Jonathan Crossfield
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Storyteller, writer, editor, content marketer, consultant & presenter. In short: professional pedant, prattler & procrastinator. AVAILABLE FOR WORK.
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I love me a Christmas comic! Every year, UK comics would add snow and/or holly to the logo and fill a special issue with merry japes full of cannon ball puddings and snowball fights.
And then someone asked Kevin O’Neil to do a wraparound cover for the #2000AD Christmas issue!
Pure nightmare fuel!
And then someone asked Kevin O’Neil to do a wraparound cover for the #2000AD Christmas issue!
Pure nightmare fuel!
If someone is already “qualified and vetted”, why would paying a cool mil for this provide a more “direct path”?
I can only think it’s either a) to
jump the queue or b) maybe don’t vet me TOO hard.
I can only think it’s either a) to
jump the queue or b) maybe don’t vet me TOO hard.
If I didn’t see this myself on Truth Social I’d assume it was some phishing site
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
If someone is already “qualified and vetted”, why would paying a cool mil for this provide a more “direct path”?
I can only think it’s either a) to
jump the queue or b) maybe don’t vet me TOO hard.
I can only think it’s either a) to
jump the queue or b) maybe don’t vet me TOO hard.
Nothing screams “innocent” like threatening the ICC because you think they’ll come after you.
Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump ...
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Nothing screams “innocent” like threatening the ICC because you think they’ll come after you.
Was just thinking I should have this on display over Christmas and perhaps even read some of the other stories and articles to get some of that Victorian Xmas atmos, instead of just The Signal-man.
But of course most of my books and stuff are still boxed up, so yet again I have no idea where it is.
But of course most of my books and stuff are still boxed up, so yet again I have no idea where it is.
There's only 1 good thing about moving house: finding things I've been looking for for years!
An original 1866 Xmas issue of All The Year Round, with end papers (not from a bound volume), feat. the 1st printing of the best ghost story ever – Charles Dickens's The Signal-man!
An original 1866 Xmas issue of All The Year Round, with end papers (not from a bound volume), feat. the 1st printing of the best ghost story ever – Charles Dickens's The Signal-man!
December 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Was just thinking I should have this on display over Christmas and perhaps even read some of the other stories and articles to get some of that Victorian Xmas atmos, instead of just The Signal-man.
But of course most of my books and stuff are still boxed up, so yet again I have no idea where it is.
But of course most of my books and stuff are still boxed up, so yet again I have no idea where it is.
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Missed this 25th anniversary of this headline from a UK tabloid.
December 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Missed this 25th anniversary of this headline from a UK tabloid.
The lighting here makes him look more like an oompa-loompa than ever.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The lighting here makes him look more like an oompa-loompa than ever.
Tell me you’ve never had to suddenly duck and twist between people to hoik a 20kg suitcase off a moving carousel with an outstretched arm without knocking over the granny standing next to you without telling me.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Tell me you’ve never had to suddenly duck and twist between people to hoik a 20kg suitcase off a moving carousel with an outstretched arm without knocking over the granny standing next to you without telling me.
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"I couldn't help but notice you got the full size sandwich from the buffet car..."
December 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"I couldn't help but notice you got the full size sandwich from the buffet car..."
Haven’t seen it yet, but what age rating would you suggest for The War Between the Land and the Sea?
Are we talking Torchwood level sex and violence here or just grim #DoctorWho ala Satan Pit or Dark Water?
Ms 11 wants to watch but I’ve not seen an official rating.
Are we talking Torchwood level sex and violence here or just grim #DoctorWho ala Satan Pit or Dark Water?
Ms 11 wants to watch but I’ve not seen an official rating.
December 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Haven’t seen it yet, but what age rating would you suggest for The War Between the Land and the Sea?
Are we talking Torchwood level sex and violence here or just grim #DoctorWho ala Satan Pit or Dark Water?
Ms 11 wants to watch but I’ve not seen an official rating.
Are we talking Torchwood level sex and violence here or just grim #DoctorWho ala Satan Pit or Dark Water?
Ms 11 wants to watch but I’ve not seen an official rating.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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Somewhere there’s a timeline where Albo beat Shorten to the leadership in 2013, lost the general in 2019 and was replaced by Shorten who went on to become PM in 2022.
Bill Shorten still gets what the ALP should be about. He’s a serious contender for the best PM we never had.
