The truth is that the political right and socially conservative are running scared at the thought of a more equal and just society...

The @greenparty.org.uk and @zackpolanski.bsky.social are giving me hope in UK politics again. I don’t think the Spectator has ever given me any hope.

Out today, the latest Tyrant Philosophers piece - book 3.5 in the series is a novella length offering about the life of Angilly, who we met in Days of Shattered Faith. You don’t need to have read that (or any of them) to read this.

So many drivers here in the UK don’t know how to drive over the charcoal bricket style speed bumps: you can straddle over them but I see so many people do acrobatic driving to avoid them…and end up hitting them hard! …or even the curb!

This the new OneDrive icon on the Mac menu bar. Looks more like a croissant than a cloud...

When people ask me what I think about using AI in writing I’m going to send them this screenshot

You don’t need a “brand”. You’re not a product.

The number of ppl who told me I needed a "brand" when I was finishing up my PhD and during my postdoc... 💀

We watched the recent film adaptation of Tomb Raider and it occurred to me that for a film with a plot that revolves around Japanese history/mythology, there’s not a single Japanese actor or location! Strange creative decision there…I’m surprised no one involved picked up on this…

Is TRON the greatest disconnect between studio-assumed and actual nostalgia?

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia. Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

This is what Labour should be doing. They probably will now the Greens are 😂

As a proud lefty, and someone who had signed up to Your Party on day 1, I joined the Greens yesterday. In particular for their clear position on fairness for both people and the planet and their unequivocal support for trans rights. This ill-considered post further proves it was the right decision.

Losing one of our best thinkers, Benjamin Zephaniah, hit me hard and Zack Polanski referencing Him brings me hope. I do hope that trumpism and farage get silenced into oblivion. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Zack Polanski labelled ‘breath of fresh air’ after Question Time performance https://www.inbella.com/1317803/zack-polanski-labelled-breath-of-fresh-air-after-question-time-performance/ UK Green Party leader Zack Polanski has been praised for how he grilled Reform’s Zia Yusuf on BBC Question …

Membership at record levels. Polling at record levels. Winning elections at record levels. What a time to be in @greenparty.org.uk metro.co.uk/2025/10/10/z...

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack. Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia. Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

Greens growing. Reform ratttled. PS - I changed my name back to my family's original Jewish name because I'm proud of being Jewish. If Tice think that makes me a weirdo, I think that makes him an antisemite. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Tice has connections to Russian oligarchs as well as Nathan Gill who spread pro-Russian propaganda in the UK. What a weirdo.

Just thought I’d put this out there…

My grandfather who stormed Omaha beach would be listed as an enemy of the state by the Regime.

Leader of the Greens, @zackpolanski.bsky.social, is right that the richest could and should contribute more, while still remaining well off. Also, that they can't pick up and move the land they own: wealth flight is exaggerated. Britain can be, and must become, fairer. #bbcqt

Weird how immigration dominates every headline. #BBCQT #BBCQuestionTime @zackpolanski.bsky.social

In advance of the publication of my new book with @markwitton.bsky.social, "Spinosaur Tales" (Nov 6th), for #FossilFriday, here's a nice close up of a tooth of Baryonyx sitting in the jaw of the holotype. More spinosaur goodness coming in the next weeks as I desperately try to promote the book.

Truly, they are the vanguard of the Resistance.

FROGS TOGETHER STRONG is fucking incredible

I just reviewed a really exciting research proposal - hope they get the funding! I'd really love to see it pan out. #science #academia

I have pronouns in my bio and email signature because: 1) it normalises this practice; but 2) I have a non-English name and most people don't know what my gender is just based on my name. #pronouns #PronounsInBio

"The Green Party had a particularly strong conference season under Polanski... with a bold platform of nationalisation of major utilities, a wealth tax and stronger environmental policy." Power and wealth have taken our assets. We must take them back. insidestory.org.au/disunited-ki...

We've all had a good chuckle at the Young Conservatives at the Tory Conference, but please take a moment to think about their values and aspirations and then mock them a bit more.

I find it increasingly funny that hit pieces on @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @greenparty.org.uk are essentially who would choose to vote for someone with crazy radical ideas of spreading wealth and equality for all. Why would anyone want to protect the planet. Won't you think of poor landlords!!

I thought they were all for "survival of the fittest"???

did you not get the memo ? bsky.app/profile/clim...

If your business cannot prosper without breaking the law, then it is not a business. It is organized crime. Like those dependent on slavery, child labor, or wage theft, it should go out of business as soon as possible.

"My entire business model relies on me breaking the law!"

Worse, it would kill our Creative Industries, which are our nation's soul, and bring £125 billion to the UK every year. Besides, the AI bubble is about to crash. And it's hard to take independent advice from someone who worked for Zuckerberg.

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

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Fish cranial kinesis model is now listed in my Etsy shop! Hopefully useful for showing the mechanism that opens and closes a teleost fish's mouth. (Ships from US) blueappaloosastudio.etsy.com #SciArt #SciComm #BSNM #ArtShop #Fish

delete chatgpt and stop using generative AI 🖤🤍

It was refugees and asylum seekers up until recently, and it's now suddenly indefinite leave to remain. Next, it will be naturalised citizens. Then 2nd and 3rd generation citizens. There will be no end.

You're not allowed to call out racist behaviours as racist, so the next best thing you can do is to tell a human story of how those behaviours hurt ethnic minorities. But then they tell you that minorities shouldn't get hurt by that. That's what they say. You can't win.

Sometimes your paper gets critiqued from people you weren't expecting - like from ppl out of that field. I wonder if that's a reflection of how bad your work was that it triggered ppl like that to comment on it - or if it had made enough an impact to draw random criticism from random people...

A bully believes that kindness is weakness. A fool believes that bullying is strength. A true warrior knows that a bully is weak, and that compassion and kindness are strengths they could never comprehend.

what if I told you that taking accountability for your actions was traditionally considered a load-bearing feature of masculinity?

This is a powerful message by Green Party Leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social #ZackPolanski #greenparty

“Another part of the plan would limit benefits to people with UK citizenship, removing it even from those who have been in the country for years or even decades and have indefinite leave to remain” If this is not xenophobia then I don’t know what is. Sickening. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘Benefits’ are not a privilege, they a safety net for individuals AND for society. They protect people from starving to death AND they protect businesses from collapsing because people can keep shopping for essentials. Benefits are thus ‘ESSENTIAL’ to a functioning society.