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Generally tired
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“And what is the charge? Eating a seal? A succulent Chinese seal? GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PENIS!”
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Funny story. I originally submitted this as "A Haunting, A Vacancy." The kind of title you're *supposed* to use.

The acceptance was complicated, and energized me. I asked the editor if I could change it. It deserved a playful title.

He said yes.

And I forever changed how I titled things.
December 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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“Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.”
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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An absolutely shocking story in two parts and outstanding journalism to boot.

Part one

www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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I have a third cartoon in the current Private Eye.

I'm fully expecting to appear in Pedants Corner with this one.
October 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Oh no, someone’s torn the cover off my dictionary. And they’ve ripped all the pages out of either end.. It just goes from bad to worse!
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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I’m old enough to remember when Conservative Party leaders believed in law and order.
Kemi Badenoch refusing to acknowledge that Tommy Robinson is "far-right", now on LBC, and refusing to condemn Elon Musk's words. In fact she says what Musk said *isn't* incitement. So what would be incitement then? How violent would his words have to be before he was deemed a threat to this country?
September 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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‘Crater’s Edge’ - artwork for an imaginary PS1 game ☄️
September 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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September 8, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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it's real support from actual racists
September 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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ATTENTION BRITAIN! 🇬🇧

The UK now has a petition to STOP CENSORSHIP by MasterCard and VISA of legal products!

This joins the Australian and Canadian petitions that are gaining momentum. Come on, let's get these signed! And spread the word!

The UK petition: petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
September 6, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.
August 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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#OnThisDay, 12 Aug 1990, American Sue Hendrickson finds the remains of a T Rex, the largest specimen found to date, in South Dakota.

The fossil remains are now known as Sue and are on display in Chicago.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️
August 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Many of the columnists seemingly egging on English rioters don't even live in the UK. Private Eye again
August 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Might be worth sticking some more signatures on this - not because the government'll *do* anything about it, but because it's another way to show that these asshats don't have the support they think they do: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

(Also transphobia *shouldn't* be a protected belief)
Petition: Stop "gender critical beliefs" being protected under the Equality Act
We think removing the protection of the Equality Act for "gender critical beliefs" could better protect trans, non-binary and gender diverse people. It could support organisations to properly protect ...
petition.parliament.uk
July 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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The first Cabal short "Johannes Cabal and the Blustery Day" was published sometime in 2004, but I can't be more exact than to a month. To me, however, the first publication of the novel in 2009 is his "proper" birthday, and that's today! Happy Birthday, Johannes, you irascible bastard ❤️
July 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin/Claire North as a TV show, would love to see the paternoster square scene fully visualised.
And then Butcher of the Forest by @premeemohamed.com as a film or mini-series!
What's an SFF work written by a woman that you think deserves a screen adaptation?
July 7, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Time to clarify something. When authors say “Unbound haven’t paid me” that makes it sound like Unbound had some money, which they used to buy authors’ writing.

Unbound had no money. The authors did: we had raised that money. They were holding it in trust.

Unbound stole our money.
June 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Can't believe Peter David has passed away. I can quite honestly say that while I enjoyed comics beforehand, his run with X Factor is what really cemented my love of the medium.
Peter David's wife is reporting that he passed away last night.

A versatile writer of comics and prose who adapted well to many characters, he had been having severe health issues for a while.

I am glad that he was around, and wish the best to those who knew him.
May 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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yurt glampers? president of the netherlands?
May 23, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Well, Israel has once again fucked with the public vote.
May 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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May 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Will the media finally do their job & ask No.10 who blocked the arrest warrant for Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar during his UK visit?

It’s astonishing the PM insists he had no role in blocking a warrant for an unindicted war criminal.

So who’s lying? Because someone is.
April 23, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Keir Starmer remains a spineless coward with no principles, no moral compass, and absolutely no compassion. News at 11.
April 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM