I increasingly think that the right’s rhetorical use of “rape” as an ultimate wrong that can be attributed to, say, racial others is not a hypocritical contradiction of their embrace of rape in practice, but in fact core to it: they degrade victims further by appropriating & mocking their suffering.

I think basically every CEO could be replaced with an early 2000s chatbot and have never seen any evidence to the contrary

So many talented and wonderful people were let down by Future Class. Younès in particular will always have my support, respect and love for standing by their principals and organising others to do the same.

Reminder: If you use generative AI for *any of your writing tasks* you are a Slopper not a writer and should be ashamed of yourself. The end.

I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct. That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...

Don't miss HORSES preview and interview with director Andrea Lucco Borlera in this month's Edge Magazine (Issue #417)!

“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...

Very sad to see certified legend Michael D. Higgins go. Respectfully request he starts an unproblematic beehiiv newsletter about dogs and poetry

A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule

obviously you only sell almost $6 billion in stock when you're certain a company is going to get even more valuable

It’s even funnier if you read the list

Joining many people applauding this review (and Rick Lane, the reviewer) for arguing a difficult point very well.

Performative reading isn't white men reading in public, it's people saying they routinely read 300 books a year

When Rosie Duffield is in on it I think we can safely say the anti-phone campaign in Brianna's name is actively at odds with tackling transphobia

LONDON/BRIGHTON folks! In TWO WEEKS I'm hosting Can You Solve the Murder? Live at Waterstones Piccaddilly (Mon 24) and Brighton (Tues 25). It's a NEW ✨festive edition✨ of the interactive game, so come along and see if you'd make a good detective… 🎄🔍

"You, like Nigel Farage, are simply lying about what the ONS says." I somewhat lost my patience with Reform Councillor Bill Piper here.. (from about 1h 27 min in) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Progressive thought has been totally expunged from the British political mainstream, and *still* the argument is that there’s an unacceptable institutional bias to the left within the news media. It is *utterly* mad. Very clear for all to see what’s happening here.

Was in the foyer of my local leisure centre at 11am today and the 2 minute silence was interrupted by a guy in full body armour with a sword asking when the two minute silence would be because there was no clock in the Bushido practice room and none of them were wearing watches.

lol she got his ass and he knows it

Really excited because i follow the guy doing daily updates on a perpetual stew and he’s reaching day 200 tomorrow

I hope everyone is passing a solemn Remembrance Sunday as I am: listening to their dad repeatedly shout SHUT UP at the Remembrance TV programme commentator for talking over the band

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Really enjoyed Frankenstein (obviously, Guillermo my beloved) but kind of baffled by Jacob Elordi’s accent in it.

Played the demo for There Are No Ghosts At The Grand and the best description I have is that it made me feel like Mel Brooks when he was on The One Show and blurted out 'What a crazy show this is!' in the middle of a segment (complimentary) store.steampowered.com/app/3725190/...

I was in hospital again this week lol (discharged after a night in A&E on the old IV pain killers, so I’m generally trending up)

What happened to those days when ITV or ITV2 would be showing The Mummy and/or The Mummy Two every other weekend, country’s gone to the dogs

Great to see *checks notes* two time Emmy nominee Nick Mohammed finally breaking through.

Hello #pitchyagame! Mandrake is a rural life sim with a playfully responsive narrative. 🌳Grow plants! Here that's quite a magical feat 👭Befriend neighbours, human or otherwise 🍃Fish, gather, delve in the wilds ❔Uncover mysteries your family left behind Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3710210/...

This is revealing. on.ft.com/3JB1vEM

The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.

I can’t believe Pelgrane and Gareth Ryder-Hantahan are turning this meme into a TTRPG:

succubus - female demon that seduces men incubus - male demon that seduces women vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party

It’s as bad as they say.

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

Misty full moon Stan today.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 430: Read. Read widely. Read what you love, and what you don't. Read what you know, and what you don't yet know. The wider your reading, the better your chance of avoiding the limitations of being influenced by only one author, one genre, one culture, one time.

Higher quality cos I'm a sicko

I have two tickets for Matteo Lane in London this Sunday (7pm at the Eventim Apollo). I can’t go so I’m looking to offload, lmk if you’re interested

EVERYONE STAY CALM

Hey kids! Oz needs help and I’ve got stickers. Like really cool* Nerdling stickers. If you’d like some donate to help Oz then drop me a DM and I’ll send you some. Anywhere. *maybe not cool but who’s counting really?

I mostly post Basher but this is the other dog, Brig. She’s about 9 and ignores my commands because she knows better than me. She will forgo food, drink and rest for cuddles.

Found a full length winter wool coat for £24 in a second hand shop. Bargainous! Immediately buy. The devil's bargain? It is bright, bright orange.

No takers for my Reverse Mrs Doubtfire screenplay in which an elderly Scottish woman pretends to be fast-talking improvisational stand-up Robin Williams.

God please take away my period cramps and give them to Elon Musk

Whenever I see a fly approaching my windowsill of carnivorous plants I know exactly how Jigsaw felt

This is not what someone does if they are a "concerned local". And every "protestor" at asylum seeker accommodation is part of the road leading up to something like this being done.