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Keith Taylor

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Bestselling author of This Is the Way the World Ends: an Oral History of the Zombie War: http://amzn.to/3O6xBWm Anti-Brexit and pro-Free Movement. Denizen of Mongolia Posts: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7bv2ca3yawj662o7qxd5xyt7/feed/aaak2agiw6iwg

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Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · Apr 4

Apropos of absolutely nothing at all, my novel This Is the Way the World Ends: an Oral History of the Zombie War contains lots of valuable tips to help you survive the collapse of society.

I mean... most of the tips are zombie related, but they're transferable.

www.amazon.com/This-Way-Wor...

The front cover of This Is the Way the World Ends: an Oral History of the Zombie War, a novel by Keith Taylor. It depicts a bleached skull half buried in sand beneath a cloudy sky

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Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 6h

It's utterly insane that Farage has more influence than ever over British politics when he's the face of its most disastrous decision in recent history. He shouldn't be able to appear in public without being pelted with rotten fruit.

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 1d

If the Norwegians had a sense of humour, they'd give Obama a second peace prize today.

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Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Nicely done.

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ceej @ceej.online · 1d

damn. hoping it at least signifies something

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 1d

It is a tale
Told by an idiot

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Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 1d

'space' is also stomach turning. "Ever since I've been in the spiritual growth and healing space..." Shut up, Jade, you sell crystals to idiots.

Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 2d

1. I suppose mummy is the only type of woman they can imagine belonging in a position of authority.

Or they just have a kink. I hear stories.

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Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Oh god, and here's me politely responding every once in a while, unintentionally resetting the count. I could have been free.

Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 2d

In 2009 I found a spot on a Mongol Rally team with a bunch of strangers on Facebook, and my life changed immeasurably for the better. Travelled the world, met my (now former) wife, settled in Mongolia. None of this would have happened without social media. It's a shame the -s now outweigh the +s.

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 2d

joining a throuple (two people who throw up a lot)

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Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Coming in 2027. Tron: Two Jared Letos. Gotta get this shit down to the 30s.

Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, that’s what they said. But in Polish.

Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Tried Pole vaulting once. Now I have human trafficking and false imprisonment on my record.

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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 2d

love your work mrs theranos but how do you walk into this

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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 2d

getting killed by my vape pen when a Maximum Overdrive situation happens

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Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Some of my happiest memories are of my nightly long walks through the quiet sois of Bangkok, where I turned off my brain and allowed it to figure things out on its own. Always returned home with a new idea or solution, usually with an ice cream. No writer would replace these moments with a machine.

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Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 3d

I often think that Terry Pratchett taught me everything I know about how to be at least a moderately decent person. Almost none of those lessons came from anything to do with the plot, and they'd certainly be skipped in a 2K word summary.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 3d

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 4d

That’s what you get when actual humans read your posts, I guess.

Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 4d

Good lord, I'm up to episode 8 and it just gets worse for parents. I suspect the writers were working through some issues.

Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 4d

Oh no. The first scarf of the year has been dragged out of retirement. This time just a sunny yellow cotton number from Vientiane, Laos, but they only get thicker and warmer from here on in.

A selfie, from the waist down, of a Brown linen Spier & Mackay sport coat, cream Samuelsohn trousers, brown Alfred Sargent derbies and a bright yellow slubby handmade cotton scarf from Taibaan in Vientiane, Laos

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Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 4d

Eeeewwww. Seriously, someone who thinks it's OK to show up at an event for children with a covert camera needs an intervention. If that fails, maybe something stronger.

Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 4d

Well yeah, its point is to be offensive, and it still packs a punch as it hasn't yet been watered down by overuse so it's perfectly understandable to disapprove of it. It just isn't used as a pejorative, just as every other swear word that was originally a gendered descriptor isn't pejorative.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 4d

I think it should be socially and legally acceptable to smack these clean off somebody's face if they're filming you against your will

Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 4d

Buckle Up, the Smart Glasses Backlash Is Coming https://gizmodo.com/buckle-up-the-smart-glasses-backlash-is-coming-2000668213

Buckle Up, the Smart Glasses Backlash Is Coming

Is this #glassholes 2.0?

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Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 4d

I’d mug a wearer in a jurisdiction that requires two party consent just for the pleasure of seeing their video evidence barred from use in the trial. Wouldn’t even take anything. I just want to watch them stamp their little feet.

Keith Taylor @mrkeithtaylor.bsky.social · 4d

It really isn’t in the UK (and Australia, and probably NZ). Though yeah, when I hear it in an American accent my first thought is ‘oh, I suspect you have a problem with women.’

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