Eddie Cochrane
@cobrabay.bsky.social
Science Fiction fan, SF con-runner, CAMRA member, gaffer-taping new code onto obsolescent platforms for a living.
Cis (he/him), Human (DBDG)
Cis (he/him), Human (DBDG)
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The purpose of a policy is the outcome it obtains. You know the TERFs are all high-fiving each other over this, saying things like "Mission accomplished" and "Parents who allow their kids to have such fantasies deserve what happens to them."
In an alarming development, it appears the UK Government covered up a massive spike in trans youth suicides after restrictions.
Then covered it up again when caught.
Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.
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Then covered it up again when caught.
Now, after fighting for years, the data is public: trans suicide increased 5x in the country.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trans Youth Suicides Skyrocketed In UK After Care Drawdown; Government Covers It Up
A Freedom of Information request to the National Child Mortality Database reveals that 22 trans children under 18 died by suicide in England in 2021-22 alone.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:30 AM
The purpose of a policy is the outcome it obtains. You know the TERFs are all high-fiving each other over this, saying things like "Mission accomplished" and "Parents who allow their kids to have such fantasies deserve what happens to them."
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this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
February 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
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There was a #StarTrekProdigy Art Book in the works. I was going to co-write it.
It went into limbo when it was removed from Paramount+ with uncertainty if Season Two would find a home. Then more uncertainty when Paramount was merging with Skydance.
If you want it — Trek fans should rally for it!
It went into limbo when it was removed from Paramount+ with uncertainty if Season Two would find a home. Then more uncertainty when Paramount was merging with Skydance.
If you want it — Trek fans should rally for it!
That said, if they don't release a #StarTrekProdigy art book it will be a literal crime.
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
There was a #StarTrekProdigy Art Book in the works. I was going to co-write it.
It went into limbo when it was removed from Paramount+ with uncertainty if Season Two would find a home. Then more uncertainty when Paramount was merging with Skydance.
If you want it — Trek fans should rally for it!
It went into limbo when it was removed from Paramount+ with uncertainty if Season Two would find a home. Then more uncertainty when Paramount was merging with Skydance.
If you want it — Trek fans should rally for it!
Sad to read that Robert Tinney passed away on the 1st Feb. His Byte Magazine covers were legendary. I can still remember holding the April 1981 issue and looking at this cover. Still want that watch.
February 10, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Sad to read that Robert Tinney passed away on the 1st Feb. His Byte Magazine covers were legendary. I can still remember holding the April 1981 issue and looking at this cover. Still want that watch.
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My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM
My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books
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100% this. This is a brilliant metaphor.
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
VC, founder, dumbass
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
100% this. This is a brilliant metaphor.
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reflecting on a piece I wrote for OpenDemocracy in 2017, about what it was like to grow up & live in a demographic reliant on labour-run council services, as those councils gradually fell under the spell of mandelsonianism
February 9, 2026 at 9:48 AM
reflecting on a piece I wrote for OpenDemocracy in 2017, about what it was like to grow up & live in a demographic reliant on labour-run council services, as those councils gradually fell under the spell of mandelsonianism
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Re-upping this for the Monday crowd... I think my favourite, most revealing detail is that the guy seems to not realise he's in trouble because London Centric's reporting didn't hit anything like his view counts, so therefore it can't really matter.
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Re-upping this for the Monday crowd... I think my favourite, most revealing detail is that the guy seems to not realise he's in trouble because London Centric's reporting didn't hit anything like his view counts, so therefore it can't really matter.
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A senior MoD official helps shape defence strategy, then joins Palantir.
Months later, Palantir lands a £240m MoD contract without tender.
No laws broken – just the revolving door doing what it does best.
Months later, Palantir lands a £240m MoD contract without tender.
No laws broken – just the revolving door doing what it does best.
The great Ministry of Defence-to-Palantir pipeline
Senior defence officials are moving into Palantir roles as the company secures ever-deeper footholds across government
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 8:09 AM
A senior MoD official helps shape defence strategy, then joins Palantir.
Months later, Palantir lands a £240m MoD contract without tender.
No laws broken – just the revolving door doing what it does best.
Months later, Palantir lands a £240m MoD contract without tender.
No laws broken – just the revolving door doing what it does best.
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Just beyond parody at this point
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Just beyond parody at this point
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why do you keep suggesting to authors that they get their newsletters off substack, Mary? why have you been collecting tips on how to do it since late 2024?
oh, maybe because substack funds nazis and some of you keep joining substack and sharing substack links
oh, maybe because substack funds nazis and some of you keep joining substack and sharing substack links
how do you write this story without noting there was a campaign literally called SUBSTACKERS AGAINST NAZIS in…2023
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:21 PM
why do you keep suggesting to authors that they get their newsletters off substack, Mary? why have you been collecting tips on how to do it since late 2024?
oh, maybe because substack funds nazis and some of you keep joining substack and sharing substack links
oh, maybe because substack funds nazis and some of you keep joining substack and sharing substack links
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BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
February 8, 2026 at 2:13 PM
BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
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SHE’S FINISHED! My 5-foot-long Enterprise D oil painting is complete after nearly 100 hours of work!
I remember being 13 years old or so and trying to draw her and it was so hard, and all I wanted was to be able to do something like this. Truly a dream come true. 🥰🖖
I remember being 13 years old or so and trying to draw her and it was so hard, and all I wanted was to be able to do something like this. Truly a dream come true. 🥰🖖
February 7, 2026 at 11:37 PM
SHE’S FINISHED! My 5-foot-long Enterprise D oil painting is complete after nearly 100 hours of work!
