This 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 we are aware of….

Quite frankly anyone travelling to the US voluntarily gets no sympathy from me. They know what they are getting into. news.sky.com/story/englan...

The eyewatering hypocrisy writes itself.

Absolutely delighted that The Folded Sky (books2read.com/thefoldedsky/) and "The Witch and the Wyrm" (torpublishinggroup.com/the-witch-an...) are shortlisted for the Locus Awards!

I should do a giveaway here too! I'll randomly select someone who retweets this to receive a signed copy of Daughter of Crows 🙂

Greater Manchester! Oh Blimey! It’s Frank’s Mancs! New updated version! I’d missed a number of artists on my first collage, these are now added. Thanks to everyone for the feedback - especially @MDMArchive please see link for new full list👇👇👇 www.coldwarsteve.com/2026/03/20/o...

Daughter of Crows comes in at #3 on the Sunday Times bestseller list for the Easter weekend! Many thanks to all at Harper Voyager UK for their hard work and skill!

"Prince William keen to build 'strong & meaningful' bond with Church.. [because i) the PR dept hopes it'll be seen as a repentant gesture to atone for Andy. ii) If we stop believing in gods, the ancient royal claim that god sanctioned their very existence isn't worth shit]" bbc.com/news/article...

Still on sale for a few more hours!

Info on the new BLM plan to clear cut Oregon old growth forests so regime buddies can rake in cash without any consideration of ecosystems, watershed, salmon habitat, recreation, etc etc. Comment period open until March 23. You can write in! morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ...

@city-tactics.bsky.social @city-tactics.bsky.social Is Kolo’s yellow card a record for longest time between bookings for a defender at City?! 😆

@joeabercrombie.com Great to go to school today and see this among the teachers’ World Book Day recommendations…

The Impossible Times ebooks are on discount in the UK/US/Aus all month. I'm very fond of these books (which are not YA). They're set in 80s London (my formative years and place) and have some very loose tie in with my other books. They're relatively short - give 'em a shot!

Hello—Is a River Alive? is published in paperback in the UK today. It’s dedicated to the rivers & their guardians. Thanks to all who’ve supported its journey into the world: read it, talked about it, got in touch. It’s @waterstones.bsky.social book of the month. “Hope is the thing with rivers…”

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/f... Nice Graun piece on BBR. Much thanks to @luketurner.bsky.social

I AM KLOOT | Morning Rain I’m the morning rain, it’s me again, I won’t go away From the band’s debut album Natural History. Written by John Bramwell. Produced by Guy Garvey. Truly wonderful. #IAmKloot #JohnBramwell #GuyGarvey

I’m sharing Aliya’s entire opening statement. We owe it to her, and those who no longer have a voice, to watch. youtu.be/zrcW8SZtYpI?...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

@grantleephillips.bsky.social Lovely gig at The Tithe Barn, Carlisle tonight. Thanks for coming, Grant Lee. You mentioned Shiva Burlesque - I remember Do the Pony. 👏🏼 I always think Jupiter and Teardrop is like a cousin to Richard Thompson’s Vincent Black Lightning. Excellent guitar sound tonight ☺️

I was telling one of my kids that it was physically impossible for an ad to play between songs on any of the records I own, and they asked "and you only have to pay for it once?" and you could see how strange that seemed. You cannot overstate how many basic rules of media consumption have changed.

#WorldCup2026 DON'T GO.

“Law enforcement” wearing facial coverings. What has happened to America?

This R.E.M. Lyrics page is not about politics we all need a break sometimes But this is wrong. America, what are you doing to yourself? Invading countries? Arresting Citizens? Shooting your own citizens? Planning on invading other countries? Abducting leaders? Make this stop please

If you slept on DJT’s monologue to the nation yesterday, here’s the short version.

Trump is a piece of shit and his supporters like him because they are pieces of shit.

I never want to wait for a post credit scene again for the rest of my life. If you want me to think it's part of the movie, put it in the movie.

Peeps, here we go.

An alert reader let me know the whole Lotus Kingdoms series is available for $2.99 each in ebook! Also on Kobo and other platforms! www.kobo.com/us/en/series...

The Sociopath-In-Chief couldn't be bothered to even turn his head in the direction of a man in the midst of a medical emergency who collapsed in his office. Completely incapable of empathy, the EPSTEIN Files can't be released soon enough. 25/47

Harrison Ford on Donald Trump: "It scares the shit out of me. The ignorance, the hubris, the lies, the perfidy. ... I don’t know of a greater criminal in history." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It's a good start to see the fall of Andrew Saxe Coburg. It's not enough though. Let's hope it sinks the whole vile firm, and all the rotten talentless creeps who operate under their con job operation. We don't need these thick arseholes.

A real inspiration. Only goes to show that you can be honoured in life even if you possess the intellect of a pig knuckle and have the sophistication of a burst colostomy bag; even if you're a tumour in a cheap suit and the patron saint of narcissists, incompetents, and dogs that eat their own shit.

open.spotify.com/artist/6Hd3x... Child Psych streaming at 60 mil. 1.4 mill monthly listeners. Trebles all 'round for our record label and spotify. Not so much for us. Poor me, wah wah wah. Life is unfair.

Shameful day

The Devils is ONE POUND on kindle right now. I'm cutting my own throat over here. www.amazon.co.uk/Devils-bigge...

Not everyone can always cancel things during a boycott, but if you can, today is a perfect day to terrorize the shit out of Disney. Do it for a week. Or be like me (the person described in the follow up post) and cancel b/c you forgot you were subscribed. Then make sure to tell them why. I did.

RFK Jr. rolled out that old chestnut again about how healthy Americans were in the 60’s, so here’s a fact check. In 1965: -42% of American adults smoked; it’s 11% now. -The infant morality rate was 24.7/1000; it’s 5.6/1000 now. -Overall life expectancy was 70 years; it's about 77 years now.

TOMORROW!! TOMORROW! Pre-order now!

Terrific gig by @lukehaines.bsky.social Peter Buck and The Minus 5 at Newcastle last night. Loads of fab guitar work, Linda Pitman drumming superbly. Big thanks to Scott and Linda for chatting in the pub beforehand and Luke for post-gig autograph. Top people and excellent live music. 🥁🎸😎👏🏼

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Humblebundle to support World Central Kitchen, and get a bunch of my books from @tordotcom.bsky.social including Murderbot and Witch King! #booksky www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...