Pretty sure it's the racist dog whistling and policies designed to immiserate all but the wealthiest fraction of a percent of our society. Doesn't help that he's also the World's Least Charismatic Man™ though.

Listening to @austinwalker.bsky.social suggesting a unit about aliens on Shelved By Genre on @rangedtouch.bsky.social Please, please, please read Saucer Country by Paul Cornell for this!

Back of the net by @zackpolanski.bsky.social yet again. Bringing his A-game every single day.

Americans, please can you get on board with the term "fortnightly"? There is no need for "biweekly" to have an ambiguous meaning.

Figured he's a big influence on a bunch of writers I enjoy so I'd check out Borges. Just finished this. Turns out I don't much like Borges.

#OtD 4 Oct 1936 the Battle of Cable St took place when Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists tried to march through East London. They were met by over 100k local workers who fought the blackshirts and the police protecting them, stopping the march workingclasshistory.com/2020/02/17/e...

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

I really, really want to buy an ebook copy of Brown Girl In The Ring by @nalohop.bsky.social I wish that was a thing I could do in the UK but it's inexplicably impossible. Anyone got any ideas?

I have achieved true adulthood. My Sunday roast is better than my mum's.

I just finished reading Dr Bloodmoney. I remain convinced that Philip K Dick never spoke to a woman IRL.

The truth: we need migration. The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it. Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality. Reject it. Draw the line.

I miss when Google worked

I must not discourse. Discourse is the mind-killer. Discourse is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face the discourse. I will permit it to pass over me and through me.

Thank you so much @austinwalker.bsky.social for mentioning this album on Shelved By Genre. This record is incredible - blackgaze with hints of electroacoustic music. murmuure.bandcamp.com/album/murmu-re

my mom taught me there's two kinds of businesses: hot dog stands and art galleries - hot dog stands protect territory and keep competition off their turf - art galleries benefit from more adjacent art galleries, cluster together to amplify reach/support youre an art gallery, not a hot dog stand

Reading @kierongillen.bsky.social this morning: "I'm not trapped in here with you. You're not trapped in here with me. I'm trapped in here with me." Is it possible to untag yourself from a picture of someone else?

Just read this after years of hearing Alan Moore say how great Arthur Machen was. Surprising nobody, it was excellent.

It's not like Radiohead haven't been asked nicely over and over and over again to stop being bastards about this, for years, and their response is always condescending bullshit www.nme.com/news/music/b...

Trying and failing to find an ebook copy of Nalo Hopkinson's Brown Girl in the Ring to continue reading along with @rangedtouch.bsky.social Shelved By Genre podcast but to no avail. Please don't make me resort to a paper book.

If someone develops a "fuck off all the pop up bullshit" extension for Photoshop, I will happily give them money for it.

Conversation with a 4yr old about Bluey: - So who are the other characters? - Well there's Lucky - Which one is Lucky? - He's the one that is Lucky's dad's kid

I'm four days in to a week of solo parenting. I want to go back in time to the 90s and hug my mum cos I have no idea how she kept her shit together through a decade of this.

My android phone gives a Gemini notification once a week on a Tuesday early afternoon. I have no idea why and can't turn it off. Wish AI would shit off and leave me alone.

Enjoying reading Canticle For Leibowitz to keep up with the latest Shelved By Genre, but I wanna know when @rangedtouch.bsky.social are going to a 40K novel. I want @ztul.bsky.social to give his opinions on Horus.

@hankgreen.bsky.social does We're Here have an RSS feed? I'm so much more likely to read it in my reader than my inbox!

One of my neighbours has a baby that cries exactly like Ecto-1

Only 4 songs in but the new Pet Symmetry record is great. A BIG chorus in every track. petsymmetry.bandcamp.com/album/big-sy...

"What trillion-dollar problem is AI trying to solve?" Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.

Finally got on board with Shelved By Genre. Three of my favourite podcast people (@austinwalker.bsky.social @ztul.bsky.social @ckunzelman.bsky.social) talking genre fiction.

You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this.

Met a owl. 11/10 would do again.

"Please get back to the client asap. Part of the service for a higher cost event" Ok cool. I'll prioritise this job because you're charging more while paying me the same. #freelancing

"a flip flop is an arrogant shoe" - @sixdiceskills.bsky.social 2025

Off to play warhams at TSN Arena again this weekend. Seemed only right to slap together a new Purple Sun for an easter tournament.

Trying to find a miniatures game to play with my (smart, already dice-competent) 4yr old son. Need @roguehobbies.bsky.social to hurry up and release a #rascaltown game!

Please, if you love anything about this life, stop using ChatGPT and other GenAI. Just stop. Don't use it to dunk on it, don't use it for a laugh, just stop and let that shit wither.

InDesign: costs £260 a year Also InDesign: is required for freelance work Also also InDesign: is shit

Success! Turned off Gemini for our whole Google workspace. Haven't missed the popups every 5 mins offering to make my work worse.

I do not agree with what is going on and I wish it to stop

"Smell my cheese"

@miloedwards.bsky.social @inthesedeserts.bsky.social when are the Clog Heads going to do a version of Neon by John Mayer about Neom?

Just a polite reminder: trans people existing has never hurt you in any way. Stop being whiney little dickheads and mind your own business

Challenged myself to print and paint 2000pts in a month. Missed by a couple of days, but super chuffed with how these came out. Now I just have to learn how to win games with them :/

2024 was a productive hobby year - started it with 1 army for #AOS, ended it with 4! Seraphon 3D sculpts by One Page Rules Ogor 3D sculpts by Internal Miniatures Rock Gargants scratch built!

My 4yr old son doesn't understand why this is funny

Heads up for anyone who works with freelancers in case you need a reminder: If you copy me on an email thread when you're not paying me for a job, I ain't reading it.

Got my box of lizards packed for a weekend at TSN arena, hosted by the legendary @sixdiceskills.bsky.social #bigwinnerboy

Just what I wanted, an ai plugin to make iconic photos look worse. And it gives everyone more fingers, so you know it's good. (shout out to Topaz Labs for developing this absolute dog shit)

256gb. Under £20. We live in the future

Got this banger stuck in my brain this morning youtu.be/lnY4dYpDqUg?... It's 20 years old. Shit.