This - after a public consultation that came down c95% against corporate copyright theft - is a hearty move towards this government’s spineless purchased representatives needing to be hoofed in the crotch by us all, in a big queue until they get the message.

Time travel with me... nickybondramblings.blogspot.com/2026/03/time...

And to think he was overlooked for the Nobel Peace Prize.

We shouldn’t have to vote tactically. We shouldn’t have to painstakingly analyse small sample polls with huge error margins to figure out how to stop our least preferred candidate winning. We shouldn’t have to be bombarded with conflicting party propaganda about who is in front really. It’s madness.

On this, the fourth anniversary of Russia's failed attempt to wipe Ukraine from the map, I spoke to @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social about the war, about Ukraine's heroism and about what it means for all of us. Have a listen! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

Had an adventure. What of it? nickybondramblings.blogspot.com/2026/02/who-...

Delighted to see I Swear winning awards at the Baftas - it's a brilliant and important film with great performances and I hope this encourages even more people to see it.

Happy birthday to this young man, and really to us all

#WutheringHeights Sweepcliff.

people think the harder part of writing a book is the writing, but no, that's actually a minority of the work, you actually produce far more words arguing about what to call it

The news be a-newsing.

When you just paid for fruit.

*Ahem* A small announcement... nickybondramblings.blogspot.com/2026/02/bran...

Just totally ignorant coverage from our national broadcaster which conflates the different legal regimes for service provision and workplaces. I suppose ignorant is a step in the right direction from its usual 'malignant'?

Exactly this. The coming of age show as I came of age. The inevitable future rewatch will hit hard.

It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious

Hibernation's over! nickybondramblings.blogspot.com/2026/02/hell...

I'm going to win.

This amused me greatly 😂 especially the fox painting 😂 Thank yoooo @cheekybudgie.bsky.social

new gender neutral greeting just dropped

Well the new met office app is totally unusable. I’d like to know if it’s going to rain in the place I’ll be on Saturday but it would prefer it to be a surprise.

Overthinking for the win... nickybondramblings.blogspot.com/2026/02/over...

All this and more. I said to a friend tonight that she was just too cool to die. Gutted.

Catherine O’Hara didn’t steal scenes she just showed up and ownership automatically defaulted to her

Ah, that is very sad. She wasn’t just great, she was great in everything.

Vale, Catherine O’Hara. She brought so much joy, not least as the inimitable Moira Rose in Schitts Creek ❤️‍🩹

I may have a stroke. Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.” A PROTESTant. I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.

Arresting journalists. We’re at that stage.

Re: last couple of reposts, it's nice to see some 'wins' in the world. In related news, I've just had a cheese and beans toastie.

“Despite their supposed victory in the Supreme Court last April, anti-trans campaigners like Sex Matters have encountered failure after failure in their attempts to use the law to bully trans people out of public life." And If Sex Matters tries to bring another challenge, we’re ready to fight back.

I can confirm that Sex Matters has been refused permission to bring its anti-democratic, exclusionary, and bigoted challenge to the inclusive space at Hampstead Ponds. More to follow.

"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States." www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...

After Suella Braverman's defection, 12.5% of Reform UK MPs have been photographed stepping on a guide dog

This is like thinking that because there are autobiographical elements in David Copperfield, if you bend the spine of the book back on itself, you’re hurting Charles Dickens.

The emotional rollercoaster of living... nickybondramblings.blogspot.com/2026/01/all-...

Not the guy with the yellow folder breaking

I’m really quite surprised at the BBC website today. ‘Here is a video, some people say it does not show what it very obviously shows’ is not how you report this.

one of the best things ever

I suppose the good thing about the update is I use my phone less.

Is This Boring To Read, Or Was It Just Boring To Agonize Over Editing For Fours Hours: A Writer's Tale

How I start up the convo on the family WhatsApp...

Chloe Zhao posted this and now I'm imagining Baz Lurhmann's "Hamnet."

This is a fantastic article with a lot of simple explanations in it of everyday counterintuitive bullshit, just as you’d expect from Cory Doctorow. Yeah AI is a bubble. But what sort of bubble? Who puffed it up? And what do we do? www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

I've got it! The antidote to AI slop... nickybondramblings.blogspot.com/2026/01/lets...

Wooohooooo!

Robert Jenrick is like someone who was planning to leave his wife for his mistress but got kicked out first and had to turn up at his mistress's house in the middle of the night with a suitcase pretending it was his decision

The mistake was putting the frozen hash browns in the oven the minute I wanted them, instead of half an hour before.

In essence: selling your A-Level certificates does not confer upon the buyer your A-Level results.