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Patrick Samphire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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And since you asked (you probably didn't ask), you can find all my books on Bookshop.org and so take advantage of their free shipping. bookshop.org/beta-search?bkshp-astro=t&keywords=patrick+samphire

Covers of books by Patrick Samphire. The Mennik Thorn series (Epic fantasy mystery). The Secrets of the Dragon Tomb series (Middle Grade adventures). The Casebook of Harriet George series (Murder mysteries on Mars). And my short story collection, At the Gates and Other Stories.

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🦊 Jeri (they/them) 🍀 @jeri-rose.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Think I'm getting a *little* more confident in my reel making? 😅 #vtuber #botw #vsky #envtuber

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Only 8 more days until A Waltz of Sinister Import will complete The Supernatural Adventures of Lady & Lord Riven! If you haven't read the 1st 2 cozy-spooky romantasy novellas yet, grab them in ebook & paperback now. Start with A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience: books2read.com/undeadInconvenience

The cover of A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience shows an ominously closed entrance-gate at the top of the cover and a bat with its wings outspread. Beside it is this text: Growling, Margaret turned to her much larger husband. “Are you strong enough to break this door down?”
He shrugged. “Perhaps, but I wouldn’t be able to enter the house afterwards. If you recall, I am held under a code.”
“Ugh.” Of course. As per the Bosworth Accords, vampires were not allowed to enter any mortal residence without an invitation. “I could invite you once I was inside,” Margaret pointed out.
Lord Riven looked pained. “That might suffice—with an extraordinarily lenient judge—but have you considered trying a tediously obvious strategy first?” As she gazed back at him in confusion, his lips quirked. “Here.” Stepping up to her side, he rapped on the door, producing two loud, authoritative knocks.
Footsteps sounded from within a moment later, and Lord Riven smiled down at her with disconcerting tenderness. “You see? I do have some uses after all.”

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Patrick Samphire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Such a fantastic book! Pre-order it now so it arrives on your device or in your mail ASAP.

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cable Street 1936-2026: Not Then Not Now roughtradebooks.com/products/cab...

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I wouldn't be averse to seeing that swivel-eyed racist chased through the hustings, pursued by an angry Neo-Druid with a sword...

BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

And I'm presuming some linens on the Grail, too. He stands in the General Election on a regular basis too, as an independent candidate for Salisbury...

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

That's a lot of cunning to try and keep constrained, though...

BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I have the completely random urge to mention that many years ago, an interview conducted by my local paper with this chap included a mention of him keeping the Holy Grail safe in his airing cupboard.

A photograph from the Somerset Live website of Arthur Uther Pendragon, a British eco-campaigner, Neo-Druid leader, media personality, and self-declared reincarnation of King Arthur, a name by which he is also known, conducting a ceremony at Stonehenge.

Originally born John Rothwell, he also served in the British Army and founded a biker club before deciding he was King Arthur Pendragon reborn, but I'm not sure if the sword he's using in this particular ceremony is the one he calls Excalibur that he bought in a shop in Farnborough from someone who claimed it'd been used in the movie of the same name.

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm curious where the foxes were being kept captive.

BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

31 on my PC, ca. 15 on my phone browser. I'm not working on a Lego project atm; whenever I am, that's usually another 10+ tabs on my PC browser, and I often have another 6-7 open when I'm doing research for my RPG campaign, but I finished a chunk of that recently.

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

(There's something about the bass line in this that really works for me, which is part of the reason it's stuck in a loop in my head.)

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I remember reading an article about the death penalty years ago that highlighted that when West Germany abolished the death penalty, popular support for the penalty was over 70%. A generation later, support for the death penalty was below 30%.

BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They look a bit like those stones used as hand coolers to me - only with the vague feeling that they're judging me.

Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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This one goes immediately onto my Reading List. The book has a great theme (stories in honour of Ursula Le Guin), a great editor, and an sterling list of contributors.

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Based on the contents of my work email, the fact that The Times polygon word puzzle for today accepted "anus" while I was pottering away at it before starting work should've been a warning.

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It possibly helped that I have a poor sense of smell to begin with ;) Although I should point out none of the other movies have given us Batman punching evil clowns, or the penguin rising out of the sewer on a giant mechanical floating rubber duck...

BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I've always been very fond of Batman Returns. I saw it just after I'd started working part-time, on the first holiday I ever paid for myself. It was a tiny cinema in Somerset, and it smelled a bit like there was a dead horse in the back row, but I adored the movie.

BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

How can he be so cute but also so distinguished all at the same time?

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Were you in fact offered cake to buy, and if so, did the presence of cake reduce the amount of soft toy crime being committed?

BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Now she just needs a banner that reads "I do not eat human meat."

John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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wonderful stuff

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Had a run of Patreon cancellations lately - just one of those things! But if anyone has a quid/buck a month to chuck at me, I'd appreciate it! Sign up for a full 12 months and it works out even cheaper. No tiers: access to everything for any amount. www.patreon.com/c/thomasheas...

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 12/09/2026

On October 14, 1781, Alexander Hamilton led a daring assault on Yorktown's defenses and won a decisive victory in America's fight for independence. Decades later, when Eliza Hamilton collected his soldiers' stories,

A variety of cheese spread on the left side with a quote on the right: "The cheese is a lie."

The cover of Hamilton's Battalion below.

