The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.

I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.

So the dumb placeholder name will now be replaced by... the dumb placeholder name #headdesk A simple canvassing scenario will illustrate the sheer idiocy of this: Reform MP: "So can I count on your support?" Left-winger: "I'm supporting Your Party" Reform MP: "Great, good to have you on board!"

Someone on my street has had them up for a fortnight already... 😐

My cartoon for this week’s New Scientist. p.s. I have a new book of science cartoons: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

Unpleasant but not so shocking when you consider how UK universities these days are run more like businesses than institutions of research & learning. Management will inevitably focus on protecting the bottom line, principles be damned.

Sometimes you just have to reach for the classics. #NowPlaying

clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am, in a strictly organised clowns and jokers shop

Spare ticket for sold out Danko Jones gig at the Underworld tonight. Free to a mate. £10 charity donation please if you're someone I don't know. PLEASE SHARE

Giving another spin to Tangram, the new one from Smalltape. Standout track for me is probably "Selene", which starts in achingly beautiful fashion before spinning off into an energetic instrumental section led by acoustic guitar, percussion and a string section. smalltape.bandcamp.com/track/selene

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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

Radio 6 is a tribute to all that is best at the BBC. It is inform, educate and entertain in musical form: Utter loveliness. And then they periodically allow the news department to mutilate it with these context-free anti-asylum bulletins, reminding you of all that's worst about the BBC.

Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light #WomensArt

That shortlist for the official name of the Corbyn-Sultana party: Your Party Our Party Party On, Dudes It’s My Party And I’ll Cry If I Want To

#NowPlaying Goldray - Feel The Change

“I was just following otters.”

ba-dum tssh 🥁

There's something mesmerising about Badenoch's combination of supreme intellectual confidence and "Jesus? Didn't he play for Real Madrid?" command of detail. It's like somebody spliced the certainty of Margaret Thatcher with the work ethic of Boris Johnson.

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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes. If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.

#Rewilding One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats'. Available now in good bookshops an online nowwww.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

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It also risks the health of the Tooth Fairy, may provoke the Loch Ness Monster to violence, is an affront to our elven allies in Lothlórien, threatens a critical unicorn habitat and could undo the many benefits of Brexit.

Related: smorgasbords are always ‘veritable’, and nothing else is

'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'

Post hole. It's always a post hole.

I accidentally let my 6 year old watch Django after asking the school mums to recommend any kids movies. It turns out they had actually suggested Rango.

Trying desperately to stop myself asking why the guy serving in this cafe is dressed like Mario

One thing i appreciate as a glasses wearer is you can go in to most opticians and say "i lost a bridge pad" INSTANTLY a tiny old guy will Tom Bombadil himself out of a door you didn't even know was there. He will have a box. And a tiny screwdriver. And ten minutes later your glasses are fixed.

James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars. Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.

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A billion-pound jump in gambling income in a single year is not a success story — it’s a warning. We need stronger taxes and urgent action to protect people from an industry built on addiction. #PublicHealth #EconomicJustice

Juries are not perfect. Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials. But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having. They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.

We may need to write a post examining these differences more closely in the future

Y’know, believing there’s a kind of racism that isn’t hurtful or insulting is itself quite revealing.

I will never understand how tech bros don’t feel shame at shipping systems that do this.

I mean it's not complicated. Twenty people who were there have confirmed that Nigel Farage said all of these things. He's the only one denying it, which means just one thing. He is a liar www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Incredible headline.

Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.

You get the Oscar Wilde your era deserves

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My favorite "music" quote of all time...always worth the repost.

My favorite moon landing conspiracy is that it was faked but they hired Stanley Kubrick to direct it and he was so dedicated to make it look real he demanded that they shoot on location.

100% this. Was listening yesterday to the recording of the @originstorypodcast.bsky.social live show, where they put Curtis Yarvin under the microscope. What a fucking nutcase he is. How do these people ever rise to prominence?

Been guzzling coffee and giving another listen to "Skyscraping" by Strange Moments. Very enjoyable prog-tinged pop. Feel like this would be up @hippydave.bsky.social's street, for sure.

🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy. We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...