Martyn
@martynpedler.com
Writer, academic, brain in a jar. Creative Writing PhD in superhero stories. You can see my stuff at http://martynpedler.com
I just remembered that the Post quoted "experts" as saying New York would be Gotham City by now! Hope everyone's had their fear gas vaccines...
January 11, 2026 at 5:18 AM
I just remembered that the Post quoted "experts" as saying New York would be Gotham City by now! Hope everyone's had their fear gas vaccines...
Now that he's ten years gone, I was thinking of the first Bowie album that really rocked my world. (Up the hill backwards indeed.) What was yours?
January 10, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Now that he's ten years gone, I was thinking of the first Bowie album that really rocked my world. (Up the hill backwards indeed.) What was yours?
I'm guessing what you know is that Teagan Croft will play Rapunzel in Disney's Tangled?
January 10, 2026 at 5:15 AM
I'm guessing what you know is that Teagan Croft will play Rapunzel in Disney's Tangled?
A little bit of trans joy I found while walking the dog this morning.
January 8, 2026 at 8:03 PM
A little bit of trans joy I found while walking the dog this morning.
Not a fun way to spend the afternoon, but a necessary one. Highly and brutally recommended.
January 7, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Not a fun way to spend the afternoon, but a necessary one. Highly and brutally recommended.
This output that they do have is just... wild.
January 5, 2026 at 7:06 AM
This output that they do have is just... wild.
The New York Times is in the pocket of Big Dance.
January 5, 2026 at 4:57 AM
The New York Times is in the pocket of Big Dance.
Ace never looks more fierce than when he's mid-yawn.
January 5, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Ace never looks more fierce than when he's mid-yawn.
There's an Australian cricketer with the same last name as my first name and it's occasionally alarming.
January 4, 2026 at 5:55 AM
There's an Australian cricketer with the same last name as my first name and it's occasionally alarming.
UK therapists really love porn, headline suggests.
January 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
UK therapists really love porn, headline suggests.
Do you want to learn how to commit war crimes? Ask us how!
![Israel has offered to train Australian police after the attack. In a letter to the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, and shared online by the Australian Jewish Association on Friday, the Israeli minister for diaspora affairs, Amichai Chikli, said an earlier letter he received from Burke "stops short of directly identifying radical Islam as the driving ideology behind [the Bondi] attack".
"We would welcome the opportunity to host and train senior Australian police and security personnel in Israel, sharing our expertise and best practices in countering terrorism and antisemitism," the letter ends.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:66jwks2nthrs2usdf2l4p3nd/bafkreiabpjnc6noci77s7er7ntakwj23p3n7wl6irkd4ihmnrhes47ivqy@jpeg)
January 3, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Do you want to learn how to commit war crimes? Ask us how!
I know, right? Who wants to hear from experts? I want to vibe-source my news!
January 3, 2026 at 12:35 AM
I know, right? Who wants to hear from experts? I want to vibe-source my news!
This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
January 2, 2026 at 8:51 AM
This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
Finally got my hands on a copy of this – featuring a first-ever collaboration between me and @horrornonna.com!
January 1, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Finally got my hands on a copy of this – featuring a first-ever collaboration between me and @horrornonna.com!
As it's the last day of the year, I want to publicly express great love for my favourite human – not least for supporting me through the "should I quit? Obviously I should, right?" final stages of a PhD. She's the best.
December 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
As it's the last day of the year, I want to publicly express great love for my favourite human – not least for supporting me through the "should I quit? Obviously I should, right?" final stages of a PhD. She's the best.
I just remembered this old tweet and realised RFK Jr. is, in fact, an old-timey doctor.
December 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I just remembered this old tweet and realised RFK Jr. is, in fact, an old-timey doctor.
Look at this happy boy.
December 27, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Look at this happy boy.
Shutting down this street will of course be prosecuted under Australia's new anti-protest laws.
December 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Shutting down this street will of course be prosecuted under Australia's new anti-protest laws.
A little Christmas ghost story from my collection CLOCKS STOP.
December 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
A little Christmas ghost story from my collection CLOCKS STOP.
'Future faking' is when you introduce yourself to someone at the bar by shrieking "WHAT YEAR IS THIS?!"
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
'Future faking' is when you introduce yourself to someone at the bar by shrieking "WHAT YEAR IS THIS?!"
Tarkovsky's STALKER, but set in the Love Zone.
December 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Tarkovsky's STALKER, but set in the Love Zone.
For the Manson Family, maybe.
December 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
For the Manson Family, maybe.