Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory. They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth. But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi. RIP, Jamal. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Bloodsuckers. A Beckworth Story of the undead and how to manage them. A bad business all round. On Spotify and anywhere else you listen to your podcasts. Produced by @hauntedukfiction.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/6Y0p...

Hey! Here, have a pinned thread of my writer stuff. First, my debut poetry collection came out in June. I'm proud of it. Readers have said it's good, so that's cool. You can get it all the usual places—my favorite is asking an indie bookstore to order it for you via Ingram.

We've updated our three BlueSky starter packs for historians. Our principal list now includes details of 130+ societies and networks, based in the UK and Ireland, that advance the study, research and promotion of history go.bsky.app/AZaYQDd Please let us know if there are gaps. #Skystorians 1/2

#FridayFive is reflecting the weather

#FridayFive 1. Kiss the Rain. Billie Myers. 2. On A Rainy Night In Soho. The Pogues 3. So Central Rain. REM. 4. Only Happy When it Rains. Garbage. 5. Raining in Baltimore. Counting Crows.

Visiting my parents at a house with two LG smart TVs and they asked me how to do things to the TVs (‘Make it make normal TV’ and ‘turn the brightness up’) and I am stunned and humiliated to announce I couldn’t accomplish either task

Dad asked his 90-year-old mother if she took Tylenol during her pregnancy, but all she would say is that she drew the drapes and hid indoors "to protect him from from the eclipse," so

Where Do Dragons Go? A Willerby Story. What should you do if you find an abandoned baby dragon? willerby.substack.com/p/where-do-d...

You're invited to Willerby - come and visit us in the heart of the midlands where the uncanny and strange are as everyday as the weather. Fifty free short stories, art, photos, music and podcasts - as featured on @wyrdfolkpod.bsky.social and The Haunted UK podcast. www.welcometowillerby.co.uk

TS Eliot was born #OTD 26 September 1888. 'Ash on an old man's sleeve Is all the ash the burnt roses leave Dust in the air suspended Marks the place where a story ended Dust inbreathed was a house The walls, the wainscot and the mouse' The ruin of St Peter, Alresford, Essex.

#FridayFive has children requesting "robot songs." Sorry. 1. The Robots. Kraftwerk. 2. Yoshemi Battles the Pink Robots. The Flaming Lips. 3. Mr Roboto. Styx. 4. Intergalactic. The Beastie Boys. 5. Around the World. Daft Punk.

Sneaky early doors pint anyone? willerby.substack.com/p/the-green-... @raynewman.bsky.social?

A very poignant moment....

The great John Coltrane was born ##OTD, 23 September 1926, in Hamlet, North Carolina. Jazz would never be the same again. Today would have been his 99th birthday. 1/3 #Coltrane #JohnColtrane #Jazz

Look out for this from HauntedUKFiction. Happened in Beckworth. Not far from us at all.

Yup. The rate limiting step in almost every context I've seen is attention. And you need a teacher to direct this. Almost every tech model starts from the wrong point because it assumes children will want to study the material and won't need their attention managed.

Record just in… Shining Marbled - New for Norfolk at Strumpshaw. (J. Farooqi, 18/09/2025) www.norfolkmoths.co.uk/index.php?bf... #norfolkmoths

Visit Willerby! A midlands village where the supernatural is just about as remarkable as the weather. Fifty free uncanny stories all on our village website with local history, art, music and photos. www.welcometowillerby.co.uk Stories can be read in any order - here's three to get started. 👇

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Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.

My “Into Autumn” #FridayFive is; 🍁 "Meet Me in the Woods" - Lord Huron 🍂 “Autumn Town Leaves” - Iron & Wine 🍁 “October Skies” - Mumford & Sons 🍂 “California Dreamin’” - The Mamas & The Papas 🍁 “Sweater Weather” - The Neighbourhood What are yours?

My most Gen X complaint is that this question ignores our existence.

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#FridayFive is into autumn. 1. Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Fairport Convention. 2. Omaha. Counting Crows. 3. November Rain. Guns n Roses. 4. Wake Up Boo. The Boo Radleys. 5. The Boys of Summer. Don Henley.

Beyond Sunset. A Willerby Story. Si finds strange worlds beyond the village sunsets. willerby.substack.com/p/beyond-sun...

