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.

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...

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."

Dracula attempting to move on from a conversation topic

The Lovecraft Investigations is easily one of the best radio-drama out there, its adaptation of Lovecraft's work and it's extension into the whole Pleasant Green is superbly done. And now they are working on a chapter on Crowley? Count me in!

The Kickstarter for this 5 episode investigation into the life of #aleistercrowley went live today! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crowleyaudio/lovecraft-investigations-crowley

YES! I'm not usually hugely into audio drama stuff but I love the Lovecraft Investigations.

If you like brilliantly crafted, incredibly acted, freaky deaky edge-of-your-seat ancient occult mystery stuff, listen to The Lovecraft Investigations immediately, and then get behind this. Cannot wait bsky.app/profile/juli...

Kickstarter for this coming very soon and looks terrific (nothing to do with me, I just love @juliansimpson.bsky.social's work).⁣ ⁣ A factual account of Crowley's life and adventures, presented by the fictional characters from the Lovecraft Investigations.⁣ www.kickstarter.com/projects/cro...

#NowPlaying #LiveMusic SWEET BILLY PILGRIM Supporting Exit North this evening at Manchester Academy. It's a few years since I've seen these guys, so I'm excited to hear what these guys have been up to in recent months.

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Was just browsing Kickstarter for no reason and was v excited to see that @juliansimpson.bsky.social and @maybeitwasutah.bsky.social are at it again with their Lovecraft Investigations! #lovecraft #horror #pleasantgreen Check it out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cro...

In which I get to bring two of my favourite things together - dicking about as an actor and noodling around archives. 😍