#OtD 13 Apr 1906 Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Samuel Beckett, was born. During the Nazi occupation of France, Beckett joined the French Resistance as a courier. After the war, he was awarded the Croix de guerre and the Médaille de la Résistance for his efforts

Hey, good time to find a 90s BBC documentary about Operation Gladio - the CIA-backed placement of an army of undercover ops, many of them criminals & ex-fascists, across post-WW2 Europe in order to stymie any attempt at a Left goverment gaining power - is on youtube youtu.be/j48ieINPUYU?...

Am smoking a cigar. Have another cigar when this is finished.

Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable sources, proving the transition is not theoretical but already operational. The barrier is no longer technology, but political will, investment priorities, and the courage to move faster.

They sold out for a handful of dollars and now claim that filmmaking is no longer a highly collaborative art form. The world of filmmaking is seeing its first terrorists.  And we'll say it again: we can't wait for your AI flicks. We will destroy them like cockroaches. #FuckAI

Yes, it's true: even artists have to pay other artists for their art. If you're not willing to do that, why should you expect anyone to pay you for YOUR art?

-If anyone needs an editor to humanise their writing, marketing copy, social media, or anything else that could use the Luddite touch, I'm alarmingly affordable. I also have some hefty vet bills to cover soon. DM me.

Libraries are transformative. In fact, Farnham Library saved me. Kept me afloat when I was being bullied at South Farnham Middle School in the 1980s. This poem from Whatever You Do, Just Don't is my homage to it...

New video shows what the Paris-Berlin European Sleeper is like, in Classic, Comfort Standard & Comfort Plus classes - taken on the inaugural journey a week or two ago: youtu.be/KHLHVhwa91Q

A movie couple who would definitely have a podcast.

no!!!

Come on then, and remove him.

The gently sloping line at the bottom is our world 252 million years ago, when temperatures increased by 8C across 60,000 years killing 90% of all species. It is a period known as The Great Dying. That vertical red line is the world our children live in.

Reading about the making of John Boorman's Deliverance and you know that scene where Lewis (Burt Reynolds) somersaults into the waterfall...?

Here you go! It will inspire you. youtu.be/FVns3k-NGAo?...

I found this photo in some article somewhere (on here?) and I can't stop looking at it. It's where I want to be.

Go on. It's a book of poems. You cannot lose.

Stunning. Late 60s USA encapsulated. Suck on that AI.

Ed Miliband - are you listening ... "Three steps governments can take now to cut energy bills: 1. Tax windfall profits of fossil fuel companies and use them to support households 2. Decouple electricity prices from gas 3. Decentralised renewable energy" www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...

This is England.

If you write, then you love @alcs.co.uk It's not the "free money" that some speak of, it's getting paid for your work. And that's a good thing.

Great punchline.

Someone worth remembering.The misleading header made me think the great man was still alive! Needed now more than ever.

Cool random pic I saw on Facebook - Ingmar Bergman chilling and chatting with Death on the set of “The Seventh Seal”.

Gorgeous.

Early Morning Shift, 1959, painting by Tom McGuinness, 1926-2006, County Durham coal miner and artist (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art).

"rips its fly-on-the-wall fictions of American fascism straight from the headlines": ever relevant, Peter Watkins' provocative, incendiary and deeply dispiriting mockumentary PUNISHMENT PARK (1971) screen 9.30pm tonight at @offscreenff.bsky.social, Brussels. projectedfigures.com/2016/04/25/p...

It is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre today. I'd say that even more than most years, it's important to remember what happened. And the role Hugh Thompson, an active serviceman, played in both stopping and publicising it. Despite enormous military, political and public pressure to stay quiet.

Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt

Ms Rachel talking to Deiver Henao, a 9yo in an immigration detention center www.instagram.com/reel/DVzUzoz... What a world

That rare occasion when I've followed someone just because of their user name.

Terraced housing, Wallsend, Tyneside, mid-1970s, photo by Chris Killip (1946-2020).

This is the stupidest g.d. thing I have read all day.

Here's a rare treat. A behind the scenes documentary about the making of The Offence, with director Sidney Lumet taking Sean Connery through his paces in rehearsal. Absolutely fascinating www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAEL...

Aaah Berlin, never change.

I grant him bloody, Luxurious, avaricious, false, deceitful, Sudden, malicious, smacking of every sin That has a name

Sickening. This is a betrayal of every screenwriter, playwright, poet and novelist in the UK. We’ve had copyright laws since around 1710 and they intend to upend all of that to help feed billionaire tech companies. 😡 #ScriptSkyUK #ScriptSky #WritingCommunity

1000s of public domain films that you can stream, no ads! www.openculture.com/2026/01/stre...

From Steve McCurry’s series War, Kuwait, 1991. www.stevemccurry.com

Copy by copy, every hard-earned sale of a poetry collection is an act of trust, a contract between the poet and the reader that reaches far beyond cash. This is why I refuse to shy away from reminding you about Whatever You Do, Just Don't. Drop me a DM and I'll sort out your signed copy for you...

My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down and it’s difficult to see. He had a thriving writing business until AI came along but now he’s struggling to find work. Please repost this far and wide in the hope that he can find some writing work. www.mathew-owen.co.uk

Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

Absolutely vital words from Tony Benn, as our unpopular leaders are getting us embroiled in an illegal, unnecessary, war-crime laden war in the Middle East. Again.

A truly great interview that offers unparalleled access into Spielberg’s creative process. Likely more informative than sitting down with the director himself.

If you have the right face saying the right words at the right time, you've got everything cinema has to offer. - David Cronenberg

“I’m writing this letter so that you can hear my story. I need you to help us... I cry a lot I want to get out of here go back to my school they don’t treat us Well here there are many children we are kidnapped help!” - Mathias Bermeo, Dilley detainee, 7yo www.propublica.org/article/dill...