The cover of The Pursuit of Happiness by Courtney Milan: two men, one white, one black, looking at each other, with the silhouette of a flag in the background.

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Well, that's just not on. Who am I going to get to eat my share of all the fruit I don't like now?

festivids @festivids.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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Festivids nominations close today, Friday 11 September, at 11:59 PM UTC. Nominate at the AO3: archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/31561 For more info, check out the full set of nominations resources at: dw: festivids.dreamwidth.org/164012.html tumblr: www.tumblr.com/festivids/82...

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Just one UrbanMech? What if we're three UrbanMechs in a trenchcoat?

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Ooh, all the recorded panels from this year's @bookstoreromanceday.org are available to watch now on YouTube! Check them out: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... (I took part in the Historical Romantasy panel, which was really fun, & I loved the History is Queer panel. Looking forward to the others!)

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Bookstore Romance Day 2026 - YouTube

Recordings of the 2026 Bookstore Romance Day virtual events

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Since its foundation in 1824 the bravery of Royal National Lifeboat Institution volunteers has saved more than 146,700 lives at sea. Hundreds of those volunteers have died attempting to save others. They are the best of us.

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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

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festivids @festivids.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nominations Queries Post #1! Please take a look if you nominated any of the following: 8 man, Bon Cop Bad Cop, Boots Riley Projects, Florence + the Machine, Hadestown, Hamlet - Adaptations, Humans, Industry, Jesus Christ Superstar [continued]

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

For something I sketched out a vague shape for and then built in one go in a couple of hours one evening where I really needed to decompress, I'm pretty happy with it. If you made it to the bottom of this thread, please feel free to have a biscuit. Or swoosh a Lego spaceship around for a bit.

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I also have this feeling that the body itself is a bit too monotone blue, but I'm not sure what to do about that yet. There's a Lego brick printing service here in the UK I'm tempted to try, to see if I can get a serial number brick printed with a number on it like the LL 918 on the other ship.

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It's not "complete" complete - it uses black supports rather than light gray underneath, for example. That's because I'm out of light gray supports and they cost about £2.50 each if you can find them, and I had black ones going spare. I don't know what to put in the cargo space yet.

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I've had this sculling around my desk and on top of the freezer, and when I decided to free build a spaceship, I started with the idea of taking the Space Transport and building a larger version, intended to transport more/larger cargo, but also more tools/supplies for longer trips.

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I recently completed this from spare parts I purchased online or found while rummaging through parts bins at Brick Festivals. This is 918-1 - Space Transport, the first Space ship set of the Space theme to be released by Lego, in 1979.

A rear left three-quarter view of Lego set 918-1 - Space Transport from 1979. A small space ship approximately 22 studs long, this is also in the classic light gray and blue style, with a fixed trans-yellow cockpit and a trans-yellow plate on a hinge that opens up behind the cockpit to let you see the red space figure inside. The spaceship has a single large conical engine and a light gray tailplane, plus some small trans-red and trans-green 1x1 plates for highlighting. There is a very small rear compartment at the back accessed via two 1x3 light gray doors.

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Things have been a bit stressful the last 3 weeks in ways I can't do much about, so I've been buying old expensive bits of Lego to complete Space sets from the 70s-80s with. I decided I should stop for a bit and build something with all the extra spares I'd picked up, and this was the result.

The same Lego spaceship photographed square-on from the left hand side, showing the cockpit opened up to display a yellow space figure inside, as well as an open blue storage bin and container door built into the side of the main body, and an open, elevated light grey hatch on the top of the ship body.

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Excellent news! Congratulations to Ellie.

The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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Well my local Labour MP has a new email waiting for them.

Masked Thugs on the Street

Dear NAME

While I was appalled to see the masked thugs of Stephen Yaxley Lennon block roads in Dover and Portsmouth over the weekend, I was even more appalled to see the government completely failing to react. At an Insulate Britain protest in Dover in 2021, 39 out of 40 protestors were arrested. (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/24/port-of-dover-blocked-by-insulate-britain-activists) That happened with the same police force, using softer legal powers. On Saturday, nothing. There is also no evidence of any follow-up, and the same thugs were free to proceed to Portsmouth and wreak havoc there. The government failed to do anything about this, presumably has zero insight into the existence and plans of this new Sturmabteilung, and the statements over the weekend and today were quite frankly pathetic and not at all up to the challenge to government legitimacy that this group poses. Relatedly, it appears that on Sunday night in Glasgow, social-media driven lies were behind an arson attack on a new housing project. https://www.thenational.scot/news/26526674.far-right-celebrate-wilful-glasgow-tenement-fire/

It is beginning to feel a bit 1932 right now.

Is there any plan for the government to stop conflating these thugs with peaceful (if disruptive) protestors, to stop jabbering on about 'legitimate concerns’ and to do something (anything really) about X, Meta and TikTok being channels for this hate and organisation for violence? Or is Labour just going to sit there and see it all going the same way as Germany?

With kind regards

NAME

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“The large-scale restoration of nature and its web of life not only helps us respond to the climate emergencies, it also creates a cascade of benefits for people and helps everyone reconnect to the natural world.”

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Go Wild In The Country

How Rewilding can tackle the climate crisis

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BrokenMnemonic @brokenmnemonic.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The suggestion the tapestry was made at Wilton Abbey is interesting, particularly given that Wilton was the capital of Wessex when it was a kingdom.