This really boils down to how much this administration hates women, doesn’t it? “Wimpy pregnant women cause autism,” say a bunch of men jacked up on adderall, steroids and Big Macs.

Enjoyed reading a bit of proper British pulp noir. Good old fashioned revenge told with tea and violence. If you like Dead Mans Shoes and Get Carter, check out @eamonngriffin.bsky.social East of England. #booksky #writesky amzn.eu/d/5XUoTSB

Interzone #303 is out now at Scarlet Ferret! 🔴 Featuring short stories, essays, reviews, columns, and much more, with a stunning cover by Martin Hanford.

Cat’s feed dishes removed ahead of tomorrow’s tooth extraction. Also removed: tempting morsels like the large woodlouse spotted galloping across the living room floor.

Earlier, under the article below, I put the following comment: "So does anyone who values the defeat of fascism in 1945." It was deleted within minutes. The comments are full of homophobic, sexist, transphobic comments which are still there. Impartial BBC? Not anymore. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Flights have been halted to Copenhagen Airport after multiple drones were spotted over the Øresund Strait, Reuters reports.

If you can't stop your product from mass producing this stuff, your product should not be available to the public.

Is it a trap?

Spousal unit off for usual* southbound train, but not going to usual hotel because they want people in the office more, but don’t want to pay the going rate for hotels nearest to the office. *gives capitalism’s head a wobble* *using this term in the loosest sense given recent cancellation record

Behold: a tiny turnip (my hand for scale)!

The year has turned, the swallows and house martins have flown, and this autumn crocus has, erm, croaked.

The floor is finished (YAY!), and curing, so I need to hurl myself at another task on the list (meh).

Your reminder to delete that period tracking app "Senior executives at leading menstrual-cycle tracking apps said they are “in disbelief” at new UK police guidance that suggests officers could check women’s phones for the apps after an unexpected pregnancy loss" observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Second week in a row our bins haven't been collected because there's a Road Closed sign 3 miles away in the big village while work's (presumably) being done between our road end and the small village at the _other_ end of the road and fuck all has been happening between us and the Road Closed sign.

Wish my knees would let me attempt that move about 35 seconds in. Maybe if I work up to it for a few weeks...

So Reform / Farage want to deport hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of UK residents, turning the country into an effective police state, breaking treaties, and impoverishing the economy and health service? Just focus on all that. The moral gutter of politics.

Any journalist quoting this absurd, invented £234 billion number cited by Farage/Reform should make absolutely clear that it has been withdrawn by *its own authors* (the Centre for Policy Studies) after they admitted it contained several major errors (1/3)

This seems like an extreme example but as someone who is often asked for IT advice by family and friends I really don't think it's untypical. I promise you there is nothing you would have to do to install Linux that would be as difficult as fixing this nonsense.

Interested in PG study in the fields of literary, cultural, heritage and environmental studies? Why not come along to our Open Day on Sat 4 Oct to find out more about our MA Literature, Romanticism and the English Lake District, based at our Ambleside campus: www.cumbria.ac.uk/events/open-...

Your reminder that legislation to curb the rights of trans people to use restrooms or do anything else means everyone's behaviour, clothing etc will be opened up to intrusive and unwanted scrutiny and potential challenge in our daily lives. This is not a 'them' issue. Trans rights are human rights.

Tomorrow, Monday 22 September the general submissions story portal for Translunar Travelers Lounge will be open. Speculative fiction of 5000 words or less. Please read the guidelines before submitting! translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Something something politicising school shootings something.

The last words of Czechoslovakia’s founder TG Masaryk were sealed for 90 years, but worth the wait: “If people are uneducated and foolish, there is not much that can be done. People are glad to be foolish. Do not make it easy for them, and argue with them.” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Sunny Forton.

Only 16 cellar spiders at former parental abode. Bipeds currently winning!

Southbound through the murk.

Having a *day off*. Cat is regulating laptop use.

Having a *day off*. Cat is regulating laptop use.

Reaching down for the towel in the utility and noticed a multi-legged shadow on top of the washing machine. Bent down to investigate and found myself eyeball to eyeball with this magnificent beast, just hanging out on the underside of the worktop.

Floor sanded, ready for coat 2. F, as they probably don’t say any more, ML. And my back, and my knees, and my right knee in particular, and my right thumb joint, and the spelk hole below it, this stupid floor, and the entire concept of Friday night.

Okay. Two books published today. Each is designed to be strange. They’re books, and not books. They know who you are, and where they came from. And they’re not going back quietly. Shipping today. ambientliterature.bigcartel.com/product/none... ambientliterature.bigcartel.com/product/none...

Swallows and house martins haven’t left yet.

Smug, snug cat in her cave. Vet discovered yesterday that one of her canines has snapped below the gum line, and is just sort of wobbling around. Surgery booked for Tuesday. Anaesthesia unavoidable, with attendant risks for 16.5 y.o. cat. Cat currently blasé about everything, because painkillers.

I know a fae trap when I see one

This is one of the most important posts of the day.

Took me a second :)

This is extortion live on TV

Too much doom to scroll, so I’m experimenting with setting a time limit. It’s possibly too easy to override, but worth a try.

Melania's outfit's no surprise: she obviously followed that AI shill's suggestion that was all over the news this morning and asked ChatGPT what she should wear.

Glimpsed a couple of memes that obviously refer to something current, but I have no idea what. I have been Insufficiently Online. I will diminish, and go into the West and touch lots and lots of grass.

It's #BookQW and the word is 'idea'. In Daughters of Nicnevin, Mairead and Constance use magic to subtly influence men from the Black Watch. Out 11th November, pre-order now: www.flametreepublishing.com/daughters-of...

LOLOLOLOL Budget state visit now even crappier!

It's half an hour past the cat's teatime and she hasn't noticed...

It's #BookQW and today's word is idea. When Jack Foyle was kicked out of the Guardian Angels in disgrace, they sent him back to the point just before his original death, so he could die again. vanessa-j-knipe.itch.io/last-days-fo... www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Days-Fo... www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

Today's #BookQW word is idea. Too many spoilers in the other options, so here's Rekhart in reflective mood as he waits for a late-night delivery in this extract from Waterborne Exile (sequel to The Waterborne Blade). Ebook available here: angryrobotbooks.com/books/waterb...

It is Book Quote Wednesday and the word is 'idea'. In, Of the Emperor's Kindness by Chaz Brenchley, Malance is struggling to come to terms with her new appointment. Pre-orders open: wizardstowerpress.co...

Today’s news paraphrased. “Thanks to the strength of our *cough* partnership, the school bully will only take our dinner money twice a week.” What a time to be alive.

TOMORROW! Join @voidcricket.bsky.social and I at Forbidden Planet in #bristol at 5:30 pm where we will be talking about and signing our new #books. Free entry and everyone welcome!

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'Idea' #BookQW Dan Mackmain has learned to look far and wide when he needs some clue to help unravel a supernatural mystery. The Green Man's Holiday - 30th October 2025 A full roster of links for preorders can be found here wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/book...

Today is Book Quote Wednesday, and the word is IDEA. This extract calls from Paul Crosby's haunting short story "The Forgiveness Tree" in Hiding Under the Leaves - out on 3rd November from The Slab Press #bookqw #booksky