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Me speaking to mental health services this month...

Another triumph for YouGov surveys. Making them EVEN MORE vague and uninteresting by handing them over to AI.

She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre. She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s. Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.

Sums him up nicely.

This man is the embodiment of the Seven Deadly Sins. Under his leadership America is now in a death spiral. 👇🏼

like to restate there are no drag queens or trans people in the epstein files www.bbc.com/news/article...

BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”

On August 15th, because I still have copies of Who Killed Nessie? I'm taking a table at the Comics Assemble event in Gloucester! (And I'll be giving away free tickets in my next Newsletter!) comicsassemble.net

Reform is basically a suburban petrol station's DVD bin of Tory politicians.

TRUMP: honk honk honk, I'm a big goose. everyone tells me whenever I enter a room, that's the biggest goose I've ever seen and I say yes. I'm a big goose. in a good way. a lot of Somalians are small stupid gooses but I'm a big goose BBC NEWS: a disciplined Trump sticks to the script on the economy

The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:

A joke for the history buffs: Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“

If 'AI' can't even refer to astronomical tables accurately given fairly specific info then, I'm sorry, just shut it down. 'Atmospheric refraction' be fucked... #aishite

Single? Oh I hope they meet someone nice

roasted our asses 🔥

“Show me what comic you loved when you were 13, and that's all I need to know about you.”

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this

Ten thousand fucking percent. Like, I get it. I get that you're despairing. Shit is rough. But skeeting "we're so fucked" ten times a day accomplishes nothing, alleviates nothing, and contributes to learned helplessness. In all seriousness, if you feel that welling up? Log off. You need a break.

I react to approaching carollers like normal people react to approaching murderers

Short thread on my most-played song of 2025, The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station by CMAT (1/5) www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTWg...

There are sick burns, and then there is the kind of 3rd degree that chars the entire epidermis like bacon

Can we stop using the euphemism “women’s rights activist” for ardent transphobe?

You've heard of etc etc etc

„Arm Ukraine to win costs: €522-838 billion. Let Russia win and rearm Europe: €1.2-1.6 trillion—double the cost. Plus 6-11 million additional refugees.“ Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Corisk estimations. euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/03/b...

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨

Sadly relevant today.

who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there

Congratulations to Joao Almeida! You're not really a mature established professional bike rider until you've had your first "there's no respect in the peloton anymore"-story published in the cycling media.

Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat

"You seem happier" Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.

Weird the way the entire world went mad and only the creator of the IT Crowd was unaffected.

Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen — Suede Sugar Sultans of Ping The Wonder Stuff Super Furry Animals

1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:

What did I tell you?

Morning.

Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

Hello ex-wife.

That famous left-wing bias again

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.

This one affects me and my wife, so would appreciate the effort it takes to fill this in. Unsurprisingly they won't be dissuading those rich folks, who can simply buy their way in.

VACCINES DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM, YOU FLAMING SHITBIRDS. WE HAVE, IN FACT, NOT IGNORED YOUR NOW-DEFUNCT HYPOTHESIS. WE INVESTIGATED IT TO THE TUNE OF STUDIES WITH DATA FROM MILLIONS OF KIDS.