Retrospective removal of Indefinite Leave to Remain from "hundreds of thousands of people" in the Reform plans is obscene. They talk about "preventing disruption to businesses" but have no regard for what this means for the people themselves, their families and communities which will be torn apart.

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

I like this -- they fed AITA posts where the humans voted "asshole" to LLMs and found that the bots would almost always tell you that you're not an asshole. ^^; No wonder they're so popular! www.businessinsider.com/reddit-aita-...

Over on the Other Place I would occasionally put this thread together, most recently during lockdown, four years ago in fact, and I realised I'd not done it here. So, bear with, and feel free to mute as this is an epic (genuinely, I’m not sure we won’t reach hitherto non-invoked thread limits tbh).

Oh good! I was hoping Alex would get Johannes. #scd

A promotional #LOTR drawing by Mike Ploog (1978)

How to tell it’s wet - you step into a bit of shelter while dragging your groceries home and get out your phone to check your email, and the face sensor doesn’t recognise you…

"A light flung forward into the future, if you like.” “More like a Molotov cocktail,” Phil muttered. “I beg your pardon, my dear?” the Head asked, in tones which said she knew exactly what Phil had just blurted out and was giving her this one chance to take it back. #editing

The author had put exclamation marks around the sentence and added arrows in red ink. It was like the desperate notes one saw attached to office printers to remind the user that one needs to check that paper is present and that the printer is turned on before panicking and calling for help. #editing

This was worrying. In fact, this whole room was worrying. Not that Phil was against personal freedom of religion, perish the thought, but she had yet to watch a horror movie where a private demon-summoning sanctum was a *good* thing. #editing

✨The Origin. Eden, the Burden of Creation.✨ Latest, and, the Last #Pokémon #Gijinka of mine, for the time being. They of course had to be Arceus! #myart #myoc #ocsky #bskyart #art #artsky #ocart #pokejinka #sketch

Mist was rolling in across the moors, thick and heavy; it was enough to make Phil think she was in an old black-and-white horror movie with fog machines hidden behind the nearest clump of trees. #editing

Showdown

From Dracula, the Musical in Japan youtu.be/cN-CPrEuuJY?...

This thing here, exhibit A in "the danger of leaving our ships to melt in the hot sun", is HMS Glatton. And on this day in 1918 things went even more pear-shaped than they already were...

A fun commission for Jerez about an architect building a maze.

Daily bunny no.3079 is sworn to secrecy

Do you want some Robin Hood... IN SPACE? The HOOD trilogy is $1.99USD (and CAD) apiece in ebook until 9/30. Book One: books2read.com/hoodseason1 Book Two: books2read.com/hoodseason2 Book Three: books2read.com/hoodseason3

Private Eye nailing it again

If you see this quote with the energy you bring to Bluesky

Your Daily Dracula - Yōka Wao, Dracula The Musical (2011) www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA6m...

If you want to know about the state of British media, these 'formidable obstacles' include assault of a police officer, ABH, football hooliganism, entering the US on a false passport, mortgage fraud, stalking, endangering a grooming trial, defaming a 15 year old refugee and a lifetime of racism.

Uttered the phrase “testicular bath bomb” in class today when describing Aphrodite’s birth if you’re wondering how I’m doing.

This month! The 30th! Alex Easton returns in WHAT STALKS THE DEEP! I know I just had another book out! It’s a lot for me, too! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

*facepalm* As a general rule of life, never say to any author “I wouldn’t expect a [genre] author to know anything about [topic.]” You will, without fail, discover that a statistically improbably number of people in that genre grew up there/did their thesis on it/have one in their lap.

Oh my interview with Tatler Asia is out, cool!! Thanks @gavingrant.bsky.social 😊

1/38 Yesterday, I highlighted how Kash Patel's poor handling of the case could put it in jeopardy. But today the FBI's lead-podcaster, doubled-down on *STUPID*, in a public interview that is a defense attorneys dream! Let's breakdown the incompetence: x.com/adamscochra...

I, Claudius was made for societies where, it was presumed, people agreed personality-cult tyranny was bad. But it's just as good, if not better, in a society where they don't. (Gift link!)

Hovertext and bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/unread #smbc

In important read from @victoriastrauss on Writer Beware: writerbeware.blog/2025/09/12/p...

oh hey i have a BOOK out today! #booksky #romancesky #paranormalromance #ProfessionalWhimsicalSkedaddling #IrishDance meets a DJ gorilla in a story you'll (wait for it) go ape for! O.O www.amazon.com/dp/B0DX2V218...

shoutout to tumblr user kleinergeist for this post which is going straight into my powerpoint for Grendel day in my monster class this week

It’s always nice when you can ask for (and get) birthday presents related to research on the current project. (Yes, I did do Latin to A level, but that was thirty-something years ago…)

New polling in the Telegraph. Despite all the talk from Musk and Robinson about young people turning to Reform, it’s just the usual pack of lies. Read on for the Telegraph’s headline accompanying the piece.

Kash Patel’s FBI puts two pounds of methamphetamine in the incinerator at an animal shelter, sending 14 people to the hospital, and exposing some 75 cats and dogs to the narcotic. www.bbc.com/news/article...

“Now who,” Phil enquired in vain, desperate hope, “would like to translate the beginning of this poem?” It had never worked when she was at school either. A dozen faces stared at her in blank denial of any wish to translate Catullus, any interest in the subject and indeed any signs of life. #editing

this cat looks like one of the Old Master painters who's just slept with three servants, argued viciously with his annoying patron about the inferior ham he receives, and then painted his masterpiece out of spite

Some more older pics - this is Permian Gangs of New York.

New OOTS! #1333, Well That Sucks: www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1...

Greta Garbo in Queen Christina.

“Have you ever wondered why you never hear about what happens to teachers who leave here?” “I hadn’t even heard about here until about a week ago, so that’s an awfully weak threat. Or is it a warning? Or an insinuation? It sounds more like an insinuation to me.” “It’s a comment.” #editing

There were screams of excitement from outside as more girls gained purchase on the windowsill, clustering around the window like carnivorous spiders. #editing

Biology Department xkcd.com/3140/

Timeline cleanse

Out today! Doctor Who: Dracula! by Paul Magrs The First Doctor and his companions arrive in Whitby, where a theatre production of Dracula leads to murders, each victim with puncture wounds on their neck... Paperback: amzn.to/46edxfy Kindle: amzn.to/4mHshcW #ad

This was the Staff Room, where she would absorb the wisdom and advice of her fellow teachers, much like a potted plant in the bathroom picking up the drips of condensation from everyone’s showers. #editing

Just a note for those who think maybe reading might be a better way to spend the rest of the day than on social media: Here, come take advantage of our #ebook sale and help me have more cash for the Dumpling Festival this weekend! (There's even a map...) 🙂 www.tumblr.com/dduane/79424...

A Big Finish Audio Drama where the 13th Doctor and Yaz gatecrash the Lion in Winter Christmas celebration. www.bigfinish.com/news/v/a-roy...