Dirk Maggs
@dirkmaggs.bsky.social
#1 New York Times Audio Bestseller. Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Superman, Batman (BBC Radio); Alien, The Sandman (Audible) and many other audio productions. Writes. Directs. Plays Drums.
No AI needed. 50% 🇳🇱 50% 🇬🇧 + a smidge of 🏴 = 100 % 🇪🇺
No AI needed. 50% 🇳🇱 50% 🇬🇧 + a smidge of 🏴 = 100 % 🇪🇺
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Dirk Maggs
@dirkmaggs.bsky.social
· Nov 18
RELEASED TODAY thanks to Penguin Random House and DC Comics our ‘audio movie’ of the graphic novel KINGDOM COME by Mark Waid and Alex Ross. This production gave me the chance to return after three decades to both Metropolis *and* Gotham City. Here's what the author says about our new version: 1/14
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HELP REQUEST: Would anyone who speaks Spanish and English be up for sense-checking some subtitles on a short film (<15 minutes) please? I have no budget, I'm afraid - it's a short LGBTQ+ film in English, and it's been accepted into a festival in Spain.
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 AM
HELP REQUEST: Would anyone who speaks Spanish and English be up for sense-checking some subtitles on a short film (<15 minutes) please? I have no budget, I'm afraid - it's a short LGBTQ+ film in English, and it's been accepted into a festival in Spain.
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has almost 75,000 signatures! Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 21, 2026 at 6:41 AM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has almost 75,000 signatures! Let’s get it to the 100,000 needed! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Called my senators and left messages for them regarding two issues (Greenland and I C E). Got right through.
Please call. Scripts are here: 5calls.org
Include your name, spelling, city, and ZIP code when leaving a message. Say if you want a callback or not.
Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Please call. Scripts are here: 5calls.org
Include your name, spelling, city, and ZIP code when leaving a message. Say if you want a callback or not.
Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
January 21, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Called my senators and left messages for them regarding two issues (Greenland and I C E). Got right through.
Please call. Scripts are here: 5calls.org
Include your name, spelling, city, and ZIP code when leaving a message. Say if you want a callback or not.
Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Please call. Scripts are here: 5calls.org
Include your name, spelling, city, and ZIP code when leaving a message. Say if you want a callback or not.
Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
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Dr. King believed our democracy would only make sense when every child was fed, every mind was educated, and every community had dignity and freedom.
That vision is still unfolding. So, on this MLK Day, let us recommit to the work of building the world he dared to imagine.
That vision is still unfolding. So, on this MLK Day, let us recommit to the work of building the world he dared to imagine.
January 19, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Dr. King believed our democracy would only make sense when every child was fed, every mind was educated, and every community had dignity and freedom.
That vision is still unfolding. So, on this MLK Day, let us recommit to the work of building the world he dared to imagine.
That vision is still unfolding. So, on this MLK Day, let us recommit to the work of building the world he dared to imagine.
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It's PLR day! Thank you for using your library!
January 19, 2026 at 3:13 PM
It's PLR day! Thank you for using your library!
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there have been better days to launch an ambitious project to fund original scripted audio comedy from the likes of joel & ben (pictured), but it’s been in the diary for ages. please take a look at our store: Leadmojo.co.uk/smelt
January 19, 2026 at 10:18 AM
there have been better days to launch an ambitious project to fund original scripted audio comedy from the likes of joel & ben (pictured), but it’s been in the diary for ages. please take a look at our store: Leadmojo.co.uk/smelt
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There's no such thing as Blue Monday!
January 19, 2026 at 9:00 AM
There's no such thing as Blue Monday!
Happy Birthday Cary Grant - devoted lover of British Comedy, especially Panto. Lovely stories here, including the encounter he had with my one-time, wonderful ex-'boss', Roy Hudd. www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...
Cary Grant, Christmas and comedy - Comedy Chronicles - British Comedy Guide
Heard the one about Cary Grant and the traditional British pantomime?
www.comedy.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Happy Birthday Cary Grant - devoted lover of British Comedy, especially Panto. Lovely stories here, including the encounter he had with my one-time, wonderful ex-'boss', Roy Hudd. www.comedy.co.uk/features/com...
