The weird thing about binge watching the entire Poirot series is that Hastings, Japp, and Miss Lemon age about 15 years in the two weeks they’re off screen, and it’s only 1936-1938 in show time.

Actual fake polls. Making it up and calling it opinion. What are they thinking?

To the tune of West End Girls (1986, Pet Shop Boys)

Only 3% of social media users post toxic content. But the algorithm makes it look like everyone. This interactive explainer shows how it works — and what a fix looks like. thenoisyroom.com

Where to start? 💙📚🪐

I wasn't going to participate in the whole #GoT15 thing, cuz... well, I don't work for HBO anymore (haha) but I owe the show and its fans so much, I thought I'd post a bit about the first episode I wrote - 104: 'Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things'... which premiered 15 years ago today... (cont)

Pierre Bourdieu once argued that the question of whether something is art isn't answered by the artist's intention or even the object itself. Instead, the quality of being "art" is conferred by a community — curators, dealers, auction houses, audiences, etc. 🧵

Episode IX was a poor retelling of a good story. An unreliable narrator, given to hyperbole. Probably Threepio’s account. There’s storytelling potential in unearthing the truth.

We are bottom-dwellers in a protective ocean of air

Wolves that turn into dogs every full moon

Watched an adorable House Finch doing his courting dance on the deck railing. Wings down, tail up, look at my red throat! She goes for him, he jumps over her like Street Fighter, turn, and dance again. Small things to make you smile.

Ah, Spring. My second favorite season. The explosion of green, young bunnies frolicking, and colorful dinosaurs in the yard.

Keep going, #TeamSteg

Ah, Poirot season 7. Returning from retirement, marriages and business ventures abroad, reflecting on working together all these years. Wait, it’s *still* 1936?

Camp, kitsch, silly. Looks like a lot of fun. I’ll watch it.

I call these Rikerbirds, because their call sounds like the door chime in Star Trek: TNG. So, Rikersaur too.

Many beautiful images in this #Artemis Flickr set www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

No tyrants.

@sfwa.org Does my +1 to the Nebula Awards banquet also need to be an attendee or can I buy an extra banquet ticket only?

"Futility Defined" (c) constance lee menefee ... "a handful of hometown boys pressed deep into field muck leaving a fluid wake that nourished rice and fed the enemy."

"As is his right, he said no". Do these Senators realize they also have the power to say "actually, yes"?

Optimistic sci-fi gets misunderstood as soft. It isn’t. It means taking constraints seriously—physics, systems, human limits— and still finding a way forward.

Second Life c.2006 was better than this.

When I remember a previous dream in a dream, am I really remembering or am I dreaming that too?

Bonus action: drive west across a time zone the day after daylight savings. Increases confusion and fatigue +2

I know next to nothing about #geology but the enthusiasm of geologists is a wonderful thing.

Dogs with the straight line speed and numbers but the rabbit has the superior handling and acceleration. It’s a great match-up, Carl—who will win on this open terrain?

Iran from Spain is making him complain. The planes in Spain head mainly for Ukraine.

@bookdun.bsky.social Postdun?

I don’t make the rules but at least this is the version with Zendaya’s routine too. I’d never seen that one, but seen Tom’s dozens of times.

Five Motives for Writing open.substack.com/pub/joycecar...

Legally, suspect is facing a big bill.

What a great idea! A fine example of how good government can work for the people.

Tolkien Pratchett Sanderson Kingfisher Bujold

“i have to use AI because i’m bad at drawingggg 😭😭😭”

[Uptown Girl]

Why does my Bluesky Following feed only show me @mishellbaker.bsky.social posts 14 hours later? Why? Now it’s awkward to reply, like missing a text message.

Just saw that Xing Zhilei, the Chinese DIY influencer, posted an update on his self-built cat town which went viral last year. youtu.be/i1savUPr-yU

“Puling” is a great word. TIL!

I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Feb 5th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 14 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Finished Whalefall by Daniel Krauss in a few days. Easy read, choppy but in a good way, suspenseful. Genuinely didn’t know how it would end. On to God’s Junk Drawer by @peterclines.com next! #BookSky

Loved this rendition! youtu.be/9yHZdLswArc

Well, this was really just tremendous fun, old chap. Rather a shame the second season has died on the vine, wouldn’t you say?

Even much of the media lies, or obfuscates with the milquetoast tone of reportage from another era. Which media is trustworthy?

Cost Savings xkcd.com/3197/

Ooh, a PBS Masterpiece of Around the World in 80 Days starring David Tennant? From 2021? How did I miss this?

Vote your principles in the Primary, but show up and vote strategically in the General. Don’t stay home or vote third party!

I solved the daily Clues by Sam, Jan 11th 2026 (Hard), in less than 22 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Discworld QOTD, from Snuff