You should read some excellent words from
@timhollo about the words you aren't allowed to use. You have to forgive the bad pun title, he is always like this.
Globalise the how's-your-father
https://in-between-days.ghost.io/globalise-the-hows-your-father/
Globalise the how's-your-father
On language, coercion, and action
"it is as though we were caught in a maze of abstractions, metaphors, and figures of speech in which everything can be taken and mistaken for something else, because we have no reality, either in history or in everyday experience, to which we can unanimously
Scott Morrison was such a control freak that he secretly appointed himself as a Minister for 6 additional portfolios when he was PM, but he did not have any responsibility for Robodebt when he was just the Minister in charge of it. OK.
150 years ago today Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful voice telephone call.
That someone you love that you haven’t talked to in too long? Give them a call today imo.
That he isn't more frequently referred to as
'the Andrew formerly known as Prince'
has been a constant source of disappointment to me, but this helps a lot.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/19/police-former-prince-andrew-mountbatten-windsor-sandringham
King says ‘law must take its course’ after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrest
Former prince released under investigation as searches continue at the Royal Lodge in Windsor
"Ask Jeffrey": Epstein Ran Wexner's Pro-Israel Philanthropy Machine, Emails Reveal
The Wexner Foundation has long claimed Epstein "did not make decisions regarding the use of Foundation’s funds.” New emails show that is flagrantly false.
Great piece on Defector:
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring
https://defector.com/the-conservative-grievance-business-is-always-hiring
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector
Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a real person, though, and Marine Todd was the invented hero in a classic bit of dippy Obama-era…
Spotify is trying to replace the artists who leave their platform in protest against AI—like King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard—with deeply dodgy doppelgängers
https://www.platformer.news/king-gizzard-spotify-impersonators/
Spotify's doppelgänger problem
After King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard left Spotify in protest earlier this year, something strange took their place
I just saw a newly installed / unmodded Windows 11 desktop and I do not understand how people can live like that.
Teens with disabilities might end up losing contact with friends and online communities due to being banned from social media.
People working in the disability support sector say it is worth considering an exemption for teens with a physical disability.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-28/how-the-social-media-ban-will-impact-teens-with-a-disability/105929756
How the under-16s social media ban will impact teens with disabilities
Teens with disabilities say they might end up losing contact with friends and online communities due to being banned from social media.
OpenAI estimated that around 0.07 percent of active ChatGPT users show “possible signs of mental health emergencies related to psychosis or mania”
0.15 percent “have conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.”
https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-psychosis-and-self-harm-update/
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
OpenAI released initial estimates about the share of users who may be experiencing symptoms like delusional thinking, mania, or suicidal ideation, and says it has tweaked GPT-5 to respond more effectively.
