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· Nov 10
I have no intention of tiring of this view (and neither has the dog)...
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Yes. It is impossible currently to buy my book Be Funny Or Die and have me benefit from that sale. Unless you do so on audiobook, cos I reserved those rights. You can listen, but any actual books for sale aren’t paying me.
Think it's important to note that Unbound is still dicking over their (former) authors. Don't pay them, buy from places that are actually paying the authors!
Quick note to anyone thinking of buying my books: please purchase the new Swift Press versions, NOT the relatively small number of Unbound versions still knocking about, & being sold by OOINYA. Unbound stopped paying me for my work early in 2024 and I will never see a penny for these books.
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Yes. It is impossible currently to buy my book Be Funny Or Die and have me benefit from that sale. Unless you do so on audiobook, cos I reserved those rights. You can listen, but any actual books for sale aren’t paying me.
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Pro-Palestine students convicted of trespassing at their own university.
10 protesters were convicted of aggravated trespass.
libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/pro...
10 protesters were convicted of aggravated trespass.
libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/pro...
Pro-Palestine student protesters convicted of trespassing at their own uni - Liberty Investigates
A pro-Palestine protest at the University of Leicester has led to 10 people being convicted of aggravated trespass
libertyinvestigates.org.uk
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Pro-Palestine students convicted of trespassing at their own university.
10 protesters were convicted of aggravated trespass.
libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/pro...
10 protesters were convicted of aggravated trespass.
libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/pro...
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So what happens if it meets a wheelchair user or a person with a pushchair?
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
So what happens if it meets a wheelchair user or a person with a pushchair?
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They've been trialling these for a long while - saw one around Elephant & Castle getting on for a decade ago now.
On average I should think they last about 40 minutes before getting turned over, robbed and set on fire / pushed in a canal.
On average I should think they last about 40 minutes before getting turned over, robbed and set on fire / pushed in a canal.
November 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
They've been trialling these for a long while - saw one around Elephant & Castle getting on for a decade ago now.
On average I should think they last about 40 minutes before getting turned over, robbed and set on fire / pushed in a canal.
On average I should think they last about 40 minutes before getting turned over, robbed and set on fire / pushed in a canal.
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Good luck forcing me off the pavement you fucking bin.
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good luck forcing me off the pavement you fucking bin.
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As Jesus once put it: "what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and then have to pay the mansion tax?"
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
As Jesus once put it: "what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and then have to pay the mansion tax?"
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WORKPLACE PARKING. Has anyone heard of an employer paying people a daily sum, which if you drove went towards your parking space and if you didn't drive went into your pocket? I'm sure I've heard of somewhere doing this, but cannot remember where I heard it
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
WORKPLACE PARKING. Has anyone heard of an employer paying people a daily sum, which if you drove went towards your parking space and if you didn't drive went into your pocket? I'm sure I've heard of somewhere doing this, but cannot remember where I heard it
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Heads up if you didn’t get tickets to the first London show
NEW SHOW: @themountaingoats.bsky.social
📍 Hackney Church
🗓️ Thursday 22 October
🎟️ On sale now
eatyourownears.com/the-mountain...
📍 Hackney Church
🗓️ Thursday 22 October
🎟️ On sale now
eatyourownears.com/the-mountain...
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Heads up if you didn’t get tickets to the first London show
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Meanwhile
"Starvation, economic collapse, civil unrest and wars are among the risks we face if we don’t take decisive action to limit further global warming and preserve nature, leading experts in #climate, food, health and security warned today in London"
@nebriefing.bsky.social
@nebriefing.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Meanwhile
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"BUT WHEN IS IT WHITE FRIDAY!?"
November 27, 2024 at 8:51 PM
"BUT WHEN IS IT WHITE FRIDAY!?"
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The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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I hate the fact that Amazon etc don’t pay fair taxes, despite using our roads and infrastructur, that ordinary PAYE taxpayers have funded. And of course these firms all want kids who are “ready for work” but won’t contribute to the taxes that pay for the schools
November 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I hate the fact that Amazon etc don’t pay fair taxes, despite using our roads and infrastructur, that ordinary PAYE taxpayers have funded. And of course these firms all want kids who are “ready for work” but won’t contribute to the taxes that pay for the schools
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
I don't really post pictures of myself, this might be as close as it gets... From a couple of years ago.
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I don't really post pictures of myself, this might be as close as it gets... From a couple of years ago.
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A badge of honour for @willhaycardiff.bsky.social
Leaked messages show that Reform UK’s director of comms branded a prominent Welsh journalist a c**t for asking questions about why the party wouldn’t appoint a Welsh leader ahead of the Senedd election
Reform UK head of comms branded prominent Welsh journalist a 'c***'
Warning: this news article contains highly offensive language. Emily Price Reform UK’s director of communications used a highly offensive expletive to describe one of Wales’ most prominent journalists...
nation.cymru
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A badge of honour for @willhaycardiff.bsky.social
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Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
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A pint in a pub with a much-loved actor reminds Robin Ince how important it is to celebrate people while they are still around to hear it.
