A terrific articulation from the Zetkin Collective of the ideological underpinning linking the "war on motorists" and the far-right.

No, thank you. That's a hard pass for this show.

Out in Glasgow for some ground-beefing improv comedy. @cbbworld.bsky.social

And a physical copy! I don't think I've ever had a physical copy of a journal issue I've been in before.

H. got me a very nice medal rack about a year ago but, since we planned on moving, I never put it up. Now my new office is almost complete, it was a good time to finally get it up.

I haven't had my Tolkien ornaments on display for a few years after a naughty kitten broke the Tower of Ecthelion off Minas Tirith but since we moved house, I bought myself a cabinet with glass doors so they can sit proudly on the Tolkien shelf.

Ah, yes, famous The X-Files character, Carl Busch. That's definitely how everyone refers to this character.

Breakfast of champions post-moving day.

Morning hike up Dumgoyne (427m). Spectacular views (in theory) over Glasgow and Loch Lomond.

Tolkien writes being-in-history so well and that's not just the long stretch of past that informs the events of the present, it's also being aware of the future to come and how these events – apocalyptic as they seem – are not the end of history but only one small part of it.

A pleasant surprise: the Glasgow Blood Centre still has Metallica Blood Drive T-shirts! 🤘🏻

I was pleased to contribute to this collectively-authored book and to receive my physical copy earlier this week! The book was published using an experimental technical infrastructure and was one of the pilot projects that we nurtured over the course of the Open Book Futures project.

Vegan pizza crunch for lunch 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

From Anti-Fascist Action Dundee: The Aberdonian far-right group Unite the Klans are planning to descend on Dundee alongside fascists from across Scotland. Gather against these far-right thugs on Dundee City Square at 1400 on 18th July.

They sent this for your posts.

John Ronald Ronald, you dirty dog. 👀

The legendary 1976 UK heatwave vs. last summer. theconversation.com/we-recreated...

Clearly Milton Keynes goes all out for the summer solstice.

Stumbled across a folk band called Juniper (juniperfolk.co.uk) performing at the Milton Keynes Midsummer Festival.

Most excited I've been at the GFT since NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE.

If you're in or near Arbroath today, far-right activists have announced a march through the town. Go out and meet them and tell them that their hate is not welcome if you can. Saturday 20th June, 1430, at the station on Keptie Street.

Back in the auditorium for #OIPA2026 with @legionofllama.bsky.social talking about @uowpress.bsky.social and their ongoing open publishing work. Expect lots of Doctor Who references.

This portrait at the #OIPA2026 venue, the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts, is perhaps unsurprisingly Richard Attenborough but I had to check because I was sure it was alternate-present-Biff from Back to the Future: Part II.

#OIPA2026 Fascinating slide from @rmounce.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy's presentation starkly showing how scholarly publishing funding is effectively siphoned off to private commercial companies.

You can! I went in several years ago.

Good morning from drizzly Brighton for #OIPA2026 .

Pratchett recognised, with clear disdain, that it's always about the damn privies.

Been working on this big V3 this week which I knew I could do if I tried at the start of the session when I still had plenty of arm strength. Cracked it this morning.