Woop! I have been "selected to participate in Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP)'s Kindle Translate beta" which is Amazon's new AI-powered translation service, and apparently they'd "love to hear" what I think about this! Well, they're going to hear it. Whether they will love it...

No I will not be in your goddamn Kindle Translate beta programme.

Periodic PSA, the only currently licensed Murderbot merch is at Worldbuilders Market, where it's sold as part of a charity fundraiser. You may want to sign up for their new product notices because they should have a new Murderbot thing coming up: worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/...

Lockdown could have been avoided - key findings from Covid inquiry www.bbc.com/news/article...

Boris Johnson took 4 days off as NHS warned of escalating Covid crisis www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The BBC matters now more than ever. In a world awash with disinformation, a strong and independent public broadcaster is essential to protecting the truth and safeguarding our democracy. Here's my piece for Comment Central.👇 commentcentral.co.uk/defending-th...

Happy St Edmund’s Day! A moment to honour our town’s heritage and the legacy of St Edmund. Read about his story and how Bury St Edmunds remembers today: visit-burystedmunds.co.uk/st-edmunds-day

With Russian aggression increasing, a ship targeting our pilots and nearing key undersea cables is a serious concern. I raised this matter today in Parliament. 👇

Great to be at the Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds this evening for Rapunzel! Always a joy to support our local theatre and see families coming together for the pantomime. Looking forward to a fantastic show!

I'm sure I used to fit under this gate... (Photo @imageplotter.bsky.social)

Keir Starmer has demanded an investigation into links between Reform UK and Russia following the jailing of the party's former Wales leader for accepting pro-Russian bribes news.sky.com/story/starme...

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The Donald Trump peace plan is nothing of the sort. It takes Russian demands and presents them as peace proposals, in what is effectively for Ukraine a surrender ultimatum news.sky.com/story/trump-...

Remember the Covid era? Well this week the covid inquiry laid bare the devastating ineptitude of Johnson's govt. While in today's era, we have Starmer seemngly adrift, Mahmood mimicking Reform, and MP's 'sleeping under desks'.... All this & more from Mr Pecksniff et al

Tomorrows’s headlines today This was last month’s edition of Byline Times leading on Nathan Gill and his connections to Farage, and his paymaster’s connections to Putin subscribe.bylinetimes.com/editions/79/

* Mahmood’s wording alarms Labour supporters * Backbench revolt bigger than benefits? * MPs “sleeping under desks” in disarray Pecksniff's Diary eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe...

What? It’s midnight and I’m looking up reconstructions of creatures from the Burgess Shale, as one does. That Opabinia, what a weirdo.

Aha - another Penric and Desdemona novella by Bujold - just in time to save me from doing any further work today 😀

Loved Taskmaster series 20, and so excited for Champion of Champions and New Year Treat!! What a marvellous show it is

PALEONTOLOGY IS AWESOME!

Meta is using your Whatsapp messages and Facebook & Instagram DMs to train its generative AI. If you want to object, you can do so here www.facebook.com/privacy/genai

This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC

Victims of domestic abuse in rural communities are half as likely to report it. I raised this in Parliament after visiting the fantastic team at Restore. We need every victim to feel safe and supported to come forward - and I welcome the steps being taken to make that happen. 👇

Videos shared thousands of times on Facebook claim that King Charles has invoked an “ancient Royal power” to limit Sir Sadiq Khan’s control over London. But this hasn’t happened, and the British monarch has no such powers. fullfact.org/politics/kin...

Join the campaign to Trump-proof the BBC www.libdems.org.uk/bbc

Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy | Dr Russell Jackson @docrussjackson.bsky.social yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/def...

The prime minister has written an exclusive article in the Big Issue pledging to ensure stronger rights for renters, as the government announces that no-fault evictions will end in May 2026 👏 www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

At what point does the name change to the Trump files?

Millions of renters to get new rights in just six months Among the measures coming into force Section 21 eviction notices, which allow landlords to evict tenants on a whim and without reason, will be banned from 1 May 2026 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Heavy rain from Storm Claudia is causing surface flooding in parts of our area. Please take extra care when travelling and keep up to date with the latest alerts here: check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk

🚨 NEW Steve Bannon Offered Trump’s MAGA as a Shield for Jeffrey Epstein Epstein helped shape Trump’s MAGA movement through a secret alliance with its chief architect, Bannon, who offered to help him “stave off" the #MeToo movement in return for support bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/s...

Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests | Mark Cunliffe @markcunliffe76.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

The Jeffrey Epstein email revelations should be the breaking point between the MAGA cult and Donald Trump, argues Heidi Siegmund Cuda

Gabriel Pogrund: “EXCLUSIVE 🚨The founder of Ayanda Capital, investment company which won a controversial £255m PPE contract via the “VIP lane”, arrested in sweeping HMRC investigation into unpaid tax Tim Horlick, whose firm had £155m of masks rejected on safety grounds, had home raided last year”

BBC’s Nick Robinson: ‘Hands up all those who think BorisJohnson is well placed to lecture anyone else on upholding standards & admitting mistakes.’ 1/

'He's so unserious': Experts say Trump's new plan is 'going to kill a whole lot of people'

Where's your poppy, Nigel? x.com/Nigel_Farage...

No argument here.

The relentless negative coverage of this Labour government is becoming really sinister now.

🔴Bassim Haidar: The ‘Globalist’ Billionaire Bankrolling Britain’s Anti-Globalist Party Why is Nigel Farage’s supposedly ‘anti-globalist’ Reform UK being bankrolled by a globe-trotting billionaire who once advised Amnesty International and the World Economic Forum? bylinetimes.com/2025/11/07/b...

Brilliant to see Bury St Edmunds EcoCarriers taking on the Shopmobility service - helping more people access our town centre with confidence and independence. A huge thank you to the volunteers and to West Suffolk Council for supporting this inclusive initiative! suffolknews.co.uk/bury-st-edmu...

🔴We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...

A video claims the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine contains “cancer-causing SV40”. This isn’t correct. The vaccine doesn’t contain the SV40 monkey virus, which can induce cancer in animals. It uses a fragment of SV40’s DNA sequence, which doesn’t cause cancer.

Wingfield Barns is a rural gem, writes Kate Viscardi – art, history and big skies in a tiny Suffolk village. Visit their latest exhibition by artist Sherie Brinkley while you can ⤵️ eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/cu...

What fresh hell is this?

Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most By John Hall @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @johnfromyorkshire.bsky.social

I should mention this again: Worldbuilders Market worldbuildersmarket.com/search?q=mar... has Murderbot and Sanctuary Moon merchandise where the proceeds go to charity. At this point as far as I know there is no other licensed official merchandise.

Here's a post listing everything I had out this year, new fantasy, reprints, short fiction, TV show, etc: marthawells.dreamwidth.org/670572.html

Linking to this Scientific American interview again: www.scientificamerican.com/article/were...

Science Bluesky, I need a question answered that is not yielding to Google! Can you carbon-14 date an alien? Because I know it requires nitrogen-14 in the upper atmosphere and if the alien homeworld doesn’t have the same nitrogen content…?