Today is the only day of the year that you don't have to worry about it whether someone's had their birthday yet (for the purposes of comparing ages, etc), as by now *everyone* has had their birthday 😁

If you see this, post your favourite Star Wars character

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to rescue you? I think I'm OK with Mikasa Ackerman from Attack on Titan 😁💥

In case it doesn't go without saying: I have not used gen AI to create text in any of my books. I have not used Grammarly etc to "clean up" the text. I have not used it to research any of my books, except where it might be built into search engines under the hood (I do not use labelled AI results).

Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is. GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart. But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.

I don't know if this scene is *the* moment, but it's certainly one of them 💚

2016 Daily Mail: We want foreigners out! We don’t care if it makes us poorer. Brexit means Brexit! 2025 Daily Mail: Foreigners are leaving Starmer’s Britain because this country is poor and shit! This country would be so much better off without this hypocritical, incendiary, irresponsible rag.

This is good news. In the midst of a lot of bad. But it does highlight how very hard we have to work to fix things, now we’ve slammed the door in our own faces. Bit by bit, clawing back a weaker version of the benefits we used to enjoy before a bunch of liars insisted we should throw it all away.

I like it - I can't think of any official flags that use two different shades of blue as main colours 💙🩵

Thank you all, the update than we can barely believe we get to make. To everyone who supported us through this last month, we couldn’t have even come close to this outcome without you all. Have a peaceful festive period, we’ll see you in the bookshop soon 🧡

Just been reminded of this heartwarming picture of a rabbit and an eagle. Morning all

Today marks 4 years since my first novel, HOUSE OMEGA, was released! ⚙️⚔️🏰💥 (ebook only £0.99/$0.99: a.co/d/hI7DKuT)

I took this photo 18 years ago, when the University of Exeter Engineering Department were getting rid of all their CRT monitors 👀

Quote with your model of masculinity

The wee one (2.5yo) calls this gif from the (magnificent) Shaun the Sheep Movie 'the gif', so when she wants you to do a double thumbs-up she says "Do the gif, do the gif!" 😆👍🏻👍🏻

The Warning have finally reached 1M YouTube subscribers! 🤩📈💖

Happy St Andrew's Day! 💙🤍💙

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All of this has happened before and all of this will happen again... 😫

I don't care if you think you're middle class or whatever. Your house is worth £2m? Lucky you. Shut up and pay up.

I converted the wee one's Lego Minecraft creeper into a mech (with his consent), using a Star Wars clone trooper with alternative helmet as the pilot 😁🤖 #Lego #Mech #Mecha #Minecraft #StarWars

7 years since the release of The Warning's best album so far (IMHO), Queen of the Murder Scene 😍😈🗡️

Happy International Men's Day!

Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.

NEWS JUST IN! A new book will in fact solve all your problems

This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win

Dear Mahmood/Labour, Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X. Yours The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK

The saddest, most depressing aspect of the Labour apologists who still plague BlueSky is that many were ardent and vocal Remainers up until the day Labour took power, at which point they switched instantly to "Brexit is Brexit and there's nothing to be done" without even drawing breath in between.

"To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention." Ursula K. LeGuin

Starmer isn't Britain's worst ever prime minister, but he is Labour's worst ever prime minister and it's not even close

Convincing you to read the opening lines of my military sci-fi mech novel EngineMasters: Retribution 🤖⚙️💥 Share yours!

To be English middle class you need to have a 'respectable' Home Counties accent and probably be a university educated white-collar professional. Upper class means your family probably owns an estate. Working class means you have a regional accent. (alternative definitions are available 😁)

Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.

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 🙄🙃