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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 20h

"Allowing international performances in Saudi, especially comedy, subtly broadens what’s thinkable and sayable in a society." As a counterpoint: reaching across borders to intercept, murder, and dismember a man bluntly broadens our understanding of what impossible amounts of power will do if piqued.

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 20h

Omid Djalili writing in The Guardian that critics of Saudi Arabia and the Riyadh comedy festival specifically should just go there and see what it's really like, apparently forgetting what happened to a high profile critic of Saudi Arabia seven years ago.

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Adam Christopher @adamchristopher.me · 8d

UK folks! My STRANGER THINGS novel DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN is an October Kindle Monthly Deal! For the whole month, it's just 99p.

Go grab it!

www.amazon.co.uk/Stranger-Thi...

Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town: The Second Official Novel (Stranger Things 2)

Stranger Things: Darkness on the Edge of Town: The Second Official Novel (Stranger Things 2) eBook : Christopher, Adam: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

www.amazon.co.uk

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 8d

Highly recommend this piece to writers, publishing people and anyone interested in how books are made (and why they're rejected).

The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · 9d

In publishing, the sales track influences everything: how agents pitch books, how editors buy books, and how readers select books. “The primacy of track, in other words, is a barometer for the health of literary culture,” writes @tajjaisen.bsky.social. thewalrus.ca/the-publishing-i...

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This Ends at Prom @thisendsatprom.bsky.social · 8d

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Emily Perkins and Katharine Isabelle in Another Cinderella Story

Emily Perkins and Katharine Isabelle in Ginger Snaps

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 8d

This is a fascinating article about Bombay Beach, a surrealist artist community beside the dying Salton Sea. If you want to see some of the strange, grotesque, and beautiful art, watch a documentary called Iconicity; about half of it is about Bombay Beach (on Prime)

Cengiz Yar @cengizyar.com · 8d

“So often, the Salton Sea is referred to only as a disaster. But perhaps there was some value to the devastation. Maybe living next to a dying sea made it harder to live in denial.” www.thebeliever.net/the-last-res...

The Last Resort - Believer Magazine

Listen to this story: It is easy to miss California’s biggest environmental disaster. Driving north on Highway 111, you wouldn’t expect to find an inland sea. If it’s summer, the thermometer in your c...

www.thebeliever.net

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 8d

The generals and admirals at Quantico today should be forgiven if they walked out of the auditorium and wondered: What on earth is wrong with the commander in chief?

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay

Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.

www.theatlantic.com

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 11d

Climbing with other people is approximately 500x more fun than going to the wall by yourself. Doubly so when one of the group brings a baby.

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 12d

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this weekend only on INPRNT - get them fresh 💫

>> www.inprnt.com/gallery/kim_...

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Future Games Show @futuregamesshow.bsky.social · 12d

the Command & Conquer series is 30 years old today we so have an excuse to share this iconic moment with Tim Curry

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James Oswald @sirbenfro.bsky.social · 14d

It paperback publication day for #BrokenGhosts and you get a newsletter! How spoiled are you all? mailchi.mp/ff4d1fae9294...

Cover image for novel Broken Ghosts by J.D.Oswald

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 15d

Alien: Earth, the Weekend At Bernies reboot we never knew we we needed

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you!

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☁️FlyingRotten☁️ @flyingrotten.bsky.social · 17d

Autumn is here ! 🍁🍂
#pokemon

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 17d

I still find it quite bizarre having a book trailer but it is still nice to have one nonetheless: the book doesn't land until March 2026 but the marketing team are very keen.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErjV...

THE SURVIVOR by Andrew Reid: Book Trailer

YouTube video by Minotaur Books

www.youtube.com

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 17d

Maybe I should repackage it for young men to supercharge their brains and charge 150 quid for a small bag of it

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 17d

Would not recommend. Oily spots on the surface, odd taste. Coffee gets congealed lumps.

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Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social · 18d

#Animorphs fans, I'm very happy to share that the first three books in the series are being rereleased next May with brand new covers. 🧊🦎

You can learn more here: thenerddaily.com/animorphs-by...

Cover artist: @creepcaptain.bsky.social
Book design: Cassy Price and Christopher Stengel at Scholastic

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 18d

Weird residue in my coffee and tea this week. Check the mugs, the dishwasher, the kettle...everything fine.

I have been using jam sugar with pectin in it by mistake.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18d

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

thebetter.news

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Andy Saunders - Apollo Remastered @andysaunders-1.bsky.social · 19d

Delighted to finally reveal the new SPACE gallery at London's @sciencemuseum.org.uk!
It was a pleasure to help - providing what may well be the largest photo of the🌖on🌎!
The gallery is stunning, and it's so special to see the Apollo 10 Command Module alongside Soyuz.

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 21d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Denimcatfish @denimcatfish.bsky.social · 21d

Some of my character layouts for The Line’s Hades 2 trailer for @supergiantgames.bsky.social ~

Melinoe facing us, holding her scythe across

Hecate, hand stretched out towards Melinoe in the foreground

Melinoe pointing her dagger out looking at Hecate in the foreground

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 21d

It feels like a nod to the fact it was raised in captivity: some poison arrow frogs, for example, are one colour in the wild and another when bred and raised in zoos

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Andrew Reid @mygoditsraining.bsky.social · 22d

(this is, of course never happening - we would have had Chekhov's power loader by now if so - but a man can dream of a complete story instead of the inevitable shot of eyeball-infected Kavalier staring down the lens while some impeccable indie rock leads into the cut to black and S2 announcement)

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