Second, it’s worth reading this excerpt from Frederick Douglass:

Shortcuts aren't always as short as you think they're going to be....

Amanda Acker ~ 1982 - Plants In - 2024 Oil on panel.

But my forever favorite Neil Young is this tune I first heard on the radio as a young teen in 1972. Like Neil, I’m still searching for a Heart of Gold. And I’m gettin’ old.

War memorial window. Holy Trinity Church, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. Commemorating 2nd Lieutenant Eric Arthur Walker of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Died 29th December 1915 in France. First World War. #LestWeForget

War memorial plaque. St. Mary the Virgin Church, Buckland, Oxfordshire. Commemorating Lieutenant William Edward Graham Niven (father of the actor David Niven) of the Berkshire Yeomanry. KIA at Gallipoli on 21st August 1915. #LestWeForget

#FridayFive 1. Maxwell's Silver Hammer, The Beatles 2. Big Bad John, Jimmy Dean 3. Camouflage, Sbaton 4. Jolene, Doris Day 5. Dedicated Follower Of Fashion, The Kinks

Some interdimensional roads beckon softly and others demand your attention at the tops of their voices.

New Willerby Story. Missed Calls. Crossed dimensions, mixed up lives. willerby.substack.com/p/missed-calls

It's seven years today since we posted on Twitter that Sting had been in to return his books.

Missed Calls. A Willerby Story. Mixed timelines and jumbled up lives. willerby.substack.com/p/missed-calls

My #FridayFive for “Best Characters In Songs” 1) The Flaming Lips’ - ‘Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots’ 2) Creedence Clearwater Revival - Hello Mary Lou 3) Green Day - St Jimmy 4) The Killers - Miss Atomic Bomb 5) Simon & Garfunkel - ‘Mrs Robinson’ 🎶🎤 What are yours?

Needing two entries - too many to choose from. It’s going to be a bumper playlist week 🙌🏼

1. Brenda's got a baby. Tupac. 2. Eleanor Rigby. The Beatles. 3. Stan. Eminem. 4. Fast Car. Tracy Chapman. 5. Act Too/Love of my life. Roots ft. Common. Excellent #FridayFive this week!

#FridayFive Best characters in songs. 1. Don, a man. Slint 2. Witchita Lineman. Glen Campbell 3. No Regrets. Aesop Rock 4. Her Majesty. The Beatles 5. Demonique. Aim.

#FridayFive Best characters in songs. 1. Maggie May Rod 2. Eleanor Rigby The Beatles 3. Fat Bottomed Girls Queen 4. Whole Lotta Rosie AC/DC 5. Eloise The Damned

1. Gerry Cinnamon. Belter 2. The Lemonheads. Mrs Robinson 3. Gorillaz. Dirty Harry 4. The Subways. Mary 5. Pearl Jam. Jeremy

1. Powderfinger - Neil Young 2. Mr Bojangles - Nina Simone 3. Highway Patrolman - Bruce Springsteen 4. Drifter's Escape - Bob Dylan 5. Man in the Corner Shop - The Jam #FridayFive

1. Excerpt from a Teenage Opera. Keith West 2. Plastic Man. The Kinks 3. Charmless Man. Blur 4. Jimmy Jazz. The Clash 5. Minnie the Moocher. Cab Calloway

#fridayfive characters 1. The Jeweller — This Mortal Coil 2. Just Call Me Joe — Sinead O’Connor 3. Wuthering Heights — Kate Bush 4. Sweet Caroline — Neil Diamond 5. My Perfect Cousin— The Undertones

1. Wichita Lineman - Glenn Campbell 2. Gracie - Ben Folds 3. Some Riot - Elbow 4. GMF - John Grant 5. That’s me Trying - William Shatner

#FridayFive 1. Nick Cave - Red Right Hand 2. Faith No More - RV 3. Pearl Jam - Jeremy 4. Eminem - Stan 5. Björk - Isobel

1 The Janitor - Richmond Fontaine 2 Sheena is a Punk Rock - Ramones 3 Jungleland - Bruce Springsteen (The Magic Rat) 4 The Hurricane - Bob Dylan (Rubin Carter) 5 Danny Nedelko - Idles (although @lambhearttea.bsky.social version is better) #FridayFive