Throughout all this time, Palestinians are still suffering the same injustices that they've experienced for the last eighty years - simply for existing. Israel wonders why extremism exists when it seems no atrocity they commit can be countered. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The wonderful indie publisher Barnard Publishing have a new book out today: A Year Without a Summer by Lesley Bungay. Check them out here: www.barnardpublishing.co.uk?srsltid=AfmB... #IndiePublisher #PublicationDay #BarnardPublishing

Un peth sy'n fy mhoeni cymaint â phopeth arall yn yr etholiaeth heddiw ydy'r bygythiad tuag at yr iaith Gymraeg gan Reform a'r fath gymeriadau. Fel unrhyw beth gwerthfawr, mae'n darn o ddiwylliant Cymru sy'n haeddu amddiffyniad. Nid ffoaduriaid sy'n bygwth; yn hytrach dallbleidwyr sydd ar fai!

Reform poses an existential threat to the Welsh language; its policy (I use the word policy in the loosest sense of the word) amounts to opposing the use of Welsh in schools, local and national government and the public sector ✍️Richard Morgan

Writing a novel has turned into devising an entire universe. It’s fun…up until I forget the name of a fashion tycoon who once started an interplanetary war and I’ve forgotten where I wrote it 😅! Debut novel — The Immortality Paradox — coming December 2026…

As soon as we remove lobbying - corporate and vast donations of any kind from political campaigns - the sooner we remove the incentive for grifters like this to become politicians. Despite being denied election by the people so many times, Farage returned because the money kept coming.

It's clear that lobbying needs to be banned first, but in some twisted paradox, that will be struck down by corrupt politicians too! The ouroboros of British government; the unity of all things shit.

Accountability in politics is non-existent and it's a major reason for chaos on this planet. One person lies to gain an advantage, why should the rest tell the truth? We need genuine consequences for these things!

In other words: I'll happily bomb a primary school, but I won't touch the lucrative gas facility until it's the last resort!

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Creativity is often messy and unorthodox. That's what makes some of the best films/tv/novels/comics so endearing - they are often flawed, full of heart and fearless projects done by passionate people!

How anyone thought Palestine Action was a terrorist group is beyond me. To emphasise the imbecility of the whole thing, a brother of a friend of mine ironically held up a sign outside a police station reading "I support genocide". They were completely ignored!

Thank you to Sheriff Bilal for stating the truth undiplomatically. It's about time someone actually cared about crime.

It's mad that the BBC has - every day now - a rolling feed of reports debunking AI footage and verifying claims by people. And the people convinced by AI and political lies will never see it, let alone believe it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...

I wish money had never been invented sometimes. It's the death of compassion for a lot of people.

Keir Starmer is disappointing as hell. Before the election, I didn't have high hopes, but his indecisiveness erases his entire former identity as a fighter for law and order. He shouldn't need facts to ascertain that Trump has broken international law. They are blatant.

Zohran Mamdani seems a genuine person who will work hard in good faith to achieve positive change. It's remarkable to think that is unusual and yet should be a given trait of Humanity. Compassion is within all of us, and yet often people call it a weakness. Fuck that backwards belief!

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda! I love keeping track of all the characters, locations and species in my universe that I use Obsidian to compile everything in one place. Looking forward to releasing The Immortality Paradox into the world thi year! #Debutauthor #Booksky #Debutnovel

Just so much BS that this planet has to put up with. Tech is out of control.

Sometimes I wish mathematics was a bit like physics for cases like this. You attempt to deny Earth's gravity by demonstration and you start accelerating towards the centre.

Thank you to my publisher, Barnard Publishing, for sending me an early Christmas present. A proof copy of my novel coming out next year! Currently surreal, but gradually feeling real. #DebutNovel #NewAuthor #BookSky

FAVOURITE READS OF 2025 A list of ten novels I've read this year that have made a mark on my soul. In no particular order. 1. The Priory of the Orange Tree (2019) by Samantha Shannon Sweeping, epic fantasy with vivid characters!

