Nick Black
@fuzzynick.bsky.social
Library manager. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️-reviewed short stories collection 'POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE' available now from me https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/267521176850 or from your local Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Positive-Negative-Nick-Black/dp/1915247128/
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My odd, sweet, sad, funny, dark, bright ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐-reviewed book of short stories, POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE is now available directly from me, via eBay www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26752117... or through Amazon www.amazon.co.uk/Positive-Neg...
#books #booksky 📚💙 #amwriting #shortstories #flashfiction
#books #booksky 📚💙 #amwriting #shortstories #flashfiction
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I think, at least weekly, about the Bojack Horseman episode where two characters “innovate” their movie so much that they turn it into a “bimonthly curated basket of snacks”
January 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I think, at least weekly, about the Bojack Horseman episode where two characters “innovate” their movie so much that they turn it into a “bimonthly curated basket of snacks”
January 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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So much fiction is ill-disguised auto-fiction (I'm guilty of it myself) so I'm delighted to say, In the Desert is 100% pure imagination.
Out 3-3-2026
Out 3-3-2026
January 13, 2026 at 9:56 AM
So much fiction is ill-disguised auto-fiction (I'm guilty of it myself) so I'm delighted to say, In the Desert is 100% pure imagination.
Out 3-3-2026
Out 3-3-2026
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This Holger Czukay quote from ‘All Gates Open’ by Rob Young is an existential gut punch. I think about it a lot.
January 12, 2026 at 10:25 PM
This Holger Czukay quote from ‘All Gates Open’ by Rob Young is an existential gut punch. I think about it a lot.
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I havd't used X in a long time but I only deleted my twitter account around Christmas, 'worrying' someone would create an account with my old username and pretend to be me.
Then I realised that was absolutely demented thinking.
Then I realised that was absolutely demented thinking.
January 12, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I havd't used X in a long time but I only deleted my twitter account around Christmas, 'worrying' someone would create an account with my old username and pretend to be me.
Then I realised that was absolutely demented thinking.
Then I realised that was absolutely demented thinking.
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This LP is 40 years old in 2026. The first Van album I bought, secondhand, was Beautiful Vision. The second was No Guru No Method No Teacher. As the sticker inside the sleeve reveals: 6 quid from Virgin in Broadmead, Bristol. Money well spent. I was 13 & and it completely blew me away. Still does.
January 13, 2026 at 10:40 AM
This LP is 40 years old in 2026. The first Van album I bought, secondhand, was Beautiful Vision. The second was No Guru No Method No Teacher. As the sticker inside the sleeve reveals: 6 quid from Virgin in Broadmead, Bristol. Money well spent. I was 13 & and it completely blew me away. Still does.
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Erasures from Institutionalism and Schizophrenia: A Comparative Study of Three Mental Hospitals 1960-1968, G. W. Brown & J. K Wing
January 13, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Erasures from Institutionalism and Schizophrenia: A Comparative Study of Three Mental Hospitals 1960-1968, G. W. Brown & J. K Wing
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Avanti at Blea Moor. 2 January 2026. #railway #photography
January 13, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Avanti at Blea Moor. 2 January 2026. #railway #photography
Rewatched over Christmas,my wife seeing for the first time - stone cold (ice cold!) classic. Incredible turn from a young Christina Ricci, and Toby McGuire and Elijah Wood pre-blockbuster fame.
Ang Lee’s THE ICE STORM (1997) NP on the Criterion Channel! Suburban Connecticut, 1973. While Richard Nixon’s “I am not a crook” speech drones from the TV, the Hood and Carver families try to navigate a Thanksgiving break simmering with unspoken resentment, sexual tension, and cultural confusion.
January 12, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Rewatched over Christmas,my wife seeing for the first time - stone cold (ice cold!) classic. Incredible turn from a young Christina Ricci, and Toby McGuire and Elijah Wood pre-blockbuster fame.
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👁️See It, Say It, Sorted: Jonathan Coe’s Genre-Bending Novel🔍
On the podcast this week, Adam welcomes @jonathancoe.bsky.social to Paris for a rich, funny, and wide-ranging conversation about his novel The Proof of My Innocence.
pod.fo/e/3743b7
On the podcast this week, Adam welcomes @jonathancoe.bsky.social to Paris for a rich, funny, and wide-ranging conversation about his novel The Proof of My Innocence.
pod.fo/e/3743b7
January 12, 2026 at 2:03 PM
👁️See It, Say It, Sorted: Jonathan Coe’s Genre-Bending Novel🔍
On the podcast this week, Adam welcomes @jonathancoe.bsky.social to Paris for a rich, funny, and wide-ranging conversation about his novel The Proof of My Innocence.
pod.fo/e/3743b7
On the podcast this week, Adam welcomes @jonathancoe.bsky.social to Paris for a rich, funny, and wide-ranging conversation about his novel The Proof of My Innocence.
pod.fo/e/3743b7
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You know...
With all this Grok shit, one really gets the impression the real reason most of MAGA are so angry about Epstein isn't moral outrage about the sexual exploitation of girls, & more because they are upset they didn't get an invite.
With all this Grok shit, one really gets the impression the real reason most of MAGA are so angry about Epstein isn't moral outrage about the sexual exploitation of girls, & more because they are upset they didn't get an invite.
January 6, 2026 at 5:32 AM
You know...
With all this Grok shit, one really gets the impression the real reason most of MAGA are so angry about Epstein isn't moral outrage about the sexual exploitation of girls, & more because they are upset they didn't get an invite.
With all this Grok shit, one really gets the impression the real reason most of MAGA are so angry about Epstein isn't moral outrage about the sexual exploitation of girls, & more because they are upset they didn't get an invite.
