The brilliant Beauty Banks, which fights hygiene poverty (as they say, imagine not being able to go to school clean, or with no sanitary products on your period) by supporting hundreds of charities up and down the country. They’re in a bit of trouble. Can you help?
www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...
In many ways, toxic men not getting Breaking Bad is exactly what Breaking Bad was about
Brilliant 👏👏👏
First we had the Swedish Chef, now the Norwegian Enshittificator.
youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ?...
so many things to like and appreciate about A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS but looming large among them is dan romer's incredible score ... we're so lucky to have this show!!!
The drawing for this (and some other pieces are) up now at: www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale
If you think the BBC should be impartial then this is the place to let them know.
If you don’t want to pay for the BBC or have to watch adverts then this is the place to let them know.
You can‘t complain about the BBC unless you get involved
tech CEO in 2026: My computer has anxiety.
venture capitalist in 2026: Here, have 200 billion more dollars.
child in 2006: My NeoPet is angry at me.
mom in 2006: No it isn't sweetie, go to bed.
mom to dad in 2006: We have an idiot boy. Our boy is a little idiot person. It's too late to fix him.
“Cremuel, dude.”
my view on this is that publishers should stop it with the 80k wordcount obsession, so many contemporary non-fic books are obviously 40-50k pieces of work stretched to the extent that they become very boring to read - just let people write cheaper, shorter books! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
'Barbara Keeley, a Labour peer, said the UK’s creative industries faced a “clear and present danger” from AI firms using their work without credit or payment.'
Footnote: the @writersguildgb.bsky.social is doing excellent work to fight this blatant theft of people's livelihoods. Join your union!
'You broke my heart, dude.'
The Peril of the Brutal Dark is SOLD OUT and going back to the printers!!
www.dc.com/blog/2026-03...
Getting some tranction on this, which is also my chance to say I am thrilled that Betty Gilpin has been cast in S2 of The Lowdown.
quite apart from Kemi Badenoch's dismal performance on BBC Breakfast, minimising the work of the RAF, she spoke of Labour 'not being built' for conflict because they came into power to do things like 'breakfast clubs' in such a disparaging way, like feeding kids is a joke ambition
Shut up about the flags, says local politician who spent £75k putting in just 164 flags nobody wanted and nobody needed, while the roads have become more uneven and potholey than when the romans built some of them
Can’t say I identify strongly with anyone who calls themselves an ‘equity punk’, but if I just lost a ton of money from investing in Brewdog and then the multi millionaire owner emailed that last paragraph to me, I’d get in my ford fiesta and go drive it through his open plan country mansion.
Just looked through writing gigs on LinkedIn, half of which turn out to be training AI when you click on them. Came back on Bluesky and to find someone complaining that writers who want to be paid for their work are "money grabbing twats".
Sometimes I think people deserve gen AI slop.
Finally!
I know this seems like a joke. But I actually think it would be brilliant
Scorsese’s Great Gatsby
Albion Treasury of British Comics 2026 edition cover
Albion returns to print in 2026 with a new collection courtesy of The Treasury of British Comics!
Classic comic characters return in Albion plotted by the legendary Alan Moore, scripted by the team of Leah Moore & John Reppion, with art by Shane Oakley.
treasuryofbritishcomics.com/news/albion-...
Meme triptych of Duke Leto and Paul Atreides Text: We must not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind. Why not? Because people are fucking idiots, Paul. They're just... incredibly stupid.
Happy world book day to those who celebrate! If anyone dressed up as a character from my Haru series, let me know and I'll send you a little print as a thank you for supporting my book!
Last week, UK lobbying regulator closed investigation into ex Tory MP Ben Howlett
We offered Howlett money to work for a fake Chinese investor. He introduced us to a dozen Labour MPs
Regulator didn't even speak to us. Our system is broken
New, by me: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/we-paid-an...
Rich Tea: A drink's too wet without one
Great advertising slogans we have known. Elegant, memorable, funny.