Bill Shorten still gets what the ALP should be about. He’s a serious contender for the best PM we never had.
Just so we are clear. Many of us rightly believed that Scott Morrison was the most antidemocratic PM Australia has ever seen.
Albanese is worse. Much worse.
He’s not as idiotic or vile as Morrison but his fascist tendencies are more honed
Albanese is worse. Much worse.
He’s not as idiotic or vile as Morrison but his fascist tendencies are more honed
December 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Somewhere there’s a timeline where Albo beat Shorten to the leadership in 2013, lost the general in 2019 and was replaced by Shorten who went on to become PM in 2022.
Bill Shorten still gets what the ALP should be about. He’s a serious contender for the best PM we never had.
Bill Shorten still gets what the ALP should be about. He’s a serious contender for the best PM we never had.
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Tell me you've never seen The Innocents without telling me you've never seen The Innocents. ;)
(The Others is still very good though.)
(The Others is still very good though.)
December 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Tell me you've never seen The Innocents without telling me you've never seen The Innocents. ;)
(The Others is still very good though.)
(The Others is still very good though.)
I can't wait for the documentary in ten years' time that exposes the whole Liz Truss thing as one long piece of performance art conceived by an out-of-work actor called Colin from Stevenage.
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I can't wait for the documentary in ten years' time that exposes the whole Liz Truss thing as one long piece of performance art conceived by an out-of-work actor called Colin from Stevenage.
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Jesus christ. I was looking for references and then
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Jesus christ. I was looking for references and then
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This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Pretty sure the big book has something not very good to say about worshipping false idols.
And when the key word in AI is “Artificial”, then …
Wait … who am I kidding? MAGAs already treat the 10 Commandments as a to-do list!
And when the key word in AI is “Artificial”, then …
Wait … who am I kidding? MAGAs already treat the 10 Commandments as a to-do list!
December 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Pretty sure the big book has something not very good to say about worshipping false idols.
And when the key word in AI is “Artificial”, then …
Wait … who am I kidding? MAGAs already treat the 10 Commandments as a to-do list!
And when the key word in AI is “Artificial”, then …
Wait … who am I kidding? MAGAs already treat the 10 Commandments as a to-do list!
This is horrific!
December 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is horrific!
After watching the news for five minutes, I think we can all relate.
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
After watching the news for five minutes, I think we can all relate.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
So far this morning, we’ve had Dire Straits, Midnight Oil and AC/DC. If Barnesy or Cold Chisel.
Triple M really is a time warp for Aussie blokes desperate to hang onto their flannel-wearing teenage days drinking a couple of Dad’s tinnies down in the garage.
Triple M really is a time warp for Aussie blokes desperate to hang onto their flannel-wearing teenage days drinking a couple of Dad’s tinnies down in the garage.
It is an unwritten rule that all builders must listen to classic rock on Triple M all day every day. I like a bit of AC/DC or INXS as much as the next guy, but y’know, not exclusively!
If I must have builders working next door, just once can it be one who prefers ABC Classic FM?
If I must have builders working next door, just once can it be one who prefers ABC Classic FM?
December 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
So far this morning, we’ve had Dire Straits, Midnight Oil and AC/DC. If Barnesy or Cold Chisel.
Triple M really is a time warp for Aussie blokes desperate to hang onto their flannel-wearing teenage days drinking a couple of Dad’s tinnies down in the garage.
Triple M really is a time warp for Aussie blokes desperate to hang onto their flannel-wearing teenage days drinking a couple of Dad’s tinnies down in the garage.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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Whoops.
TFW the choice of hypothetical example in the law manual to illustrate the definition of a clearly illegal order is exactly the same as the actual scenario being “debated”, it’s time to give up hoping this is about legal interpretation or semantics.
TFW the choice of hypothetical example in the law manual to illustrate the definition of a clearly illegal order is exactly the same as the actual scenario being “debated”, it’s time to give up hoping this is about legal interpretation or semantics.
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Whoops.
TFW the choice of hypothetical example in the law manual to illustrate the definition of a clearly illegal order is exactly the same as the actual scenario being “debated”, it’s time to give up hoping this is about legal interpretation or semantics.
TFW the choice of hypothetical example in the law manual to illustrate the definition of a clearly illegal order is exactly the same as the actual scenario being “debated”, it’s time to give up hoping this is about legal interpretation or semantics.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM