Riding gloriously into Whamhalla within ten minutes of arriving at my favourite cafe in Becontree, wish me luck for the next two hours!

I have additional questions, Spotify.

Cis folks: Speak the fuck up and open your wallets. Our trans friends can’t fight this alone. It’s our job to be both noisy and generous right now.

SHAME on everyone who has pushed and paid for this. You are not feminists. You are not allies. You KNOWINGLY work with ultra-conservative and far right organisations. SHAME on you. Also, your daughters think you’re shitheads.

Nothing says feminism like forcing women to do something they have been vocal about not wanting to do.

This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad

One of the most peak British thoughts I've ever had here in this French hotel room: "huh I will have to unplug either the kettle or the desk lamp to plug my laptop in. That's OK I don't need the light on."

MY LOVE OF SANTA HAS GIVEN ME SAXOPHONE POWERS *plays unrelated notes*

Every year I’m caught off guard by the fact that this is a real thing and not something @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social made up for The Unsleeping City.

Back in the day, the datacenter LiveJournal was hosted in had the requisite emergency power off button in the event of fire suppression systems becoming necessary. It was placed on the wall right next to the exit door ... where it looked precisely like a button to open an automatic door.

YES. GOOD. It's SUCH a major ballache at the moment, having to be there on the dot of 6am on a Monday and sit in a 200 person queue so you can get a slot in six months' time, when you may or may not be ready to take the test...

yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing

Want to know why the prisons system seems to be suddenly falling apart? Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC. (A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)

It has officially been too long since I’ve written an action scene featuring characters who have opposable thumbs.

u should post however u like respond to whoever u want just remember some people come here desperate for the trolling engagement it is not your duty to provide them with it

I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS #warriorcats #laguerredesclans

A thing thats throwing me off about Paris that I never expected is that the scale is ever so slightly bigger than London. Not like America big, but bigger enough that I keep underestimating how far distances are on the map. My heart says it’s a 10-20 minute walk, my feet say 30-45.

Uh oh. Recently dyed hair vs hotel pillows. Hair 1, Pillows 0.

why did you buy a slop machine if you didn't want slop

Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.

My toddler introducing Spider-Man to his house and favourite things in it 3x a day = me watching ‘Americans try British slang/chocolate/football chants for the first time’ videos = nostalgia = am I onto something here or has being Spidey discovering the sofa over and over again broken my brain

The Green Party now has 78,000 members. Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line. I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand. Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk

Reminder that 100,000 people marched for Trans Pride in London earlier this year, but because they weren't violent fascists, there was minimal press coverage, unlike the Nazis today. https://www.them.us/story/london-trans-pride-march-turnout-record-uk-transphobia

I remember someone saying that's how you know AI can never truly be a writer. If you tell AI to stop using em dashes, it'll stop. If you tell a writer to stop using em dashes they'll tell you to fuck yourself and that you can pry them from their cold, dead fingers.

ATTENTION BRITAIN! 🇬🇧 The UK now has a petition to STOP CENSORSHIP by MasterCard and VISA of legal products! This joins the Australian and Canadian petitions that are gaining momentum. Come on, let's get these signed! And spread the word! The UK petition: petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...

I am so FUCKING done with clickbaity, innacurate headlines. Just look at this shit. What Polanski said: it’s good to have more voices on the left of politics and come election time we may have some discussions with YP about keeping out of each others way. What @theguardian.com reported:

Saw Superman. What a DELIGHT.

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

Pigeon vs architecture: pigeons score a decisive point

My God writing a novel is like cleaning out all the sand on a beach with a teaspoon.

So you’re telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?

Incredible to try to promote a moral panic about the *West End*. I’ve lived in London for twenty years and the only person who has ever mugged me in the West End is the woman running the Diptyque counter at Liberty’s.

no male incel would last a single day as a fat girl in the '90s or '00s

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

Apparently you can now find a story about London Trans Pride - the biggest globally, EVER - by going to the London subsection - it's next to a story about potholes. I've worked with some amazing people at the BBC - but the editorial bias is extraordinary to see in action.

Being 3 is terrifying you guys. Every day Son Boy asks me 'is X real?' A lot of the time it's something that is not real - mermaids, dragons. He usually has a good sense for these things. But last night it was owls. And then he asked if owls eat people.

Woke up haunted by the dream phrase "this ubermensch is full of jam". No context, no mercy. Thanks brain.

We've been very much enjoying Race Across the World but every time I hear the opening narration it bugs me. "by flying over, have we forgotten how to travel through?" No. Because travelling through unfamiliar countries on a tiny budget in a hurry with no way to plan is Not A Thing

heads-up, kiddos:

I make my own fun.

One more layer of siege. They think translation will be the break in the wall. DON'T LET THEM IN. Translation is an art form! Stand with human translators!

hey past me quick tip don't fo out in trousders that are too long and forego tucking them into your boots nexause its so fucjkimg hot you Will stack it onto ytour wrist after ten paces and you Will still have a book to write bit now you have yo do it One-Handed. Dumbasds

This looks like the most unsurprising chart I've ever seen, but if you only read British media you'd lose your mind learning that this is the reality of it

I’ve just finished The Haunting of Hill House which was a wonderfully unsettling book, and with which I have One Quibble, which unfortunately is the MOST SPOILERY IT IS POSSIBLE TO BE.

Congrats to Yours/Bad Rhino for finding the exact male equivalent of the female clothes models - a person who is TECHNICALLY large enough to wear the clothes but looks nothing like 99% of people who shop there. Also turns out ‘stick a skull on it’ is the male equivalent of ‘stick a butterfly on it’

if you're able to drive - come drive our van! It is a stellar drive, couldn't be easier, with all the snazzy bits and GREAT a/c. We're happy to show you around the van, give you a tour - you can accompany someone en route, Join us by emailing [email protected]

Today on Kids TV - Girl: is being bossy, wants everyone to make music the way she wants, nobody is happy Boy: teaches her about improv Group: perform perfect jazz number together Me: THIS IS NOT IMPROV. THEY WROTE AND REHEARSED THIS B: *blank look* Me: also sharing and not being bossy yes

Son Boy and I have been painting our nails together. He then sat down on the potty and I looked away for a minute, only turn back to find him painting his bare legs a lovely bright blue. And chuckling under his breath in a sleepy toddler voice: “Hehehehe. Knee varnish.”

happy First Day of Dracula to those who celebrate 🥳 🧛 🍗