I completely agree with her.

This. I log in to my Xitter account to maintain a presence in the hope of a post-Musk future, but never engage. My most recent novel has a theme in which children socialise an AI through play. By contrast, this is what happens when Musk anti-socialises an AI from his murky X rated world view. Awful

This is disgusting. No excuses. Take the tool down and don’t put it back up until it is assured it can’t do this anymore. Or be prosecuted as an accessory to crime. Isn’t this an FBI case?

What a ghastly mess. Is there anyone left in the inner circle who remembers, or has studied the tragedy of Vietnam?

What a ghastly mess. Is there anyone left in the inner circle who remembers, or has studied the tragedy of Vietnam?

I’m starting to think Atwood underestimated things. As for why women vote for it - I cannot understand it at all. I suppose a lot of people don’t have much imagination, and can’t see where it’s going?

“They are trying to expel women from the conversation.” Exactly. They are succeeding at it.

This is disgusting. No excuses. Take the tool down and don’t put it back up until it is assured it can’t do this anymore. Or be prosecuted as an accessory to crime. Isn’t this an FBI case?

This. I log in to my Xitter account to maintain a presence in the hope of a post-Musk future, but never engage. My most recent novel has a theme in which children socialise an AI through play. By contrast, this is what happens when Musk anti-socialises an AI from his murky X rated world view. Awful

Went to check if this screenshot (posted by @aric.bsky.social) was real (it is) and then made the mistake of also scrolling through Grok's replies on X. Still constantly cranking out sexualised images of young girls. Beyond bleak.

SPOILER ALERT: Young Brits overwhelmingly support rejoining the Single Market, the Customs Union, and the whole EU with Freedom of Movement. Keir Starmer has said he rules all those things out "in my lifetime". He doesn't have young people's back, he's stabbed them in it and destroyed their future.

He’s doing the lawyer thing, trying to sit on the fence. He’s managed it before, but this time he will get serious splinters in his bum. Neville Chamberlain 2026.

There’s a lot about this administration’s agenda that goes back to the early US. The current generation now have to decide how they want the US identity to progress. It is still a very young nation. @yorkshirebylines.co.uk @bylinesnetwork.co.uk

This. Our world changed as 2025 rolled over into 2026. Many people, particularly those of my own generation (late boomer/early Gen X) really need to acknowledge the situation and start to respond appropriately (Hello, Keir Starmer).

Zelensky on Venezuela: “About Venezuela? How should I respond to that? Well, what can I say? If… If it is possible to act with dictators like this, it means the United States knows what to do next. Thank you” Omg I love it.

What a difference a year makes.

Distractions abound each & every day but we must continue to fight for women’s rights! 🙌🏼 #protectwomen #pinks

“The current TV streaming blockbuster ‘Stranger Things’ has told a long-running hero’s journey story over the past decade, flexibly using the cast of characters to fill different archetypal roles across five series.” #fiction #psychology #FictionWriters #SciFi

What if… Stranger Things had ended with all the original players around the table at their current ages saying ‘wow, never expected it to go on that long’ and ‘well, we’re off to uni now, so…’ 😬 😄 #SciFi

Just a thought… does BlueSky have servers in Canada and/or Europe? Might be a good idea to get some if not.

He kidnapped the leader of another country and said the U.S. is now going to run it, Chuck.

This war and extra-judicial kidnapping is patently illegal and unconstitutional. Political leaders on both sides must condemn it. It’s not about whether Maduro is a tyrant but whether the US is still governed by laws and the Constitution. As if this morning, we are clearly not.

UK foreign policy for decades has been positioning ourselves between US and EU and avoiding hard choices. Until Brexit and Trump, this kept us in a safe place where we could pretend we had principles and relevance. Now, we are brutally exposed and adrift.

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum calls on the United Nations to step in to stop Trump. She says Trump broke article 2 of the charter of the United Nations.

Yes! Yes! I had to go & look for that Twitter post to see what people are talking about & the survey seemed to be about things children do rather than actual "misbehaviour" Of course a 5/5yo is going to shout out if they know an answer. They're excited & want to please. They aren't being naughty

This is where the inability to see behaviour as communicating information becomes problematic. If they're 5 years old and they're rocking on chairs they're telling you that they need to be moving more.

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

“There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there Telling me I got to beware I think it's time we stop Children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down” youtu.be/gp5JCrSXkJY?...

That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they?

Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.

There’s going to be a motion of censure at the UN and Starmer is going to have a decision to make.

Just a thought… does BlueSky have servers in Canada and/or Europe? Might be a good idea to get some if not.

NEW: A mass propaganda event is about to engulf the US news cycle and what, if anything, survives it will be a lesson for our times. But it’s what the rest of the world does now that’s key. When someone tells you who they are, believe them. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-threat...

Zack Polanski nails Keir Starmer

I’m thinking this morning about all the people I spoke to last year who were absolutely convinced, and tried to convince me, that Trump would be antiwar compared to Biden and Harris. In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).

Full moon and Venus on a clear, very cold evening in Yorkshire.

I visited a lot of daycare centres in my career, and actually began my long journey in child development psychology as a parent volunteer in a playgroup. I can’t imagine how terrified we would have been by a bunch of armed, masked men at the door trying to force their way in. Beyond dystopian.

CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.” SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.” CNN: “No, every day care is locked.” SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔 He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.

Yeah who needs academics and elites. What do they know??

This is certainly quite a worrying turn of events. But it’s been brewing in silos for quite some time, on both sides of the Atlantic. yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/educati... @bylinesnetwork.co.uk

Bari Weiss’s CBS News directly attacking academics, subject matter experts, in the promo for her new CBS Evening News.

Why has ‘Stranger Things’ been so phenomenally successful over the past decade? Perhaps because its plot follows a 50,000+ year old narrative called ‘the hero’s journey… #fiction #SciFi #psychology

Why has ‘Stranger Things’ been so phenomenally successful over the past decade? Perhaps because its plot follows a 50,000+ year old narrative called ‘the hero’s journey… #fiction #SciFi #psychology

My late, great friend &colleague Louise Swiniarski from @salemstatemco.bsky.social campaigned for federal funding for early years education for over 40 years. Unsurprising that the current government intends to move in the opposite direction. She outlines her research here, available on Amazon.

My late, great friend &colleague Louise Swiniarski from @salemstatemco.bsky.social campaigned for federal funding for early years education for over 40 years. Unsurprising that the current government intends to move in the opposite direction. She outlines her research here, available on Amazon.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025.... Punish the kids because of the Epstein Files?

My fav part of London's New Year's Eve 2026 celebration was the scene with The Lionesses 👏 Followed by: This Is England "Caribbean barbers with the sharpest trims Christian neighbours saying happy Hannukah mate And Muslim mums saying merry Christmas love" "England is about loving each other"

What makes us unique is what makes us special. A lesson to all of us from Wicked: For Good. 💚🩷 #LondonNYEFireworks #WickedForGood

And it’s 2026 in the U.K! Happy New Year everyone!