Book haul feat. @tomgauld.bsky.social @jamesbluecat.bsky.social @dennisetaylor.bsky.social

Do I even bother trying to sleep tonight? #fireworks

That was fun. Forgot the flour though IYKYK. #fieldsofthenephilim #goth

Building the Adam Nevill collection. Becoming one of my favourite modern horror authors.

New books this week. @foliosociety.bsky.social @greatdismal.bsky.social @brianclegg.bsky.social @alekskrotoski.bsky.social @jimbaggott.bsky.social @markcooperjones.bsky.social @jayforeman.bsky.social

Missing @newmodelarmy.bsky.social and Paradise Lost gigs this week due to COVID so I’ll have to listen to these instead and party like it’s 2020

This week’s new books. Definitely getting read for #spooktober #spookyseason #halloween @davidmbarnett.bsky.social @caimhmc.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social

New books!📚

New books from @johnlangan.bsky.social and others

Most of my new favourite bands seem to be Scandinavian. Today's earworm is from Kalandra. Gorgeous track #MusicMonday www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OrR...

Modest bank holiday weekend book haul @weirdwalk.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social @andysaunders-1.bsky.social

First big book haul in a while. Nice selection I think @karenhao.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social

RIP Ozzy 🙁 Black Sabbath were certainly a formative band for me. One of my favourites in my early teens. I remember being blown away by this when I saw it late at night on BBC2. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD2I...

Looking forward to watching this later...esp as it features some of the work done by the very excellent @elliescerri.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

How deep are humanity’s roots in African rainforests? Eleanor Scerri details her team’s research published in Nature about the discovery of tools in Côte d’Ivoire dating back to 150,000 years ago, which places ecosystem diversity at the roots of our species. #Academicsky 🏺 🧪

My favourite read of 2025 so far #stonelands @stonelands.bsky.social

1/5 Why do all non-Africans descended from a group that left Africa 50k ago? In @nature.com we model 120k years of human niche dynamics. From 70ka, a big expansion of the human niche in Africa likely equipped later OOA dispersals with a unique ecological flexibilty. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Gift article about our work that also mentions our recently published paper in @nature.com on rainforests as well! Thank you @carlzimmer.com!

New books from @stonelands.bsky.social @catjarman.bsky.social

Current earworm is from @dcdmusic.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N9B...

Retail therapy from @lallymacbeth.bsky.social @robinince.bsky.social @weirdwalk.bsky.social @discworldemporium.bsky.social and others

Wishing all you hoopy froods a very happy Towel Day! #TowelDay #TowelDay2025 #H2G2

New books from @joeabercrombie.com @chuckwendig.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social and others. Which to read first?

Mmmm, new @foliosociety.bsky.social books

Enjoying this collaboration between Ivar Bjørnson and Einar Selvik #MusicMonday youtu.be/ipGRoZjh1v4?...

Wonderful night from Eivor and Heilung in London. Amazing!

Heilung tonight. Can’t wait!

Watch the full video clip about our discoveries and their significance - from Charlie Cauchi at Sajjetta! player.vimeo.com/video/105936...

In @nature.com we report the presence of the Mesolithic on Malta - upending everything we knew about the seafaring capabilities of late European hunter-gatherers and pushing back Maltese prehistory by 1000 years. Watch the clip, link to open access paper is below. 1/5 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A blog post from me about our discovery pushing back Maltese prehistory to the Mesolithic, and discovering that hunter-gatherers were making epic 100 km sea journeys! communities.springernature.com/posts/discov...

Wardruna in session at the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Great week with two gigs from Wardruna / @joquailcello.bsky.social Looking forward to Heilung in April, Kalandra in May and New Model Army in October

Wardruna were quite splendid again last night.

Video of Helvegen by Wardruna - apologies for the view of the ceiling at the end, but controversially I was paying more attention to the stage than my phone 🙂 #Wardruna www.instagram.com/p/DHdMMklMVtu/

@joquailcello.bsky.social thanks for the amazing set last night. Off to check out the back catalogue

Wardruna were amazing last night. Will have to do it all again Friday

Seeing Wardruna for the first time at the Royal Albert Hall tomorrow night. Quite excited about that youtu.be/FnkTuHP9q3o?...

Today’s new book @adamjkucharski.bsky.social

Just bought tickets to see Kalandra in my home town. Playing a converted church...should be amazing www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3YC...

Now had babies

New books from @pfracassi.bsky.social @jasperfforde.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social Adam Nevill #horror #sciencefiction #books

Down to my last two boxes of mince pies 😩

Happy 40th birthday First and Last and Always (still not as good as Floodland though). #TheSistersOfMercy #FirstAndLastAndAlways

Today’s book haul from @stephenking.bsky.social @davidmbarnett.bsky.social Adam Nevill #horror #sciencefiction #books

In @nature.com we show that humans lived in rainforests ~150,000 years ago – over double the previous oldest estimate. Their presence in West Africa’s rainforests demonstrates the spread of early humans and places ecological diversity at the heart of our species. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

(1/27) Humans in rainforests….humans in deserts? A thread!

Train guard threatening to charge people for an extra ticket for every bag on a seat! That’s a first, but fair enough…train is busy.

Shamelessly stolen from a friend who shamelessly stole it #neuromancer #williamgibson #cyberpunk

My block of flats has spikes in various places to prevent pigeons, so this cheeky one has decided to innovate.

Grok, X’s AI, is amazing 🫤