James Oswald
@sirbenfro.bsky.social
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I write stuff He/Him
https://jamesoswald.co.uk
White America finding out the hard way what woke actually means.
about 4 hours ago
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Have I got this right? The bloke who accused a straight-up hero of being a 'pedo guy' owns and runs the largest distributor of child sexual abuse material on the planet?
about 5 hours ago
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Glaikit
about 11 hours ago
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There is still good in the world. Remember that.
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I'm not the only one who sees what's happening in the US with ICE as an attempt to stoke enough resentment and resistance until they can call it an insurrection, am I?
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Martyn Waites/CB Everett
1 day ago
She’s wrong about everything, so this is just the tip of the iceberg.
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I have tea now. Stand down, everyone.
1 day ago
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For the love of all that's holy, where my tea?!
1 day ago
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Natasha Devon
1 day ago
Just heard an AI ethicist talk about how important it is that we say ‘MEN are using Grok to undress images of babies, children and women’ not ‘Grok is….’. Grok isn’t responsible for the action, the men enabling & using it for this repulsive purpose are. Small but important bit of linguistic accuracy
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Well that's disappointing. Turns out, a site I've been using that aggregates news about EVs and clean technology uses so-called 'AI' to populate itself. Won't be using that any more.
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HappyToast
2 days ago
This thread is a dizzyingly high benchmark for the rest of the year's shenanigans.
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Mrs. N
2 days ago
It'ssssss
#CoosDay
!!
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Nah. Mine can do that already.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Battery electric cars will overtake diesels in Great Britain by 2030, analysis suggests
London predicted to be the first UK city to go diesel-free, largely because of the ultra-low emission zone
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/04/battery-electric-cars-diesels-great-britain-london-ulez
2 days ago
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Sooz Kempner
3 days ago
Starmer has said that what has been allowed to happen at X is "outrageous" and that those responsible should face the "full force of the law," calling their tactics "pathetic" no wait sorry, I got confused, that was him describing Just Stop Oil protesters who put some cornflour on Stonehenge.
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Lynn Nothegger
3 days ago
It’s true. Scots will deep-fry anything.
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Can anyone blame them?
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3 days ago
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I had such plans for today, and then discovered that the water pipes have frozen.
3 days ago
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Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra
4 days ago
Now ban all betting ads.
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crimebookgirl
4 days ago
Popped out yesterday - finished spending last year's book token and started the one I just got for Christmas 😁 Looking forward to all these immensely!
@valmcdermid.bsky.social
@sirbenfro.bsky.social
@jdkirk.bsky.social
#BookSky
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#Caturday
5 days ago
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Kashana
5 days ago
Now that they’ve started a war I’ve completely forgotten that they’re pedophiles.
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What a shower of cunts they are, eh?
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juni 🏳️⚧️
5 days ago
it is always so much fucking dumber than you could possibly expect, even when taking into account the fact that it’s always so much fucking dumber than you could possibly expect
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Louise Broad
6 days ago
Great book, loved it. And, if like me, you listen rather than read, I’ve been using the Libro app for audiobooks. Another way of cutting Amaz*n out of your life and you can chose a local bookshop to support with each of your downloads.
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Senthorun S. Raj
9 days ago
Whenever media say “end trans ideology,” they mean end the rights of trans people. Remember “gay ideology” referred to gay people marrying, having kids, not getting fired from work, showing affection in public without harassment (aka basic human rights). Transphobic rhetoric is recycled homophobia.
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If, like me, you prefer not to enrich Mr Bezos any more than necessary, you can get the Kobo edition of The Rest Is Death for just 99p at the moment. Fill yer boots!
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The Rest is Death ebook by James Oswald - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The Rest is Death a twist-laden thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling Inspector McLean series" by James Oswald available from Rakuten Kobo. A macabre ancient artefact. An innovative bio tec...
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/the-rest-is-death
6 days ago
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Bree
7 days ago
"but it helps me do research fast--" I don't give a fuck. Regulate this shit and put the people who enabled it in fucking *jail* and then we can talk.
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Okay...
7 days ago
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Same over here. It’s way past time we stopped trying to accommodate anti-immigrant views. They are born of racism and can never be satisfied. Immigration is a net positive. Say it loud and often.
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7 days ago
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Lived there for a decade. Can confirm.
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7 days ago
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Starting the year how I aim to continue.
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Barbara McLean
7 days ago
Happy Coo Year! May 2026 be everything you hope it to be
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Happy New Year everyone. It would seem that there's a bit of a deal going on with The Rest Is Death right now. Just ninety-nine of your British pennies for the eBook!
www.amazon.co.uk/Rest-Death-I...
7 days ago
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Michael Li (李之樸)
8 days ago
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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Bethany Black
about 2 years ago
Wait, what?
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Picture of the staff who operate my account:
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8 days ago
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Notes all typed up. Resisting the urge to send them to my editor right now. He'll not see them until Monday at the earliest. Now I think I've probably earned a drink. Happy New Year all you reprobates.
8 days ago
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I have written 50k words of something else this year too, so maybe not that old yet.
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8 days ago
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That's the last read through of The Violent Hour done. Just need to type up the final correction notes and my work is done. Started work on it in January, so it's taken longer than most of my novels. Slowing down in my old age.
8 days ago
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I am in awe of people who can do coherent annual roundups. I can barely remember what I had for breakfast.
8 days ago
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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
9 days ago
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Pre-wash
9 days ago
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Today years old, etc. and yet somehow not in the least surprised.
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9 days ago
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Michael Spicer
9 days ago
how all youtube ads sound to me
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Alasdair Stuart
9 days ago
I don't know, man. If you're finding your joy in being snippy about other people's joy, you're finding shitty joy. Find better joy.
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I very much hope so!
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9 days ago
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Kit Gonzo
10 days ago
It's NOT A.I. Stop calling it A.I. It's not 'branding'. It's a fucking lie. Do not perpetuate it. They are Large Language Models (LLMs),not A.I. Refuse to be part of the bullshit Insist on accurate usage of terms. Framing matters. Framing is crucial. *Never* concede to a bullshit framing.
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10 days ago
So
@lexialex.bsky.social
filed this appeal but is only getting automated replies
@support.bsky.team
very disappointed given
@aaron.bsky.team
also lives in Ireland. Have they not taught you anything about solidarity with Palestine?
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Come on
@support.bsky.team
. You know Lexi has done nothing wrong.
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