Tyneside morning, 1950, photo by Harry Morrison.

Valentine's cards used to be anonymous and optional. Now they’re a public audit of devotion, writes @pperry.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/philippa-p...

Moonbuilding Weekly Issue 94 is out now, starring @confluxcoldwell.bsky.social @haikusalut.bsky.social @vokagentle.bsky.social and much more! moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-95-1...

6 weeks into 2026: What have billionaires done for you so far this year?

Beautiful everyday Ladybird things. Boiled eggs and Cornishware (2nd Picture Book, 1970) Artist: Harry Wingfield

Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

Latest @theguardian.com cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The onion remains undefeated in delivering the most accurate news. theonion.com/ai-chatbot-t...

✭✭✭✭✭✭✭ LISTEN NOW ✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭✭ Over on Bandcamp stream LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE a live recording of a sold out 20th anniversary show in Camden playing ⚡ Thunder Lightning Strike ⚡ in full You can also buy the ltd edition yellow Vinyl >> thegoteam.bandcamp.com/album/thunde...

It's Bandcamp Friday and to celebrate, there's 20% off my music if you use the code february (valid today & this weekend). alphaseven.bandcamp.com

The pilot I wrote with the divine David Quantick is on today on R4 at 6.30pm ( available afterwards on BBC sounds ) Its got great reviews and I was beyond excited to get the cast I wanted and please listen to it because everyone is very funny AS IS THE WRITING OBVS.

Wondered what the noise was. A digger!

Reminder to self - don’t go running on bin day.

Friends, when the history of this sordid period of America is written — assuming it’s not written by historians trying to curry favor with a future fascist regime — I hope the leaders of American business are condemned to the hellfire they deserve for helping destroy American democracy.

Incredible to think Epstein's circle could operate with impunity when we've got journalism like this www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oh great, the help’s arrived.

BBC One: 1966-1968 The next globe design was introduced on 18 April 1966, nicknamed the 'Watch Strap' it featured a smaller globe in the centre of screen with three stripes of grey and white running to the left and right, on a black background. It was also the first ident to use the name 'BBC1',…

A privet hedge could be a useful habitat for nature, provide privacy from folk passing by in the street and generally enhance the area. Fortunately you can prevent all that by hacking it down to under a metre.

This article is interesting… www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...

PRIVATE EYE NAMED IN EPSTEIN FILES In the latest files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the US Justice Department, the Eye is denounced as “an absolute rag of a publication” by Epstein’s then lawyer, Paul Tweed… 🧵1/5

In the UK academic recession, you will be at one of these stages since many unis buy the same cuts model from the same consultancies. It is always the same process: *Talk of belt-tightening *Incidental savings (e.g. printing, refreshments) *Travel budgets cut *Promotion freeze (1/4)

I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!

Donald's genius ideas for making the Kennedy Center better: 1. Appoint a pack of lowbrow kooks to run it artistically; 2. Slap his lowbrow, toxic name on the building; 3. Performers won't wish to be associated with such a poisoned enterprise so cancel and venues become mostly empty. 3. Close it.

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Well that was a weird listen, in a most excellent way. May have to listen again when I’m not havin’ tea. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Some Saturday night fun for you... Here's me chatting with the excellent Steve Thorp about my formative years for his Ziggy's Lament Substack. open.substack.com/pub/ziggysla...

Today I went to Sale library to see the small but perfectly formed Cosgrove Hall exhibition. Watching Chorlton & the Wheelies is one of my abiding childhood memories. I maintain Fenella the Witch was probably just peri-menopausal & misunderstood.

SHOCK: UK Studio Goes SILENT After USA🇺🇸 Rant 😳 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWPO...

'Possible risk of autism in children. Dormant cancer cells awakening. Accelerating aging of the brain'. The last thing I said on my first call with a client regarding SARS-CoV-2, in late Jan 2020, was 'there will be significant sequelae'. It was obvious even then. www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-l...

What happens when the state builds machinery designed to prioritise numbers over accuracy? A reader contribution from @brownreporter.substack.com on Reform's ICE-inspired enforcement plans, and why the risks go far beyond just immigration policy - and why our track record could make it even worse.

Creators aren’t anti-AI - they’re anti-theft. New research from PRS for Music shows rising concern about AI-generated music, alongside growing understanding of how it works. The future of music must protect the people who create it. Read more at http://prs.info/SqHj50Y5hbU #CreatorsRights

Happy publication day to Create Your Own Comics by me and Alex Lopez! I’m so proud of this one, it’s full of great ways to make amazing comics!

This still works, which is nice. The tuning is a bit unstable, goes all over the place if I prod it, or stare at it particularly intensely.

This article resonated with me - www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Tears of joy! SCOTLAND HAS JUST PASSED SWIFT BRICKS INTO LAW unanimously! 4 years of asking England & Scotland sorts it in a month led by ACE ⁦‪ MARK RUSKELL MSP‬⁩ ♥️The RELIEF is unreal! Tell England to follow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿by emailing [email protected] now!WOOP!

This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Interesting.

I know so many people who talk about losing folks when they post about covid. I really appreciate y’all staying with me. This is a GREAT resource-filled article of accessible info on Long Covid and why we still mask. It highlights 9 illustrators/creators. Love it. thesicktimes.org/2026/01/16/d...

You had me at 21,500 bike parking spaces

I'm hearing Liz Truss has defected to Benidorm by accident

Here's new Reform MP Suella Braverman, boasting about the time she took a trip to see a wall on "the land border between Italy and Turkey" which caused "crossings on that border to plummet"

I still say there's a very good case to be made that this is the greatest album cover of all time.

Supporters of Suella Braverman claim that her enemies are trying to discredit her by drawing attention to trivial errors like failing to obey the ministerial code, breaking International law, attempting to destroy democracy by criminalising protest, being a raving fasci- (1/100)

1,173 people were shot dead by "law enforcement" in the USA last year. In the UK, it was 2. The US population is 6x that of the UK, so go ahead and multiply the second figure by 6. Then explain to me why this massively disproportionate rate of killing is so.

I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us. To whoever becomes Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support in this fight and I will be there whenever you need me. 1/2

Jonesy cartoon in Private Eye No. 1667