I lost the framed original of this while I was going through St Pancras on Sunday Nov 2nd around 3pm. Would love if it had been found by anyone?

Today's haul from Max Minerva's Marvellous Books near work in Bristol. Nice to find The Vengance by @emmanewman.bsky.social in an indie bookshop. I bought Notes on Infinity based on seeing it in the window so who knows what it will be like!

Successful visit to my favorite shop this morning, I escaped having only bought one book 🤣

Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.

TW: This is about abortion -but more than that it’s about how debate when shock tactics are on rise. If they are getting to our young people, we can’t pretend abortion access isn’t under attack but shouting back isn’t the way forward either. This will get worse until we stand up for light not heat.

Bluesky, a little help? Any experts in #peppercorn / #leasehold law please? I'm trying to find the answer to a legal question, and am being given the kind of runaround you'd associate with a Wile E Coyote cartoon. Reskeets appreciated, thank you! 🙏

Three watercolours painted by JMW Turner during a stay in Bristol age 16. From the "Prince of the rocks" exhibition at Bristol Museum, showcasing these, prints of other Turner works and geology, flora and fauna collected from the Avon Gorge.

Just finished this and loved it, it's so beautifully written. Given the subject - life after a global pandemic that wipes out well over 99% of the population - I'm kind of glad I didn't read it pre-COVID.

Received an email today to my personal address fom a trade association that was cc-ed to about 50 people that I don't know. It was an email I was expecting and I imagine all the other people were expecting it too, I just wasn't expecting to learn all of their names and email addresses.

If I were an investigative journalist in the UK (are there any left?), I would be having a good look at the extent to which NHS leadership seems to have allied itself with a fringe medical movement that more or less condones conversion therapy. qnews.com.au/australian-r...

Robert Buckland epitomises the branch of conservatism that pays attention to the Union (and the legal commitments underpinning it), values personal liberty and instinctively distrusts silver bullet solutions to multi-faceted issues. Feeling for him today: conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r...

“…detailed legal review led by shadow attorney general Lord Wolfson of Tredegar concluded that the ECHR placed "significant constraints" on the government.” >>> Well, duh, what do they think a human rights instrument is meant to do? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

When journalism was cool. And risked everything to challenge power.

This is an important first step and I hope it passes. Bring disabled I have a vested interest as while I am not significantly limited by my disability now, I may be in future and unable to travel to Switzerland where their laws are more humane. We treat our pets with more kindness than people.

A sunny morning outside Parliament right now, and people are starting to gather for the #AssistedDyingBill rally. The House of Lords debate is due to start at 10:00. Our message: Support assisted dying for the terminally ill, freedom of choice, and stop exporting compassion!

The Voyager 2 spacecraft. Possibly with Neptune or Uranus.

www.parallelparliament.co.uk/APPG/cats Today I have learned (in the context of the Renters' rights Bill) there is an All Party Parliamentary Group for cats. This, I feel, is excellent. #cat

Chilly start. Autumn's definitely here.

At last, some proper British vandalism. (source - www.facebook.com/share/p/1MeV...)

"A ton of #tea " by Ai Weiwei, would keep me going for a couple of weeks 🫖.

At Bristol Museum today for the (very good) "Gender Stories" exhibition. Did have an invite to the opening night party some weeks ago but couldn't go.

Word of the Day is ‘theic’ (19th century), defined as ‘one given to immoderate tea-drinking; a tea drunkard’.

Let me give you a list of Reform UK promises and the diametrically opposite reality they will lead to if implemented. (1/?)

Twenty years ago, my ex used to tell me that I'd never be published, because everything I read was 'shit'. These are my published novels (plus Lugan, plus two more completed, plus the one I'm writing at the moment and others coming). READ WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT

The witch trials of 1612 still cast a long shadow.

Yes please.

Wrote down my thoughts on the UK OSA for @novaramedia.com. Many are understandably conflicted between wanting a safer Internet for children and seeing the OSA for what it is. Here's how to think about it from the perspective of child safety and public interest: novaramedia.com/2025/08/07/t...

Really, Alan Turing Institute?

Once upon a time, on Boxing Day in 2018, I took a walk to Dukes Wood Oil Field in Eakring, Nottinghamshire & then posted one of my most popular Twitter threads. 🧵The top secret oil field, Britain's first major onshore oil operation, that saved us during the war but masqueraded as a film set. 🌍🪨🧪⚒️

Hello, I am a software engineer in a film. I can remotely compromise any computer system in a matter of seconds while the screen displays the text "Hacking" with a percentage complete or a progress bar.

I applaud this:

12 points to Gryffindor

Under the header of this specific e-petition,(if we get a debate, we can brief MPs to raise: -The PB ban / PB trial -Conversion practices ban -Cass report -Levy review -Sullivan review -GIC wait times -segregation on NHS wards -Withdrawal of GP/shared care petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... 2/

Ten writers by whom I've read more than five books: Jane Austen Jeanette Winterson Terry Pratchett John Brunner John Wyndham David Brin Sarah Dunnant William Gibson Robin Hobb Judith Tarr Plus half of the ones in Danie's list quoted, and more besides

I've been a member for years, recommended if you care about online privacy.

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who or Transformers. I went for the bleedin' obvious choice 🤣

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

Bring Turner Home www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/bringturne... My (excellent) local museum is attempting to crowdfund the money to enable it to bid on the recently discovered Turner painting featuring a Bristol scene.

It is very very funny that one of the few genuine ways we have diverged from EU law since Brexit is VAT on private schools. Karmic punishment for Telegraph readers.

Very sad that NASA is archiving and closing the socials accounts of its Mars rovers and the two Voyager spacecraft 😭

What do we think?🤔 Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious. Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story! So, what’s going on here? Let’s take a look!👀 🧵 1/13

To cheer everyone up, here is an anecdote about when David Bowie was filming the video for Ashes to Ashes.

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

Saw @marycoughlan.bsky.social in Bristol last night, for the umpteenth time since 1988 at the Mean Fiddler in Harlesden. Fabulous gig as always, really liked the arrangement of 'Ancient Rain'. Apologies to anyone sitting near me as I sang along 🤐

Dear The News, nobody is "born a man" or "born a woman". They're born a baby.

My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"? Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

Today I replied to a journalist's request for a quote about US government officials doing something exceptionally insecure and stupid with: I'm going to need a minute to come up with something more printable than "fuck no."

TransActual and FGEN statement on the Sullivan Review: We reject the conclusion of a report on data collection by academic Prof Alice Sullivan as biased, inadequate & potentially harmful to all citizens of the UK, whether trans or not. Full statement: transactual.org.uk/statement-on...

Visiting London today so as usual called in at my favorite shop in the world, Waterstones Piccadily, where I was able buy this and ask @danacea.bsky.social to write me a message. She was super nice to this random nerd too. Second copy (originally bought and read on my kindle)