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Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life for leading insurrection The Seoul Central District Court on Thursday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life imprisonment, finding him guilty of leading an insurrection. "It i

Wild how some countries are able to sentence their corrupt, wannabe-authoritarian, insurrection-inciting presidents to life in prison and some aren't

Cover art by Ben Baldwin shows a creature crouching in a low tunnel entrance lined with grey stones and partly hidden by green undergrowth and white flowers. The creature has pale skin covered in sparse black hair and it looks a bit like an ape, a bit like a bear, and completely unlike either of those. Book extract reads: We had to keep track of the thing. I grabbed the closest branch on the nearest apple tree. The ancient tree’s distress was like a kick in the balls. As soon as I could catch my breath, I apologised. I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean that. I got the distinct impression I was only making things worse. I let go of the wounded tree. Thankfully I couldn’t feel its pain any more. I walked backwards towards the cottage, watching the hedge for any hint of movement. As I got closer, I heard the door open. ‘Can you see it anywhere?’ I asked Fin. ‘No, I think it’s gone.’ I could tell from her voice I was close enough to get inside before the monster could reach me, even if it crashed through the hedge at top speed. Even so, the back of my neck was prickling as I hurried through the door.

Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'pain' #BookQW #BookSky
Dan Mackmain's mum is a dryad. He's learned his greenwood blood can give him unexpected grief as well as useful gifts.
The Green Man's Holiday is a February Kindle 99p offer, widely price-matched with other retailers. See linked post.

Revealing The Three Coffin Problem by Lavie Tidhar - Reactor A vampiric mystery arriving June 2026

We are thrilled to reveal the cover for @lavietidhar.bsky.social's The Three Coffin Problem!! Pulling from the beloved and delightfully vampiric Judge Dee mysteries comes new adventures (and new puzzles) across medieval Europe ⚰️⚰️⚰️

It's such a waste of time, all because something that used to just work gets downgraded in the hope of making people pay monthly subscription. We're past the point where I start hating new tech on principle

Just seen "Harry Potter references" on a list of potential trigger warnings and I don't know how to feel about that level of care

Cheers, I'll go give it a try!

Ah good, I'd done a Google which suggested it no longer supported that

does it still import all the audio info before ripping?

Trying to find a way to rip my CDs is suddenly way harder with Windows not supporting CD drives, fetching track info suddenly a problem and my main laptop locked for software downloads. Finally found one and fixed it up on a spare laptop, but it won't change the default from wav files.

Jennifer @JenYetAgain@beige.party in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with. this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US. Feb 9, 2026 at 4:35:18PM Boosted by 968: Favourited by 1324:

mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again

Of course. Why would you invest in soft power?

It just helps in the kind of warfare that:

a) Russia has shown it's actually good at;
b) Russia is waging on the West already;
c) The UK/NATO nuclear deterrent is useless in preventing;
d) Costs a fraction to fund compared to military hardware.

Oh I hadn't seen that!

And I see there's a measles outbreak in London. You stupid ignorant fuckwit parents.

I've just seen a labrador turn round and lock its legs as the owner tried to take it in the direction of the park, in case anyone's wondering how wet it is here.

the LDS Church did not allow black priests, opposed interracial marriage, supported racial segregation in its communities and church schools & taught that righteous Black people would be made white after death until 1978

unsurprising they're making a big PR push during the Nazi revival

Wasn't expecting much from The Rip but I really enioyed it!

"I say! Are you Georgina?" The child in the opposite bed sat up and looked across at Anne. She had very short curly hair, almost as short as a boy's. Her face was burnt a dark-brown with the sun, and “Famous Five 01 - Five On A Treasure Island” By Enid Blyton 7 her very blue eyes looked as bright as forget-me-nots in her face. But her mouth was rather sulky, and she had a frown like her father's. "No," she said. "I'm not Georgina." "Oh!" said Anne, in surprise. "Then who are you?" "I'm George," said the girl. "I shall only answer if you call me George. I hate being a girl. I won't be. I don't like doing the things that girls do. I like doing the things that boys do. I can climb better than any boy, and swim faster too. I can sail a boat as well as any fisher-boy on this coast. You're to call me George. Then I'll speak to you. But I shan't if you don't." "Oh!" said Anne, thinking that her new cousin was most extraordinary. "All right! I don't care what I call you. George is a nice name, I think. I don't much like Georgina. Anyway, you look like a boy."

To give you an idea of how deranged the UK has become about gender stuff, here's Enid Blyton - the absolute avatar of classic English conservatism and a huge fan of racist "gollywogs" - casually describing a gender non-conforming kid in the 1940s and having their friends be totally cool with it.

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC

45% of all AI answers had at least one significant issue.
31% of responses showed serious sourcing problems – missing, misleading, or incorrect attributions.
20% contained major accuracy issues, including hallucinated details and outdated information.

www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Nope, no thanks

Feels weird to get an auto message from someone I've followed on instant that says "thanks, as an independent artist every follow counts" when their follower count is 1000 times mine & the algorithm put them in my path. Bet they wouldn't read a "same - buy my book!" reply.

Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days Free condoms for competitors at the Winter Olympics have run out within a record-breaking three days

They’re just out there setting records at everything.

I was wondering why I'd never read it, but I've just checked out the page on Kobo and it mentioned the wordcount so... I think we know why.

Short thread. This is pure institutional cruelty.

How Sikh farmers saved Parmesan in Italy When you sprinkle Parmesan on your pasta, you probably imagine rustic Italian farmers and centuries-old family traditions. But did you know that Parmesan cheese

In my occasional series titled Things You Didn't Know about Sikhs, pretty much all the parmesan you get from Italy is made by Sikhs...

I've just been reminded about the existence of Du Hast, so the office just got a lot louder!

yeah, I wonder if pliers to bend the current hook will be enough. Will make it hard for me to put the damn thing up but...

UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws

Wow!

Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report.

This is a *big* legal win.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Yeah, they've managed to go upside down to get at the hook beneath an overhang to pull it off. Ingenious and it's taken them a few years to work out, but I fear they've learned now. need to think of a way to foil them

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