Martin J Stephens
@martinjstephens.bsky.social
Musician. Web Developer. Farmer.
Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson
Maybe should have been my first Thompson read but actually really enjoyed coming back to read him before he became him.
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Maybe should have been my first Thompson read but actually really enjoyed coming back to read him before he became him.
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October 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson
Maybe should have been my first Thompson read but actually really enjoyed coming back to read him before he became him.
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Maybe should have been my first Thompson read but actually really enjoyed coming back to read him before he became him.
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Orbital by Samantha Harvey
A plotless 24-hours on the international space station which is delivered in real time. One fairly beautiful chapter about how small we are, which is useful if you never smoked weed at night under the stars as a teenager.
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A plotless 24-hours on the international space station which is delivered in real time. One fairly beautiful chapter about how small we are, which is useful if you never smoked weed at night under the stars as a teenager.
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September 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
A plotless 24-hours on the international space station which is delivered in real time. One fairly beautiful chapter about how small we are, which is useful if you never smoked weed at night under the stars as a teenager.
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A plotless 24-hours on the international space station which is delivered in real time. One fairly beautiful chapter about how small we are, which is useful if you never smoked weed at night under the stars as a teenager.
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How the Dead Live by Will Self
Didn't realise until after finishing this how many autobiographical themes there are in it. At least he's brought something interesting to the table.
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Didn't realise until after finishing this how many autobiographical themes there are in it. At least he's brought something interesting to the table.
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September 27, 2025 at 6:28 AM
How the Dead Live by Will Self
Didn't realise until after finishing this how many autobiographical themes there are in it. At least he's brought something interesting to the table.
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Didn't realise until after finishing this how many autobiographical themes there are in it. At least he's brought something interesting to the table.
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Before and after: 16/09/2025
Made a start on this in Jan, but this week I've assembled and finished this new window for the barn.
Made a start on this in Jan, but this week I've assembled and finished this new window for the barn.
September 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Before and after: 16/09/2025
Made a start on this in Jan, but this week I've assembled and finished this new window for the barn.
Made a start on this in Jan, but this week I've assembled and finished this new window for the barn.
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
A modern classic that's long been on my list. I wasn't ready for how funny and farcical it is. A combination of it being long, chaotic and harvest time meant that it took a while.
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A modern classic that's long been on my list. I wasn't ready for how funny and farcical it is. A combination of it being long, chaotic and harvest time meant that it took a while.
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September 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
A modern classic that's long been on my list. I wasn't ready for how funny and farcical it is. A combination of it being long, chaotic and harvest time meant that it took a while.
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A modern classic that's long been on my list. I wasn't ready for how funny and farcical it is. A combination of it being long, chaotic and harvest time meant that it took a while.
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Before and After: 07/09/2025
Summer's gone, so new tyres all round for the buggy.
Summer's gone, so new tyres all round for the buggy.
September 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Before and After: 07/09/2025
Summer's gone, so new tyres all round for the buggy.
Summer's gone, so new tyres all round for the buggy.
Before and after 06/09/2025:
✅ Cultivated
✅ Disced
✅ Seed broadcast
✅ Rolled
Stubble turnips in to provide some winter feed between spring crops.
✅ Cultivated
✅ Disced
✅ Seed broadcast
✅ Rolled
Stubble turnips in to provide some winter feed between spring crops.
September 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Before and after 06/09/2025:
✅ Cultivated
✅ Disced
✅ Seed broadcast
✅ Rolled
Stubble turnips in to provide some winter feed between spring crops.
✅ Cultivated
✅ Disced
✅ Seed broadcast
✅ Rolled
Stubble turnips in to provide some winter feed between spring crops.
Before and After: 31/08/2025
Wheels and lifting mechanism on this A Jones sack lifter were all ceased. No freed and wire brushed ready for painting up.
Wheels and lifting mechanism on this A Jones sack lifter were all ceased. No freed and wire brushed ready for painting up.
August 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Before and After: 31/08/2025
Wheels and lifting mechanism on this A Jones sack lifter were all ceased. No freed and wire brushed ready for painting up.
Wheels and lifting mechanism on this A Jones sack lifter were all ceased. No freed and wire brushed ready for painting up.
