Paul Silver

Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian. [Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa]. 1 PRESENTER: Now - some disturbing new research has shown 2 PRESENTER: that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK. [Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives  3 PRESENTER: In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage [We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage] 4 PRESENTER: Nigel, what’s your view?  FARAGE: Well I think this very worrying. 5 FARAGE: And just another reason why we should ban all immigration. 6 PRESENTER: I won’t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! 7 PRESENTER: Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it? FARAGE: Oop - plug time! PRESENTER: Ha ha 8 FARAGE: Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’. 9 [Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc] FARAGE: It’s a really emotional journey  10 FARAGE: with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...  11 FARAGE: as I answer the question: *Am I the only option for Britain?* 12 [Cut back to studio] PRESENTER: I won’t push back on that FARAGE: Absolutely! [ends]

Having a millionaire shortbread. But owing to the current economy it’s just fredo bar on a digestive biscuit.

This Wednesday our freelancers meet up is in the Battle of Trafalgar pub in Brighton, a couple of minutes from Brighton Station. Any freelancers in the web or app fields very welcome! We'll be there 8pm-11ish.

Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting...

Map: maps.app.goo.gl/zduX7qhFQznL...

A wonderful alt-movie poster for 1979’s “Alien” by Laszlo Nagy.

Squage Party! A dose of party tunes, with your requests and dedications, designed to kick start your weekend! Live on Mixcloud on Fridays at 6pm UK Time

The week's almost over: it's almost time to PARTY!

This week Lex is back so we're back to 1 hour... and I've got LOTS of awesome tunes packed into that hour, with some fab requests!

Hope you can join me for Squage Party at 6pm UK at www.squage.com/party!

Til then, here's to a speedy afternoon...

1 Nurse: It’s become a real problem in this area 2 Nurse: We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction 3 Show a building sign posted: Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it Nurse: Ministers, Spads, Researchers… 4 Nurse: Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely [Nurse on phone taking a call] Ok - we’ll be right over 5 Nurse: We just have a gentle chat [Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster Minister: I understand your concerns… 6 Nurse: Are you OK love? Minister: Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters 7 Nurse: That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian [Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters] Nurse 2: Give us your phone, love 8 Nurse: At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to [We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.] 9 Minister: YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR [woman looks baffled] 10 woman: I just want a bus service Minister: LOOK AT MY FLAG [produces a St George's flag] [ends]

Squage Party - Friday 17th October 2025! Pat's kicking off your weekend with 90 minutes of party bangers from across the decades, with a novelty song, Dutch song, rock cover and a TV theme thrown in. It's fun, it's silly, it's full of banger...

Ah, that was great fun as ever! Pretend radio is the best :D

If you didn't catch today's Squage Party show, or fancy listening again, then the two hours of a Very Professional Radio Show (TM) are right here:

www.mixcloud.com/patsquage/sq...

#radio #mixcloud

If billionaires used 1% of what they invest in AI to support artists, this would be a much better world.
I'm so tired of those in power choosing to do harm over and over and over again.

Thank you for listening to the extended show! Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did

If you didn't catch the show, or you fancy listening again, then the two hours of Very Normal Radio (TM) are right here:

www.mixcloud.com/patsquage/sq...

#radio #mixcloud #party

7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:

1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear

The Oregonian Frogs are missing a trick not playing Paul McCartney’s Frog Chorus as their song, “we all stand together” is a perfect sentiment all things considered

I for one wasn't aware they'd even started.

This is me re-starting reviewing SF books on my own site after a long break. I'll copy over my handful of reviews from Goodreads at some point. It feels good to write something for my own site again.

Book review - The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi - www.sfbookshelf.com/review/scalz...

A fun, lighthearted story of enormous monsters who could destroy the world, and why they need our help.

#books #ScienceFiction

On an evening bus out of Worcester. A stoned passenger is sitting on the back seat, playing a flute. The driver just audibly muttered "When the fuck is Tom Bombadil getting off my bus".

We journey on, into the darkness. With musical accompaniment.

Mindless Jerks artwork for Hitchhiker's Guide TV series drawn by KJD (c) Pearce Studios Ltd. 1980.

Paula NM Jennings (Worst Poet) artwork for Hitchhiker's Guide TV series drawn by KJD (c) Pearce Studios Ltd. 1980.

#OTD 45 years ago (7 Oct 1980) according to my diary, I drew these images for the Hitchhiker's Guide BBC TV series. Douglas Adams as both the ad exec and as Paula, the worst poet in the universe. I was 19 years old and having fun.

The Kindle version of the Fesshole book is currently so stupidly cheap that we're actually upset with the publisher www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...

This Wednesday our freelancers meet up is in the Battle of Trafalgar, 2 minutes from Brighton Station from 8pm-11.

Freelancer or want to be? Come along, we can answer all your questions.

Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting...

Map: maps.app.goo.gl/biHM8b8JrAGd...

#freelancing #brighton

Still keep thinking of the line “I GAVE THE DOG A FULL VIENNETTA!"

Harry the cat in a wedding photo frame bed

Huge PSA: framed art cat beds are a thing, and you can just swap out the art to make it into the best wedding photo display of all time

Async An inclusive web tech meetup based in Brighton, UK

I've just listened to Chetan talking, and what a fabulous evening. So many great ideas about, fundamentally, doing less work!

asyncjs.com/sandboxed-ja...

Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract.

There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m...

Thread:

Landlord has accepted an offer on the house. Anyone know of good properties (either 1 bed or house shares) open for rent around December in #Brighton or surrounds?

A series of old metal filing cabinets stacked atop one another, reaching over 40 feet. Per Wikipedia, birds sometimes nest in the upper drawers.

Some come to Vermont for fall foliage. Others for skiing. And a few visit to see the tallest filing cabinet in the world.

We're having a freelancers meet up in Brighton tonight, details below...

Playing cards everywhere.

I’ve been writing detective comics for a long time now, so I know when a close up magician has been pushed into a canal.

I fractured a small bone in mine and ended up in a cast for a few weeks, but could use my hand better in the cast than before I got it. I know it's a massive pain in the arse, but go and get it checked out, your longer term work & pain is at stake. And as others have said: take snacks, drink & book.

This Wednesday our freelancers get together is in the Battle of Trafalgar pub, Brighton, from 8pm - 11. If it's clear, we'll be in the beer garden. All freelancers or freelance curious welcome!

Map: maps.app.goo.gl/Ke2oQFAvKWGv...

Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting...

#freelancing

TIL that the core of the Earth is 2½ years younger than the surface purely due to gravitational time dilation.

Personally this brings the concept which I’ve always found mind blowing much closer to home and makes it more real.

www.science.org/content/arti...

A group of people sitting around a long table chatting, and a couple standing and doing the same

We're set up in the Skiff, 11 of us here kicking things off, please join us!

Map maps.app.goo.gl/E4XQC3Xv9Gc6...