Just nipped to Morrisons and they were playing Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade. It's November 13th. I know I shouldn't be surprised or furious but I am, in fact, both.

Instagram has updated and swapped the reels and search icons which means for the next few weeks we'll all click reels when we mean to click search and Instagram can inflate their stats around reels and use these inflated stats to proclaim reels a huge success and force them on us even more so. Yay.

Don't you love to see yourself on the page? At my wedding I improvised my speech to great aplomb, until it was later pointed out I forgot to thank the bridesmaids... That did not go down well. You've captured the human spirit so well @ronanhession.bsky.social. @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

I have some very exciting news going to subscribers on Thursday! It won't be on socials until next week, so subscribe now to be the first to know: buttondown.com/RobertWelbourn

I have just learned that professional hobby horsing is a thing. And by reading this post you have too.

HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY! "Half the World Away is a gorgeous, heartwarming story." - readingwithharriet The BBC launch a pen pal project. Theo writes. Alex replies. This is what happens next. OUT NOW! #BookSky

Made it through half of Frankenstein before turning it off. What a boring film. Gothic drama? More like amateur melodrama. Also my wife looked up what happened and all I have to say is: LOL You don't have to be faithful to each scene, but at least be faithful to themes and ideas.

Me while finally watching Frankenstein: It won't be 100% to the book It won't be 100% to the book It won't be 100% to the book It won't be 100% to the book Also me while finally watching Frankenstein: That's wrong That's wrong That's wrong That's wrong

OUT TOMORROW!!!!

This book is so bloody good 🐻 If you haven't read it yet (???) stop messing around and buy it right now.

A lil re-read before watching the adaptation? Seems like it would be rude not to! @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @ronanhession.bsky.social

Fireworks yet again. Bonfire night was Wednesday. It's now Sunday. New proposal: everyone who uses fireworks is put in a battle royale. The winner is executed.

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...?

Going to the in-laws is always a treat. Yes, that's a bowl of pegs soaking in the sink - complete with a random strap.

Finally watched KPop Demon Hunters last night; it was ok? The beginning and ending were decent, but it dragged in the middle. Banging soundtrack, though I feel sorry for all the parents that have heard Golden a billion times since it was released.

You look like the kind of person who goes to Dubai

Can someone help me out please; how does this rhyme go? "Remember, remember the _ of November?" I always thought it was "5th" but my idiot neighbours seem to think it's "8th"?

4.24pm and the fireworks have started. It's not even dark. Bonfire night was 3 days ago. A not-insignificant part of me thinks that buying and burning loads of coal to accelerate climate change so humans are wiped out is not a bad idea.

FT: Hull 3-2 Pompey Bog win - second half was dire and we were hanging on by the end, but that's a huge 3 points. We won 5 games at home all last season, which is 23 games. This season we've won 5/8. No matter the 3pm results we end the day in the top 6. Massive going into the international break

Been a dire second half but a fantastic long ball finds Gelhardt and he dinks the ball beautifully over the keeper for 3-2.

2-2 on the stroke of half time. Absolutely awful defending, Devlin has about 4 square miles of space in the box to easily head home.

Kyle Joseph makes it 2-1 just before half time! Very well deserved goal, the lad never stops running and is a good player. Hopefully this will see him get a bit of confidence and go on a scoring run.

1-1! Destan on his first start with a beautiful half volley finish. Beautiful move, liquid football.

1-0 to Portsmouth from a huge deflection. We're having absolutely zero luck at the moment.

Tell you what, if Kyle Joseph could finish we'd be top of the league.

Big game for Hull today (now the stream is finally working). Loss at Derby on Tuesday was disappointing but now it's about how we bounce back. Portsmouth are there to be beaten, and realistically we should win. But this is the championship so who knows!

Haven't seen the start of a single Hull City game yet this season because Sky Sports Plus is so terrible. Genuinely, it's so bad I'm embarrassed for them.

Trying to watch a documentary but the narrator keeps pronouncing it 'hwale' and I just can't take it seriously.

