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Infinite Diversity, Finite Combinations Volume 1.1 (paperback+1st class postage) | Infinite Diversity,
The first volume of IDFC in weighty paperback form! Contains essays on every episode of Season 1 of The Original Series (including "The Cage"), along with pieces on The Motion Picture, James Blish's S...
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Plus, the first Infinite Diversity, Finite Combinations book is out in paperback, if that's the sort of thing you think you might be into (and you live in the UK).
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New on the blog: IDFC ends its first year back in business with an essay on SNW's "Children Of The Comet". Thoughts on tunes and theology, and the intersection thereof. Shout out to my Dad for the foundational phrase, and to @jameslatrmurphy.bsky.social for his perfect summation of Brian Wilson.
11.1.2 Dancing About Holy Architecture
Children Of The CometComputer, music. Genre: of the spheres."Come Together"
My father has a saying he likes to use when talking to someone about religion: "Listen to the music, not the words".The lin...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:14 AM
New on the blog: IDFC ends its first year back in business with an essay on SNW's "Children Of The Comet". Thoughts on tunes and theology, and the intersection thereof. Shout out to my Dad for the foundational phrase, and to @jameslatrmurphy.bsky.social for his perfect summation of Brian Wilson.
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In related news, a bunch of transphobes have been trying to start an argument with me for the last couple of days and why would I engage in that when I could do pretty much anything else instead?
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In related news, a bunch of transphobes have been trying to start an argument with me for the last couple of days and why would I engage in that when I could do pretty much anything else instead?
"How do I get prompts for prompts" came at us fast, huh?
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"How do I get prompts for prompts" came at us fast, huh?
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Since people find being hopeful and optimistic so cringe these days, let me remind you once again that there isn’t a single liberation movement in the world that wasn’t built on hope and optimism.
November 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Since people find being hopeful and optimistic so cringe these days, let me remind you once again that there isn’t a single liberation movement in the world that wasn’t built on hope and optimism.
This is one of those things that makes me despair for our ability to consume art. You think the people watching Shakespeare were bitching that the boy playing Ophelia didn't look like a young noblewoman?
So are we supposed to just accept these 20-30 year olds are in high school? Yeah. You are. We did it in every show in the 80s and 90s. They are doing a great job, and I’d rather see a conclusion to the show than just kill it because of unfortunate circumstances.
November 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is one of those things that makes me despair for our ability to consume art. You think the people watching Shakespeare were bitching that the boy playing Ophelia didn't look like a young noblewoman?
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So, at The Your Party’s founding conference, were the pro-trans, pro-Palestine and anti-austerity amendments to its Organisational Strategy set aside because the chair said there was no time left to debate the remaining amendments, or were they in fact voted on with the results unannounced?
November 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
So, at The Your Party’s founding conference, were the pro-trans, pro-Palestine and anti-austerity amendments to its Organisational Strategy set aside because the chair said there was no time left to debate the remaining amendments, or were they in fact voted on with the results unannounced?
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this AI shit is not gonna break me. I am still a writer and I'm still gonna write shit and it's gonna mostly be "just OK" workaday prose elevated by my little poetic flourishes but it's gonna be something only I could write. and maybe I won't even do anything with it, but it will exist
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
this AI shit is not gonna break me. I am still a writer and I'm still gonna write shit and it's gonna mostly be "just OK" workaday prose elevated by my little poetic flourishes but it's gonna be something only I could write. and maybe I won't even do anything with it, but it will exist
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A fun thing to think about while watching James Bond is how Bond is a reflection of male beauty standards. Up 'til the end of Brosnan's run Bond has a hairy chest. As soon as Casino Royale happens, Bond is shaved smooth. Like a dolphin.
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A fun thing to think about while watching James Bond is how Bond is a reflection of male beauty standards. Up 'til the end of Brosnan's run Bond has a hairy chest. As soon as Casino Royale happens, Bond is shaved smooth. Like a dolphin.
Started an essay two months ago, finally finished it today. In its first draft. This is both a comment on how full-on work gets October-December, and that I have made an extremely poor choice of primary creative outlet.
November 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Started an essay two months ago, finally finished it today. In its first draft. This is both a comment on how full-on work gets October-December, and that I have made an extremely poor choice of primary creative outlet.
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Solid work Steph.
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Solid work Steph.
