Graham's all about 'protecting women'

This is absolutely breathtaking. Take over the country. Steal its oil. Insanity.

may 2026 bring us a million luigis

Thunder snow in the highlands this weekend maybe!!! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/vide...

Late to it but #HuntingWives sweet lord

Been doing awful lot of projects with other people over last few years (often 'free adjacent') & decided that 2026 needs to be the year I say no to that sort of thing. 2026 needs to ONLY be my projects. Over Xmas I've been in Spain getting stuck into a long neglected thing + my GOD I'm loving it.

One of the best to ever do it

Well that’s just made my day of writing VERY HARD

I wouldn’t and definitely not pedigree but if I was going to. Either this…..

Well, it’s the day after Wallace and Gromit rode again – and it’s the 31st anniversary of the first appearance of the greatest sound effect in the history of the motion picture, so here’s the story of how (I found out how) they made it...

Although this is the first year they'll actively be trying to shoot him down.

So here’s what I would say to the spite-fuelled. Your arse is showing

This is so good harpers.org/archive/2026...

I have food in the fridge that was put in there before her husband died and she's walking around dressed like she's about to narrate a musical about the collapse of Weimar Germany.

The Onion Looks Back At 'Home Alone'

Third Sector Against Transphobia has launched an open letter in support of trans people and requesting improved guidance and support from the Charity Commission for charities attacked by ‘gender critical’ transphobes ‘lawfare’ Sign here 👉 www.thirdsectoragainsttransphobia.org

As a grant writer for environmental causes, I’ve seen first-hand how funding for the environment often takes a backseat to medical research and human services. This article helps demonstrate why this is a problem; the environment is a HUGE influence on public health and quality of life.

Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people

Heated blankets are the absolute best thing ever

“If you’ve got autism or ADHD just get into the habit of setting loads of reminders for yourself” The reminders:

We’re excited to see Prof Shani Orgad will be @vaginamuseum.bsky.social discussing #menopause & rage - how anger is portrayed in the arts, history & public discourse, & why society has long tried to quiet it. 🗓️ Wed 10 Dec 7.30–9.30pm 🎟️ Tickets → www.outsavvy.com/event/31628/... #LSE #VaginaMuseum

Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/

some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think

Again I am remined that Children of Men is set in 2027.

Richard House children’s hospice — the oldest children’s hospice in Newham — is at risk of closure as it’s got a massive gap in its finances. There’s a petition here to put pressure on local and national government to support it, please considering signing:

"Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court" "The child, barely old enough to talk..." "Unable to reach the chair on her own, Lucy was lifted into the seat by Ana Islas" coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...

Live and don't learn that's me.

You need the score/the map/the plan first. Then you have a process. And inevitably part of the process DESPITE WRITING DOWN SCORE IT is forgetting and spending a day up against the limits of the thing.

Kishwer Falkner in The Times talking about the rights of "biological people". As compared to trans people, who are, of course, non-biological.

Today is my dear friend Tim’s birthday. Here is a shot from the film he made during lockdown about Scottish raves that I was able to screen at our little film festival in Seyðisfjörður and which made the whole audience long to go dancing. I dreamt about him last night. I miss him so much.

GIVE US MUPPET KNIVES OUT, RIAN.

Many years ago when I used to DJ (or, as I like to think of it, putting one record on after another), this was my go-to first disc out the record bag: www.youtube.com/watch?v=50xx...

Many of you may have heard that trans girls are now banned from Girlguiding in the United Kingdom, their version of the Girl Scouts as we know them in the United States. It is a cruel new low in a country that has treated trans people horrifically in recent years. The latest from S. Baum.

This article is a perfect example of a gag so obvious you can't believe no one's done it before, but which is also so well executed that my only complaint is that it's not ten times longer. A true Christmas treat.

Also this might just start turning into a fully focused writing account - GOD HELP ME

Happy Holidays! Every day until Christmas, I'll use this thread to rec a book to help you with your gift list. Let's start with THE TWENTY DAYS OF TURIN by Giorgio De Maria, translated by Ramon Glazov, and republished with a foreword by moi. Buy from your fav indie. (Alt text = more detail.) 1/?

Tell you how I’ve been changed a bit more by Joanna Rowling continuing her doubling down spending spree… or Hilary or any number of em. I’m finding it almost impossible to load up the ‘feminist’ word on my shoulders. It doesn’t feel like it belongs to me anymore.

Contact us if you have been affected by the policy changes of Girl Guiding or the Women's Institute. This could be as an individual, or because you lead a local Brownie group who don't want this policy change. We want to help protect trans inclusion. goodlawproject.org/about/contact/

Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK Transgender girls deserve a safe, nurturing space where they can learn, grow, and contribute to the community, just like anyone else. Sign the petition... 👇

I find it very strange how a legal decision which relates solely to gender recognition certificates – something under 18s definitively cannot have – is being used to justify changes to longstanding policies on including trans kids.

i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Had a very difficult day due to Avanti West Coast (the standard horror) and then mum's advancing dementia and then the storm - arrived like a drowned hamster - soaked to the skin, but had night with her watching an old Celebrity Masterchef, and she was so tickled that I knew Susie who knew Iwan.

On my own this xmas but IN SPAIN - I was going to do cat sitting for a friend but tragically the cat is no more. Had my first ever solo Xmas awhile back in Leeds and have done a fair few since. Not always easy. But. www.gq-magazine.co.uk/lifestyle/ar...

From Stoppard’s Arcadia:

Met up to talk potential future expansions on the beautiful 'Because We Care' project with Claire Cassidy from @strath-ioe.bsky.social - loved doing this - was not the easiest project - not least because I'd lost my own brother just before the project began www.sarahwishart.com/because-we-c...

Drama in a crisis open.substack.com/pub/carlwood...

🤍✊🏻 As our very first suggested individual action that parents can take, we’re inviting everyone to get involved in the Trans Secret Santa campaign, organised by the @TransSolidarityAlliance.bsky.social A project that brings a little seasonal joy to trans people across the UK. Spread #TransJoy