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Monsterlander

@monsterlander.bsky.social

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Beardy slapheaded quinquagenarian. Computer programmer who likes cooking and rambling and taking photos of stuff. I'm even less fascinating than that makes me sound. Also Mr http://www.alison-moore.com. She gave me a kidney so I have to say that.

www.alison-moore.com.

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Imogen Reid @imogenreid.bsky.social · 21h

It's publication day for this beauty, with stories by David Bevan @iancritchley.bsky.social @pippagoldschmidt.bsky.social, Alison Moore, Okechukwu Nzelu, @simonokotie.bsky.social, C.D. Rose, Iain Sinclair, Naomi Wood, lucky old me! et al. Thank you @nicholasroyle.bsky.social & @saltpublishing.com 🔥

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LukeBMTB @lukebmtb.bsky.social · 1d

Dozens of birds in this tree, including goldfinches.

#birds

Goldfinches perched on twigs, blue sky behind

Goldfinch perched on twigs, blue sky behind

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Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 2d

Hah yeah my son played all though that and I had to get him through a tricky bit. Minimalist work of art really.

Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 2d

I occasionally go so hard on crunchy nut cornflakes my mouth feels like I've eaten a hedgehog.

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Woodo @woodo.bsky.social · 2d

PRO-TIP: Live your life in such a way that nobody celebrates you being shanked to death in prison.

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Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 3d

I don't know who this Alison Moore lass is but she sounds good

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Nicholas Royle @nicholasroyle.bsky.social · 3d

Lovely review of Best British Short Stories 2025 up at @manchesterreview.bsky.social @saltpublishing.com www.themanchesterreview.co.uk?p=13063

Best British Short Stories 2025, edited by Nicholas Royle, reviewed by Paul Anthony Knowles and Sam Cassells - The Manchester Review

A timely reminder of the ability of the contemporary short form to move, shock and surprise its reader in a myriad of ways. Best British Short Stories 2025 | edited by Nicholas Royle | Salt Publishing...

www.themanchesterreview.co.uk

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Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 3d

Yes I do find myself preferring is face somehow.

Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 3d

Kap? Kap? Thanks phone.

Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 3d

Rather than just sit on my kap, our cat has developed the habit of sticking his arse in my face for minutes at a time while he pads away with his toe spikes.

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Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 3d

He's a troublemaker that one.

Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 4d

A dumbass and a captive audience can be an intoxicating brew.

Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe throw in a cyclist and some sheep too (egret down by the cyclist)

Cyclist going past an egret by a brook and an old wall, with a bumpy field of sheep in the mist to the right.

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Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 4d

Hah ta - the egret was knocking around here too, down by the cyclist.

Cyclist cycling past an egret and an old wall with a bumpty, misty field covered in sheep.

Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 4d

(who just before this was looking a bit less moody, benny hilling around on the road dodging amazon vans)

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Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 4d

Also some good posing by my egret pal

An egret (white heron) perched in the top of of a weeping willow with the morning moon on the opposite corner of the photo.

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Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 4d

Nice morning!

Sheep in a bumpy, misty field behind a tumbledown old red brick wall covered in scrappy hedges and icy. It's early morning and the sky is pastel orange/pink.

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Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 5d

sssh - I've got the sledge out already.

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Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 5d

It's a snow day for grownups.

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Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 5d

Ah yay! I was looking at the same thing and eventually though I'd check bluesky :)

My latest pushes aren't showing on a PR either.

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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 5d

Something super hopeful:
A way to treat Alzheimers that is totally new and was just shown to work amazingly in mice.

Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport | share.google/U23UhLehCUUC...

Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport

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Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 5d

I've always found that's stuff so funny. A burger is that shape because it's a convenient food shape but because it's a cow's burger gland.

Monsterlander @monsterlander.bsky.social · 5d

John Darnielle

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David M. Bennett MD (FAAOS, FPOSNA, DABOS) @davembmd.bsky.social · 5d

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time. @aptshadow.bsky.social @abraham.bsky.social

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