Upside down Guy Picciotto from Fugazi thoughtlessly damaging a basketball hoop
I wish I could enjoy this photo, but I was playing basketball at that gym the next day and missed a free throw because the hoop was slightly bent. That was the end of my NBA dreams.
A 1944 map by geologist Harold Fisk charts a 40-mile stretch of the Mississippi River from Friars Point to Gunnison, Mississippi. Fisk used aerial photos and maps to estimate the past and then-present channels. Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mississippi-rivers-hidden-history-uncovered-by-lidar?fbclid=IwY2xjawQYXkdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFCZ2JBT2tWdVlXMmEzNU5Uc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHsbjW-Yuubr_o_Kfeh0Elzc94geDwfXIZmeNL7NyljEBAOEjH53m2QLSo1NF_aem__4NkCIJ_D8J6mI1e8eMByg
Rivers are living beings.
Back to Romiley Village Market tomorrow so that will be nice. We'll have cheese and cheese and potato bakes.
Killing time while I wait for a delivery
hold on i gotta take this
Here's todays drawing robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com/2026/03/sund...
Here's todays drawing robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com/2026/03/sund...
![[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.]
From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes:
NEWSREADER:
Extraordinary images here
of an expat in Dubai
[The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly]
…Having their first ever geopolitical thought.
[CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones].
CLIVE MYRIE:
To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent
DAVID JONES:
Clive, this is momentous
It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’.
[Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same]
You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self.
It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts.
CLIVE MYRIE:
Which are…?
DAVID JONES:
You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes,
I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa.
CLIVE MYRIE:
And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days?
DAVID JONES:
I think we can expect to see:
“I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To”
CLIVE MYRIE:
Mmm.
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[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: “I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]
Made some confit duck legs the other day so today I'm going to make a cassoulet with some beans. That will be nice. I am enjoying the sunshine too.
Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin in their costumes sitting next to each other, Connery's arm on Baldwin's shoulder, inside the Hunt for Red October's tilting submarine interior set
a contender for my favorite behind-the-scenes photo: The Hunt for Red October crew built their submarine set(s) on top of a hydraulic gimbal, 45 ft above the stage floor, capable of tilting 45 degrees to mimic a sub's movements - Sean Connery said it made him seasick. even the gauges inside worked.
A round brown mascot with whiskers, pointy ears, and a green leaf atop its head stands next to a cardboard box.
Yahata Inu, the mascot of Kai City, looks like a cat but is actually a mix of a potato and a dog, with a leaf from a local zelkova tree on its head.
I've not seen anything by John Robbins for ages, I'll have to have a look
How the fork is John Robbins' A Hand of Fingers only £3.03? In Print? New? It feels almost a graphic novel! www.lulu.com/shop/john-ro...
Enjoy a little green space amidst outer space with a dog walk at #JodrellBank! 🐶
On Sunday 22 March, we’re opening our doors to four-legged friends for a special dog-friendly day out.
Read the need-to-knows: www.jodrellbank.net/events/tails...
Giant face mask of the poet Carol Ann Duffy
Giant face mask of the philosopher Slavoj Zizek
Giant face mask of the broadcaster Frank Bough
Giant face mask of the former Tory MP Michael Fabricant
The Celebrity Cutouts website offers a colossal range of giant face masks. All but a handful of the names and faces are completely unknown to me (and, I suspect you). There are some surprises all the same. www.ebay.co.uk/str/celebrit...
Nicely contoured roofing slates on a building in Haddington, East Lothian
Here’s a pleasing little section of roof slates I saw yesterday
Costco Connection magazine just published a full article about why and how to stop your car
One of the greatest, Bruce Campbell, announcing he has cancer. Our hearts are with you Bruce, Hail to the King.
🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.
This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.
Please spread the word.
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Here's another drawing from my Sunderland Point comic in progress robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com/2026/03/sund...
Catkins
Here's another drawing from my Sunderland Point comic in progress robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com/2026/03/sund...
An elaborate illustration in pencil and acrylic gouache showing different content and characters from the book in compartmentalized sections framed by pink sludge (STUF) - goats, pollution, wildfires, mushroom clouds, missiles, robots, surveillance drones, a shirtless and muscular Uncle Sam firing a gun while riding a literally bald eagle, collapsing pillars of civilization and more. A large yellow copyright symbol is in the middle of it all.
I was drawing a couple days ago and realized that I’d been making comics for 25 years. I decided I’d write about those 25 years over on my blog. You can read the first post here - www.joshuawcotter.com . Thanks!
Celebrating St. David's Day today, 1st March, and all things Welsh, with this delightful little medieval dragon with golden wings.
In the story of Humpty Dumpty it is never said that he is an egg. However, it is never said that he is NOT an egg. This means that any character in ANY story could be an egg unless explicitly stated otherwise. Keep that in mind when you read a Jack Reacher novel
operation blowing up residential buildings because a dozen rich old guys got caught molesting teenagers in the 90s
buildings by the Ship Canal
buildings by the Ship Canal
buildings by the Ship Canal
a big skyscraper
Went to Salford to buy a gas hose and then went for a walk round Salford Quays. Not been there for years.
Costumes by Oskar Schlemmer for his “Triadische Ballett [Triadic Ballet],” Metropol Theater, Berlin, Germany. Photo by Ernst Schneider, 1926.
As much as I think any TV programme could raise a child, I was raised by Red Dwarf. RIP Rob Grant
‼️ BREAKING: Greens WIN Gorton and Denton by-election in a landslide victory
🟢 Grn: 41% (+27)
➡️ Ref: 29% (+15)
🔴 Lab: 25% (-25)
🔵 Con: 2% (-6)
🟠 Lib: 2% (-2)
Green GAIN from Labour (+/- vs GE2024)
‼️First-ever Green win in an MP by-election
