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Doctor Who. BUGS. That creepy monster thing you might remember. Creator of Eleventh Hour and lead writer on Crusoe www.stephengallagher.com
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I filled most of the middle questions of this consultation out with (paraphrasing) "I believe these questions are here to deliberately discourage me from responding. I have made my stance clear on AI at the start of this consultation." Do not let them discourage you from having your say.

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At Hull in the 70s my girlfriend was studying philosophy and I pinned a poem to the department’s noticeboard that ran: You really are a perfect swine You loathsome horror, Wittgenstein Page ten by rights should follow nine But not in your Tractatus

That’ll be today

Bit rich there, mate

Byline Times is facing major DDOS (malicious traffic-flooding) issues on our site apparently after this article went live... bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...

With my thoughts on No Time To Die as a springboard I've written a bit more on this.

Broccoli/Wilson brought an evolving vision to the films, an ongoing study of toxic masculinity weaponised for the common good. Craig's take on the character was the most self-aware, which some fans just didn't want to see. I see it as peak Bond and maybe the reason why they've chosen to let go

Hello everybody. Remains is a magazine created by Andy Cox and Richard Wagner. The first issue has just been published and the second is out soon. We are rubbish at social media but look forward to making new friends and talking about stuff.

🚨🚨If you use kindle, Download your books before Amazon removes the ability next week. That is your money you spent and those are your books. 🚨🚨

ITV3 Saturday 12.55, Rosemary & Thyme: The Memory of Water. In which artist Chris Stevens, based on my pal the late Chris Moore, co-opts the Fedex delivery guy to model as Thrud the Barbarian. Recalling the time that Chris co-opted a builder working on the house to pose for a Bester cover

ITV3 Saturday 12.55, Rosemary & Thyme: The Memory of Water. In which artist Chris Stevens, based on my pal the late Chris Moore, co-opts the Fedex delivery guy to model as Thrud the Barbarian. Recalling the time that Chris co-opted a builder working on the house to pose for a Bester cover

LA cab journey with a difference. 🇺🇸🚕😳

Giveaway! Follow us and/or reskeet this post to be entered for an advance reader copy of @caitlinrkiernan.bsky.social's BRIGHT DEAD STAR! Winner selected Monday, Feb. 24, at noon ET. Open internationally! Book details and preorder here: subterraneanpress.com/kiernan-bds/

OPPORTUNITY - Script Editor (2nd of the day) Not affiliated, shares welcome www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...

Laugh out loud edition with @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social , @ianmartin.bsky.social and David Quantick . They also tell you why you should join @writersguildgb.bsky.social

(If you have a Kindle, plug it into your computer and copy the DOCUMENTS file to your hard drive. Then relabel that folder. They’re doing away with the ability to back up your legal purchases in >10 days.) (Don’t pirate. But save your stuff.)

Give yourself a break, lift your spirits for a minute or two

Please, please archive your work. Please. I’ve recently been saving lots of my essays as pdfs just so the Internet doesn’t suddenly delete them all (this happened to a whole load of blogs I wrote for The Independent years ago). I don’t want you to wake up and suddenly find your work gone like I did.

Do I know anyone out there who does science/nature book reviews? Please re-skeet! 🧪🦊🦉🦑🐍

Unfortunately I had to miss this year's BAFTA meeting where we all get together and decide who to snub