I think about this surprisingly often. “‘Elves are beautiful. They’ve got,’ she spat the word, ‘_style_. Beauty. Grace. That’s what matters. If cats looked like frogs we’d realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That’s what people remember.’” Lords and Ladies, by Terry Pratchett
We should give more credit to the people who designed the new Euston station. In a nation more divided and hostile than ever, they have created the one thing which we can all agree on without exception on just how shit it is.
every time this happens the #1 question becomes "oh what did he do this time"
There's a chrome plugin called Sky Follower Bridge that helps you find people here that you follow on twitter!
For anyone in the UK, it looks as though the BBC are repeating my series on From Ice to Fire from a few years ago, all about the amazing stories of temperature: www.bbc.co.uk/progra... The first one was on BBC4 at 8pm yesterday (& will be online for a month, I think) & the rest are coming soon.
Lucy Connolly, the Tory councillor's wife who used social media to incite people to burn down hotels housing asylum seekers, has been jailed for 31 months. In other news, Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!
My 2025 Nerdlinger Calendars have just been ordered and they’ll begin shipping next week! There’s a limited number so if you’d like to secure one, please order here: www.infinitebacon.com/shop/p/nerdl...
I do not want to turn into a Keir Starmer Appreciation Society. Firstly, because I think I would be lonely, and secondly because I prefer hatred and despair to fair-mindedness. But there is a ridiculous gap between how this government is performing and how it is perceived.
In the last week, Labour hit a crucial milestone on getting rid of hereditary peers, unlocked £1bn funding for social housing insulation, initiated plans to regulate buy-now-pay-later lenders and started to coalesce around an HS2 replacement. Barely any chat about this at all.