Frank Cottrell-Boyce
@frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social
Waterstone's UK Children's Laureate
Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth.
Swinging a hammock on the Island of Brilliant podcast
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Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth.
Swinging a hammock on the Island of Brilliant podcast
https://islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/
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this is completely insane and more people need to say that doing this is completely insane
The @usdot.bsky.social, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....
www.propublica.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:27 PM
this is completely insane and more people need to say that doing this is completely insane
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January 21, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Yeats said to the audience "You have disgraced yourselves. Again."
On its opening night #OTD 1907, J. M. Synge's ‘Playboy of the Western World’ caused riots in the Abbey Theatre. His portrayal of the Irish as a drunken, feckless peasantry caused outrage, as did the mention of ladies' undergarments.
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January 26, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Yeats said to the audience "You have disgraced yourselves. Again."
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We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
January 24, 2026 at 6:02 PM
We have been told for nearly 30 years that America needed to tolerate mass shootings because the broad availability of guns would help us defend ourselves from an overreaching federal government. That day has come. The people who said this are supporting the federal agents. Many have joined them.
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“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
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Jade was a Queen. Practically a punching bag for the entire series for no bloody reason #TheTraitors #Traitors #TraitorsUK
January 23, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Jade was a Queen. Practically a punching bag for the entire series for no bloody reason #TheTraitors #Traitors #TraitorsUK
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NATO troops killed in Afghanistan answering the USA Article 5 call:
- 453 Brits
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
What a dreadful man…
- 453 Brits
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
What a dreadful man…
January 22, 2026 at 2:28 PM
NATO troops killed in Afghanistan answering the USA Article 5 call:
- 453 Brits
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
What a dreadful man…
- 453 Brits
- 158 Canadians
- 89 French
- 59 Germans
- 53 Italians
- 44 Danes
- 17 Spaniards
What a dreadful man…
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Come on now. If Trump had served in Vietnam, that war would've ended in a day. Maybe even half a day.
January 22, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Come on now. If Trump had served in Vietnam, that war would've ended in a day. Maybe even half a day.
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Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
Genuine question: Is anyone in the media asking Farage directly where he stands on Trump dissing the hundreds of British troops who were killed in Afghanistan?
January 23, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Genuine question: Is anyone in the media asking Farage directly where he stands on Trump dissing the hundreds of British troops who were killed in Afghanistan?
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Good. Hopefully other conventions and festivals will continue to do the same.
San Diego Comic-Con has quietly updated its Art Show rules to fully ban AI-generated artwork. No exhibition, no sales.
www.cartoonbrew.com/events/san-d...
www.cartoonbrew.com/events/san-d...
San Diego Comic-Con Updates Its Art Show Regulations To Ban AI
SDCC's Art Show, a gallery-style showcase hosted in a nearby hotel, will no longer allow the exhibition of work created by AI, "either partially or wholly."
www.cartoonbrew.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Good. Hopefully other conventions and festivals will continue to do the same.
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By way of comparison:
January 22, 2026 at 3:04 PM
By way of comparison:
Well this thread turned out to be a lovely resource for anyone who's decided to make something of the Year of Reading
I've faced up to the fact that I read voraciously for work but almost never for pleasure. I'm going to reboot my reading life with a reading challenge. Something big. I've read Moby Dick (for work) and the Odyssey (for work).
Shall I do Dante?
Or have you got a better idea?
Shall I do Dante?
Or have you got a better idea?
January 22, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Well this thread turned out to be a lovely resource for anyone who's decided to make something of the Year of Reading
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no other president would be brave enough to threaten the swiss with battleships
January 21, 2026 at 2:13 PM
no other president would be brave enough to threaten the swiss with battleships
Is it perverse to admire the people in the audience who are keeping their faces straight at this point? I mean they're morally imbeclic but that is some Olga Korbut level of muscular control.
Trump: "There are windmills all over Europe. There are windmills all over the place. And they are losers. One thing I've noticed is that the more windmills a country has, the more money that country loses, and the worse that country is doing. I haven't been able to find any wind farms in China."
January 21, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Is it perverse to admire the people in the audience who are keeping their faces straight at this point? I mean they're morally imbeclic but that is some Olga Korbut level of muscular control.
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Storyboard art for The Secret of NIMH (1982), dir. Don Bluth, Don Bluth Productions
Sketches by Don Bluth, color by unknown artists
Sketches by Don Bluth, color by unknown artists
January 21, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Storyboard art for The Secret of NIMH (1982), dir. Don Bluth, Don Bluth Productions
Sketches by Don Bluth, color by unknown artists
Sketches by Don Bluth, color by unknown artists
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Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
A lovely piece of Year of Reading news from @waterstones.bsky.social
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January 20, 2026 at 3:22 PM
A lovely piece of Year of Reading news from @waterstones.bsky.social
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That Melania sleeps alone?
And that he thinks terrorizing entire countries and destroying NATO (for Putin) is funny?
And that he thinks terrorizing entire countries and destroying NATO (for Putin) is funny?
January 20, 2026 at 1:07 PM
That Melania sleeps alone?
And that he thinks terrorizing entire countries and destroying NATO (for Putin) is funny?
And that he thinks terrorizing entire countries and destroying NATO (for Putin) is funny?
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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Brilliant.
Written in Dublin by @ronanhession.bsky.social
Published in the front room of Moose Towers, Hebden Bridge.
Travelling the globe
And now short listed for BEST DRAMA
Irish Film and Television Awards.
Indy publishing at its very best.
@thebookseller.com
@ipgbook.bsky.social
Written in Dublin by @ronanhession.bsky.social
Published in the front room of Moose Towers, Hebden Bridge.
Travelling the globe
And now short listed for BEST DRAMA
Irish Film and Television Awards.
Indy publishing at its very best.
@thebookseller.com
@ipgbook.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Brilliant.
Written in Dublin by @ronanhession.bsky.social
Published in the front room of Moose Towers, Hebden Bridge.
Travelling the globe
And now short listed for BEST DRAMA
Irish Film and Television Awards.
Indy publishing at its very best.
@thebookseller.com
@ipgbook.bsky.social
Written in Dublin by @ronanhession.bsky.social
Published in the front room of Moose Towers, Hebden Bridge.
Travelling the globe
And now short listed for BEST DRAMA
Irish Film and Television Awards.
Indy publishing at its very best.
@thebookseller.com
@ipgbook.bsky.social
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If you're wondering why you haven't seen any white supremacist groups showing up to protest the protesters in cities where I.C.E. is terrorizing people, it's because they're already there.
January 18, 2026 at 8:05 AM
If you're wondering why you haven't seen any white supremacist groups showing up to protest the protesters in cities where I.C.E. is terrorizing people, it's because they're already there.
I've faced up to the fact that I read voraciously for work but almost never for pleasure. I'm going to reboot my reading life with a reading challenge. Something big. I've read Moby Dick (for work) and the Odyssey (for work).
Shall I do Dante?
Or have you got a better idea?
Shall I do Dante?
Or have you got a better idea?
January 20, 2026 at 11:04 AM
I've faced up to the fact that I read voraciously for work but almost never for pleasure. I'm going to reboot my reading life with a reading challenge. Something big. I've read Moby Dick (for work) and the Odyssey (for work).
Shall I do Dante?
Or have you got a better idea?
Shall I do Dante?
Or have you got a better idea?
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To celebrate a significant birthday, I'm on special offer should you fancy it....
January 19, 2026 at 12:29 PM
To celebrate a significant birthday, I'm on special offer should you fancy it....