Time to wander off BlueSky again as there are far too many photos of Farridge on here and I'm about to have lunch.

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Fact of the Day: The Viggen airplane is made by Volvo and is the world's only biofuel jet fighter running on fuel made from a secret mix of used cooking oil and Irn-bru. The name Viggen derives from Viggen, the Swedish word for Vegan Photographed from a Canberra

Anyway, you should subscribe to @iandunt.bsky.social 's newsletter immediately and then I wouldn't have to keep doing this.

I only ever seem to come on here to praise @iandunt.bsky.social 's latest newsletter and he's not even paying me. His latest contains the sentence "I've had sandwiches in the 90s I remember better than the prime minister's conference speech in 2024." And the rest of it is equally brilliant.

An excellent if chilling article from @brianklaas.bsky.social

Here's how the real two-tier Britain works: 1. Whatever Nigel Farage says, however stupid, is looped and discussed by the media, while left-wing voices are treated as noises off. 2. Tiny far-right protests get massive airtime, while 10s of 000s gathering for Palestine or green causes are ignored.🧵

Next week we will open submissions for our 2026 Society of Authors' Awards. This week, we'll be looking back at our 2025 winners, and find out what the awards meant to them.

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It's hard to get your head around the scale of the environmental vandalism the Labour government is hoping to unleash. The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is up there with Trump's executive orders. And the reason is the same: corporate power. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀

Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.

Another typically excellent piece on the current constitutional crisis in the US. We worth a read, not least for the inclusion of the "unpleasant and crass and infantile" tweet from the White House, which I hadn't seen before, and which actually made me gasp

I am looking forward to playing Siddington in Cheshire tonight - I have written two Siddington specific poems and one Macclesfield specific poem - I will write site specific poems for all the other Cheshire villages I am playing this week www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/news/cheshir...

I missed this - I hope it went well.

NEW The significance of the Wisconsin court election result Another setback for the illiberals in a skirmish By me Substack emptycity.substack.com/p/the-signif... Personal blog emptycity.substack.com/p/the-signif...

When did magic die for you? I always believed in magic. I mean, *really* believed in it. Then suddenly it died one day in a dull and dusty maths lesson. thecrone.co.uk/2022/11/27/t...

Today's the release day for @scottmccloud.bsky.social and @goraina.bsky.social new book. It's an exceptional work of comic mastery. If you're not sure if you really need to buy a Middle Grade Graphic Novel about kids making their own comics... Let me help you decide. www.youtube.com/live/aMaZJS1...

I recommend my follower reads this. It's an important indicator of why we are where we are in politics today.

Illiberals: With rights come responsibilities! > Embezzlement of public funds means five year suspension from running for public office.< Illiberals: No! Not like that!

Listen, Broligarchy is not some cute synonym for oligarchy. It's genuinely different & WAY more dangerous. I'm a sociologist who's been studying the ultra-rich globally for 17 yrs, entering their world as an offshore wealth mgr. Published 2 books abt them. 🧵Broligarchs are distinct in 3 ways:

Busted!!

Now would be a hugely appreciated time to discover my Gerry Anderson writings. Essay anthologies, series guidebooks, and TV21 blogs - something for everyone! telos.co.uk/shop/cult-tv... gerryanderson.com/collections/... ko-fi.com/sequential21

Definitely worth subscribing. It contains politics, insight and lots of rude words.

The BBC is launching its "biggest public engagement exercise" ever sending an online questionnaire to audiences in the UK "to help identify what they want from the BBC now, and what they want from it in the future" www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

To insult two highly respected and free thinking politicians like this is disgraceful. It just shows how far standards in society have fallen. Anyone reposting this insulting photograph should feel utterly ashamed. 😡

I had a colleague in London, who if it started to rain would simply walk into the nearest pub and ask if he'd left his umbrella in there, then take his pick from the assortment they were guaranteed to produce.

@mfurnass.bsky.social You'll like this account bsky.app/profile/dsco...

Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions. Authors, search your name here: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Little interview with me by @amyhoggart.bsky.social here. Her substack project is really worthwhile I think - getting different voices on the left talking about their values amyhoggart.substack.com/p/interview-...

For that matter, there's no evidence that T. rex was ever coronated.

“Teslas aren’t woke” insists UK Tesla rep and urges us to stand up for Elon Musk youtu.be/kuY_ywICSZs?...

The cost of Brexit to UK musicians is staggering. Find out more and support the campaign. www.europeanmovement.co.uk/brexit_music...

Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content. That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂

1. Today the Tories unveil their new policy: ripping up the commitment to net zero by 2050. Kemi Badenoch, with no evidence, claims "it can’t be achieved without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us." What the evidence shows is the opposite. We can't prosper without it. 🧵

Fascinating.

1. Reading some of the comments beneath this week's column, I'm struck once again by how fiercely resistant many people are to understanding how our food is produced, how it reaches us and how the system works. This willed ignorance is lethal. Short🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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South Lakes school children are helping seniors stay safe online. My #cartoon in this week's #TheWestmorlandGazette

From 1964. Thankfully, nothing like this could happen in real life.

"No, we've never had Russian neighbours. You are the first."

Y'all are following Christoph Niemann I hope? 🧐 @abstractsunday.bsky.social