Tealin
@twirlynoodle.com
Animator, teacher, making a graphic novel serial of The Worst Journey in the World. "Commendably insane" – Francis Spufford | patreon.com/tealin | worstjourney.com
Maybe the real realpolitik is the power of friendship www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
French-U.K. Starlink rival pitches Canada on 'sovereign' satellite service for Arctic military operations | CBC News
Eutelsat, a company largely owned by the French and U.K. governments, is offering Canada an alternative to Elon Musk's Starlink satellite broadband communications in the Far North. The company says it...
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January 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Maybe the real realpolitik is the power of friendship www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
"Of course the trouble with being single is that one gets tagged into everyone else's celebrations. I went to a Christmas party in Manchester where everyone had a cold, and then I got the cold, and I'm almost just clearing it ... Next year I'm going on a cruise."
– a chap on this train from 1948
– a chap on this train from 1948
January 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM
"Of course the trouble with being single is that one gets tagged into everyone else's celebrations. I went to a Christmas party in Manchester where everyone had a cold, and then I got the cold, and I'm almost just clearing it ... Next year I'm going on a cruise."
– a chap on this train from 1948
– a chap on this train from 1948
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If you love something, attach a numbered ring to its foot then set it free.
January 8, 2026 at 10:58 AM
If you love something, attach a numbered ring to its foot then set it free.
Any time I'm tempted to check the news today, I'm just going to watch this instead. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Oh to be a falcon chick in the hands of David Attenborough.
Oh to be a falcon chick in the hands of David Attenborough.
Sir David Attenborough meets a peregrine falcon chick
Peregrine falcons are now thriving in London.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 8:17 AM
Any time I'm tempted to check the news today, I'm just going to watch this instead. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Oh to be a falcon chick in the hands of David Attenborough.
Oh to be a falcon chick in the hands of David Attenborough.
Hi @xigxaguk.bsky.social! Love your app, love your books, love not giving any money to Amazon ... Having trouble tonight connecting to my library though; is this a you or me problem? The app says I'm offline but as you can see here I am not.
January 7, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Hi @xigxaguk.bsky.social! Love your app, love your books, love not giving any money to Amazon ... Having trouble tonight connecting to my library though; is this a you or me problem? The app says I'm offline but as you can see here I am not.
I predict a wave of Mouse Opossum characters in animated films 5-10y from now. www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Tarantula with XXL genitalia, 'death ball' sponge among cool species of 2025 | CBC News
A spider with extraordinary genitalia, a carnivorous caterpillar that wears its prey's body parts, and a tiny opossum are among the cool new species described by science in 2025.
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January 7, 2026 at 12:18 PM
I predict a wave of Mouse Opossum characters in animated films 5-10y from now. www.cbc.ca/news/science...
OK, for a show you can actually see with your eyes:
Blackadder Goes Forth.
Oddly, when only listened to – and it stands up perfectly well as a radio show – the last episode doesn't hit nearly as hard.
Blackadder Goes Forth.
Oddly, when only listened to – and it stands up perfectly well as a radio show – the last episode doesn't hit nearly as hard.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 8:43 AM
OK, for a show you can actually see with your eyes:
Blackadder Goes Forth.
Oddly, when only listened to – and it stands up perfectly well as a radio show – the last episode doesn't hit nearly as hard.
Blackadder Goes Forth.
Oddly, when only listened to – and it stands up perfectly well as a radio show – the last episode doesn't hit nearly as hard.
Not seen, technically, but the last episode of Cabin Pressure was the opposite of GoT in that it retroactively made the entire series even better – and that took some doing. (I suppose one could argue that Cabin Pressure is the Platonic opposite of GoT in practically every way.)
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 7, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Not seen, technically, but the last episode of Cabin Pressure was the opposite of GoT in that it retroactively made the entire series even better – and that took some doing. (I suppose one could argue that Cabin Pressure is the Platonic opposite of GoT in practically every way.)
This is also why the US will never have single-payer socialised health care: to many pensions invested in the sickness industry.
Having lived through all of these myself, I think what's different about the self-harm/lies/CSAM/job-loss machine is that it has inflated, and stands to inflate even more, an awful lot of investment portfolios.
*laughs derisively as someone who lived thru Satanic Panic, Parent Groups killing cartoons wholesale, all Rap being labeled “obscene” to the point of 2 Live Crew being vilified, MTV being deemed a pop culture wasteland & the 1619 Proj/CRT being discoursed into hell*
But the suicide machine is ok 🙃
But the suicide machine is ok 🙃
January 6, 2026 at 7:22 PM
This is also why the US will never have single-payer socialised health care: to many pensions invested in the sickness industry.
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It's really silly how the right often portrays people who want renewables as lettuce munching wokie pinko hippy beatniks when a hard-nosed and pragmatic national security argument for them also exists right in front of their noses. Shackling ourselves to capricious foreign dictators to own the libs.
Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
January 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
It's really silly how the right often portrays people who want renewables as lettuce munching wokie pinko hippy beatniks when a hard-nosed and pragmatic national security argument for them also exists right in front of their noses. Shackling ourselves to capricious foreign dictators to own the libs.
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An incantation to soothe anger from nearly 4 millennia ago for those in need of one.
It begins by telling us what anger is and does.
“Anger goes like a wild bull, it continually leaps forth like a dog.”
Anger is like a lion and a wolf.
It is fierce. It runs. It tears at one’s face and stomach.
It begins by telling us what anger is and does.
“Anger goes like a wild bull, it continually leaps forth like a dog.”
Anger is like a lion and a wolf.
