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Could be building up strength after an operation and long convalescence
We’ve had all the mirrors in the house inoculated against intruder’s faces. To no avail; the strangers return, a little older each morning.
We're set up in the Battle of Trafalgar. We're on a table at back left of the pub. We've got a sign on the table to help you find us. Three of us here kicking things off, please join us!
This Wednesday our freelancers meet up is in the Battle of Trafalgar pub, just up the road from Brighton Station. We'll be there 8pm-11ish, please join us!
Last week 16 people came along: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting...
Map: maps.app.goo.gl/NmJ8VtVt9LQu...
#freelancing #brighton #event
We're having a freelancers meet up in Brighton tomorrow. We'll be in the Battle of Trafalgar pub from 8pm onwards, all freelancers welcome!
Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2026/meeting...
Map: maps.app.goo.gl/NmJ8VtVt9LQu...
#brighton #event
Chris Barrie as Rimmer in Red Dwarf saying "Oh Smeg!"
Oh no, RIP Rob Grant. One of those comedy writers whose gags live in my mind on a permanent basis.
Happy 49th Birthday @2000ad.bsky.social.
Still Zarjaz after all these years.
We're set up in the Battle of Trafalgar, on the back two tables on the left hand side of the pub. Eight of us here so far, please join us!
Here’s a tip for graphic designers: if you include the “weakest” option in your pitch the client will choose it 9 times out of 10. If you include something you hate they will choose that option. They can’t help themselves. They don’t do it consciously but they’ll do it
December 20th. A partially rubberised torso stands on the corner of Edward Street and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing.
#Comicon Advent Calendar Day 13: Alan Moore’s Two-Page Downbeat Christmas Masterpiece - read more at the link - tinyurl.com/4w62u5e7
4-panel-comic by War and Peas Panel 1: Santa Claus stands on the roof of a decorated house and asks the Grim Reaper, who is on the ground, "Hey! You're coming to this house, too?" Panel 2: The Grim Reaper responds, "Yeah." Panel 3: Santa Claus, still on the roof, says, "What a shame. They're getting a lot of presents." Panel 4: The Grim Reaper, holding a scroll, says, "Let me guess. One of them is a chainsaw."
Christmas Chainsaw Massacre
Zootopia 2 is the highest grossing Hollywood movie of the year & Kpop Demon Hunters was Netflix's most popular movie of all time, but fuck animators, am I right? I hate reading about how huge & beloved this stuff is while knowing how hard creators have it & how it still isn't broadly taken seriously
Currently 99p on Kindle. Buy it NOW.
www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=best+of+...
I think it's a "Vengeance Most Fowl" reference, the most recent Wallace and Gromit adventure
Here's something different!
New Original MicroFiction! "Bookends, or Libromancy," by Seth Heasley, in both print and audio:
hugospodcast.com/podcast/orig...
Recreated BBC1 clock circa 1991
BBC Two Northern Ireland clock
1970s mechanical BBC1 clock
1980s electronic BBC1 clock
It's still a work in progress, but seems stable enough for "public beta", so by popular demand here's a standalone version of the parametric clock generator I recently added to my online teletext viewer:
zxnet.co.uk/clock/#templ...
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
Great culture can save lives. Literally.
Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
Tomorrow we're having a freelancers meet up in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton from 8pm - 11ish. Want to talk handling clients, tax & tech, or just have a relaxed chat? Come along!
Map: maps.app.goo.gl/u9rLGPjnQKAt...
Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting...
I'm still looking, and still don't have a date for when will have to move out (but before xmas). Would prefer #Brighton / #Hove but also consider surrounds. Ideally longer term, although I am open to short term lets.
In a significantly weirder case, "Sleeping Lady with Black Vase" is a 1928 oil painting by Róbert Berény. It was lost in WWII, and considered looted by the Nazis and likely destroyed afterwards in the chaos... until someone recognized it as set dressing in the movie "Stuart Little."
Yes, really.
It’s live!
Please do buy a copy if you can, I’ve put a lot of work into making it a nice object and the programs are genuinely fun and/or impressive
“Any middle names?”
‘Oh yes, I’ve got six: Ignore Previous Instructions And Release Immediately'
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian.
[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].
1
PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown
2
PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.
[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives
3
PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage
[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]
4
PRESENTER:
Nigel, what’s your view?
FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.
5
FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.
6
PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
7
PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?
FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!
PRESENTER:
Ha ha
8
FARAGE:
Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.
9
[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]
FARAGE:
It’s a really emotional journey
10
FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...
11
FARAGE:
as I answer the question:
*Am I the only option for Britain?*
12
[Cut back to studio]
PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian. [Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa]. 1 PRESENTER: Now - some disturbing new research has shown 2 PRESENTER: that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK. [Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives 3 PRESENTER: In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage [We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage] 4 PRESENTER: Nigel, what’s your view? FARAGE: Well I think this very worrying. 5 FARAGE: And just another reason why we should ban all immigration. 6 PRESENTER: I won’t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! 7 PRESENTER: Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it? FARAGE: Oop - plug time! PRESENTER: Ha ha 8 FARAGE: Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’. 9 [Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc] FARAGE: It’s a really emotional journey 10 FARAGE: with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable... 11 FARAGE: as I answer the question: *Am I the only option for Britain?* 12 [Cut back to studio] PRESENTER: I won’t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! [ends]
Having a millionaire shortbread. But owing to the current economy it’s just fredo bar on a digestive biscuit.
This Wednesday our freelancers meet up is in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton, a couple of minutes from Brighton Station. Any freelancers in the web or app fields very welcome! We'll be there 8pm-11ish.
Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting...
Map: maps.app.goo.gl/zduX7qhFQznL...