First day of @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social! I’m assisting at Paul’s table, and not getting tricked into buying an excess of beautiful arts.

Kendal Castle, a ruin since the 16th century. Built partly to defend against the Scots. Castle never attacked. But Robert the Bruce may have done a smidge of damage to Kendal town, once or twice.

As if 12 years of @veritypodcast.bsky.social weren’t enough of me talking about Doctor Who, @paulcornell.bsky.social and I discuss the whole classic series in the latest episode of Telefantasy Time Jump! (Warning: The Monster of Peladon is mentioned positively.)

I have book news!! Where We Stand, Where We Fall is now available to preorder from Herne Books:

Less that £100 until we reach the first stretch goal! Thank you so much everyone! xxx www.kickstarter.com/projects/fli...

I have book news!! Where We Stand, Where We Fall is now available to preorder from Herne Books:

I’m not an American, but these lies still hit hard. SSRIs saved my life.

Surprise creepy apple!!

Very pleased to see the WCC UK restate its commitment to the support of trans and non-binary folk in the discipline, particularly in light of the current political climate.

Omg!!

In 1972, a cat commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These kittens promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune @[email protected]

The railways of Britain have got off to a great start for me today: one of my trains cancelled before I even set foot out of the house. Marvellous! Dear God.

Inspired by @cooraysmith.bsky.social's latest Psychic Paper post

I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme. So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”

I don’t know why this amused me so much, but it did.

This is one of the funniest apologies I've ever seen

🏊‍♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision. In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019. Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts. 1/5

Wow! 😮🤩 There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓 itiner-e.org We might have to have a lie-down.

Data comes with Spot! Riker has a trombone! Picard has a cup of tea, Earl Grey, hot!

What a feeling to wake up, have a wee scroll down the feed, and see some political news that makes me go “fuck, yeah!”

WHAT. I can’t even. Trying to remember last time I was this excited for a movie. Please don’t fuck it up, please.

The new Patrons-only episode of Telefantasy Time Jump is out now! Join me and @lizbethmyles.bsky.social as we watch Alex Toth in artistic action on 1962's Space Angel! www.patreon.com/posts/142841...

Haven't been able to stop thinking about the bravery of this man. Just another morning, off you go to your nice, normal rail job, and by the end of the day you've put your life on the line to save other people's.

On the topic of police box doors, I was going to recommend folk go to see this splendid example in Worthing, but I’ve just found out that it’s no more 😔. It was the entrance to a real ale pub that had to move premises in 2023. I’m glad I got a photographic record of it before it dematerialised!

Stewart v Somerset is also where I learned one of my favorite maxims (uttered by the judge of that case): "Fiat justitia ruat caelum." Let justice be done though the heavens fall. Anything that can be destroyed by the truth deserves to be destroyed.

My favs are Damka and Krasavka, whose escape pod failed to eject, the capsule had a self-destruct mechanism, AND it'd landed in terrifyingly sub-zero Siberia. But the craft was quickly located, the self-destruct deactivated, the dogs found very cold but alive, and flown home for medical treatment.

Added joy here if you love BG3 - the waiter's Astarion!

A movie you've seen more than seven times in a gif. WE ALL HAVE KNIVES.

I'm playing Crusader Kings 3 a lot, and as King of Ireland I am getting a little tired of England repelling my attacks on Devon. I have Cornwall, dammit! Give me Devon, you heathen!

NEW An instance of the royal prerogative Why an Act of Parliament was not needed to remove the title from the former Duke of York By me Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/an-instanc... Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2025/11/an-i...

"When a group of trained soldiers discover we're not alone in the universe, Linda Hamilton is the only thing standing between them and certain death." There is no way this is not going to be AMAZING, right? RIGHT?? (I know nothing else about it beyond Amazon is quite keen for me to watch it.)

It's hard to believe, but 2025 means Romanitas has been in print for 20 years. A modern world where the Roman Empire never fell. If that sounds good to you, the ebook's just £0.99 for the anniversary all this month! www.amazon.co.uk/Romanitas-1-...

Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.

More postbox cosies!

Another in my *very* occasional list of podcast recommendations: I have been greatly enjoying Telefantasy Time Jump, from @paulcornell.bsky.social and @lizbethmyles.bsky.social. They take an sfnal British TV series per year starting in 1953, and analysing it. hammerhouseofpodcast.libsyn.com

I don’t normally take food pics, but this ramen was freakin amazing.

I’ve seen a film when it’s at the actual cinema! Bloody adored the new Frankenstein. Glorious on so many levels, gets the novel while being magnificently its own thing. One complaint: anti-wolf propaganda. Elsewise, fantastique!

Post box cosies should be more of a thing.

What’s it like inside your head?

I’ve a very exciting six hours on the train today. Hopeful this will be the first trip this year where they don’t have to refund my ticket for Endless Fuck-Ups. (It’s nice getting free train trips; it would be even nicer if they just got me to the right place at the right time.)

I have a new profile pic because my hair Very Temporarily has curls in it. Also my hair stylist hates AI and was told to take a pic of a client and use it to find a new style and she was “fuck no, what is my fifteen years experience for?”

This is brilliant to see! Rachel is a fabulous artist and writer, and Nap Comix has such beautiful, gentle, heart-warming humour.

Hello, this is an amazing delight of audio deliciousness, and I very approve of it being available again, even briefly.

I am excited to learn what these values are, Labour. Y'know, apart from the fear-mongering bigotry.

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.

Woo! This beautiful thing arrived today!

Bali starlings are making a wild comeback under new Indigenous-led protections: the iconic songbird’s survival rate has more than doubled, with breeding pairs now re-established in several villages, reversing decades of poaching and habitat loss. buff.ly/Fr4USdc #ShareGoodNewsToo

The curry has been part of British cuisine for over 250 years: Hannah Glasse (18th century Mary Berry) had a curry recipe in her cookbook The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy. And British curry houses first opened in the early 19th cent; chippies in the mid-19th. ARGH.

Robot of Sherwood is Top Ten New Who.