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@lukeb0nd.bsky.social
London based Computer Programmer (@ InfluxData). Kubernetes, Golang, Rust. Metal. Fantasy fiction.
OH at school drop-off: walked past a mother and daughter, maybe 6-7 y.o. Mother was saying "no I'm not a printer I work in marketing!". Daughter: "PRINTER!!" 😂
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
OH at school drop-off: walked past a mother and daughter, maybe 6-7 y.o. Mother was saying "no I'm not a printer I work in marketing!". Daughter: "PRINTER!!" 😂
Found myself with a £200 voucher for Verdant brewery. Now I've about £230 with of their beer in my home. As a rule I don't drink during the week. Wish me luck!
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Found myself with a £200 voucher for Verdant brewery. Now I've about £230 with of their beer in my home. As a rule I don't drink during the week. Wish me luck!
No it's all been sniggers and whispers to mates behind their backs
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
No it's all been sniggers and whispers to mates behind their backs
So now I have to decide what to read as my next "paper book" (i always have an audiobook and physical book on the go in parallel). Janny Wurts' The Ships of Merior would be my preference but at the pace I read ATM it'll take forever. No audiobook available yet. Glen Cook's Port of Shadows maybe
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
So now I have to decide what to read as my next "paper book" (i always have an audiobook and physical book on the go in parallel). Janny Wurts' The Ships of Merior would be my preference but at the pace I read ATM it'll take forever. No audiobook available yet. Glen Cook's Port of Shadows maybe
More unsolicited #fantasy book reviews! This time "A King in Cobwebs", the culmination of the "Tales of Durand" trilogy by David Keck. #fantasyfiction 1/11
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
More unsolicited #fantasy book reviews! This time "A King in Cobwebs", the culmination of the "Tales of Durand" trilogy by David Keck. #fantasyfiction 1/11
Sleeping toddler meant I got a moment's peace and stopped at the pub to have one pint and watch said highlights. You can't put a price on peace but in this case it was £7.90 🫣📈
November 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Sleeping toddler meant I got a moment's peace and stopped at the pub to have one pint and watch said highlights. You can't put a price on peace but in this case it was £7.90 🫣📈
Watching the highlight reel of Travis Head's 123 run innings from 82 balls. Oh my how test cricket has changed since I was a kid watching it in the 80s. Focus then was on just not getting out. He's clubbing it around the park like it's a T20. Shades of fellow left-hander legend Gilchrist. Glorious!
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Watching the highlight reel of Travis Head's 123 run innings from 82 balls. Oh my how test cricket has changed since I was a kid watching it in the 80s. Focus then was on just not getting out. He's clubbing it around the park like it's a T20. Shades of fellow left-hander legend Gilchrist. Glorious!
Tonight I'll finish A King in Cobwebs by David Keck and will write a little review here. Feel like I haven't finished a paper book in years, they take me FOREVER to read as I don't have much time to read since having kids
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Tonight I'll finish A King in Cobwebs by David Keck and will write a little review here. Feel like I haven't finished a paper book in years, they take me FOREVER to read as I don't have much time to read since having kids
I don't tend to think of my kids as British but then my son says he's feeling "poorly" and the reality hits that he is
November 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I don't tend to think of my kids as British but then my son says he's feeling "poorly" and the reality hits that he is
"Darkness is growing, eternity opens
The cemetery lights up again as in ancient times
Fallen souls die behind my steps
By following the freezing moon"
The cemetery lights up again as in ancient times
Fallen souls die behind my steps
By following the freezing moon"
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
"Darkness is growing, eternity opens
The cemetery lights up again as in ancient times
Fallen souls die behind my steps
By following the freezing moon"
The cemetery lights up again as in ancient times
Fallen souls die behind my steps
By following the freezing moon"
Making moutabal. Nothing beats this smell
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Making moutabal. Nothing beats this smell
Shop wants cash 🤔
a man with a beard says " now that 's a name i 've not heard in a long time .
Alt: Obi-wan says "now that's a name i've not heard in a long time"
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Shop wants cash 🤔
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Back when I worked at Time magazine I wrote a piece calling George R.R. Martin “the American Tolkien.” Is it true? Who knows. WHAT AFTER ALL IS TRUTH REALLY.
But in my house, when I was a kid, the American Tolkien was Fritz Leiber. substack.com/home/post/p-...
But in my house, when I was a kid, the American Tolkien was Fritz Leiber. substack.com/home/post/p-...
