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Had a blood test yesterday with a LOVELY phlebotomist. She was chatty, kind, laughed at my idiotic banter, was genuinely interested in me, complimented ME on being nice & her vampirism was PAINLESS..!! The five-minute interaction with her GENUINELY brightened my day. &gave me a MODICUM of hope..

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NEW EPISODE! Susan Barker joins me for a conversation about her new novel OLD SOUL. Globetrotting almost-vampires and entities in the fourth dimension - all wrapped up in a high literary sheen. Great book, good conversation All podcast platforms.

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Watched Wolf Man last night. (I was BOOKED to watch A Complete Unknown, but I'm not a Dylan fan, I'm not a Timothée fan & I just couldn't be ARSED..!!) Now I'm not as au fait with werewolf cinema as I am with vampire cinema. Werewolves generally have less potency, less potential, for me, than..

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Winter warble.. #Musician #Winter #Singer #Nature

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Well I accidentally rented a copy of LE COMTE DE MONTE CRISTO that only has French subtitles and the last time I was in France, I panicked trying to order a cheeseburger at McDonald's. So I guess I'll be working through some unresolved trauma for 3 hours.

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I didn't willingly get on this political rollercoaster. In fact, I don't think I'm even tall enough to ride.

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Such an awful shame that the Old Vic Theatre School will stop taking undergrads. Another terrible omen for arts education and the state of university funding models oldvic.ac.uk/news/an-impo...

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Just going to reiterate - We are on this bot problem. We shall fight them on the beaches. We shall fight them in the signup process, we shall fight them in the notifications

submitted 48 days ago • 1607 comments

BEHOLD MY ARMY OF PORNBOTS

submitted 48 days ago • 28 comments

Clichés are rhetorical hammocks — comfortable places to relax for a bit, but somewhat embarrassing to get in and out of.

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Oh great we get to hear from a Labour mp about all the deportations Labour is doing. In response to three people’s death this is what we get. Give me strength. They even asked if ID cards would stop drownings?? IMMIGRANTS NEED ID TO WORK & ACCESS SERVICES ALREADY #r4today

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Our beloved @lcfc lost 0-2 in a plucky battle v Man City. ALWAYS fab to be @ King Power, even (ESPECIALLY) when we're in the doldrums&staring relegation in the face. But we had several bona fide chances&never gave up. Back home running, walking&still singing✊🏼🦊 #lcfc #LEIMCI

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He is exactly who we think he is.

submitted 61 days ago • 671 comments

As sure as there’s a hole in his arse, Nigel Farage never fails to be repugnant

submitted 59 days ago • 12 comments

Framing matters #BehaviouralScience

submitted 59 days ago • 2 comments

I don’t understand what the weasel did to be the animal most often associated with a lack of scruples.

submitted 59 days ago • 34 comments

funniest possible demonym for americans is “burgers”

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Finally watched The Substance on Christmas Eve.. Can't think of a fillum I've HATED so much. From Dennis Quaid's UNBELIEVABLY stupid performance (actually, the stupid performances of ALL the supporting players) to the INCREDIBLY tedious direction & world-building, to the VERY rubbish script, to..

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"You will be haunted," resumed the Ghost, "by Three Spirits." Scrooge's countenance fell almost as low as the Ghost's had done. "So you and two others, Jacob?" he demanded, in a faltering voice. "No. Three more." "So four spirits" said Scrooge. The ghost’s head dropped as it sighed. “Fuck’s sa

submitted 61 days ago • 11 comments

We published two phenomenal books this year and have three slated for 2025, plus at least one horror bundle. Our New Year's resolution is to go even weirder and wilder!

submitted 61 days ago • 1 comment

I'm about to use a slur as a psa. FYI gyp/jip/gypped is a slur. Yes the word you use to mean you got ripped off or scammed is a slur. It comes from "gypsy " Another slur for the Romani people. Maybe stop using it. (You didn't know, now you know)

submitted 63 days ago • 35 comments

"But why won't you, academic, help improve the World Eating Plagiarism Death Sphere, that we built to destroy your field and our world and fund it through the theft of your work? Why are you so negative about it?"

submitted 61 days ago • 9 comments

What is it with the Icelandians thinking potatoes are bad. Mash them! Boil them! Put them in a stew!

submitted 61 days ago • 60 comments

As he handed Santa the summons, Little Timmy condemned himself to a lifetime on the naughty list. #Advent

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Queue in M&S yesterday for the tills was all the way out the food hall and round menswear. If you are in a similar queue: download the M&S app where you can scan AND pay in the app up to £45 at a time. Fill your bag, walk out, let the sweet smell of Christmas smugness waft around you.

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I shall be reading this today from cover to cover (Edward Arnold in London, 1905). It arrived like a ghost-bomb, changing everything. Like all old books, it's haunted by the hands of owners - in this case JC Weston of Camberwell and later Arthur and Margaret Cole of Palace Gardens Terrace, W8. 📚💙

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It doesn't get said enough, but it takes an incredible amount of courage to crawl across the broken shards of an entire patriarchal heteronormative cisgendered social structure to stand as your true selves in the face of ... everything that entails. I'm proud of you. 💜🏳️‍⚧️

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In 2024 I ran a Govt petition to ban all private funding in British politics & I asked MPs to back a new Bill. It would be the most game changing reform to democracy in centuries. The media ignored my campaign. A new poll shows a strong public appetite for it: mailchi.mp/survation/ma...

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I know lots of unsung heroes who are not famous & don’t pay publicists so they don’t get in the news but they did amazing stuff this year 💚 I’ve also seen 2024 media round ups only naming mega famous rich people who did comparatively mildly good things. No idea who most of them are. Who cares.

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Floriduh.

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“These methods are deadly, acutely attuned to how to form and nurture media and social media sentiment against a woman. How many women has this happened to?” Must read by Laura Snapes on Blake Lively, internalised misogyny and questioning the narrative. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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I love watching this every year. Merry christmas Germany! 🎄

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