People who like fireworks, what's your number one reason? Do you: - hate cats and dogs - love killing birds - love littering - love accelerating climate change Answer on a postcard, then choke on it.

The cat's hiding under the bed and the dog can't stay still and keeps freaking out as people across the land with half a brain let off small explosions and gaze in awe like the shit for brains they are. Seriously, imagine liking fireworks. What kind of absolute loser you must be.

The Purge but you can only do anything you want to people who let off fireworks

Started re-reading this today; I honestly can't really remember a thing about it so thought I better. Coincidentally it's Camus' birthday, which feels loosely like providence.

I've ordered mine, have you?????

"Clark has crafted a delightful story of midlife chaos and creative ambition " Wannabe author Trish gets nurtured by celebrity author, Amanda, at her gloomy house in the woods but when Amanda goes missing, is Trish woman enough for the rescue job? srlpublishing.co.uk/product/a-no...

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

Ok… this is a BIG DEAL. Published back in 2020, Seven Nights at the Flamingo Hotel by the unsurpassable @drewgum.bsky.social was our first novel… and as a consequence of us going to into hibernation for a while, it’s sadly been out of print. NOT ANY LONGER!!!! IT’S BACK!!!!

Finished The Gallows Pole; I enjoyed it overall. It's a fascinating story, and Myers has a very unique writing style. I could have done without the endless list of names every few pages, but otherwise it was a good read. Now to rewatch the prequel show and understand it a lot more!

I've just learned of the existence of a film called Life in a Year. It stars Cara Delevingne and Jaden Smith, who are two people who cannot act. Like, absolutely have not a single cell of acting talent between them. Honestly, I'd be a more believable actor than the two combined.

Since this is STILL going on where we live, I’m sharing this again. Contact your MP if you’ve had enough of this bullshit firework nonsense going on for over a WEEK! 😡😡😡 action.dogstrust.org.uk/page/178980/... #dogs #fireworks #fireworksfuckoff #dogsky

Nellie very much did NOT want me to go for a run today. I agreed. Went anyway.

It's easy for me to write unlikeable characters because I'm a very unlikeable person ❤️ GREAT ROMANCES OF THE 20TH CENTURY available now from @srlpublishing.bsky.social: srlpublishing.co.uk/product/grea...

Happy publication day to Katherine Clements! The final installment of the @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social Northern Weird Novella Project, Turbine 34 follows an unnamed scientist who experiences unexplained events whilst camping on the West Yorkshire moors... www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/turb...

THE FINAL BOOK IN THE NORTHERN WEIRD PROJECT IS HERE! Turbine 34 by Katherine Clements🧡 🖤 Camped out alone at Turbine 34, an unnamed scientist soon discovers signs of the devastation and begins to see things that shouldn’t be there... www.wildhuntbooks.co.uk/books/p/turb...

I'm at House of Books & Friends in Manchester and I'm thrilled to see they have excellent taste! @elliotjharper.bsky.social @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social @ronanhession.bsky.social @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

Tonight! Come chat it up with me as a chair a discussion between @jodierobins.bsky.social, Gemma Fairclough and Katherine Clements as part of the @wildhuntbooks.bsky.social Northern Weird Novella Project: houseofbooksandfriends.com/event/author...

Hi writing folks! We've just migrated to bluesky and thought we should introduce ourselves. We're an online queer literary journal, we've been going since 2019 and we love writing that is daring and innovative. We're looking to be connected to the writing community here, so please follow and RT! 🍎🍇

Full time: Derby 2-1 Hull. We did come out firing in the second half and the early equaliser helped. We dominated until Pandur slipped and gifted them a second, and they defended their lead well to the end. Disappointing way to lose, especially with all the sides in the playoffs also losing.

Ndala sitting on the goal line manages to spin and finish before the defense gets back. The definition of 'they all count'.

Derby 1-0 Hull at HT. Can only hope it's like the Norwich game at the weekend, where we forget to turn up in the first then absolutely dominate the second.

Carlton bloody Morris. Scored the only goal for when Luton beat us last season in a huge 6-pointer, and opened the scoring for Derby tonight who also beat us 1-0 last season in a huge 6-pointer.