That Other American Tolkien
When I was a child, the novels of Fritz Leiber were way more important to me than The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings. If anything Tolkien was the British Leiber
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November 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Back when I worked at Time magazine I wrote a piece calling George R.R. Martin “the American Tolkien.” Is it true? Who knows. WHAT AFTER ALL IS TRUTH REALLY.
But in my house, when I was a kid, the American Tolkien was Fritz Leiber. substack.com/home/post/p-...
But in my house, when I was a kid, the American Tolkien was Fritz Leiber. substack.com/home/post/p-...
I need to talk about this drumcam video of Eos by Der Weg einer Freiheit! Not only is this guy fast but that's too be expected in the genre. I love how melodically he uses the cymbals and toms to track the melody of the vocals and guitars.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_vi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_vi...
DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT - Eos (Tobias Schuler Drum Playthrough)
YouTube video by DER WEG EINER FREIHEIT
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November 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I need to talk about this drumcam video of Eos by Der Weg einer Freiheit! Not only is this guy fast but that's too be expected in the genre. I love how melodically he uses the cymbals and toms to track the melody of the vocals and guitars.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_vi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_vi...
Today's haul from another second hand bookstore visit (this time BookMongers in Brixton)
November 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Today's haul from another second hand bookstore visit (this time BookMongers in Brixton)
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Governments and voters are both reacting to algorithm-shaped “public opinion,” not grounded priorities. Immigration feels urgent because platforms amplify fear, pulling parties into hollow performances of toughness. The far right reads that drift as confirmation it’s winning.
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Google photos sending me "15 years ago today" photos of my trip to Syria (Damascus, Homs, Hama and Palmyra). Such a beautiful country with such warm, welcoming people. I wonder how many of the things I photographed still stand today 😭
November 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Google photos sending me "15 years ago today" photos of my trip to Syria (Damascus, Homs, Hama and Palmyra). Such a beautiful country with such warm, welcoming people. I wonder how many of the things I photographed still stand today 😭
Found a gloriously messy second hand bookshop today. It's disordered and chaotic and it feels like if you take the wrong book the whole mess will fall down. Like an Aladdin's Cave of musty wonders. And it has The Smell that such places should. Perfect ❤️
(Crofton Books in SE London)
(Crofton Books in SE London)
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Found a gloriously messy second hand bookshop today. It's disordered and chaotic and it feels like if you take the wrong book the whole mess will fall down. Like an Aladdin's Cave of musty wonders. And it has The Smell that such places should. Perfect ❤️
(Crofton Books in SE London)
(Crofton Books in SE London)
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Thank Zenithar it's Fredas
November 8, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Thank Zenithar it's Fredas
Urgh I wish I had more time to read. I take so long to read each book and have so many things I want to get to
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Urgh I wish I had more time to read. I take so long to read each book and have so many things I want to get to
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November 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
My wife gets called a "fucking foreigner" by a customer at @sainsburys.bsky.social and the staff all take the customer's side. So I'm off to meet her at the store to make a complaint. Disgusting. How's your day going?
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
My wife gets called a "fucking foreigner" by a customer at @sainsburys.bsky.social and the staff all take the customer's side. So I'm off to meet her at the store to make a complaint. Disgusting. How's your day going?
@philipchase90.bsky.social aka "the nemesis" 🐲 is doing a series of videos on @tadwilliams.bsky.social' Osten Ard books, starting with Memory, Sorrow and Thorn: youtu.be/2w12LQlhI9c?... 🗡️🗡️🗡️ Can't wait to watch this
Discussion of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams, with Nikhil from Shelf Esteem
YouTube video by Philip Chase
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
@philipchase90.bsky.social aka "the nemesis" 🐲 is doing a series of videos on @tadwilliams.bsky.social' Osten Ard books, starting with Memory, Sorrow and Thorn: youtu.be/2w12LQlhI9c?... 🗡️🗡️🗡️ Can't wait to watch this
This boy, "Mute", that we meet in book 2 of Erikson's No Life Forsaken...I've just known him a page a two and my mind is racing with ideas if who his father is. I think I know but let's see⌛ #malazan
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This boy, "Mute", that we meet in book 2 of Erikson's No Life Forsaken...I've just known him a page a two and my mind is racing with ideas if who his father is. I think I know but let's see⌛ #malazan
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Conan, what is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you...and to hear the lamentation of their women.
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Conan, what is best in life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you...and to hear the lamentation of their women.