Read: Ukraine Struck Yandex Data Centers, Russian Bots Went Silent—Now Questions Are Mounting | United24 These are the Russian bots that post disinformation on social media. These are the bots you are looking for.

Trump has back-stabbed Ukraine again, but it is a sign of how scared Trump is of the US mid-term elections. He’s painted himself into a corner and he’s trying to rat fink his way out. So, go vote, bring down all the Trumpies, Republicans and wackos.

Goodnight from The Witch Shirt pub at Cloverhill, where the charity bucket is going round to help those folk caught up in last week rain of stones. Goodnight from Ellis Garside, asking the lines on his face to remember this as the moment he saw a Thornshriek. Goodnight from Hookland.

🔵 Trump’s DOJ is now investigating ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News. All five briefly stopped White House pool coverage after other outlets were excluded. A judge restored access. Now the networks are the ones being investigated. Is this about access anymore — or pressure?

Sign of the times 👇

We have failed. Our parenting and educational system has failed when half the voting age population is both dumb as a sack of hammers AND batshit crazy at the same time. Fail.

The problem with not having a truely local newspaper: I hear a dozen police sirens go past my house, in a bunch, at 3:00 AM with more later and I’ll never find out what happened. For all I’ll ever know it could have been a UFO sighting or the book police going to raid some shelves.

Live streaming an execution is barbaric. Full stop.

Early voted. Check. Done. Zot.

I got both the Covid and Flu vaccinations. It’s good to get those out of the way.

Good morning. Law and Order: As much as I dislike Trump and his cronies, I absolutely insist they all get a fair trial(s).

Goodnight from Tucker Stokes, alarmed by the doubling of footsteps in an empty alley he visually walks alone. Goodnight from ‘Witch Kettle’ Sam, urging the hissing flames of his campfire to tell him the secret name of the Punkle plaguing Last Tree Farm. Goodnight from Hookland.

AAAAAAPPLES. (My favorite variety, er, varies, obviously. Grocery store apple would be a Cosmic Crisp. Heirloom, I’d say Cox’s Orange Pippin. Overall though, GoldRush is the goat.)

Laura Helmuth@laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 5d ago

Lots of things are bad right now but apples are *good*. What's your favorite variety? Mine is Ever Crisp. www.scientificamerican.com/article/appl...

Good morning. Couple of special things to do this week: Get vaccinated for both Covid and Flu. Early Vote. Buy a pizza. Also donuts may be involved.

Goodnight from band practice for the Tower Block Saints, where a poltergeist sympathetic to the neighbours keeps on pulling on amplifier plugs. Goodnight from Emma Hartley, unable to express why her daughters’ tales of an acorn-headed man scare her so much. Goodnight from Hookland.

Read: Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia | Axios No worries, RFK, Jr. will protect us.

Goodnight from The Bloody Empress pub, where Mel Ridge is shouting requests to the band – The Sorrow Maidens, The Naming Jig, The Stoat’s Coat. Goodnight from Jenny Lovelock, sleeping in the stables to keep the Soul-knacker from taking her favourite mare. Goodnight from Hookland.

Read: Bones in the Blackout: A Romantic Wartime Cozy Mystery (Dr. Benjamin Bones Mysteries Book 1) The mystery is a bit light, characters interesting, good setting and period. Writing is engaging and no gore. Some romance but no mushy stuff or overblown angst, which is good IMHO. Brandy 4 shock!

🟠 We’re finding out this morning that U.S.-Russia peace talks also included a multibillion-dollar oil deal. Putin raised it with Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner at the Kremlin. Peace talks. Business talks. Same room. Convenient.

Goodnight from Davey Smith, excited by the air being thick with bonefire incense sending smoke-wraith prayers to boundary gods. Goodnight from the midnight sisters of Bramble Street, sharing cigarettes, gossip and protective charms against the wounds of the night. Goodnight from Hookland.

Good morning. When politicians say something is “symbolic” it means they really are not taking any action or doing anything but they want you to think they are.

Trump is pushing an alleged $15B steel mill to be built in Iowa. Iron ore will come from mines in Minnesota. No indication why the steel mill is not being located closer to the iron mine. Also, Iowa is landlocked. Also, Iowa is a long way from Detroit. Nothing against Iowa but I have questions

Hopping on the social media trend-wagon.

A huge amount of single family homes are being bought up, very quickly for cash. Not just locally but across the country and the scale is staggering. Who is buying and why?

Over the decades, I have watched Colossus: The Forbin Project many times. This makes me an expert on the dangers of AI. It won’t end well. Safeguards, limitations, kill switches should have been built in to AI from the beginning.

Somebody needs to make an app mapping all instances of quicksand. Cos quicksand is deadly and seems to be everywhere. This will help fight the quicksand terror.

We need more Art Deco.

Sorry, I can’t talk to you right now, I have to go check the “Best used by…” dates on my food.

Still a bit blown away to see copies of ‘Hookland Fragments’ in the wild. Here is a signed copy available from @treadwells-books.bsky.social

Good morning. The thing that bothers me about Democrats is they appear to have no plan for what to do after Trump is gone. None. If they just want to return to the pre-Trump status quo that is unacceptable.