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This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM
This opens up wider questions about how far the UK and Canada in the 5 eyes intel sharing framework as well as other former allies of the United States can still provide the Americans with any sensitive intelligence information at all
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So here’s why Palantir is keen to get its mitts on UK health data, possibly at a ‘best in market’ price… so it’s all ready to offer a Farage Fascism App with address data that people have to keep up to date for their health…
“Palantir is working on a tool for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that populates a map with potential deportation targets, brings up a dossier on each person, and provides a “confidence score” on the person’s current address,”
Report: ICE Using Palantir Tool That Feeds On Medicaid Data
ICE is using a Palantir tool that uses Medicaid and other government data to stalk people for arrest. This is exactly the kind of data privacy abuse that EFF has been warning about.
www.eff.org
January 17, 2026 at 8:21 AM
So here’s why Palantir is keen to get its mitts on UK health data, possibly at a ‘best in market’ price… so it’s all ready to offer a Farage Fascism App with address data that people have to keep up to date for their health…
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And invests no money in content or creators or any infrastructure of programme making, does no training, cannot support collaborative projects efficiently, and has an opaque payment system that mitigates against what the public would understand as “making television”.
January 15, 2026 at 9:11 AM
And invests no money in content or creators or any infrastructure of programme making, does no training, cannot support collaborative projects efficiently, and has an opaque payment system that mitigates against what the public would understand as “making television”.
More moves like this required, online (and other) publishing entities.
Bandcamp has banned AI music.
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
Bandcamp Bans AI Music
AI music has become a big problem on streaming services. Remember the AI-generated psych-rock band the Velvet Sundown and the AI-generated metalcore band Broken Avenue racking up streams on Spotify? R...
stereogum.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:46 PM
More moves like this required, online (and other) publishing entities.
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This is both fascinating and horrifying. Well worth a read to get a sense of how badly designed and conceived electronic goods make our lives worse and add to e-waste.
Well worth a read but bear in mind people will hear your eyes rolling.
Well worth a read but bear in mind people will hear your eyes rolling.
“Worst in Show” Returns at CES 2026, Calling Out Gadgets That Make Things Worse
The 2026 Worst in Show losers are in! Fridges and coffeemakers that might mishear you, surveillance and enshittification everywhere. Plus: AI soulmates.
www.ifixit.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:14 AM
This is both fascinating and horrifying. Well worth a read to get a sense of how badly designed and conceived electronic goods make our lives worse and add to e-waste.
Well worth a read but bear in mind people will hear your eyes rolling.
Well worth a read but bear in mind people will hear your eyes rolling.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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Artificial Unintelligence: the government is in full retreat over copyright, and the attempts to make it look dignified only make it funnier. My SKETCH.
thecritic.co.uk/arti...
thecritic.co.uk/arti...
January 13, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Artificial Unintelligence: the government is in full retreat over copyright, and the attempts to make it look dignified only make it funnier. My SKETCH.
thecritic.co.uk/arti...
thecritic.co.uk/arti...
Unexpectedly topical Bonanza episode today.
Little Joe and Hoss try to help a man with an uncontrollable temper and the mind of a child.
🤠 BONANZA (1960) 5:30pm #DanBlocker #MichaelLandon #CalBolder 'The Ape' #TPTVsubtitles
🤠 BONANZA (1960) 5:30pm #DanBlocker #MichaelLandon #CalBolder 'The Ape' #TPTVsubtitles
January 12, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Unexpectedly topical Bonanza episode today.
Pretty much every Easter egg spotted. Thank you Damien.
This morning I finished listening to this bad boy - @dirkmaggs.bsky.social's brilliant audio adaptation of Kingdom Come.
It took me right back to my teenage years, listening to Dirk's Batman, Superman and Spider-Man audios and reading KC for the first time. And, most importantly, it was GREAT
It took me right back to my teenage years, listening to Dirk's Batman, Superman and Spider-Man audios and reading KC for the first time. And, most importantly, it was GREAT
January 12, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Pretty much every Easter egg spotted. Thank you Damien.
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Welcome to new Bluesky users.
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
January 11, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Welcome to new Bluesky users.
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
Here’s how we do things:
1. Always observe the Hambledon Protocol
2. No flisking
3. If someone tealights you, rink them without apology
4. I don’t mind them so much, but tissue-posts are generally frowned on
5. No questions
Good luck!
“Set foot”; not “Stepped foot”. Thank you.
January 11, 2026 at 9:58 AM
“Set foot”; not “Stepped foot”. Thank you.
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wow really helpful, thank you new york times
October 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
wow really helpful, thank you new york times
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Oh hey, listen, just a quick word.
Do not do this.
Do not do this.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s “not intended for diagnosis or treatment.”
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Oh hey, listen, just a quick word.
Do not do this.
Do not do this.
I worked with Molly in the late 80s, she was a panellist on “The Press Gang” (BBC Radio 2). An honest, creative and very funny lady who fought her demons valiantly.
Not sure they make women like this any more. Hilarious obit.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Molly Parkin obituary
Artist, writer, fashion editor and raconteur whose bohemian lifestyle inspired her bonkbuster novels
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 AM
I worked with Molly in the late 80s, she was a panellist on “The Press Gang” (BBC Radio 2). An honest, creative and very funny lady who fought her demons valiantly.