On the off chance anyone cares about this hilariously bad faith smear attempt by Reform, I did a talk for a Summer conference for various branches/levels of the Welsh government, and copies of my book were included in the attendee packages. I haven't mentioned his before, because... why would I?

My phone went rogue this morning when it interpreted unintended gluteul pressure as an instruction to type an incomprehensible string of text characters and WhatsApp it, along with a photograph of the interior of my rearmost jeans pocket, to my own mother.

Maybe I will! ...probably by accident.

My phone went rogue this morning when it interpreted unintended gluteul pressure as an instruction to type an incomprehensible string of text characters and WhatsApp it, along with a photograph of the interior of my rearmost jeans pocket, to my own mother.

Yeah. But also, it's just *my* imagination, which is unavoidably limited by my own experiences and abilities. Other people's imagination? That's where you get the really interesting stuff.

"AI will personalise everything to your tastes" ... but that's bad. I don't trust my own tastes, they're rubbish. That's why I need more talented people to make things for me that I realise I enjoy.

Who with the what now??

I get the advice about using traditional radio alarm clocks instead of your phone. But why are they always designed in a way that means breathing on it turns the radio on, but turning the radio off is a process akin to solving Pinhead's puzzle box?

No worries. I'll defend myself if I don't think I'm wrong, but if I clearly am then that's just embarrassing.

Deleted previous post r.e. the discouraging of Welsh speaking, due to it being very inaccurate Turns out my valleys primary school teacher with the twitchy eye and explosive temper wasn't one for sticking to the official sources when it came to history lessons.

Yep, just looked this up. I now have to reassess my primary school education

Interesting scenario, there are TWO 'train guys' in this carriage, having separate work meetings on their phone's loudspeaker, both trying to passive-aggressively 'out business' the other. It's like stags butting antlers, if stags were insufferable arseholes who spoke only in corporate jargon

Peak British would be a banknote with a hedgehog on one side and a Robin Reliant on the other

I can feel a food-racism storm a-brewin, but this is THE most amazing shot and chaser.

I'd just read the whole catalogue on a loop if I had no other responsibilities Also, have I not been following you this whole time? My bad

Reading 'Thud' again, because why the hell not, and yet again I find new expressions of Pratchett's genius I'd not considered before. E.g. the Detritus-Brick relationship. How do you make physical violence heartwarming? HOW??

I bet the Venn diagram of 'people who want inheritance tax abolished' and 'people who regularly get enraged about others receiving "handouts" and not earning a living' is a perfect circle.

Sounds hot

Just got a spam email titled "The baking soda trick: how to restore male sexual potency" I mean, don't get me wrong, a lot of guys appreciate a nice clean oven, but not in THAT way.

Eh? I've not even seen your response. I've had multiple ones across platforms which are basically "What you're saying is...[repeats exact same point in a rather more clunky way]. And from this response, repeated use of 'stroppy' seems like obvious projection