Well, this is embarrassing, but my publisher wants me to share it: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/106828080...

So far, the only wildlife in my wildlife pond is one dead slug and a bunch of mosquito larvae

Dear USA Deploying troops against civilians will not go well. Yours Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Walking downstairs ought to recharge your legs

Has Penelope Keith issued a statement yet?

Sorry but Pi Day is actually the leap day in April

I think a lot of the people claiming measles is a mild disease are thinking of German measles, which is completely different

Sometimes the world seems like a really lovely place www.science.org/content/arti...

Am I the only one that always hears ‘Taoiseach’ as ‘tea shop’? It makes for some surreal news reports

Some insight as to how tech companies may have gotten their hands on the books used to train AI, via @wired.com www.wired.com/story/new-do...

If anyone needs cheering up make-everything-ok.com

This headline reads like the BBC is terrified of being sued for libel by the rhino.

The family of 14-year old Chloe from Witney are asking Oxford residents to check CCTV, Ring doorbells and dashcams for any sightings. She has not been seen since Monday when she was picked up by CCTV in Oxford, heading towards Headington. Anyone seeing her is asked to call 999.

Facebook is censoring 404 Media stories about Facebook's censorship 🔗 www.404media.co/facebook-is-...

Mark Zuckerberg- who tragically died of exhaustion at the age of 32 in a DIY Orgasmatron incident- said in a video posted today that fact checkers weren't important.

New around here? Interested in tech? I've compiled a list of 50 or so UK technology journo accounts. Let me know if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/5s9g2Rn

Room full of satire writers will struggle to find a funnier line that the BBC Newsreader just now saying “The Chinese approached Prince Andrew in the hope of finding intelligence’”

It'll get worse... www.forbes.com/sites/emmawo...

Love the way the BBC and others are scratching their heads as to why someone might want to shoot the CEO of a US healthcare insurance firm

not seen it mentioned elsewhere so: my theory is that Elon has become obsessed with Britain because he's essentially stopped sleeping due to drugs and/or madness but for like six hours of his nights Americans are sleeping so Brits are the one English-speaking timezone awake and posting

Brits don't do Thanksgiving because if we had to take a day off for the anniversary of us fucking over a native people and ruining their country we'd never have to go to work.

This is my absolute favourite new fact

Western nations that sell arms to Israel may be forced to re-evaluate their trade agreements after the ICC arrest warrants against Israeli PM Netanyahu and ex-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity” in Gaza, say experts ⤵️

If we didn't have an Ian Hislop already, we'd somehow have to work out how to build one.

oh great

This is so lovely

Doing a thing for a PR agency on what journalists actually want, and while it’s mostly big deal stuff, I would just like to plead with you all to stop capitalising job titles and putting embargoes on things

I hate the way the news channels start saying ‘today’ after midnight, it’s just plain mean

Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines: Measles: Before: 530,000, After: 47 Mumps: Before: 160,000, After: 429 Rubella: Before: 50,000, After: 3 Diphtheria: Before: 20,000, After: 2 Smallpox: Before: 30,000, After: 0 Polio: Before: 16,000, After: 0

Bloody hell, the rage, he looks as if his head is going to explode youtu.be/nraqYyq85Ao?...

Search engine expert tells Sky News that Bluesky is “10 times more important to Google today for factual information” than X. Seems about right. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace. It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.

Is there an Oxford local starter pack?

One of the best things about this place is that I’m not embarrassingly required to post my Forbes stories on it

Is anybody putting together a starter pack of tech journalists who are into beer, books, gardening and conspiracy theories, the madder the better? Please add me in if so

Is anyone else here still going on to Twitter in a sort of slowing-down-past-the-car-crash sort of way?

Hello everyone! I’m a freelance journalist living in Oxford,writing for the BBC, Forbes, Private Eye and others, mostly on business and tech. Do say hello

Hello everybody! How on earth do I find people to follow?