James Oswald

Had to double check which picture that was a response to…

Wondering which movie trailer they've nicked that soundtrack from now.

Yellow dog lies downside up on the sofa, legs akimbo and plums on full display. Shameless.

Strike the pose!

Thanks. I'm very pleased with it.

There's even a link tree if you're interested in that sort of thing. linktr.ee/ViolentHour

Oh, and there was this too. #TheViolentHour

It's a weird tightrope these grifters tread, simultaneously making claims like this to make us believe the machine is sentient, while hoping we won't be so alarmed at its anxiety that we make laws to switch it off.

They have a surprising amount in common, especially when it comes to scritches.

What an excellent cover!

Her name's Lucy, and she loves a good scritch under the chin.

Ginger Highland cow sticking her tongue out and going prrrp.

Best of luck! I don't much believe in gods and goddesses, but here's a cow of good fortune for you instead.

Look, the BBC's Charter Renewal consultation closes on Tuesday. It's got some bastard tricky questions but you don't have to answer them all, and if you're not a stupid right-wing cunt there's some very handy advice from the British Broadcasting Challenge.

Links to follow 1/2

It's not half bad around here when the rain stops!

Rough ground and gorse bushes under an almost cloudless blue sky. Red quad bike in the foreground, and lots of beige tree guard tubes standing all around.

Glorious morning so we managed to plant 50 gean trees on the back of the hill. Project Cover Everything In Trees coming along nicely.

I imagine there will be a lot of panicked ministers right now wondering how to appease their big tech lobbyist friends.

I guess now we'll see just how much of its soul the Labour party has sold to big tech.

Thank you!

Dammit. Is nowhere safe?

You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose. But you can’t pick your friend’s nose!

Got that. Thanks. Interesting points, I will respond to when I have a chance!

Women: We live in a constant state of vigilance because men pose a constant threat to us, here are literally millions of corroborating stories.

Men: What a scary time for men this is.

I read one breakdown of it that suggested Bozos would still have a couple of hundred billion left, so no. Not really soaked at all.

Not my best. The sponge is a bit dry and it didn't rise as well as I'd have liked. It's tasty enough though and I'm still going to eat it!

Feeling smug that I cashed in my Brewdog shares the last time it was possible to do so. It was already an awful company by then, so today's news doesn't surprise me. I'm angry for the workforce though, sad for what could have been a great brewery still were its boss not such an utter twat.

Salted caramel buttercream cake. Oh yes.

Oops

Think you should change your bio to 'polite 6ft red-haired jump-scare', tbh.

And we're go! I've just hit send on the newsletter, complete with early cover reveal for The Violent Hour. Go have a wee gander before tomorrow's official launch! mailchi.mp/1d3757687bc2...

labour are destroying our privacy rights and we will never get them back.

they are selling the entire uk out to palantir.

labour are traitors to the uk. actual traitors.

Not to my knowledge, but there’s whole branches of the family I know nothing about.

I think I prefer a more rural setting myself.