Oh! Len Deighton has died. If you’ve never read any, you should. #booksky

Drop something LUPINE

Europeans when asked to help unblock the strait of Hormuz:

3rd in an occasional series. 4 versions of My Rough And Rowdy Ways: Jimmie Rodgers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUAM... Bill Cox: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLd0... Cody Jinks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woff... Billy Strings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXLy... #FourVersions

I want to see some of your favourite final shots in film history

As LLM use expands, “the models’ outputs…are reabsorbed into human discourse & shape users’ own expression & reasoning and, in turn, influence the data used to train future models, transforming homogenization from a passive bias into a structurally reinforced influence.” www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

2nd in an occasional series. 4 versions of Daddy Was A Preacher, Mama Was A Go-Go Girl: Betty Jo Bangs www.youtube.com/watch?v=phmn... Joanna Neel www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT_A... Southern Culture On The Skids www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fewz... Mi3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGKg... #FourVersions

When you choose the movie and everyone hates it

Post your favourite Lord Of The Rings characters. Wrong answers only.

Ledge. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

The first in an occasional series. Four versions of Lost Highway: Hank Williams: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCgi... The Waterboys: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztGh... Elliott Smith: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsIN... Tom Petty: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik_c... #FourVersions

A current jam is the series of directing zines by Ben Wheatley that Rook Films are putting out. Available via rookfilms.co.uk/collections/all

#BrokenNews: Never Forget.

Off to the chemists. And when did chemists morph into pharmacies, eh? Anyway, it;a sunny morning here, so I might go there via the towpath and return with a breakfast-stuffed bun. More scintillating minutiae as I get it.

1) This is an excellent book, and one that deserves more readers. 2) Longbarrow Press needs to raise some money. Therefore 3) we have made 'Cazique' half-price this weekend. 4) A beautifully produced hardback for the price of a pamphlet. 5) Order here: longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

This is a cliff on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. It's about 1 km tall. If you jumped from the top, it would take you 47 minutes to reach the bottom, and you'd probably be OK.

13/3/26 - nocturn

Noncewear specs used by defendant in court for live coaching support while being questioned. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

quick reminder that NT's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, starring human ray of sunshine Ncuti Gatwa, will be streaming FOR FREE on YouTube this weekend www.radiotimes.com/movies/ncuti...

The paperback edition of The Postal Paths launches today. Discover the paths walked by rural postmen and women through some of Britain's most beautiful countryside... linktr.ee/postalpaths

Don't mess with Girl Scouts.

I still think about this a lot.

EXCLUSIVE BOOK NEWS! The awesome Lulu Allison @luluallison.bsky.social has sent me SIGNED copies of Salt Lick! Yeah, that's right. And not only that. Lulu has produced these superb cow prints, which i'll be giving away with each book. www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...

Morning earworm is Bonnie Raitt's cover of Angel from Montgomery. I'm alright with that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=toJ3...

Big stick energy.

Crafting a fine reply to a post to find the original's been deleted in the interim.

Post someone who looks good in a dress.

Saw two Froot Shoots left on a car roof last night, and have been wondering about their story on and off all day.

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

In which that Babish cooking fella off of the YouTubes does fish & chips for the lads from Fallow www.youtube.com/watch?v=N81J...

A solid rule: watch anything with Ciaran Hinds in it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lVf...

Yes

New signage opposite the Ramshorn Kirkyard.

Casting call! Looking for a woman voice actor, 50+ who is versatile and a vocal chameleon / can play many different bit parts in an audio comedy. We’re recording in London on 13th & 14th April. This is a paid opportunity. Actor does not need to be autistic! 1/

If you're not buying an atlas today, you're doing World Book Day all wrong.

It's part 4 of the Cartoon Chronicles of the Wars of the Roses. Get the whole comic at warsoftherosescomic.com #WarsOfTheRoses

I mean of course he was. There was the poor Sheriff of Nottingham trying to collect taxes so he could provide high quality public services and there was that Yorkie git fucking it all up. This pathology is why today Leeds-Bradford doesn't have a tram network but Nottingham does!

Hotel Chocolat is a bit shit, innit? And that Tony's Chocolonley or whatever it's called is alright but a bit pricey for eating chocolate, and the lack of proper squares makes it a faff to eat. More choc takes as I get them.

A work chum from 20 years ago gets in contact out of the deep blue with a case file to see if I can extricate their spawn from some university-related disciplinary malarkey. Once a jailhouse lawyer, always...

“After all… why not? Why shouldn’t I keep it?”

Any of my mutuals in the NE like Samantha Fish and fancy a free ticket for tomorrow at Wylam Brewery? I have a spare ticket, unexpectedly.

“Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” Quite bold for a yard fence in Lancashire

Fill yer boots / shopping baskets.

One of the greatest, Bruce Campbell, announcing he has cancer. Our hearts are with you Bruce, Hail to the King.

If you followed me on twitter you may have seen this. Child 3 made it for child 2 when they qualified as a paramedic. Bit of gentle wholesome cheer in the face of today's news.

We all to bed, without prayers, it being washing day tomorrow.

Crikey. Thanks so, so much to everyone who's chipped in so far. www.justgiving.com/page/richard...

Looking forward to Chuck Schumer's strongly-worded acquiescence.