I was heckled by another MP while asking about inclusive relationship education in schools Sickened but not really surprised that homophobia is alive and well on the bench behind me 'They're primary school kids' he says - as if no primary school kids have lesbian or gay parents!

Hope beats hate.

Because... Please sign and remember to confirm your email address. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Skyscraper Live is happening this coming week! One of the first ever things I was involved in developing. Catch the Traitors Finale at 8:30pm, then stay up til 1am for the big event. Climbing Magazine has done a fab breakdown of it here: www.climbing.com/news/alex-ho...

I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.

You have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.

"Dope Zack Polanski" - Carole Malone

“a biological male trans woman“ we really are through the looking glass where insane phrases like that are now treated as normal and official

I find Gmail’s new “write this for me” feature deeply sinister. They’re trying to convince you that you are dumb and helpless. Don’t let them steal your ability to formulate thoughts and communicate. You were capable of writing an email in 2022 and you’re capable now.

Kind Hearts and Coronets feels like the kind of film you could maybe justify remaking once in a generation if you picked a truly iconic actor to play all the D'Ascoynes... But it looks to me like the only reason they didn't here was to avoid a plagiarism suit. youtu.be/BxBof_p3_es?...

I won a game of Werewolf once. It was, to be fair, a very good win.

I know everyone's on a Traitors high at the moment (me too!) but I will also say how delighted I am that The Boyfriend has returned on Netflix. It's a Japanese gay dating show which is unlike any other reality show I've seen - gentle and unjudgemental. Defo worth your time (sub over the dub).

My Facebook algorithm has been desperate to show me Nigel Farage's altruism the past day. I've learned he bought Christmas dinner for a town of pensioners, saved an entire dog shelter from closing, opened a community hospital in his name, bought a new Volvo for a waitress... If only reality agreed.

EVERYONE DO THIS SURVEY MAKE DISCORD PANIC AND REGRET AND REVERSE COURSE DROWN THEM IN YOUR HATRED FOR GENAI

Oh hey, listen, just a quick word. Do not do this.

If a website appeared overnight that gave hundreds of millions of users the opportunity to create CSAM you'd expect governments to shut it down quickly, so the question is why X gets a pass when it's done just that? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Finally killed my old Twitter account this morning. Haven't regularly posted or looked at it for over a year and things being what they are it doesn't feel a great look to still have a presence there, even a dormant one.

A record of population and land usage for tax-collecting purposes will return in Avengers: Domesday

Microsoft killing Publisher is a genuine travesty. Wouldn't have survived secondary school without it. Also it's my go-to CV software.

This is a beautiful story - great read to start off your year.

My least woke opinion is that I am glad that the Em Dash has been slightly stigmatised due to AI because it's my least favourite piece of punctuation.

Time-travelling history lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University.

I had a really nice chat with a guy about Stephen King novels in an Uber Share in Bristol two weeks ago. If you're out there, I *have* started reading The Stand...

Served Sue Perkins at Costa over the pandemic. She was wearing a mask so it took me a few moments to realise it was her but I think she noticed in my (also masked) face that I'd recognised her as there was a little twinkle in her eyes after that. I didn't say anything, just got on with it.

Today would have been Paul Spragg’s 50th birthday. In his memory, @bigfinish.bsky.social audio competition winner #DoctorWho Short Trips “The Wednesday That Wasn’t” by Luke Hollands is FREE, along with the studio script, original entry, behind-the-scenes interviews, and music suite. bgfn.sh/st25

I wonder if school textbooks will skip page 67 in future the same way some buildings avoid having a 13th floor button in the lift

I have just watched my first ever episode of Blake's 7! Massive blind spot for me but with the Blu-rays coming out I popped series 1 on my Christmas list.

We ended up in the same Airbnb as last Christmas and I am pleased to report that no masochists turned the TV's motion smoothing back on after I switched it off last year

Happy 20 years since Jackie Tyler was nearly murdered by a piece of festive foliage everyone!

Who knew transphobia led to easily to homophobia? All of us. We all did.

I don't usually do this - however! It is awards nomination season and I am particularly proud of When I Say Run, so why not shoot my shot. If you enjoyed this story, it is eligible for short story and audio story nominations and I would be honoured if anyone were to put it forward.

Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower

I was today years old when I discovered that the Elgin Marbles are not a collection of small glass balls

I don't usually do this - however! It is awards nomination season and I am particularly proud of When I Say Run, so why not shoot my shot. If you enjoyed this story, it is eligible for short story and audio story nominations and I would be honoured if anyone were to put it forward.

time to boycott Fortnite on top of everything else! spend that Fortnite skins cash on your local trans charity instead, just to spite Joanne

My debut novel, The Paradox Paradox, IS FINALLY AVALIABLE! Get the eBook here RIGHT NOW for just £5! www.patreon.com/nerdcubed/shop

If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...

52:48 "Will of the people" 97:3 "No clear consensus"

I am disappointed to say that Walkers' Beef Wellington crisps are ace and I am going to be teeth-gnashingly annoyed when they are discontinued

Is it me or does the Zodiac guy from S2 of Sarah Jane remind me of this queer icon? youtu.be/1i739SyCu9I?...

What vapid, troglodytic stupidity leads people to pull the emergency brake on a train at every successive station on the route? Cheers guys, I didn't want to get home at a reasonable hour at all

Yes, yes, I know. They’ll get it all wrong without me. I suppose one more series won‘t kill anyone. Well, except… that would be telling ;) New era for the 12th Doctor kicks off in July 2026. Like what we did with 11? Then you’ll love this too.

Do any of my followers/mutuals have the ability to do a bit of AI-free photo restoration in time for Christmas? Paid of course! The main issue is that the photo has faded due to sunlight exposure. However because of the frame it was in, a chunk of the true colour remains untouched. DMs open!

If you LOVED what @alfiejdshaw.bsky.social did with the Eleventh Doctor then I PROMISE you, HE'S DONE IT AGAIN with the Twelfth. These two sound SUPERB together! If you're looking for Doctor Who with emotions, humour, excitement and complexities, plus a GENIUS series arc, you will LOVE this.

Been blessed to read a bunch of these scripts and they are ACE. Going to be another home run for Alfie, congrats to Jon, Gwithian, and all the writers!

Epic pays for licensing fees for the games they give away for free as promotions. Which means even if YOU aren't paying for it, you're giving money to JK Rowling to harm transgender people AND elevating her stature by giving her franchise higher numbers. NO TERF WIZARD GAME. NO TERF WIZARD SHOW.

Stealworkers

Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy. Enough to power 23 million homes! U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.