Tom Houghton
@tomhoughton.bsky.social
Coffee fuelled Senior Media Editor for Nature (Not the comedian). Previously of The Sunday Times. Views my own.
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Well. Looks like London’s new Tolkien theme park is going to be this year’s Glasgow Wonkaland.
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Well. Looks like London’s new Tolkien theme park is going to be this year’s Glasgow Wonkaland.
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Has any horror film ever started with the image/idea of Fig. 1? Especially if the flipside is something like Fig. 2?
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Has any horror film ever started with the image/idea of Fig. 1? Especially if the flipside is something like Fig. 2?
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LMAO
December 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
LMAO
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Congratulations, I guess, to some of the worst humans in the UK who are no doubt racing to be the first to pin down their commissioning editors and barf their bovine thoughts on this into print
Anyway, looks fascinating, would apply if I thought a C in English & D in sociology might get us in
Anyway, looks fascinating, would apply if I thought a C in English & D in sociology might get us in
Congratulations to Emily Selove and the Magic Centre at the University of Exeter for their new PhD programme in magic! I know the Magic Centre folks via my husband (who is doing a drama PhD there involving esoteric studies), and they are an amazing group of scholars. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/pg-res...
December 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Congratulations, I guess, to some of the worst humans in the UK who are no doubt racing to be the first to pin down their commissioning editors and barf their bovine thoughts on this into print
Anyway, looks fascinating, would apply if I thought a C in English & D in sociology might get us in
Anyway, looks fascinating, would apply if I thought a C in English & D in sociology might get us in
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HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 AM
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
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Shouts into the void are just the best 😊
December 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Shouts into the void are just the best 😊
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My leader this week on COP www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
December 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
My leader this week on COP www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...
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Well, this is a cute new edition…
@maxgladstone.bsky.social @amalelmohtar.com @sagapressbooks.bsky.social #ThisIsHowYouLoseTheTimeWar
@maxgladstone.bsky.social @amalelmohtar.com @sagapressbooks.bsky.social #ThisIsHowYouLoseTheTimeWar
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Well, this is a cute new edition…
@maxgladstone.bsky.social @amalelmohtar.com @sagapressbooks.bsky.social #ThisIsHowYouLoseTheTimeWar
@maxgladstone.bsky.social @amalelmohtar.com @sagapressbooks.bsky.social #ThisIsHowYouLoseTheTimeWar
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Stockholm Kartell's discord server has a channel called, roughly translated, Desirable Lifestyles. Here are some posts, and some lifestyles to aspire to.
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Stockholm Kartell's discord server has a channel called, roughly translated, Desirable Lifestyles. Here are some posts, and some lifestyles to aspire to.
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I've been watching too much Star Trek and wrote a whole original TTRPG system based entirely on the cheesy similes. ♥️🤩🚀
In space only similes will save you!
'Space Nerds' is a game where tortured analogies can solve any scifi technobabble dilemma.
Find out how obsessive knowledge of Pokemon, Musicals, Warhammer and the Spice Girls will save the day in a nerd-filled TTRPG-one shot live on YouTube this Tuesday!
'Space Nerds' is a game where tortured analogies can solve any scifi technobabble dilemma.
Find out how obsessive knowledge of Pokemon, Musicals, Warhammer and the Spice Girls will save the day in a nerd-filled TTRPG-one shot live on YouTube this Tuesday!
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I've been watching too much Star Trek and wrote a whole original TTRPG system based entirely on the cheesy similes. ♥️🤩🚀
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We’re crushed to hear the news that the great Udo Kier has passed at the age of 81. As iconic as he was prolific, Kier’s contributions to the genre span nearly 300 screen credits, from BLOOD FOR DRACULA to BACURAU and beyond. Our condolences go out to his friends, family and legions of fans.
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
We’re crushed to hear the news that the great Udo Kier has passed at the age of 81. As iconic as he was prolific, Kier’s contributions to the genre span nearly 300 screen credits, from BLOOD FOR DRACULA to BACURAU and beyond. Our condolences go out to his friends, family and legions of fans.
