Being German, ID cards don't worry me as a concept but being British, I am worried by this government introducing them now. Context, what a thing eh

I love how we're going to see 500 articles on this and the answers are just: - More people are getting accurate diagnoses - We finally have a significant number of women in medicine and they're diagnosing women and girls

UK: pls can we have a crumb of affordable homes and non-cost-of-living-crisis Starmer: so you're saying you want *spins wheel* ID cards

Apple can get in the bin with "secondary click". I don't even know what people are doing with their computer if they aren't right clicking stuff all the time and I just got fed up and gave my friend a non Apple mouse so I don't have to remind him what key he has to press to USE HIS MOUSE

I don't want to hear about an escalator getting stuck. It is less than nothing. Please go away. I am fed up

We'll be starting to ship our storytelling decks next week at @betonmond - they came out really nice! Go have a look! betonmond.co.uk

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I am so dang tired. Lying in bed in my cooking apron, waiting for a roast dinner to finish, and for my business website to update, and there's no way I will fold all the laundry today. Thinking is way too hard. This is quite peaceful.

For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )

wonder if the ease and rapidity with which "AI" can generate right-wing fantasy images and propaganda makes them more convincing for their consumers — as though one shouldn't have to use their own imagination to manifest the bigotry they insist on www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

Bumblebees have a massive proboscis??? WHAT

I have exactly one small job to do today at the studio and before I even contemplate it my friend is cooking a breakfast of pancakes and the first thing they did was mixing up coconut oil and syrup and now there's suddenly a jar of raspberries involved that they brought from their garden

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

I have taken the Tylenol that was in the medicine cabinet and which they think probably is the reason you like trains forgive me but that’s bullshit you got autism from your dad

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The main thing I need is more book shelves

Tomorrow I'll get back to illustrating the chapter book and I'm so delighted. Really all I want to do for a while is draw stuff and read books. Until I go on tour again in a couple of weeks...

you know how you solve the problem of trans and autistic children? you love them, and you listen to them, you raise them with the support of a community that supports about their well-being. you work to build a world that accomodates their needs. you give a shit.

Jon Klassen's THE SKULL is such a perfect book. I just read it out loud with a friend with cups of tea to celebrate autumn and also to celebrate having a friend to have cups of tea with and read a perfect book with

I feel today is a great day to really concentrate on my special interests

this is the solution to the male loneliness epidemic I am 100% serious

Hey, Autism is not a disease. While not all Autistics have food aversion, it is found in a lot of Autistic and neurodivergent folk. If you want to stick it to the people sharing and celebrating the spreading of misinformation about Autism, share stuff made by Autistic folk. Like my book:

Keep this guy out of power

I've gone and got my anorak zipper stuck haven't I

My friend is about to visit me and it turns out that to get into the UK they now needed to download an app for her application, and the app only runs on a new enough phone. It just gives out a message that you should "get a friend or relative to download it". They have to be in the same room as you

You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes. #romancelandia

I wonder if I should put a little irn bru out for the tired wasps to have a wee sip

“OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws” https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html

I'm back since midnight or so and already people are trying to get me along to the car boot sale and to make a double spread illustration for a newspaper LET ME HAVE MY COFFEE Y'ALL

Some of my best clothes I found next to skips out in the pouring rain. My good leather boots and now some proper work trousers. I've also got some of my sister's old clothes from her contractor work. All that stuff is just the best when it's worn in

Looking at original art is important because it helps you realize that the original art does not matter in cartooning. It’s all about the printed final piece. Aiming for a a clean and neat original is a hindrance. Just make sure the black lines end up where there are supposed to.

Start using your public libraries. ACTIVELY REQUEST books by marginalized communities so libraries know the demand & can buy them. Use your NOTIFY ME tags in Libby. CHECK OUT books (electronic and physical) by marginalized authors. Circulation numbers and holds are critical for us.

On the train back to Brighton. Scotland was good. I already fell asleep for an hour, absolutely ready to do nothing at all tomorrow. Got a bottle of Irn Bru, and a reusable bag full of apples from the goethe institute yard tree. Good times

This is apparently getting popular, someone said it was on WHAT'S ON on the radio. See you tomorrow at the Goethe Institute then and I'm looking forward to what card games emerge.

[Withnail, close to tears] “I have become vulnerable in the night-time economy”.

Taught a class of Scottish eleven year olds to fold zines and left them all drawing comics about characters they improvised together. Reminded the teacher that they now have the means to set up editorial teams and self publish.

I'm in Stirling today. Wondering what the mountains are I can see from the bus. I'll find out

My library has craft swaps and seed swaps a bunch of equipment you can check out instead of buying it yourself repair clinics and free language classes I'm probably forgetting some awesome shit but yes: libraries are The Best

Granite, is it

Zipping across Aberdeenshire on a bus. It's sunny and I'm entirely exhausted from making up very odd characters with well over a hundred children at once.

On my way to Aberdeen. Looking forward to the next gig, and to finding out what Aberdeen is like

2 weeks away! {comic by @heyluchie.bsky.social}

I wonder if when they planned this rooftop hotel bar they considered that all the surrounding buildings are taller

This looks way too much like my flat

I mean this in all seriousness: this is the point of being alive

Asking for an author’s book at a library is a wonderful thing to do. The library buys the book, maybe even multiple copies, which really does help authors. A simple request can spread a lot of good around. Also I just love libraries and I’m always happy when someone checks out one of my books. 📚

My Scotland tour is going great. Really enjoyed my first Glasgow school visit. Really friendly and chaotic and good kids. Off to Aberdeen next!

Waking up in Glasgow.. I'm on tour! It happens. Presently absorbing co-op coffee in my little hotel room, mildly conflicted between wanting to snooze and explore.