David
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OTD, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's "Far Beyond The Stars," in which Sisko has a vision from the Prophets of himself as Benny Russell, a science fiction writer fighting for civil rights in the 1950s, writing about the commander of a space station. Directed by Avery Brooks.
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 PM
OTD, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's "Far Beyond The Stars," in which Sisko has a vision from the Prophets of himself as Benny Russell, a science fiction writer fighting for civil rights in the 1950s, writing about the commander of a space station. Directed by Avery Brooks.
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There was a #StarTrekProdigy Art Book in the works. I was going to co-write it.
It went into limbo when it was removed from Paramount+ with uncertainty if Season Two would find a home. Then more uncertainty when Paramount was merging with Skydance.
If you want it — Trek fans should rally for it!
It went into limbo when it was removed from Paramount+ with uncertainty if Season Two would find a home. Then more uncertainty when Paramount was merging with Skydance.
If you want it — Trek fans should rally for it!
That said, if they don't release a #StarTrekProdigy art book it will be a literal crime.
February 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
There was a #StarTrekProdigy Art Book in the works. I was going to co-write it.
It went into limbo when it was removed from Paramount+ with uncertainty if Season Two would find a home. Then more uncertainty when Paramount was merging with Skydance.
If you want it — Trek fans should rally for it!
It went into limbo when it was removed from Paramount+ with uncertainty if Season Two would find a home. Then more uncertainty when Paramount was merging with Skydance.
If you want it — Trek fans should rally for it!
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Here in the UK it is cold and wet but there is at least the positive that the days are getting longer quite rapidly now. At 51 degrees north where I live we will gain an extra 24 minutes of daylight this week as this #dataviz shows.
February 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Here in the UK it is cold and wet but there is at least the positive that the days are getting longer quite rapidly now. At 51 degrees north where I live we will gain an extra 24 minutes of daylight this week as this #dataviz shows.
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We had First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan on the podcast.
We discuss the lack of concessions from Keir Starmer for Wales, Cymru's public services and what she would do if she won in May.
Be interested to hear your thoughts on her responses:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZmw...
We discuss the lack of concessions from Keir Starmer for Wales, Cymru's public services and what she would do if she won in May.
Be interested to hear your thoughts on her responses:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZmw...
The First Minister Eluned Morgan on the Pod! | For Wales See Wales
YouTube video by For Wales See Wales
www.youtube.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:31 AM
We had First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan on the podcast.
We discuss the lack of concessions from Keir Starmer for Wales, Cymru's public services and what she would do if she won in May.
Be interested to hear your thoughts on her responses:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZmw...
We discuss the lack of concessions from Keir Starmer for Wales, Cymru's public services and what she would do if she won in May.
Be interested to hear your thoughts on her responses:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZmw...
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Big thanks to GamingNerdFalky who let me know that the (cropped) shot of Bajor in #StarfleetAcademy's "Kids These Days"⬆️ was originally seen as Kiley 279 in the #StarTrekSNW pilot episode "Strange New Worlds"⬇️. I'm wondering how it is decided which aspect ratio works best for each #StarTrek show.
January 22, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Big thanks to GamingNerdFalky who let me know that the (cropped) shot of Bajor in #StarfleetAcademy's "Kids These Days"⬆️ was originally seen as Kiley 279 in the #StarTrekSNW pilot episode "Strange New Worlds"⬇️. I'm wondering how it is decided which aspect ratio works best for each #StarTrek show.
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Comparison of all Parkrun events held in the Americas, Europe and Oceania on 17th January.
January 20, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Comparison of all Parkrun events held in the Americas, Europe and Oceania on 17th January.
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Congratulations to all the Parkrun events that achieved their highest ever number of Volunteers, or Parkrunners, on 17th January.
Wales recorded its highest ever number of volunteers with 1314.
Namibia and New Zealand recorded their highest ever number of Parkrun fininshers with 640 and 13727.
