Absolutely disgusting. The ECHR was created to deal with governments that think like this

He's Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer More reliable than a garden strimmer He's never been mistaken for Yul Brynner He's not bald, and his head doesn't glimmer

Send with an addendum that this issue will determine my vote.

The first edition of Alexei Sayle's Stuff was originally broadcast on this day in 1988.

More on the sad story of Leia Sampson-Grimbly: diva-magazine.com/2025/10/13/c...

"No," said Arthur to one of the natives who had just shuffled some of the letters round in a fit of abysmal dejection, "Q scores ten you see, and it's on a triple word score, so... look, I've explained the rules to you... no no, look please, put down that jawbone... all right, we'll start again."

one of the most transformative things I was ever taught was by my professor Kandice Chuh & she told me every time I make a claim & then write “but”—to see if the “but” could actually be an “and.” if both things could be true. it changed everything about how I write & think.

Out now! Non-fan Dani watches #BBC TV's #DouglasAdams' #HitchHikersGuidetotheGalaxy Will she need a Babel Fish to understand it all? Does she know where her towel is? This episode our guest is Tim from @randomiserpod.bsky.social listen here: anchor.fm/iddsf youtube.com/@iddsf

This should be a lot of fun! pca.st/episode/549a...

World Mental Health Day, is it? That'd be nice. Where do I get some?

Codename Icarus – Very British Futures Watch out, the latest episode of Very British Futures is available now and this time we are delving into obscurity again to analyze Codename Icarus, what would now be called a techno-thriller, and aimed at teenagers. Joining me on the journey are my old…

I bloody wish

"Five to one against and falling..." she said, "four to one against and falling... three to one... two... one... probability factor of one to one... we have normality, I repeat we have normality."

Skeptics with a K: Episode #435 Marsh drops down a rabbit hole when he starts to look into the makers of 'Ozempatch', which claims to shift stubborn belly fat. Meanwhile, Mike tries to book a massage. www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts/ske...

Arthur Dent sat and quivered. He had no idea what he was in for, but he knew that he hadn't liked any thing that had happened so far and didn't think things were likely to change.

reposting this cos it's ace

Doctor Who - The Hand of Fear (9th October 1976). "Kiss the children for me". A good guest turn from Glyn Houston as Professor Watson.

This is Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and considered to be the first person to write a computer programme which was for Babbage's Analytical Machine. She died in 1842 In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.

I have lots of #DoctorWho art prints for sale, please check 'em out! (Reposts very appreciated!) 🙂 www.ebay.co.uk/usr/scotgra-57

A pleasure doing this. Lovely to see my friends and meet the entirely amazing Dani for the first time. Jinantonix all round!

The winter Olympics we actually want to watch.

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

Asking shoplifters to pay for their goods would kill their industry.

We’re supporting @nionwomen.bsky.social, a collective of women refusing to let their identity be weaponised to justify discrimination against trans people. They’re calling on women everywhere to join them: https://goodlaw.social/xmgc

A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – it's time to fight back. Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive - add your name 👇 https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive

Imagine, just imagine a political leader this progressive, eloquent and impassioned. RTD is awesome.

RTD for Prime Minister

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy: www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

🙏🏻 for the UK please.

We're pleased that the loathsome comments carried by GB News, which equated being LGBT+ with being a paedophile, have been found in breach of the Ofcom code, following 71,000 complaints collected by @goodlawproject.bsky.social. pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/new...

The Vogon began to read — a fetid little passage of his own devising.

How do we know Bari values diversity of thought? On her website you can find men saying conservative things, women saying conservative things, queer people saying conservative things and minorities saying conservative things!

How did we get here? ‘it was the Conservatives who went out of their way to play down the presence of institutional racism, who launched culture war after culture war about nonsense such as the content of the BBC Proms…’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Jodie ♥️♥️🟦

I really hope that Time Flight is returned to the BBC

The Doctor would probably call it Storm Pond

Over 4,400 people have written to Virgin Active telling them to stop following transphobes and stick to the law Help us reach 5,000 🎯👇 https://goodlaw.social/d922

The vengabus is coming And everybody's running For years it has been scheming Now hear its victims screaming The blades of steel are turning Now smell the corpses burning

Touring again! Tonight I’m on Maybole Library in Ayrshire. This is where Bobby MacBryde devours all the Art books. I’ve not been here since I was doing my research for the novel. Can’t wait to read this bit -site-specific!

Soon, people called Al will have an endless struggle in written communication… “No! It’s Al. Not A. Sodding I. Al. Ahhhhl.” And Paul Simon will release “You can call me A.I.”

Thirteen novels (and counting) publishing in weekly chapters. Several free monthly columns, music reviews, articles and surreal adverts too. Why not try reading theflaneurmagazine.substack.com? #books #writing #literature #fiction

Something extraordinary happened to Ford's face. At least five entirely separate and distinct expressions of shock and amazement piled up on it in a jumbled mess. His left leg, which was in mid stride, seemed to have difficulty in finding the floor again.

Monsters for my calendar #5: The Fendahleen

Trans pupils in Scotland are limiting food and drink intake to avoid using school toilets, fearing they might be ‘outed’ www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-pupils...

Sublime.

FOD RNE ELL EII NV EERY

100% All Achievements xkcd.com/3148/