Hero. ❤️ '43-year-old father of two, Ahmed el Ahmed, wrestled a rifle off one of the Bondi Beach gunmen. Ahmed is from Sydney’s Sutherland Shire and owns a fruit business. He has no known experience with guns and was visiting Bondi when he saw the shooting unfolding. archive.today/2025.12.14-1...

Wow. Amid horrific news of a shooting at Bondi Beach, this looks like a truly astonishing act of courage.

Really enjoying this. Pithy and fruity. Tropical. Lovely stuff. #BskyBeer

It’s here! My new book is out in three weeks and it looks very nice! Pls buy: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Well this has got to be the best deal in all of TTRPGs 3 season of Play to Find Out (with sound design by our very own @brianflaherty.bsky.social), tons of bonus videos, designer interviews, and campaign diaries. Plus access to the Quinns Quest Patreon?! Seriously. Go become a Patron.

It's Deconstructeam, so I'm picking it up no matter what, but that's one hell of a trailer too.

Trump is determined to turn the US into North Korea.

I'm on a bus. It's the wrong bus. Awkward.

Pint of Level Up from @elusivebrewing.com at the Koelschip Yard in Glasgow. I love Elusive but I think this might be the first time I've had the privilege on tap. Delicious #BskyBeer

Ushering in the weekend with some cask Plateau. Have a good night folks. #BskyBeer

Cannot stress how bad shit is about to get if you want to build any kind of PC.

Yesterday was #StAndrewsDay, so, may we interest you in the works of Solaris' superb Scottish contingent? @mkhardywrites.com 's https://geni.us/needfire @rhiannonagrist.bsky.social 's https://geni.us/homesick @rainewilson.bsky.social#StAndrewsDay's https://geni.us/saltorac & https://geni.us/weallghostsPB

First of the month, so time for an Amazon #UKSFFBookBargains thread.

I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.

Love supporting local authors so will make sure I check these out. I haven't paid too much attention to horror over the years but made a point of horror for October this year and really enjoyed it. Already have a handful of books on the shelves for next year. Won't be waiting for October.

When a news outlet puts a reckless, undocumented claim by the Trump regime in the main headline and puts medical experts’ pushback in the smaller type, it’s making a choice. And not a good one.

Closing out the night with an imperial stout from Verdant. Sour Cherry. It's a big liquorice edged stout. They do a straight up version I might look out. This one has sour Cherry which is coming through nicely as it warms up a bit. #BeerSky #Beer #craftbeer

Found a cheeky wee number from Vitamin Sea I'd totally forgotten about lurking at the back of the fridge. Very pleasant. #BskyBeer #beer #craftbeer

Kicking Saturday evening off with this very fine rotbier from the good people at Saint Mars of the Desert. #BskyBeer

Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.

The fuck I will, CNN

Chilling & ambitious. Alex Hunter's debut, 'The Harvest, ' unleashes an ancient evil from a forgotten orphanage. A terrifying, moving nightmare that lingers. A compelling new voice in horror. gnofhorror.com/the-harvest-...

“U Are the Universe” is a Ukrainian sci-fi tragicomedy made over ten hard years, now in theaters, showing how dreams survive even in dark times. 🧵 1/11 ⬇️

Looks happy to be back in out of the rain.

Had to try it. Herbal and floral. Quite a bitter finish. Definitely get the dill. Perfectly drinkable. #BskyBeer

And now…the gallery. www.infinitebacon.com

Some recentish book deliveries. Kept forgetting to post about them. Thoroughly looking forward to both. #booksky

Goodnight from Powderhouse Lane where every door is bolted against possible intrusion by the Children-Made-of-Thorns. Goodnight from Faith Loker wondering whether to summon an ambulance before Tom’s belladonna hallucinations get any stronger. Goodnight from Hookland.

why can they not just fix it

Unlike other services that try to remove access to books you’ve bought from them, 2000 AD allows you to download your purchases – so you’ll never go offline with your favourite comics! https://bit.ly/4h2csdj

I'm updating my Big Spreadsheet Of Cool Free PC Games again! I merged in all the incomplete entries, which I'm working on chipping away at and filling in the details of, which has bulked the list up to 324 items. But some of them are for entire series' or platforms, so probably ~400 games here.

Pod! @matronboy.bsky.social and @marshdavies.bsky.social throw themselves into the depths of Ball x Pit, launch themselves into toilets in Bloodlines 2, and dive cinematically from exploding balconies in Battlefield 6. crateandcrowbar.com/2025/11/15/e...

Reminder! @solarisbooks.bsky.social has a bunch of horror and horror-adjacent ebooks for sale, including four of mine, for several more days! :D Remember, horror is in your HEART, not a CALENDAR 💀 geni.us/Solarissale

There’s only one week to go until #Collabageddon! You’ll find all the info on beer releases and participating venues over on our blog: bit.ly/Collabageddon2025

There are some exceptionally good books on sale here 💙📚

Big and Little Spoons xkcd.com/3166/

Ah yes that's the stuff right there #BskyBeer

As you can see from the graph, it began to be "a time to be alive" during the interwar period. And then again in the 90s, presumably due to britpop. But the 2020s are easily the most "what a time to be alive" era of all time.

Supposed to be off this week but seems to have spent a lot of time at work. It's dead to me till Monday now. Time to relax. #BskyBeer

Big news from Valve today as it announces the Steam Frame, Steam Machine, and Steam Controller. Details here: www.pcgamer.com/hardware/val...

I think this is now the most beautiful book I own. Yes, it’s Adrian’s text (as good as ever) and Anderida did amazing work here, from typography to binding, etc. but my lord, Ian McQue’s art goes f-ing hard. @aptshadow.bsky.social @ianmcque.bsky.social #BookMail #BookSky

I present the UK’s one and only TV show about books. We feature readers & writers from across Scotland, around the UK and all over the world. It’s commissioned by BBC Scotland & made by IWC. Public broadcasting is a shared space for sharing stories & building bridges. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Trump has executed six more civilians in a small boat. The death toll now stands at 76.

We were out last night specifically for the Beamish. Never had the pleasure before. It's recently returned to the UK The plan was a Beamish, a Murphy's and a Guinness to compare and contrast. But the plan didn't survive. We didn't even make it to the Murphy's stage of the plan Next time #BskyBeer

Devastated to see Mamdani plummet to victory with a result that shows his critics were right all along. Now is the time for the left to move towards the centre. It's time to reach across the aisle, to swing your partner, do-si-do and really lay into trans people for no reason.

‘Unspun World’ at 11.00 tonight on BBC Two, then iPlayer, News Channel & World Service: what do Russians feel about the Ukraine war? Why are Gulf states involved in the Sudan fighting? Who do Americans blame for the govt shutdown? And the climate change conference - any good?

A day of huge mourning for the Far Right in the UK. Not only was the Huntingdon train stabbings not the terrorist/asylum seeker/immigrant atrocity they’d hoped and prayed for, here is the hero of the day:

Quoting ourselves here, but it’s absolutely insane to us that anyone still uses Twitter. You don't have to. You can just stop. It was a *massive* part of our growth but you can just let it go. However important your business is to you, it's less important than this: