Genevieve Cogman

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Which of us wouldn’t smile at, “Get it?” “Got it.” “Good.” …

Chotiner: And when you engraved "One Ring to rule them all" on the—
Sauron: I don't understand why everyone keeps taking that out of context.
Chotiner: Well, do you mean to rule us all?
Sauron: I'm here to talk about Gondor's illegal encroachment in Ithilien, Isaac.

In the 1850s, before it was denuded by archaeologists and the tourism industry, 420 species of flowers and plants grew on the Roman Colosseum — and every single one is catalogued in amateur botanist Richard Deakin's Flora of the Colosseum of Rome (1855): publicdomainreview.org/collection/r...

'Catastrophic' for shipping – and there's a human story too, says ONE chief - The Loadstar After ONE cancelled bookings to Middle East Gulf ports yesterday, its chief executive, Jeremy Nixon, told delegates at the S&P Global TPM event in Long Beach yesterday of the ripple effects of a growi...

I hate to ruin everyone's day but this is VERY important:

We're all aware of the approx 50% increase in the cost of oil due to Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz

It's also having a catastrophic impact on supply chains with sea/air cargo & crews & ships

Please read:
theloadstar.com/catastrophic...

The influencers leaping to Dubai’s defence [FREE TO READ] As missiles streak across the region, unfazed residents insist they ‘know who protects us’

‘British expats, he claimed, were refusing to fill out evacuation forms provided by the British government “just in case it somehow turns into a tax form instead”.’

No notes.

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Wolf Worm

Just in case you missed it, I have a new horror novel out on the 24th! Distract yourself from the horrors with smaller, more controllable horrors?

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A small girl wearing a rabbit costume and blue coat carries a book as she walks to school. Her mother (head out of shot) wheels her baby brother along in a pushchair. The baby says "Peter Rabbit may be the 'Hero' of the story, but surely the obedient, widowed Mrs Rabbit is a more effective symbol of the oppression inherent within Mister McGregor's regime" The girls looks furious and snaps "Mum!! He's critiquing my world book day costume from a marxist perspective again!"

A cartoon reminder that tomorrow is World Book Day (In the UK anyway). Originally for the @theguardian.com

Press release: Chaz Brenchley's Red Raj setting will be expanding into adult novels this summer. His Martian Apprentice will take none other than Sherlock Holmes to the Red Planet.
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'Memorandum the Inhabitants of Glenfeild mooved with Envy in the yeare 1646 denyed all Tithes & church dues.

O Ld Convince them O
Lord Convert ym for they
are Madmen'.

I don't know what was happening in Glenfield yet, but I NEED to know!

In Merryshire Detective Club players collaboratively invent details of their home village. Someone decided that the vicar speaks in a roundabout manner, which in the GMing biz is what we call a gift

[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: “I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]

Depends on the temporal mechanics.

"... a ridiculous amount of forward planning ...”
“No, no, dear,” the Head chided her. “Merely a normal amount of forward planning. One never launches an offensive with only one plan. I’d expect you to know that from all your military history. What *would* Julius Caesar say?”
Phil blushed.
#writing

Not gonna lie: much less exciting story than the headline made it sound

1906: "Books have become the modern narcotic." Novels were compared to opium, alcohol and cigarettes and parents wanted restrictions on children being able to read them.

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

As I watch footage of explosions in Beirut and dust clouds towering above apartment blocks in Tehran, I keep coming back to something that I witnessed back in the summer of '04, during my first tour in Iraq. But first, let's start with a question:

Have you ever heard someone wail?

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He was told by three witches that he’d never be vanquished until the windmills to Mar-a-Lago should come against him.

They were in the Head’s private suite; the other teachers had all retired to their own studies, bedrooms, or bottles. #writing

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Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a...

Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?

Asked if MPs should get a vote on UK military action, Badenoch says that given the number of left wing MPs with "silly views" she thinks it's best if not. 14:08 • 2 Mar 2026

Kemi here saying the quiet part out loud: the business of parliament is ensuring that the great looting and death machine rampages on, unimpeded by the views of silly people who don’t matter and must be ignored.

Ballad Hunters launches on Kickstarter March 17. Investigate deadly folk ballads in Regency Britain using a bold new twist on the GUMSHOE system. Thirteen ready to play adventures. Two to three hour sessions. Songs that shape fate. Follow the trail before the last verse is sung.

An excerpt from The Order of the Stick #1340 showing Vaarsuvius.

New OOTS! #1340, Down the Chute: www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1...

Being a Luddite Is Cool and All, but Have You Seen the Hilarious Tapestries These New Looms Are Making? Don’t get me wrong, I’m as invested in keeping my job as the next weaver. When the boss brought in that big new power loom, I was pretty skeptical....

When the boss brought in that big new power loom, I was skeptical. He said once he got it running, we’d be out of a job, so when the boys started talking about breaking into the factory and smashing the thing, I was on board. Until, that is, I saw the funny tapestries it could make.

Jonathan Karl ® @jonkarl ... Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack. "The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead." 8:40 PM • Mar 1, 2026 • 1.9M Views

I find this a hilarious marker of the incompetence of the entire Trump administration: “We identified people to take over Iran, then accidentally killed them all.”

Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack. "The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead."

complete insanity

Discworld QOTD, from Jingo

“History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow. Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders.”

Phil deliberately shoved away all sorts of images about offering her bloodstained hanky to implausibly huge demons. #writing