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A penguin in a woolly hat defending himself with an Iceland-flag themed red and white umbrella against a Lunar haggis, a frizzy furry dun-coloured creature in a Tam O'shanter hat who has accidentally shocked humself with a pair of electrically charged mittens

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Earth’s Follies – Week 58: mystery gifts, judicial roadblocks and the airport tantrum express

27 March 2026

Xylb'tok, a multi-limbed pink Martian, with a while Martian felinoid coiled around his shoulders, wearing white bottoms, is playing a Martian three-mouthed trumpet and knobbly maracas style instruments. Behind him are tufts of purpe-blue alien vegetation. In front a pinguin is dancing, and wile Lunar haggis, a shaggy dun six-legged creature wearing a Tam O'Shanter hat is twerking.

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Earth’s Follies Week 57: Allies, outbursts and a phantom President

20 March 2026

Xylb'tok, a multi-limbed, three-eyed knobbly pink Martian with his tree feet wearing shiny black Oxford shoes, stands examining a 5 Lunars banknote with a picture of a wild Lunar haggis, a dun-coloured furry creature, on it. On teh ground lies another crumpled note, featuring a penguin. From the fourth shoe emerges Grzzl'x, a spiky, three-eyed white Martian felinoid, coiled around the pole of a banner. Blye text on the white banner says '#FreeLarry'. Another banner, black, is propped up on the ground, the text in white letters says 'Ban XL Bullies'.

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Earth’s Follies: Week 56 – Crab feasts, cabinet clown shoes and the Great Badger banknote panic

13 March 2026

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Earth’s Follies: Week 55 – Armageddon, Incels and the Department of Education banners

6 March 2026

An orange vaguely head shaped jelly being blown off a red plate, splattering everywhere. In the background, a penguin is figure-skating on ice, lifting a spikey three-eyed alien felinoid above its head.

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Earth’s Follies: Week 54 – self-driving rovers, self-awarded medals and the state of delusion

27 February 2026

Xylb'tok, a multilimbed pick Martian, is eating pizza and holding a cross and a spray bottle of holy water. He is surrounded by a bunch of garlic, and array of bottles of holy water, one with a label that says 'To ward off Unholy Things' and a kniggly gucket holding some wooden stakes, on which a white three-eyed felinoid is scratching itself.

Opinion

Earth’s Follies: Week 53 – sewage, FBI obstruction and prayer fires

20 February 2026 - Updated on 21 February 2026

Opinion

Earth’s Follies: Week 52 – boos, sulks and coal-fuelled delusions

13 February 2026 - Updated on 14 February 2026

Opinion

Earth’s Follies: Week 51 – FAFO, King Bruce and the Bigot Awards

6 February 2026 - Updated on 8 February 2026

Xylb'tok, a pink Martian with Grzz'lax, a while felinoid, perched on his head, stands with his multiple suckered limbs outstretched and inscribed with text 'Right to Bare Arms'. In front of him, a wild Lunar Haggis, a brown furry creature wearing a Tam o'Shanter hat, with legs longer on one side than the other, stands in contemplation.

Opinion

Earth’s Follies: Week 50 – isolationism, space Haggis and Olympic goons

30 January 2026

Xylb'tox, a three-eyed pink Martian with multiple sucker-covered limbs is holding a variety of prized items. Next to him, a spikey white martian felinoid Grrz'lx is eating a bowl of Rice 'n' Pease. The items in Xylb'tox's possession incude a crooked-shaped trophy inscribed 'FAFO No Balls Cup', a tin of Hindsight Pease Pudding, a warty-looking plate inscribed 'All-Martian Rock Cake-Off Consolation Prize' containing a set of wing-up dentures, a pack of second hand vintage medals with a tag 'Job Lot, 50% off' and a CPD Certificate of Attendance bearing a tick and a gold star. Around his neck is a gold coloured first-place medal with label still attached with text 'Pack of 10, do not sell separately'.

Opinion

Earth’s Follies: Week 49 – Peace Prizes, Protection Rackets and the Gulf of Me

23 January 2026

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Tag: xylb’tok

Earth’s Follies – Week 78: Greenland, Tay Tay and weaves

Earth’s Follies – Week 77: missiles that go bing bing bing

Earth’s Follies – Week 76: Fourth terms, and gold statues

Earth’s Follies – Week 75: we see tariffs and more football controversy

Postcard from somewhere: peace, quiet and no estate agents

Earth’s Follies – Week 73: red cards and gold mounts

Earth’s Follies – Week 72: passports and Presidential paintings

Earth’s Follies Week 71: frogs, ducks and an empire declines

Earth’s Follies Week 70: the murky pool of consequences

Dear Xylb’tok – letters to Mars

Earth’s Follies Week 69: lions, land grabs and logical failures

Earth’s Follies Week 68: gold, gaffes and garden cages

Earth’s Follies – Week 67: empty peace funds and freedom cage fights

Earth’s Follies – Week 66: Musk v God and the Cuban countdown

Earth’s Follies Week 65: tippy tops and the holy land grab

Earth’s Follies – Week 64: gold statues, sulks and a squirrel

Earth’s Follies – Week 63: passports, petty grievances and the Booze Brothers

Earth’s Follies – Week 62: microbes, mountains and bonespurs

Earth’s Follies – Week 61: Arches, apparitions and pope wars

Earth’s Follies – Week 60: correction, ejection and denial

Earth’s Follies – Week 58: mystery gifts, judicial roadblocks and the airport tantrum express

Earth’s Follies Week 57: Allies, outbursts and a phantom President

Earth’s Follies: Week 56 – Crab feasts, cabinet clown shoes and the Great Badger banknote panic

Earth’s Follies: Week 55 – Armageddon, Incels and the Department of Education banners

Earth’s Follies: Week 54 – self-driving rovers, self-awarded medals and the state of delusion

Earth’s Follies: Week 53 – sewage, FBI obstruction and prayer fires

Earth’s Follies: Week 52 – boos, sulks and coal-fuelled delusions

Earth’s Follies: Week 51 – FAFO, King Bruce and the Bigot Awards

Earth’s Follies: Week 50 – isolationism, space Haggis and Olympic goons

Earth’s Follies: Week 49 – Peace Prizes, Protection Rackets and the Gulf of Me

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