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Niki Baker @nrbakerwriter.bsky.social · Sep 2

I first saw this brilliant, tragic image 5 years ago. Depressingly, nothing whatsoever has changed since then. This is why I'm a #doomer
(PS: If anyone knows the artist, I'd love to credit them.)

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Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Sep 3

Sadly too accurate. 🙁

Niki Baker @nrbakerwriter.bsky.social · Sep 2

I first saw this brilliant, tragic image 5 years ago. Depressingly, nothing whatsoever has changed since then. This is why I'm a #doomer
(PS: If anyone knows the artist, I'd love to credit them.)

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Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Aug 28

Can confirm these reviews are spot on. An astonishingly brilliant read that has stuck with me years after reading it. Utterly mind-blowing. 5 stars.

Niki Baker @nrbakerwriter.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Read it. Then share it with everyone you care about." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
nrbakerwriter.com/how-to-buy/

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Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Aug 25

If you're on the hunt for a truly brilliant novel (a thriller, with just a pinch of dystopia), I cannot recommend this highly enough:

Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Aug 14

Lobo: The Last Czarnian (limited series, 1990).

Keith Giffen, Alan Grant, Simon Bisley. Not worth particularly much, but what a ride! What memories!

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · Aug 8

Are you an agent or a publisher looking to add to your list? There are FANTASTIC authors left in the lurch by Unbound who need homes for their existing bools and for sequels / new books. A thread, grouped by genre. Please reskeet!

Here’s YA spec fic & fantasy:

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Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Aug 8

May I add a book to this list? Not mine, but oh my great aunt, it blew my mind. It's YA but also suitable for adults. Absolutely stunning. If any book ever needed reprinting, more publicity/exposure and mass circulation, this is it:

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Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Aug 7

Intriguing that those telling us overpopulation is not a problem are the same people who will benefit financially from a growing society. All the money in the world won't increase the size of our planet. Debunk if you will, I'll sit back and watch the dominoes fall. Please read 10:59 by N. R. Baker.

Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Aug 6

Shut up! 30 years? It was last week! Sigh..........

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Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Aug 6

I'm still trying to get my head around why a country with literally hundreds of able candidates insists on voting for demented narcissists.

Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Aug 6

Following because I also comprehend basic human decency, and imbecilic lack thereof.

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Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Jul 5

Hey everyone. I just wanted to take a moment to help prevent our species from becoming extinct. I was fortunate enough to be asked to design the cover for a novel that I then got to read... and it absolutely blew my mind. Full of facts, but a brilliantly engaging and excellently penned thriller:

👍👍

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Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Jul 27

I needed that close-up like I need a colostomy. 😂

Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Jul 27

Welcome to 2025.

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Boricua405 on X @estadistarebelde1.bsky.social · Jul 26

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Fit Check For My Barb O. Saur Era 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @brentosaur.bsky.social · Jul 22

Ozzy going out after raising $190 million for sick kids and a Parkinson’s cure is metal AF.

Ozzy Osbourne Farewell Show Was The Highest-Grossing Charity Concert Of All Time

On July 5, Ozzy Osbourne put on a farewell concert, performing as a solo artist and with Black Sabbath for the last time in the band’s hometown of Birmingham, UK. Billed as the “Back To The Beginning”...

www.stereogum.com

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Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Jul 21

We can only hope that those responsible for current atrocities (*all* of those responsible, from the leaders on down) are at some point in the future made to pay. Sadly, the past teaches us that offenders tend to get away with murder.

Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Jul 21

Overtourism is absolutely a direct result of overpopulation. It's only ever going to get worse. I recommend this novel (a thriller) to anyone who says exponential population growth is not a thing:

Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Jul 20

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Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Jul 20

Thank you Mo, I completely agree. May I share a book? Not mine, but I was fortunate enough to be asked to design the cover and I got a free copy. I can't even tell you how amazing this is - highly, highly recommended:

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Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Jul 20

Thank you, have added it to my list! Oddly similar wording to a number of reviews for a book I read that absolutely blew my mind - timely, brilliantly written, and will absolutely change the way you think about life. Hugely recommend this one to any person with a brain and a conscience:

Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Jul 16

It sounds like a Rammstein song.

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Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Jul 16

I was going to say the same thing. Only been waiting for a Lobo movie for a thousand and eleventy years.... 😐

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Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Jul 15

One more book to add to the list. It's a bloody corker!

Martin Webb - Author/Illustrator @freakshowboy.bsky.social · Jul 14

Now waitaminnit.... Surely you're not implying that there's no accountability among the rich and ludicrous? Say it ain't so!