There's still occasional joy to be had on Twitter: such as Claude Littner posting about the "sad news" that Stuart Baggs ('the Brand') has died, a mere 11 years after Baggs passed away.

And if you click on one of those top ads? A pro-Nigel Farage fake BBC article 🙃

If you see Trump's post on Bluesky you miss the context of how they appear on Tr*th S*cial. This is engagement farming via the threat of nuclear Armageddon.

I remember studying American politics at school, and they made such a big deal of of this concept of "checks and balances". Was that all purely hypothetical?

Intriguing! I’ll have to find a mechanism for firing it onto the roof though…

Don't worry: this is about 10x more effort than I'd put in to visit a pigeon spray website.

Am I going mad or is this an insanely over the top CAPTCHA for me to try and buy anti-pigeon spray? (Side note: does anyone have any anti-pigeon spray recommendations?)

The Oscars, 2027.

Striking that there's no consensus on where to put the apostrophe in April Fools'/Fool's. The first implies either a day for all fools in April, or a day for, specifically, April fools. The latter suggest the existence of a singular April Fool, who we are celebrating (like the Feast of St Michael).

Rare W on April 1st

Thank you! Although it's yet to 'be had'...

Miscarriage drama Babies has superb acting, but feels like a brutal slog – review Siobhán Cullen and Paapa Essiedu star as a married couple in their mid-thirties who are struggling to conceive

I had kind of complex feelings about new BBC drama Babies.

Is the U.K. 'Saturday Night Live' working? Viewers are 'pleasantly surprised' Two shows in, Saturday Night Live UK viewers are pleasantly surprised by what they're seeing. The late night spinoff has a lot to prove in a short season.

You can hear me, very briefly, saying that SNL UK is (probably) doomed to failure on NPR's All Things Considered, below.
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Scott Mills: The radio staple whose shock sacking has left listeners reeling The news that Mills has been fired has blindsided Mills’ colleagues and fans, writes Nick Hilton. His path to success was forged through his dependability and cheeky chappy persona – but now his 27-ye...

On Scott Mills, and why his long established affable radio persona has made his sacking such a shock.

Always pro actual answer! Seems plausible, thanks.

It's my own fault for using ChatGPT as a search tool, but this really made me laugh. "...with an important nuance..." is sublime 🤌

He’s definitely an enormous attention seeker - but he’s also helping to highlight the insane cost of this World Cup for punters.

World Cup 2026: England superfan Andy Milne set to sell house to fund trip England superfan Andy Milne says he is selling a house to fund his trip to watch the Three Lions at the World Cup this summer.

Today, in 'quotidian dystopia' news.

Will DM you!

Frenetic, mega-hit medical drama The Pitt finally arrives in the UK – review Pittsburgh-based hospital drama, paced like ‘The Bear’ or ‘Boiling Point’, swept the Emmys last year

To celebrate HBO Max Day, here in the UK, here's a review of The Pitt, the show that has become America's reigning prestige drama (without ever airing in Britain).

I'm looking for someone Liverpool/Merseyside based for an old school journalistic adventure. I'll pay for a day or two of your time. Please slide into my DMs or send me recommendations!

Great piece, amazing story.

Just a Love Machine (Feeding Your Fantasy)

This week on The Ned Ludd Radio Hour, I spoke to @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social about his book, Love Machines, and whether AI companions could solve the loneliness epidemic, or whether they'll create a whole new romantic crisis...

Harrow 'Library Legend': 'I was fined for spitting but didn't do it' Kamal Shah was given a fixed penalty notice ordering him to pay £100, or go to court.

The police can issue you with a £100 fine for spitting?! Broken Britain.

My pregnant partner is reporting quite negatively, at present, about people's willingness to get up for her. But she feels very much like they're not even noticing her.

Pregnant woman says she is rarely offered a seat on Tube Hannah Emberton says people are

I feel that this is caused less by rising impoliteness than the fact that everyone is fixated on staring at their phones.

SNL UK review – Some hits, some misses, and a bang-on Princess Di impression First ever British edition of iconic American show was hosted by Tina Fey and included gags about Starmer, Attenborough and ‘Come Dine With Me’

I thought SNL UK was ok! (which should be seen as a huge win because everyone was anticipating a trainwreck…)

I'm beginning to think her name's not actually Raynor Winn...

Maybe civilisation can be saved by keeping AI tools in the hands of the artless perverts who have never been to a gallery or read a book or heard live music. They can have their own discrete porntertainment ecosystem, and we'll keep the rest.