The Paul of the House of Usher

@katamaridumassy.bsky.social

British leftist

So there's this Tel Aviv Scrabble club which appears to be co-ordinating a flood of spurious complaints about The National's coverage of Gaza, resulting in literally hundreds of Ipso processes for us to go through. Let me explain ...

Quite unusual for the BBC to be publishing a piece on the release of an indie game that has garnered little interest & wasn’t developed in the UK, but then you see it’s a game by Jonathan Blow and you remember he’s pro-MAGA, anti-diversity and generally very right-wing, so it makes a bit more sense

Braid-creator Jonathan Blow on making the 'biggest puzzle game ever'

[Picture of a woman wearing armour and a crown with a purple cape flowing behind her showing colourful imagery from the game]

Laura Cress
Technology reporter
7 October 2026, 00:01 BST

I love being cold and damp all the time. I love stumbling around in the dark every morning. I love watching the very limited amount of available daylight through the window from my desk. I love going home from work and it’s already dark. I love 4 months of remorseless bleakness. I LOVE IT

Met Office - weather and climate@metoffice.gov.uk · 3d ago

Noticing the nights drawing in? 🌙 October brings a big shift, with most of the UK losing over 2 hours of daylight this month. Do you enjoy the cosy evenings or miss the longer days?

Map of the UK showing daylight lost during October by region, with colored bands and city labels and values (Lerwick −2h40m; Stornoway −2h30m; Oban/Aberdeen −2h20m; Belfast/Glasgow/Newcastle −2h10m; Hull/Manchester/Birmingham −2h; Cardiff/London/Southampton/Plymouth −1h50m).

Is it racist to believe all Muslims are subhuman? Is it racist to believe I’m superior to Muslims on account of my race? Is it racist for me to want to purge the place I live in of all Muslims for these reasons? No, and I think it’s racist of you to suggest that it is