Rob Finch
@finchwrites.bsky.social
Involuntary Frankfurt widower. Voluntary guitarist and korfballer. Glorified mercenary typist.
Finally, the Owl Bond they said couldn't be made. Tw-it tw-oo7
Horned Owl Head Turn from Mickey Mouse Funhouse
Alt: Horned Owl Head-Turn
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The Independent@the-independent.com · 9h agoJames Bond producer shares update on 007 casting: ‘It’s got to be really different’
We are literally in drought again, Europe is on fire, and food security is collapsing as we speak, you ludicrous brainstems in ties
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 21h agoThe UK government is scrapping Net Zero and environmental criteria from procurement rules.
Here a compilation of stupid things library consultants have said to me in solidarity with library pals at Lambeth Libraries where genius consultants has decided that a qualified head of library service post isn't really essential.
A thread about my book, which is available pretty much everywhere you find books as an ebook, audiobook, or paperback. It's really good! You should read it.
Ben from Crudely Drawn Swords@glenatron.bsky.social · 2d agoThe Redstone Rescue is a fantasy novel set in a republic that cares for and protects its citizens, surrounded by avaricious kingdoms. Is is my response to our genre's obsession with kings and chosen ones. Not a story of revolution, one that asks how a better world can be preserved.
People say Jimmy Junior looks more like his father than his mother.
Might as well stick a "windfall tax me" sign on energy companies ... again
Damian Carrington@dpcarrington.bsky.social · yesterdayBP profits more than double to $5.7bn in three months as Iran war sends oil prices soaring - "While BP banks enormous profits, millions of households are paying the price" #energycrisis #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Logged into work Google "My Drive" and unaccountably started whistling "My Guy"
Once again I find myself asking "have you considered simply not breaking the speed limit?" www.dailymail.com/news/article...
Writer Lynda La Plante breaks down as she is handed driving ban
Lynda La Plante said a driving ban would effectively end her writing career, as she would not be able to meet contacts for her works.
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I am always always ALWAYS the last person to leave a video meeting. Never know where the button is, always slightly mousing around looking around for the way out.
You think London pigeons are bad. Dubrovnik pigeons are skanky af
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
The Slow Newscast: Who owns our water? Episode webpage: shows.acast.com/the-tortoise... Media file: sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/th...
Who owns our water? | The Slow Newscast
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maybe it is economically valuable to tackle the climate crisis
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4d ago‘Worst we’ve known’: UK turns to imports as drought and heat hit vegetable crops
In celebration of #YorkshireDay, please enjoy this Sean Bean bastard collection. Sound up, bastards.
The Redstone Rescue now exists as a physical object and I have a very small number of them available to sell through Turn Another Page. If you've been holding off because you really prefer paper, this is your opportunity: turnanother.page/book/the-red...
The Redstone Rescue
### A light-hearted utopian fantasy detective story “They say the crown lies heavy on the head of the king, but in Sataminva our crown lies on a perfectly counterbalanced plate in a display case in th...
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This white cat has the most incredible pair of jet-black gonads I've ever seen on a feline
GLADT offers counseling for queer people who also experience racism, inquire at info@gladt.de. All Berliners affected can call a support hotline at 0800 – 0009546.
We have had just over 3mm of rain this month. That is insane for Wales. The Carmarthen average for July is 74mm.
Sky News@news.sky.com · 6d agoDrought declared across the whole of Wales with July on course to be driest in 190 years
You can read about it (paywall)
Victor Hutley’s Diary of the 1925 Royal Tour Part 4: Isolation in Simon’s Town Hospital – The Navy Records Society
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Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 7d agoEnough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?
It's hiring time again! We are searching for an Assistant to the Small Press Buyer. All information about the role and how to apply can be found by clicking the link below. Applications are open until 10th August 2026. Good luck! goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
