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In light of certain recent news stories, I thought it worth reiterating my stand on the vaccines/autism link: Vaccines do not cause autism Simple #vaccineswork @voices4vaccines.bsky.social

Okay something that enrages me disproportionately: I walk along a stretch of canal almost every day (on average for the last 20 years it would be >1 times a day) The stretch I walk along is apparently “officially” a river It’s not, it’s a CANAL!!! There is a lock and everything WHY???

- I was bitten by come kind of insect and how the area's really swollen - Eggs, or cysts? - I'll probably just go to the doctor to be honest.

Okay, so I am crying…

This is fucking heartbreaking I’m not exactly neurotypical and nor are my children But the idea I need a fucking jumped up predictive text to tell me three ways my children are special is utterly insulting They’re weird, they’re beautiful and they deserve the world And I will fight for them

Me too! tomcox.substack.com/p/its-a-herr...

I love gulls, they are just incredible creatures! I’ve rescued a couple which have ended up tangled in fishing line…I do have little scars on my hand as a memento of a gull life hopefully saved… Beautiful animals My younger child loves their calls!

The Government™ has made an ad about all these protests happening around the world, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.

Oh! I do believe my Grand Duke of Tuscany Jasmine is experiencing some fasciation!! Delightfully freaky, just in time for Halloween. Can’t wait to see how it blooms

New sanctioned (t)rant about AI just dropped. On the limits of Alphafold and my worries about the disaster its use will cause for the literature and early-stage academic drug discovery. Look, they commissioned it. And by commissioned I don't mean I got paid, just invited. Awesome process btw.

I really appreciate this line, John. "We must be able to challenge and potentially falsify every decision point so that when something inevitably goes wrong, we can try to figure out where we went wrong. Protein-structure models don’t allow for this." Well thought out piece

We love it when filmmakers take direct inspiration from great artists and classic paintings. Here are some of our favourites… First up, The Truman Show (1998) and Au clair de lune (1956) by René Magritte. 1/35

25th October 2026 Out and about! It’s windy!

The Return (2003) and Lamentation of Christ (c. 1480) by Andrea Mantegna 19/35

Told my mum Spruce the Cat is on Gabapentin for her nerve pain, mum asked “what dose is she on?” I told her and mum went “I’m on *way* more than that.” Because apparently my mum’s in a one sided beef with my cat.

HOLY CRAP! "DUCKS" hit ONE MILLION views on YouTube today!? 🤯 Thank you to everyone who shared it, commented, told me they loved it/hated it/hate me for making it. It's really mind-blowing that someone I made sat at a desk can be seen by so many eyeballs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8vZ...

I’m also going to mention that www.harkale.art created this amazing artwork as a commission for me and @gamebyrd.bsky.social Especially meaningful as we are friends who live a long way apart, and the two artworks form a diptych (MB is Gamebird’s, to your no doubt utter amazement: Gurathin is mine)

I’m also going to mention that www.harkale.art created this amazing artwork as a commission for me and @gamebyrd.bsky.social Especially meaningful as we are friends who live a long way apart, and the two artworks form a diptych (MB is Gamebird’s, to your no doubt utter amazement: Gurathin is mine)

I am going to mention that the incredible @smolrobots.bsky.social does commissions! One of my favourite all time commissions is this, inspired by the Murderbot books by Martha Wells #murderbot

Live updates: Multiple power cuts reported due to Storm Austen and Boelo #Berkshire #Reading

An Irish writer reached out to me recently about her book and would I like to quote on it. Unfortunately I read the message when I was on the road and now can't remmeber a) her name b) the name of the book c) which socials it was on. If that was you, please shout! If it wasn't, please share?

Good morning from Newbury

Good morning from Yores / Ieper.

Alex Skarsgård appears from all available evidence to be an absolutely delightful human He was 100% the correct choice to play Murderbot 👇The photo below was my moment of “OH! I think he’s going to be great as SecUnit…” #murderbot

Meta and Twitter are pretty awful. Bluesky is far from perfect, but here we are. One of the things that makes Bluesky bearable is the lack of algorithm - but because there is no algorithm it is so much more important that you share literally everything you like. It's the only way people see it!

Extras in every edition of our #Murderbot graphic novel that we haven't mentioned in a while: a new and exclusive Murderbot short story by @marthawells.com and an introduction by David Dastmalchian! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...

It was great to meet so many #Murderbot fans at MCM yesterday at #MCM. The fandom continues to be lovely!

I think my ability to distinguish between "I am feeling weirdly anxious and low today" and "I am just a person having a totally normal reaction to being alive during the 2020s" might have completely vanished.

It went great! Spread the word to a lot of people!

The answer to this is a resounding NO!

24th October! My Trap Door Dress!

'The Chalk Pit.' (1911) Algernon Talmage lived most of his life in Cornwall, apart from a spell in France as an Official War Artist for Canada, and a few years in London. This work shows his fluid handling and characteristically free use of paint.

You and the lovely Island Bay branch-library librarians.

23rd October 2026 Definitely Halloween vibes

Dear all the college kids, Get your flu shot. Sincerely, All your professors

@marthawells.com I am spreading the Murderbot joy among my friends and family (and occasionally complete stranger who I meet on trains…) Thank you for providing this wonderful source of joy— something that’s become so many people’s Sanctuary Moon

5) Batokaybot. You're Not Okay and that's fine, but have you tried being a bat? Or just looking at or thinking about bats? (aka Notokaybat) #SmallRobootsRemastered #Halloween

i needed goose advice today