Zoe Thorne

Sabre-tooth tiger?

Such an amazing film! I'm glad you're getting to experience it for the first time.

I loved building absolutely wild rollercoasters (that I would never go on in real life) and then watching the POV of someone riding it.

Oh! And it's just reminded me of The Movies! I spent so long playing that too!

I am equally proud and ashamed of the fact that I spent more hours playing Pokemon Diamond than Liz Truss spent as Prime Minister. And that's without taking into account the time I spent on other Pokemon games on the DS.

Special mentions to a few games I spent way too much time on in the 00s but couldn't find: Castle of the Winds (incredibly low-budget Windows 3.0 dungeon crawler) and Euroreporter (travel around the EU reporting on issues and interviewing people in different languages)

My9games.com

Incredible!

I still haven't got round to writing my children's book yet, but I have already decided that, in order to help out parents on World Book Day, the characters will all wear distinctive but easy-to-source outfits, e.g. a kid who is known for *always* wearing a blue jumper.

So lovely to see you and glad you are OK!

Ha, I've had that too, which always bemuses me, especially if they've just seen my act. So you think the highly specific storytelling about teaching English in France and having a German husband was something I nicked?

All your pals you haven't texted today are immediately going, "Ooh, is it me? 🤩"

The train just stopped at a station where I swear I heard a train whistle *exactly* like the one in Hadestown. And the sun has just come out. Lads, I think Persephone has arrived.

If you ever want to read a paper for free and can't find it otherwise, email the lead author and politely ask for a copy. You will not be bothering the person. You will in fact make their whole entire day. I have had scientists get so excited I asked they sent me everything they ever published.

Greg Davies: Walked out of the underworld. Didn't look back once. Job done!

Orpheus: Thanks

Alex Horne: We did want to show you one more clip of when he came out...

There is no stronger counting of blessings than when the first nostril clears after a cold. Every time, you swear you'll never take it for granted again.

Flumps (sweet) British sort of marshmallow Not to be confused with The Flumps. A Flumps (sing. & pl.) is a British sweet (candy) made of marshmallow. The sweet is a combination of pink, yellow, white and blue marshmallow, which has the appearance of a long, twisted helix. Flumps are sold in the United Kingdom and are made by the confectioner Barratt.

I am constantly thinking about the Wikipedia entry for Flumps saying that "Flumps" is the singular, something that feels wrong but is also difficult to falsify through standard logic.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flumps_...

Posters and flyers are here. Shit just got real.

Total eclipse of the full blood moon is tonight, in case you haven’t checked in on the doom portents lately.

This sounds a bunch like it should be a #Discworld verse to the Hedgehog song, just saying

Yes waiter, I'll have a cup of tea, a scone, and if it's not too much trouble, perhaps some precedented times?

The Kids Book Club at @biggreenbooks.bsky.social really should come with a warning label. 7yo got her latest book yesterday (Nora Nightsky) and I found her still reading under the duvet with a torch at 9pm last night. Simon absolutely nailing the recommendations again.

I've just caught up on this week's @murderbastard.bsky.social and my jaw dropped when I realised how prophetic my silly little parody was. @watsoncomedian.bsky.social do I get bonus points for accidentally calling it?

(Also, my regional accents are at your disposal as needed, with or w/o beard)

We are proud! 👏 👏 👏

Heard my kid talking to herself as she went into the dark living room this morning. Verbatim: "Well now, this won't do at ALL! Let's get some light into this room. *sound of curtains* There, isn't that fine? The room is MUCH friendlier now."

I think I may have given birth to Julie Andrews.

It never ceases to confound me just how many folks think the point of essays is to provide teachers with essays. That teachers just like, collect them, or need them for sustenance or something. Rather than the point of them being the *actual fucking act of learning how to think about shit*

I don't mind mine. It's the first name of one of my mum's sisters, and you'd better believe her other sister was PISSED OFF about it.

Incredible, powerful thread.

What you call a toilet.

I'm not even joking.

Well, Unfortunate was an absolute fucking delight. Hilarious, filthy, empowering, and now Ursula is my new top dream role if I had the talent.

Previous generations of rich people knew that it was important for them to shut the fuck up and build libraries and parks and hospitals since that was the only way we would tolerate them in society. This generation of rich people have forgotten why this was necessary. We should remind them.