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ryanvance.bsky.social
Writer, designer, rule of three enthusiast. www.ryanvance.co.uk
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I've a theory AI sounds like it does (obsequious & vapid) because early-days training with word-identification captchas meant using scans of smudged/faded words from very old books, so we've accidentally built a talking horse scam running Victorian morality software on Tech Boomer nihilism hardware.

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Gonna record an aggressive free form grindcore jazz song called “I’m a prick who doesn’t use headphones” to be listened to really loud on public transport without headphones when you find yourself next to a prick who doesn’t use headphones.

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They’re dating.

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Bunch o’ babes in Lighthouse Books yesterday to launch Fierce Salvage - Suki Hollywood, Colin McGuire and Lakshmi Ajay with @ryanvance.bsky.social - great readings, great questions, great responses - queer words are a tonic in trying times

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Friends fear he’s starting a Celeste replay the same week he returned to counselling.

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Sometimes you have to take a photo of your hair before the Scottish weather makes a mockery of the very concept.

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I fear it may need surgical intervention to remove from my brain the cells which remember - and still believe - when the Scotrail express between Glasgow and Edinburgh ran every 15 minutes.

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Books of note of 2025: A thread!

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Comics like this really warped my youthful expectations of how often a helpful voice would comfort and direct my adult self from outside of the frame.

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Tomorrow! Join us for the Edinburgh launch of @404ink.bsky.social's Fierce Salvage at @lighthousebks.bsky.social, featuring readings from the book, and a Q&A with three of our Queer Words Project mentees - Suki Hollywood, Lakshmi Ajay and Colin McGuire! lighthousebookshop.com/events/fierc...

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Phrasing here is ambiguous enough to suggest the NHS wants to put 9 million of the most depressed people you’ve ever met on stage to try their hand at stand-up comedy, which I would like to see.

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Unfortunately, it's more motivational knowing my outie doesn't in fact, name their layers, because innie me names his layers, and I don't want that for either of us.

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