I went to the pub with Max Quordlepleen from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
www.bigissue.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 AM
A pint in a pub with a much-loved actor reminds Robin Ince how important it is to celebrate people while they are still around to hear it.
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I think a lot of what is driving the corporate acceptance of slop is that there's a lot of product managers and producers who don't have a creative bone in their bodies, but this process allows them to role play like they are creatives.
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I think a lot of what is driving the corporate acceptance of slop is that there's a lot of product managers and producers who don't have a creative bone in their bodies, but this process allows them to role play like they are creatives.
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Please have some mercy on us in the repair cafes and hold back a little on Black Friday and Christmas with the 'bargains'. Maybe you don't need everything that someone, or rather something, tells you today.
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Please have some mercy on us in the repair cafes and hold back a little on Black Friday and Christmas with the 'bargains'. Maybe you don't need everything that someone, or rather something, tells you today.
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This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
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This is BRILLIANT and you should see it if you can. Also, Humphrey Ker has been “extended due to popular demand” and is now 8’6” tall, which is worth seeing.
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This is BRILLIANT and you should see it if you can. Also, Humphrey Ker has been “extended due to popular demand” and is now 8’6” tall, which is worth seeing.
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Hello friends / For the 24th time, my account has been banned / I don't know what I did, but I know I'm a Palestinian from Gaza facing genocide / Onions are growing well, please share so my words reach people
chuffed.org/project/help...
chuffed.org/project/help...
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Hello friends / For the 24th time, my account has been banned / I don't know what I did, but I know I'm a Palestinian from Gaza facing genocide / Onions are growing well, please share so my words reach people
chuffed.org/project/help...
chuffed.org/project/help...
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Last night's hour-long episode of CFRO's weekly #AccordionNoir alt-squeezebox broadcast, this one with a theme difficult to succinctly describe on social media, is up online and available for your listening enjoyment via accordionuprising.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/a...
Accordion Noir radio playlist 2025-11-26: Whatever We Play Tonight
Bruce is getting a little postmodern with these programs: he has taken an episode of our program first aired a bit over eighteen years ago, located all of the songs included in it in his music coll…
accordionuprising.wordpress.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Last night's hour-long episode of CFRO's weekly #AccordionNoir alt-squeezebox broadcast, this one with a theme difficult to succinctly describe on social media, is up online and available for your listening enjoyment via accordionuprising.wordpress.com/2025/11/27/a...
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We did a music quiz last night for an illustrious crowd. One round was felt a bit on the nose for the gathered guests so was left on the cutting room floor.
If you fancy a go though, here it is:
Nigel Farage Quote or Morrissey Song Title
Good luck and no cheating
If you fancy a go though, here it is:
Nigel Farage Quote or Morrissey Song Title
Good luck and no cheating
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
We did a music quiz last night for an illustrious crowd. One round was felt a bit on the nose for the gathered guests so was left on the cutting room floor.
If you fancy a go though, here it is:
Nigel Farage Quote or Morrissey Song Title
Good luck and no cheating
If you fancy a go though, here it is:
Nigel Farage Quote or Morrissey Song Title
Good luck and no cheating
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Doeddwn i ddim yn nabod Wal yn dda, ond wedi mwynhau ei chwarae'n fawr wrth wylio'n perfformio gydag Arwel Lloyd a cherddorion eraill dros y blynyddoedd. Roedd wastad yn braf cael sgwrs ar ddiwedd y nos 'da fe ac mae'n glir o'r holl deyrngedau roedd yn berson cynnes ac uchel ei barch, nos da Wal
Teyrngedau i Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan, y basydd o Abertawe
Yn hanu o ardal Sandfields, aeth Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan i berfformio â rhai o fawrion y byd cerddoriaeth #cerddoriaeth
✍️ Efan Owen
Yn hanu o ardal Sandfields, aeth Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan i berfformio â rhai o fawrion y byd cerddoriaeth #cerddoriaeth
✍️ Efan Owen
Teyrngedau i Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan, y basydd o Abertawe
Yn hanu o ardal Sandfields, aeth Andrew ‘Wal’ Coughlan i berfformio â rhai o fawrion y byd cerddoriaeth
golwg.360.cymru
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Doeddwn i ddim yn nabod Wal yn dda, ond wedi mwynhau ei chwarae'n fawr wrth wylio'n perfformio gydag Arwel Lloyd a cherddorion eraill dros y blynyddoedd. Roedd wastad yn braf cael sgwrs ar ddiwedd y nos 'da fe ac mae'n glir o'r holl deyrngedau roedd yn berson cynnes ac uchel ei barch, nos da Wal