IT’S BACK. Joel and I take another deep dive into weirdness, this time beginning much closer to home…

HAHAHAHAHA YES I LOVE THIS

Truly, how amazing it is to read this. Thank you! we make it deeeeeep, so you can get all of the resonances...

IT IS RETURNING. Not long now.

Look at the women at NASA.

They are the ones pushing the boundaries of science, solving problems most people can’t even understand, and carrying this country forward, while our politicians right now posture and stumble through talking points.

And they are doing it all with joy.👇

Fundamentally I’m just a guy who wants to be left alone to look at pictures of mosasaurs

Uh huh

I mean, “Bits of an umbrella” is an odd choice for a puzzle theme but I kind of respect how mad it is

I love you @alcs.co.uk The annual ALCS easter egg is an invaluable salve at the most financially vicious time of the year.

God I hope you like it. The pressure!

Every day I put a banana in my daughter's school bag for a snack and every day I write something stupid on the skin in Sharpie, and today I wrote "The Fate of "I'll Peel Ya!" because she likes Taylor Swift and honestly I think this might be the best material from me in decades

THIS. THIS LEVEL OF COMMITMENT. (Thank you Tom! Hope they all enjoyed them...)

Thank you John! I can assure you it is!

(This is the proof copy. The published version will be even more gorgeous)

Don’t believe I’ve posted this gorgeous thing yet - this is the fabulous cover of my new novel, Solace House, a strange and compelling thing which I’m delighted to say will be published in the UK by Atlantic on May 7th. Be careful in there…

Carpenters - Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft (Full Version) YouTube video by The1970sChannel

Yes, it’s Mother’s Day. But let’s not forget our space brethren on this their special celebration - it’s World Contact Day! (If the aliens don’t like The Carpenters, we are screeeeeewwed) youtu.be/teBV0EoJJY8?...

Just time for a round up of those recovered Hartnell Doctor Who episodes. So far, it's eps 1-3 of Spacehorse, episode 9 of The Web of Webs, and all 144 remaining episodes of the historical Chippendale Makes a Chair in Real Time

I mean this would be amazing.

Idea: Great British cryptids on the banknotes. Nessie. Black Shuck. Blobby. All the greats.

FACT: Jon has NEVER seen an episode of the long-running sci-fi series he calls “Doctors Who”

They’ve repainted The Four Bridges since I was a kid (and removed two of them), but that washed-out warship blue is the colour of my childhood

Ask your smartspeaker to Please make it all stop all of it

@gralefrit.bsky.social and I were discussing Russ Hannemann from Silicon Valley yesterday at forensic length. Has there ever been a better music choice for a character in a sitcom than Russ's commitment to "Butterfly" by Crazy Town?

Well this sucks. Wishing the scourge of demons all the best. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

Also one of the all-time great fight sequences, and definitely one of the very oddest

I LOVE this

I may be overselling it here, and I *was* a bit amped up when I watched it, but I *think* I’m right in saying that Predator: Badlands is the greatest film ever made by human beings

"Alas, it seems that I shall not survive this battle of Trafalgar, Hardy, and e'en now, my precious life ebbs away by the second. But I would have you communicate a message to your mother. Tell her... tell her that I never make a wack jam"

Ohhhh I know x

There are SO many people who would disagree with you on this last point. But was great to see you!