'Cutting off funding for culture and knowledge has social and political consequences. If you want a healthy and harmonious civil society, invest in the humanities and the arts, for they foster understanding, knowledge and empathy.'

I am happy to undertake historic research on behalf of organisations of all kinds, including businesses and charities. My experience includes writing histories up for print and digital publication, as well as formal reports for internal use. www.joesaundershistory.co.uk

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

If Springsteen writes and records a protest song about you… you are fucked. youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...

Let's talk about the Aylesbury tunnels.

Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.

Excited to be speaking at the IHR Food History seminar on 12 February 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm. Book a place to hear about cheesemaking and women’s dominance of the dairy in early modern England. Online via Zoom so no real cheese this time I’m afraid.

Dirty deeds, the smell of urine, and a stolen cock. Latest post from @melaniejmilne.bsky.social is both educational and entertaining.

Just been up there - apparently they've been told to be out by the end of January, after 44 years. They're fighting hard, and really want people to sign this petition. Please spread it wide! c.org/gsxVMrWW8T

Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it

An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.

I rarely brag, but I made the Blacklist. So this is what me bragging looks like. deadline.com/2025/12/the-...

It's wild that there appears to be more current concern for the Lost Library of Alexandria than for the British Library. The BL's crisis exemplifies the accelerating destruction--through apathy as much as by design--of human knowledge & learning. I'm not even being dramatic.

Today is the 56th anniversary of the first performance of Mahna Mahna on Sesame Street. You’re familiar with it by now, of course, but... well, it never hurts to be reminded, does it?

With the whole “going over the falls in a barrel” aspect of AI saturation, I found Ryan Holiday’s thoughts useful, reassuring and important. ryanholiday.medium.com/youre-gonna-...

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

What’s your sign?

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

I go. I try. And I will keep trying, even though it feels like a losing battle. Because I remember the whole point of the far-right astroturfing of social media is to make it feel like a losing battle, to make us give up. Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.

When I think about the stupid mistakes LLMs make with words sometimes, (cf. the strawberry problem, fabricating quotations, or mixing up terms etc.), there's a well-known Old English riddle that comes to mind. It's more than 1,000 years old but I think it has something to tell us about AI... 🧵

Because there’s never a bad time to share Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner, here are Chuck Jones’s rules for the Road Runner

About ten years ago I was staying at a friend’s parents’ house and asked if they had any marmite. “I think somewhere…” Found a half used jar at the back of the cupboard next to a tin of peas from 1987. (I went marmiteless)

me when you get your acoustic guitar out at a party I was up to that point enjoying

Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

I will be throwing petals in his path.

🧵 I argue that we can understand the functioning of democracy through 3 core ideals, verification, deliberation and accountability. While no democracy fully achieves those ideals, this thread explains how MAGA destroys all three and inevitably results in democratic regression into authoritarianism.

Welcome to the archives.

I wish to proclaim once again the appearance of Sweet Billy Pilgrim in Leeds on June 27 (futuresound.seetickets.com/event/sweet-... ) and Liverpool on June 28 www.seetickets.com/event/sweet-... and we’ll be playing things like this, with verve and aplomb youtu.be/ZfvwQtMXh2A?...

SWEET BILLY PILGRIM are playing with their Full Band at The Arts Club Loft, Liverpool on Saturday 28 June 2025. If I were around that way, I would (almost literally) break the door down to get to see them.

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

Anyone who has ever been tempted to us an LLM for anything, or who has ever been fooled into thinking they might be usable, should read this.

Similarities between ICE & the Gestapo

I’d expected that since we’d hit our stretch goal for Lovecraft Investigations that things might quieten down but we’re now at almost £108,000 with 11 days to go. It’s not impossible that we might get to our super-stretch goal of £150k. Shall we give it a go? www.kickstarter.com/projects/cro...

I'll bang this up again. If you haven't seen it, it's worth nine minutes of your time. It's one of the most remarkable ... "things" I've ever seen. I can't just call it a song, it's more than that. Anyway, it's a chuffing great piece of art. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_nc...

Attn @juliansimpson.bsky.social

And Amanda unveils her plans to cancel her Audible subscription. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

We’re now only £3k off our £100,000 stretch goal for The Lovecraft Investigations kickstarter. So now might be a good time for you to take us over the next target. Thank you again to every who has funded us so far. It’s been an amazing response. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cro...

I thought all movies started off in colour and turned black and white with age. Also, I thought tangles in hair were ‘triangles’ and pictured hundreds of tiny triangles as my hair was being brushed.

Excited to be presenting at the Lightning Talks this year.

A great episode to kick off the new season as we chat with creator of The Lovecraft Investigations, @juliansimpson.bsky.social! We talk all about the difficulties of getting projects made, and hear about his new Kickstarter! Watch now: youtu.be/14VLz1DuJaw Or listen here: linktr.ee/ukpageone

Can we reach our stretch goal before I finish writing my next update to our GoFundMe? There's just £47 left to go for the stretch goal, so if there are a few people with a tenner kicking about, please take a look! www.gofundme.com/f/save-ada-l...

We have just under £10K to go on the Lovecraft Investigations Kickstarter before we hit our first stretch goal and a new Mythos show becomes reality. Also, I just saw the early designs for the Mythos T-shirts we're selling when we hit that target... #lovecraftinvestigations #crowley #kickstarter

Our Patreon backers now have early access to this week's episode with @juliansimpson.bsky.social, writer and creator of the brilliant Lovecraft Investigations podcast (among other things!) And he's currently running a Kickstarter for the next chapter... Join now: patreon.com/ukpageone

Who doesn’t love The Lovecraft Investigations? So imagine our surprise at this gem. We’ve backed @juliansimpson.bsky.social and the team. www.kickstarter.com/projects/cro...

Loved The Lovecraft Investigations and want more? Join me in backing the best audio drama team in the business led by @juliansimpson.bsky.social in their Kickstarter campaign for a new season www.kickstarter.com/projects/cro...

@juliansimpson.bsky.social 's Lovecraft Investigations spin-off CROWLEY is now fully funded BUT if you keep backing it then more good stuff will come via stretch goals including a new episode of his excellent folk horror-meets-xfiles-meets-spooks series MYTHOS www.kickstarter.com/projects/cro...

"ME-mento!" "Me who?" "ME!" "Who's there?" "Knock knock."