Liverpool, UK. Spec fiction writer exploring themes like the commercialisation of poverty and frogs that can read our minds.
Joined November 2020
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Honoured to have my short story "Blood" published in the latest edition of @shortsmagazine. If you have a moment: shortsmagazine.com
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The mainstream media systematically ignores the racism of the Conservative government when it comes to British Muslims:
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Pretty sure having the former DPP as the Leader of the Opposition means we crossed that particular Rubicon a long, long time ago. What's one more spook in the Official Spooks' Party.
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Debated posting it here, but...
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This is a problem for short fiction submissions and it's not just going to go away. The link goes into details, but this is a graph of submission bans since 2019. Plagiarism and bot-written spam.
ALT Graph starts in June 2019 and displays monthly data through February. Minor bars start showing up in April 2020. Mid-21 through Sept 22 are a bit higher, but it starts growing sharply from there out. Where months were typically below 20, it hits 25 in November, 50 in December, over 100 in January, and nearly 350 so far in February 2023.
"On 6 February 2023, the Nothing, Forever channel received a temporary ban from Twitch after the AI inserted several homophobic and transphobic lines of dialogue into the show."
Happens every time...
The thing with blue tick dweebs getting priority in replies is Elons tweets are just full of willydribble sycophants telling him how great he's doing. The guy bought + changed twitter so the sound of people licking his arse drowns out all the people calling him a twat.
I'm sure all the lazy stereotypes and poorly thought out descriptions and terrible writing are in character and nothing to do with how she thinks...
Aled Jones didn't sing the original Walking In The Air, just a cover version for a Toys R Us advert. Guy gets all the fucking credit.
So happy we are finally returning to sensible grown up politics.
ALT Futurama cartoon: two identical men in suits stand at podiums. One says "I say your 3% titanium tax goes too far!" The second says "I say your 3% titanium tax doesn't go too far enough!"
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dammm, today's story from @melling_dan is smart & funny & weird & clever & stunning. pretty much every sentence surprised me anew in such a satisfying way.
"How about a story written in the past unreal conditional? Like, *if she hadn’t been kidnapped...*"
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So big brain conspiracy time: Boris fancies an extended holiday. Partygate is turning into a real buzz kill and rishi is being a dick. So he hatches a plan with Liz and Kwasi, he quits, and his mates back Liz. Kwasi gets his mates in the city to short & run the pound. Liz gets to
Cosplay Thatcher for a month or so and gets a nice 115k a year raise on her normal salary before getting her name in the history books as shortest PM ever. Boris swoops back in as the national crisis hero Churchill guy and idk nukes China or something.
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See maitlis agrees
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How to do a media interview while being carried away by police for protest. 10/10, no notes.
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I’ve come up with an interim solution to the queuing issue to see the Queen’s coffin in Westminster, let me know what you think, it’s not perfect but I don’t see anyone else coming up with anything
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The Dark Side of British History You Weren't Taught in School @GeorgeMonbiot