24 hrs of fun ended this afternoon at the Endoscopy Ward. I was asked how long it takes me to read a 760 page monolith aka Gravity's Rainbow, by my oxygen dealer.

There's ALWAYS a Trump tweet for the occasion.

I just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition to demand the government protects us all from the impacts of extreme weather and the #ClimateEmergency. Add your name too! action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tel...

The number of US nationals applying for British citizenship is soaring - up 42% during the first year of Trump’s second term. #TrumpFlight

I want you all to remember today that major public service broadcasters platformed Reform UK twice as often as a party with 18x more MPs than then, and only scrutinised Reform policy in four out of every 10 party or member mentions www.enhancingimpartiality.com/blog/party-p...

More than 50,000 people have now written to their hospitals asking them not to use the terrifying Palantir's software. Why not add your name to theirs? goodlawproject.org/campaign/sto...

To vote tactically in Gorton and Denton, vote Green, vote for Hannah Spencer. ippl.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?...

This is bigotry, pure and simple. open.substack.com/pub/erininth...

It's just insane the degree to which the federal government has simply declared war on a U.S. state. A punitive war with no discernible objective other than to immiserate its people. bsky.app/profile/apne...

They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.

Because I never learn these things the normal way, it was a friend who informed me that Sandman Slim 13, In the Devil Wind, was already on sale at all your favorite online sites. I can't show you the cover yet but, fuck it, here's a little preview.

A short memoir with material that may be upsetting. Published for the first time at Boing Boing. Some of it's about Harlan Ellison, a hero of my youth--an enemy for a while, then a friend once more. Joe Straczynski, I review The Last Dangerous Visions, which you co-edited, at the end of this.

Dear @lucympowell.bsky.social, Why did you invent a fake tactical voting company to stop the Green Party beating Reform? I'm starting to think your letters haven't always been in good faith...

When empathy is present and cherished, evil cannot grow. When empathy is absent, it flourishes.

The State of our Union is we have twice elected as president a man who stands accused of raping a child. And at present, he is using his power to ensure investigative reports by the FBI -- which found the complainant credible enough to conduct 4 separate interviews -- stay hidden. That's our Union.

Edinburgh councillors have unanimously rejected plans for a huge new AI data centre. www.thenational.scot/news/2582557...

🔴Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin Advised the Wealthiest 1% While Claiming to Stand Against ‘The Elite’ Goodwin’s definition of “the elite” includes university professors and civil servants while seemingly excluding the investment bankers, asset managers and global real estate executives who pay him

Great reporting here from @gregsargent.bsky.social on the escalating danger of what ICE has become. 1/

Thanks to James Millward, Chandra Manning and everyone else with Citizen Historians, who are doing the important work of protecting OUR history from censorship. 🗃️ www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Chinese scientists have built a highly sensitive blood test that can detect tiny traces of lung cancer long before a tumour shows up on a scan. The convergence of three technologies, DNA nanotechnology, CRISPR, and quantum dots made it possible to spot. buff.ly/Uignyg4? #ShareGoodNewsToo

New Smiley from @nickharkaway.com US date October / UK pending. spybrary.com/new-george-s...

The First Reactions to 'Project Hail Mary' Are Out of This World

There has hardly been any publicity or press behind Welsh film Fires Of The Moon/Tanau’r Lloer (2025) since its release back in November. But there’s a chance to see it next Thursday (5th March) on Channel 4, 10PM. We haven’t had chance to see it (hardly anyone has), but it looks very interesting.

Ex Trump envoy Keith Kellogg: “A UN vote on a lasting peace in Ukraine and we abstained. Go figure. The Russian Federation was against the proclamation. Is not 4 yrs of war enough? Is not missing children, shelling of cities and the killing of innocents enough? It is not a business deal-it is war.”

Breaking — Planned ICE concentration camp near Nashville canceled!!!!

Future with limited edition hardcovers containing actual samples of the designer substances characters ingest throughout the narrative?

In honor of Twin Peaks day, give yourself a present. Rather than feed a megalomaniac with your attention, try: •Dancing slowly with your arms out •Stacking donuts •Eating pie •Befriending a tree, or part thereof

33 of the people pardoned by Trump for January 6 have committed more crimes including molesting children and killing people while drunk driving.

The flip-side of the sign Al Green held up in Trump's big dumb face was even better. #DonaldTrump #AlGreen #SOTU

I try not to make promises or set expectations about what a reader will get with my stories, but I can promise this: you’ve never read anything like DAYTIDE. “Black metal Wizard of Oz” is the *starting point* for having any conception of what it’s about. @rapturepublishing.bsky.social

Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.

The President boasts of "no tax on tips", but this expires in 2028. He boasts of "no tax on overtime," but it is taxed, and the break expires in 2028. He boasts of "no tax on social security," but it is taxed, and his break expires in 2028. He also passed tax cuts for the rich. They're permanent.

Aliya Rahman, woman who was dragged out of car by ICE in Minneapolis: "I've spent the last month learning the names of the tendons in my shoulder, because both of my shoulders are torn -- cartilage and tendons. But what I haven't learned is the names of the people who did this to me."

But it is indeed broken! Good news though: it can be corrected in November. Vote en masse; take back our government with a solid veto-proof majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. End Trump's destruction of our democracy and filling his pockets with our tax dollars.

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🟨 Print Edition — The Downfall of Peter Mandelson and Morgan McSweeney Offers a Chink of Light for Keir Starmer The Prime Minister went against his own instincts by deferring so heavily to his former chief advisor – he now has a chance to offer the ‘government of service’ he promised.

If you missed it during #FilmNoirFest (as part of the #BritNoir double bills) you can see 13 East Street (1952) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social this evening at 5:20PM. #FilmNoir

The United Kingdom and Australia imposed their largest sanctions packages against Russia since 2022 on the fourth anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the British government said

The Representation of the People Bill is a rare chance to renew our democracy - yet it ignores the voting system driving chaos and disillusionment. We need MPs standing up for fair votes in this upcoming debate. Urge your MP to attend: actionnetwork.org/letters/repr...

🔴Reform’s Matt Goodwin Advises Conservative Peer Linked to Relaunched Nazi Race Science Platform Reform’s Gorton and Denton by-election candidate advises Toby Young, who has advocated for “progressive eugenics” and has ties to the front publication for a reconstituted Nazi eugenics foundation

AI Added 'Basically Zero' to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says https://gizmodo.com/ai-added-basically-zero-to-us-economic-growth-last-year-goldman-sachs-says-2000725380

Can we get some actual fucking humans into the White House, please? Why are the the sludgiest of the sludge brains death-gripping the controls?

Coming soon! Tuesday 3rd March, 1:05pm SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON (1964) stars #KimStanley #RichardAttenborough #NanetteNewman #MargaretLacey #MarkEden drama #TPTVsubtitles

Cyberpunk has never been for the Elon Musks of the world, although it’s absolutely about them

A lot of people have asked where to get one of these banks. The simple answer is, it depends on where you are. Just search on "No Face bank" and I'm sure you'll get the right answer.

"The Extra is a masterwork of tension from page one." Thanks for the great review!

Plastic fantastic 🤮 youtube.com/shorts/xHuwM...