Wales recorded its highest ever number of volunteers with 1314.
Namibia and New Zealand recorded their highest ever number of Parkrun fininshers with 640 and 13727.
January 20, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Congratulations to all the Parkrun events that achieved their highest ever number of Volunteers, or Parkrunners, on 17th January.
Wales recorded its highest ever number of volunteers with 1314.
Namibia and New Zealand recorded their highest ever number of Parkrun fininshers with 640 and 13727.
Wales recorded its highest ever number of volunteers with 1314.
Namibia and New Zealand recorded their highest ever number of Parkrun fininshers with 640 and 13727.
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Breaking: Daisy the British Library Cat is on duty this morning!
January 20, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Breaking: Daisy the British Library Cat is on duty this morning!
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These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.
January 18, 2026 at 7:39 PM
These are the icy mountains of Pluto. It took 9 years to get these magnificent images… and 4.8 billion kilometers.
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Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
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Tbh, this NATO rhetoric reminds me of the talks on divorce: when does it happen? When someone cheats? Has something on a side? Admits it out loud? Or when the divorce papers are finalized? Yet everyone knows where this is headed.
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Tbh, this NATO rhetoric reminds me of the talks on divorce: when does it happen? When someone cheats? Has something on a side? Admits it out loud? Or when the divorce papers are finalized? Yet everyone knows where this is headed.
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Let's remind ourselves of what was promised in 2018 for £70bn of new east-west high speed lines across the north, thanks to far superior reporting to what we're seeing today: www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...
January 14, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Let's remind ourselves of what was promised in 2018 for £70bn of new east-west high speed lines across the north, thanks to far superior reporting to what we're seeing today: www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...
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For clarity, this government has so far:
- cancelled HS2 north of Birmingham (previous government hadn't actually done that formally)
- cancelled electrification of the Midland Main Line
- cancelled West Yorkshire mass transit
- cancelled the trans-Pennine high speed line
- cancelled HS2 north of Birmingham (previous government hadn't actually done that formally)
- cancelled electrification of the Midland Main Line
- cancelled West Yorkshire mass transit
- cancelled the trans-Pennine high speed line
January 14, 2026 at 7:23 AM
For clarity, this government has so far:
- cancelled HS2 north of Birmingham (previous government hadn't actually done that formally)
- cancelled electrification of the Midland Main Line
- cancelled West Yorkshire mass transit
- cancelled the trans-Pennine high speed line
- cancelled HS2 north of Birmingham (previous government hadn't actually done that formally)
- cancelled electrification of the Midland Main Line
- cancelled West Yorkshire mass transit
- cancelled the trans-Pennine high speed line
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Today's announcement is the opposite of what it says it is. It's the formal cancellation of the high speed line across the Pennines.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
January 14, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Today's announcement is the opposite of what it says it is. It's the formal cancellation of the high speed line across the Pennines.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
What's left - additional TRU scope - is a good idea but should be delivered as a business as usual enhancement in 2027, not some far off fanfaron.
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Morning from Cardiff ...UK Gov have signalled up to £45bn over the next 15 or so years for "rail in the north of England". Most welcome (and added to HS2 is over £100bn). In Wales UK gov have committed at most £500m!!! Yet we have good schemes??
swalesmetroprof.blog/2025/12/12/a...
swalesmetroprof.blog/2025/12/12/a...
January 14, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Morning from Cardiff ...UK Gov have signalled up to £45bn over the next 15 or so years for "rail in the north of England". Most welcome (and added to HS2 is over £100bn). In Wales UK gov have committed at most £500m!!! Yet we have good schemes??
swalesmetroprof.blog/2025/12/12/a...
swalesmetroprof.blog/2025/12/12/a...
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I don't know why but this is filling me with dread. Like, Labour isn't going to apply to extend the powers for #HS2 Phase 2a (the cheapest bit of HS2), which lapses soon and instead go back to the drawing board. I hope I'm wrong.
