House to Astonish Episode 218 is now live, as @ifdestroyed.bsky.social and I natter about Marvel's layoffs, DNX, Challenges of Doom, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Clayface: Celebrity Dirt and a bunch more, including reviews of Fireborn and Fury of Firestorm! bit.ly/astonish218
Great first day running the servers for bluesky. Couple of teething problems but I think my tactic of blaming Olly Robbins and going to the pub should work out fine.
incredible how low the bar has gotten, that it feels like a genuine ray of light when a terrible far right politician doesn't pretend he won an election he lost, isn't it
Trump didn’t elect himself (even though he’d have given it a damn good try). But I get why that’s not a good political message for domestic US consumption.
Leaflet of three candidates, white blokes with limited hair, all in glasses. --- **GATESHEAD IS BROKEN. VOTE REFORM UK TO FIX IT** Introducing your Reform UK candidates for Low Fell leaflet text: **ATKINSON, John** Reform UK John has lived in Low Fell for 30+ years. His background is in civil engineering, policing, teaching and transport. He wants to bring back a sense of community, listen to residents' concerns and focus on local issues such as crime, roads and streets, and better services. --- **HENDERSON, Iain** Reform UK Iain has lived and worked in Gateshead all his life. Now retired, he wants to give something back to the borough. With a positive outlook, Iain is looking forward to making a real difference to the lives of the residents of Low Fell and to working closely with them. --- **MURRAY, Arthur** Reform UK Arthur has owned several businesses for many years. He has lived locally for 50 years and employs local staff, servicing the northeast and Scotland. His priorities are to see the ward and area prospering once again, caring for the old and infirm and maintaining our parks and open spaces. ---
This Reform leaflet from three Gateshead candidates looks like a timelapse of the same person
On House to Astonish, annotations for Wolverine #18.
I like how wikipedia uses the infobox for cars here
Thanks, Gail!
Lars Jensen (ex-Maersk) pouring cold water on Trump's ceasefire, saying firms may get ships out of Gulf but won't trust it enough to send ships in - and warns paying Iran a toll could leave them in breach of sanctions
the length of the table of contents in "united states involvement in regime change"
In a way, it’s a weirdly reassuring read because these people are clearly terrified of the implications for the midterms and the 2028 primaries.
If I were the Israeli government, I would be a little nervous for the long term that a lot of unnamed WH officials are telling the NYT that Netanyahu all but tricked Trump into starting this war.
House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round episode 30 is now live, as @ifdestroyed.bsky.social and I look at issues 1-3 of 2004's Avengers/Thunderbolts. Come in, take your mind off... stuff. bit.ly/lightningrou...
Clarkson was also a Remainer. But I don’t think he has any interest in getting into politics. If he did, he’d have done it long ago.
The U.S. will emerge from this period diminished as a world power, absent the alliances that once made us dominant.
That’s good. Because we are not a serious people.
A serious people would not have elected him. Or put up with this. Unserious people shouldn’t be trusted.
And won’t be.
The Artemis rocket launches with a chyron below that says: Weather presenter Carol Kirkwood leaves BBC after 28 years.
Dramatic scenes at BBC Breakfast.
