#SilentSunday #StilleSonntag

Enjoy the ride @miffyhelen and anyone else! #IOM

Let the daily bafflement at Orla Chennouai's outfit choices from Mrs Roach begin... love you, Orla. #TDF #TDF2026

also on the events list

The Music of Phil Collins & Genesis – The Candlelight Concert

Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons: The Candlelight Concert

The Music of Motown – The Candlelight Concert

The Music of Adele – The Candlelight Concert

The Music of Luther Vandross – The Candlelight Concert

After the War. A short transition story.

http://www.danamania.com/stories/After%20the%20war.html

*slides into your DMs* *attempts to come to a stop but fails* *continues sliding, entirely unable to control motion* *crashes into the mastodon "collections" tab* *knocks over a giant pile of starter packs, which promptly fall into your bookmarks* *your bookmarks are now full of starter packs*

fire hazard 😱

https://guildhallwinchester.co.uk/events/enchanted-the-ultimate-princess-concert-2/

Not replying to the thread to claim that I think the cover art of Encarta '95 was generated by the mediocrity machine, because I couldn't bear the earnest replies.

How do professional shitposters cope?

https://oldbytes.space/@Kroc/116855628444343133

NRC laat vandaag weer goed zien waar de problemen vandaan komen. Op pagina 4 een stuk over de impact van de hitte op kwetsbare mensen, op pagina 6 gevolg door een advertentie voor cruises rondom Zuid-Amerika.

@GetCarter It is unlikely I will ever see this mountain in real life, but thanks to you it is probably the mountain I have seen the most.

YIL about dormouse tubes.

"But knowing the Guardian readership, you’ve all done the Inca trail. Some of you are probably reading this halfway up a sponsored Kilimanjaro trek." 😆

also

"... you can’t get away from people ... giving categoric, incorrect tactical insights." 🤔😆😆

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/03/world-cup-mexico-azteca-altitude-england-thomas-tuchel-tactics

on this day in 1777: Gilbert White enters his 4th year of climate change monitoring.

https://mastodonapp.uk/@gilbertwhite/116860177841842495

@internetsdairy Is that really all, Paul?

A tennis commentator seriously just said 'doesn't her face look better with a smile on it' #Wimbledon #EverydaySexism #FuckThatNoise

The home secretary ... will ... [allow] the extension of alcohol licensing hours on occasions of “exceptional ... national ... significance”.

National team playing with mediocrity, facing a team that isn't a historic rival, round of sixteen. Unexceptional.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/03/police-criticise-decision-allow-pubs-stay-open-england-match-world-cup

"Sexton acknowledges the long-term solution cannot be banishing photos [of children] from public social media accounts."

whyever not?

I'm so glad my family and school (etc) didn't document.my childhood and share it routinely, publicly and without my consent. Apart from the picture of me in the Farnham Herald dressed as Friar Tuck for some Cubs event, which was out of our control.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/03/ai-prey-watchdogs-telling-parents-protect-children-nudification-apps

There is an entry on the family wall planner that just says:

"Harry Styles!"

... and I now have a modern version of "Gordon Bennett!"

this thread 😆

https://mastodon.art/@internetsdairy/116856457646199387

@internetsdairy

that rare thing, a long grauniad interview with someone plugging something, ending with "$SHOW is on <free-to-air terrestrial television> from $DATE"

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jul/03/sue-johnston-interview-fame-loneliness-ann-droid-diane-morgan-comedy

#AnnDroid