I really enjoyed @bechillcomedian.bsky.social on Worst Writer with @rufustheduck.bsky.social and @daktahoo.bsky.social. So funny. I hope Bec does more with Rufus ans Howard in the future.

Two cats and one fox

I'm watching Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) from 1969, and Jeff Randall is being framed for a crime he didn't commit AGAIN. I hope he manages to clear things up with minimal help from his ghost friend 🧡 Again.

“Do you know what a Fistory is?” said Henrietta. “Sounds like a made-up word,” said Dagenham. “Similar to mangleberry & chobalot.” “What do they mean?” “Nothing. I just made them up. Are you not paying attention?” #MGLit #MiddleGrade #MiddleGradeBooks #KidLit #MGFantasy #MGLit #BookSky

Random couple opposite me on train have a marketing book that they've realised was largely written by AI. It's reassuring to hear their utter contempt as they spot the obvious signs that gives it away (layout, sentence structure, the fact that it uses a lot of words to say absolutely nothing)

My nephew is using a calculator to work out how much it would cost to build an average-sized house out of anti-matter. Apparently it's over 4 septillion dollars. I don't remember doing this kind of thing when I was 11

I went for a walk and got surrounded by robins who hoped I had brought food

Sunrise in South London

An article in NATURE with a nonsense AI-generated graphic. NATURE. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Has everyone just stopped doing any intellectual work at all?

@joznorris.bsky.social joined us on The Worst Writer in the World to discuss his unmade script about a time-travelling detective - and we learned many things. The first episode is available now from all the usual podcast places

Every time I listen to "Help!"

A magical adventure that will make you wish you were friends with a pig. Available as a paperback, ebook, and audiobook from mambuycow.com

Part 1 of a BRUTAL takedown of the dumbest script I've ever written. Absolutely loved recording this: open.spotify.com/episode/7xHL...

We've released a couple of hundred episodes but never had a guest on. We finally relented and asked time-travel expert @joznorris.bsky.social to delve into his unmade sci-fi detective sitcom. Listen now on The Worst Writer in the World - available wherever you find podcasts

Sunrise in Deptford, South-East London (where I stopped to fix a puncture)

Indiana Jones is not only the worst archaeologist in the world, he's also the worst teacher His students must be so relieved when he doesn't turn up to class because he's busy destroying an archaeological site in Africa

Well I for one am shocked and appalled that nearly half of young people won't pick up guns to defend a country that has displayed nothing but contempt for them, their lives, freedoms, dreams of the future, social spaces, and loves for years and keep getting more overt making that clear.

My mum hand-knitted this Spider-Man blanket for my sister's first kid, 11 years ago. Cut to now - my sister was going to GET RID OF IT! Fortunately: me. It now lives on the coffee table in my lounge. ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL!!!

Can't get a Christmas tree because we have cats - so we decorated the cat tree instead

Banter is like sex. It is a two way process based on mutual respect and understanding. If you're doing it on your own, what you are is a wanker

Partner spotted this in a New York City bookstore.

Somewhere out there, a public relations 'expert' is advising famous men to blame their abusive behaviour on autism "Tell them that you can't pick up on social cues and THAT'S why you sexually harassed multiple people. You'll get away with it AND make life worse for autistic people!"

Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.

I'm reading a thriller from 1960 called Twice Lost, by Phyllis Paul, and just came upon this: "There is something disturbing, and even sinister, in the clowning of an unhumorous man."

When you are bigger I will bring you here.

Best Macbeth poster

I wish people would stop crediting artists' creativity to drugs. I was describing a scene in a book I like to a friend and he said, all dismissive, "that's just an acid trip." Like, no it's not. It's cosmic horror. People can have cool ideas while sober. It is a thing that happens

This is hilarious

Just a beautiful weed growing on my balcony

Red #fox in my garden this morning

The sunset in London, taken from my kitchen window. (I think it's telling me to go to Turkey)

Two of the many foxes who spend all day sleeping in my garden

Just relaxing in front of the TV #caturday

She's about to hit him for no reason whatsoever #caturday

This squirrel is awfully relaxed about being inches away from a predator. Do they understand how glass works?

I provide excellent entertainment for my cats

Just spending a pleasant Sunday in the forest... www.timeout.com/london/thing...

Why do both my cats love this tube so much?

One of London's many parakeets, high up in a tree opposite my flat, just yelling

Fox in my garden got himself a stylish new scarf

I appreciate this black cat who chooses to live with me

How my usually nervous & jumpy cat, Molly, sleeps all day in the front garden

My upstairs neighbours have been feeding foxes by throwing food of the window. So now, every time I open my window, at least one hopeful fox rushes over and stares up at me with this expression....