Nicolas Papaconstantinou
@nixsight.bsky.social
Read my book of short stories "The Room Next Door"
More info: https://amzn.to/4faNmb5
He/Him (but singular they/them is fine because English.)
More info: https://amzn.to/4faNmb5
He/Him (but singular they/them is fine because English.)
Heading up to ThoughtBubble on Friday and looking forward to it as much as usual but have to admit, it is falling at a time when I am not feeling my best, emotionally or physically, this year. Not the con's fault at all but wish I went to more of them, so this feeling wasn't leaning on me so much.
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Heading up to ThoughtBubble on Friday and looking forward to it as much as usual but have to admit, it is falling at a time when I am not feeling my best, emotionally or physically, this year. Not the con's fault at all but wish I went to more of them, so this feeling wasn't leaning on me so much.
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Stories on BBC News - a street brawl which helpfully tells us those involved were “of Turkish origin” and another about a sex offender “Sudanese” but an extremely prolific sex offender responsible for 343 offences is not described as “white British” why is that
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Stories on BBC News - a street brawl which helpfully tells us those involved were “of Turkish origin” and another about a sex offender “Sudanese” but an extremely prolific sex offender responsible for 343 offences is not described as “white British” why is that
You know, part of me sincerely believes that if the combination of "You're The Voice" in 1986 and "Something Inside So Strong" in 1987 didn't fix everything, maybe we're just unsalvageable as a species.
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
You know, part of me sincerely believes that if the combination of "You're The Voice" in 1986 and "Something Inside So Strong" in 1987 didn't fix everything, maybe we're just unsalvageable as a species.
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Yes, "pregnant people" is inclusive language that describes pregnant cis women AS WELL AS trans men and nonbinary people, a lot of whom can get pregnant. But it also describes, like, 12-year-old girls who get pregnant. Do centrist pig-dogs think THEY are "women" too? Coz...bit of a red flag, that.
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Yes, "pregnant people" is inclusive language that describes pregnant cis women AS WELL AS trans men and nonbinary people, a lot of whom can get pregnant. But it also describes, like, 12-year-old girls who get pregnant. Do centrist pig-dogs think THEY are "women" too? Coz...bit of a red flag, that.
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God-tier comment I just found on a Reddit thread about why THERE WILL BE BLOOD is still not available on 4k
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
God-tier comment I just found on a Reddit thread about why THERE WILL BE BLOOD is still not available on 4k
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Fine, I will write the next James Bond.
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Fine, I will write the next James Bond.
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
INT: SEX CASINO, NIGHT
BOND: Hello I am Bond James Bond my car goes NYOOM
CUT TO: ten minutes of a chase in a sports car
BOND: Also my watch is a special watch that makes ladies blouses see through
EXPLOSION
BOND: This film is for grown ups
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And a hat. And something on their feet.
Literally me yesterday.
Literally me yesterday.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
And a hat. And something on their feet.
Literally me yesterday.
Literally me yesterday.
I love this show.
If there’s any of you who profess to be into noir and have not yet seen MR INBETWEEN, you need to fix that asap. If you need further convincing, my @crimereads.bsky.social piece from a few years ago
#noirvember
crimereads.com/mr-inbetween/
#noirvember
crimereads.com/mr-inbetween/
Mr. Inbetween: It’s Time to Appreciate the Genius of This Very Australian Noir
I recently chaired a panel in which several American crime writers discussed their most memorable discoveries in terms of noir television and film during the various COVID lockdowns we have all end…
crimereads.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I love this show.
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Victoria's response to kamikazi transphobe Linehan reminds us that angry men are happy to harass women in the name of (checks notes) women's rights and that if a trans woman appearing on tv sends them ballistic then this is not about women's rights, it's about the eradication of the trans community
November 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Victoria's response to kamikazi transphobe Linehan reminds us that angry men are happy to harass women in the name of (checks notes) women's rights and that if a trans woman appearing on tv sends them ballistic then this is not about women's rights, it's about the eradication of the trans community
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None are free until all are free.
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
None are free until all are free.
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Bill Cosby is out of jail, Louis CK sells out stadiums, even Woody Allen is being invited back into polite society. What "excesses" are these people talking about?
When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
November 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Bill Cosby is out of jail, Louis CK sells out stadiums, even Woody Allen is being invited back into polite society. What "excesses" are these people talking about?
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Boy, sure doesn't SEEM like wall to wall coverage of Mamdani dragged down Democratic turn out or juiced opposition in other races... 🤔🤔
Maybe the reactionary pundit class are fucking idiots?
Maybe the reactionary pundit class are fucking idiots?
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Boy, sure doesn't SEEM like wall to wall coverage of Mamdani dragged down Democratic turn out or juiced opposition in other races... 🤔🤔
Maybe the reactionary pundit class are fucking idiots?
Maybe the reactionary pundit class are fucking idiots?
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This wife talking about her husband becoming radicalised by Farage and those like him really is quite extraordinary in its heartbreaking understatement.
"He absolutely wanted it to be [a terrorist attack]. The grin on his face. He wanted an I-told-you-so."
"He absolutely wanted it to be [a terrorist attack]. The grin on his face. He wanted an I-told-you-so."
One of those calls you don’t forget in a hurry…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Kz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Kz...
