James Calbraith
@jamescalbraith.co.uk
Edinburgh. Author of history-adjacent fiction. The Saxon Spears and other Post-Roman tales. Jamescalbraith.co.uk 🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️🌈
The only good living Russian
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The only good living Russian
Getting pretty tired of Labour tacitly acknowledging court supremacy over parliament in this one particular case only.
Angeliki Stogia (Labour). Angeliki broadly performed well, but she felt very hemmed in by her government's record. When questioned about trans rights, for instance, she stated that the Labour Party would always stand against transphobia and that they couldn't just change the supreme court decision
February 13, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Getting pretty tired of Labour tacitly acknowledging court supremacy over parliament in this one particular case only.
Breughelian scenes in Helsinki
February 13, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Breughelian scenes in Helsinki
This cover looks like a meme, and one that's not flattering to the white guy.
A base that has long made pragmatic, sober decisions appears increasingly attracted to charismatic outsiders who promise to break from the party’s failures of the last decade. They see their party’s leaders as feckless and inept.
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
It’s the Democratic Tea Party, with a twist. trib.al/mC5cBDA
February 13, 2026 at 8:09 AM
This cover looks like a meme, and one that's not flattering to the white guy.
Jobs of the future #236: writing answers for Grok.
Moltbook claimed to be the exclusive social media site for autonomous agents, but a new study suggests there might be humans behind the posts.
AI or human? Question rise over who’s posting on social site Moltbook
Moltbook claimed to be the exclusive social media site for autonomous agents, but a new study suggests there might be humans behind the posts.
l.euronews.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Jobs of the future #236: writing answers for Grok.
Anyone else tired with having to work for a living. You'd think we'd come up with a better solution by now.
February 12, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Anyone else tired with having to work for a living. You'd think we'd come up with a better solution by now.
I can only imagine Sun Worship was a very aspirational pastime in Inveresk on the Scottish frontier.
February 12, 2026 at 7:36 AM
I can only imagine Sun Worship was a very aspirational pastime in Inveresk on the Scottish frontier.
Is Balkan Noir going to be the next big thing?
February 10, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Is Balkan Noir going to be the next big thing?
He can't seem to stop himself from talking about Epstein' and children.
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 3:53 PM
He can't seem to stop himself from talking about Epstein' and children.
I don't want to be all 'immigration fixes everything' but if you want to fix the British High Street, get more immigrants. We love going to little shops for a little shopping.
February 10, 2026 at 12:19 PM
I don't want to be all 'immigration fixes everything' but if you want to fix the British High Street, get more immigrants. We love going to little shops for a little shopping.
I, too, view every day I'm not called on to resign from my job a triumph.
me when i shit myself in public but the next day i successfully do it all in the toilet
February 10, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I, too, view every day I'm not called on to resign from my job a triumph.
America is truly cooked when my 80-year-old mostly apolitical-somewhat-rightwing Polish father-in-law starts the conversation with 'that Trump guy is crazy, no?'
February 10, 2026 at 7:55 AM
America is truly cooked when my 80-year-old mostly apolitical-somewhat-rightwing Polish father-in-law starts the conversation with 'that Trump guy is crazy, no?'
Probably last bits of Warsaw winter
February 10, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Probably last bits of Warsaw winter
The year is 2036. Elon Musk announces SpaceX shifts focus to building a habitat in Galveston, Texas. "Moon is still priority, but Texas is closer". TeslaSpaceGrokX stock goes up 20%
February 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
The year is 2036. Elon Musk announces SpaceX shifts focus to building a habitat in Galveston, Texas. "Moon is still priority, but Texas is closer". TeslaSpaceGrokX stock goes up 20%
Every Winter Olympics medal table:
February 9, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Every Winter Olympics medal table:
Oh hey I'm on this. Not sure about the placement, though (halfway between British and European Progressives and Progressive American Professionalists)
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Oh hey I'm on this. Not sure about the placement, though (halfway between British and European Progressives and Progressive American Professionalists)
Looks like Bad Bunny essentially did a Puerto Rico Olympics Opening Ceremony
Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming
February 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Looks like Bad Bunny essentially did a Puerto Rico Olympics Opening Ceremony
The freezing mist combined with Christmas illuminations makes for interesting light effects.
February 8, 2026 at 8:18 AM
The freezing mist combined with Christmas illuminations makes for interesting light effects.
Warsaw right now is a large Central European city cosplaying as a small Japanese city.
February 8, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Warsaw right now is a large Central European city cosplaying as a small Japanese city.
My favourite piece from Warsaw's Museum of Modern Art new exhibition of women's art: folk artist Dominika Bujnowska's 'War' - showing Soviet Cybermen defeating German Daleks ;)
February 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
My favourite piece from Warsaw's Museum of Modern Art new exhibition of women's art: folk artist Dominika Bujnowska's 'War' - showing Soviet Cybermen defeating German Daleks ;)
"Kids will bypass social media bans with VPNs" - first, we're depending on forcing children to bypass the law; second, as someone who's lived through several social media collapses, unless you coordinate everything beforehand it's very difficult to recreate a social network elsewhere from scratch.
February 7, 2026 at 10:44 AM
"Kids will bypass social media bans with VPNs" - first, we're depending on forcing children to bypass the law; second, as someone who's lived through several social media collapses, unless you coordinate everything beforehand it's very difficult to recreate a social network elsewhere from scratch.
It was bad enough for internet to geolocate everything to another country whenever I cross the border, but auto-translating all the websites to another language based on location is just taking the piss.
February 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM
It was bad enough for internet to geolocate everything to another country whenever I cross the border, but auto-translating all the websites to another language based on location is just taking the piss.
What the hell is TLC UK and why is Mock the Week on there
February 7, 2026 at 7:38 AM
What the hell is TLC UK and why is Mock the Week on there
Eventually US will be the only country remaining that won't investigate anyone over Epstein files.
Norway investigates former prime minister over Epstein ties trib.al/HDnicpc
Norway investigates former prime minister over Epstein ties
Norway has opened an aggravated corruption investigation into former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland
trib.al
February 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Eventually US will be the only country remaining that won't investigate anyone over Epstein files.
The problem with trying to replicate Dubai's migrant labour model (apart from obvious moral implications) is that UAE is one of the world's smallest countries next door to one of the world's largest pool of cheap labour. It just doesn't scale to somewhere the size and location of UK.
February 6, 2026 at 10:38 AM
The problem with trying to replicate Dubai's migrant labour model (apart from obvious moral implications) is that UAE is one of the world's smallest countries next door to one of the world's largest pool of cheap labour. It just doesn't scale to somewhere the size and location of UK.