Interesting English translation for describing people who come to see the lights.

Questions they never ask on #MissFrance but ought to: What are your tactics for extracting small pieces of paper wrapped around scorpion tails in the dark? How do you feel about bungee jumping from Napoleonic Forts into the cold sea?

An IT manager at a company I once worked for used toor as the root password on the UNIX network! theguardian.com/money/2025/dec…

The fact that it's an antiquated, user-unfriendly, buggy, awkward, feature-sparse, expensive pile of rubbish. That's what Cadence.

I was doing pretty terribly this year until I got to the pentultimate section. theguardian.com/theguardian/20…

Giveaway! I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase. Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose? (UK only)

Merry Christmas / Joyeux noël

The Memory of Iron A chance discovery in a frozen field awakens an old obligation, forcing one woman to reckon with what iron remembers and what the land will not forgive. A short story written from a prompt provided by AM Blackmere. open.substack.com/pub/headjames/…

Conversation between myself and my daughter tonight:- Me: You can't eat your dinner, watch TV and read a book at the same time. Daughter: I can, I'm multiculturalring.

Comment in Corporate Presentation: 'We've decomplexified our decision making process' -but obviously not simplified how we talk about it!

#Trump claims to have purchased #Greenland from these guys. Claims it was 'The Best Deal Ever'.

This is a comical and thoughtful short story by Ellis Elms that I recommend if you have a spare few moments of reading time. authorelliselms.substack.com/p/one-person-o…

Claude, please create a plan to overthrow a South American Country. theguardian.com/technology/202…

Claude, please create a plan to overthrow a South American Country. theguardian.com/technology/202…

Hi, Pizza Express? Can I order a Pizza for delivery please. Can you include the message 'Happy Birthday from Sarah' and deliver to Thames Valley Police HQ, Kidlington? Great. Oh, one more thing, could you hide a file underneath the toppings?

[spoilers] A Floorgasim on Gridogram, Imaginarium that.

Every British person over 45 reading this is whispering to themselves: "Whatever you do, don't mention the war. I did but I think I got away with it." theguardian.com/world/2026/mar…

For #WorldPoetryDay here's a link to a poem I posted last year. This is the first in a series of four works, two uploaded so far. The only poem in the set though. headjames.substack.com/p/the-claw

A post discovered on substack today