Well, would you look at that, two of my favorite podcasts get a crossover. That's a lovely thing to find out at the end of a very very long day :)

#cloudflare resolved but we're still seeing users having sporadic issues all over the world.

Has anyone ever, and I do mean ever, bought a #TV #streaming service because of a button on their remote control?

So much of life in the UK is accepting insane illogical nonsense. Two facts that I think show this in sharp relief: 1. The treatment of Prince Andrew. 2. Season tickets don't save you money and weren't designed to. They were standardized by British Rail in the 1970s to make tickets less confusing.

Sir Noncealot

God, Slavery, and Early Christianity is out in the real world with @universitypress.cambridge.org! I have some extra, so retweet this by the end of Oct. 19 if you’re interested in receiving a copy! Book info here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/g...

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Theres going to be a lot of nonsense going around about ID cards in the coming months, if there isn't already. Check my timeline for two takes worth reading (one for, one against).

How the government's new digital ID will work… and why I’ve changed my mind on ID cards (FREE TO READ!) takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/how-the-uk...

'Rather than addressing the fundamental problems with existing verification systems, the Britcard threatens to digitise and amplify the very hostile environment policies that created these problems in the first place' blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

UK recognition of the State of Palestine was a promise made to my great grandfather decades ago. While on its own, recognition won’t solve anything without further action, it is a down payment on peace. Today we have just a little more hope, and hope is contagious. 📻 on BBC world service this AM:

Blah blah orange guy behind big walls blah blah But amidst the drone of nothing to say this article wins. ☆☆☆☆☆ No notes. "Little tip: if you tell a Maga supporter that his huge flag only has 49 stars on it, he’ll still be counting them half an hour later." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Slightly dimish a book: - The hitch-hikers guide to the delta quadrant - The breeze in the willows - The chief of the rings - 1982

All hail! SPINAL TAP name checks US in this magnificent article in THE GUARDIAN. Spoiler-we're cited in the very last quote! www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

Been banging on about this since (at least) 2013. flipchartfairytales.wordpress.com/2013/07/17/c...

Damn....Utah clownin.😂😂

Media commentators across Britain have reacted with outrage to something said by an Irish rap group named after the practice of shooting people in the knees. [From issue 1649, May 2025]

BREAKING: MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The #AssistedDyingBill will now proceed to the House of Lords. A landmark victory for compassion, dignity, and choice.

My friend @harrym.com is selling a bunch of stuff from his workshop – I know I'm followed by a bunch of nerdy, maker types, so have a look: www.harrym.com/studio

does everybody know about my favorite website, the embroidery tips page that forgot to close its <h3> tags

Oh, I should tell you that these two copies of Tina by Niall Harbison are SIGNED. Twenty quid (free P+P). If you'd like one, DM me. (congrats to my marketing department for shoehorning this book buying opportunity into a post about eight rolls of sticky tape and a stapler. Top work)

A fantastic offer on the audio edition of my book - 70% OFF! The Science of Weird Shit: Why Our Minds Conjure the Paranormal url:https://www.audiobooks.co.uk/promotions/promotedBook/751944/science-of-weird-shit-why-our-minds-conjure-the-paranormal?refId=187441

I have an Aeneas joke but you probably already know it.

There are dozens of us

Dear someone on bsky You are right, the names of the knives out sequels were a massive missed opportunity. I would like to add that they also missed the chance to use this glorious earworm. I had to find it the moment I read your post and now I have lost it. open.spotify.com/track/30lmCe...

So disrespectful the way people call him J.D., like they know him or something. Guys, he has a name, which is Jinormous Dickhead

Tesla showroom From the new Private Eye, out now.

Trying to remember a band, sort of like Garbage but not Garbage. Found this amazing forum post: "There is Garbage, the US alternative rock band led by Shirley Manson and Garbage, a Chilean doom/death metal band. They are not the same and should not be merged."

when I worked for the government this was actually a serious problem: we had over a million files that could only be opened on windows 98, scattered randomly across 50 million weather records from the last couple hundred years

computers are a completely normal field where there are databases built on descendants of PICK OS, a database made in the 60s to organize parts for a helicopter that never existed, for a system called Generalized Information Retrieval Language System (GIRLS), as created by a guy named Dick Pick.

my favourite game to play in the supermarket is called "big night in?" and involves trying to find the person in the supermarket it would be funniest to say "big night in?" to given the contents of their basket most recent winner: a woman with two kiwis and some surgical gloves

I'm not an American but the whole world has a stake in what happens in the US. Peace in Gaza is an impressive end to a presidency. A bigger man would have congratulated his soon to be predecessor. With every breathe he shows how tiny he is. How lost he is. He mustn't be allowed to break this.

First week back in the real world: my phone got stolen on the tube and my wife's car has had a blowout. On the plus side Liz Truss is still as mad as 3 boxes of frogs and I haven't eaten sugar for 4 days.

Best intro to a book I’ve seen in awhile

5. Films 3 films I saw in the cinema, 1 I had tickets for but didn’t (Yes, Joker 2, no, that isn’t why), and 1 from the sofa. All sequels because hollywood is risk adverse. #5by5by5 - 5 things by 5 people 5 times

Check out number 4.

4. Podcasts I’m not actually sure if any of these podcasts were new to me in 2024, but they are definitely ones I’d recommend and listen to. #5by5by5 - 5 things by 5 people 5 times

A list of famous people with festive names… Jon Snow Holly Hunter Spruce Willis Oprah Wintery Michael Baublé Samuel Elf Jackson A-wreather Franklin Misteltobey Maguire Amy Mulled Winehouse Snoop Dogg-Is-For-Life-Not-Just-For-Christmas

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3. Books Now this is tough. I've read a lot of books. And by read I mostly mean audiobooks because I spend a lot of time on busy trains and audio is by far the easiest way to deal with trains. #5by5by5 - 5 things by 5 people 5 times

2. Tech This year I built a kitchen, upgraded the house to 1Gb up/down and rewired the network in my house to be gigabit and 6E to benefit from it. At the moment I'm playing with home assistant on a pi5. #5by5by5 - 5 things by 5 people 5 times

Sigh. Just found out labour have decided not to pay the #waspi women compensation because they can't afford to. That's my mum. #labour just screwed over my mum.

1. Music This year I've mostly been to see the new and interesting stuff that's been happening to alt music, in particular "punk", which now seems to be an all encompassing label, which is good and right and proper. Sorry, punk. #5by5by5 - 5 things by 5 people 5 times

I'm going to do a thing I just made up over the next few days Watch this space for #5by5by5 - 5 things by 5 people 5 times before 2025. Bonus points if it's sanbout what you did in 2024 but it doesn't really matter if it is.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #ReadB#ReadBannedBooks 20/20 (Saucepan man. Dream Land. I could go on.)

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge #ReadBannedBooks 19/20 (For a while I had purple sunglasses)