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Paul

@peon47.bsky.social

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Aspiring human. I write stuff for fun and always miss deadlines. https://peonwrites.blogspot.com/p/contents.html

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Paul @peon47.bsky.social · Nov 28

I write short stories. Urban fantasy. Detective with a fair sprinkling of comedy, set in my native Dublin.

I have finished five so far out of a planned series of twelve. You can find them at:
peonwrites.blogspot.com/p/contents.h...

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Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 2d

This is why I subscribe to Dropout America instead.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 3d

The new Netflix UI is shocking. I can see only four (4) shows or movies on the screen at any one time.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 3d

Budget 2026 prediction:

€3300 relief for renters.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 6d

Like, if they had collars that were the height of their neck, they'd need really really fat ties. I don't know if they could even be tied.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 6d

It would only be the first one if their dress shirts had giant collars that ran to the very top of their neck.

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Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 6d

And then an encore where the plane takes off, circles the airport once more, and lands again.

People may miss their connections.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 7d

Can't believe none of the "47 Easter Eggs you missed in this week's Peacemaker episode" guys on YouTube spotted the giant mural.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 7d

Waiting for the NYT crossword's "Oops, all EELS" edition.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 8d

Bart saying, "I am familiar with the works of Pablo Neruda," in the most condescending tone to Lisa.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 9d

I used to have them. But then...

a bald man is sitting at a desk and giving a peace sign .

Alt: Doctor Evil saying "lasers" while doing air quotes.

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Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 9d

If you pay him 4.99 a month, he'll cut out the recorded GoDaddy ads, but still bring them up in the chat every 45 minutes.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 11d

Electronic Arts being purchased by Saudi Arabia?

The Sims is going to play very differently when your female Sims aren't allowed to leave the house.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 12d

Waiting for the @dropout.tv @gastronauts.bsky.social crossover episode where it's three chefs from The Bear just screaming at each other while the comedians make jokes.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 12d

You clearly came 7,297th. Says it right there.

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Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 13d

"I'll miss Winds of Winter."

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Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 13d

Every time I watch the first X-Men movie and it gets to the scene where Storm admonishes *Pyro* for dropping a big chunk of *ice* on the classroom floor, I realise again how inevitable his descent into villainy was.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 14d

Either that, or you deploy the sort of network-takeover device that Bond Villains and Invading Aliens use.

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Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 14d

You get the phone manufacturers to install a backdoor in production and tell them it's for emergency alerts. For Tsunami Warnings and Amber Alerts and so on.

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Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 15d

I didn't DIE die, j just had a bad gig.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 15d

Or have your agent issue a statement that you died and then keep your head down for a few days and see what the papers say. Resurface and claim it was a miscommunication.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 17d

One service that lets you get all the streaming services for like 40 a month, and if you spend 10 hours watching Netflix shows and 20 hours watching Disney+ and 5 hours watching AppleTV+ your forty bucks gets split between them in the same 2:4:1 proportion. Make them fight for your attention.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 17d

Opinions are like arseholes: People get upset when you publicly point out how messed up theirs is.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 22d

In retrospect, not having kids or grandkids is gonna look pretty smart. Guilt-free retirement, here I come!

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 24d

Also, Cassandra would have made an absolute fortune as a professional gambler. She'd have got amazing odds.

Paul @peon47.bsky.social · 24d

Sisyphus got off easy, is all I'll say.

Subject to an eternal Ironic punishment. Meanwhile Prometheus is subject to eternal *actual* punishment three rocks over.