James Goss
@gossjam.bsky.social
Writer and audio drama producer living in a cave in Turkey so you don't have to. Hickson in the streets, Rutherford in the sheets.
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James Goss
@gossjam.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Samuel Barnett's Unknown
Science Fiction Podcast · Updated weekly · A supernatural quest around London for a missing Shakespeare play with actor Samuel Barnett (Dirk Gently, The History Boys) and Tom Price (Torchwood, My Mate...
podcasts.apple.com
You can listen to Samuel Barnett's Unknown here. First episode contains TWO ghosts.
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www.podbean.com/pa/dir-9fe9t...
castbox.fm/va/6808248
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www.podbean.com/pa/dir-9fe9t...
castbox.fm/va/6808248
The Doctor Who & The Daleks sweet cigarette cards are a wild ride as the Daleks invade Earth tondo shrooms
January 31, 2026 at 6:53 AM
The Doctor Who & The Daleks sweet cigarette cards are a wild ride as the Daleks invade Earth tondo shrooms
"Thank you good sir"
Elon emails like that sci fi fan who salutes the barman with "Two flagons of quaffable ale, mein host!"
Elon emails like that sci fi fan who salutes the barman with "Two flagons of quaffable ale, mein host!"
Holy shit, can you imagine being such a cringe loser that Jeff Epstein doesn't want your billionaire ass weirding out the trafficked children
January 31, 2026 at 6:38 AM
"Thank you good sir"
Elon emails like that sci fi fan who salutes the barman with "Two flagons of quaffable ale, mein host!"
Elon emails like that sci fi fan who salutes the barman with "Two flagons of quaffable ale, mein host!"
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After all those equivocating "according to the Hamas run Heath Ministry" qualifiers
Israel accepts Gaza death toll compiled by health authorities is broadly accurate
Israel accepts Gaza death toll compiled by health authorities is broadly accurate
Israeli military’s U-turn in accepting official figures comes after years of attacking data as ‘Hamas propaganda’
Israel’s military has accepted the death toll compiled by health authorities in Gaza is broadly accurate, marking a U-turn after years of official attacks on the data.
A senior security official briefed Israeli journalists, saying about 70,000 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli attacks on the territory since October 2023, excluding those missing. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:31 PM
After all those equivocating "according to the Hamas run Heath Ministry" qualifiers
The silver fund in my Turkish bank account is still doing CRAZY SHİT 📈, so i check it to cheer myself up before opening emails.
January 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The silver fund in my Turkish bank account is still doing CRAZY SHİT 📈, so i check it to cheer myself up before opening emails.
Took Dad to see the amazing church at Cemil. The cats were charming.
January 30, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Took Dad to see the amazing church at Cemil. The cats were charming.
Getting used to my new Turkish gym and the different vibe.
A hot İranian just made me eat his banana in the changing room.
#NotAEuphemism
A hot İranian just made me eat his banana in the changing room.
#NotAEuphemism
January 29, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Getting used to my new Turkish gym and the different vibe.
A hot İranian just made me eat his banana in the changing room.
#NotAEuphemism
A hot İranian just made me eat his banana in the changing room.
#NotAEuphemism
Your regular check-in with Music Shop Cat
January 29, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Your regular check-in with Music Shop Cat
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Editorial Note: It has taken more than 20 minutes to get this far, including at least one point at which most people would have closed the laptop and gone outside. I'm not suggesting that government infects any IT it touches with incompetence, but I'm not NOT suggesting that either.
January 28, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Editorial Note: It has taken more than 20 minutes to get this far, including at least one point at which most people would have closed the laptop and gone outside. I'm not suggesting that government infects any IT it touches with incompetence, but I'm not NOT suggesting that either.
I couldn't go to America any more than i could go to Hogwarts, but
January 29, 2026 at 8:01 AM
I couldn't go to America any more than i could go to Hogwarts, but
Finished re-reading Agatha Christie's The Hollow last night. Delighted how little i remembered or how complicated a book it actually is. Very peculiar ending, brilliantly so.
January 29, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Finished re-reading Agatha Christie's The Hollow last night. Delighted how little i remembered or how complicated a book it actually is. Very peculiar ending, brilliantly so.
With Dad in a Turkish government hospital for his foot. Pleasingly different system. Everyone stands in a corridor then gets seen according to whether they have an appointment or how old they are. Or, if they are an auntie, how many blankets on their knees.
January 28, 2026 at 7:07 AM
With Dad in a Turkish government hospital for his foot. Pleasingly different system. Everyone stands in a corridor then gets seen according to whether they have an appointment or how old they are. Or, if they are an auntie, how many blankets on their knees.
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Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.
Street Cat thinks you should have an afternoon nap too.
January 27, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Street Cat thinks you should have an afternoon nap too.
Started re-reading The Hollow last night. İ remember it as Lucy Angaketel and a butler skipping merrily around a swimming pool with a gun but it's way more complicated and Mary Westmacotty.
January 27, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Started re-reading The Hollow last night. İ remember it as Lucy Angaketel and a butler skipping merrily around a swimming pool with a gun but it's way more complicated and Mary Westmacotty.
An epic wind blew through last night, signalling the end of true winter.
Also means everyone can greet each other with "The Lodos Has Come" like we're in an episode of Star Trek.
Also means everyone can greet each other with "The Lodos Has Come" like we're in an episode of Star Trek.
January 27, 2026 at 7:48 AM
An epic wind blew through last night, signalling the end of true winter.
Also means everyone can greet each other with "The Lodos Has Come" like we're in an episode of Star Trek.
Also means everyone can greet each other with "The Lodos Has Come" like we're in an episode of Star Trek.
Took Dad to an underground city this morning. Here are its guardians.
January 27, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Took Dad to an underground city this morning. Here are its guardians.
A uniquely British awful.
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
Scafell Pike hikers left Wasdale rescue team to pay hotel bill
The mountain rescue team says it feels obliged to settle the debt on their behalf.
bbc.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:05 PM
A uniquely British awful.
bbc.com/news/article...
bbc.com/news/article...
the nice thing about the bluesky do-over is knowing you can immediately unfollow someone who says something nasty about an author you like as you know there's worse to come.
January 26, 2026 at 11:02 AM
the nice thing about the bluesky do-over is knowing you can immediately unfollow someone who says something nasty about an author you like as you know there's worse to come.
Major "Stephen from #TheTraitors" vibes
January 26, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Major "Stephen from #TheTraitors" vibes
Cat sleeping on the roof of a car in front of the mosque
January 26, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Cat sleeping on the roof of a car in front of the mosque
Putting the word "truth" in quotation marks in your headline cos 🤷
January 25, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Putting the word "truth" in quotation marks in your headline cos 🤷
The mayor's thermometer has got a bit over-excited by the thaw and is declaring it to be 22 degrees today.
January 25, 2026 at 12:33 PM
The mayor's thermometer has got a bit over-excited by the thaw and is declaring it to be 22 degrees today.
The Paddington Meme but incoherently racist
Reform UK:
Demonises migrants seeking work as an “invasion”.
Celebrates threat of an actual military invasion of a NATO ally.
Demonises migrants seeking work as an “invasion”.
Celebrates threat of an actual military invasion of a NATO ally.
January 25, 2026 at 12:17 PM
The Paddington Meme but incoherently racist