I remember being 13 years old or so and trying to draw her and it was so hard, and all I wanted was to be able to do something like this. Truly a dream come true. 🥰🖖
I remember being 13 years old or so and trying to draw her and it was so hard, and all I wanted was to be able to do something like this. Truly a dream come true. 🥰🖖
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Alt text: A black, insectoid Shadow vessel is an ominous near-silhouette over a shadowy yellow planet wreathed in orange nebula. Captioned: Z'ha'dum.
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Alt text: A black, insectoid Shadow vessel is an ominous near-silhouette over a shadowy yellow planet wreathed in orange nebula. Captioned: Z'ha'dum.
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Reform’s former Deputy Leader of Worcestershire County Council Councillor David Taylor resigned from the party live on BBC Politics Midlands.
February 8, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Reform’s former Deputy Leader of Worcestershire County Council Councillor David Taylor resigned from the party live on BBC Politics Midlands.
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How to be a Writer.
1. Stare out of window at rain.
2. Experience a certain lassitude.
3. Contemplate the infinite.
4. Tea.
1. Stare out of window at rain.
2. Experience a certain lassitude.
3. Contemplate the infinite.
4. Tea.
February 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM
How to be a Writer.
1. Stare out of window at rain.
2. Experience a certain lassitude.
3. Contemplate the infinite.
4. Tea.
1. Stare out of window at rain.
2. Experience a certain lassitude.
3. Contemplate the infinite.
4. Tea.
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I was on precarious, short-term, hourly-paid teaching contracts for 12 years, to the (ongoing) detriment of my mental health, and I can't stress enough how awful and unethical casualisation is. But here are five simple and effectively free things universities could do to improve matters.
New on the CDBU blog: 5 low cost things employers could do to help precarious staff 💰
Words by @hagenilda.bsky.social ✍️
Words by @hagenilda.bsky.social ✍️
Our employers say they care about precarious staff. Here are five low cost things they could do right now to help us – and them - CDBU
cdbu.org.uk
February 8, 2026 at 11:02 AM
I was on precarious, short-term, hourly-paid teaching contracts for 12 years, to the (ongoing) detriment of my mental health, and I can't stress enough how awful and unethical casualisation is. But here are five simple and effectively free things universities could do to improve matters.
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Exquisite work in this thread
I'd watch a muppet show movie where the muppets infiltrate an academic conference.
February 8, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Exquisite work in this thread
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Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
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I needed a banner so I figured I might as well draw all of my favorite things ☁️🏠✨
February 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I needed a banner so I figured I might as well draw all of my favorite things ☁️🏠✨
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One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
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"We thank too many people, often mindlessly. Thank you, shop assistant (whose job it is to help you shop). Thank you, bus driver (who is getting paid to drive the bus)."
I get that it’s clickbait but it’s a wretched thing to say when these workers have to deal with all sorts of rude bastards daily.
I get that it’s clickbait but it’s a wretched thing to say when these workers have to deal with all sorts of rude bastards daily.
The hill I will die on: Britons love saying thank you – I think we should ban the phrase | Sangeeta Pillai
The hill I will die on: Britons love saying thank you – I think we should ban the phrase | Sangeeta Pillai
Really, what is the point of this endless conversational back and forth? Step out of the loop, and change your life, says author Sangeeta Pillai
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:48 AM
"We thank too many people, often mindlessly. Thank you, shop assistant (whose job it is to help you shop). Thank you, bus driver (who is getting paid to drive the bus)."
I get that it’s clickbait but it’s a wretched thing to say when these workers have to deal with all sorts of rude bastards daily.
I get that it’s clickbait but it’s a wretched thing to say when these workers have to deal with all sorts of rude bastards daily.
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**NEW BOOK DAY!**
A quick'n'dirty #newsletter about Aestred Thurga: Pyre of Faith, up for pre-order his morning! ⚜️
danacea.ghost.io/n/
#warhammer #warhammercommunity
A quick'n'dirty #newsletter about Aestred Thurga: Pyre of Faith, up for pre-order his morning! ⚜️
danacea.ghost.io/n/
#warhammer #warhammercommunity
New Book Day!
Delighted to announce that my character novel Aestred Thurga: Pyre of Faith is up for pre-order, and I’m really looking forward to seeing it loosed upon the world!
It’s a very special book, not only ...
danacea.ghost.io
February 7, 2026 at 11:59 AM
**NEW BOOK DAY!**
A quick'n'dirty #newsletter about Aestred Thurga: Pyre of Faith, up for pre-order his morning! ⚜️
danacea.ghost.io/n/
#warhammer #warhammercommunity
A quick'n'dirty #newsletter about Aestred Thurga: Pyre of Faith, up for pre-order his morning! ⚜️
danacea.ghost.io/n/
#warhammer #warhammercommunity
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UK pals, you can preorder JITTERBUG via Forbidden Planet for £6.99, saving 30% on the RRP
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Jitterbug
In this twisty and action-packed adventure from the BSFA award-winning author of Descendant Machine and Future’s Edge, a crew of bounty hunters find themselves ensnared in a conspiracy on the very fri...
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February 7, 2026 at 11:57 AM
UK pals, you can preorder JITTERBUG via Forbidden Planet for £6.99, saving 30% on the RRP
forbiddenplanet.com/462525-jitte...
forbiddenplanet.com/462525-jitte...