it's done... my tax has been made digital. But at what cost?* *£1.60 a month on Xero's Simple Plan, upping to £7 in six months, plus the cost of an hour long call with my accountant to learn how to use this new programme WHEN IN THE RECENT PAST WE COULD INPUT THIS SAME DATA INTO HMRC FOR FREEEEEEE

me pitching to the exec "we open on an evening spread against a sky and then cut to a patient etherised upon a table" exec: "interesting, interesting. The antagonist?" me: "it's daring, but I'm thinking a peach"

Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.

Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now

Tinfoil hat time... I think OpenAI exaggerates these kinds of things in order to make its product sound more intelligent and advanced than it actually is. For investment. "oh wow it's gaining sentience... it truly is a revolution... no one has any idea what it is capable of... pls give us money".

Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 2w ago

This- this is the story today. www.ft.com/content/9db7...

But I don't WANT to make my tax digital

*A well rehearsed, tightly written scene with punchlines and pay-offs, and good comedic acting that is well rehearsed* Instagram Reel: "This is actually all improvised 🥰, the reactions here are genuine, the actors had no idea he would say and do that"

thank god she's still culture secretary, can you imagine how the arts would struggle without the right honourable Lisa Nandy, it doesn't bare thinking about

The question for Nigel Farage now is whether it's less embarrassing to un-resign and claim that was an establishment stitchup, or to spend a month competing with a bin. Neither is exactly a *great* option. Neither solves his ongoing scandals. And it's a mess entirely of his own making.

I need England to at least do better than the USA. for the air conditioning discourse, you understand

The instinctive reaction right now is lazy, sleep-walking cynicism, or sullen don't-give-me-hope despair. But the truth is: someone with very good communication skills, the right diagnosis and a reforming zeal is about to become prime minister. That seems pretty fucking encouraging to me.

And this is now out! The whole series of 22 episodes is on Disney+. I was fortunate enough to write four of them, and I'm so excited for people to see the finished show!

James Huntrods@jameshuntrods.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So excited to share the trailer for The Doomies, which will be out on Disney+ on 26th June! Getting to be one of the writers on this show was some of the most fun I have had (comedy horror, the dream!) and I can't wait for people to see it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjxJ...

Guess where I am going tomorrow! Annecy Animation festival gonna be a scorcher this year

Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 2mo ago

France will be at the epicenter of the most significant heat anomaly on the planet over the next few days. The sheer extent of the country that could experience temperatures above 40°C is nothing short of astonishing.

this is very very silly

I like that “Widow’s Bay” is from a “Parks and Recreation” writer and answers the question, “What if they made a whole show out of the Pawnee City Hall murals?”

So excited to share the trailer for The Doomies, which will be out on Disney+ on 26th June! Getting to be one of the writers on this show was some of the most fun I have had (comedy horror, the dream!) and I can't wait for people to see it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjxJ...

The Doomies | Official Trailer | Disney+

YouTube video by Disney Plus

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among the biggest problems with television today, the lack of economic or logistical pressure to actually make shows is among the greatest. (1/14)

Its time for the avenging wife action sub genre. Lets see some dead husbands under the white sheets in a sunny flashback.

everyone is always like "in animation you must be able to write anything", meanwhile I am currently writing the "everything set in one location with the main cast only and strictly using props already built" episode

The phrase "quantum draft" from @vinaypatel.bsky.social in his latest newsletter is 👌. I very much recognise this state patelograms.substack.com/p/their-fact...

just heard a sad, soft, solo "nooooo" drift across my North London street at that penalty.

Widow's Bay expertly combines horror and social embarrassment, making me real uncomfortable the whole time I watch

well I'm convinced

Balancing my like for Andy Burnham with my intense dislike for anything that looks like a funko pop

"Feel the Burn" - that's a slogan there for you, Andy. You're welcome

whisper it* but is a Starmer revival on the cards? *you have to whisper because if you say it at a regular volume you will be made fun of

Watch Submarine Jim on BBC iPlayer for biting and current political satire

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo ago

Starmer to say ‘incremental change won’t cut it’ in major make-or-break speech to avert leadership challenge – UK politics live

UK today

Today this board game I pledged on in July 2023 arrived. What a nice present from myself in the past

mr civil servant, you must sacrifice your career to protect the great and illustrious rule of sir keir starmer, it is the noble thing to do

*unrealistic main character name, please revise

David Blanchflower BSc@davidbflower.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Latest image from Artemis II spacecraft. Taken by Reid Wiseman. 🔭 🧪

I know it's important to push back against these kinds of people, but there is wisdom in this reddit post: