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· Jun 19
Seven in fourteen years. There’s no time off for good behaviour in this lark
🎶 “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming” 🎶
September 15, 2026 at 5:11 PM
🎶 “Just keep swimming, just keep swimming” 🎶
This - the clash of two I compatible, equally absurd policies - is such utter bollocks. If the government doesn’t think people on £13k a year should pay income tax, it should just increase the threshold
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Pensioners just above threshold shouldn’t pay income tax, says No 10 – UK politics live
PM’s spokesperson says those whose only income is the state pension should not pay income tax in this parliament despite the expected rise to £13,000
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 12:50 PM
This - the clash of two I compatible, equally absurd policies - is such utter bollocks. If the government doesn’t think people on £13k a year should pay income tax, it should just increase the threshold
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Ah, why indeed?
September 15, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Ah, why indeed?
Google heading straight for the big questions
September 13, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Google heading straight for the big questions
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The "simple" argument is not that "if we create superintelligent AI, we face the problem of maintaining power, forever, over entities more powerful than ourselves." Stop this empty talk of "superintelligence" - the dangers are real, and are about human (and especially corporate) carelessness. /4
September 13, 2026 at 11:48 AM
The "simple" argument is not that "if we create superintelligent AI, we face the problem of maintaining power, forever, over entities more powerful than ourselves." Stop this empty talk of "superintelligence" - the dangers are real, and are about human (and especially corporate) carelessness. /4
Tbf this is true of all human art, music and literature, too. A way of filling in time
All AI generated content can do is waste your time. It is, in this sense, stealing your life, the precious finite time you have on this earth from you, every second you are forced to interact with it, forcing you to look at its meaninglessness.
It is a mindless vampire.
It is a mindless vampire.
September 13, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Tbf this is true of all human art, music and literature, too. A way of filling in time
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Immensely chuffed to be invited here next month - in a double-header with the incomparable Lucy Caldwell, no less
www.corkshortstory.net
www.corkshortstory.net
Cork International Short Story Festival
The Cork International Short Story Festival, produced by the Munster Literature Centre
www.corkshortstory.net
September 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Immensely chuffed to be invited here next month - in a double-header with the incomparable Lucy Caldwell, no less
www.corkshortstory.net
www.corkshortstory.net
You see this is the stuff they don’t tell you at school
you guys know you can just eat your dinner in bed and as long as you're VAT registered the cops can't even ask you about it
September 12, 2026 at 7:14 AM
You see this is the stuff they don’t tell you at school
Immensely chuffed to be invited here next month - in a double-header with the incomparable Lucy Caldwell, no less
www.corkshortstory.net
www.corkshortstory.net
Cork International Short Story Festival
The Cork International Short Story Festival, produced by the Munster Literature Centre
www.corkshortstory.net
September 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Immensely chuffed to be invited here next month - in a double-header with the incomparable Lucy Caldwell, no less
www.corkshortstory.net
www.corkshortstory.net
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The BBC National Short Story Award (in sponsorship with the University of Cambridge) 2026 shortlist is:
Two Minutes to Midnight by Laura Beatty
Little Lands by Lucy Caldwell
Burning Bush by Merryn Glover
A Second Opinion by Caoilinn Hughes
Ditto by Cherise Saywell
Two Minutes to Midnight by Laura Beatty
Little Lands by Lucy Caldwell
Burning Bush by Merryn Glover
A Second Opinion by Caoilinn Hughes
Ditto by Cherise Saywell
The 2026 BBC National Short Story Award (NSSA) has revealed an all-women shortlist. 👇
£15k BBC short story prize reveals all-women shortlist
ebx.sh
September 11, 2026 at 10:27 AM
The BBC National Short Story Award (in sponsorship with the University of Cambridge) 2026 shortlist is:
Two Minutes to Midnight by Laura Beatty
Little Lands by Lucy Caldwell
Burning Bush by Merryn Glover
A Second Opinion by Caoilinn Hughes
Ditto by Cherise Saywell
Two Minutes to Midnight by Laura Beatty
Little Lands by Lucy Caldwell
Burning Bush by Merryn Glover
A Second Opinion by Caoilinn Hughes
Ditto by Cherise Saywell
Always intrigued by how silent this place is about Assisted Dying - an issue being debated in Parliament as I type
September 11, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Always intrigued by how silent this place is about Assisted Dying - an issue being debated in Parliament as I type
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The problem with ministers who trumpet their fearlessness in 'making value judgements' is that those value judgements are so frequently incredibly fucking stupid.
September 11, 2026 at 9:46 AM
The problem with ministers who trumpet their fearlessness in 'making value judgements' is that those value judgements are so frequently incredibly fucking stupid.
Flamin' Groovies - Shakin' All Over
Listen to Shakin' All Over on TIDAL
tidal.com
September 11, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Is the Tate alright?
September 10, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Is the Tate alright?
10 September, 2024
There was a water feature in my father’s care home
There was a water feature in my father’s care home
September 10, 2026 at 7:05 AM
10 September, 2024
There was a water feature in my father’s care home
There was a water feature in my father’s care home
New euphemism just dropped
September 9, 2026 at 6:54 AM
New euphemism just dropped
Who up gruntin’ an’ sweatin’ under a weary life?
September 9, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Oh god the rain will it never end?
September 8, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Oh god the rain will it never end?
So. What did I miss?
September 8, 2026 at 8:04 AM
So. What did I miss?
I’m on holiday! See you in a fortnight
August 24, 2026 at 7:23 AM
I’m on holiday! See you in a fortnight
Can’t believe nobody’s dunking on the ‘bad feng shui’. What’s wrong with you people?
Why can't you adjust? Dave has no sense that he should change and it's this kind of attitude that has led them to the Guardian. In truth, he doesn't care about this as an issue, he just thinks the sides of the bed thing is silly.
August 21, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Can’t believe nobody’s dunking on the ‘bad feng shui’. What’s wrong with you people?
“The left side (if you were standing at the door of the bed facing it)”
So not the left side at all?
So not the left side at all?
Feel like we're still in the backstory here but something about individual duvets sounds fucked up to me. It probably actually rocks but doesn't sit well with me.
August 21, 2026 at 8:43 AM
“The left side (if you were standing at the door of the bed facing it)”
So not the left side at all?
So not the left side at all?