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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's here! The 1st volume of Beats of War💥 💥 💥 with a forward by @grantmorrison.bsky.social - I will report back once I have read this beauty! Pick up your copy here @etianversestudios.bsky.social Big up Scottish indy publishers! @obversebooks.co.uk #beatsofwar #etianverse #comics #sciencefiction

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Faction Paradox @factionparadox.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Now available in paperback! THE BOULEVARD VOLUME 2 edited by @simonbucherjones.bsky.social ROSE-COLOURED CROSSHAIRS by @blairbidmead.bsky.social

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 31/07/2026

The State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Chapter 4 of 'Avalon City Saints' has just gone live. To read it & all previous chapters, for free, sign up to my newsletter here buttondown.com/hypolloi

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Very sad to hear about the passing of Justin Richards. I have a few EDAs which I have never read, that I eke out over time. 'Option Lock' is one of those books. I shall read it in tribute. Thanks for all the books, Justin 🧡 My condolences to all his family & friends 🧡 #justinrichards #doctorwho

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The Magic Sensible Man cult on Threads is toe-curlingly embarrassing. They're absolutely insane #Starmer

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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Your Friday listen: our EPIC lockdown interview with Brian Bolland, one of the definitive Judge Dredd artists, about his incredible career Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/Uk2yKxBJCqc Listen on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

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Brian Bolland - The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Lockdown Tapes

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Gawd, Threads love them some Magic Sensible Man, don't they? It's not a cult though #Starmer #Labour

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Why are the current incarnation of the Labour Party so unwavering in their conviction of having no convictions whatsoever? #Labour

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This is key to why most SFF readers start in childhood, and it can be a struggle to learn how to read SFF as an adult if you didn’t start teen you still knew how to read like a kid.

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Frederik Hornung @frederikhornung.com · 25/04/2026

BAT-BAT with ROBIN, the Robin! Just an absolutely doofus idea I had for an homage cover mixed with a Saturday with a bit too much free time. This was a bunch of silly ol' fun.

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The Hypolloi - my newsletter of insightful findings and incendiary fiction - has now successfully migrated to @buttondown.com can current subscribers please check their spam folders if they have not seen the latest edition. New subscribers go here & join in the fun for free! buttondown.com/Hypolloi

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The Hypolloi

A newsletter of insightful findings and incendiary fiction.

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Happy #Supermanday to all who observe. Here's a favourite panel from Frank Quitely & Grant Morrison's "All Star Superman" 🦸‍♂️

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Faction Paradox @faction-paradox.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Tonight, the #FactionParadox website is proud to present an exclusive interview with @kateorman.bsky.social, editor of "Liberating Earth" for @obversebooks.co.uk — and a new vignette tying in with that book's framing story! factionparadox.co.uk/interview-01... factionparadox.co.uk/greatpearlgi...

A cropped version of the illustration for Kate Orman's new Faction Paradox prose vignette Great Pearl Girl. It is a black-and-white image depicting a four-headed ram-god similar to Banebdjedet, standing against a stark black sky lit by a single sun or moon. Each ram-head has only a single eye, and those of the two central heads merge together into one, making three eyes in all.

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Patrick Mulkern @patrickmulkern.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

An example of Douglas Camfield's attention to detail, in 1965 writing quite a tall order for avant-garde composer Tristram Cary. It includes one of the earliest character sketches of Katarina. Also a nice early instance of the serial's overarching title. #DoctorWho

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Small Spec Book Awards @specawards.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Nominated in science fiction for the 2026 Small Spec Book Awards: ROSE-COLOURED CROSSHAIRS by Blair Bidmead (@obversebooks). Congratulations! #SSBA #SSBA2026

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

My journey across Jack Kirby's Fourth World continues (@alletson.bsky.social's Mr Terrific: Year One get a mention too) #comics #dccomics #newgods #jackkirby #mrterrific

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Born on The Fourth World: Part XII

Forever People #3, July 1971

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Any veracity to this found missing episode of #DoctorWho?

