All but guarantee that if you include the maternal lines in any of these family trees the whole argument falls apart.
It's all BS. Mixing is good socially, economically, and genetically too. Stops is having weird chins and too many elbows and such.
It's all BS. Mixing is good socially, economically, and genetically too. Stops is having weird chins and too many elbows and such.
If immigrating from England makes you a "heritage American" then I guess I'm one too.
December 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
All but guarantee that if you include the maternal lines in any of these family trees the whole argument falls apart.
It's all BS. Mixing is good socially, economically, and genetically too. Stops is having weird chins and too many elbows and such.
It's all BS. Mixing is good socially, economically, and genetically too. Stops is having weird chins and too many elbows and such.
Quick writing question if anyone has an opinion to hand?
I'm working on a short story / anthology series, basically monster of the week, new urban mythology, very much in the horror genre.
Thinking of posting it online with a Kofi link. Maybe an author page. Is WordPress still the best for that?
I'm working on a short story / anthology series, basically monster of the week, new urban mythology, very much in the horror genre.
Thinking of posting it online with a Kofi link. Maybe an author page. Is WordPress still the best for that?
December 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Quick writing question if anyone has an opinion to hand?
I'm working on a short story / anthology series, basically monster of the week, new urban mythology, very much in the horror genre.
Thinking of posting it online with a Kofi link. Maybe an author page. Is WordPress still the best for that?
I'm working on a short story / anthology series, basically monster of the week, new urban mythology, very much in the horror genre.
Thinking of posting it online with a Kofi link. Maybe an author page. Is WordPress still the best for that?
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I don't want it, Sam Alt Man
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
December 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I don't want it, Sam Alt Man
It should be illegal for auto-complete to assume the past tense of the word "love."
"I loved you too" is very rarely the message anyone wants to send and never a message anyone wants to receive!
Naughty.
"I loved you too" is very rarely the message anyone wants to send and never a message anyone wants to receive!
Naughty.
December 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
It should be illegal for auto-complete to assume the past tense of the word "love."
"I loved you too" is very rarely the message anyone wants to send and never a message anyone wants to receive!
Naughty.
"I loved you too" is very rarely the message anyone wants to send and never a message anyone wants to receive!
Naughty.
This week I forgot to add -ai to a search for a particular fire safety item. Decided to read the summary out of interest and both it and the "cover your arse" caveat at the end were dangerously wrong and would be illegal if actioned.
AI nicking jobs is immoral, but AI is also just plain crap.
AI nicking jobs is immoral, but AI is also just plain crap.
December 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM
This week I forgot to add -ai to a search for a particular fire safety item. Decided to read the summary out of interest and both it and the "cover your arse" caveat at the end were dangerously wrong and would be illegal if actioned.
AI nicking jobs is immoral, but AI is also just plain crap.
AI nicking jobs is immoral, but AI is also just plain crap.
Nearing the end of the first installment of a project, hoping to have it polished and online soon. Been wanting to write a Monster Of The Week story for a while and seriously excited to get this out there!
December 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Nearing the end of the first installment of a project, hoping to have it polished and online soon. Been wanting to write a Monster Of The Week story for a while and seriously excited to get this out there!
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Writing a novel is not always an easy thing to do, especially for the first time - but my four-week online course this January can help! www.eventbrite.com/e/lets-write... #writing #writers #course #courses #NewYear #NewYears #novelwriting #novels #novelwriters
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Writing a novel is not always an easy thing to do, especially for the first time - but my four-week online course this January can help! www.eventbrite.com/e/lets-write... #writing #writers #course #courses #NewYear #NewYears #novelwriting #novels #novelwriters
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Twas a night before Christmas, when all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…
… except for the pod. The pod was stirring because it was hungry. Feed the pod. Before it goes looking for a snack.
(All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…
… except for the pod. The pod was stirring because it was hungry. Feed the pod. Before it goes looking for a snack.
(All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
December 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Twas a night before Christmas, when all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…
… except for the pod. The pod was stirring because it was hungry. Feed the pod. Before it goes looking for a snack.
