He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.

The hunger strikers were arrested before Palestine Action was proscribed, and none of them are charged with terrorist offences, yet it seems anti-terrorism powers are being misused to avoid treating them fairly. This is wrong. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Palestine hunger strikers have been on hunger strike for over 60 days and are close to death. They have not even been convicted of a crime - they are being held on remand (pre-trial) for more than twice the max time allowed, and counting…🧵

this is the first of the clips I’ve watched and it’s just so unutterably evil what he did. there was no “fog of battle,” no remotely reasonable pretext for firing in self-defense, just a ‘Take that you bitch’ pure malice

A mysterious trader won roughly $400,000 on the ouster of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro just hours before U.S. forces took him into custody, a well-timed bet that has drawn attention to whether there are sufficient guardrails around prediction markets.

In 2015 I helped organise an experimental Archaeology conference, and one of the demonstrations was the playing of a similar piece. Played well they sound very big, very resonant, deep and sonorous. Vaguely similar to a cross between a didgeridoo and a deep horn, it easily filled a large space.

Dishwasher. And I guess the slow cooker, but the dishwasher is iconic of the good life to me.

Going to be honest, seems mightily convenient at the moment for big corporations and rich people to be very keen to tell you that stealing from the rich is actually very bad.

Thought I might be over-doing it with two hats, two scarves, and my down-filled parka for today's cross-country train journey. Nope, not really. The carriages are okay but you can see your breath in the vestibules where the toilets are.

Time to re-up this one. Which to be honest I have to recheck every now and again as it's hard to remember so many different names, but if you just buy UK supermarket own brands that's a fantastic start.

For all that the media has spent years freaking out about what social media does to our brains, I don’t understand why there appears to be little effort to grapple with the fact that these chatbots are, for some not insignificant portion of the population, literally psychosis machines

Safely through the post to its recipient, I can share this multi-pocket dice bag, which opens out to be a protected dice rolling area. A scrap busting project too, which is always satisfying. I used the Bernina pattern available free online. #sewing

The US pres doing in Venezuela, what he wishes he could do to parts of Europe.

Forgot to post this one

Seeing an ad for an early career (MA/PhD qualified) position at a museum doing...a lot of things, £28pa. Except the position is only 21hrs, so that's actually £17k pa, and probably requires evening and weekend work. Reminds me why I left Heritage.

A vulnerable child was groomed and trafficked and then subjected to the most shocking experiences imaginable including the deaths of her babies. Instead of taking responsibility the British establishment stripped her of her citizenship and dumped her like old rubbish. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Away for c.20hrs and the cats are now doing a good impression of having been abandoned for a week. Glued to the sofa under warm furry bodies. Good 2026 vibes.

Have just seen this, I think for the first time -

After working on a book about psychedelic medicine for more than a year I've been struggling to succinctly sum up my thoughts on where the field is at. Stumbled across this this quote and it's pretty much where I've landed.

Made dinner to use up things from the freezer and dealt with the rather English 'meat and two veg' effect by pouring garlic butter over everything. Amazing. Just...stunning.

They are also bad in people taking hands-free calls - all this stuff takes a lot of concentration. Even if your eyes are nominally on the road, your concentration is not. Do not get cocky about this stuff.

Watching Die Hard and remembering the first time I saw it, at a Christmas cinema screening, where we were exposed to an extremely embarrassing proposal attempt in front of the whole cinema and the poor woman's family and friends, who all clearly knew the plan even though she did not.

Currently in the middle of making a 'quick fun gift' that has gotten completely out of hand and I really need to finish this evening. I'm sure I'm not the only one doing last minute sewing! Why do we so this to ourselves?!

Itsy-bitsy teenie-weenie ancient Roman langoustinie

Fair play to the health assistant I met today, who lives in a binary world of regular folk and those who have 'the mental health' (problems). Sounds like quite a reassuringly simple place to be.

Uk government telling us how to prepare for power outages, whilst schilling AI which will suck the life out of our electricity grid and water table. You would be embarrassed to write this as a plot in a story.

Not sure there is much Christmas in my heart this year. Suspect there will not be a tree or wreaths or all that this time. Too tired, too busy, not in the vibe. But I guess that could change this weekend, if things start to feel jolly?

I impulsively bought tickets for a show last night, and it was FIVE HOURS long. I had a great time but god I'm tired now. Leaving the bed this morning is very hard.

Last week of work before going on leave means sending people off for what may be several tough weeks, with people who have really hurt them, trying situations, or sometimes just dark, miserable times. Even though I won't see them, I do think of them and hope for the very best.

Finished this secret santa gift for a friend, using up some of the fabric stash to get me in under the value limit. It was really enjoyable to make something specific and relatively simple, and to bring into concrete reality wishes of shelter, warmth, comfort and protection for them. #sewing

Hung out with this chonky girl this weekend, who got a lot of fuss from me (whenever the dog would let me).

Never felt so patriotic than coming into town to scraps of shitty Chinese nylon union jacks dangling from a single zip tie Go community

Just read a large scale study showing 10% of people with health condition x have cats, describing cats as a 'predisposing factor'. But at population level, 25% of people live with cats, so wouldn't you expect 25% of people with the condition to have cats?

Absolutely baked my brain this weekend with c.20hrs of team work on a big project. But I've just written the first draft of the narrative introduction, and just seeing those words hinting at all the stories to come is so exciting and fulfilling.

Funny day doing some clearing out downstairs and looking through old papers from family members bow passed, the minutae of lives lived in the immediate aftermath of WW2 and all the damage it did. A bill from Blackwells for a Russian dictionary, a letter from the doctor about someone's mum.

A Liverpool Quaker climate activist is appealing her conviction after a judge warned the jury against following their conscience, violating the centuries-old principle of jury independence, established in a landmark 1670 case involving Quaker defendants.

Therapists shilling for AI bemuse me. Those techbros would love to make you unemployed and replace you with an AI. Why do their work for them?

Saw this patchwork apron, made in 1943 in a Japanese internment camp In Sumatra, by Mary Brown, which has a lovely even decorative stitch over the joins. #QuiltSky

and a reminder that your worth isn’t measured by your possessions and that new stuff culture is the only way capitalism survives and thrives Keep that ancient tv and fridge is it still works Wear your clothes to disintegration, wear that sparkly top more than once create things to feel joy

Short but very sharp, I loved this article on why there's nothing to celebrate about this recent record setting (for a female artist) auction total. "The only thing it tells you is that the ultra-rich have too much money, and the rest of us don’t have enough." news.artnet.com/art-world/fr...

Thought I'd read this as it's interesting to see different people's reactions, there weren't really any working people on average wages. Or poor people! Which probably says alot about the Guardian these days :( ablink.editorial.theguardian.com/ss/c/u001.Yw...

I wonder what 'holes' in the budget we could plug if we didn't give the Royal Family £132M this *year*. Whilst they still own vast tracks of land, and charge critical organisations like the NHS and the RNLI rent?

when its definitely not a hostage situation

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Why do no coffee shops ever just buy normal cups? Why? It's bad enough with lattes served in the kind of tiny glasses you'd see in church hall school milk breaks, why must my black coffee be served in a cup with a handle fit for only one finger?

Feels like not a Wales-only issue - national press barely report any 'national' issues at all, even when people are drowning, losing their homes and businesses. It's deeply frustrating to see so much 'opinion' and so little reporting on this GS actually happening to people inside the country.

Went to the Manchester Art Fair, which houses Manchester Contemporary, and the best thing there was this amazing orange puffa-jacket for an orange safety cone. I loved it. So much detail, whimsy and joy. And quite an antidote to the beige works.

Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph. One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics. What could go wrong? www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

Hey #quiltsky, look at these lovely little pieces of EPP from the late 19th century! I am particularly charmed at how imperfect they are; I have read too many discussions of '18 stitches an inch' perfection in our ancestors, and it is a joy to see these wonky, slightly slapdash #quilt pieces!

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