the concept of elmo resigning

Raising money for the son of a friend of a guy I know, who was sent home early from school for bringing in fireworks. I calculate the mental distress at roughly £20,000. I promise all takings will go towards the child buying more fireworks.

Sends a clear message: if you're going to dope in tennis, you'd better to do it to accrue a very substantial performance advantage theguardian.com/sport/2025/jul…

I've decided to leave the Labour Party, after over 31 years of membership. Here are a few thoughts on why I've come to this conclusion, which may be of interest to others who find themselves rethinking their own political attachments and affiliations. substack.com/home/post/p-16…

You are supposed to root for Wile E Coyote. Wile E Coyote is The Human Condition.

Demanding that the Prime Minister immediately let us back into his crappy club for jerks

This is why Corbyn should have stood against Starmer last year instead of in his old constituency

Unironically agree.

Five year-old has discovered the periodic table and spent a good portion of yesterday acting out a sort of sitcom based on it in which all the elements live in a hotel? "Oh no! Beryllium, I think you've not been discovered yet!" "I have been, I'm a solid!" (pause for laughs)

In the period it's taken Arsenal to agree the finer details of the bonuses associated with Viktor Gyokeres's transfer fee, Hugo Ekitike has been born, grown up, had a pretty decent season for Frankfurt, and signed for Liverpool.

Hard to think of one image which captures the cowardice, authoritarianism and banality of the Starmer regime, but I think this is a contender

So much of that era set the tone for what we have now. The idea that not only should elites never be held accountable for anything, but that the public should be kept in line by seeing these idiots, monsters and other assorted charlatans actively rewarded for their errors.

One thing that I think is particularly effective about this video is that it starts with a set-up that could also serve as the lead-in to a Stewart Lee routine

Also just a great question in general. You learn a lot from asking it. For instance I once asked this of someone and they turned out to be a therapist for people who compete in 'World's Strongest Man' competitions. And also they were marrying one of their clients.

One thing about fatherhood that I didn't anticipate is having to re-learn the GCSE science curriculum just to keep up with my six year-old's special interests. He spent the whole morning before going to his grandparents talking about beryllium.

you're currently arresting pensioners protesting this and charging them with terrorism