(All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…
… except for the pod. The pod was stirring because it was hungry. Feed the pod. Before it goes looking for a snack.
(All through December, all donations will be matched dollar for dollar.)
Writing when you're feeling down and lonely isn't easy. Writing is communication, and it simultaneously feels good to be telling a story and also like you're setting yourself up for a huge, painful faceplant into the concrete if it's met by the sound of crickets.
On we go though. Tap tap tap.
On we go though. Tap tap tap.
December 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Writing when you're feeling down and lonely isn't easy. Writing is communication, and it simultaneously feels good to be telling a story and also like you're setting yourself up for a huge, painful faceplant into the concrete if it's met by the sound of crickets.
On we go though. Tap tap tap.
On we go though. Tap tap tap.
They really need to add "because it's AI crap" to the list of reasons why I "hid this ad."
December 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
They really need to add "because it's AI crap" to the list of reasons why I "hid this ad."
Reposted by Alec McQuay
#TheFullLid - 1th December 2025 - Happy Friday! We're looking at the @escapeartists.net end of year campaign, @6knifes.bsky.social 's incredible Horse! Exploring @cameratraps.bsky.social, shopping with @peculiarityshop.bsky.social and playing out with Dean Winchester.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
#TheFullLid - 1th December 2025 - Happy Friday! We're looking at the @escapeartists.net end of year campaign, @6knifes.bsky.social 's incredible Horse! Exploring @cameratraps.bsky.social, shopping with @peculiarityshop.bsky.social and playing out with Dean Winchester.
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So The Abandons was... Hmm. It has everything you need to make a fantastic series BUT when I found out Kurt Sutter had experienced friction with Netflix and left, it clicked.
You ever cook something and ended up with delicious individual things but there's no cohesion? It's not a MEAL?
That.
You ever cook something and ended up with delicious individual things but there's no cohesion? It's not a MEAL?
That.
December 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
So The Abandons was... Hmm. It has everything you need to make a fantastic series BUT when I found out Kurt Sutter had experienced friction with Netflix and left, it clicked.
You ever cook something and ended up with delicious individual things but there's no cohesion? It's not a MEAL?
That.
You ever cook something and ended up with delicious individual things but there's no cohesion? It's not a MEAL?
That.
"So there's new series with Gillain Anderson and Lena Headey, and-"
That's it. That's reason enough. Also Ryan Hurst, Patton Oswalt, big hats and horses and stuff.
That's it. That's reason enough. Also Ryan Hurst, Patton Oswalt, big hats and horses and stuff.
December 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"So there's new series with Gillain Anderson and Lena Headey, and-"
That's it. That's reason enough. Also Ryan Hurst, Patton Oswalt, big hats and horses and stuff.
That's it. That's reason enough. Also Ryan Hurst, Patton Oswalt, big hats and horses and stuff.
There are songs it's OK to sing under you're breath at work.
Turns out none of them are on Cypress Hill's Black Sunday.
Turns out none of them are on Cypress Hill's Black Sunday.
December 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
There are songs it's OK to sing under you're breath at work.
Turns out none of them are on Cypress Hill's Black Sunday.
Turns out none of them are on Cypress Hill's Black Sunday.
Morning thought. Belated.
A three-eyed dinosaur called a triceraclops sounds kinda funny until you remember that the tops bit means face and a multiple-tonne lizard with three horns in its eyes is absolute prehistoric nightmare fuel.
A three-eyed dinosaur called a triceraclops sounds kinda funny until you remember that the tops bit means face and a multiple-tonne lizard with three horns in its eyes is absolute prehistoric nightmare fuel.
December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Morning thought. Belated.
A three-eyed dinosaur called a triceraclops sounds kinda funny until you remember that the tops bit means face and a multiple-tonne lizard with three horns in its eyes is absolute prehistoric nightmare fuel.
A three-eyed dinosaur called a triceraclops sounds kinda funny until you remember that the tops bit means face and a multiple-tonne lizard with three horns in its eyes is absolute prehistoric nightmare fuel.
I definitely need to join a writing community. Those were in many ways the very goodest of times.
December 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I definitely need to join a writing community. Those were in many ways the very goodest of times.
