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

Can't seem to get backing for my film project "Noah: The Early Years". They all say the narrative lacks an ark.

Restaurant advocates have warned that if every supplier insisted on being paid for ingredients, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry

1. Great, let's do this 2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators 3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

a useful @theguardian.com graphic

OK, I know the word means "baton" or "stick", but there is a joy in France launching a spaceship called Baguette One europeanspaceflight.com/french-rocke...

This does seem to be a relevant question. Reading the Sun and Guardina pieces side by side it is hard to believe they are describing the same policy. That kind of spin might have worked in 1990s but in a social media ecosystem where anger goes viral is is likely to generate own goals

This is a Black Mirror episode, right? Tell me it's a Black Mirror episode.

A brief thread on Trump renewing his threat to sue the BBC. (Note I am not an American lawyer, this is perspective of an English legal commentator.) >

In the Museum of Brands and Packaging down in Notting Hill, you can see this happening again and again. “McIntosh’s Radio Toffee”. “Vimulon Atomic Soap: now with Uranium!” “Tinford’s Electric Cufflinks”. It’s always bollocks. It’s the giveaway it’s a nine day’s wonder, before it all calms down.

I’m not saying I won’t moan about it when the time comes to pay, but I think the Govt should raise my income tax because I am profoundly worried about the state of public services.

Thanks to months of pitch rolling, the Labour government has now effectively told anyone paying attention that income tax rises are necessary, but they’re not going to do them because they’re politically weak. Let’s see how that plays!

Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Software development becomes a very different game at different scales. What works for building a proverbial barbecue over a weekend might bring the house tumbling down on something much more substantial and long-term. codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/w...

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC. This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting. iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...

Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …

Now that's what I call news.

Soot-Covered Prince Andrew Begging On Street For Child To Molest https://theonion.com/soot-covered-prince-andrew-begging-on-street-for-child-to-molest/

I keep being told spending cuts are easy. Honest proposals such as those recently outlined by Policy Exchange show they are not My column www.ft.com/content/f086...

It is way past time for the UK government & the BBC to get off X & for Musk to be treated as a threat to national security. The world's richest man is using his site to promote civil war, ethnic violence & the overthrow of an elected government. You won't win him over with another conference on AI

Good on them: pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... If you don't already support the PSF, now would be a great time.

At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.

Always fascinating watching people underestimate the size of London vs other UK ciries. On an average weekday, more journeys are made on JUST the Elizabeth line than the ENTIRE population of Liverpool. If the Tube was a city, its average daily passengers would make it the 2nd largest in the UK.

Yes. Next question. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Useful thread that explains why basically everything relies on the hyperscalers, which in turn is why so much stuff went down when AWS's DNS threw a wobbly.

A helpful pie chart for anyone wanting to understand why this is even a thing these days.

Think one of the key things why adverts are such a thing with them is that people in ads are usually enjoying themselves and having a nice life; seeing non-white people be happy is something that drives your typical racist absolutely mad

“Middle age, it turns out, is all about living with the consequences of choices your younger self was only vaguely aware of making at the time.” -Richard Russo, “Life and Art” That is the best summary of how I have been feeling here in my early 50s I have read yet

The problem with the clocks going back is; you're feeling a bit sleepy, wonder if it's bed time soon, look up at the clock, and it's half past fucking six.

Not just bigots; we’re also fucking stupid. That’s the ICE Promise™️

I could be wrong, but Elon Musk seems like exactly the kind of person who shouldn’t have a strong influence over a robot army.

Good riddance. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

We apologise for the current eggs outage. It appears the basket is down.

Blimey: downdetector.co.uk #hugops all around.

GOV.UK is a teenager! I hope there shall be plenty of cake to celebrate a happy 13th birthday.

this tweet turns 10 today 🎂🥳

There’s no reason htmx couldn’t have been invented at the same time as React, for 90% of the value

For the avoidance of doubt, this is how the inventor of "vibe coding" actually writes code. Can we all stop pretending now?

Just noticed the Teams has changed the look of the button to finish a meeting. I like to imagine the mIcrosoft UI design team have a mature sense of irony, sitting together giggling to each other, saying "I can't believe they pay us for this bollocks"

Sad to hear about Boris Johnson. Nothing's happened to him, I just don't like hearing about him.

Every one of my friends knows this but Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was an absolute treasure. Every single one of her works that I have read has been even better on rereading. To give someone the Earthsea books for the first time is a mitzvah. You'll make their life better forever.

We don't know the health effects of drinking hippo bath water. All we know is the people selling it outside the south gate are not zoo employees.

'We'll play some more soon' is a truly sinister line.

Being shot out of a cannon inside a giant glass bullet? Jodhpurs are the only trousers for that job.

Surprising exactly no one. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

Yeah, but blue passports, right? www.theguardian.com/business/202...