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I really, honestly believe Microsoft's position as default infra is a ticking time bomb for the UK. Copilot is getting freemium-ed into public services and local authorities all over the country and it's an infrastructure resilience crisis waiting to happen.

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I will read anything about spiritualism, but this is particularly great.

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But then ghosts will eat you :(

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What if we had drawn the correct conclusions from the Iraq War report and - rather than instantly binning it, because journos wanted to keep inviting Tony and Alastair for endless interviews - we had given them at least a bit of the ruthless monstering that we usually reserve for e.g. Gary Lineker

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Farage and the far right in general come from a grievance culture. If you do what they want, even maximally – Brexit – they’ll move the goalposts and keep moaning. If you engage seriously with their concerns, they’ll find new ones. You will never satisfy them, because they don’t want to be satisfied

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I would love to know, and I'm genuinely not being arsey, what proportion of the electorate could accurately describe the difference between 'left' and 'right' anyway.

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Some people have been leaving some absolutely lovely reviews for Pagans on Goodreads (I won't embarrass any of us by linking to them) and I just want to thank anyone who's taken the time to do that, it's very much appreciated.

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“Students should be ready to be shocked and offended at university, according to the man in charge of ensuring free speech on campuses.” Sorry, but… why? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Ha, the first scene I ever wrote for Green Wing just flashed by on Instagram. www.instagram.com/reel/DKfIOx1...

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It's notable that the only student speech frequently shut down on university campuses is a) pro-Palestine b) pro-trans-rights. The OfS seems deeply unconcerned about that speech being limited. In fact, they want academics who oppose those positions to have the right to 'shock and offend' students.

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today is the UK release day of Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil ✨🌱 and while this is a big moment for me I really do have to insist that you do NOT eat the goblin fruit. don't do it. not even once. no fruit for you, it's a terrible idea, truly. hodderscape.co.uk/products/isa...

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okay, so. i have bipolar disorder. we have a suicide rate of about 1/5. i've basically spent my entire teenage and adult life trying not to kill myself. so with that in mind, here are my tips on how to hang in there: 1) don't isolate. i know all the excuses. but don't do it

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At this point, it would genuinely be more interesting to have a Jurassic Park movie where the dinosaurs don't escape and we follow a handful of visitors, keepers and creatures, the camera drifting wistfully though intertwining stories of their ambitions, fears and regrets, soundtrack by M83.

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Just had a callsheet for a show I was writing for (but am done with now, so being sent callsheets is just making me feel guilty, honestly) which includes the phrase 'Risk Assessment: Choreography', which made me lol.

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Facebook seems convinced I want lots of short videos of people miming to things and doing weird little dances. This is incorrect!

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Great thread by Jess on the deeply unheroic origins of detectives (and detective fiction).

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What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders? Unless you can print a book in huge quantities, the profit at each stage of sale – the total being divided between the retailer, the publisher, the author and their agent, don’t forget – very often ends up as pennies rather than pounds.

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New Cornish Cinematic Universe Villain Introduced.

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I will be causing Loki chaos and entertaining children this sunday at 4pm in Barnes, Kitson Hall. Come and help me lower the tone of a west london literary festival! #KidLitUK Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/checkout-ext...

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BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender ideology and DEI — are "illegal" and "void." He's ordering many grants restored.

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Because a few people have been kind enough to ask: yes, there will be a follow-up to Pagans, with the same main characters, I'm writing it at the moment. Plan is to do a trilogy, which has the appropriate Nordic Noir-ish vibe, then move onto something completely different.

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Newly Discovered Pictish Stone Goes on Display in Scotland www.medievalists.net/2025/06/newl...

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This article is so fascinating for those wishing to understand MI6 and female spies.

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Because a few people have been kind enough to ask: yes, there will be a follow-up to Pagans, with the same main characters, I'm writing it at the moment. Plan is to do a trilogy, which has the appropriate Nordic Noir-ish vibe, then move onto something completely different.

submitted 4 days ago • 15 comments