Before and After: 30/08/2025
Picked up some random bargains form and online auction. Highlights include a pillar drill for £17 and a bottle holder for the lamb orphanage for £5.
Picked up some random bargains form and online auction. Highlights include a pillar drill for £17 and a bottle holder for the lamb orphanage for £5.
August 31, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Before and After: 30/08/2025
Picked up some random bargains form and online auction. Highlights include a pillar drill for £17 and a bottle holder for the lamb orphanage for £5.
Picked up some random bargains form and online auction. Highlights include a pillar drill for £17 and a bottle holder for the lamb orphanage for £5.
Lights Out in Wonder Land by DBC Pierre
Pierre is genuinely getting at something and has some really great moments. But there's also a flimsiness to the plot and infuriating footnotes that I just ignored in the end.
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Pierre is genuinely getting at something and has some really great moments. But there's also a flimsiness to the plot and infuriating footnotes that I just ignored in the end.
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July 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Lights Out in Wonder Land by DBC Pierre
Pierre is genuinely getting at something and has some really great moments. But there's also a flimsiness to the plot and infuriating footnotes that I just ignored in the end.
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Pierre is genuinely getting at something and has some really great moments. But there's also a flimsiness to the plot and infuriating footnotes that I just ignored in the end.
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Hard To Be a God by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
The Strugatsky bros are a big deal, but I think they're more popular in general than they are with me. There're good ideas in this book, but the afterword demonstrates it could've been pretty inconsequential.
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The Strugatsky bros are a big deal, but I think they're more popular in general than they are with me. There're good ideas in this book, but the afterword demonstrates it could've been pretty inconsequential.
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June 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hard To Be a God by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
The Strugatsky bros are a big deal, but I think they're more popular in general than they are with me. There're good ideas in this book, but the afterword demonstrates it could've been pretty inconsequential.
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The Strugatsky bros are a big deal, but I think they're more popular in general than they are with me. There're good ideas in this book, but the afterword demonstrates it could've been pretty inconsequential.
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Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut
Always enjoy Vonnegut. Read Breakfast of Champions before reading this, only 3/5 if you don't.
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Always enjoy Vonnegut. Read Breakfast of Champions before reading this, only 3/5 if you don't.
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June 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Deadeye Dick by Kurt Vonnegut
Always enjoy Vonnegut. Read Breakfast of Champions before reading this, only 3/5 if you don't.
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Always enjoy Vonnegut. Read Breakfast of Champions before reading this, only 3/5 if you don't.
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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Like an incredibly longed out Animal Farm but a well-groomed alpaca does a podcast at the end to tell the piggies why they're naughty.
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Like an incredibly longed out Animal Farm but a well-groomed alpaca does a podcast at the end to tell the piggies why they're naughty.
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June 1, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Like an incredibly longed out Animal Farm but a well-groomed alpaca does a podcast at the end to tell the piggies why they're naughty.
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Like an incredibly longed out Animal Farm but a well-groomed alpaca does a podcast at the end to tell the piggies why they're naughty.
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The Beach by Alex Garland
Just when you think it's not going to go all Lord of the Flies, it goes pretty Lord of the Flies, but with weed.
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Just when you think it's not going to go all Lord of the Flies, it goes pretty Lord of the Flies, but with weed.
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April 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The Beach by Alex Garland
Just when you think it's not going to go all Lord of the Flies, it goes pretty Lord of the Flies, but with weed.
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Just when you think it's not going to go all Lord of the Flies, it goes pretty Lord of the Flies, but with weed.
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That's a great way to contribute! Lambs are very cute.
April 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
That's a great way to contribute! Lambs are very cute.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré
Espionage. Declining empire. Men call each other 'Old Boy'. There are actually 9 of these books and this is the first of a trilogy within the 9. Lots more to get into...
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Espionage. Declining empire. Men call each other 'Old Boy'. There are actually 9 of these books and this is the first of a trilogy within the 9. Lots more to get into...
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March 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré
Espionage. Declining empire. Men call each other 'Old Boy'. There are actually 9 of these books and this is the first of a trilogy within the 9. Lots more to get into...
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Espionage. Declining empire. Men call each other 'Old Boy'. There are actually 9 of these books and this is the first of a trilogy within the 9. Lots more to get into...
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