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Grumpy and hectic, dyspeptic dyslexic. Writer / Teacher. I block sales pitches and the slightest hint of intolerance.
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LFG

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The following formats are zombies, they are dead but shambling about repeating the things they did whilst they were alive: 1. Rock music. 2. Genre fiction. 3. Pop music. 4. Literary fiction. 5. Adult cartoons. 6. Period drama. 7. Realist drama. 8. Action films. All murdered for inheritance money.

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The Queen Mary Wasifiri New Writing Prize now with an exciting new development as it’s now open to entries in translation – across all three categories Link here wasafiri.org/writing-priz... Please share :)

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FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS GOOD AND FUCKING HOLY - PATHETIC FALLACY IS NOT WHEN THE WEATHER REFLECTS THE PISSING MOOD. ITS A BRANCH OF PERSONIFICATION THAT ATTRIBUTES MOOD TO INHUMAN OBJECTS. IT'S REALLY NOT THAT HARD.

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Capitalism is good idea on paper, but it has never once worked in practice: www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...

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Being a huge Nick Drake fan, I have been excited by the leaked cuts of The Making of Five Leaves left. So excited that I was considering buying a physical copy. The price tag of £109.99 is a good reminder of what greedy bastards the music industry have always been, and why streaming won.

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Vladimir: Why do you ask? Estragon: So you can ask AI? Vladimir: Why ask me if you want AI's answer? Estragon: So I know you understand. Vladimir: But I don't understand. Estragon: Ask AI then. Vladimir: You ask AI. Estragon: What are answers anyway? Vladimir: I bet AI will know. #edusky #HE

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I grew up knowing nothing of this – luckily there are now great books for teachers, educators and parents with a global perspective on WW2 for young readers. (personally have mixed feelings about VE/VJ day and would prefer the International Day of Peace (21st September) marked instead) #kidlituk

submitted 45 days ago • 3 comments

Treat Reform voters like you would a zombie. They may look like somebody you used to know and love, but they're just a monster now.

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Open your eyes, time to wake up. Enough is enough is enough is enough. #uklocalelecetions

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Okay Bsky. New rule. If you post something I am interested and I find I am blocked from responding to it - you better believe that's a block. I don't care how many notifications you're getting. You will listen to me add nothing to the topic, or face my wrathful block.

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My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

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This first draft is frustratingly good. It's going to be a crushing round of rejections once its polished enough to go out.

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Open fields hiding Behind thick roadside hedgerow I wish we had time #haiku #dailyhaikuprompt

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Two absolute legends: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-py...

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Behind the spring sky that wild indifferent god sleeps off an aeon #dailyhaikuprompt (spring sky)

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We celebrate Easter to remember little Jimmy who died try to get his Frisbee back from a substation.

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Words To Live By Number 216

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I do mention existentialism in the promos, but Aertelis (pinned post) is specifically a Materialist fantasy novel. It's past-in-the-future and gods are not real, to keep action, agency and effect firmly with the characters, who make the world.

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

And, let me add to that by pointing out that writing led by trend, trope or market is voluntarily moving towards slop, to appease the algorithm. Be the beach, not the paving stones.

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Coming of age in the 90s able to tell within 8 bars if a band was Manchester, Stourbridge, Chapel Hill, etc. Reading best sellers filled with local dialects and culture, I find homogenised contemporary culture irrevocably bland. I miss the drive for innovation, the new sound, the fringe movements...

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Bill and Ted in Waiting for Godot is the best cultural news I've had all year.

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