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Ben Wright - Queex

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I write stuff. Day job is statistical genetics. He/him or they/them. https://patreon.com/Queex https://queex.bandcamp.com Avatar & banner: @felflowne

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Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · May 10

These beauties came in this week and I love them.

You can visit wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/nove... to get your delicious paper or snazzy electron copies. @dergullen.bsky.social's half absolutely slaps, a tense story with sustained commitment to an inspired idea.

Three books fanned out on a wooden table.
Titled "Wiz Duos 1", two novellas in a single binding - "The God Road" by David Gullen and "To Sail the Interstice" by Ben Wright.

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Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 16h

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 19h

Are you sure?
i.makeagif.com/media/9-21-2...

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JAV Titles @jav.scd.lol · 1d

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Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 21h

It's anarchy in Portland. I hear antifa are sending in ultimate terrorists. Neighbourhoods terrorised by human monsters. Sad.

A man in a felt frog costume walks slowly towards the camera from the middle distance, shot from a low angle like a western.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 1d

"That's rough, Buddy" - Sisyphus

Sky News @news.sky.com · 1d

Macron reappoints Lecornu as prime minister - four days after he quit

French President Emmanuel Macron has re-appointed Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister.

news.sky.com

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Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, but you haven't lived until you've had it jerked by someone with 8 fingers per hand.

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 1d

Two things undermine your sarcasm:

- It did work when done before (how well is arguable)
- UBI continually demonstrates that it works and yet no-one has rolled it out for reasons unrelated to its efficacy

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 1d

Irrelevant to the issues I discussed. It's an open question how much revenue would actually be raised, but a reduction in wealth inequality is a valid policy goal in its own right even if revenue is unchanged or decreases.

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Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 1d

Personally, I think the best time to reclaim excess wealth that's been accrued due to weak income tax policy is via death duties and stricter rules regarding family trusts, but the case for wealth taxes is strong and this article fails to convincingly argue against it.

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 1d

...e.g., it says the current proposals have high rates compared to historical ones, but then never says what the rates were.

Plus it has the common flaw of trying to optimise the metric (growth, investment) rather than what matters (personal economic stability) that the metric nominally measures.2/

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, that entire article looks like garbage. It's a mix of dubious claims, and claims where even if true, so what? Someone sitting on billions in assets paying a high marginal rate on something worth millions is not a real problem. It also doesn't actually back up some of its claims 1/

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Count Hurricane 🧛🦇 | Racing and Pilot VTuber @caphurricane.bsky.social · 1d

CIVILISATION ENDING EXPLAINED

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Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 2d

I misread that as M&S and was quite prepared to believe it.

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Hannah B @hannahb.bsky.social · 2d

Pleased to be able to say that I’m directing Pontypool at the Loft Theatre next year.

I’m grateful to the company for being allowed to entertain and disturb the theatregoers of Leamington Spa.

PONTYPOOL - The Loft Theatre Company

LOFT STUDIO “…all kinds of superfluous things appear related to each other. That means something’s going to happen. Something big. Something is always about to happen.” Shut in his church basement stu...

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 2d

Ben Jeapes will be a Guest of Honour at BristolCon this year. We are lucky enough to publish a couple of his books. Want to know what happens to the British Royal Family in the far future? Try this: wizardstowerpress.co...

The cover of His Majesty's Starship by Ben Jeapes. The image is of a giant spaceship against the background of a gas giant.

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Scott Seiss @scottseiss.bsky.social · 2d

“The economy is actually doing great”

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Dan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 2d

this implies the existence of a Yaoi Gagarin

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Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 2d

Why? Self-preservation. Like all the other behaviours that stem from hyper-vigilance concerning natural threats.

Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 2d

"She breathes through her skin"

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 2d

Today's update in the Kickstarter campaign is about Walter Map, a 12th century writer of amusing stories, some of which featured Welsh folklore.
www.kickstarter.com/...

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd).

The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left.

Art by Josh Arklin.

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Wangle-BOO-ry @wangleberry.bsky.social · 2d

Remembered today that I once dreamed Alan Moore was showing me round a museum exhibition of memes. He paused on the attached image (which was so vivid I had to immediately draw it when I woke up) and insisted that it contained 'esoteric secrets'

It's an old man pope with an upraised hand - the wrong hand - gesturing to the phrase 'KNIFE CRIME NO'. Look the vibes are so off with this

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Take the clown statue and get out! WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIDS!!! @brainmage.bsky.social · 9d

I have updated i will strangle a horse!

It now has DEATH TRACKING! So you can see which ones you've missed in the Stats page! A Secret Thing that shows on your stats for when you get the Good ending! Nothing added to the infinite door knocking loop! But soon!

brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...

i will strangle a horse by BRAINMAGE

A comedy twine-based choose-your-own-adventure game where it's your first day on The Farm, and you have One Job

brainmage.itch.io

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Ben Wright - Queex @queex.bsky.social · 3d

Amazing how the "Young Tories" beauty shots make them look like criminals. First 2 look like they've just signed the sex offenders register, 3rd looks like he's had charges dropped for GBH twice thanks to his dad being connected, and the 4th looks destined to be the "star" of a fraud documentary.

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Gabby HC, but a ghost, hiding in a corner @scriblit.bsky.social · 3d

Almost immediately finding out one of the Bad Dr Who Cosplay Young Tories whose clothes we were making fun of wants to legalise sisterfucking is like a really quick Milkshake Duck if instead of drinking milkshake, the duck had been filmed masturbating into a neighbour's wheelie bin

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