Charles B

The best new science fiction books of November 2025 From Claire North’s new novel Slow Gods to a 10th anniversary edition of a brilliant Adrian Tchaikovsky book, there’s lots to watch out for in November’s science fiction

Aaaah one of these is me!

If you’re a NT member it’s important you vote to keep out the right wingers.
There is a box you can tick to vote for the “recommended candidates”.
Please do this.

A coot made of felt.

Felt coot. Might delete later.

My top suggestions of books to read this World Bread Day...

- The Focaccia in the Rye
- Yeast of Eden
- Flours for Algernon
- The Lion, the Witch and the Warburtons
- Pannetonement
- The Naan in the High Castle
- Leaven Las Vegas
- Pitta Rabbit

not what im called meme but its calling a fourier transform a furry transfem

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In an old ad for board game Scattergories in Spain a player was shown flouncing out while anothet said “OK, we’ll accept ‘octopus’ as a pet”.
“Aceptamos pulpo” has now entered the language in the meaning of “that’s a bit of a stretch but let’s go with it just for the sake of argument”.

They say that some heavy metal music contains subliminal instructions - and it's true. For example, I just listened to Judas Priest and now I want to rob Halfords.

“My wife went to Riyadh to see an edgy comedian”
“Jimmy Carr?”
“No, she went of her own accord”

Numerologists take note: tomorrow, 27th September 2025, is a square date in both US and Everywhere Else notation.

5205² = 27092025 and 3045² = 9272025

This is the last time this will happen for a thousand years!

(from @EdPeggJr on math-fun)

What type of dinosaur boasts about its academic qualifications?

A diplomadocus.

Haggis Pakora

Reminder: The existence of these in most Scottish supermarkets and corner shops is proof that anyone shilling for the notion that multiculturalism can't work on this island is a charlatan

OK, @bebeneuwirth.bsky.social, this is perfect…

Merriam-Webster Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.c... • 17h enshittification noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits ... Gold Yoshi @goldyoshi.bsky.social [Screenshot of the enshittification page on Merriam Websters website. It says where does enshittification come from and the entire page is covered in ads]

Who called it “becoming more conservative as you age” and not alt-rightzheimers

They thought AI would be able to replace astronaut jobs on the mission to Jupiter to investigate those monolith signals and look how that turned out

Just used the last of the antiperspirant spray. Roll on tomorrow.

Free series name: Starfleet Vets.

No not the military kind; Wildlife rescues on the USS Irwin or USS Herriot or something.

Artist depicts ‘The Pregnancy Test’, (from her late period).

My friend never knew the difference between 'infer' and 'imply' which was never a problem until he opened a club called Disco Implyno.

Still from the 1941 film "Love on the Dole", with the unfortunate subtitle "She's a strange lassie's arsehole".

Catastrophic subtitling on the 1941 movie "Love on the Dole".

(It should read "She's a strange lass, is our Sal"...)

Please don't plug keyboards or other devices into random USB ports, ok?

Then they came for the sarcastic people and I was like oh great that's exactly what we need right now well done to all concerned.

A plate of tortilla chips with perhaps grilled cucumbers or zucchini, possible pickles, whole lettuce leaves and a heaping mess of baked beans. Bone ape titty.

That reminds me, I found these British nachos 😀

Store shelf at Poundland, where everything is £1. The item for sale is the Poundland "NOT EVERYTHING IS A POUND, INCLUDING THIS MUG, SO NOW WE CAN GIVE YOU THIS MASSIVE MUG!" extra large mug, RRP £2. The mug is discounted from £2 to £1

GenAI is just a gigantic dopamine slot machine providing instant gratification to people who don't want to put in any work or thought at all. It gives them the dopamine rush of feeling like they made something, but now instead of being addicted to farming simulator, they're running actual farms.

What’s the difference between “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston and a bowl of undressed lettuce and cucumber?
One’s a sad ballad, the other’s a bad salad.

The best phrase about hot weather I’ve come across in Afrikaans is die hond die kat jaag, maar beide loop. It means “the dog is chasing the cat, but both are walking”

A screenshot from the BBC News website, on the left the headline reads: Police launch criminal investigation into Bob Vylan and Kneecap Glastonbury sets And on the right the headline reads: Israeli strike on Gaza seafront cafe kills at least 20 Palestinians, witnesses and rescuers say

One of these stories is talking about a heinous crime

But we CAN all agree that 'Bob Vylan' is shit name, right?