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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Bit of an overreaction to not being invited to house parties.

Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Sometimes I think I'm a pretty cool dad, and then I get an email from Mountain Warehouse and realise I'm the same as any other.

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A part of me wishes I could get up early and write. The other part loves writing late at night. Reminds me of working night shifts and writing in my car at break time.

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Today's listening: Dead Tired – Hornets of Fall Riffs for breakfast. I love Dead Tired. I love that the band members have other, more 'serious' projects, and this is a space for them to chat shit, drink whisky and smoke cigars more than they write songs. Plus, George Pettit's vocals are iconic.

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Hornets of Fall - Album by Dead Tired | Spotify

Dead Tired · album · 2026 · 12 songs

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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

“Reform will end ‘something for nothing’ Britain.” - Nigel Farage. He receives £98,599 a year as an MP, yet for more than three months this year he didn't cast a single parliamentary vote or make a single written contribution or speech in Parliament either. But yes, let’s shout at poor people

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Finished my reread of Kiddar's Luck by Jack Common last night. A neglected masterpiece. A book that perfectly depicts the lives, struggles and humour of the North East working-class.

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Today's listening: God's Hate – Won't Be Disgraced Surprise 3-track EP following their surprise set and Sound and Fury. Great cover of 'Warriors Will Reign' in honour of Bo Lueders, too.

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Won't Be Disgraced - Single by God's Hate | Spotify

God's Hate · single · 2026 · 3 songs

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Maybe I just want to be paid to listen to heavy music while telling people I'm editing.

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Today's listening: Initiate – With Love // With Rage Just a great hardcore EP from a great hardcore band.

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With Love // With Rage - EP by Initiate | Spotify

Initiate · EP · 2026 · 5 songs

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Grey skies in Durham. An inner peace has been restored.

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

RIP BrooklynVegan. Devastating news, especially for the heavy/alternative music community.

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Really struggling to read anything while I’m editing the novel. Turned to rereads and non-fiction and I still can’t keep a decent rhythm. It’s a concentration thing, mainly, but also the usual soul-destroying realisation of inadequacy.

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I’ve seen a few now. Fully deserved, mate. Incredible accomplishment and would be amazing to see it amongst the awards lists both for you and Ortac!

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

To be fair, I thought Trump would try to lift the trophy for Spain.

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

A fitting emblem of that game.

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Laura Lawrence @yicetor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Diego Maradona, Jorge Luis Borges, Eva Perón, Pope Francis, Adolf Eichmann, Josef Mengele, your boys took a hell of a beating.

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Argentina couldn’t take the exact same they gave to England. Identical to their rugby team yesterday.

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Jonathan Liew @jonathanliew.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

something utterly beautiful about the fact that the most hyped, gilded, oversold, VVIP’d football game of all time has been an absolute stinking turnip. sport will always find a way!

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

“So these are the best two teams in the competition?” “Yes” “And the two last night?” “Not as good” “Ok. Do you have, like, any other sports I might enjoy?”

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Shocking game of football, mind, but howay Spain, finish them off

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Fernandez being sent off is a beautiful thing

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I’m going to be that guy – it’s not rugby though is it, lads

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Wayne Rooney speaks for everyone.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Well that was a very concise argument for America's cultural irrelevance.

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Can someone outside of the UK please tell me that was shite? We’re cynical piss-takers and we decided when it was announced it was awful

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Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

And the big twist is...with assistance from ICE on the right-wing, Trump wins the World Cup in the 90th minute.

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Have you seen anyone more out of place and hating their life than R9?

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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

It isn’t the White House task force’s role to decide these matters. It’s FIFA’s rule. But I supposed FIFA has for the past 6 weeks become a branch of the federal government so …

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Gary Panton @garypanton.co.uk · 19/07/2026

Love how it's just been gradually forgotten that there were two other countries co-hosting this World Cup.

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Laura Lawrence @yicetor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

This. This is why we hate you America. #WorldCup

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Couldn’t give less of a fuck about which celebrities are at the World Cup Final. Showcase the people working multiple jobs who’ve grafted their arse off to buy their kids some sweets to watch the final at home.

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

England really do have the worst national anthem.

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Adam Barrett @adambarrettwrites.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Today's listening: The Menzingers – Everything I Ever Saw Because what else would I listen to today? There's a new Menzingers record.

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Everything I Ever Saw - Album by The Menzingers | Spotify

The Menzingers · album · 2026 · 11 songs

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