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Philip Purser-Hallard @purserhallard.com · 02/01/2026

We're calling for submissions to the Black Archive from disabled authors and authors of colour, who we know have been underrepresented in the range. Please spread this as widely as you can, as we want it to reach as many eligible authors as possible. Thank you. obversebooks.co.uk/blackarchive...

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Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 02/12/2025

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

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The Black Archive @blackarchive.co.uk · 20/11/2025

Black Archive covers are all done by Cody Schell using icons created by @blairbidmead.bsky.social, which is why they are always awesome.

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

RIP Dave Ball. I was at this Megadog rave and The Grid rocked it! youtu.be/tdiQR0N5Mtw?...

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THE GRID | MEGADOG LONDON JANUARY 1994

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Faction Paradox @factionparadox.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Excellent new review of @blairbidmead.bsky.social's Rose Coloured Crosshairs. 'Again proving to be one of the best FP authors out there, Bidmead creates a masterpiece of intertwined storylines ... that ties itself together perfectly within just 150 pages.' tardis.guide/reviews/stor...

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Review of Rose-Coloured Crosshairs by turlough

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Saw 'Superman' at the weekend with the fam. It is an imperfectly perfect adaptation. Loved it. Ages ago, I posted that a new movie version of Superman should be a weird gestalt of Mr Rogers, Ted Lasso & Andrew WK.Now, I'm not saying James Gunn read that post, but.. #superman 🦸‍♀️ 🎸 🧷

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Norman Tebbit, on his bike, freewheeling downhill to Hell 🔥

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I'm confused. Why was Rachel Reeves crying in parliament? It can't be about Labour attacking the disabled, because something something, toughetty tough, sensible, grown-ups something.

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I can't decide who are worse; people who idolise CEOs, people who want to be a CEO or CEOs 🤔

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Obverse Books @obversebooks.co.uk · 23/05/2025

What would you all say to a shiny reprint of @purserhallard.com's genuinely seminal FP novel,' ...Of the City of the Saved'? All new layout, with new illustrations by Nick Hallard and new content? We've done 6 City anthologies - now it's time that the original, as you might say, joined Obverse!

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SF Said @whatsfsaid.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So whatever else you do, please never stop reading books with kids, and encouraging them to read. Never stop helping them find books to read and love. Never stop changing lives. #literacy #books

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

The comp copies of my new Faction Paradox novella, 'Rose-Coloured Crosshairs' have arrived! Cheers @stuartdouglas.bsky.social - available now from @obversebooks.bsky.social Get them while they're hot! 🔥 🦎 💀 🌹

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The Greens now have nearly 200 more councillors than Reform. This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

The cover of my new Faction Paradox novella, 'Rose-Coloured Crosshairs'! Available to buy as an ebook and pre-order as a limited edition hardback from @obversebooks.bsky.social now! #books

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

#SupermanDay #superman Quick sketch for Superman Day 🦸‍♂️

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wint @dril.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

my hope is that AI can empower the Dumbest, Least talented slobs i know to replace everything i ever loved with One Million Years of Content

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Graeme Allan 🟦 @graemeallan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Due to a mix-up at the BBC Graphics Department in 1982... #DoctorWho #Sorry

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Obverse Books @obversebooks.co.uk · 28/03/2025

The end has been prepared for and all that - but not for the @blackarchive.co.uk, which reaches volume 76 with alook at Baker's final story, Logopolis - the first part of a two-part Archive investigation of the Baker-Davison regeneration. obversebooks.co.uk/product/76-l...

The cover to Black Archive 76 - Logopolis - showing an abstract image made up of overlapping TARDISes on a purple background in the top 2/3rds, with the same image against a black background in the bottom third.

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Blair Bidmead @blairbidmead.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

I have a new policy. If I see an article about the 'Alien' franchise and it uses the word 'xenomorph', I do not read the article. #alien

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