White America finding out the hard way what woke actually means.

Have I got this right? The bloke who accused a straight-up hero of being a 'pedo guy' owns and runs the largest distributor of child sexual abuse material on the planet?

Glaikit

There is still good in the world. Remember that.

I'm not the only one who sees what's happening in the US with ICE as an attempt to stoke enough resentment and resistance until they can call it an insurrection, am I?

She’s wrong about everything, so this is just the tip of the iceberg.

I have tea now. Stand down, everyone.

For the love of all that's holy, where my tea?!

Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy

Well that's disappointing. Turns out, a site I've been using that aggregates news about EVs and clean technology uses so-called 'AI' to populate itself. Won't be using that any more.

This thread is a dizzyingly high benchmark for the rest of the year's shenanigans.

It'ssssss #CoosDay!!

Nah. Mine can do that already. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Starmer has said that what has been allowed to happen at X is "outrageous" and that those responsible should face the "full force of the law," calling their tactics "pathetic" no wait sorry, I got confused, that was him describing Just Stop Oil protesters who put some cornflour on Stonehenge.

It’s true. Scots will deep-fry anything.

Can anyone blame them?

I had such plans for today, and then discovered that the water pipes have frozen.

Now ban all betting ads.

Popped out yesterday - finished spending last year's book token and started the one I just got for Christmas 😁 Looking forward to all these immensely! @valmcdermid.bsky.social @sirbenfro.bsky.social @jdkirk.bsky.social #BookSky 📚💙

Now that they’ve started a war I’ve completely forgotten that they’re pedophiles.

What a shower of cunts they are, eh?

it is always so much fucking dumber than you could possibly expect, even when taking into account the fact that it’s always so much fucking dumber than you could possibly expect

Great book, loved it. And, if like me, you listen rather than read, I’ve been using the Libro app for audiobooks. Another way of cutting Amaz*n out of your life and you can chose a local bookshop to support with each of your downloads.

Whenever media say “end trans ideology,” they mean end the rights of trans people. Remember “gay ideology” referred to gay people marrying, having kids, not getting fired from work, showing affection in public without harassment (aka basic human rights). Transphobic rhetoric is recycled homophobia.

If, like me, you prefer not to enrich Mr Bezos any more than necessary, you can get the Kobo edition of The Rest Is Death for just 99p at the moment. Fill yer boots! www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

"but it helps me do research fast--" I don't give a fuck. Regulate this shit and put the people who enabled it in fucking *jail* and then we can talk.

Okay...

Same over here. It’s way past time we stopped trying to accommodate anti-immigrant views. They are born of racism and can never be satisfied. Immigration is a net positive. Say it loud and often.

Lived there for a decade. Can confirm.

Starting the year how I aim to continue.

Happy Coo Year! May 2026 be everything you hope it to be

Happy New Year everyone. It would seem that there's a bit of a deal going on with The Rest Is Death right now. Just ninety-nine of your British pennies for the eBook! www.amazon.co.uk/Rest-Death-I...

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

Wait, what?

Picture of the staff who operate my account:

Notes all typed up. Resisting the urge to send them to my editor right now. He'll not see them until Monday at the earliest. Now I think I've probably earned a drink. Happy New Year all you reprobates.

I have written 50k words of something else this year too, so maybe not that old yet.

That's the last read through of The Violent Hour done. Just need to type up the final correction notes and my work is done. Started work on it in January, so it's taken longer than most of my novels. Slowing down in my old age.

I am in awe of people who can do coherent annual roundups. I can barely remember what I had for breakfast.

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Pre-wash

Today years old, etc. and yet somehow not in the least surprised.

how all youtube ads sound to me

I don't know, man. If you're finding your joy in being snippy about other people's joy, you're finding shitty joy. Find better joy.

I very much hope so!

It's NOT A.I. Stop calling it A.I. It's not 'branding'. It's a fucking lie. Do not perpetuate it. They are Large Language Models (LLMs),not A.I. Refuse to be part of the bullshit Insist on accurate usage of terms. Framing matters. Framing is crucial. *Never* concede to a bullshit framing.

So @lexialex.bsky.social filed this appeal but is only getting automated replies @support.bsky.team very disappointed given @aaron.bsky.team also lives in Ireland. Have they not taught you anything about solidarity with Palestine?

Come on @support.bsky.team. You know Lexi has done nothing wrong.