No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

My January reading included two excellent books: 1929, the inside story of the Wall Street crash by @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social and A Shellshocked Nation, Britain between the wars by @alwynturner.bsky.social They complemented each other I think.

Hoping Matt Goodwin loses Gorton and Denton for many reasons, not least because we can deploy the headline, and resulting nickname, Matt Badloss

Whoever gets the best shot of him just standing next to the word "ME" wins tonight.

At the risk of preaching not just to the choir but to the house of bishops, for my New Statesman column this week I have written about leaving Twitter a year ago, and how surreal it's been watching people make excuses for sharing a site with an AI sex pest tool www.newstatesman.com/culture/soci...

The thing is he’s not physically writing those posts and letters himself. Which means there’s someone in DC doing a lot of nodding while taking dictation and saying things like ‘do you want that in caps?’ And ‘how many exclamation marks, sir?’

Just finished the last episode of Pluribus on Apple TV. Excellent. And Rhea Seehorn superb.

Top trolling from the TUC! 👏

Well said

Shameless plug for this tool, which will tell you when your phone will actually explode: www.which.co.uk/reviews/mobi...

Very good

In memory of Molly Parkin here’s an old recipe which has her name attached and is delicious www.riverford.co.uk/recipes/pars...

Good piece from @fleetstreetfox.bsky.social fleetstreetfox.substack.com/p/the-london...

Very good. Worth reading.

The Embassy staff of Germany, France and the United Kingdom sing Schedryk in the Kyiv underground. Wonderful!

Got a great deal on some cheap ram for my computer

Lovely piece from @ediblereading.bsky.social here, best thing I’ve read this week ediblereading.com/2025/12/19/r...

On BBC iPlayer, the Marvellous Miniature Workshop has an episode on creation of a miniature Reading Central Club. Great stuff. #rdguk www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

I’m calling on the UK Government to seriously review its presence on X (formerly Twitter) and then leave. It’s not just a communication channel anymore. Read more: www.politicshome.com/news/article... 1/10

Very good

Just finished reading Seascraper by Benjamin Wood. Really enjoyed it, one of the best books I’ve read this year.

Good work from Sky News news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Very good

Today’s must-read. Unbelievable.

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

Interesting www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Braverman deleted this tweet which made me wonder who that previous prisoner was. His name was Junead Ahmed. He was a conman mistakenly released in 2023. She was Home Secretary at the time. Oh. news.sky.com/story/migran...

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Very good piece

I rewatched it last weekend. Even funnier this time around.

Excellent

This is good info

Just finished watching “the Librarians” on BBC iPlayer. Very good, I hadn’t realised how far across the US book banning had spread. Well done @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

ChatGPT's guide to Winning At Work www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Date for your diaries: Friday 10th October 9am (gmt): The Nobel Committee announces the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 9.01am (gmt): War declared on Norway

😭 IG newberlinlibrary

The French TV series “Un village français” (The Line) has been released on ITVX with little fanfare. It deserves more publicity than it’s had so far. Really very good.

Cory Doctorow has coined my favourite new word. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

This about sums it up.

A cartoon from my new book, 'Physics for Cats'. Out next week: www.tomgauld.com

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

Very enjoyable

A lovely tribute. I have so many recordings in my collection which Danny features on.

pockets of froth or vast pillows of toxic foam? on.ft.com/4phTSmq

Very good piece in today’s @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/capital...

Credit to Ed Davey for this. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Analysis - the moral and economic costs of Farage’s plan to deport up to 600,000 asylum seekers (Currently most read on the Guardian website, beating Taylor and Travis) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...