keir starmer waiting for the may elections

and no I haven't put the Mandelson-Epstein-Reinaldo scoop on twitter we journalists *can* make Bluesky the place to break news

I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage

congratulations to Ed Miliband!

@coneshotline.bsky.social cones look what I saw today

I see a lot of people debating the funniest outcome and to be clear the answer is: 1) They let Burnham run. 2) He wins it. 3) They lose the mayoral by-election. 4) This forces a leadership election. 5) Andy doesn't win it.

Slightly diminish a game Bridge Request

I never thought I’d see “what’s it gonna take to bring him down? child porn?” actually tested in live conditions

this is going to be really excellent - if you’re around and want to make a new thing, or have something half-formed in your head, come try it out with a bunch of other great people in the same boat also it’s at the bridge command set, you don’t get to create art on a spaceship every day

From the archives: Gary Oswald ( @garyoswald.bsky.social ) interviews SLP founder, editor and #author Tom Black ( @tomblack.uk ), also known for his work on #interactive #AlternateHistory and #ScienceFiction #theatre such as #BridgeCommand. www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/intervi...

happy New Year’s Eve! today I thought about how Howard Dean had to stop running for president because he made a weird noise. and now,

A reminder of SLP's recent #AlternateHistory #book releases as we close out 2025. Looking forward to more in 2026! #HappyNewYear www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/this-ye...

TimeSplitters Future Perfect THEN. Battlefield 2 NOW. I like gun go bang with friends

angering my friends, family and colleagues by consistently calling it Layer Cake: A Knives Out Mystery

she knows me! (the masculine urge to chop)

every wiki article about classic UK comedy like "Father and Sons was a comedy duo comprised of Reg Father and Tommy Sons, who appeared on a record breaking 18,450 episodes of The Light Applause Hour. Reg Father died in 1988 of Cigarette Fever. Tommy Sons remains alive in prison since 1997"

it’s the time of year when I remember that I didn’t know how gas ovens worked until a few years ago so I always thought Sylvia Plath cooked her head

You're laughing at this but you won't be when your shitty Tesla gets sunk by a U-Boat.

old twitter was like a place in interwar berlin, paris, or shanghai people have romantic memories about in spite of witnessing knife fights between prostitutes daily and heroin junkies overdosing

It’s Animal Farm, Liz. I play Moses the Raven and have a really cool rap parody about leaving my droppings on people’s cars.

I don’t think I’ve ever fully recovered from the time when @tomblack.uk said that the fictional politician I most resemble is the guy who mugs “Carry on, nurse” in one very brief montage clip from House of Cards.

not a shot at Julianna but the implication that this has aged badly feels off. like, yes, people did actually do that? maybe my expectations were on the floor but my own view was “lmao Italy just told everyone to stay inside forever, we are simply never going to do that” and then we just… did

You will be visited by three spirits

yes YES the Christmas crisps are out

So orgs have no agency over their admissions, and are are being forced to oprress people against their own and their members' wishes. If trans women making jam makes you angry please know you're a contemptible degenerate, disliked by everyone with an actual soul www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

holy shit the last time this happened was kohl?? the guy who started being chancellor before the wall came down? we live in a Europe

I, a person who wants Rachel Reeves to not be chancellor of the exchequer, am increasingly tired of the number of shitty ways that the press are trying to stop her being chancellor of the exchequer

not just doing a plug here, but this was foretold in Andy Cooke’s The Fifth Lectern, which @sealionpress.co.uk published all the way back in 2015: www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page... FPTP basically breaks, on paper and in reality, when you get more than 3 parties competing everywhere nationally

Re-upping for the morning crowd: I'm organising a Jubensha Convention in London for 8-9th May 2026! Come and play jubensha, meet top game designers, and learn how it's designed. It's *probably* the first jubensha English-language convention in the world... Tickets will be around £15!

In today's #SaturdayShowcase of past SLP #AlternateHistory #books it's the one that started it all. @tomblack.uk and @jacktindale.bsky.social explore #WhatIf there been any truth to the (wrong) #conspiracytheory that #HaroldWilson was a #communist #spy. www.sealionpress.co.uk/product-page...

SEVEN TICKETS LEFT now for this jubensha-inspired mystery game, all of them at 8pm this Saturday (1st November). We don't know if this case will come back so don't miss what might be your only chance to come and crack it. Audiences are loving it!

@chloemashiter.bsky.social do your thing

Only a handful of tickets left for this now! It’s shaping up to be a fast paced and twisty evening.

NEW LISTING Alibi: Dead Air Twelve suspects. One killer. And that killer could be YOU. LONDON. October 29 - Nov. 2 everythingimmersive.com/events/alibi...

people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath

I found where the reform party keeps its respect

and another thing: he’s not mad. please don’t put it in the newspaper that he got mad.

the last man to give up being Duke of York became KING. see the whole board, sheeple!

oh the grand old Duke of York [the Duke of York is in red like a broken Wikipedia link, for the purposes of this joke]

I’m on a TRAIN and I can SLEEP on the TRAIN and the TRAIN gets on a FERRY and at the other end if GOES BACK ON THE RAILS and then it TAKES ME TO SIRACUSA and I’m GIDDY

“Half are arriving late”

NEW SHOW: Dean Rodgers and I have made a jubensha-inspired interactive murder mystery experience, just in time for Hallowe'en. Come down to @theatredeli.bsky.social to play one of 12 intricately-crafted suspects, each with their own secrets to uncover. www.theatredeli.co.uk/Event/enddat...

Welcome to follow Ellarion Tales, the new home of Odysseus and beyond! Odysseus is returning as a recurring event with an upgraded permanent spaceship through crowdfunding. Read our full blog post: ellariontales.com/blog/blog1-b... Join our mailing list at ellariontales.com/newsletter

maybe because I’m in a naively good faith mood but yeah if I were trying to make “ai” win hearts and not just investor cash, I would say “hey there’s this tech that I can apply to making a very good intuitive feature for your inbox” rather than “I have grown you a girlfriend and she loves em dashes”

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