The State of the Art by Iain M Banks - BBC Sounds A spaceship arrives on Earth and finds a planet obsessed with alien concepts like 'money'.

My BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Iain M. Banks' The State of the Art can now be found and played here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

maybe really big ones you can’t ignore?

Andor - They don't even bother to lie badly anymore. I suppose that's the final humiliation.

You only retire twice?

The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.

Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people

A noble endeavour

World Cup and Eurovision neck and neck over what event is going to be the bigger disaster

Obsession is the wellspring of genius and madness.

Michel de Montaigne

The 2023 is one of my absolute favourites. Lucky to have a couple tucked away in my stash.

Elf

Not to mention mulled wine

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When you hope your look is Jeff Bridges but it's actually Jackson Lamb.

Amazon removes books on Ghislaine Maxwell trial and Kevin Spacey trial.

Bezos removed books from Amazon on Ghislane Maxwell's trial and Kevin Spacey's trial.

Inner City Press is a nonprofit in NYC.

They do fantastic work.

Fuck Bezos.

@innercitypress.bsky.social

Tories stole our money and our dignity.
Labour stole our hope.

British Politics' Midlife Crisis Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters

On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n

EXPOSED: The Scandal That Could Bring Down Keir Starmer's Government YouTube video by Double Down News

Morgan McSweeney – now Starmer's chief aide – waged a secret war to destroy the Labour party under Jeremy Corbyn, and to mislead Labour members about what kind of leader Starmer would be.

All of this was done illegally, using undeclared money. More here: youtu.be/bAOk1fZFHN8?...

26 Police Officers were injured at today's riots but only 9 people were arrested.

Compare that with the peaceful Palestine Action protest where 0 Police Officers were injured but nearly 900 people were arrested.

The Government has got Law Enforcement ridiculously wrong.

Turd

Francisco Oliveira creates wigs for hair loss, with a heartfelt emphasis on kids. More than hairstyling - an art of care restoring confidence & bringing light to those facing medical challenges

"changing lives & showing that true heroes use their talents to support & uplift others"

#wigs #hairloss

And what’s the verdict 🙂?

An Infinity of Ships An Infinity of Ships is an expansive toolkit for creating truly unique spaceships for your sci-fi tabletop roleplaying games. Featuring dozens of ships illustrated by Rob Turpin (aka thisnorthernboy) ...

Heya UK-based sci-fi / @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social fans!

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BBC Question Time appearances

Zarah Sultana 0
Jeremy Corbyn 1
Mick Lynch 1
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Nigel Farage 38

Very, very biased selection, even more than Fiona Bruce.

A stamp card with four out of ten stamps filled in

This is my boundary setting stamp card: every time I say no to something I get a stamp, and when I’ve collected 10 I can buy myself a book

What once seemed like a dystopian sci-fi horror story may be becoming a reality.

As we watch Keir Starmer and his team expand NHS privatisation, please remember that he was elected to become Labour leader saying specifically that he would remove NHS private outsourcing. He then quietly dropped this pledge in Summer 2022.

This isn’t OK 🚨

an ominous purple sphere beneath the stars on pale soil

happy corruversary my friends! three years of corru.observer. thank you all for playing in and enjoying the world we've created!

years ago, I wasn't sure I'd ever be able to share it in a meaningful way that would really connect with people... if only I knew!!