@hankgreen.bsky.social in the latest Dear Hank & John you said it is "totally within current ability for us to travel to alpha centauri within thousands of years".
The "us" in that sentence is doing some seriously heavy lifting. Can you unpack what you actually mean?
@hankgreen.bsky.social re: hallucinatory ringpops. Substitute feathers for ringpops and you have the technology that is central to seminal British cyberpunk novel Vurt by Jeff Noon
My question too. Its bloody beautiful
Most of my posts are me being snarky about putting on live music events, but I love me a bit of AoS. Talk to me about your hopes and fears for the ogors book when it lands.
Just spotted @miloedwards.bsky.social at Sainsbury's in Harlow. Taking that as a reminder to reiterate: the Harlow branch of Tim Hortons is the perfect venue for a TF live show
HMRC can you calm the fuck down? I've been self employed for 25 years. I know when the deadline is.
It's the same mentality behind Crap Towns being a best-selling book, or fondly describing your home town as a shithole, or chanting "we lose every week" at a football match.
@ckunzelman.bsky.social I'm listening to the Penda's Fen episode of Shelved By Genre. I think there's a 3rd type of regional pride that is common in England. I'd sum it up as: "this place is shit and we hate it and if you don't like it you can fuck off"
Pretty sure it's the racist dog whistling and policies designed to immiserate all but the wealthiest fraction of a percent of our society. Doesn't help that he's also the World's Least Charismatic Man™ though.
Listening to @austinwalker.bsky.social suggesting a unit about aliens on Shelved By Genre on @rangedtouch.bsky.social
Please, please, please read Saucer Country by Paul Cornell for this!
This is badly researched, poorly informed, and at one point flat out biased. Paul McNamee should be embarrassed to call himself a journalist.
Back of the net by @zackpolanski.bsky.social yet again. Bringing his A-game every single day.
Blake would've absolutely smashed a bit of Blanchitsu.
This would bring Essex to its knees. Additional surcharge if the vehicle in question is an ice white range rover.
Americans, please can you get on board with the term "fortnightly"? There is no need for "biweekly" to have an ambiguous meaning.
No. Keir Starmer is making way for a Reform government.
Judged on their policies and their rhetoric, Labour is not a centre left party.
Cover of the 1981 Penguin classics edition of Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
Figured he's a big influence on a bunch of writers I enjoy so I'd check out Borges.
Just finished this. Turns out I don't much like Borges.
We'll have to agree to differ. The labour party is actively supporting genocide, fuelling racist rhetoric (and violence), further eroding civil liberties, and is determined to immiserate all minorities.
I don't consider them a party we should compromise with.
Nice ratio you got there bud
This suggestion would be nonsensical if you applied it to Tories or Reform. Labour is no different imo.
#OtD 4 Oct 1936 the Battle of Cable St took place when Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists tried to march through East London. They were met by over 100k local workers who fought the blackshirts and the police protecting them, stopping the march workingclasshistory.com/2020/02/17/e...
Bosh
If you've not found anyone, Pete Judge is a terrific, Bristol based, pro trumpet player. DM me if you want his number/email
And group 3 might be more likely to come around if they are made constantly aware that Reform is a racist party with racist policies.
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
Reality zigs, the labour party zags. It's impressive how you people are so consistently wrong about everything. Labour deserve the decimation they're going to get in 2029.
Thanks for looking. I went down the rabbit hole and still can't find a contact email, but I think I can get a friend in Canada to buy and send it to me. Looking forward to reading it!
Alas, Aspect got bought up by Hachette and doesn't really exist any more so I can't even find a contact email. I may give in and buy a physical copy.
I really, really want to buy an ebook copy of Brown Girl In The Ring by @nalohop.bsky.social
I wish that was a thing I could do in the UK but it's inexplicably impossible. Anyone got any ideas?