Jon Smalldon

Way back in the day, Danny Baker described 'the internet' (this was the early-mid 90s) as, "being like going through the phone book asking each number if they like Batman". Anyway, who here likes *waves arms* ... stuff?

It is a great song but my 100% certainty is that without that photo on the cover (by Rankin, I believe) then neither it, nor Imbruglia, would have done anything like as well.

Every time I remember I would very much like to watch this film, I am then instantly reminded that it doesn't appear to be legally available for streaming anywhere.

Something benefiting you personally is not necessarily a good thing. Something that inconveniences you personally is not necessarily a bad thing.

Are we going to spend our time listing all the science, literature and philosophy? Please don't, he knows he's lying. Most racists do

This weird 'Kane ends England's wait for the Ballon d'Or' reporting is baffling. Nobody has been waiting. Heck, ten years ago, nobody really knew what the Ballon d'Or was. I'm not convinced most do now.

Somewhat baffled to discover that the potentially decisive game 6 of the WNBA series is being played, local time, at midday on a Thursday.

Sausagemeat is smarter than this motherfucker. The relentless idiocy of this regime is *exhausting*. It's unbearable.

A plot point from a film made in 1919. Another reminder that the past isn’t always a completely different country.

It is so obviously this that it actually hurts.

Australia-style can't be testing well in the focus groups.

it sounds contradictory but it's really not. They say "Protect" bc they see women's sports as a cute charity for little girls rather than legit competitions people care about and strive for. They're always baffled when they show up at women's sports and find people who actually care about the games

I will obviously never listen to it again but Audible achieved great things with the Sandman audio drama. They've also done, among others, Poirot, The Three Musketeers and the Arabian Nights.

EFTA is right there as an option and always has been

Still buzzing about this.

i think adding ‘…with marilyn monroe’ to the end of this question answers the question.

Luxembourg 15:27 Great Britain GB Women take the away leg in style to completely overturn a two goal first leg deficit. Simply brilliant. #handball

From the build up, I’d thought the test was that United were playing Bournemouth away. But… oh dear, oh my …

First half photos only from yesterday's damp and blowy FA Trophy tie between Waltham Abbey and Hastings United flic.kr/s/aHBqjD8qPF

It’s almost as though “gifts for men” (or “gifts for women”) is nowhere near as useful a classification as “gifts for readers”, “gifts for cooks”, “gifts for pet owners”, etc. etc. Perhaps we can infer something from this.

This Golden State - Atlanta series just keeps on giving. Now tied 2-2.

Just ludicrous conditions but massive credit to everyone who got the game on Waltham Abbey rode three quick goals in the first half to take this FA Trophy tie 3-2 More (from the first half, I hid in the second) to follow

The morning refs who called the games on: I get why you did but we're now over an hour into a full afternoon of heavy rain after the rain that caused flooding yesterday. I am not hopeful the games will survive the pitch inspections an hour out from kick off.

I absolutely love silent cinema. My only issue, and it is a skills issue, is being able to locate the best and cleanest print versions of the films I want to see, and then being able to actually conveniently stream them. I feel the BFI is the biggest villain in this. BFI Player has so few silents.

And simply no one is shocked to discover that the invasive yet stupid plan to try and control kids whilst allowing the rampant predatory behaviour of big tech to continue unregulated has failed. No one paying attention failed to expect exactly this. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

There's a few but the one I'm probably most passionate about is photography. There are now more and better pictures being taken by more people, and shared more widely, than at any point. And the standards people have are better as a result, and the quality of images higher than ever before.

Stuck with Limoges-Dunkerque until it became obvious which way it was going to go ... and in what way. Checking out on 13 minutes with Limoges up by 3.

This seems especially relevant after the BBC cyber 'expert' who had never even heard of php.

Everyone. Is. Twelve.

I had to go on Twitter to confirm this was real because Ship Awesome Games In A Weekend having a hand with six fingers was so on the nose I was about to pass out

The absolute shitshow of that darts thing on Netflix makes sense when you realise that not only was Eddie Hearn doing the picking, Phil Taylor was alongside him.

It had passed me by - though does not remotely surprise me - that the IHF (handball FIFA) rushed to restore Russia once the IOC changed their stance.

So there appears to be a decent looking Gaelic language horror launching on the BBC tomorrow. Must remember to look up "Loch nam Madadh" at some point in the near future.

Just saw Josh Widdicombe on Who do you Think You Are. He seems like a nice enough chap, and the history was quite interesting, but it's all twaddle-bollocks isn't it? I mean, if he's a descendant of someone 15 generations back, so is everyone alive today with British ancestry.

Essentially ... 90% of people find their friends and family more useful for personal advice than AI

He pretty much got everything he wanted because it turns out the only issue with the BNP was that they weren't the right kind of chaps

Odd way of Barclay's to announce they're making their services more impersonal, less accurate and more likely to be insecure.

is Britain full or not, i can never remember

I should just, occasionally, convert this account into what it honestly wants to be: just an Angel Reese highlights reel.

Players get injured all the time, obviously. But there is something achingly inevitable about a player like Saka getting injured given the demands put on him game after game after game.

The one thing they could have done to make it at least worth considering watching is, obviously, the one thing they were never going to do

That was a really creditable performance from GB. Losing by 2 keeps the return leg alive. More of this sort of thing! #handball

Luxembourg up by a goal, Britain being thwarted by wayward shooting and good goalkeeping. Both sides keep losing their heads in attack, generally. Really enjoying the game though. #handball

8 minutes, no goals. Still enjoyable. #handball

Not the biggest crowd in the arena but loving the atmosphere. GB v Luxembourg coming up. #handball

Anyway, I’m now going to be more cheerful and put on the GB women’s handball

It is to the lasting shame of (some of) the voters of North West England that they put someone into the European Parliament who thinks it’s fine to murder young children for political ends.