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Oh, that's where I know him from
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Oh, that's where I know him from
Really should watch Nope again.
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Really should watch Nope again.
A collective leadership model for a political party is both a really fucking cool idea in general, and entirely what the creators of Your Party seemed to have in mind. It's wholly possible this won't save them, given the hole it's gotten into, but I can't see an argument it makes things *worse*.
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A collective leadership model for a political party is both a really fucking cool idea in general, and entirely what the creators of Your Party seemed to have in mind. It's wholly possible this won't save them, given the hole it's gotten into, but I can't see an argument it makes things *worse*.
This needs to be said loudly and often: effectively nobody in the press is going to choose Polanski over Farage. It'll take a while to figure out how precisely to ratfuck Polanski, but they'll find a way, and it'll be all we hear about from that point on.
This is correct: there is no screeching terror campaign coming here to annihilate Farage’s posh National Front. If it comes to a choice between beating back Reform or e.g. the Greens, then that is not going to be a choice at all for people who actually matter in British public life.
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This needs to be said loudly and often: effectively nobody in the press is going to choose Polanski over Farage. It'll take a while to figure out how precisely to ratfuck Polanski, but they'll find a way, and it'll be all we hear about from that point on.
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"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
"no problem boss. i'm on it"
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The most “don’t read anything about this movie, just start watching and wait for it” movie I’ve ever seen
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The most “don’t read anything about this movie, just start watching and wait for it” movie I’ve ever seen
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Popcorn time!
Jenny Watson's recent Substack posts seem to indicate internal strains and stresses in the GC
community.
It's always worth remembering that sooner or later terrible people are terrible to each other.
Jenny Watson's recent Substack posts seem to indicate internal strains and stresses in the GC
community.
It's always worth remembering that sooner or later terrible people are terrible to each other.
November 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Popcorn time!
Jenny Watson's recent Substack posts seem to indicate internal strains and stresses in the GC
community.
It's always worth remembering that sooner or later terrible people are terrible to each other.
Jenny Watson's recent Substack posts seem to indicate internal strains and stresses in the GC
community.
It's always worth remembering that sooner or later terrible people are terrible to each other.
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This has been my favourite episode of Doctor Who since it aired. It's beautiful and sad and Peter Capaldi is just really fucking tremendous in it.
November 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This has been my favourite episode of Doctor Who since it aired. It's beautiful and sad and Peter Capaldi is just really fucking tremendous in it.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild:
Polar bear
Moose
Bald eagle
Basking shark
Humpback whale
Polar bear
Moose
Bald eagle
Basking shark
Humpback whale
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild:
Dolphin.
Monitor lizard.
Emu.
White-bellied sea eagle.
Coyote.
Dolphin.
Monitor lizard.
Emu.
White-bellied sea eagle.
Coyote.
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild:
Polar bear
Moose
Bald eagle
Basking shark
Humpback whale
Polar bear
Moose
Bald eagle
Basking shark
Humpback whale
On one level, Stephen Pollard is just obviously and unremarkably evil. On another, though, his latest simmering shart of a piece is instructive. By claiming Farage is a bulwark *against* extremism, he reminds us Trotsky it right over a century ago - fascism is counter-revolutionary above all else.
These lads are going to get in trouble for making all of their journo colleagues look like gormless fucking idiots, quite frankly
November 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
On one level, Stephen Pollard is just obviously and unremarkably evil. On another, though, his latest simmering shart of a piece is instructive. By claiming Farage is a bulwark *against* extremism, he reminds us Trotsky it right over a century ago - fascism is counter-revolutionary above all else.
Are calculators horny? Many users feel the number 5318008 is a demand for titty. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Are calculators horny? Many users feel the number 5318008 is a demand for titty. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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with the holiday season now officially upon us, it's time to start playing our favorite christmas songs
here's one of mine
here's one of mine
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
with the holiday season now officially upon us, it's time to start playing our favorite christmas songs
here's one of mine
here's one of mine
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So worth your time.
Cult sci-fi-horror classic THE STONE TAPE (1972) tonight at 10:10pm #TPTVsubtitles Part of #TheCellarClub hosted by #CarolineMunro
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
So worth your time.
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All chess is 4D chess that's why they have that time clock thingy.
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
All chess is 4D chess that's why they have that time clock thingy.
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