If Israel are launching airstrikes, that’s not a “fragile” ceasefire, it’s a broken ceasefire. Clue’s in the name, CEASE FIRING. You can’t launch an airstrike by accident!

When my wife was in the hospital (UK) earlier this week, we overhead another patient explaining how her acute rapid onset glaucoma, with severe pain, was waved away as something in her eye. She was sent away from A&E to the urgent care clinic, where she faced a long wait. When she finally did… (1/3)

Wrote about Man Panic: The panic over a male crisis in Britain is overblown economist.com/britain/2025... from The Economist

Shooting Stars in Their Eyes #TwoShowInOne

Ok, so MPs have previously defeated attempts to cut spending, and now they’ve defeated attempts to raise taxes. I guess Labour MPs are so convinced they won’t get a second term that they’re happy to borrow like there’s no tomorrow. news.sky.com/story/starme...

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A morning of chores calls for a decent brunch – bacon and egg bagels, the brunch of champions. Disclaimer: the champions in question may be darts champions.

Never miss an opportunity to tell my favourite old science joke: What did Crick and Watson discover? Rosalind Franklin’s lab book.

New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks. I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:

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The relentless corporate drive to turn absolutely everything into a subscription business is such an indicator of crony capitalism: www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

thinking about the “we have enough hot takes” lady for some reason lately

I hope the BBC will challenge Nigel Farage today over the economic damage caused by the Brexit he championed. He needs to be held to account for the damage he's done instead of always being given an easy ride.

I find this tidbit in a recent Economist article interesting, as part of the picture driving the AI bubble. Nobody wants to risk being a pariah for outing the emperor as naked.

Today my thoughts are with everyone affected by the dreadful attack near Huntingdon - the victims, their loved ones, and everyone who witnessed it. We're all hoping those injured make a full recovery. Grateful to the passengers and emergency services who showed such bravery.

Apparently two people are fighting for their lives in hospital after the horrendous knife attack on a British train last night. My heart goes out to them and their families. No doubt this will be jumped on by certain right-wing commentators to illustrate that… (1/2) news.sky.com/story/train-...

Any shares of this much appreciated! When my ex-publishers collapsed, taking over £20,000 of my earnings with them into the void, all my books suffered but none more than 1983. This is me trying to repair that. It’s about: Childhood Education Aliens Alpacas The East Midlands The old future we lost

Happy Halloween everyone!

For some reason I really feel like tacos for dinner tonight. Can’t imagine why. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

This is what standing up for principles looks like. There are a lot of organisations who’ve caved into political pressure who should be shamed by this example.

"Simply put, the Geometry Problem is that cars are much bigger than humans. ... these physical differences mean that when we optimize places for cars, they end up not working well (or working at all) for any other mode. They become *car-only* places." Great post, lays it out very clearly.

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

The BBC are now promoting Reform as brazenly as they promoted transphobia and Brexit and Tufton Street.

The police blocking Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from attending a match in Birmingham is entirely the wrong response to concerns about safety. Cancelling the match, or blocking all fans, I could just about understand—but better to do their jobs and police the event properly. news.sky.com/story/maccab...

‘96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children’s anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation after the children played with the set.‘ ‘Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.’

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actual events of the video aside, this is a perfect encapsulation of where these nazis stand in society. There's one of them for every several thousand normal people. They know everyone thinks they're weird little freaks, which is why they spend all their time pretending to be mainstream

I painted this autumn scene a few years ago. medium: Photoshop

'Shadows over Budapest' #digitalart #illustration #conceptart #darkart #photoshop

Use only water or fresh air on tear gas or pepper spray. No milk, vinegar, antacids, urine, etc. and especially not in eye. Thank me later, An actual expert

I may have found my defining quote. Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!

Racism and widespread misconduct within the Met? Well, I have to say this seems very out of character… www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Found the gate that leads to winter.

One of the few compensations for getting up early is to enjoy the dawn—there’s always something slightly magical about it.

BBC Political Editor Chris Mason accusing Ed Davey of “Trumpian language” because Davey has the audacity to mention when we all know is true: that the BBC (and much of the UK media) uncritically repeat Reform’s talking points far too often. Clearly touched a nerve!

I’m so glad to hear of developers being the voice of reason around the limitations of LLMs for coding. I’ve always said they can be useful tools in some cases (e.g. generating unit test cases), but nowhere near the levels of productivity boost that are touted.

cancelling Disney+ and Hulu is well and good but it’s not a huge hit on an individual level but Disney adults? people who spend real money at the parks? you guys can make a dent, call ‘em up and tell them your vacation is postponed until they pull their heads out of their asses

Indeed, as I wrote on Tuesday. It might sound alarmist, but it's pretty clear we're following down a similar track: national.thelead.uk/p/america-tr...

We report: the way the clouds are rushing through the sky, the stars are constantly blinking in and out of the darkness. At this late hour, with the wind in our eyes, they are all meteors to us. Our expert finds their torchlight, but it is weak and yellow, almost out of battery.

I knew that the UK railway network has been grossly underfunded for decades, but the rolling stock situation looks like it’s getting ridiculous…

Trump wants to limit foreign journalists visas to 240 days (less for China) - so far you could get them for 5 years. Why is that bad? /1 www.spiegel.de/ausland/medi...

Of all the recent(ish) features added to smartphones, I still somehow find the night mode photos the most remarkable. I took these at the same time with and without it—the difference is stark. Even more remarkable when you consider the darker photo is still lighter than it appeared to the naked eye.

Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday. I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric. Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.

Shot, chaser Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

Our democracy is too precious to be a plaything for foreign tech barons. Elon Musk doesn’t care about the British people or our rights. He only cares about himself and his ego.

So to clarify, in the UK now you’ll be arrested for holding up a piece of card demanding action in Palestine, but not for physically assaulting members of the public and the police. If Farage & these nutters get power, it’s going to make the situation in the US right now look like a liberal utopia.

🇬🇧 HUGE NEWS: #UniteTheKingdom protestors in the UK are to finally "get their country back." 👇🏻 Join #BrokenNews for the exciting details! youtu.be/5T07_ZvxrYc?...

I wrote my own Charlie Kirk obituary, and about valuing truth over manners: www.thenation.com/article/poli...

They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.