Max Leonard
@maxleonard.bsky.social
Writer. Mountain Style (Isola 2024), A Cold Spell (Bloomsbury 2023). Previous inc. Higher Calling, Bunker Research, Lanterne Rouge etc. I also run Isola Press.
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Max Leonard
@maxleonard.bsky.social
· Nov 17
To all my new followers - hi!
I’m Max, I write and make books on things like outdoor clothing (2024), ice (2023) and cycling (all the time), so expect those kind of posts. Also books more generally, mountains and France.
There’s a little bit more info and links in my bio :)
I’m Max, I write and make books on things like outdoor clothing (2024), ice (2023) and cycling (all the time), so expect those kind of posts. Also books more generally, mountains and France.
There’s a little bit more info and links in my bio :)
1/2026. How the outdoor industry convinced America that buying things was the only way to escape from consumerist society. Super interesting.
January 1, 2026 at 5:59 PM
1/2026. How the outdoor industry convinced America that buying things was the only way to escape from consumerist society. Super interesting.
Max Sebald's writing tips: richardskinner.weebly.com/blogposts/ma...
Max Sebald's Writing Tips
"W.G. Sebald taught his final fiction workshop at the University of East Anglia during the autumn of 2001. In the literary world he was rapidly gaining renown: there had been the succès d’estime...
richardskinner.weebly.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Max Sebald's writing tips: richardskinner.weebly.com/blogposts/ma...
Reprint of a classic work about Sun Ra could really do with your help. Come travel the spaceways… Kickstarter finishing soon! www.kickstarter.com/projects/omn...
Omniverse - Sun Ra by Hartmut Geerken & Chris Trent Hardback
Revised 3rd Edition Hardback, 304 Pages with a French Fold Cover & Metallic Foil Blocking on Sky Blue Faimei Cloth.
www.kickstarter.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Reprint of a classic work about Sun Ra could really do with your help. Come travel the spaceways… Kickstarter finishing soon! www.kickstarter.com/projects/omn...
A fellow fan of Dorothy Carrington?
#TBT That time I wrote an article about the anthropomorphic menhirs on Corsica. I do love standing stones, particularly “family groups”.
December 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
A fellow fan of Dorothy Carrington?
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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#sunra
Please support this project, it needs your help! The Omniverse book is a "must-have" for serious Sun Ra collectors.
Update #3: Good News - We are almost half way there with ten days to go. www.kickstarter.com/projects/omn...
Please support this project, it needs your help! The Omniverse book is a "must-have" for serious Sun Ra collectors.
Update #3: Good News - We are almost half way there with ten days to go. www.kickstarter.com/projects/omn...
Update 3: Good News - We are almost half way there with ten days to go. · Omniverse - Sun Ra by Hartmut Geerken & Chris Trent Hardback
Hi Everyone, I really appreciate all your support and good will with this Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds for the Omniverse - Sun Ra hardback book 3rd edition, I'm optimistic that it will all ...
www.kickstarter.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
#sunra
Please support this project, it needs your help! The Omniverse book is a "must-have" for serious Sun Ra collectors.
Update #3: Good News - We are almost half way there with ten days to go. www.kickstarter.com/projects/omn...
Please support this project, it needs your help! The Omniverse book is a "must-have" for serious Sun Ra collectors.
Update #3: Good News - We are almost half way there with ten days to go. www.kickstarter.com/projects/omn...
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Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile
These always make me smile
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Just saw the list of gritter names for this year and they have outdone themselves
These always make me smile
These always make me smile
Rabbit holes, I find ‘em… 🐰
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Rabbit holes, I find ‘em… 🐰
Got a ticket to see Robert MacFarlane talk on Friday 21 Nov @ 15h45 @kendalmountainfest.bsky.social and can’t go - any offers? (It’s sold out)
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Got a ticket to see Robert MacFarlane talk on Friday 21 Nov @ 15h45 @kendalmountainfest.bsky.social and can’t go - any offers? (It’s sold out)
Managed another swim this year! Glorious
November 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Managed another swim this year! Glorious
What towns and cities are there where the east side is generally posher than the west? Why is it often the other way around?
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What towns and cities are there where the east side is generally posher than the west? Why is it often the other way around?
Got pulled over at Gatwick security for having a banana in my cabin bag. Apparently the new x-ray machines are so sensitive they pick up the potassium.
November 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Got pulled over at Gatwick security for having a banana in my cabin bag. Apparently the new x-ray machines are so sensitive they pick up the potassium.
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Mark Cavendish, George Orwell and Brendan Behan walk into a bar…
How to write a best seller - from the pub open.substack.com/pub/iancleve...
How to write a best seller - from the pub open.substack.com/pub/iancleve...
October 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Mark Cavendish, George Orwell and Brendan Behan walk into a bar…
How to write a best seller - from the pub open.substack.com/pub/iancleve...
How to write a best seller - from the pub open.substack.com/pub/iancleve...
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The equatorial regions of Mars are home to unexpectedly enormous layers of ice, and they may have been put there by dramatic volcanic eruptions billions of years ago
Martian volcanoes may have transported ice to the planet's equator
The equatorial regions of Mars are home to unexpectedly enormous layers of ice, and they may have been put there by dramatic volcanic eruptions billions of years ago
www.newscientist.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The equatorial regions of Mars are home to unexpectedly enormous layers of ice, and they may have been put there by dramatic volcanic eruptions billions of years ago
I continue to be in love with this book.
October 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I continue to be in love with this book.
Last swim of the year? 😢
October 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Last swim of the year? 😢
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
Spent the whole day at work today (with other people - a novelty!) with my t-shirt inside out. Will try harder tomorrow.
October 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Spent the whole day at work today (with other people - a novelty!) with my t-shirt inside out. Will try harder tomorrow.
Reading a book about extreme sports and the search for transcendent experiences that just keeps uncovering incredible stories.
October 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Reading a book about extreme sports and the search for transcendent experiences that just keeps uncovering incredible stories.
Wreck of Shackleton’s Endurance Tied to Culprit Other Than Ice
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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NOOOOOOOOO! NOT PHILIP FAIRCLOTH-MUTTON!!!!!!
September 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NOOOOOOOOO! NOT PHILIP FAIRCLOTH-MUTTON!!!!!!
Fucking mince pies in the supermarket.
September 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Fucking mince pies in the supermarket.
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Things getting a bit 'meta' in the heritage masculinity space as celebrity explorers the Turner Twins replicate a replica clothing project...
www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...
@peterhhansen.bsky.social @sarahmpicks.bsky.social @waymarks.bsky.social @jasewilson.bsky.social @7mmrope.bsky.social
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@peterhhansen.bsky.social @sarahmpicks.bsky.social @waymarks.bsky.social @jasewilson.bsky.social @7mmrope.bsky.social
Mallory reimagined: Climbing back in time
University of Portsmouth provides scientific support as Turner Twins test Mallory & Irvine's 1924 Everest kit in pioneering Himalayan expedition.
www.port.ac.uk
September 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Things getting a bit 'meta' in the heritage masculinity space as celebrity explorers the Turner Twins replicate a replica clothing project...
www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...
@peterhhansen.bsky.social @sarahmpicks.bsky.social @waymarks.bsky.social @jasewilson.bsky.social @7mmrope.bsky.social
www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...
@peterhhansen.bsky.social @sarahmpicks.bsky.social @waymarks.bsky.social @jasewilson.bsky.social @7mmrope.bsky.social