Iain Coleman
@iaincoleman.bsky.social
Writer/Producer of the Thought & Belief channel on YouTube https://youtube.com/@thoughtbelief
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#astro Got a clear night after on Friday after 13 wks of cloud and rain. I went for IC443 the Jellyfish Nebula. Just over 6hrs of data. Imaged in SHO, processed in Pixinsight and PS.
February 15, 2026 at 9:58 PM
#astro Got a clear night after on Friday after 13 wks of cloud and rain. I went for IC443 the Jellyfish Nebula. Just over 6hrs of data. Imaged in SHO, processed in Pixinsight and PS.
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Have had people asking for ages "if Silvia Federici is wrong about this what can I read by specialists debunking it?", finally something to recommend!
SO SO GLAD to see a PROPER rebuttal against Silvia Federici's very wrong scholarship in the latest Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft! Thank you, Rita Voltmer!
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
February 13, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Have had people asking for ages "if Silvia Federici is wrong about this what can I read by specialists debunking it?", finally something to recommend!
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This is a popular bit of wishcasting, you see it in both left and centrist-y versions, and it is absolutely not true. Populism is about identity and exclusion, it is not people lashing out because they secretly yearn for whatever your preferred economic policy is.
"The Ascent of populist movements is telling us that governments have have strayed too far from being responsive to the working class"
This is probably the only area where AOC agrees with JD Vance and Josh Hawley.
This is probably the only area where AOC agrees with JD Vance and Josh Hawley.
February 15, 2026 at 7:05 PM
This is a popular bit of wishcasting, you see it in both left and centrist-y versions, and it is absolutely not true. Populism is about identity and exclusion, it is not people lashing out because they secretly yearn for whatever your preferred economic policy is.
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EXT: Day. The grave of Noel Edmonds. A figure lies face down in the freshly dug soil, sobbing inconsolably.
CAPTION: GREYFRIARS BLOBBY.
CAPTION: GREYFRIARS BLOBBY.
February 15, 2026 at 6:45 PM
EXT: Day. The grave of Noel Edmonds. A figure lies face down in the freshly dug soil, sobbing inconsolably.
CAPTION: GREYFRIARS BLOBBY.
CAPTION: GREYFRIARS BLOBBY.
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New on my blog today, a (possibly slightly morbid) look at how an aspect of Terry Nation’s life – and death – is reflected in one of his Dalek Annual short stories:
thehiddenplanet.substack.com/p/terry-nati...
thehiddenplanet.substack.com/p/terry-nati...
Terry Nation’s Seeds of Destruction
It’s common for writers to include aspects of their own lives in their fiction.
thehiddenplanet.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
New on my blog today, a (possibly slightly morbid) look at how an aspect of Terry Nation’s life – and death – is reflected in one of his Dalek Annual short stories:
thehiddenplanet.substack.com/p/terry-nati...
thehiddenplanet.substack.com/p/terry-nati...
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🎶 welcome to the hotel Normal Hotel
🎶 checkout with the clerk
🎶 that's how hotels work
🎶 plenty of room at the hotel Normal Hotel
🎶 we won't keep you here
🎶 that's a crazy fear
🎶 checkout with the clerk
🎶 that's how hotels work
🎶 plenty of room at the hotel Normal Hotel
🎶 we won't keep you here
🎶 that's a crazy fear
February 15, 2026 at 3:43 AM
🎶 welcome to the hotel Normal Hotel
🎶 checkout with the clerk
🎶 that's how hotels work
🎶 plenty of room at the hotel Normal Hotel
🎶 we won't keep you here
🎶 that's a crazy fear
🎶 checkout with the clerk
🎶 that's how hotels work
🎶 plenty of room at the hotel Normal Hotel
🎶 we won't keep you here
🎶 that's a crazy fear
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America out here inventing entirely new heresies every day
Just passed a church where their decoration is a crucified Jesus is coming down off the cross under his own power. okay.
February 14, 2026 at 6:06 PM
America out here inventing entirely new heresies every day
<JK Rowling intensifies>
Hey artist/creator/writer/etc people: if tomorrow you were guaranteed a very comfortable living the rest of your life, how would that affect your relationship to social media?
February 14, 2026 at 5:09 PM
<JK Rowling intensifies>
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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i often think about this review
February 14, 2026 at 3:13 AM
i often think about this review
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When pop music started to get a little more 'serious' in the late sixties, it was only late night television arts shows that took it seriously at first. Here's a salute to all those tweedy academics trying their best to interview The Moody Blues.
timworthington.org/2021/04/17/t...
timworthington.org/2021/04/17/t...
That Sight, Those Sounds…
A look at the mind-blowing edition of BBC2’s Sound Of The Sixties devoted to performances from the archives from Pink Floyd, The Jimi Hendrix Experience and more – many of them unseen s…
timworthington.org
February 14, 2026 at 7:26 AM
When pop music started to get a little more 'serious' in the late sixties, it was only late night television arts shows that took it seriously at first. Here's a salute to all those tweedy academics trying their best to interview The Moody Blues.
timworthington.org/2021/04/17/t...
timworthington.org/2021/04/17/t...
