When I said 'Kemi Badenoch is so partisan, under her the Tories would oppose puppies and kittens if Labour said something nice about them', I didn't mean it literally.
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When I said 'Kemi Badenoch is so partisan, under her the Tories would oppose puppies and kittens if Labour said something nice about them', I didn't mean it literally.
EMPRESS OF FOREVER is $1.99 at various websites! Galaxy-smashing wuxia-adjacent spaceopera adventure that kicks off from annoyingly-plausible near-future political thriller... Have fun! www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...
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Nobody has ever been so lyrically yet thoroughly excoriated as in this piece. And yet, few people have ever deserved such a complete dismantling as the Prince formerly known as Andrew
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The feeling when you're trying to decide whether to phrase a description as "dead-eyed and distant" or "distant and dead-eyed" and you realise that "dead-eyed and distant" is your classic hexameter end of line, dactyl and spondee. Dum di di dum dum.
If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far. Additionally, we will take out easily destroyable targets that will make it virtually impossible for Iran to ever be built back, as a Nation, again — Death, Fire, and Fury will reign upon them — But I hope, and pray, that it does not happen! This is a gift from the United States of America to China, and all of those Nations that heavily use the Hormuz Strait. Hopefully, it is a gesture that will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
Trump is completely flailing. He didn't anticipate the economic blowback and now he's trying to undo the past 10 days and contain the damage.
What's the odds Trump gives up on his own war before his British cheerleaders do
A mockup of a hardback of The Raven and the Reindeer. It is snazzy and has printed edges.
Behold, the shiny cover for the shiny new UK edition of Raven & Reindeer!
“Sing, Muse, of the waffles of Achilles…”
Title: "The Haters" panel 1. Two round characters sit in a cinema. Yellow blob "I hate this!" Red Blob "Me too!" Panel 2. They have left the cinema Red blob "I hated every minute of that film! It was nothing like the book!" Panel 3. "Did you like the book?" asks Yellow. Red replies "I hated it!" then asks "You?" Panel 4. Yellow blob "I've not read it. I hated the film purely on its own merits." Panel 5. Red blob "I'll lend you my copy." Yello blob"That's very kind." Panel 6. Caption: "Later" Yellow, reading the book "I hate this!" Red (happily) "I knew you would!!"
"the Haters" my books cartoon for this week's @theguardian.com
ICYMI!!!!
This comes out TOMORROW, last chance to preorder and get the exclusive ebook
Phil cradled her teacup in her hands, grateful for the warmth; there was a chill in her bones which wouldn’t go away after her brush with the unknown unnatural. (Demon summoning was a *known* unnatural. What had happened earlier this evening was an unknown unnatural, and seriously scary.) #writing
The true story about why the herms were defaced, what dreadful conspiracy this was to prevent, and why Alcibiades was blamed…
This directly contradicts Trump and Hegseth’s claims that Iran bombed the area where the Iranian school was hit. We knew it, but it’s good to have the video.
This is incredibly on point.
Spot oil prices grab the news, but it’s the impact we’re about to witness to petrochemical and derivative production that should really scare the shit out of folks.
It’s the sort of shock that could ripple through our global industrial economy for many months.
There's an Amazon Kindle sale on Queen Demon (the sequel to Witch King, 2nd book in the Rising World series) today for 2.99, US and Canada www.amazon.com/Queen-Demon-... #booksky
a blurry photo of a smiling young woman, holding a pet dog on the dockside in happier times. The only known photo of Madeleine.
black and white photo of a single stack, ex-merchant RN vessel
To mark International Women's Day, meet Lt Cmdr. Madeleine Barclay. First Officer on HMS Fidelity.
To my knowledge, the first woman to officially serve as First Officer on a Royal Navy vessel deployed on combat duty. Achieving this involved a three-way war between Navy, SOE and the WRNS /1 🧵 #IWD
Not seen: A farmer with a boat and a bag of grain scrumpling up his plans and throwing them away in a tearful fit of defeated pique
We must be economical. Roast (or pot roast) the first day, then pie with the remaining solid bits, then soup with stock made from everything that’s left.
Two scientists walk through a cluttered old-fashioned science laboratory. The female scientist says “Analogue instruments! Paper records! Chalk boards! I thought you'd agreed to modernise the laboratory?” The male scientist replies “That's what i'm so excited about: we have moved to cloud-based storage for our data!” They step out onto a balcony. She says: “Please tell me you haven't built a library zeppelin” This is exactly what he has done. It floats across the sky and he adds “It's got a fax machine!”
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
When men's workload is automated, it's genius; when women's workload is automated it's a character flaw and morally questionable.
A thread on the South Sea Bubble which, if you don't know about it, is a *fascinating* annal in British history that is not taught in schools.
There are some fun asides that are glossed over in here, so I may make my own mini-thread here for those!
Concept art of Rosalind Lutece's wardrobe and outfit construction from Bioshock Infinite, drawn by Claire Hummel
"concept artists can experiment with AI to make their lives easi-"
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
4pm today on BBC Radio 4 Extra it’s the repeat of my adaptation of Iain M. Banks’ The State of the Art, with Sir Antony Sher as the ship. So proud of this amazing production by @nadiamolinari.bsky.social
Yes please.
Comic illustration of a magpie quoting Calcagus' "they make a desert and call it peace" speech.
Managed to slip this into our kids book!
The picture shows a needle made of bone, it resembles its modern descendants with an eye at one end and a tapered end.
Things used in everyday life are the real archaeological treasures!
This sewing needle was made from animal bone some 13,000 years ago.
Some designs simply don't need to be improved, because form and functions were perfectly matched from the start
Length: 5.6 cm
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg 🏺
Exactly! I was lucky enough that they were around when I started growing my hair out, but I did try tying it up with just a ribbon a few times. Not good.
Right.
I’m actually imagining a time travel story where someone introduces this ten or more years earlier and changes history. Because anyone who thinks this is a minor thing has never had to cope with trying to tie one’s hair gracefully with a ribbon.
Mind the oranges, Marlon!
