Lance Parkin
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Lance Parkin
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Doctor Who
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. At the heart of the ruined city of Arcopolis is the Fortress. It's a brutal structure placed there by one of the sides in a devastating intergalactic war th...
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If you've got a hankering for Russell Tovey, he read the audiobook of my tenth Doctor novel The Eyeless.
www.audible.com/pd/Doctor-Wh...
www.audible.com/pd/Doctor-Wh...
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An an author herself, @bschillace.brandyschillace.com definitely understands how to promote a book! Contact her for your own book trailer (No #AI!.) #BookSky 📚 💙
Hello #BookSky and #author friends. As host of a book livestream, I’ve been making book trailers for three years. Recently, friends have said getting a trailer done costs $$$$. It shouldn’t. If you need a trailer, let me know. I don’t use AI, I license everything. Some examples follow:
The Dead Come to Stay (book trailer)
YouTube video by Brandy Schillace
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
An an author herself, @bschillace.brandyschillace.com definitely understands how to promote a book! Contact her for your own book trailer (No #AI!.) #BookSky 📚 💙
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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I know Frankenstein's all the rage right now, so maaaaybe you'd like this poem of mine, published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social -- A Lovesong From Frankenstein's Monster:
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/love...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/love...
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I know Frankenstein's all the rage right now, so maaaaybe you'd like this poem of mine, published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social -- A Lovesong From Frankenstein's Monster:
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/love...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/love...
Waking up before I get to sleep / 'Cos I'll be rocking this party eight days a week
No.
Police.
In Brooklyn.
No.
Police.
In Brooklyn.
👀 Alex Vitale is a sociologist who wrote a very good book called The End of Policing.
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Waking up before I get to sleep / 'Cos I'll be rocking this party eight days a week
No.
Police.
In Brooklyn.
No.
Police.
In Brooklyn.
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R.I.P. TrumpCare (2:12 pm, November 24, 2025 - 2:14 pm, November 24, 2025)
You will not be mourned.
You will not be mourned.
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
R.I.P. TrumpCare (2:12 pm, November 24, 2025 - 2:14 pm, November 24, 2025)
You will not be mourned.
You will not be mourned.
Brexit will cost the average British household £1500 for the rest of our lives. Imagine what you could do with £1500. Imagine a nice thing you could have that you don't get to have, now.
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Brexit will cost the average British household £1500 for the rest of our lives. Imagine what you could do with £1500. Imagine a nice thing you could have that you don't get to have, now.
OK. Upgrading him to 'serious Presidential contender'.
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
OK. Upgrading him to 'serious Presidential contender'.
(counts on fingers). If three more resign, the GOP lose majority status. Yeah?
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
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@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
(counts on fingers). If three more resign, the GOP lose majority status. Yeah?
'Your point is salient.'
I'm assuming she phrased it like that so if Trump watches, he won't understand she's conceding the point. 'Huh huh, she called him an ass alien'.
I'm assuming she phrased it like that so if Trump watches, he won't understand she's conceding the point. 'Huh huh, she called him an ass alien'.
CNBC: My understanding is the White House said that China was gonna buy 12 million tons of soybeans from the US by January. That's approaching and they've only purchased 332,000. China has not confirmed that pledge.
BROOKE ROLLINS: Your point is salient. We've got a significant way to go
BROOKE ROLLINS: Your point is salient. We've got a significant way to go
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
'Your point is salient.'
I'm assuming she phrased it like that so if Trump watches, he won't understand she's conceding the point. 'Huh huh, she called him an ass alien'.
I'm assuming she phrased it like that so if Trump watches, he won't understand she's conceding the point. 'Huh huh, she called him an ass alien'.
I think we need to call out the science fiction writers who thought that billionaires would fund sexy android replicas of some lost lover.
Metropolis would hit differently if Rotwang builds a machine and all it does is say 'Joh Fredersen, your eyebrows are weird. You must have a small dick'.
Metropolis would hit differently if Rotwang builds a machine and all it does is say 'Joh Fredersen, your eyebrows are weird. You must have a small dick'.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I think we need to call out the science fiction writers who thought that billionaires would fund sexy android replicas of some lost lover.
Metropolis would hit differently if Rotwang builds a machine and all it does is say 'Joh Fredersen, your eyebrows are weird. You must have a small dick'.
