I don't know; call me pernickety but I always felt graphs work better if the axes are labelled. As it is, I'm trying to guess what these should be.

More of this please, but back it up with real sanctions.

most brands on April 1st: half-arsed 200 word blog post Warhammer: www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

Nice to see a couple of Doctor Who companions co-writing an academic paper. Yes I'm a nerd.

The sheer chutzpah to even attempt to build an Amano illustration in Lego, let alone pull it off. www.brothers-brick.com/2026/03/30/f...

Ouch.

Looks like we've got a leaky pipe coming out of our boiler. Is that a job for a plumber or a central heating engineer?

This was absolutely me too.

Very good Friday.

Israel has pushed ground forces into multiple areas of southern Lebanon They've displaced huge numbers of civilians... Yet it barely registers. Russia did the same in Ukraine and the world responded with sanctions, outrage and coordinated pressure The double standards are UNFORGIVABLE.

This ad came up on my computer and, frankly, it's a mental image I could do without.

Old McDonald had a farm On the feast of Stephen And on that farm he had a cow Deep and crisp and even

Reposted with ALT cos its funny . How using an algorithim to select photos for your news article is going:

I was already in love with Project Hail Mary and then a prop from Power of the Daleks turned up. 👌🏻

Took the baby to her first academic conference today. Just to say hello at the end. She had a great time and currently thinks conferences are where academics from all over the planet come together to tell her how cute and clever she is.

The difference between these two is racism

Day 2 of the @viewsproject.bsky.social conference and my main takeaway is that Aztec birds all look like they've had really rough nights.

I've never had any great emotional attachment to StarFox, but if they do do a new one, they should definitely make the best use of modern graphics hardware. By which I mean, if it doesn't look like it's all terrifying ratty taxidermy puppets, I'm not interested.

Yeah, those posh girls can be hard work.

She's laughing at that funny man again.

Proud to say that when someone bought me the first book as a present not long after it came out, I read the blurb, thought it sounded crap and didn't read it. When it became a big thing, I thought I'd better try it, thought it was derivative shit and never read another.

The teaser for that new Harry Potter series raises an intriguing question: can you still support a series if the creator is terrible, and the prequel movie series is terrible, and the sequel play is terrible, and the original movies are terrible, and the source material is terrible, and

4 am. Grunts and straining from the baby. Sudden silence. A pause, then a plaintive 'Dad dad dad...' No doubt what it means, but delivered in such a cute way that you don't mind.

This should go without saying. But somehow it still needs to be said every time. And will be ignored. Every time. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

20+ years of The Guardian constantly rediscovering that Israel uses white phosphorus on civilians and reporting it like it's new information Lebanon 2024 www.theguardian.com/global-devel... Gaza 2009 www.theguardian.com/world/2009/j... Lebanon 2006 www.theguardian.com/world/2006/o...

The Blake's 7 episode I'm watching has mentioned Space Hours, a Space Major and a... Space Heater. I'm not sure if this is a joke.

This reminds me of when I was a commercial archaeologist and a B&B owner asked us 'There's just one thing I don't understand. Why did people in the past build everything underground?'

Good. Keep backlashing. Keep boycotting. Not sure what it'll do, but even they must get sick of being universally hated.

My wife's been using the baby-changing mat as a barricade to keep the little one out of the kitchen. The baby just battered her way through in scenes highly reminiscent of Warriors of the Deep.* *Bluesky is unaccountably understocked with Myrka gifs but you know the bit I mean.

Fuckers. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Our conference WAVE 2: Writing As Visual Engagement is nearly here (26th-29th March and 11th April). You can watch online! Updated programme, abstracts booklet and zoom registration link all here: viewsproject.wordpress.com/writing-as-v...

For my money, 'Grow' is the best Kiri & Lou song since 'Yum Yum Baronies' in episode 2. Catchy and perfect for our little bottom-percentile size starter but ambitious grower. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9fP...

I'm still a week behind on the Man From UNCLE. When I watched these as a kid I had no idea how many Star Trek actors were in this. This week:

Been at a work event today. First time I've been out all day since the baby's been old enough to really express herself. And my God, she was pleased to see me when I got back. Just deliriously happy. I don't like leaving her, but I could get used to the coming home.

And all these years they've been telling us it was Cleanliness that was next to Godliness.

Went to Morrisons. Overheard a boy about 7 or 8 telling his dad: '... it had antlers like a deer - and one of them fell off. And it had four legs - and one of them fell off too...' Would very much like to know what it actually was.

I'm involved in this!

Afternoon session in collaboration with CRASSH and the @cambridgefestival.bsky.social www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/jamig...

Last call to ppl in #Cambridge: Join us for Jamigraphy! Learn about research on movement, embodiment and emotion in writing. Write to the rhythms of our live music. Saturday 21st March Alison Richard Building (West Road) Panel discussion+workshop 10-1 OR Workshop only 2.30-4.30 Links 👇👇

Niche, I know.

I love the special features on these sets and I have a soft spot for Season 21 (I was born during Warriors of the Deep) but I'm really not sure I can bring myself to buy it with this AI mess all over it. Someone at the BBC has taken leave of their senses.

Trying to start work while the baby tries to eat yoghurt with her hands opposite. Which is somewhat distracting.

There's an extremely stereotypical owl hooting away outside. Like something from a cartoon to signify 'this is night now'.

You see my boy, the joy of buying tins without labels is the element of surprise! Ha ha! Hm Hm! We never know what is for tea! Spagehetti hoops! Baked Beans! Condensed Milk! Dog Food! Yes indeed, ha ha! Hmmmm? Steven :(Where did Vicky put his pills?)

I always wanted to be a fiction writer, and it turns out I co-edited and contributed to an anthology of historical fiction four years ago! Hurrah!

Join us in Cambridge on Saturday for a very special event exploring writing through and with rhythm - so excited for this! (in person only, booking via link)

Proposal: when someone says “I got Chat GPT to do this” we should look at them the same way we would if they’d said “Look! Everybody! Look! I just shat my pants!” Think this would be effective as a social sanction and beneficial in the long term.

Right. Back at work after nearly 3 months on leave. Let's see how many emails I have to go through.

I don't really go in for the Lego Brickheadz, but this Rebrickable user is doing the Lord's work. rebrickable.com/users/Andrea...

Baby broke out a previously unseen ability to wave at people today. Not at us, you understand. At random strangers on the next table in John Lewis café who were already in thrall to her incredible charisma.