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Chris Brosnahan

@chrisbrosnahan.com

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Writer, content-marketer and film-maker. I run a writing group in London, and I do a bunch of local arts stuff. He/him.

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John Lees @johnlees.bsky.social · 15h

Pals, I am over the moon with the response to SINK: Halloween Special. I was hopeful that the response would be strong again, but I wasn't prepared for the enormity of our campaign's success. Only one day in and already near 300% funded! Why not join the party?

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SINK: Halloween Special #1 | Crime Horror Deluxe Edition

It's HALLOWEEN night in Glasgow! Kids, crooks, clowns & killers collide in a terrifying new 48-page Glow-in-the-Dark one-shot!

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🅢🅗🅔🅔🅝🅐 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 13h

This made me laugh more than it probably should 😂
#funny

Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 14h

"My favourite writer is Terry Pratchett, but I think his ten honorary doctorates and choice to be an artist were worthless bullshit" is quite the position to unpack.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 19h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Stephen Cox @stephencoxauthor.bsky.social · 21h

It's about soft power. It's about having a vision of society that goes beyond slaving for a sociopathic corporation.

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Alasdair Stuart @alasdairstuart.bsky.social · 21h

Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.

Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 21h

And I know. It's just posturing to people who think the arts are a snobby past-time rather than actually vital. It's wilful ignorance posturing to wilful ignorance. But after the way the arts have been so defunded, especially in less affluent areas, there's a drive for it to become a past-time.

Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 21h

The arts are the reason there was such an outcry about @princecharlescinema.com being threatened. Because for people who live in London, it was one of the few reasons they came to Leicester Square. Loads of them eating nearby. The value is enormous.

Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 21h

I've set up an arts festival in my local area (5th year) to encourage small venues - and the events have repeatedly been some of the venues' most popular times. The arts are a vital part of the economy. Because they give people something to go to.

Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 21h

Speaking as someone with a performing arts degree (Theatre: Acting - Devised Performance), I've repaid what little investment there was in me multiple times over in taxes due to the transferable skills I learned. As return on investment goes, it's been great.

Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 21h

It's not even like the arts are being properly subsidised any more after so many years of tory government. This is just nonsense tutting, while encouraging people not to get into debt to pursue one of the few industries that bring people joy.

Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 21h

You want to know part of the reason the nightlife in Central London is dying? Because artists have been driven out. It's not cool any more. There's nothing interesting to do. What do you think the West End would be without fucking theatres?

Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 21h

This country's movie industry punches above its weight. Our music industry punches above its weight. Our games industry punches above its weight. Imagine not realising that the arts contributes so much to that.

Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 21h

Imagine missing just how much return on investment the arts bring. Imagine being that wilfully ignorant. Nothing makes your country seem cool, vibrant and successful like a thriving arts scene.

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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agnes bookbinder @agnesbookbinder.bsky.social · 23h

I always thought it was incredibly odd that the men who think it’s some kind of playbook for life never paid attention to the fact it was made by a woman.

I mean, okay, you didn’t get Scarface or Wall Street, but c’mon, man. Pay attention.

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DiscordianKitty⭐ @discordiankitty.bsky.social · 1d

Pratchett's books are some of the most intelligent, insightful and well-written literature of our time. The idea that it's not appropriate for adults is such an unbelievably shallow take it actually manages to outdo the Kemi Badenoch thing.

Padraig Reidy @padraigreidy.bsky.social · 1d

My probably-get-me-banned-from-Bluesky take is that a 45 year old woman saying her favourite author is Terry Pratchett is embarrassing for everyone concerned

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 1d

I just watched the 25th anniversary of American Psycho and I have two thoughts:

1 - It's astonishing and thank god a woman adapted it.
2 - Patrick Bateman would love ChatGPT and LinkedIn.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 1d

reminder that nspm-7 includes "anti-christianity" as a sentiment to be monitored www.kenklippenstein.com/p/secretive-...

Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 1d

I liked One Battle After Another. I wasn't expecting it to be so much like an action movie Big Lebowski.

Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 1d

It's notable how many people I know have been like "That new Tron film looks cool, but Jared Leto puts me off it".

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Charles Williams @nicander.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my god, Bateman talking about music is so ChatGPT, that's amazing.

Chris Brosnahan @chrisbrosnahan.com · 1d

I just watched the 25th anniversary of American Psycho and I have two thoughts:

1 - It's astonishing and thank god a woman adapted it.
2 - Patrick Bateman would love ChatGPT and LinkedIn.

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 1d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