THE ADVENTURER (1972) was not great television, but it did give John Barry the chance to do another of his oddly melancholic minor key efforts and so I can forgive 26 episodes of meh because at least we got this theme out of it. youtu.be/-oms1FtcD4g

The Adventurer

YouTube video by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Topic

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This is interesting. The bit about what happens to AI critics within corporate structures is depressing. Imagine "The Emperor's New Clothes" except when the little boy calls out "The Emperor has no clothes!" he's immediately thrown into an oubliette. www.thenerve.news/p/cory-docto...

Cory Doctorow: The people who tell you ‘AI is changing everything’ are lying

It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our t...

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An aside, but if I had a neo-Nazi character in something set in contemporary Britain and gave him the surname "Bonehill-Paine," my editor would want a word with me.

Chris Terry-Enescu@cjterry.bsky.social · 10h ago

It's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.

On a... different note, it’s also the 12th birthday of the Profanity Embroidery Group

Odd This Day@oddthisday.bsky.social · last yr.

So, happy 11th birthday, the Profanity Embroidery Group

Every day is like shit Quatermass now.

Here’s the latest stop motion animation from my Tiny Angry Witch team. (I’m the writer, I can’t take credit for the animating!) It’s one of our longest, and it nearly drove us all mad, but we’re really proud of getting it made! 1 x Tiny Angry Witch 1 x broom No AI

New transmission from Moon Base Alpha...My full 2019 interview with the visual effects genius Brian Johnson, who sadly died in June. Link there as well to the Front Row discussion with Paul Franklin about Brian's career and importance. samiraahmed.blog/space-1999-t... #space1999

Now, I *am* a nobody but @seamas.bsky.social is a bestseller so surely Joanna is just showing herself up here.

"When it comes to the very obscenely rich in America, I take an aggressive zero-tolerance attitude. Break their monopolies. Seize their estates. Confiscate their wealth. They have built a system by which to steal our freedom as well as our money. They are criminals. We should treat them as such."

The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social · 19h ago

Zero-tolerance for oligarchs www.editorialboard.com/zero-toleran...

“Today is August 4, 2026, the city of Allendale, California.” "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury.

Reminding my American friends to check to make sure they're registered to vote way before November. Even if you think you are - doublecheck just to make sure you don't fall pray to shennanigans.

Liddle, AA Gill, Littlejohn, Coren, Delingpole, and -- off in the shadows -- Gove. Boris Johnson's a busted flush at present and is keeping his head relatively low, but he'll go loud when he sees his moment. How did any of these people ever get a pulpit? Yes, that's a rhetorical question.

Stefan Mohamed@stefmowords.bsky.social · yesterday

in the epic The People Vs UK Media court case of our dreams, Liddle wouldn't be Exhibit A, but he'd certainly be an exhibit. handsomely remunerated throughout his life for spraying bile across the pages of whichever sociopathic rag would pay him. nice to the right people. had the correct prejudices

Book Review: Wickhills by Premee Mohamed Manticores, vampyrs, and spies challenge a magical city @klaxoncomms.com has our review at the blog www.nerds-feather.com/2026/08/book...

Book Review: Wickhills by Premee Mohamed

Manticores, vampyrs, and spies challenge a magical city   Premee Mohamed’s Wickhills is a John le Carré-style spy story that manages to bot...

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My gut feeling is that these Reform voters are convinced the £5m scandal is The Establishment trying to fit their guy up and so they're socking it to The Man by behaving like this. That their guy IS The Man will forever be beyond them.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · yesterday

More evidence that Reform voters are not like other people in the UK. Show them some potential corruption and they’re all in.

public libraries ftw

Also thank you for the ratings and lovely reviews on Vol 1! Appreciate the kind words; which I did not see until now while wondering about the various settings. Sorry! Itch's layout is confusing to me :-D I also don't know how to reply so thanks here! 👍 carlydraws.itch.io/spaceships-v... #ttrpg

SPACESHIPS VOL. 1 by CARLYDRAWS

Human-made grungy sci fi spaceship pack for ttrpgs

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carlydraws@carlydraws.bsky.social · 2d ago

A-F INDUSTRIES PRESENT- SPACESHIPS VOL 2: RETURN OF SPACEFLEET the latest in grimy grotty spaceship tech! 10 scanline style spaceships of all shapes & sizes plus mix n match grotty backgrounds 👩‍🎨 human made artpacks for your human made ttrpgs! 📚 🚀 carlydraws.itch.io 🚀 👍 #art #ttrpg #spaceships

Yesss @neonhemlock.bsky.social met its initial funding goal for the novella series! Another 2k and you’ll get my novella. You want to feel really uncomfortable about roommate dynamics, right? You want to process your pre 2024 election feelings, right? Well: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

The Neon Hemlock Novella Series | Volume Seven

Novellas and a short story collection from “the apex of queer speculative fiction publishing” —Publishers Weekly

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o no a bigot has died i must find nice things to say about him Alternatively, no, I don't.

Like all great writers, it's a time to pay tribute to the words they left us with

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 2d ago

BREAKING: Sunday Times and Sun columnist Rod Liddle has died aged 66 after a short illness

Fancy that. The CEO of Bloomsbury has personally written to me to tell me what a fabulous writer I am. Seems a little unusual to tell me about my own work in a weirdly anodyne and synthetic way, but I'm sure it's legit, just like him using a gmail address to get in touch with me. Definitely kosher.

rip 😔

We’ve plans for Borodino 1812 later this year. And you can’t have Borodino without the flèches and the iconic church. So here’s the church. 3d printed model.

"Dagon" was a terrific magazine. I suspect I still have my handful of issues somewhere.

Shannon Appelcline@shannonappelcline.bsky.social · 3d ago

A new bit of history out today, a complete index and history of Dagon magazine, the very first, legendary Call of Cthulhu fanzine published by Carl T. Ford in the '80s. zinedex.designers-and-dragons.com/chaosium/dag...

"Ahem. I should like to return this reality, my good fellow. It is evidently borked."

they’re so close to hitting the base goal, who wants to bring this one home so we can start tackling stretch goals? 👀👀

Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · last wk.

You can back the crowdfund here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

This is deadass every republican campaign ad here in the south. I'm not even REMOTELY JOKING.

As I just said, I love using repurposed toys when I can get them. This ex Paw Patrol flier cost me 3 euros in a junk sale. I cut off the carrying handle and remodelled the nose. It's featured as the getaway vehicle for an evil dictator in a couple of Xenos Rampant games already.

545pm this evening in London. A chilling experience..

Samira Ahmed@samiraahmeduk.bsky.social · last wk.

Peter Watkins BFI Southbank season alert. Kicking off with a fine panel event with me+The War Game screening - banned for decades by the BBC. Next Sunday Aug 2nd. Films in season include the anti-A Hard Day's Night pop dystopia, Privilege, featured in my book... whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

Enjoyed it greatly on first release, but trying to rewatch it a few years ago (I got about halfway through), yeah, it hasn't aged well. Given its director and cinematographer (Johns Badham & Alonzo), it's surprisingly plodding. Felt like a very expensive TV pilot rather than a feature film.

Russ Fischer@russfischer.bsky.social · 4d ago

Watching BLUE THUNDER (1983). Incredible that they made a movie about pervy LA helicopter cops, maybe the least-liked people in society, and got away with it by casting Roy Scheider and Daniel Stern.

Me: I think I'll come up with a nice, simple adventure plot for a TTRPG. Nothing complicated, just fun shenanigans. *Weeks pass* *Research is done* *New twists, moral complexity, and engaging characters emerge* Me: Hold on... when did this turn into the plot of an adventure novel? *Sweats*