Richer than Croesus plus poisonous ideology gets you this. The terrifying thing is that these people are now able to buy anything or anyone.

Picturesque, family friendly Millport with its delightful Victorian promenade inundated with washed-up sex toys. Get ‘em before they’re gone (many dishwasher safe)! www.thenational.scot/news/2552366...

Be like Jane.

This is really sad. Conservationist Dame Jane Goodall dies aged 91 www.bbc.com/news/article...

And I’m certain that he’ll still expect to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for all the wars that he has brought to an end (I’ll be amazed if Hamas accept the terms of his Gaza “deal”).

Interesting piece. This paragraph in particular contains information of which I was not previously aware. www.counterpunch.org/2025/09/30/t...

“He cherry-picked and misrepresented study results…” How very Andrew Wakefield of him! www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Deazaguanylation - snappy. Does what it says on the tin but.

Immigration and potholes - two surefire ways to con the Great British public into surrendering their civil liberties. #whatfreshhellisthis www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

So this is coming up and it would be great if people could get behind it! comedy.army

Researchers have discovered a new biological process they've called 'interstasis', which keeps groups of proteins in check, preventing excessive build up and protecting the cell from potential harm. www.crick.ac.uk/news/2025-09...

Interesting.

In a world sorely in need of illumination, a light has gone out. Goodbye my friend. We will not see your like again. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore. So I wrote a blog about ten things you can do *right now* to help defeat Farage, Musk, and rightwing populism. From scrutinising Reform councillors to demanding the UK Govt leave X - get involved: guyshrubsole.substack.com/p/ten-things...

This seems like good advice the way things are going but actually pretty complicated for those of us of a certain vintage. How do you sign up for this stuff without using traceable personal details? Burner phone for 3 factor verification etc? Make up the rest?

@robinince.bsky.social - tell the truth. How much of tonight’s show was “The Universe & the Neurodiverse” that you did at the Fringe? Because a lot of it was “Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth” (minus the tap dancing).

My Dad used to tell a story about how, when he was very young & growing up in Arbroath, “Zeppelins dropped bombs on Georgie”. Now, thanks to a chap called Ian Castle, I have been able to find all the details about that raid. ❤️ obsessional nerds. www.iancastlezeppelin.co.uk/2/3-may-1916

This is scary shit. Peter Thiel may not be the richest of the tech billionaires but he is the one whose ideology scares me the most.

Tee hee! They know how to troll IQ47 in the North East.

I’m sure that I can come up with 6 equally intriguing life events given time (although the Russian spies will take some topping). While I’m rifling through my memory banks, what are the most bizarre things that have ever happened to you?

They quoted you in JAMA Prof! @profrobhoward.bsky.social

How did I not know that Ray Brooks narrated Mr Benn? www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

But again, at the end of the day, the 'debate' over trans girls playing sports is NOT ABOUT SPORTS AND NEVER WAS. It was about bigots finding a wedge issue that they could use to convince wide audiences to accept SOME degree of trans segregation and then push them to accept EVER MORE AND MORE.

Anxiously awaiting heartfelt tribute from fellow former next-door neighbour of the Osbournes, Owen Paul.

Ozzy, in the underworld, screaming at the ferryman: Charon! Charon! news.sky.com/story/ozzy-o...

Poignant so soon after his triumphant farewell shindig. Who will be the new Prince of Darkness? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...

This cannot be a coincidence. A has been rockstar looking for a payday by trading off Bob Vylan’s current notoriety. www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottis...

Can confirm. Taps aff across the board.

That’ll go down like a lead balloon in the Dear Green Place.

White-browed tit-warbler: Isn't it a stunning burst of colorful fluff?!

@katewomersley.com - it was lovely to meet you in person at #RCPsychIC. It would be lovely to meet up as you suggested. I would love to talk more about your area of research. Are you based at REH or Little France?

Wee jaunt to Cardiff. Went for a walk around Cardiff Bay. Spoke to a couple of very chatty people. Bristol tomorrow. Or maybe Bath.

Norman Sartorius! He’s 90 you know. #RCPsychIC

I bumped into Bryan Ferry slinking around the Dior exhibition at the V&A in London. I had seen him supporting Barbra Streisand the previous day so I was able to tell him how much I had enjoyed the show in a dark corner (the women crowding the exhibit would have rioted if he had been spotted).

I've seen a few people here on Bluesky calling RFK Jr 'mad' or 'mentally ill' I feel strongly that he is an extremely bad, dangerous person with no moral compass & that we should NOT equate bad with mad-it is inaccurate, stigmatizing, & "sociomorally naive": www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talk...

Trump is the spiritual leader of the far right in the UK & across Europe too We must come together to defeat TRUMPISM & to do that we have to unite our movements on migrant justice, climate change, Palestine, Ukraine, trade justice, oligarchy & inequality www.tickettailor.com/events/stopt...

Not sure if that cell has a question or is happy to see me (from this paper academic.oup.com/nar/article/...)

We should be sharing the hell out of this one.

I'm watching the Parliamentary debate about the self-ID e-petition and my JAW IS ON THE FLOOR. The MPs speaking are hitting ALL the key pro-trans talking points: - transphobic bias in EHRC - nightmare of SC ruling - toilet bans are awful - must hear trans voices - IGLA rainbow map 1/

HASTINGS! Dreadful low sales for this show on Friday at the Pig! It's the best thing I've ever done, officially! It's funny and political and moving and silly! GET TICKETS AND SPREAD THE WORD: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1093451215...

White spandex is a courageous choice.

Who is still wearing patchouli in the 21st century?

If you see this, post the most recent photo of yourself from your camera roll. No cheating!

People in Glasgow are distressingly over-familiar. I’m deploying my best disdainful expression to keep them at bay.