Late stage capitalism, I guess: EE now sending frankly threatening routine texts.

Frankenstein builds creature too powerful to release, asks investors for $$ to build more powerful creature yet

Is it pharmaceutical companies by any chance?

I get this a lot

Really? What is the metric here for how much (other) people care? Word count? I wrote a book on the subject - does that mean I care more than others? I doubt it

Breakfast for Ahab (Bagel for scale)

There were 13 months between the Cuban Missile Crisis and that day in Dallas. But, you know, everything seems to be getting quicker these days

World Peace here: it doesn’t *feel* like a great day

Nice planet you’ve got there. Be a shame if anything happened to it

“They call him Britain Trump and people are saying that’s a good thing”

Because … we might as well enjoy it m.youtube.com/watch?v=frAE...

I’ve had a couple of glasses of wine, does that count? Also yes I do believe I’ve eaten a food

TACOs for tea, anyone?

Ten hours to save the west?

Bringing you the latest from Plato’s cave

Me too creature, me too.

Spring - earlier than it has any right to be, I’m afraid

"And the Strait of Hormuz, which DID NOT reopen...."

Well, this is the dog’s bollocks and should set you up nicely for the weekend www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

If only I could my finger on the logical error here

Listen if decades of child psychology about the formative power of early years experience is right, then these “5 TV shows to know me” posts should all be Andy Pandy and Noggin the Nog

The Met has clearly forgotten Monday is a Bank Holiday

Fantastic thread

*BBC radio announcer voice* Smart speaker, make the sun shine

I know it’s only Guardian rage bait, but I read this article and can confirm it says only what all writers’ articles say (albeit with many more, presumably AI-generated, words): Buy my books

I am reminded it has been 2 years to the day since I met that damned crocodile

I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it uh huh uh huh uh huh

Preach, sister

So Matt Godwin’s “book” sold 5,326 copies in its first week. That’s 2.4 Liz Trusses. Come on, people, we’re better than that

Who up shooreing they soote

Is Emma Barnett the worst interviewer in broadcast journalism?

Morning

If any of you were wondering what Charlie Jellicoe’s been up to since The Peckham Experiment, here’s your chance to find out

So, cats “are the biggest predators in our gardens”, are they? www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Pope out-wokes King. Did Thomas Cromwell die in vain? bsky.app/profile/judi...

Truss may be the kiss of death, but it’s a bit harsh/a bit optimistic* to describe her as “short-lived” *delete according to taste

Terrible remake - can’t even flood scottish islands with whisky any more because of woke www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Proving the point by not having a clue what this is about

Making plans for Nigel?

You didn't ask for it, you might not want it, but you're getting it anyway. DAMS: PART II.

This morning’s silvery light

Finally, some good news (after 900 years)

George Monbiot here proving that things that are not mysterious, merely complicated, are nonetheless a mystery to him

Wherever I've been asked in interviews about AI taking over literature I ask what the person's favourite AI novels are. There never are any. The Shy Girl extracts released are clearly garbage, so the question is not so much why the AI wasn't spotted, but why the poor quality wasn't spotted.

Good lord

When did you last see a Spartacist in the wild?

Under the GMB blimp