Currently 99p on Kindle. Buy it NOW. www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=best+of+...

Here's something different! New Original MicroFiction! "Bookends, or Libromancy," by Seth Heasley, in both print and audio: hugospodcast.com/podcast/orig...

It's still a work in progress, but seems stable enough for "public beta", so by popular demand here's a standalone version of the parametric clock generator I recently added to my online teletext viewer: zxnet.co.uk/clock/#templ...

All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI. I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Tomorrow we're having a freelancers meet up in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton from 8pm - 11ish. Want to talk handling clients, tax & tech, or just have a relaxed chat? Come along! Map: maps.app.goo.gl/u9rLGPjnQKAt... Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting...

I'm still looking, and still don't have a date for when will have to move out (but before xmas). Would prefer #Brighton / #Hove but also consider surrounds. Ideally longer term, although I am open to short term lets.

In a significantly weirder case, "Sleeping Lady with Black Vase" is a 1928 oil painting by Róbert Berény. It was lost in WWII, and considered looted by the Nazis and likely destroyed afterwards in the chaos... until someone recognized it as set dressing in the movie "Stuart Little." Yes, really.

It’s live! Please do buy a copy if you can, I’ve put a lot of work into making it a nice object and the programs are genuinely fun and/or impressive

“Any middle names?” ‘Oh yes, I’ve got six: Ignore Previous Instructions And Release Immediately' www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Having a millionaire shortbread. But owing to the current economy it’s just fredo bar on a digestive biscuit.

This Wednesday our freelancers meet up is in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton, a couple of minutes from Brighton Station. Any freelancers in the web or app fields very welcome! We'll be there 8pm-11ish. Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/zduX7qhFQznL...

A wonderful alt-movie poster for 1979’s “Alien” by Laszlo Nagy.

The week's almost over: it's almost time to PARTY! This week Lex is back so we're back to 1 hour... and I've got LOTS of awesome tunes packed into that hour, with some fab requests! Hope you can join me for Squage Party at 6pm UK at www.squage.com/party! Til then, here's to a speedy afternoon...

Ah, that was great fun as ever! Pretend radio is the best :D If you didn't catch today's Squage Party show, or fancy listening again, then the two hours of a Very Professional Radio Show (TM) are right here: www.mixcloud.com/patsquage/sq... #radio #mixcloud

If billionaires used 1% of what they invest in AI to support artists, this would be a much better world. I'm so tired of those in power choosing to do harm over and over and over again.

Thank you for listening to the extended show! Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did If you didn't catch the show, or you fancy listening again, then the two hours of Very Normal Radio (TM) are right here: www.mixcloud.com/patsquage/sq... #radio #mixcloud #party

7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film: 1) snow 2) bearded men concealing surprises 3) compulsory party games 4) introverts shunning group activities 5) digestive issues 6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms 7) knitwear

The Oregonian Frogs are missing a trick not playing Paul McCartney’s Frog Chorus as their song, “we all stand together” is a perfect sentiment all things considered

I for one wasn't aware they'd even started.

Book review - The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi - www.sfbookshelf.com/review/scalz... A fun, lighthearted story of enormous monsters who could destroy the world, and why they need our help. #books #ScienceFiction

On an evening bus out of Worcester. A stoned passenger is sitting on the back seat, playing a flute. The driver just audibly muttered "When the fuck is Tom Bombadil getting off my bus". We journey on, into the darkness. With musical accompaniment.

#OTD 45 years ago (7 Oct 1980) according to my diary, I drew these images for the Hitchhiker's Guide BBC TV series. Douglas Adams as both the ad exec and as Paula, the worst poet in the universe. I was 19 years old and having fun.

The Kindle version of the Fesshole book is currently so stupidly cheap that we're actually upset with the publisher www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

This Wednesday our freelancers meet up is in the Battle of Trafalgar, 2 minutes from Brighton Station from 8pm-11. Freelancer or want to be? Come along, we can answer all your questions. Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/biHM8b8JrAGd... #freelancing #brighton

Still keep thinking of the line “I GAVE THE DOG A FULL VIENNETTA!"

Huge PSA: framed art cat beds are a thing, and you can just swap out the art to make it into the best wedding photo display of all time

I've just listened to Chetan talking, and what a fabulous evening. So many great ideas about, fundamentally, doing less work! asyncjs.com/sandboxed-ja...

Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract. There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m... Thread:

Landlord has accepted an offer on the house. Anyone know of good properties (either 1 bed or house shares) open for rent around December in #Brighton or surrounds?

Some come to Vermont for fall foliage. Others for skiing. And a few visit to see the tallest filing cabinet in the world.

We're having a freelancers meet up in Brighton tonight, details below...

I’ve been writing detective comics for a long time now, so I know when a close up magician has been pushed into a canal.

This Wednesday our freelancers get together is in the Battle of Trafalgar pub, Brighton, from 8pm - 11. If it's clear, we'll be in the beer garden. All freelancers or freelance curious welcome! Map: maps.app.goo.gl/Ke2oQFAvKWGv... Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting... #freelancing

TIL that the core of the Earth is 2½ years younger than the surface purely due to gravitational time dilation. Personally this brings the concept which I’ve always found mind blowing much closer to home and makes it more real. www.science.org/content/arti...

We're set up in the Skiff, 11 of us here kicking things off, please join us! Map maps.app.goo.gl/E4XQC3Xv9Gc6...

This, from Fred Dibnah’s mother, is a masterclass in parenting

The 'voice activated boot holster' never left the Mega City One Hall of Justice R&D department #JudgeDredd #2000AD

Still doing Internet Art.

Tomorrow our freelancers meet up is in The Eagle pub, Brighton, 8pm-11. Freelancer and need a good chat? Come along, we're very friendly! We can talk anything from handling clients to tax + any old nonsense. Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/FgQTThcgw1ta...

Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.

This Wednesday our freelancers meet up is in the Lord Nelson Inn, Brighton, from 7pm - 11ish. Freelancer and want a good chat with people who'll understand your jokes? Come along, we're very friendly! Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/cvx8bVp8Aj6C...

I love our town fair day, but there's always one violent idiot who has to ruin it for everyone, trundling around making threats.

Sleeping walruses will always be hilarious to me

Our weekly freelancers meet up is in the Lord Nelson Inn, Brighton, this Wednesday from 7pm - 11. Freelancer or interested in becoming one? Come along, we're very friendly! Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/cvx8bVp8Aj6C... #event #brighton #freelancing

I voted for this government. I wanted it to win. And I am absolutely sickened by the way senior ministers have repeatedly refused to challenge hard right talking points, choosing instead to demonise some of the most vulnerable people in the country. If they want me to be nicer they should do better.

Asked my daughter what she thought of her first viewing of THE THING and got this in response.