’re all pretty good. Or at least interesting. Cos that was the whole point.
a man in a suit and hat says i might have to make a few in a grocery store
ALT: a man in a suit and hat says i might have to make a few in a grocery store
media.tenor.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Happy birthday, David Bowie.
It’s still possible to hear new David Bowie music, by the way. All you have to do is get hold of the albums that the critics decided were crap, so you avoided them, and you’ll find they’re all pretty good. Or at least interesting. Cos that was the whole point.
It’s still possible to hear new David Bowie music, by the way. All you have to do is get hold of the albums that the critics decided were crap, so you avoided them, and you’ll find they’re all pretty good. Or at least interesting. Cos that was the whole point.
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Another mention in last Sunday's Observer, by Miranda Sawyer, of the excellent Broken Veil podcast, this time in the look ahead to 2026. Looking forward to future episodes! @gralefrit.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Another mention in last Sunday's Observer, by Miranda Sawyer, of the excellent Broken Veil podcast, this time in the look ahead to 2026. Looking forward to future episodes! @gralefrit.bsky.social
I’d seen clips but never a whole Harlan Coben TV. Is there any reason that these *very* American stories are ported over to the UK with no adjustment? The casual gunplay is weird as hell. It’s clearly set in an American moral universe re: violence and justice. But all done in British accents.
January 8, 2026 at 8:30 AM
I’d seen clips but never a whole Harlan Coben TV. Is there any reason that these *very* American stories are ported over to the UK with no adjustment? The casual gunplay is weird as hell. It’s clearly set in an American moral universe re: violence and justice. But all done in British accents.
Well! Well! This sounds like an excellent product. And it ruins human life, serves the very worst and most soulless corporate needs, and drains our planet to a husk? And it also doesn’t work, you say? Sign me up, forthwith!
holy shit this is desperate
Sources: to hedge against Beijing approval risk, Nvidia is requiring Chinese customers to pay upfront for H200 chips, with no cancellations, refunds, or changes (Reuters)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 8, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Well! Well! This sounds like an excellent product. And it ruins human life, serves the very worst and most soulless corporate needs, and drains our planet to a husk? And it also doesn’t work, you say? Sign me up, forthwith!
“And if you can find where I buried it,, you can inherit the place. Love Dad.”
January 8, 2026 at 7:48 AM
“And if you can find where I buried it,, you can inherit the place. Love Dad.”
Link to the piece I wrote on how the Traitors works, how story works, and how any mystery narrative pulls its levers.
open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...
open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...
'The Traitors', Agatha Christie, and The Kierkegaard Edit
How we consume story, versus how it's made.
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Link to the piece I wrote on how the Traitors works, how story works, and how any mystery narrative pulls its levers.
open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...
open.substack.com/pub/joelmorr...
I mean, for ages critics have been saying this tech isn’t monetisable, but they’ve clearly found a market now. Good news for investors!
Grok, which generates sexual deepfake images of children as an inbuilt feature, is currently the third most downloaded app on the IPhone app store
January 7, 2026 at 4:24 PM
I mean, for ages critics have been saying this tech isn’t monetisable, but they’ve clearly found a market now. Good news for investors!
Prediction: the Secret Traitor is Paul, the bloke entirely edited out of Australian Traitors, who’s also been edited out of this UK run. He’s gone under the radar, and we’ve not even seen him. The perfect TV organism.
January 7, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Prediction: the Secret Traitor is Paul, the bloke entirely edited out of Australian Traitors, who’s also been edited out of this UK run. He’s gone under the radar, and we’ve not even seen him. The perfect TV organism.