Every time he miraculously rears his head in public, I’m reminded how despicable and wildly unqualified he was to lead the UK

I really, really want to laugh (if not to let off some steam), but this is utterly depressing, pathetic and possibly the stupidest plan ever conceived; even Baldrick would be flabbergasted.

So incredibly sad to hear about Amanda Brotchie - such a phenomenal talent gone way too soon. I will remember her contributions to the Doctor Who Universe this past series very fondly!

Flashback to the surreal moment I got the chance to write a short story for Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart from Doctor Who in 2018. The published version was altered to avoid copyright issues, but here's the original: cosmogenesishexad.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

The extremely slow pivot from claiming Venezula was an authoritarian government (which has credence) to drug smuggling and now to claims of stolen oil is laughable. People must being paid milions to swallow this shit.

Whoever said Trump would start a war before revealing his egregious involvement in the Epstein files was right on the money. How there are still no articles of impeachment blasting their way up the chain of government hierarchy is beyond my comprehension. Get him gone, ASAP.

You know what, I've never really been a fan of football, but the way fans across the world have been treated by the rich and powerful for the 2026 World Cup is utterly disgraceful. The sport has been completely hijacked by greed.

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My new blog for my upcoming debut novel, The Immortality Paradox, coming in December 2026! #Booksky #DebutNovel #NewAuthor cosmogenesishexad.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

Sometimes I get so crazed about the corrupt cronyism, my inner Charlie emerges. The web of stinking sleaziness the Trump administration is connected to and has unleashed on this world is unprecented. Where is the accountability? It starts with people saying no to bullies.

The War Between the Land and the Sea has already captured my attention. Heavy on the morality, soft on the action, just how I like it!

Gosh, @benaaronovitch.bsky.social 's Rivers of London series is a sheer delight! This is a series I will eagerly be lapping up for the next year or so. Moon Over Soho surpasses the first in the series with concerning capers and crazier creatures. I'm in awe!

I know FIFA has been corrupt for a long time, but handing the least-deserving candidate alive a "peace prize" is their way of saying: "Yes, you've let us get away with literal murder, so we'll do what the fuck we want, and reward our evil friends."

The late Neil Peart of Rush wrote many great lyrics, but one that's been sticking in my head recently is this: "It's the pride of purpose in the unrewarding job." From "Nobody's Hero" - For the people who devote their lives to making the world a better place, while a few tear it down.

Absolute coward! Just goes to show how evil their actions are that all reasons and excuses are masked beneath claims of ignorance. "Trust us because we know fuck all"!

Finally completed the Broken Earth trilogy - there's so much to love about it! The imagination and raw emotion in these novels are what make them so worthy of those Hugo Awards. And the last but one line of The Stone Sky hit me like orogeny.

‘Cwbl dorcalonnus’ Golygfeydd trist wedi i dân achosi difrod sylweddol i Glwb Rygbi Penarth dros nos

Credit to my secondary school maths students who have never once stated that a value has fallen more than 100%.

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Wow, outright demands for ethnic-cleansing from the Trump administration; performing the fascist playbook. It was inevitable unfortunately, but if it's not stopped now, it's looking very bleak for anyone who doesn't "conform". I really hope you can save yourself America!

Let's do this; let's investigate every single one of them - actively prosecute - before they dupe the population into believing their destructive fantasies. If we're every going to improve our circumstances again, we've got to be utterly devoted to accountability.

Why is that those speaking in front of the parliament feel compelled to exchange jibes like schoolchildren on a playground? I swear the majority of the budget of civil servants is spent coming up with witty zingers to sling like mudballs across the rugby pitch.

I will never understand the delectability that journalists and politicians have towards the Budget. Reports released an hour before they were officially being announced does not constitute "one for the history books", the majority had already been leaked the past few weeks.

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