Please take the time to read this superb @jamellebouie.net column. It establishes a baseline of truth for anyone who wants to think, talk, and write honestly about Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...

This might be the greatest headline in the history of the internet...

Let’s not forget that Hilary Cass labelled people raising the alarm about this as “shroud wavers”

By the way, do not think this is just me venting. I’ve already got the (brilliant) cover art from Joe McLaren - who did my most recent few covers - and will be taking pre-orders in early April. If you are interested in a copy best thing to do is to subscribe to www.tom-cox.com so not to miss out.

The cartoon that appeared this week on the front page of France’s most influential national newspaper, Le Monde Brilliant work by the cartoonist, Guffo.

Inagaki Tomoo. Cat Gathering (Night) 1957. Coloured Woodblock. #Caturday

Professor Louis Appleby covered up a policy which killed trans children so that the British government could kill some more through neglect and lack of care.

I’m an Ambassador for this brilliant charity, Bookbanks, giving away books with food parcels at food banks. There are two part-time jobs going for Regional Leads in London and East Anglia. Link below. Please share far and wide :)

The trans panic is a men's rights movement in drag.

A scammer just tried exactly this on me via WhatsApp. Glad I saw a post here recently outlining the scam - it would be very easy to fall for. The “hotel” account had an unconvincing name, but they had my name, number & reservation dates. lifehacker.com/money/hotel-...

Thanks to @iansample.bsky.social at the Guardian for covering the devastating funding cuts that are being proposed for UK (astro)physics, and the dire impact these would have on young researchers. Will UKRI/STFC reconsider? Will the UKGov step in?🤞👩‍🔬🧪⚛️🔭 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

We are talking about space research and particle physics, our collaboration with CERN, giving up on UK science leadership in Europe. Why? www.space.com/astronomy/uk...

The Aberdeen Bestiary, One of the Great Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Now Digitized in High Resolution & Made Available Online

OMFG Green's is now available online for free

@thecanaryuk.bsky.social and @zackpolanski.bsky.social are not mincing their words about incessant transphobe and right-wing NHS privatisation advocate Wes Streeting.

We're really proud of the platform we've built at Bold Politics in just four months and whilst we've loved having the hosts of Match of the Day and Loose Women on, it's also important that we share the stories of people without platforms too.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Just a reminder that my In Conversation event at Peckham Library is tonight at 6.

Rainbow!

#Bitcoin explained in two posts: #$BTC

Despite wide public support for the Millionaire's Tax, 30k people have signed CON on this legislation getting its first hearing this Friday, outnumbering those in the PRO column four to one. It's really easy to sign PRO - do it now!

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT As of January 1st 2026, John and I are **no longer** the owners of Complexly (the educational media company we started 15 years ago that makes Crash Course, Eons, SciShow, Study Hall, and a bunch of other shows.) We have been the sole owners for all that time...

Author-vloggers Hank and John Green are turning their educational media company Complexly into a nonprofit.

Instant classic thread...

Dawn over Malaga.

Thread:

New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped

Hot Take 2: if this is Mandelson's position, there is no reason for him not to issue a statement to this effect. If he has not issued a statement to this effect, the BBC's "understanding" of his actual position may be inaccurate. Stop letting people play this game.

Nigel Farage is going to "save pubs" by cutting 5p off the price of a pint of beer... The £3 billion cost will be funded by reinstating the two-child benefit limit. This might be the worst policy anyone has ever come up with. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Yeah, this is me saying "please buy my book". But I've been hospitalised twice in recent months & I can't logically separate the long term illness I've recently been diagnosed with from the treatment this book has received by untrustworthy people. And that is why this small incident means so much.

Happy Book Birthday @rymkechacha.bsky.social! 🥳🩰

To write this story I had to go through Musk’s Twitter feed. It’s one of the saddest places on the internet. This is the literal richest man in the world and he spends so much time retweeting suck up fanboys who write tweets specifically catering to his ego so he boosts them. He’s so pathetic.

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

Bloody hell! Heck of a story... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

12/10 would definitely start a war for her

Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".

Helen of Troy looking like Lupita Nyong'o is incredibly unlikely, would require a black swan event

A heads up that if you blocked Neil Gaiman on here without unfollowing him first, you are still following him.

Ooh! New @ianmcdonald.bsky.social out *tomorrow*! (On Kindle, paperback in April.) us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Okay troublemakers, punks, antifa supervillains, and anyone who just enjoys being a petty little shitbird while they fuck up the algorithm of a massive media corp. Here's your assignment for the weekend. Get on it and spread the word.

Latest St. Remedius installment: a great place to start if the archive is too onerous. stremedius.com/2026/01/31/s...

Last night Selena, who never sits next to me, loafed next to me, for almost 20 minutes!

The official theme song of “it might happen today”

Finally watching #TheCrown, the beginning of which might be summarised thus: Episode 1 - Coughin' Episode 2 - Coffin

THE HALF MAN (kindle or paperback) "a gloriously OTT occult comedy-thriller that has echoes of films like 'The Old Dark House'. Bloody entertaining fun." "Great fun - a mix of Dennis Wheatley and Sam Raimi" "it’s an absolute ‘blast’!" www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1718632932

I do love that Adobe Acrobat (Android version) now has an 'AI Assistant'. Which is *utterly incapable* of finding the last PDF I downloaded to my phone. Nothing important, just a boarding pass I need for a flight tomorrow.