Word to the wise when someone is feeling down. When they tell you they're feeling really low and your response is "I'm here if you ever need me?" That was the opportune moment. They needed you. They opened up. And you told them "if."
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Word to the wise when someone is feeling down. When they tell you they're feeling really low and your response is "I'm here if you ever need me?" That was the opportune moment. They needed you. They opened up. And you told them "if."
Yet again looking around at all the many things going on in the world it really strikes me that it's ALL bullshit. We actually do have enough. Of everything. For everybody. Mankind WON.
All we had to do is not give in to our worst instincts and we'd have been golden.
Well...
Oops?
All we had to do is not give in to our worst instincts and we'd have been golden.
Well...
Oops?
December 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Yet again looking around at all the many things going on in the world it really strikes me that it's ALL bullshit. We actually do have enough. Of everything. For everybody. Mankind WON.
All we had to do is not give in to our worst instincts and we'd have been golden.
Well...
Oops?
All we had to do is not give in to our worst instincts and we'd have been golden.
Well...
Oops?
You've got to know when to hold 'em. Know when to roll 'em. Know when to buy Park Lane. Know when kerplunk.
December 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
You've got to know when to hold 'em. Know when to roll 'em. Know when to buy Park Lane. Know when kerplunk.
Have updated the ole avatar so that when I bump into people they might recognise me, and not think WHO BE THIS HAIRY FELLOW WHO ACOSTS ME SO?
Yeah so I hit forty and apparently the rest of the Celt genes kicked in. Go figure.
Yeah so I hit forty and apparently the rest of the Celt genes kicked in. Go figure.
December 9, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Have updated the ole avatar so that when I bump into people they might recognise me, and not think WHO BE THIS HAIRY FELLOW WHO ACOSTS ME SO?
Yeah so I hit forty and apparently the rest of the Celt genes kicked in. Go figure.
Yeah so I hit forty and apparently the rest of the Celt genes kicked in. Go figure.
I don't have a question right now but if you do, here's your chance!
Aspiring authors, let me help. I've written 20+ trad published books and I'm also an editor at an indie press. If there's something you want to know about writing or publishing, reply to this post with your question and I'll see if I can give you a useful answer.
#writing
#writing
December 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I don't have a question right now but if you do, here's your chance!
Regardless of what any government minister says, if you're struggling with mental illness, have a suspicion that you have ADHD, autism, both, try not to be disheartened. It's a worthwhile process and as someone coming out the other side the only thing I wish is that I'd done it sooner.
December 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Regardless of what any government minister says, if you're struggling with mental illness, have a suspicion that you have ADHD, autism, both, try not to be disheartened. It's a worthwhile process and as someone coming out the other side the only thing I wish is that I'd done it sooner.
Labour's mental health inquiry in a nutshell: "Weird... Someone has replaced half the water in my fish tank with piss. Also the fish are getting sick. We must stop the phantom fish tank pisser and also launch an inquiry into the vet about the unrelated poorly fish issue."
December 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Labour's mental health inquiry in a nutshell: "Weird... Someone has replaced half the water in my fish tank with piss. Also the fish are getting sick. We must stop the phantom fish tank pisser and also launch an inquiry into the vet about the unrelated poorly fish issue."
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.
Back in January I'd never have thought I'd be saying this come December but the best movie I've seen in 2025 BY FAR is K-Pop Demon Hunters.
A few predictable story beats (to me, at 40, with ADHD) but very well done.
Best animation since Across The Spider-Verse.
Incredible soundtrack.
A few predictable story beats (to me, at 40, with ADHD) but very well done.
Best animation since Across The Spider-Verse.
Incredible soundtrack.
December 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Back in January I'd never have thought I'd be saying this come December but the best movie I've seen in 2025 BY FAR is K-Pop Demon Hunters.
A few predictable story beats (to me, at 40, with ADHD) but very well done.
Best animation since Across The Spider-Verse.
Incredible soundtrack.
A few predictable story beats (to me, at 40, with ADHD) but very well done.
Best animation since Across The Spider-Verse.
Incredible soundtrack.