Haha! I think I loved Catherine but found Cathy a nightmare (I appreciate this may say more about me and the rod up my arse than the book itself)

Wuthering Heights is up there with The Secret History, where the author wrote an absolutely corking first half, then decided to completely torpedo both the story and the reader's goodwill for the rest of the novel 😣

Have you read Manzoni's The Betrothed? Literally the biggest novel in Italian history but kids have to read it in high school so it's universally hated (but almost soapily great)!

Guardian headline reading "Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff, to be questioned by MPs"

Prison! Prison for Morgan McSweeney, for 1000 years!

The Olympics’ trans policy polices womanhood | Moira Donegan Sports bans have humiliated trans women and girls across America. Now, the Olympics joins in

I've been disappointed with the Guardian on many occasions for its anti-trans coverage, so only fair I give it props for this excellent piece, and I hope it has an impact.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Just noticed that the fancy candle I am currently burning boasts of a "lead-free wick". Are leaded wicks a thing? And if so, why?

Aha yes that makes sense! Thank you

I don't know what a pasta twirl is 😳

Praying for things to change is really the lowest possible effort level, for when you just don't have the energy to do something really meaningful, like signing a petition

Goals = you

Ah it's sold out already! I don't suppose there's a reserve list or anything is there? This so combines two of my greatest pleasures!

Why is no-one discussing Israel's continued war against Lebanon? It's slightly smaller scale than Iran but it's just as evil, genocidal and unjustified. The Israeli government is behaving as abhorrently as Trump without the excuse of massive insanity.

Can the Pope excommunicate trump and Vance? Trump for obvious reasons - not least to see how his "Christian" fans will have to react - and Vance for the ultralols

Honestly thought this was another Artemis photo at first!

So many levels of awesomeness!

Gina I had one too! Also at 2am, also much worse than normal. Solidarity!

A booking system called MyScripts Reason for appointment Edit Obstetrics & Gynecology Questionnaire: First, we need some information. Enter a required piece of information. *Are you pregnant? Forks No I don't know

A friend of mine (a doctor) sent me this without comment.

* Forks
* No
* I don't know

Good to know the NHS is doing well...

I love the peninsular campaign 🥺

I know this sounds like I'm making a joke, but as a middle aged man, I'm genuinely unsettled by my sudden and burgeoning interest in the Battle of Waterloo 😬

I literally dreamt about hiding from tornadoes last night. Snoop Dogg was there too. Which I think must mean something about your wash tent 🤔

Oh god the north-east corner, oh god!!

Number of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions increasing, study says Exclusive: Research finds sharp rise in models evading safeguards and destroying emails without permission

AI continues to suck enormous balls:

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

But, even if the tech companies somehow find a way to stop AI going rogue, you can be 100% certain that governments, billionaires etc. will be covertly gestating really, really malicious versions for their own nefarious ends.

I have checked and your Ms Martinez is about 20 years too young. But best of luck to her!

I used to be pals with a woman called Melanie Martinez. Wonder if it's her?

Transgender women athletes banned from female events at Olympics by IOC Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday

Transphobe Sean Ingle shouldn't be the person to present such disappointing news on the @theguardian.com, news which, naturally, he doesn't question.

www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

the harry potter franchise is a decades long science experiment to see how insane you can make three children. it failed once, it will not fail again

An option in my car that gives me the ability to brake simply by lifting the accelerator pedal. Do these people never coast?!

In case you were wondering quite how lazy we have become as a species

An email confirming I have unsubscribed from a mailing list, followed by a marketing email, from the same org, one minute later

Tech fucking nology

I wee most of all at night when I'm not drinking alcohol, which is a reversal of younger days. I think it's something to do with fluid retention during the day being de-retained at night?

Or at the very least have the full set of Abrahamic religions. Judaeo-Islamo-Christian has a ring to it that I'm sure the people who use it in good faith will be fine with.