So last night I said I'd go "just for one" after the last day of work. And I went along to the pub and had ... just one drink. Then left. It's taken me 30 years to be able to do that

He saw the light.

Loved the story of the homeowners who couldn't figure out why all their expensive koi carp kept disappearing from their pond. But when they worked out why, they didn't mind, because... otters

Some good news at last www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Excellent, if appalling story www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

A fantastic good gifts guide - covering all the bases, from donations to bumblebee jigsaws to "the most boring calendar in the world"

UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 : Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn** Don't believe the wind power haters www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Really looking forward to seeing @vegatrails.bsky.social tonight at the south bank! Sierra Tracks is a fabulous album

absolutely on fire for @agnesobel.bsky.social at the Albert Hall tomorrow, can't wait! 🔥

TIL that David Bowie knew Slash of G'n'R as a young lad, and used to tuck him in bed at night 🤯

Australia's bird of the year competition always makes the headlines here. Why can't the UK have a bird of the year? Are you listening @rspb.bsky.social @rspbengland.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social

See? Things can change.

Fascinating mini-interview with the brilliant astrobiologist Kathleen Bryson in Forbes today. Would aliens have anything in common with us? Please share! www.forbes.com/sites/bruced...

@jauntyalan.bsky.social researching sewing machines, saw this and for some reason thought of you

It was wrenching to bang out the Observer staff on Thursday. Fully half of them in tears. What a debacle. Sending love and good wishes for the future to all of them

Just 850 more signatures will bring us to 100,000 and trigger a debate in parliament. Plz share widely - I’m holding my breath! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Finding this one really difficult tbh

Had a lovely time at this! And my small neighbours are delighted with Cat & Dumpling.

Things you struggle to throw away: unlabelled loose keys, your children's baby teeth, and this

About a year into being almost-vegetarian, and although I'm determined to keep it up, tonight I'm feeling like swear to God I cannot eat another lentil

Looking forward to this!

I could never manage to build a Memory Palace but I have a comprehensive Palace of Anxieties to do a similar job

9/ I argue that the most useful thing the government can do to reduce England’s overall ‘land footprint’ is encourage a shift in diets towards eating less meat and dairy. Brits already reduced their consumption of meat and dairy by 17% between 2009 and 2019 - Govt can help with info + incentives

Still recovering from the Oscars liveblog all-nighter. It would have been more bearable if the show had been remotely entertaining. Bring back Billy Crystal!

You know who should've won an Oscar last night? The person who designed the little 'Gravity on / off' buttons in Alien Romulus.

Loved this - even now they still sound so good Listen to The Future Sound of London: 101 by Ordia on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/jsTiwxqtbFEk...

236,000 names! 🇨🇦 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

I'm on 64% on london.metro-memory.com . What's your score?

Hackney Citizen doing great work digging into the Mossbourne situation

This sounds difficult but possibly fantastic. Loved The Vegetarian - but you'd need to set aside some time & mental space for this one www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

Joseph Chua, bless him, is surely the epitome of Canadian protest. "I'm gonna sit down and ... politely say I'm feeling a little bitter about things right now!"

From an FT article on 10 Foot & London graffiti: The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose off the common But leaves the greater villain loose Who steals the common from the goose. — 17th century folk poem (seen trackside at Vauxhall station in 2022)

It would be awful to lose the Prince Charles cinema you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Thank goodness. Who could resist that little face?

"When I pressed any button on the console, it would wobble" www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Tom Baker MBE (Mad Bloody Eccentric). Long overdue.

"I'm nearly 80 and there's a void in my life that hobbies can't fill." Directly above this cri de coeur in today's Guardian runs a click n pick strip that offers: Fashion Food Recipes Travel Health & Fitness Women Men Love & sex Beauty Home & garden Money Cars

Just finished Craig Brown's book on the Beatles, 1-2-3-4, and enjoyed it so much. He's got the most amazing eye for human absurdity, folly, vanity, and our odd moments of tenderness. @clippernolan.bsky.social if you haven't read this, you'd like it!

URGENT: the strikes have made a breakthrough: "..as MPs table early day motion." Politicians express “serious concerns” about Observer sale This could and should be a significant turning point - there should be cheering down on the picket line. Gov petition next? www.nuj.org.uk/resource/day...

The @societyofauthors.bsky.social is calling for celebrities, publishers and agents to acknowledge the writers behind celebrity books, particularly for children societyofauthors.org/2024/12/09/c...

Congrats to loss-making startup @tortoisemedia.bsky.social for convincing @theguardian.com not simply to give them The Observer for nowt but to pay them money to take the World's oldest and still profitable Sunday newspaper off our hands. Genius. Sod the protection to in perpetuity lark, eh?

Was a great turnout and atmosphere at the @theguardian.com & Observer picket line today. Our media - and the ability to hold govt and the rich & powerful - to account, has never been more critical. You don’t achieve that be selling-off one of the few remaining titles that can do that. @gonuj.org

Guardian and Observer journalists have asked people not to share Guardian stories for 48 hours from midnight tonight (Tues), to respect their strike and the virtual picket line

I will be joining my colleagues at the Guardian and Observer who are on strike for 48 hours. I will be back at work on Friday. For more information please follow bsky.app/profile/gonu... and @NUJofficial, or visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver

It's a big day for us tomorrow and here are a few people who support our cause to save the Observer. Thanks so much to @wmarybeard.bsky.social, @richardcoles.bsky.social and @carolinelucas.bsky.social to name a few. We’ll be sharing news throughout the day so make sure you follow us for updates

This gave me the rage. The issue is not "a breakdown in communication", the issue is that he's a massive bell-end www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Preparing for strike action next week in protest at GMG's decision to give the Observer to a friend of the CEO, putting 70 jobs at risk. I've never gone on strike before but this seems like a good time to start

I meant to quote-post that one from Canongate, but messed it up ... anyway, authors, steer clear of this AI publishing nonsense! Editing text is a sensitive business. AI will wreck your work - it has zero regard for you. Stick with human editors who care.

And if some dingbat asks for thousands of pounds to access some AI tools, know they don't have your best interests at heart.