My 'Tom Paine's Bones' puppet in Lewes for 4th July celebration, really big turnout! Cracking photo gallery here- www.gettyimages.com/editorial-im... He's now going to live there! A fitting home, for sure... And a reprint of my visual biography of him is looming... polyp.org.uk/books/paine-...

Looking 4ward 2 talking about historical representation, graphic novels & historical truth, in its various senses, with graphic novelist @polypartist.bsky.social @ the IOE History Special Interest Group seminar this coming Friday. All welcome. Registration & details: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/hie-sig/2026...

Great fun at the Humanists UK festival last week, doing a talk with @madeleineog.bsky.social about some of the historical wild card humanist freethinkers featured in our 'Loose Cannons' book project. Crowdfunding now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

A reminder from the fundamentalists NOT to back our crowdfunder, nor help publicize it... Unless of course you kinda fancy being his slave? In which case- come on board, and help load the cannons! ; ) www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

@peterloomemorial.bsky.social RICHARD CARLILE-the chaotic, unsung hero of Peterloo? freethinker.co.uk/2026/06/rich... See all the Carlile sample pages (from PETERLOO graphic novelist Polyp's new book crowdfunder) via this 'The Freethinker' article. He had a truly bizzare, dangerous day on 16th Aug!

A preview of the Richard Carlile chapter from the forthcoming book LOOSE CANNONS, an illustrated history of vivid freethinking humanist rebels, created by @polypartist.bsky.social and Madeleine Goodall. Plus crowdfunder for the book - contribute if you can! freethinker.co.uk/2026/06/rich...

Richard Carlile, a LOOSE CANNON - The Freethinker

The Freethinker is happy to present an entertaining and cheeky look at the Richard Carlile chapter from the forthcoming…

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Project has hit the ground running in its first hours! Check it out, folks, it's gonna be a cracker...

Mark Crail@markcrail.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I just backed @polypartist.bsky.social LOOSE CANNONS: a history of freethinking humanist rebels! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

I've just launched a new book crowdfunder- "LOOSE CANNONS- a history of freethinking humanist rebels!" www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom... Feel free to check out my track record of previous, fully delivered projects via the kickstarter page, and hope you'll want to come on board with this one!

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New book crowdfunder launching VERY soon... it's gonna be a cracker, watch this space! You can see my other crowdfunded titles here- polyp.org.uk/books/

Was very happy to have published this with the ever-excellent Freethinker Magazine. My 'Conspiracy Zone' mini comic is here- polyp.org.uk/books/the-co...

The Conspiracy Zone - polyp.org.uk

A short, visually dense minicomic that takes an enraged, scatalogical and sarcastically debunking journey into the sinister, alt-right heart of the conspiracy theory movement. An ideal present for fol...

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The Freethinker@thefreethinkermag.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Vaccine mind control, climate change denial, 9/11 Trutherism, Pizzagate...and the rest. Paul Fitzgerald aka @polypartist.bsky.social takes a look at the sordid world of conspiracy theories, with cartoons from his new graphic book. freethinker.co.uk/2026/05/the-...

The May edition of The Beacon is here! Take a look inside: thomaspaine.org/wp-content/u...

He needs a wall at the Southern border.

Thomas Paine and the Roots of Early Labor Unions: The Case of the Excise Officers Find full info here: thomaspaine.org/about/events/

For the record: all the obsessive posts and comments about the shooting attempt definitely absolutely being 'fake' makes you sound just like Trump himself.

Latest YouGov Westminster voting intention, 19-20 April 2026 Reform UK: 27% (+3 from 12-13 April) Greens: 17% (-1) Conservatives: 17% (-2) Labour: 16% (-1) Lib Dems: 14% (+1) Restore Britain: 3% (-1) SNP: 3% (=) Plaid Cymru: 1% (=) Your Party: 0% (=) yougov.com/en-gb/articl...

Morning.

I know the folk organizing this: it'll be a genuine, no-nonsense open discussion, tackling the gritty questions the Green Left and all rational progressives need to enagage with. www.eventbrite.com/e/common-kno...

Great 'New vs Old Earthrise' article by my PETERLOO co-author. His book on this well worth reading. theconversation.com/how-artemis-...

How Artemis II’s Earthset photo compares with the iconic Earthrise image from 1968

Artemis II astronauts updated the iconic 1968 image during their 2026 loop around the Moon.

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This is the truest summary I have ever heard – and it applies to the rise of reform and to those who voted leave in the UK. It’s about hate. That’s why these people can’t be appeased. They will look for the worst harm.

Y.O.L.O.0311@yolo0311.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Facts spoken by an ex-trumper...

I can't stop staring at these photos. This is what Earthset looks like—our homeworld setting behind the Moon. And compare the dark, cratered surface of the Moon to the blue oceans and swirling clouds on our own planet. If there's a starker illustration of our lifegiving world, I've yet to see it.

The tangerine wanna be king didn’t have anything to do with Artemis II & the crew didn’t need to be subjected to him…

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

Awkward scenes aboard Artemis II as Trump stops ranting and none of the astronauts have anything left to say to him, leading to extended dead air

Christianity is the biggest, most profitable scam in America.

In a blatant act of provocation yesterday, Sadiq Khan allowed Christians to perform the Passion of Jesus in Trafalgar Square - a disgraceful show of dominance by a religion from the middle east.

Wow. This has to be disorienting for a lot of folks to see.