I know it's the Lord of the Year™ for @rangedtouch.bsky.social right now, but Cameron mentioned reading John Le Carré on Shelved By Genre a while ago and now I really want a series of pods with @ckunzelman.bsky.social, @austinwalker.bsky.social & @ztul.bsky.social talking about the Karla trilogy

"Bread on the big hot balls, stew in the shaft" has just made me choke on my breakfast @pierrenovellie.bsky.social #stonewilly

The toilet is not funny because it is gross. The toilet is funny because it is necessary.

Tip for anyone who has never worried about their weight: if your less svelte friends talk about fitness/dieting, do not contribute. We've been dealing this our entire lives. We're venting, not seeking advice. Your suggestions are as stupid as they are unwelcome.

I see people blaming like... dumb readings of movies on "the literacy crisis." I dunno man!! I think most people are often bad at understanding art, but historically we heard the voices of professional critics and now we hear the voices of everyone on earth at once.

I am sat in my garden reading my book. My neighbours' reactions to the football sound like the worst amateur porn.

I had a great conversation on Notes From The Nest (our @thenestcollective.bsky.social podcast) with Junior Brother about fairy forts, machine elves, math rock, and knowing your own creative process. Find that episode and more at thenestcollective.co.uk/notesfromthe...

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Starting this really late, so expect an initial flurry. Here's every book I've read this year:

Setting up for @thenestcollective.bsky.social show tonight @codydock.bsky.social feels like I'm playing Battletech, having to stop in the shade to prevent overheating every 15 mins.

"Her majesty had a heavy night. Fetch the royal smoothie maker" @pierrenovellie.bsky.social @thenewsatglenn.bsky.social

@bloodwork.show do you have any plans to make t shirts? I want LISTEN TO BLOOD WORK written across my chest.

The @bloodwork.show team fully supports the Croatian efforts against England tonight.

@hankgreen.bsky.social in the latest Dear Hank & John you said it is "totally within current ability for us to travel to alpha centauri within thousands of years". The "us" in that sentence is doing some seriously heavy lifting. Can you unpack what you actually mean?

@hankgreen.bsky.social re: hallucinatory ringpops. Substitute feathers for ringpops and you have the technology that is central to seminal British cyberpunk novel Vurt by Jeff Noon

Just spotted @miloedwards.bsky.social at Sainsbury's in Harlow. Taking that as a reminder to reiterate: the Harlow branch of Tim Hortons is the perfect venue for a TF live show

HMRC can you calm the fuck down? I've been self employed for 25 years. I know when the deadline is.

@ckunzelman.bsky.social I'm listening to the Penda's Fen episode of Shelved By Genre. I think there's a 3rd type of regional pride that is common in England. I'd sum it up as: "this place is shit and we hate it and if you don't like it you can fuck off"

Pretty sure it's the racist dog whistling and policies designed to immiserate all but the wealthiest fraction of a percent of our society. Doesn't help that he's also the World's Least Charismatic Man™ though.

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A former adviser to Keir Starmer and Tony Blair has urged the Prime Minister to reinvent himself as a 'social media star', warning that his cautious communication style is leaving voters cold

Listening to @austinwalker.bsky.social suggesting a unit about aliens on Shelved By Genre on @rangedtouch.bsky.social Please, please, please read Saucer Country by Paul Cornell for this!

Back of the net by @zackpolanski.bsky.social yet again. Bringing his A-game every single day.

The Daily Politik@dailypolitik.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“The idea that the Labour party are on the left is completely incoherent" Zack Polanski challenging the tired narrative of the mainstream media is a thing of beauty.

Americans, please can you get on board with the term "fortnightly"? There is no need for "biweekly" to have an ambiguous meaning.

Figured he's a big influence on a bunch of writers I enjoy so I'd check out Borges. Just finished this. Turns out I don't much like Borges.

#OtD 4 Oct 1936 the Battle of Cable St took place when Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists tried to march through East London. They were met by over 100k local workers who fought the blackshirts and the police protecting them, stopping the march workingclasshistory.com/2020/02/17/e...

The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video

I really, really want to buy an ebook copy of Brown Girl In The Ring by @nalohop.bsky.social I wish that was a thing I could do in the UK but it's inexplicably impossible. Anyone got any ideas?

I have achieved true adulthood. My Sunday roast is better than my mum's.

I just finished reading Dr Bloodmoney. I remain convinced that Philip K Dick never spoke to a woman IRL.

The truth: we need migration. The problem: too many politicians are terrified to say it. Why? They're led by a) toxicity of the charlatans & b) wealthy media organisations who demand these useful distractions rather than us talking about inequality. Reject it. Draw the line.

I miss when Google worked

erika@yeeeerika.bsky.social · 2y ago

i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?

I must not discourse. Discourse is the mind-killer. Discourse is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face the discourse. I will permit it to pass over me and through me.