If you read the extract, it’s a good example of what some people (inc apparently these judges) think constitutes ‘good writing’ - clotted, imagistic, empurpled (rule of three!); multi-coloured throat-clearing, using obscurity as a mask for the lack of anything to say.

Me as I push my enemy into a ravine

Incredible to think that AI can now write as badly as some of our worst human authors. What a time to be alive.

But sure go ahead, 10,000 academics all doing the same post about how meticulous you are.

Morning.

I haven't seen it! I don't know! I don't really care! But I *have* seen a lot of tweets that go "definitely an amusing SNL this week, that one sketch was very clever in theory, and that other one was just a lot of fun, really a lot of fun".

A favourite new BSky subgenre is "trying incredibly hard to enjoy the British SNL".

Today is the day this mf gets TIDIED.

Thistle critter.

I just said "that one's gone straight into the confectionery stall and out again" and my son - quite rightly - looked at me as though I had lost my damn mind.

Things I called a cunt or cunts on my morning run: a hill; my legs; a moor; some willow warblers; a fell runner (quietly, under my breath); a rock in the path; my ankle; a golfer; a trig point.

Morning.

Honestly, this maudlin little prick.

There’s something going on with dad

Something to look forward to if you like short stories. Specifically, short stories by me. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Another star joins the freelancer galaxy.

I was annoyed that I couldn't find a database of David Attenborough documentaries where I could search for a specific episode by topic. So I made it. attenborough-100.vercel.app

Morning.

I really think we'd all be a happier society if all this was being decided for us in shady smoke-filled rooms.

anyone missing a whole raw chicken leg

I've written 8000 words this week on the fucked-up environmental history of modern America. Have I nearly finished?

A piece I wrote about having a nature deprived childhood. There don’t seem to be enough articles about working class childhoods which were just a bit dull because you didn’t get out much , and family members were not very enthusiastic. But you did have picture books of stuffed birds.😊

I feel like if we're setting up a debate between Elon Musk and a dead author, using made up quotes, then Musk has already won

Once again I'm back in Nairobi for the ongoing and apparently endless inquest into my sister's death here four and a half years ago. BBC coverage here and more to come - any enquires feel free to DM or email me on pdkmitchell at gmail dot com www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

WINNER. I will cram the oranges into the box and pop it in the post.

Bona fide England Test cricketer down at the boy's cricket practice tonight. A plate of orange quarters and a sweaty box to whoever can guess which one.

Just smashed the shit out of an old gate, what have you ever done with your life

ONCE AGAIN I AM BEGGING YOU TO PROOF READ YOUR ANGRY LETTERS

Morning.

Morning.

Off we go.

Final totaliser: £2,298 raised for @mariecurieuk.bsky.social hospices. I think the Bluesky massive did a lot of the heavy lifting - thanks so, so much to everyone who donated. Ready to do my bit. #porridge #teamMarieCurie

I DO NOT LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MY CHARITY WORK www.justgiving.com/page/richard...

MORNING.

I enjoyed The Capture very much. But did I enjoy it as much as I enjoyed putting googly eyes on the back of Ron Perlman's head and making a new sort of Muppet? Hard to say.

Half marathon in the morning. Long-term followers will know how seriously I take sports nutrition. I am ready.

I enjoyed The Capture very much. But did I enjoy it as much as I enjoyed putting googly eyes on the back of Ron Perlman's head and making a new sort of Muppet? Hard to say.

Morning.

Where I'm from. Fuck this.

Still time to chuck in some loose change. A good day, some might say, to give a little hope where you can. #teamMarieCurie www.justgiving.com/page/richard...

One of Wakefield's new Reform councillors.

"TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE GRAHAM"

Still, heartened that my mum and dad have *both* responded to the Reform radicalisation of their neighbours and friends by becoming "bored of all the racism".

Still time to chuck in some loose change. A good day, some might say, to give a little hope where you can. #teamMarieCurie www.justgiving.com/page/richard...

Election horrorshow back in the old hometown.

waking up and reading about the results of the locals and feeling very

Fuck this.

This again.

My feed is all local elections and Robert Macfarlane.

One of those things that makes me feel as if I'm living in William Gibson's imagination: gossip about 3D-printed submarines being used to smuggle drugs into Cornish coves.