LBC caller describes her husband’s ‘grin’ after train stabbing
YouTube video by LBC
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This wife talking about her husband becoming radicalised by Farage and those like him really is quite extraordinary in its heartbreaking understatement.
"He absolutely wanted it to be [a terrorist attack]. The grin on his face. He wanted an I-told-you-so."
"He absolutely wanted it to be [a terrorist attack]. The grin on his face. He wanted an I-told-you-so."
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the fundamental central operating premise of this entire dominant ecosystem of what passes for the institutional "left" in this country is that you must carefully calibrate what you believe in light of what you perceive certain demographics to believe. but what wins elections is believing in shit
November 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
the fundamental central operating premise of this entire dominant ecosystem of what passes for the institutional "left" in this country is that you must carefully calibrate what you believe in light of what you perceive certain demographics to believe. but what wins elections is believing in shit
So fun to see the 'r' word make its way back into casual usage across the political divide.
Fills me with confidence for the world centrists/libs will try to push into existence if we survive the present moment & they get their way, with their 'politics as sport' attitude & thirty minute memories.
Fills me with confidence for the world centrists/libs will try to push into existence if we survive the present moment & they get their way, with their 'politics as sport' attitude & thirty minute memories.
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
So fun to see the 'r' word make its way back into casual usage across the political divide.
Fills me with confidence for the world centrists/libs will try to push into existence if we survive the present moment & they get their way, with their 'politics as sport' attitude & thirty minute memories.
Fills me with confidence for the world centrists/libs will try to push into existence if we survive the present moment & they get their way, with their 'politics as sport' attitude & thirty minute memories.
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Wilkes explained: “It was a lethal combination of the casting director having a type and me being totally face blind. Basically I spent most of the season thinking a married couple were siblings.”
Autistic woman works out who all the characters are just in time for season finale
An autistic woman has finally worked out who all the characters in a new TV show are, just in time for the season to reach its conclusion, sources have claimed. Miya Wilkes, 30, who spent the first…
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November 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Wilkes explained: “It was a lethal combination of the casting director having a type and me being totally face blind. Basically I spent most of the season thinking a married couple were siblings.”
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"I will revenge my injuries; if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear." - Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Remembering the incredible work of the late great Bernie Wrightson on his birthday 🖤
Remembering the incredible work of the late great Bernie Wrightson on his birthday 🖤
October 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"I will revenge my injuries; if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear." - Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
Remembering the incredible work of the late great Bernie Wrightson on his birthday 🖤
Remembering the incredible work of the late great Bernie Wrightson on his birthday 🖤
"Doctor Robert Oppenheimer's enthusiasm fell at the first Wordle."
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Doctor Robert Oppenheimer's enthusiasm fell at the first Wordle."
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No it doesn't say that, no autism isn't an illness as @kathryndeplume.com below says. Where are the science journalists who actually understand results sections? Covid infection is bad full-stop but this study does not show a link to autism. And it's also damaging to the autistic community.
Researchers say Covid infection during pregnancy is tied to autism
Researchers say Covid infection during pregnancy is tied to autism
www.independent.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
No it doesn't say that, no autism isn't an illness as @kathryndeplume.com below says. Where are the science journalists who actually understand results sections? Covid infection is bad full-stop but this study does not show a link to autism. And it's also damaging to the autistic community.
I'm sure he's always been a dutiful son and everything but betting Charles is cursing old Liz for dying before all this inevitably came to a head and leaving him to handle it.
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I'm sure he's always been a dutiful son and everything but betting Charles is cursing old Liz for dying before all this inevitably came to a head and leaving him to handle it.
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lol they’re gonna just keep taking titles off Andrew until he no longer exists
October 30, 2025 at 10:20 PM
lol they’re gonna just keep taking titles off Andrew until he no longer exists
There has never been a time or space in the history of humanity where one could voice an opinion in public with the expectation that other people in that public space wouldn't react, either positively or negatively. I wish full grown adults would stop pretending it's somehow a modern innovation.
October 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
There has never been a time or space in the history of humanity where one could voice an opinion in public with the expectation that other people in that public space wouldn't react, either positively or negatively. I wish full grown adults would stop pretending it's somehow a modern innovation.
Not that I find this particularly surprising but might it not just means that anyone who's still right wing after over a decade of terrible conservative rule is a proper twat, whereas (inexplicably but realistically) people still falling for Trump might be a broader church?
The British right being this much more extreme rightwing than MAGA is more than alarming
October 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Not that I find this particularly surprising but might it not just means that anyone who's still right wing after over a decade of terrible conservative rule is a proper twat, whereas (inexplicably but realistically) people still falling for Trump might be a broader church?
Wondering this morning if the rise in modern transphobia might not actually be part of a huge conspiracy of System Admins who are furious that inadequacies in their systems around dealing with users changing their names are being exposed at a greater rate, and are pushing back.
October 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Wondering this morning if the rise in modern transphobia might not actually be part of a huge conspiracy of System Admins who are furious that inadequacies in their systems around dealing with users changing their names are being exposed at a greater rate, and are pushing back.
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Not gonna lie toddlers absolutely nailed it with naps, buttered noodles, and rejecting authority
October 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Not gonna lie toddlers absolutely nailed it with naps, buttered noodles, and rejecting authority