....are they, though?

Stellar timing, Wes. Just as there was a chance people might pay some attention to the Farage stuff. But please, swallow up all the headlines, sure.

Take my licence fee!

The Trapeze Swinger-Iron&Wine Don't Dream It's Over-Crowded House Prettiest Eyes-The Beautiful South Everlasting Love-Love Affair World Spins Madly On-The Weepies About You-The 1975 Always Gold-Radical Face Waterloo Sunset-The Kinks This Year's Love-David Gray Boy w/the Arab Strap-Belle&Sebastian

Are the missing or dead scientists all connected? (No)

We're watching the open web as it existed die in real time.

Hall of fame FT correction

Even in a world where LLM never existed this is solid mentoring

I get why people say this, it's powerful, but he did start with camps. Dachau opened in March 1933, the book burnings were 2 months later. He purged the judiciary in April 1933. Nazism was a violent movement from the start, street violence was crucial from day one, even before he got to power.

Oh dear www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared

He looks like all of the brothers from malcom in the middle rolled into one

WHAT A TOURNAMENT. My God. Best one ever? #SixNations

ah, men talking to men about talking to men.

A little good news.

One a miner in south Wales, one a (post-war) butcher in Tottenham.

What a game #IREvsITA

Palmerston served for four years as chief mouser to the foreign office, from 2016 to 2020, lasting despite multiple public spats with chief mouser to the Cabinet, Larry. He retired in 2020, but as a selfless public servant agreed to rejoin the service for a final posting in Bermuda in 2025. 🫡

...horrifying message without context, thank you

Good question, little billboard

I had a pistachio soufflé and a big glass of rose. I looked at the news and I’m glad I did. Cheers.

Fuck it, I’m getting a pudding tonight. Maybe two. And a big glass of wine.

This image, viewed millions of times on Facebook and X, claims to show Venezuelans taking to the street to thank the US for detaining Maduro. But the image is AI-generated and was first posted on instagram by a user who frequently shares AI videos. It's not real.

because headphones you have to charge are so convenient?

Sure, why not

While it's a good thing that the dominos are dropping, it's rage-inducing that we had to wait so long for that first one to go before the rest fell in line. This has all been known for so long. Nothing has actually changed. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ah that's a nice worst kept secret in publishing you have there, sure would be a shame if it was revealed just before Christmas

Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.

MERRY CHRISTMAS CHILDREN’S PUBLISHING 🥳🥳🥳

Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence

How horribly sad and what a loss. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

OK #BookSky let's hear your books of the year. Just your personal faves, no other criteria. Doesn't have to have come out this year, just something you read this year. What made the most impact for you?

Bridge by Lauren Beukes (wonderful parallel world sci-fi with a difficult mother/daughter relationship at the heart) and Poor Artists by The White Pube (semi-fiction about the ridiculousness of trying to be an artist and the need to keep trying).

OK #BookSky let's hear your books of the year. Just your personal faves, no other criteria. Doesn't have to have come out this year, just something you read this year. What made the most impact for you?

The BBC live text commentator is not enjoying themselves.

What a ridiculous waste of time and resources. And why is this write-up talking about ADHD and mental health interchangeably? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“I grew up in care, not prison. I say it like a fact, like my phone number, recited without thinking. But none of that matters, because they want an answer. ‘So, what did you do wrong?’” This is a great piece of writing by @matt-taylor.bsky.social

Also to situate this in context, a bookstore selling more than 20 copies of my last book means they want to host an event with me for my next one. Each book purchase is hugely influential. If you can give the gift of books this season, do it please. bsky.app/profile/blip...

PSA: if anyone was trying to get #DermotKennedy tickets in the presale this morning but Ticketmaster was bugging out and you gave up, they seem to have fixed it now and it’s working. Tickets left!

This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu

Happy Fenton Day to all who celebrate. Jesus Christ, fourteen years. youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU

There is no winning. Read a book in public, you get accused of being performative. Don't read a book in public, Joyce Carol Oates says you are a human shell with no inner life. 😞

A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule

Lovely message from @neuroblastomauk.bsky.social thanking Alan Carr. Shared on their X. #CelebrityTraitors

He trusted you Nick #CelebrityTraitors

FUCK. ME. #CelebrityTraitors

The whole nation screams as one #CelebrityTraitors