Jeremy Millar

An image of a Blakc man holding a sing "The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy"

Most profound writing I read in 2026 was "The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy" by a Nairobi man who dreamed of working in air traffic control but instead winds up sexting & chatting w ppl who think they're talking to AI (while AI trains on him). 16 pages & free - READ IT data-workers.org/michael/

Erin Manning, author of The Being of Relation discusses what her latest book is all about.

Watch the full interview 👉https://youtu.be/suGmXQuUQjQ?si=so4eu3mAMOU2Jvzh

a shot of a god botherer in a car, next to him on the passenger seat is a skull in an ornate box

'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez

Will Labour’s move to limit ECHR deter the far right or alienate progressive voters? Previously sceptical MPs now want to modernise human rights law to prevent an overreach of the law and losing to the far right

ooh ooh I know this one

I’m astonished! Your memory is far better than mine has ever been.

Very much enjoying Jonathan Nunn’s epic list of the 100 best restaurants in London, currently being published in @vittles.bsky.social. Now I’d like him to teach me his methods of note-taking and record-keeping.

That's Chislehurst for you.

YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT YOUR CUSTOMERS.

Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.

As a teacher of undergraduate writing--writing workshops also teach young people how to respectfully give and gracefully receive criticism on work that means something to them, an invaluable skill in any line of work.

The bots are back

A screenshot of a post from Facebook or somewhere stupid. It reads: The bones of Santa have been leaking liquid for 1,700 years. The tomb of St. Nicholas is in Bari, Italy. For nearly 17 centuries, a clear, water-like liquid has secreted from his bones (an oil, known as St. Nicholas Manna). The Church collects it once a year on his feast day.

This is what the Pope roasts his potatoes in. Extra crispy.

A screenshot of an article from The Times: Wes Streeting must stand up to the ADHD activists I can help with the minister's review: some people are just confused by life Hadley Freeman

Few things more confusing in life than HF making a decent living from writing down her ideas

Not adult: 'grown-up'.

Unfortunately this was selling point for Brand Starmer

And it's not even close

I think some people mistake generosity for the exercising of power which perpetuates that power.

Nearly twenty-past-four

The greatest ever to do it

What's out next year?

You must react everyday to what is happening. But that is no way to write a book or a sentence.

-James Baldwin, intv w Joe Walker, 1972

Today’s extra podcast for advent features Emily LaBarge in conversation with Olivia Laing, discussing LaBarge’s DOG DAYS, a dazzling exploration of trauma, writing, art and the imagination

Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: lrb.me/09fb4a

‘Putting things into badly-drawn perspective’

A lost opportunity there.

I was a pretty good wicket-keeper, but not quite good enough to remove me from my main role as scorer. (Not a batter.)

In rugby I somehow moved between scrum-half, fly-half, winger, and full-back. 🤷‍♂️

Pretty handy with a hockey stick and badminton racket, too.

This was the Sky Blues; unfortunately a knee injury curtailed a promising midfield career.

I'm not saying I was a West Midlands Iniesta, that's for others…

Your career as an Evan Parker tribute act beckons.

(Probably better than a Rolf Harris tribute act.)

You never saw me in my prime…

actual lol

It really ties the sea floor together

What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?

Curling a freekick around a wall.

I wonder if the 'Peter Cushing–themed picnic lunch' includes steak