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- it's ✨workspace smart features✨ you need to turn off so it doesn't fuck up your inbox folders and other actually useful features
- don't use AI to write your emails
- don't follow advice from strangers on the internet without checking their sources/expertise first
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
- don't use AI to write your emails
- don't follow advice from strangers on the internet without checking their sources/expertise first
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
- it's ✨workspace smart features✨ you need to turn off so it doesn't fuck up your inbox folders and other actually useful features
- don't use AI to write your emails
- don't follow advice from strangers on the internet without checking their sources/expertise first
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
- don't use AI to write your emails
- don't follow advice from strangers on the internet without checking their sources/expertise first
www.zdnet.com/article/how-...
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Re-upping for the morning crowd: I'm organising a Jubensha Convention in London for 8-9th May 2026!
Come and play jubensha, meet top game designers, and learn how it's designed. It's *probably* the first jubensha English-language convention in the world...
Tickets will be around £15!
Come and play jubensha, meet top game designers, and learn how it's designed. It's *probably* the first jubensha English-language convention in the world...
Tickets will be around £15!
Pre-announcing my Jubensha Convention
Come to my Jubensha convention in London on 8-9th May 2026!
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November 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Re-upping for the morning crowd: I'm organising a Jubensha Convention in London for 8-9th May 2026!
Come and play jubensha, meet top game designers, and learn how it's designed. It's *probably* the first jubensha English-language convention in the world...
Tickets will be around £15!
Come and play jubensha, meet top game designers, and learn how it's designed. It's *probably* the first jubensha English-language convention in the world...
Tickets will be around £15!
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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I extremely want to read this
Coming summer 2026: it's Hamilton x The Boys from Brazil. Foundling Fathers, Tachyon Publications. Happy birthday, America. It's the satire you deserve.
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I extremely want to read this
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The website says up to 70% off despite what the advert says. @voxparlour.bsky.social 's Machen influenced The Terror Beneath is only £12.50, half price!, and there are many other titles.
www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/discover/...
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30% off Board Games, Wargames, and Roleplaying Games for Black Friday
www.ospreypublishing.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The website says up to 70% off despite what the advert says. @voxparlour.bsky.social 's Machen influenced The Terror Beneath is only £12.50, half price!, and there are many other titles.
www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/discover/...
www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/discover/...
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Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
November 17, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Good news: If you would like to watch Ricky Jay and His 52 Assistants on YouTube I have done a painstaking 4k upscale of this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0gW...
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Come visit Doskvol, the jewel of Akoros, in '68. Home of the original bluetime (first and best). Crime rates are better than before*
November 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Come visit Doskvol, the jewel of Akoros, in '68. Home of the original bluetime (first and best). Crime rates are better than before*
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Love this so much. 💜
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Love this so much. 💜
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Part 10 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Guillotine Earrings From France’s Reign of Terror
Guillotine Earrings From France’s Reign of Terror
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Part 10 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
Guillotine Earrings From France’s Reign of Terror
Guillotine Earrings From France’s Reign of Terror
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Hello folks. My indie RPG column is expanding. I will now be writing about forthcoming games. First issue this will happen in goes out 26th December. If you have an RPG project coming out, Kickstarter launching, or ending, within a month or so after that date, get in touch.
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Hello folks. My indie RPG column is expanding. I will now be writing about forthcoming games. First issue this will happen in goes out 26th December. If you have an RPG project coming out, Kickstarter launching, or ending, within a month or so after that date, get in touch.
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Did you know that you can get all of my Wretched & Alone games in one bundle for just £30?
Now you do.
itch.io/s/159400/wre...
Now you do.
itch.io/s/159400/wre...
WRETCHED & ALONE by Chris Bissette
A bundle by Chris Bissette, £30.00 for 6 games
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November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Did you know that you can get all of my Wretched & Alone games in one bundle for just £30?
Now you do.
itch.io/s/159400/wre...
Now you do.
itch.io/s/159400/wre...