James Calbraith
@jamescalbraith.co.uk
Edinburgh. Author of history-adjacent fiction. The Saxon Spears and other Post-Roman tales. Jamescalbraith.co.uk 🏳️⚧️❤️🏳️🌈
The Russian robot comes pre-filled with a litre of vodka.
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The Russian robot comes pre-filled with a litre of vodka.
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Happy St Martin's Day, the second most important Polish holiday in my calendar (after Fat/Doughnut Thursday) 🥐
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Happy St Martin's Day, the second most important Polish holiday in my calendar (after Fat/Doughnut Thursday) 🥐
The last canonical James Bond movie was Casino Royale (1967) where all the Bonds blew up. Everything after that is just a dream.
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The last canonical James Bond movie was Casino Royale (1967) where all the Bonds blew up. Everything after that is just a dream.
Happy St Martin's Day, the second most important Polish holiday in my calendar (after Fat/Doughnut Thursday) 🥐
November 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Happy St Martin's Day, the second most important Polish holiday in my calendar (after Fat/Doughnut Thursday) 🥐
The road to hell is paved with adults in the room.
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The road to hell is paved with adults in the room.
The single most popular and economically sound decision Starmer could announce would be the return to SM&CU.
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The single most popular and economically sound decision Starmer could announce would be the return to SM&CU.
Jane Wickline is the only actual comedian on SNL right now. The only one I'd go to see live out of the 17 (!) strong cast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9rl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9rl...
Weekend Update: Jane Wickline on Late Night Hookup Texts - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Jane Wickline is the only actual comedian on SNL right now. The only one I'd go to see live out of the 17 (!) strong cast.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9rl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9rl...
My slight problem with Polanski is that on every press photo he looks like The Worst Person You Know.
Green leader says Starmer is ‘not a man I would be willing to work with’
Green leader says Starmer is ‘not a man I would be willing to work with’
Green leader says Starmer is ‘not a man I would be willing to work with’
www.independent.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
My slight problem with Polanski is that on every press photo he looks like The Worst Person You Know.
"Groupuscule" is my new favourite French word
A Tours, le saint patron victime de l’opération récupération d’un groupuscule nationaliste
Sous prétexte de rendre hommage à saint Martin, 250 manifestants ont participé au défilé organisé par le groupuscule Des tours et des lys
Sous prétexte de rendre hommage à saint Martin, 250 manifestants ont participé au défilé organisé par le groupuscule Des tours et des lys
A Tours, le saint patron victime de l’opération récupération d’un groupuscule nationaliste
Sous prétexte de rendre hommage au saint patron de la ville, 250 manifestants ont participé samedi 8 novembre au défilé organisé par le groupuscule Des tours et des lys.
www.liberation.fr
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
"Groupuscule" is my new favourite French word
Reclaim fedora for antifa.
“The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin.”
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Reclaim fedora for antifa.
"0% ads
0% microtransactions"
The original FF7 cost $100 in today's money on release. No game could cost this much today. Just admit you want your developers to work for free, you utter cretins.
0% microtransactions"
The original FF7 cost $100 in today's money on release. No game could cost this much today. Just admit you want your developers to work for free, you utter cretins.
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"0% ads
0% microtransactions"
The original FF7 cost $100 in today's money on release. No game could cost this much today. Just admit you want your developers to work for free, you utter cretins.
0% microtransactions"
The original FF7 cost $100 in today's money on release. No game could cost this much today. Just admit you want your developers to work for free, you utter cretins.
Are you fucking for real
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Are you fucking for real
Lmao. (pollster caveats notwithstanding)
📊 Ref lead of 15pts
‼️ Grns 3pts ahead of Lab
Westminster voting intention
REF: 33% (+1)
GRN: 18% (+1)
CON: 16% (-)
LAB: 15% (-1)
LDEM: 11% (-1)
via @FindoutnowUK, 05 - 06 Nov
Chgs. w/ 29 Oct
britainelects.com
‼️ Grns 3pts ahead of Lab
Westminster voting intention
REF: 33% (+1)
GRN: 18% (+1)
CON: 16% (-)
LAB: 15% (-1)
LDEM: 11% (-1)
via @FindoutnowUK, 05 - 06 Nov
Chgs. w/ 29 Oct
britainelects.com
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britainelects.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Lmao. (pollster caveats notwithstanding)
Very nice, though it will never fully replace the Harvard Map.
harvard-cga.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappv...
harvard-cga.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappv...
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Very nice, though it will never fully replace the Harvard Map.
harvard-cga.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappv...
harvard-cga.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappv...
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Gonna be a tough one for the feds to swallow
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Gonna be a tough one for the feds to swallow
In an alternate universe, Peter Gabriel never met Banks and Rutherford and became one of Britain's top satire sci-fi writers, alongside Douglas Adams.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-QX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-QX...
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In an alternate universe, Peter Gabriel never met Banks and Rutherford and became one of Britain's top satire sci-fi writers, alongside Douglas Adams.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-QX...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-QX...
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🇩🇪 A scandal has erupted in Germany: AfD MPs are suspected of spying for Russia.
According to the newspaper, AfD MPs systematically requested information from the government on military transportation, drone warfare, and critical infrastructure vulnerabilities.
militarnyi.com/en/news/scan...
According to the newspaper, AfD MPs systematically requested information from the government on military transportation, drone warfare, and critical infrastructure vulnerabilities.
militarnyi.com/en/news/scan...
Scandal in the Bundestag: AfD Accused of Possible Treason - Militarnyi
A scandal has erupted in Germany: AfD MPs are suspected of spying for Russia.
militarnyi.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Turns out people still do gold hoards in 21st century. This one was found a bit faster than usual :) 🏺
Il voulait creuser sa piscine, ce Lyonnais découvre un trésor de lingots et pièces d’or
Ce Lyonnais découvre un trésor de lingots et pièces d’or en creusant sa piscine
www.huffingtonpost.fr
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Turns out people still do gold hoards in 21st century. This one was found a bit faster than usual :) 🏺
What is even the point of a company like Parcelforce. It's not delivering parcels, that's for sure.
November 5, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What is even the point of a company like Parcelforce. It's not delivering parcels, that's for sure.
Wait, SEGA was founded by two Americans to sell slot machines to US military bases in Japan? And it's short for 'SErvice GAmes'?? And it was once owned by the same media conglomerate as Paramount? Which is why Paramount now makes Sonic movies?
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Wait, SEGA was founded by two Americans to sell slot machines to US military bases in Japan? And it's short for 'SErvice GAmes'?? And it was once owned by the same media conglomerate as Paramount? Which is why Paramount now makes Sonic movies?
This feed is not perfect (it confused Newcastle with the one in US, and of course today it's all about New York) but it's better than nothing for trying to stay a bit more focused on UK news.
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bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 AM
This feed is not perfect (it confused Newcastle with the one in US, and of course today it's all about New York) but it's better than nothing for trying to stay a bit more focused on UK news.
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Oof!
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Oof!
London, Paris, New York. I wonder if I'll ever live to see a migrant win in Tokyo. I guess being from Kansai is as close as it gets.
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
London, Paris, New York. I wonder if I'll ever live to see a migrant win in Tokyo. I guess being from Kansai is as close as it gets.
Wait, Winsom Earle is a real person? I thought y'all were just making an elaborate Twin Peaks joke.
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Wait, Winsom Earle is a real person? I thought y'all were just making an elaborate Twin Peaks joke.
Is it too much to hope that when Trump finally acknowledges his popularity ratings he'll go all "Germany doesn't deserve me" in his ballroom bunker
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Is it too much to hope that when Trump finally acknowledges his popularity ratings he'll go all "Germany doesn't deserve me" in his ballroom bunker