Mark Bould

Farage rejects Polanskis request for tv debate as Gorton byelection heats up

Gorton & Denton is between the Green Party and Reform.

And Farage knows his candidate is weak as.

Hannah Spencer for the win.

It's a start

Is it just me or is there something troubling about this corporate logo in any context let alone this one?

The jumpscare when Google abruptly logs you out of your accounts because you've been logged in for 6 months and/or they updated something

Lack of student interest, scheduling issues delays UI Center for Intellectual Freedom The Center for Intellectual Freedom, newly housed at the University of Iowa, postponed classes set to begin in January to March following issues with staff scheduling and a lack of student participati...

How come no students signed up for a class called ‘How Capitalism Rocks!’? Surely that exclamation point means the Centre for Intellectual is down with the kids, street, keepin’ it real… The vibes, man, the vibes!

New York Attorney General Letitia James said today that her office is starting a new effort to deploy trained staff to monitor and document federal immigration enforcement operations. The initiative, known as the Legal Observation Project, will track reports of major enforcement activity

a golden retriever puppy sits on a gray ottoman in profile, casting the most ruthless side eye directly at you. the dog’s wearing an impeccable blue rain jacket with a hood, patterned all over with bright yellow rubber duckies. he’d like to remind you that no rain is necessary to have nice drip.

This is Bowie. He overheard you talking about his rubber ducky jacket. Jealousy is a disease. Hopes you get well soon. 12/10 (IG: bowiethegoldenbear)

Title card for The Big Picture - a documentary about Bristol Megascreen, showing a filled auditorium.

The Big Picture, a feature length documentary from director Arthur Cauty about our venue Bristol Megascreen, is now available for rent on Kinema!

It’s pay what you want (from $4.99), but alas only for UK viewers.

Check it out now: kinema.com/films/the-bi...

I mean a translation cannot be literal - and there are huge debates about what literal might even mean in a translation context - hence the oddness of this particular claim even before we get to the issue of doctrinal exegesis

Petition: Strip Mandelson of his peerage immediately I’ve just signed to support this campaign – join me

Disgraced peer Peter Mandelson must be thrown out of the House of Lords. Sign the petition: r.ippl.es/mandelson/

although my parents started me young with The Living Bible paraphrase (1971) and Good News Bible (NT 1966; OT 1976)

Choose a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations.
62/734 The Bible – King James version (1611), the most literary translation, and The New American Standard (1971), the most literal one (whatever that means)...

61/734 Philip K. Dick, Beyond Lies the Wub (1988) plus Second Variety (1988), The Father-Thing (1989), The Days of Perky Pat (1990), We Can Remember It For You Wholesale (1990), i.e., The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, many of which I’d read before in other collections and anthologies

The UK Government Blocked this Climate Intelligence Report — Here’s What It Said Supressed since last year and only now revealed thanks to an FoI request — this MI5 climate change report makes for chilling reading

medium.com/the-new-clim...

The University of Edinburgh admits there is no funding deficit The release of the latest university accounts shows a surplus of £43 million for the past year despite previous concerns over a £140 million funding black hole

thetab.com/2026/01/31/t...

Chris Gardner v THR @chrissgardner X.com After his ICE out speech after winning a Grammy, Bad Bunny returns to his seat and the first person over to congratulate him is ... Reba Mclntire. #GRAMMYs

Not surprised re Reba and Bad Bunny tbh.

Choose a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations.
60/734 C.L.R. James, Beyond a Boundary (1963)

Choose a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations.
59/734 Henry Kuttner, The Best of Kuttner 1 (1965) and The Best of Kuttner 2 (1966)

Reports are circulating about Craigslist ads offering $50 for people to watch the Melania movie 😂 and Snopes has confirmed the ad existed.

you’re so dreamy

Paddington in Star Trek

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1784

YouTube video by Murder, She Wrote Guest Stars - Billy Zane | Murder, She Wrote

and I'd swear I've got a series boxset somewhere but damned if I can find it; and I've seen MURDER, SHE WROTE 4.17 ‘A Very Good Year for Murder’ a couple of times but now can’t find it free anywhere - but here’s a fab compilation of, if you’ll forgive the expression, Billy’s bits

The great Billy Zane rewatch has reached the start of his episodic TV appearances. I've not seen and cannot track down HEART OF THE CITY 1.5 ‘Don’t Sell Yourself to the Cannibals’ or MATLOCK 1.16 ‘The Nurse’; I saw CRIME STORY 2.13 ‘Protected Witness’ probably before I knew who Billy Zane was...

DHS: Want affordable housing? Help report illegal aliens in your area. Call 866-DHS-2-ICE. If you are an illegal alien, you can take control of your departure using DHS.GOV/CBPHOME.

straight up Gestapo shit

These illustrations by Claude Shepperson are mentioned in the latest episode of the podcast. They accompanied the UK edition of HG Wells First Men in the Moon in 1901. 

First Men in the Moon: From HG Wells to 1964 🎧

#scifi

I love that Prince Andrew had a codename email address to avoid suspicion and all the emails are like 'Had to spend the weekend at Balmoral, Mother wants me to look after the corgis, my brother's here too - not Edward, but Charles, you know the heir apparent.'

Choose a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations.
58/734 Cyril M. Kornbluth, The Best of CM Kornbluth (1976)

Choose a passive-aggressive number of books that shaped you. Even if you are indifferent to or despise them now. No explanations.
57/734 Damon Knight, The Best of Damon Knight (1976)