It is fierce. It runs. It tears at one’s face and stomach.
January 6, 2026 at 10:39 AM
An incantation to soothe anger from nearly 4 millennia ago for those in need of one.
It begins by telling us what anger is and does.
“Anger goes like a wild bull, it continually leaps forth like a dog.”
Anger is like a lion and a wolf.
It is fierce. It runs. It tears at one’s face and stomach.
It begins by telling us what anger is and does.
“Anger goes like a wild bull, it continually leaps forth like a dog.”
Anger is like a lion and a wolf.
It is fierce. It runs. It tears at one’s face and stomach.
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its so easy to switch off. Look how easy it was to dump twitter. I hope we all just walk away
my 75yo mother told me last night that she’s planning to delete Instagram and Facebook because she’s sick of not being able to tell what’s AI and what’s not, and I genuinely don’t think tech companies have reckoned with this kind of move as an actual possibility
January 6, 2026 at 11:50 AM
its so easy to switch off. Look how easy it was to dump twitter. I hope we all just walk away
Having lived through all of these myself, I think what's different about the self-harm/lies/CSAM/job-loss machine is that it has inflated, and stands to inflate even more, an awful lot of investment portfolios.
*laughs derisively as someone who lived thru Satanic Panic, Parent Groups killing cartoons wholesale, all Rap being labeled “obscene” to the point of 2 Live Crew being vilified, MTV being deemed a pop culture wasteland & the 1619 Proj/CRT being discoursed into hell*
But the suicide machine is ok 🙃
But the suicide machine is ok 🙃
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
January 6, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Having lived through all of these myself, I think what's different about the self-harm/lies/CSAM/job-loss machine is that it has inflated, and stands to inflate even more, an awful lot of investment portfolios.
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birds do it
bees do it
even educated fleas do it
let's do it
let's fly into a window
bees do it
even educated fleas do it
let's do it
let's fly into a window
January 5, 2026 at 3:55 PM
birds do it
bees do it
even educated fleas do it
let's do it
let's fly into a window
bees do it
even educated fleas do it
let's do it
let's fly into a window
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Like, I think, on balance, laws were good actually
January 5, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Like, I think, on balance, laws were good actually
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Just realized that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "Terracotta Army" of clay soldiers he kept in a vault in like 200 BC make him the first Warhammer Guy. he got some disposable income and started painting minis. totally get it
January 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Just realized that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "Terracotta Army" of clay soldiers he kept in a vault in like 200 BC make him the first Warhammer Guy. he got some disposable income and started painting minis. totally get it
Sharing for radio goodies and also as a big air-kiss to all the people who know what the Sagrada Familia is and why it is supposed to be in the graphic for this show.
Taking what appears to be an aggressively anti-New Year Resolution stance, BBC Radio 4 have decided to repeat my show about unfinished and abandoned projects at 11pm tonight (although it's on BBC Sounds already).
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Archive on 4 - Gareth Gwynn Hasn't Fin- - BBC Sounds
Comedy writer Gareth Gwynn explores our shared fascination with all things unfinished.
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January 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Sharing for radio goodies and also as a big air-kiss to all the people who know what the Sagrada Familia is and why it is supposed to be in the graphic for this show.
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This guy in front of my window keeps making attempts at the feeder. Doesn't seem to quite understand the concept and is now alternating between de-snowing the willow branches and giving it another go.
January 4, 2026 at 1:59 PM
This guy in front of my window keeps making attempts at the feeder. Doesn't seem to quite understand the concept and is now alternating between de-snowing the willow branches and giving it another go.
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Just realised there is a disease that causes unexplained bruising, loose connective tissue, incontinence, and in later stages confusion and delirium, and that disease is scurvy. Can you get scurvy from a diet of big macs and coke? I bet you can.
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Just realised there is a disease that causes unexplained bruising, loose connective tissue, incontinence, and in later stages confusion and delirium, and that disease is scurvy. Can you get scurvy from a diet of big macs and coke? I bet you can.
I am SO PROUD to have been involved in this.
January 4, 2026 at 9:24 AM
I am SO PROUD to have been involved in this.
Just realised there is a disease that causes unexplained bruising, loose connective tissue, incontinence, and in later stages confusion and delirium, and that disease is scurvy. Can you get scurvy from a diet of big macs and coke? I bet you can.
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Just realised there is a disease that causes unexplained bruising, loose connective tissue, incontinence, and in later stages confusion and delirium, and that disease is scurvy. Can you get scurvy from a diet of big macs and coke? I bet you can.
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I get the impression a lot of people are needing to see something like this rn
January 3, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I get the impression a lot of people are needing to see something like this rn
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2/ ~old jk is best jk~
January 3, 2026 at 10:12 AM
2/ ~old jk is best jk~
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What a wonderful day to remind everyone that the USA does not recognize The Hague as having authority over US personnel. You will never see a US politician brought to justice there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...
American Service-Members' Protection Act - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 3, 2026 at 10:16 AM
What a wonderful day to remind everyone that the USA does not recognize The Hague as having authority over US personnel. You will never see a US politician brought to justice there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...
In the early days of Facebook my sister joined a group called 'Armando Iannucci is a Sage and a Prophet' and not a month goes by when I don't think they were onto something.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKQ2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKQ2...
Armando Iannucci's Time Trumpet - University challenge spoof
YouTube video by David Jones
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January 3, 2026 at 9:47 AM
In the early days of Facebook my sister joined a group called 'Armando Iannucci is a Sage and a Prophet' and not a month goes by when I don't think they were onto something.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKQ2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKQ2...