January 13, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I don't know why but this is filling me with dread. Like, Labour isn't going to apply to extend the powers for #HS2 Phase 2a (the cheapest bit of HS2), which lapses soon and instead go back to the drawing board. I hope I'm wrong.
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Fun piece this. (I agree with Jonn on his eventual answer, as a bonus.)
"When I was a very small child, I had a sense, whereof I know not, that William the Conqueror was the first king of England and that history began in 1066. When I was a slightly less small child, I was delighted to learn that this wasn’t so..."
Regarding a surprisingly complicated question
Regarding a surprisingly complicated question
Who was the first king of England?
A surprisingly complicated question.
jonn.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Fun piece this. (I agree with Jonn on his eventual answer, as a bonus.)
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Here’s a fun top five: things that are consensus among historians but are essentially unknown by the public. Richard I, a bad king of England. Roman Empire, fell in 1453. Paul, more important than Jesus. Witch burning, a modern phenomenon not a medieval one. Britain last invaded in 1688. Yours?
As someone who wrote a dissertation on that damnable Frenchman; one can only hope.
January 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Here’s a fun top five: things that are consensus among historians but are essentially unknown by the public. Richard I, a bad king of England. Roman Empire, fell in 1453. Paul, more important than Jesus. Witch burning, a modern phenomenon not a medieval one. Britain last invaded in 1688. Yours?
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How I rebooted my social life <— a slightly more personal essay than usual, for New Year. (Free to read.)
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/this-might...
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/this-might...
How I rebooted my social life
Some self-help for the New Year
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 7:51 AM
How I rebooted my social life <— a slightly more personal essay than usual, for New Year. (Free to read.)
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/this-might...
takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/this-might...
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Interesting read, esp on suggested potential asymmetry in the future between English Mayors & the Welsh Govt re. rail #devolution. One wonders if, like policing (where some Mayors are PCCs), this sort of asymmetry between Mayors & #Senedd /Welsh Govt will become a more prominent topic of discussion
Rail devolution plans for English regions but not Wales
The UK Government is seeking bids from mayoral strategic authorities in England to take control of rail in their areas
www.business-live.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Interesting read, esp on suggested potential asymmetry in the future between English Mayors & the Welsh Govt re. rail #devolution. One wonders if, like policing (where some Mayors are PCCs), this sort of asymmetry between Mayors & #Senedd /Welsh Govt will become a more prominent topic of discussion
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i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
A real Good Samaritan
One act of kindness that befell Leeds writer Bernard Hare in 1982 changed him profoundly. Here he tells his story.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry
merry christmas xx
merry christmas xx
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If you need them, call them.
☎️ 116 123.
☎️ 116 123.
December 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
If you need them, call them.
☎️ 116 123.
☎️ 116 123.
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Thats actually 'inflationary' and one of the main reasons that the games lasts so long. It puts too much money in circulation.
Oh and we always played the free parking rule of all fines go in the middle and anyone landing on free parking gets the cash
December 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Thats actually 'inflationary' and one of the main reasons that the games lasts so long. It puts too much money in circulation.
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A row has broken out over a multi-billion-pound rail link between Liverpool and Hull which has been designated as an 'England and Wales' project by the UK Government ✍️ @emilypricejourno.bsky.social
Anger as major Liverpool - Hull rail link designated as 'England and Wales' project
Emily Price A row has broken out over a multi-billion-pound rail link between Liverpool and Hull which has been designated as an “England and Wales” project by the UK Government. Northern Powerhouse ...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A row has broken out over a multi-billion-pound rail link between Liverpool and Hull which has been designated as an 'England and Wales' project by the UK Government ✍️ @emilypricejourno.bsky.social
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When you didn’t have enough money for a Milk Tray Bar, Fry’s could help you out
May 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
When you didn’t have enough money for a Milk Tray Bar, Fry’s could help you out