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The end of this, from around 21 minutes in, is extraordinary. McKellen delivers a speech about immigration written by Shakespeare that feels every bit as pertinent today.

Musk’s doing Morrison JLA plots now. dc.fandom.com/wiki/Solaris...

If you see this, post your green.

I can't trust politicians who are anti-trans. Not because I'm "only searching for perfection" which is what centrists will be accusing me of for the rest of my life, it's because if you're not pro-trans you'll be garbage on lots of other issues too. Being anti-trans NEVER exists in a vacuum.

Finally, some light entertainment amidst all the terrible news.

Was the clear irrefutable evidence just literally everything he's been saying and doing for the last year or so?

This is one I’ve been waiting for.

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'

Sat at the next table to Guy Pearce at a cafe in Amsterdam.

Trump's lawyers channeling Cornley Drama Society's production of The Lodge here. #mischieftheatre #nichejoke

Can we stop using the euphemism “women’s rights activist” for ardent transphobe?

I despise transphobes with my entire heart. Absolutely foul people

Manchester's a pretty multi-ethnic city, and my 'aw, shit' instincts were definitely always far more triggered by seeing a group of white kids on the corner than Asian ones, out of learned experience.

Brand recognition is for cowards.

New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer. This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

Well don't I feel stupid

I quite like immigration.

Oh. That doesn’t seem right

I don’t want to be too shrill about this but I think the BBC, ITV and Sky have disgraced themselves in their coverage of the anti-refugee protests. A massive failure of judgement. But now we know the next time a progressive protest “isn’t news” that it’s nothing to do with numbers

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Oh no! Luthor's displaying Superman's body like a trophy. Where are our other heroes in this time of need? #Superman

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Not a statement about the weather, but: It is deeply weird that, whenever humans go outside, right there in the sky there's an unthinkably huge ball of nuclear fire so blazing hot it can burn our skin from millions of miles away, and we're just casually habituated to this terrifying cosmic horror.

Looks very promising. The people who did it right the first time, coming back for more after Amazon ruined it. You can sign up already: neonichiban.com/ref/V2IPQW

On a walk up Alderley Edge. Saw Les Dennis doing the same. Left him alone.

I loved that. Great to see it in the cinema too. #doctorwho

Full blog - you should *absolutely* read it deplet.ing/the-copilot-... I also find these AI tools helpful when it’s doing the routine task I’ve done many times and can do it with eyes closed But… it’s not helpful when I want to build something GREAT that is elegant, and better than before

This blog is SO good at pointing out what should have been obvious about AI for coding (Copilot and others) These tools are good for re-creating whatever they’ve been trained on. They are not what will create the next, better generation of frameworks, libraries, technologies.

Seeing an increase in people saying "bluesky is in a bubble about the plagiarism machines that make shit up. Most people use them now" and buddy. That's bad. You get that that's bad, right?

Tech CEO explain how they’re bad at their job and also at life challenge.

ALAN FUCKING GODDAMN MOORE

I ended up accidentally writing an entire post on the limits to "harm reduction" voting and why I don't believe it's the appropriate response to Starmer's Labour Party, even in the face of Reform.

Fuck the EHRC. Inhumane Trumpian bullshit

This is completely fucking outrageous.

To celebrate the completion of The Library Trilogy with THE BOOK THAT HELD HER HEART, I'm giving away the full set of signed Locked Library special editions. To enter just repost. Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances. Winner chosen randomly from all entries.

Trans women are women. Trans men are men.

"...but then Sarah says she's from 1980 which means..."

Looking forward to their version of “I’ve Got a Dog”

New Merlin fanfic just dropped www.cam.ac.uk/stories/merl...

Twenty years ago today: "Run".

just reupping this, on the Oscar-winning movie about how life under authoritarianism can feel almost normal until people start getting disappeared.

Professor X: Hold, old friend. If you wish to take this military base hostage, you first must kill these five fifteen year olds I found. Magneto: for fuck’s sake, Charles.

The new season of Doctor Who will premiere on Disney+ and the BBC on April 12. Alan Cumming will be in the season's second episode, playing a '50s cartoon character who "looks beyond the screen and sees the real world outside — and the consequences are terrifying."

Thought I'd write something about how Elon Musk has access to every expert he could possibly need to understand stuff, and yet appears to simply believe any random chud on ExTwitter spewing utter nonsense. And why journalists should ask him about that. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/13/s...

Now more than ever.

oh FUCK OFF