The lies continue from Sarah Pochin. Vote Reform and you’ll get a lying, grifting charlatan trying to take credit for other people’s hard work. Please share.

Word count today: 1625 I should clarify that I'm overhauling an old book for a second edition, rather than writing from scratch...

Well worth reading

Of all the easy things you can do to help the environment, conserve water for communities not corporations, not perpetuate scams, support the labor and rights of creators... *not* using generative AI is the fucking easiest. You absolutely deserve to be shamed for using it for image and text creation

Jesus fucking christ. I agree with a conservative think tank economist. WTAF!?!? (gifted article to get around the paywall) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...

Bloody hell. This little pound shop soprano open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

"The Mandelson scandal is bad. Very bad indeed. And that therefore makes it comparable to an average Tuesday under the Johnson administration."

Review: This is Your Grandparents’ ‘Muppet Show,’ Fortunately www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/a... “The Muppet Show,” it turns out, doesn’t need to be retooled for a new era, because the Muppets exist outside of time.” Gifted Link

Just a quick note to @greenparty.org.uk and @greenpartyhan.bsky.social - I was not consulted on being quoted on your leaflets and I have not endorsed your campaign (or any campaign in this seat). I think this note, like the bar chart next to it, is misleading and out of context.

This fucking clown observer.co.uk/news/politic...

I'm going to be honest. This past year has been difficult professionally. The Houston Landing newsroom shut down. Eventually, I landed a new job in FL. Then, about a month into it, I was fired after our staff raised concerns about AI usage. I'm now looking for a new #journalismjob

Me, increasingly wild-eyed, to my students:

Love this Loyle Carner quote

Truly, 1976 was the worst year ever for pop music #TOTP

Trump's Davos speech was the act of a madman and that is the only sensible manner in which it should have been covered iandunt.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Just got back from my time traveling dinosaur safari and you won’t believe how many butterflies I stepped on! Now to take a big sip of water and check on President Harris’s trip to Davos

this is absolutely bonkers incredible and also it’s very easy to see why cheerleading is one of the most dangerous sports

Palantir is working with ICE. Why the hell are we giving Palantir our NHS information. Palantir need to be banned from UK Goverment, just like the Swiss banned them from theirs.

I have a plan to save movie theaters and it’s gonna work: Double-price for phone-friendly showings. You can have your phone out the entire time, make calls, talk, bring young active children without fear of being judged. Half-price for silent showings. Phone use gets you banned for six months.

Do not be surprised if in the first days of an incoming populist radical government there is an entire raft of statutory instruments and other measures prepared and ready to go, exploiting every gap in our constitutional arrangements.

pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

The Society of Labour Lawyers has decided to close its account on X. We ask our followers on X to follow us instead here on BlueSky or LinkedIn. Full statement available on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/posts/societ...

Meanwhile, over on Mastodon: mastodon.social/@mhoye/11586...

Movie pitch: a remake of 'Christine', but this time she's a Mk 1 Renault Koleos in the snow

I’m sorry the decorum argument was dead ten fucking years ago when the entire republican party hitched themselves to mister “grab them by the pussy” come on

Scum seek jobs where they can act like scum with authority.

Labour councillor thinks that the murder of a woman - with plans that political parties in the UK are specifically looking to emulate - shouldn't be political. Labour have no intention in every challenging the far right - which is why they'll be next to follow unless we stand up to them.

Make this go viral. Labour MP Louise Haigh.

#UxbridgeEnglishDictionary LUCRETIA: An animal that lives in a toilet.

Sir George Martin was born 100 years ago today. He and the Beatles lucked into their glorious partnership and humankind is the lasting recipient. I was privileged to work with George and hoped to mark the centenary by touring a theatre show about his life & work – but I must stay focused on writing.

We go a little deeper to explain the real-world effects of cold weather on your dog #Dogs #BlueSkyDogs #DogsOfBlueSky #Doglovers

Happy New Year you lovely people. A reminder that 2026 should be the year you leave X (if you haven’t already!)

"I think 80-90% of the country just want to get on with their lives, be friendly with their neighbours They don't look at people of different religions, skin colours, beliefs, traits, and think badly of them. I think we're divided deliberately to distract" - Gary Lineker 2026, the year of hope.

Articles about Brigitte Bardot after her death on Sunday have referred to her far right sympathies, which supposedly emerged later in the film star's life. Here she is, though, in 1958 with Jean-Marie Le Pen and Pierre Lagaillarde, future founder of the extremist OAS terror group

Good! An early insight of human centered design is that it was possible to reduce airplane crashes by introducing tactile switches and toggle that did not create confusion or require people to take their eyes away from their core tasks donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-origin...

I'm watching Home Alone 2 for the first time. Kevin's family appear to be monsters

WARNING FOR PARENTS Check if your child has / using a chat bot. If so, delete and ban it. A shocking story to be aware of. www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...

Nice rhythm guitar on this

Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.

This is one of the most magnificent essays I've read in a very long time. (Gift Link 🎁) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...

NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader. So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.

Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.

😄 He's pretty much nailed BlueSky, although I guess there wasn't room for the one that goes 'Post Some Songs You Like Challenge, but the rules are so insanely complicated that you give up halfway through reading them' Alt text 'ANYONE NOT STICKING TO THE RULES WILL BE PLACED ON A BLOCK LIST'

It's noticeable that the people who are now angriest with Keir Starmer's Labour government are those who voted for it. And they are right to be. This has been his primary achievement. So where on earth does he think Labour voters will come from, next time round?

A rare work post: I'm teaching a Practical Appreciative Inquiry facilitator training, designed to get you using it confidently with teams and small groups, in March. Places still available! Full details, dates, and how to secure your place here: coachingleaders.co.uk/appreciative...

Introduce yourself w/ 5 animals you've seen in the wild: Humpback whale (breaching!) Bottlenose dolphin Pine marten Coyote and Road runner (unfortunately not at the same time)