Jonathan Roberts

Thank you to @bylinetimes.bsky.social for letting me write about this. "Some losses are irreversible, not just in flesh, but in time and context. To lose sight of this risks us ceasing to value and protect what we have now" substack.com/home/post/p-...

Ah yes. Democracies famously don’t allow their populations to influence or change any decisions made in the past.

“What if tech bros were good at the humanities” in our generation’s “what if Hitler didn’t suck at painting”

So striking given the “suicidal empathy” rhetoric currently in vogue with the far right.

I got a different Nobel Peace Prize anyway. From a different committee. You wouldn’t know them. They go to a different Norway.

To give you a sense of the total authority I have in my household. My rule this year was one pumpkin each for my two girls.

It was also helpful, she added, because the A.I tool could remember her daughter’s name.

More winning. An offal lot of winning.

Stinging nettles are also an excellent source of protein. But the point I’m surviving on nettles and oats might be the when I do a Yoda, ie just fade out of existence as I simply can no longer be buggered.

No need to subtweet me rehearsal marking.

Waiting for a BBC journalist to pop up. “I wasn’t even aware the climate existed until now, I just took it for granted”

Pop this in your pocket for the next time you have imposter syndrome.

Oh, you want your picture on the fridge do you little man? Well. Sit down and let me walk you through my data driven decision.

Oh, this is good.

Nuanced take on where the Selfish Gene stands after 50 years.

When we were young kids, my sister and I would stage pretend wrestling matches. Before the match we would wave to our fans. Living rurally this involved waving to field of sheep you could see from my parents window. Anyway, here is a video of the President of the world’s most powerful country.

I think in this case the Bank of England might be doing us all a solid.

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I’m confused by all of this. Is Liz Truzz the bank job? Is she asking for a job at the bank? How short is the book? Could I read faster or slower than it takes me to eat a lettuce?

That racist banjo player from Mumford and Sons is going to have a show isn’t he? With Lawrence Fox playing live.

My most illiberal opinions is regarding dogs. I think all dogs should be registered with an owner. Any dog poo on the street is £1000 fine. Fines collectively paid by dog owners every month. Any non registered dog immediately taken away.

A Zacharia is 0.1 Truss, for those using Imperil.

So…they know how to handle a terrifying obese cartoon like character who says the same thing over and over again? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Episode 9003 of me having a heart attack and dying of not surprise

AI companies. Yes. Yes we fucking would.

I don’t know if anyone here lives in Cambridge (UK) but if you do and choral music is your thing, come to this! www.cambridgechorale.org.uk/concerts/cat...

Robots beware. Guinness might look like oil, but it isn’t.

I don’t know if anyone here lives in Cambridge (UK) but if you do and choral music is your thing, come to this! www.cambridgechorale.org.uk/concerts/cat...

Allotment pumpkin developed a hole. So there’s only one thing to do!

There’s something truly devious here, namely, that to really hurt the French you go after their butter. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We have always been at war with the Woodland Trust.

I think that vanilla ice cream is the best ice cream.

Checking the BBC for “Reform advocate war crimes” headline. I’m sure it will be up in a minute.

Episode 8462 of “I think I’m going to have a heart attack and die of not surprise” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

Ed, ED! We’ve voted you out as leader. Ed Davey: Sorry, I can’t hear you on my bungee!

It is now the scientists turn to hide www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We shall fight them in the hedgerows. We shall fight them in the trees. We shall fight them in their snuffly little dens.

So much of parenting advice is about ‘doing it right’ (and warning of the dangers of doing it wrong) rather than how you forge connection and enjoyable relationships with your kids.

It’s super intelligence God damn it!

Reform assure everyone they’ve looked into it and they did nothing wrong. In other news, outlets report surging demands for Chinny Rekon.

Retiring from parenting to spend more time with your algorithm

New series of Twin Peaks looks pretty funky.

Slowly getting more right wing as time goes by

Shelob AI services: Once integrated into your web, there’s no escape.

How will it work? Well basically it will go “Pew! Pew! Pew!” But you’ll have to ask the shadow defence secretary for the exact noise it will make.

This WW2 explosion video, twinned with those fireworks that have a deafening fffwwwwweeeeeek! Followed by a disappointing red pop.

It’s on a knife edge… The knife

Whenever I pass a bin labelled “general waste” I want to say “major waste has got a promotion”

Yes officer...4:30….On a Friday. They just “popped it in.”

My name is Mr Real Sponsor - yes that’ll do - and I’ll like to give Manchester City 900 million pounds!

We’ve accidentally been sponsored by the Abu Dhabi government.