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I don’t think I want to read books any more.
![FT op ed piece:
So the next question is: should we care [that men aren’t reading fiction] and, if so, why? Those who argue that yes, we should, tend to give a few reasons. They point out that reading fiction fosters critical thinking, empathy and improves "emotional vocabulary". They argue that novels often contain heroic figures and strong, virtuous representations of masculinity that can inspire and motivate modern men.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2cadvbwpkxtuvmv2gpy5laml/bafkreifysxlv4arnuiortwvtmfjp4e5kksnrxmn63bq7rrvv3sdfx5e2yu@jpeg)
January 11, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I don’t think I want to read books any more.
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This is DISGRACEFUL. If you’re still there, why???
Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted.
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’:
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Add blood, forced smile’: how Grok’s nudification tool went viral
The ‘put her in a bikini’ trend rapidly evolved into hundreds of thousands of requests to strip clothes from photos of women, horrifying those targeted
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
This is DISGRACEFUL. If you’re still there, why???
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BREAKING: Staggering scenes as brave Iranians stand up to their illegitimate government in Tehran... um, hang on, I'm being told this is actually Minneapolis. Forget I said anything...
January 11, 2026 at 11:54 AM
BREAKING: Staggering scenes as brave Iranians stand up to their illegitimate government in Tehran... um, hang on, I'm being told this is actually Minneapolis. Forget I said anything...
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January 11, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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This read of The Talisman (4th time) is just hitting me in so many new ways. I am burning through this re-read, and listening to @flanaganswakepod.bsky.social (kingslingers)
Very excited to see how Black House hits me on my second read. Black House is one of my favorite novels ever.
#Booksky
Very excited to see how Black House hits me on my second read. Black House is one of my favorite novels ever.
#Booksky
January 11, 2026 at 2:42 AM
This read of The Talisman (4th time) is just hitting me in so many new ways. I am burning through this re-read, and listening to @flanaganswakepod.bsky.social (kingslingers)
Very excited to see how Black House hits me on my second read. Black House is one of my favorite novels ever.
#Booksky
Very excited to see how Black House hits me on my second read. Black House is one of my favorite novels ever.
#Booksky
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It’s great that more people are arriving from X and it’s lovely to see your name on a starter pack but a note of caution: I have only recently unfollowed the last of the nuisances on my original starter pack. One person’s Noël Coward is another person’s Noel Edmonds.
January 11, 2026 at 9:35 AM
It’s great that more people are arriving from X and it’s lovely to see your name on a starter pack but a note of caution: I have only recently unfollowed the last of the nuisances on my original starter pack. One person’s Noël Coward is another person’s Noel Edmonds.
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Sadly, more relevant than ever. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
I’m a German Citizen in 1933, and Is It Just Me or Is It Really Hard to Get Any Work Done Right Now?
Our 25th most-read article of 2025.
- - -Guten tag. I’m just wondering if anybody else can relate to this feeling I’ve been having that I just can...
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January 10, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Sadly, more relevant than ever. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-...
"Remastered from the analog masters, this 40th anniversary edition replicates the 200-copy original for max teleportation value."
#nowplaying "80s synth magic for the 4-track mind. DIY outsider Rick Cuevas was a post-punk refugee on a vision quest for a hit. Tracked at home in 1984, "The Birds" is that 40-year-delayed viral smash, one of eight retro-futurist anthems that make up Cuevas' debut album." @numerogroup.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
"Remastered from the analog masters, this 40th anniversary edition replicates the 200-copy original for max teleportation value."
#nowplaying "80s synth magic for the 4-track mind. DIY outsider Rick Cuevas was a post-punk refugee on a vision quest for a hit. Tracked at home in 1984, "The Birds" is that 40-year-delayed viral smash, one of eight retro-futurist anthems that make up Cuevas' debut album." @numerogroup.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 5:25 PM
#nowplaying "80s synth magic for the 4-track mind. DIY outsider Rick Cuevas was a post-punk refugee on a vision quest for a hit. Tracked at home in 1984, "The Birds" is that 40-year-delayed viral smash, one of eight retro-futurist anthems that make up Cuevas' debut album." @numerogroup.bsky.social
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The Nazi bar will NOT improve by you continuing to drink in the Nazi bar. You are not providing a good example to the Nazis by drinking alongside them. You are demonstrating you are prepared to overlook Nazis in your favourite bar.
January 10, 2026 at 12:49 PM
The Nazi bar will NOT improve by you continuing to drink in the Nazi bar. You are not providing a good example to the Nazis by drinking alongside them. You are demonstrating you are prepared to overlook Nazis in your favourite bar.
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Just read this excellent novella by @dlgladwin.bsky.social - set in Eyam and Chatsworth during the 1666 Great Plague, it draws on history and folklore and has a brilliantly distinctive narrative voice @roadsongbooks.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Just read this excellent novella by @dlgladwin.bsky.social - set in Eyam and Chatsworth during the 1666 Great Plague, it draws on history and folklore and has a brilliantly distinctive narrative voice @roadsongbooks.bsky.social
Struggling to settle into any fiction at the moment, hoping this'll stick.
January 10, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Struggling to settle into any fiction at the moment, hoping this'll stick.
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Just seen ‘Weapons’. What a glorious film. If you haven’t seen it, I urge you not to find out anything about it and just watch it. A wonderful, scary romp and a metaphor for Western society. Brilliant.
January 9, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Just seen ‘Weapons’. What a glorious film. If you haven’t seen it, I urge you not to find out anything about it and just watch it. A wonderful, scary romp and a metaphor for Western society. Brilliant.