Manchester folk! Any recommendations for things to do in the city? I happen to be up there this week for work but may have some free time.

The BBC editorial standards have completely gone to shit since they decided they weren't trans-hostile enough. It's a Gender Recognition Certificate - how hard is it to get such a basic fact right, for crying out loud?!!

Maybe they should consider changing the name of the party.. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I really hate Instagram's new UI update. It used to be that if you swiped left on your timeline you would be taken to your DMs. Now you are shown reels instead. It feels like Insta are trying to dangle the jingly keys in my face instead of wanting me to talk to my friends...

Handed in my final draft of something very exciting yesterday. Blooming chuffed with the script and will be shouting from the rooftops when the moment comes. Watch this space (and time)...

I think if I worked for Screenrant or Digital Spy I would probably today be pitching an article headlined "Wicked: For Good fixes the musical's BIGGEST problem - but exposes several more". As much as I enjoyed the first film, the second didn't quite land the plane for me.

Am I the only one having issues with Microsoft Word's proofing language? It keeps switching me over to German.

I would take writing a 10k-word script over a 1-paragraph synopsis any day or night.

Installing a new router and remembered that the old one was made by the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.

Finally a politician who is honest about Donald Trump. No other party leader is on the level about this.

As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.

Thank you Ed Brett on Facebook for this absolutely AMAZING fanart for Short Trips: When I Say Run!! Honestly feel so blessed that anyone would take the time to do this. Originally from here, shared with permission: www.facebook.com/share/p/1Czd...

Meet the new TARDIS twosome... introducing Jasmine Bayes as Eleanor Fong. 💥 Doctor Who: The First Question is due for release in March 2026. Pre-order at bgfn.sh/first11

Miles Taylor IS the Doctor!! This is going to be a brilliant run. Trust me...

Trillionaires should not exist.

Saw a clip last night but watched the whole episode and he's bloody brilliant. Never seen a politician so down to Earth and relatable, cracking great off-the-cuff jokes and speaking in plain, honest, understandable terms, not a fog of PR. How long til the next election?!

Zack for PM, anyone? join.greenparty.org.uk

Reposting but cw: suicide

The real winner of Celebrity Traitors is Joe Marler's facial expressions.

My wallet. My poor, poor wallet. gizmodo.com/lego-star-tr...

I seem to remember Labour very recently making attack ads about how @zackpolanski.bsky.social and the Greens didn't care about the environment and that Labour are the REAL party of climate action. Labour are an absolute disgrace on every conceivable level.

Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations! His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind. It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.

Let's make this happen. Together. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/pol...

So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform.... Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally. It's time for Proportional Representation. www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...

I think my boyfriend's dog is one of those psychic animals who can predict the future. Currently she won't go anywhere without a towel. Which makes me suspect we might shortly be in for a visit from the Vogons...

This sounds AMAZING. Many congratulations to Luke!!

MIT basically confirmed it rots your brain time.com/7295195/ai-c...

In huge positive news, the Australian government just ruled out handing the work of their country’s creatives to AI companies for free 🙌 They resisted the well-funded tech lobby & shut down proposals to upend copyright law. Other governments should do the same! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

TARDIS Wiki, you are a godsend, I salute all who contribute to her.

Extraordinary. Join us!

Since I launched my leadership campaign, @greenparty.org.uk number of new members is bigger than the entire Liberal Democrat party put together! We're now at 129,000 members. And 5000 of those joined today. I'd like to be on Laura K more often! Join.greenparty.org.uk

My hot take is that even before we get into issues over AI usage, I don't think AI upscales look good. They often introduce more errors than they fix - see those awful Wallace & Gromit 4K Blu-rays - and give the whole thing a weird, oversharp sheen. It is just inventing detail that never existed.

My fatal flaw is always reading "dogpiled" as "dogpilled" and a part of my brain wondering what rightwing conspiracy I've missed

For some reason basically every federal US department has joined Bluesky all at once so maybe uh, block that fascist propaganda shit

US Government accounts have arrived on Bluesky. Block on sight. Protect your digital space. Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them. The detach quote function will come in very handy here…

Happy to confirm my father is also yet to grow out of Doctor Who - it's not me!

There's lots to like.

Seems the perfect time to migrate and expand an old Twitter thread of mine about the greatest art heist of the twentieth century... 'INDIANA WHO: CRUSADE OF DEATH!' An adventure in art-theft starring Julian Glover... and Julian Glover.

Paddington taking Tilly Norwood by the hand and leading her to the recycle bin

I genuinely cannot express how vital it is that you train yourself to recognize AI-generated images and videos for your own good because none of this is going away and many, many people are counting on you to fall for their shit

Off to see myself at the cinema! (And also Brides. Which I have heard nothing but great things about.)

I'm wondering if there's anything Prisoner-related in the mix...

need this to boost planetary morale

Just in time for the sequel to come out I have finally started playing Hades, on my Switch 2. Never realised I would love a hack'n'slash so much.

This is a CAPTCHA I just got. I cannot believe this is the extent we have to go to these days to fool bots. I'm absolutely perplexed and I'm a human! (I think.)

Wish I could say I was shocked, but here's the Labour government constraining the right to peaceful protest again... 'You can protest but only according to our rules. The rules are: you're not allowed to use any of the tactics that make protest effective.'

So - given it looks like a missing episodes recovery might genuinely be imminent, what's everyone hoping for? I would personally love it if they were from stories with no or little representation in the archive. Marco Polo, The Massacre, Power of the Daleks etc.

In memoriam...

White noise is the ultimate life hack. Can't get to sleep? It's aural melatonin. Can't concentrate? It zaps me into hyperfocus. Magic.

"Were you sent here by the devil?" "No, good sir, I'm on the level."