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Groaning Titus @roaringfish.bsky.social · 8d

As Halloween looms, it worth remembering that it is a corporate monetisation of the ancient Gaelic Samhain/Sauin and Brittonic Calan Gaeaf festivals, that were already ancient in the 9th Century. Those guys were carving faces into turnips…

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Groaning Titus @roaringfish.bsky.social · 14d

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...On Harper Lee

When To Kill a Mockingbird first appeared, way back in the summer of 1960, it seemed to have sprung from nowhere, like some kind of Athena of a story: a perfectly formed novel springing fully formed a...

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Groaning Titus @roaringfish.bsky.social · Oct 2

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On AI and publishing.

A prevailing fear currently haunting writers (and readers) is a good old-fashioned science fiction trope: that a soulless, silent, semi-sentient force will one day write all our books for us, renderin...

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Groaning Titus @roaringfish.bsky.social · Oct 1

The 20-point Gaza peace plan is fascinating. It makes Trump the effective governor of Gaza, and pays Trump to rebuild it, while unloading the cost and daily routine of administrating onto an ISF.

In short, another scam from a convicted criminal.

Groaning Titus @roaringfish.bsky.social · Oct 1

Hegseth called the entire top military leadership together, and all that happened was Hegseth whined about not wanting women, or guys with beards, or fat generals in the military, and Grandpa rambled on about using US cities for military training and how much he wants a Nobel Peace Prize.

Groaning Titus @roaringfish.bsky.social · Sep 29

They were a good band. ‘Selenography’ is the stand out album for me, but they were around until 2016 so I am not sure they are really a ‘90s band.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Sep 29

‘People seemed deeply insulted’: how cult 90s band Rachel’s took chamber music out of the classical world

The graceful ensemble prefigured the neo-classical phenomenon and found surprising success in the post-Nirvana alt-rock boom. After the deaths of two members, reissuing their debut has proven bittersweet

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Groaning Titus @roaringfish.bsky.social · Sep 29

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Sep 29

‘A Londoner spreading deepfakes of white women saying they don’t feel safe “because of migrants” told me impatiently that everyone knows the videos aren’t real, but I was missing the point: “It’s about us showing everyone what’s really happening.”’

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Claire Wilmot | Fascistic Dream Machines

Part of the misunderstanding of the deepfake threat stems from the idea that it is a problem of bad information, rather...

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Groaning Titus @roaringfish.bsky.social · Sep 23

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WTF, Israel?

The ongoing conflict in Gaza has, not surprisingly, brought Israel under intense international scrutiny, with widespread accusations of it being a genocidal rogue state.

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Groaning Titus @roaringfish.bsky.social · Sep 22

“He did not hate his opponents, he wanted the best for them. That’s where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponents, and I don’t want the best for them. I’m sorry.”

Donald Trump, busy uniting the USA by telling half the population that he hates them.

Groaning Titus @roaringfish.bsky.social · Sep 17

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On Trump's foreign policy...

It is self-evident that Donald Trump's foreign policy has fundamentally shaken the international landscape, and led to a significant erosion of international trust in the US as a reliable ally.

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Groaning Titus @roaringfish.bsky.social · Sep 14

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On "Haywards Heath"

In Aminatta Forna’s beautifully crafted jewel of a short story,”Haywards Heath," a man's journey to reconnect with a past love is the vehicle for an exploration of memory, regret, and the scarily frag...

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Groaning Titus @roaringfish.bsky.social · Sep 13

Who is Tyler Robinson?

"When I knew him and his family, they were like diehard Trump,” said the former classmate."

Can't wait to see what Maga's favourite criminal pedo has to say about this, after his attempts to stir up even more hate.

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Groaning Titus @roaringfish.bsky.social · Sep 7

One nugget from the USA destroying itself: we now know that all that NRA stuff about being defenders of freedom who would resist any government who deployed troops into the streets of US cities was bullshit. Their time to shine is here, and they are nowhere to be seen.

Groaning Titus @roaringfish.bsky.social · Sep 7

This Maga regime has no intention of leaving office. Ever. They really couldn't make it any clearer.

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Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Groaning Titus @roaringfish.bsky.social · Sep 7

Let's be honest with ourselves here ... Grandpa Trump threatening yet another Trump Tax hike on his own importers is really not much of a threat to the EU. It is more of a threat to the USA.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Sep 7

‘It is hard to process what is happening now. Israeli forces are destroying Gaza City by bombing entire blocks. No buildings remain in the Zeytoun area, once part of the walled old city.’

@selmadabbagh.bsky.social on Gaza, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/se...

Selma Dabbagh | No Longer Able to Process

‘I am no longer able to process what is about to happen.’ The message from my friend Ghassan Abu Sita gets stuck in...

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