F.L. Everett
@fliceverett.bsky.social
Author & journalist.
🎄MURDER AT MISTLETOE MANOR out now!
🗡️THE EDIE YORK MYSTERIES
🏰 DREAMS OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
🎄MURDER AT MISTLETOE MANOR out now!
🗡️THE EDIE YORK MYSTERIES
🏰 DREAMS OF THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS
I think it matters.
I actually really don't think it much matters that Farage was a racist idiot at school, really. What matters is how he a) reflects on that behaviour now, and b) what he's learned and c) done in the 40 years since.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I think it matters.
Anyone in Glasgow tomorrow want to come and see me and the amazing @andreinacordani.bsky.social discuss Christmas crime? You might get a mince pie and a light dusting of snow! (Icing sugar)...
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Anyone in Glasgow tomorrow want to come and see me and the amazing @andreinacordani.bsky.social discuss Christmas crime? You might get a mince pie and a light dusting of snow! (Icing sugar)...
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Just a quick reminder to be aware that everyone around you is going through some kind of struggle; and you should find out what that is and use it against them.
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Just a quick reminder to be aware that everyone around you is going through some kind of struggle; and you should find out what that is and use it against them.
If you were an ICE agent, wouldn't you just quit your job and retrain, and take the financial hit? I fucking would.
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If you were an ICE agent, wouldn't you just quit your job and retrain, and take the financial hit? I fucking would.
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in the last 1.5 years journalistic fact-checking has become significantly harder specifically bc of this, without touching all the other ways education and knowledge-sharing are under attack rn (book bans, censorship, media industry crumbling, etc etc)
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
in the last 1.5 years journalistic fact-checking has become significantly harder specifically bc of this, without touching all the other ways education and knowledge-sharing are under attack rn (book bans, censorship, media industry crumbling, etc etc)
My dog is both cold and wildly overexcited by frost. ❄️
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
My dog is both cold and wildly overexcited by frost. ❄️
Surely Vulga Roste is a drag queen who sings 'the way we were' in a quavering falsetto then rips apart all the corporate straights in the audience.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Surely Vulga Roste is a drag queen who sings 'the way we were' in a quavering falsetto then rips apart all the corporate straights in the audience.
I've started buying records and CDs again. It's nice.
November 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I've started buying records and CDs again. It's nice.
Stop saying 'gate keeping' when you mean 'other people are more successful.'
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Stop saying 'gate keeping' when you mean 'other people are more successful.'
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The best way to decide a Most Prolific Illustrator competition is to draw lots.
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The best way to decide a Most Prolific Illustrator competition is to draw lots.
24 perfectly chosen songs to accompany the reading of my new Christmas novel, Murder at Mistletoe Manor...a tune for every suspect, and a few for the manor itself. There's even one for the cat. Hope you enjoy it...it works even if you don't read the book!
open.spotify.com/playlist/2Ff...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2Ff...
Murder at Mistletoe Manor (Christmas '25)
open.spotify.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
24 perfectly chosen songs to accompany the reading of my new Christmas novel, Murder at Mistletoe Manor...a tune for every suspect, and a few for the manor itself. There's even one for the cat. Hope you enjoy it...it works even if you don't read the book!
open.spotify.com/playlist/2Ff...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2Ff...
Husband just called me a 'bossy boots.' Not heard that since 1978.
November 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Husband just called me a 'bossy boots.' Not heard that since 1978.
Explain this. If I order a pizza with extra mushrooms it's £2 more. But if I order a ham and mushroom pizza without the ham it's the same price. Why?
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Explain this. If I order a pizza with extra mushrooms it's £2 more. But if I order a ham and mushroom pizza without the ham it's the same price. Why?
One great thing about being a dog lover is that wherever you go, there are little bursts of dopamine available.
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
One great thing about being a dog lover is that wherever you go, there are little bursts of dopamine available.
I used to tap my fingers when I was thinking, but now I can't because I look like a dimwit influencer demonstrating a new water bottle.
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I used to tap my fingers when I was thinking, but now I can't because I look like a dimwit influencer demonstrating a new water bottle.
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It must be so difficult for a certain type of man not to immediately reply to Susie Dent when she posts a word of the day. "Sounds like a certain politician we all know. Naming no names!"
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
It must be so difficult for a certain type of man not to immediately reply to Susie Dent when she posts a word of the day. "Sounds like a certain politician we all know. Naming no names!"
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It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
Me telling my mum not to watch Saltburn.
a close up of a stuffed animal with a rainbow in the background .
ALT: a close up of a stuffed animal with a rainbow in the background .
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Me telling my mum not to watch Saltburn.
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So many well-educated people I know are unaware of this about chiropractors and I’m always too embarrassed / polite / English to mention it. Like when I bite my tongue when people talk about “alternative” medicine for serious, terminal illness
AARRGH. CHIROPRACTIC IS NOT MEDICINE, IT’S DANGEROUS BULLSHIT CREATED BY A FUCKING GROCER WHO THOUGHT HE COULD HEAL WITH MAGNETS. WHAT THE FUCK, AMERICA
Oh good, they left Chiropractors as professionals but not Nurses, NPs, PA’s or physical therapists
That’s infuriating
That’s infuriating
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
So many well-educated people I know are unaware of this about chiropractors and I’m always too embarrassed / polite / English to mention it. Like when I bite my tongue when people talk about “alternative” medicine for serious, terminal illness
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Michael Gove claiming Covid was a lab leak on the today programme without one word of pushback.
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Michael Gove claiming Covid was a lab leak on the today programme without one word of pushback.
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Really weird how stuff like this keeps happening! One could consider drawing some conclusions about the people in charge!
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Really weird how stuff like this keeps happening! One could consider drawing some conclusions about the people in charge!
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I believe they prefer to be called Americans
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I believe they prefer to be called Americans