My new book is out today! Raul, the fake chosen one, is heading for the hills on a quest to find an ancient dagger & unite a crumbling rebellion. Action, adventure, dodgy prophecies, & family angst at the worst moments, in Forged for Prophecy. andrewknighton.com/forged-for-p...

Forged for Prophecy is out next week! Embracing his role as the fake chosen one, Raul leads his people into rebellion. But with morale low & the odds against them, the promise of a magic dagger offers deperate hope. It's time for a quest into the wild. After all, prophecies are never wrong...

This is incredible

Have always wanted to piss into a Dyson airblade. Took my chance last night at my friend's 40th birthday drinks. Fair to say I won't be doing it again anytime soon.

This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.

Happytoast on form as always tonight - click through and see them all

The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

1. This is a thread about why Food Waste is so often, and wrongly, identified as the major problem with the food system. Yes, it's an issue, but in the rich world, it's far smaller than many others. It’s massively over-emphasised, while other, far more important problems, are ignored and avoided. 🧵

STOP what you are doing, find some headphones or a secluded location, and watch this. I am crying with laughter and admiration at an idea seen through to its (nearly) bitter end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD3Q... Sound--as they say--on.

New book day! Forged for Destiny, my fantasy story about a fake chosen one, is out now from @orbitbooks.bsky.social!* Secret schemes, folk magic, the messy art of divination, & a shapeshifting actor take the stage for a story of lies & adventure. andrewknighton.com/forged-for-d...

This is deeply sinister, and we should do everything in our power to protect librarians. These groups are emboldened by Trump, and publishers in the US are already bowing to pressure and becoming much less likely to publish books with queer content. We can't let this take root in the UK.

Irony.

I asked DeepSeek to help me imagine a totally fictitious scenario happening in an imaginary place called “Tiamamnen Squire”. At first it was happy to help, but then …

Shocking: protesting farmers facing long prison sentences under UK’s draconian Policing Act for causing traffic chaos. (Only kidding: that only happens to protestors trying to avert a #climate catastrophe. Farmers are clearly in a different category).

Excited to get my (virtual) hands on The Executioner’s Blade by @aknighton.bsky.social - launched today!

does everybody know about my favorite website, the embroidery tips page that forgot to close its <h3> tags

Is this a merchant prince receiving mysterious treasure? Or a grown man who should know better dressing up to unbox a fantasy book? Let's not ask questions. What matters is that The Executioner's Blade is now up for preorder from @northodoxpress.bsky.social www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...

I absolutely do not like this fact.

"We see the hierarchies of traditional rural society, and because it’s alien and exotic, we see it as natural and idyllic, instead of merely a different system for organizing labor and wealth." good analysis on the political economy of pastoral fantasies nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/2024/05/31/t...

Me, Reading Dylan Thomas: Yes, haha! Don't go gently into that good night! Rage! Fight! Me, Experiencing The Slightest Physical Discomfort: Alright, gotta go gentle mode. Time to gentle up, for sure. Good night not lookin' so bad, think imma lean into it.

THE PROBLEM: Most forms of energy are harming the environment THE SOLUTION: Switch to alternative forms of renewab... THE PROBLEM: Hold on, I have an idea, what if we made invisible valueless money that eats electricity THE SOLUTION: ...what? THE PROBLEM: Also I have this plagiarism machine

Yup.

The Australian Synchrotron as Zendaya fashion 🧪🧵

1. This week’s column is about how the far right is successfully exploiting farmers’ protests across Europe and the US, to build its base. This is in no way to tar all the farmers' protests with this brush. But it’s an extremely dangerous moment. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 🧵