It's kind of amazing how the worst consequence many of our most powerful people can conceive of is someone being mad at them online, to the degree that they are driven to distraction about it even in the abstract.

My husband has loved DCC so much he told me he ordered the next 2 books. Books that I have been debating buying because they're so nice (I've read them digitally). I'm the one who recommended them to him and now I feel like an evil genius.

I just saw this instagram post from the incredibly talented and breathtakingly hilarious Kate Welch, who was laid off around a year ago, and I wanted to share it here. It’s an important message, and you deserve to read it: (thread)

one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things

You cannot be fucking serious how is EVERY SINGLE THING evil thing connected to this one fucking guy????? Was he fucking MORGOTH??

I’m not allowed to safely use a public bathroom because a literal island of pedophiles said trans people might be sketchy. … and somehow that’s barely a sliver of the things that happened thanks to a literal island of pedophiles making stuff up.

the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability

JKR invited Epstein to a performance of her stupid play AS A GUEST?

The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll

You know what's more tiring than having a toddler? HAVING A FUCKING CAT THAT DOESN'T GET THE MESSAGE WHEN YOU PUT A BLOCKER PILLOW AROUND YOUR HEAD AT NIGHT AND KEEPS COMING BACK LIKE "ooh but can I squeeze in? Please" SO YOU HAVE TO THROW THEM OFF THE BED AND THIS REPEATS OVER AND OVER.

I would say I feel validated in my years-long hatred of Elon Musk with the recent news but let's face it that's happened multiple times over, it's Elon Musk.

Telling my late-30s brain to not forget to watch Wonder Man.

I have been laughing at this for a solid five minutes.

Forget peppy music to keep my morale up, I'm listening to the Silent Hill soundtrack because it feels the most appropriate to the hell that is current job hunting.

Love this article from the NS by @willdunn.bsky.social about how kids TV is on the way to becoming an unwashed mass of slop. (I produced an episode of the Sky News Daily podcast on a similar tangent a couple years back - linked below) www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...

So I had my eye on the steam machine for a future purchase. Say a couple of years away at least. But honestly, the amount of steam and emulation games I want to play might push me to get it sooner. I have a pc but I hate playing on it for long sessions.

Apparently my Reels algorithm chose "anger inducing" mode today instead of "funny and cute". So time to log off that for the day.

She should win just for this production photo where she looks cool as shit

I started all of these within a day of each other and despite them being wildly different lengths I'm somehow reading them at the same rate of percentage. (It was actually more even than this before today too)

Noooo. Empire of the Dawn (which is book 3 of the trilogy) just did one of my most hated tropes. Whyyyyy? 😭 And it comes after one of the coolest scenes so far. I'm still enjoying it though but depending on how it's handled from here it might lower my rating. -_-

The kiddos speaker has a radio option for when you're bored of the same stuff (currently nursery rhymes) and omg tonight it played Spice Girls, the Buffy theme tune and Banana phone. 10/10 no notes. Spotify could never.

My husband bought Dungeon Crawler Carl for himself and I am SO excited. I think I'm more excited than if he'd bought it for me because it means I can talk to him about it 😁

Why did looking back on 2016 specifically have to be a trend? It was the worst year of my life, I lost my dad on the 2nd of January. But now I get to see people post photos of how great their year was. But even outside of my personal life, didn't we all agree it was a pretty shit year?

Every couple of months I remember the guy that said NFTs would open up the world of art to the masses or some shit, as if ART MUSEUMS and GOOGLE IMAGES didn't already exist. I laughed hard at it then and now I get to chuckle about it whenever I remember.

Gonna show off for a second. My toddler just ate almost all of her veggies on a bibimbap bowl. (Without the gochujang sauce). Pickled onions? Devoured. Cucumbers and courgette? Gone! Mushrooms? Nibbled. She tried the carrots but she struggled with chewing them raw. I'm so proud 😭

What I should have added in this piece is that even if all of this stopped right now, that doesn't pardon any past offences already committed. Criminal prohibitions of sexual abuse and expolitation are partly aimed at deterrence - and this only works if they are enforced.

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it

This is definitely a big part of why. It’s corporate Gamergate from the world’s richest man, with the victims almost entirely women and kids. The response of the largely male high-capitalist system…is to invest www.cnbc.com/2026/01/06/e...

I wish you could just request the flu shot in the UK. It's one of those things where it just makes sense for lots of people to have it regardless of their own health but here you have to fit certain criteria.

One of the few films from the last 10 years that I think should be considered among the canon of Christmas classics. This movie had real magic.

still my favorite christmas post

This flu has broken me. It's been every sick symptom I've ever had just taking turns. I've not eaten properly for 3 days and I can barely speak so reading to my kid is impossible. I just want to eat food again and enjoy time with my toddler.

This year has been so exhausting that I suggested we skip the big roast and have jack's meatballs instead (and yes jokes were made when I said it). Now extra glad I wanted the easy route because I'm now 5 days deep into an awful flu.

Okay real talk, the only sense in which GenAI is "here to stay" is that even after the bubble pops, AI is digital asbestos that is poisoning everything and we'll probably be picking the detritus out of everywhere it's ended up for years, assuming there's a will to remove it en masse that is.

Raising a toddler is alternating between the biggest smile you've ever felt and this ten times a day

LETS GO

A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas. Be a love, and pay it today.

"Why is everyone SO OBSESSED with the Epstein Files," whined the guy who is in the Epstein Files. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Guess I'll post this again

Excellent thread. It also hits on why there’s a lot of people I no longer engage with, due to their need to be correct/right all the time.

just a collection of "inevitable" multi-billion dollar tech that was going to be the future of everything until everyone in the audience who was supposed to just get on board said "lol no"

How is people's reading going? (Doesn't have to be goal related) I realised that hitting 50 books is possible if I cram a few short ones in. And considering I just finished Rhythm of War I'm not even seeing it as a cheat.

This time last year I seemed to keep reading books with "Empire" in the title. Now it's "Howl" apparently. Ok ok so one is HowlING but it's still kinda satisfying.

Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does

Pirate the series. Make your own physical media. That's the only answer when this happens and they haven't put it out any other way.