I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme. So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”

My TANKHEAD art book by @emersontung.bsky.social arrived yesterday 🤩🤖⚙️💥 #mech #mecha #WWII

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 430: Read. Read widely. Read what you love, and what you don't. Read what you know, and what you don't yet know. The wider your reading, the better your chance of avoiding the limitations of being influenced by only one author, one genre, one culture, one time.

The Warning have won Rock Sound's Best International Artist Award 🤩🖤💥

"For anyone who thinks modern rock lacks substance, soul, or shredding, a deep dive into their discography is a mandatory — and magnificent — re-education as to why they are the real deal." Why #TheWarning deserves your undivided attention entertainment.inquirer.net/632025/a-roc...

I heard there was a statue tall That sneered at folk and commanded all But you don't really care for symbols do ya It goes like this the feet the fist The head that fell the aim that missed The long lost king whose name was Ozymandias Ozymandias Ozymandias Ozymandias Ozymaaaaandias

Today marks 2 years since The Warning's best ever live performance so far (IMHO) 🤩❤️💥🎵 Live at the Pepsi Center (Mexico City) 28/10/2023, full show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV0S...

Wait a second, so Frankenstein: • Is immortal • Sneaks into houses at night • Sometimes leaves gifts for nice people • Lives in the North Pole 🤔

Reminder that by embracing Brexit the Conservative and Unionist party destroyed Conservatism as a domestic force and set In trail the breakup of the Union. A political fable.

Today marks 6 months since the release of EngineMasters book 1! 🥳🤖⚙️⚔️💥 Ebook only $0.99/£0.99 on Amazon - a.co/d/anVoPD4 #mech #mecha #robot

"If a book told you something when you were 15, it will tell it to you again when you’re 50, though you may understand it so differently that it seems you’re reading a whole new book." Happy birthday to Ursula K. Le Guin, born 21st October 1929

“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,” Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...

And I would ask yourself 'when' you started to develop these fears. Is it something you've always been worried about or does it happen to coincide with some very rich and very powerful people suddenly making it a thing. Because trans people have been with us since long before any of us were born.

If you see this, quote post with your favourite Pokémon (wrong answers only)

Introverts aren’t shy, they just have high social standards. They love deep talks that actually mean something, not small talk about the weather. That kind of stuff wears them out fast. They’ll find one or two people who get them, share the parts they usually keep hidden, and that’s all they need

The Daily Telegraph complaining about Brexit border checks 🙄🙃

Left populism without most of Corbyn's extensive baggage, expressed clearly, is clearly going to find a lot of support, not least when he'll also take on Reform on their own ground. My scepticism of simple answers will remain, but broadly still I think positive.

I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down

Forrest Gump. The Little Mermaid. Stranger Things. The Sopranos. Downton Abbey.

One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.

Almost every frame from Arcane could be framed, but this particular one from Season 1 lives in my head rent-free 😍⚡💥

Post a (Star Wars) duo

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4 years since the release of Martirio by The Warning, one of their most epic songs (along with an incredible video) 🤩❤️🔥🎵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRA3...

Happy Autumn 🍂

Reform are filth. They represent hatred, extremism, ignorance and irresponsibility. They'd make us a wretched vicious hateful little island. If people don't stand up to this, they won't stand up to anything.

That last line is one of the absolute single scariest things to me and that it was said with such casual happiness is even more disturbing. Not distressing. Full tilt disturbing.

Got abducted by aliens, but they beamed me back to earth because I wouldn't shut up about my characters and world building lore

My favourite nemesis words: Silhouette (how many Ls? How many Ts? And I think there's a U and maybe an H in there somewhere too...) Mechanical (always typed as Mechancial) Broccoli (how many Cs? How many Ls?)

Brexit is the toxic epicentre of the political shitshow we now have to endure. It promoted idiocy and deceit, endorsed racism, divided us, made us poorer, weaker, less safe and less sane. It’s belittled the country, killed the Tory party and given birth to Reform. A relentless klaxon of failure.

Want to be clear that the predictable violence against the police wasn't the only problem with yesterday's march It's that 100,000 angry racists gathered in London for the biggest racist march in 50 years, and anyone not white had to steer clear The govt can't see that because they are inadequate.

Keir Starmer should be old enough to remember that we didn't use to call them patriots, we called them football hooligans.

4 years since The Warning released their magnificent Enter Sandman (with Alessia Cara) cover, as part of Metallica's Blacklist Album 🤩🖤 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tKQ...

While I don't do much character development in advance - I generally let my characters write themselves - I do always have in the back of my mind "Would these characters (and their vehicles) be marketable as action figures?" 😆🤖🦾

Robin Hobb's Anthropomorphic Boat Merchants trilogy

Cross posting two bits of advice for a newbie writer: 1. Read like a writer (sometimes). Find out why you like the writing you like, and see if there's anything you can adopt from that writer. This needs a level of intentionality that's not there when you're just reading for pleasure. 1/

If, 15 years ago, you told me that one of the greatest pleasures in life in my late 30s would be 'a nice sit down', I never would've believed you 😅

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Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results: 1) Does UBI work? (yes) 2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)

One year since The Warning performed live in Times Square, NYC 🤩🗽🎵 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jecA...

If you see this, repost with a vampire that is not Dracula 🦇

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Brutally incisive as ever from Remainer extraordinaire Sarah Murphy 😎🔥

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Bought a new mattress for the wee one and it's so nice that I'm now envious 😅🛏️ (unfortunately, mattresses are a huge investment 😭)

So what precisely do the right want to do about the white working classes? Certainly not go to university, as they want numbers down. Nor to have a unionised manufacturing job, as they don't want unions. No, they just want pawns as part of their culture wars. They don't give a toss.