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my favorite stolen art restored story is when an Orthodox bishop was watching a documentary on Boy George and spotted an interesting icon on his back wall. He investigated and found the icon had been stolen by Turkish troops and BG had unknowingly bought it in 1985. BG immediately returned it.
February 14, 2026 at 3:01 AM
my favorite stolen art restored story is when an Orthodox bishop was watching a documentary on Boy George and spotted an interesting icon on his back wall. He investigated and found the icon had been stolen by Turkish troops and BG had unknowingly bought it in 1985. BG immediately returned it.
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You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
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Well.
Do Europeans think it's more important to prioritise European autonomy (+) or preserve the US-Europe alliance (-)?
🇬🇧 +20
🇮🇹 +17
🇪🇸 +14
🇩🇪 +11
🇫🇷 +3
🇵🇱 -15
yougov.co.uk/internationa...
🇬🇧 +20
🇮🇹 +17
🇪🇸 +14
🇩🇪 +11
🇫🇷 +3
🇵🇱 -15
yougov.co.uk/internationa...
February 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Well.
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I am begging every newspaper and magazine to not just write down what AI hype merchants are telling you about the tech. Moltbook was obviously not what they said it was.
Look, AI is the future, it doesn't matter that half the time it turns out to be a mechanical turk.
It's like how smartphones were the future, but for most of their first decade of sales, half of all smartphones were just refurbished Gameboys that were painted black.
It's like how smartphones were the future, but for most of their first decade of sales, half of all smartphones were just refurbished Gameboys that were painted black.
Moltbook Looked Like An Emerging AI Society, But Humans Were Pulling The Strings
Moltbook is a platform described as a social network built exclusively for AI agents, but now it seems that humans were pulling the strings.
www.forbes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:54 AM
I am begging every newspaper and magazine to not just write down what AI hype merchants are telling you about the tech. Moltbook was obviously not what they said it was.
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Mm, Starmer pointing the finger of austerity at Ed Davey during PMQ's yesterday. The Coalition Government made savings of £1b less than the £81b cuts Labour were planning to make had they been elected in 2010. I'm no fan of the Coalition Gov I might add.
February 12, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Mm, Starmer pointing the finger of austerity at Ed Davey during PMQ's yesterday. The Coalition Government made savings of £1b less than the £81b cuts Labour were planning to make had they been elected in 2010. I'm no fan of the Coalition Gov I might add.
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When you've put the hours in to reading your Foucault and believe the world to be governed by subtle encroaching but totalising power structures, it's quite something to discover it was 200 mega rich paedophiles under the direction of Big Chief Rich Paedophile all along.
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
When you've put the hours in to reading your Foucault and believe the world to be governed by subtle encroaching but totalising power structures, it's quite something to discover it was 200 mega rich paedophiles under the direction of Big Chief Rich Paedophile all along.
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The more jobs I hear listed as "bullshit jobs", the more I realize that people just don't understand that coordination and organization are necessary tasks
Incidentally, this has reminded me of when I got blocked on here for arguing with the David Graeber Institute that "Logistics Manager" wasn't a "bullshit job". I hope every one of them is waiting on a vital package from Southern Texas.
All this speculation about the potential horrid things the airspace closure around El Paso could signifiy, and all I can think of is the logistics managers having the *worst* day and week of their lives.
February 11, 2026 at 5:49 PM
The more jobs I hear listed as "bullshit jobs", the more I realize that people just don't understand that coordination and organization are necessary tasks
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this may be the most English man ever to exist.
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
this may be the most English man ever to exist.
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A funny bit would be to adapt Wuthering Heights but only the second half of the book nobody ever portrays
February 10, 2026 at 9:45 PM
A funny bit would be to adapt Wuthering Heights but only the second half of the book nobody ever portrays
@binkybird.bsky.social Perhaps I should develop a sideline in archaeology?
![Comic. [Person with ponytail pointing to diagram on wall as she talks to two other people, one with short hair.] PERSON 1: The high carbon content of the skeleton indicates that the individual lived less than 12.6 billion years ago, after the first round of stellar nucleosynthesis. [caption] Cosmologist carbon dating](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiaaaa2fduedn5fusan4xvikaehxgps2yxdlv7vb3j7ep323zta2u4@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 8:30 PM
@binkybird.bsky.social Perhaps I should develop a sideline in archaeology?
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The Liberal Democrats are going to attack and dethrone God.
🚨MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT from Deputy Leader @LibDemDaisy.bsky.social
Dropping tomorrow at 9am.
Watch this space.
Dropping tomorrow at 9am.
Watch this space.
February 10, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The Liberal Democrats are going to attack and dethrone God.
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