I like Richard Herring. Someone sent me a joke from him (Epitaph for the human race "At least we owned the libs.") looking like it was lifted from Twitter. I was a bit incensed he was still using it, but turns out he's not it was just an old joke. So I saw he's got a Substack (which I understand some people say is problematic) which signposts his Bluesky account. Look, I've spoken about Bluesky a lot. It's not for me. For a lot of different reasons I've been very vocal about. But I've mellowed a bit and for jobbing comedians who need a commercial'ish social platform, I recognise it's the best alternative to Twitter or Insta/Meta (although ironically not dissimilar to the point he makes in this blog about Starmer being the best alternative to the Tories). Anyway there's not much point to this but I continue to like Richard Herring and found this blog a bit interesting. Do we still say blog? Is this a blog? Am I a blog?

Twitter Marks the Spot - Richard Herring's Substack

https://richardherring.substack.com/p/twitter-marks-the-spot

Twitter Marks the Spot

Warming Up

Richard Herring's Substack

@TheBreadmonkey He always seems like a person who wants to do the right thing and, like you say, has to make a living via this stuff. I am surprisingly into his ventriloquist shambolic Newsround parody :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-45ZHGUVTwI

Rich and Ally’s Craven Newsround - Tuesday 24th March 2026

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@bobthomson70 @TheBreadmonkey I love it too. I’ve subscribed to his newsletters for years now and it’s consistently good fun. Loved him on Taskmaster too. We saw him live on tour last year and had a very funny evening, so I recommend catching him live if you can. I’d like to see the RHLSTP podcast recordings but I’m far from London way, will make it down at some point.
@LDJ @TheBreadmonkey I’m old enough to go back to Fist of Fun and Collings and Herrin pods. He sure got digital early.