Metropolis would hit differently if Rotwang builds a machine and all it does is say 'Joh Fredersen, your eyebrows are weird. You must have a small dick'.
They've spent ten years with arguments and talking points this stupid, and it's catching up with them.
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
They've spent ten years with arguments and talking points this stupid, and it's catching up with them.
Oh, you're going to take me home tonight / Oh, down beside that red firelight / Oh, you gonna let it all hang out ...
🎶 Life is a mystery
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like....
Home 🎶
Everyone must stand alone
I hear you call my name
And it feels like....
Home 🎶
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Oh, you're going to take me home tonight / Oh, down beside that red firelight / Oh, you gonna let it all hang out ...
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CASSIDY: I know it's titillating, but I think we need to move beyond the titillation
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
CASSIDY: I know it's titillating, but I think we need to move beyond the titillation
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
TAPPER: This isn't about titillation. This is about the fact that you are the chairman of the health committee and you voted to confirm somebody that by all accounts is actually making America less healthy
Trump's suits are bespoke Brioni, like Brosnan's Bond wore. At least $5K each, and *insanely* flattering. It's not the suit.
wwd.com/fashion-news...
wwd.com/fashion-news...
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trump's suits are bespoke Brioni, like Brosnan's Bond wore. At least $5K each, and *insanely* flattering. It's not the suit.
wwd.com/fashion-news...
wwd.com/fashion-news...
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Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
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Why am i awake so early, you ask?
Only because i am zooming in to listen to a choir recording the bloody Souther battle hymn from the ROGUE TROOPER soundtrack!! ❤️❤️❤️
Only because i am zooming in to listen to a choir recording the bloody Souther battle hymn from the ROGUE TROOPER soundtrack!! ❤️❤️❤️
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Why am i awake so early, you ask?
Only because i am zooming in to listen to a choir recording the bloody Souther battle hymn from the ROGUE TROOPER soundtrack!! ❤️❤️❤️
Only because i am zooming in to listen to a choir recording the bloody Souther battle hymn from the ROGUE TROOPER soundtrack!! ❤️❤️❤️
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If Labour wants to get all patriotic, don't piss around with migrants.
Introduce a patriot bill, where it requires all utility, transport and media owners to be based (and pay tax) in the UK.
Make the patriotic case that this country should control its own future and own its own free press.
Introduce a patriot bill, where it requires all utility, transport and media owners to be based (and pay tax) in the UK.
Make the patriotic case that this country should control its own future and own its own free press.
November 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If Labour wants to get all patriotic, don't piss around with migrants.
Introduce a patriot bill, where it requires all utility, transport and media owners to be based (and pay tax) in the UK.
Make the patriotic case that this country should control its own future and own its own free press.
Introduce a patriot bill, where it requires all utility, transport and media owners to be based (and pay tax) in the UK.
Make the patriotic case that this country should control its own future and own its own free press.
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Sorry guys universe is splitting open starting today
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Sorry guys universe is splitting open starting today
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What is going on today, seriously
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
What is going on today, seriously
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my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
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Very useful, and frustrating, to know.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Very useful, and frustrating, to know.
Obviously this shouldn't exist, but while it does, I don't think there's any way of framing this law that could prevent people from just routinely checking every MP, TERF and so on every time they try to assert their gender.
'So you also go by Robert Galbraith? Hmmmm. We've flagged you.'
'So you also go by Robert Galbraith? Hmmmm. We've flagged you.'
"Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance."
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Obviously this shouldn't exist, but while it does, I don't think there's any way of framing this law that could prevent people from just routinely checking every MP, TERF and so on every time they try to assert their gender.
'So you also go by Robert Galbraith? Hmmmm. We've flagged you.'
'So you also go by Robert Galbraith? Hmmmm. We've flagged you.'
Then I guess his nurses will have to be unprofessional next time.
I’m sorry that I don’t have anything intelligent to say right now because I am so fucking angry
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Then I guess his nurses will have to be unprofessional next time.
I'm guessing the BBC edited this together to give the misleading impression he was threatening violence towards Congressional opponents.
November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I'm guessing the BBC edited this together to give the misleading impression he was threatening violence towards Congressional opponents.