Reposted by Derek FarrellGary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social · 21/07/2026£24 billion a year is not enough 1234498
Reposted by Derek FarrellAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 19/07/2025The Spanish military, with tears in their eyes, sees off #Ukrainian soldiers after military exercises. (archive video) 693252614
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 17/04/2025I’m beyond furious. I hope all those people who cheered for this are happy now. news.sky.com/story/trans-...news.sky.comTrans women to be strip searched by male transport police after court rulingBritish Transport Police, the force that polices Britain's railways, is adopting an interim policy while it digests the Supreme Court's ruling that the definition of a "woman" under equality laws refe... 030
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Well hopefully now she’s won the battle against trans people she’ll turn her sights and her billions to reproductive rights and rape conviction rates. 020
Reposted by Derek FarrellTheBookTrail @thebooktrail.bsky.social · 07/04/2025The first Connor Fraser novel set in #Edinburgh and #Stirling... Book 7 out in just over a month. Prepare now... thebooktrail.com/book-trails/... @nlbro.bsky.social #crimefiction @littlebrown.bsky.social @lomondtrossachs.bsky.social @stirlingcht.bsky.socialthebooktrail.comNo Man's Land - The Book TrailBookTrail Boarding Pass: No Man’s Land Destination/location: Stirling, Edinburgh Author/guide: Neil Broadfoot Departure Time: 2019 143
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 07/04/2025www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAs a young man, I fell in love with the US. The country’s soul is still there, despite Trump’s best efforts to destroy it | John HarrisFor many of us, the United States means music, progress, hope. Whatever their president does, plenty of Americans continue to believe in those too, says Guardian columnist John Harris 020
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Message from Evri- “we’ve got your parcel” - has the air of a ransom note. Which - as it’s Evri - is rather apt. 020
Reposted by Derek FarrellJosef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Not really sure we can get back from a world where random blokes in Wisconsin or Wigan - or presidents and politicians who couldn't pick Le Pen out of a line-up - can confidently dismiss an 11-year investigation by the EU & French justice system - because the woke. 2176
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 28/03/2025I want one that plays Peggy Lee’s version of Fever. 000
Reposted by Derek FarrellMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 27/03/2025I wish people hated fascism half as much as they hate feminism 246185704042
Reposted by Derek FarrellSarah Hilary @sarahhilary.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Win a Character Name in my new book and raise funds for trans rights in the US 🏳️⚧️ www.32auctions.com/organization...32auctions.comCharacter Name (Sarah Hilary)Auction item 'Character Name (Sarah Hilary)' hosted online at 32auctions. 155
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 24/03/2025These pictures are as brilliant as the situation is heartbreaking. 030
Reposted by Derek FarrellAndrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 22/03/2025I don’t know who needs to hear this, but “I was only following orders” was rejected as a defense at the Nuremberg Trials. 303172074709
Reposted by Derek FarrellDutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Good question… 21338102
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Yesterday we dog sat for two beauties, watched a Dr Who Marathon, caught up on the latest Reacher and had - all round - a #VeryGoodDay 160
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Had a haircut yesterday. Installed a new printer (so I’m basically Einstein innit) and - thanks to a conversation with @dvbishop.com - spent a lovely evening rediscovering the later works of @alisonmoyet.bsky.social. It was a very good day. 590
Reposted by Derek Farrellrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 09/01/2025jk rowling naming a russian-irish character 121501190
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 21/03/2025It’s simply not possible to take a bad photo of this beautiful soul. 170
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Well that’s me not going then. One look at my socials and the Fanta Fuhrer would have me in Guantanamo. 010
Reposted by Derek FarrellFX Coudert @nanoporous.net · 19/03/2025French researcher, going to a conference in Houston, was forbidden entry to US; his work and personal electronics were both confiscated. Why? Because a “random search” of his cell phone revealed a negative personal opinion on Trump and the Trump administration. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...lemonde.frEtats-Unis : un chercheur français refoulé pour avoir exprimé « une opinion personnelle sur la politique menée par l’administration Trump »Le ministre de la recherche a dit sa « préoccupation », mercredi, après cette décision des autorités américaines. Le chercheur du CNRS aurait subi un contrôle aléatoire à son arrivée, avant que son or... 10220621300
Reposted by Derek FarrellThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 15/03/2025I wrote this on young men, and why we need to stop lying about why they're easy prey for reptiles like Andrew Tate. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...irishexaminer.comSéamas O'Reilly: We need to stop lying about what makes lost boys such easy marks for consEconomically depressed young men are aggressively targeted with the oldest, most seductive pitch there is — money for nothing — by bad faith actors with enormous wealth 792320817
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Paging Mel Brooks. Netflix | Director Carl Erik Rinsch indicted in an $11 million fraud case filmstories.co.uk/news/netflix...filmstories.co.ukNetflix | Director Carl Erik Rinsch indicted in an $11 million fraud caseDirector Carl Erik Rinsch has been arrested for allegedly defrauding $11 million from Netflix - money once meant for a sci-fi series. 020
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 19/03/2025“They cheat,” says this narcissistic sociopath*, who has cheated in every business deal, marriage, and personal relationship he’s ever had. (*edited to remove the word “motherfucker”) 000
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Heard the new Doobie Brothers single and flew straight back to my 80s childhood. Which is apt as the threat of Nuclear war, Russian Empire, right wing anti gay media personality in the White House, and the feeling of fear and fury I’ve been experiencing are also a reminder of that golden age. 😬 110
Reposted by Derek FarrellDaniel Marshall @dlmarshall.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Hi, Ian Rankin said my books were like ‘Alistair MacLean, but turbo charged’, they’re locked-room murder mysteries wrapped up in thrillers. Currently finishing a country house locked-room occult murder set in the 30s - Agatha Christie meets Dennis Wheatley! dannymarshall.co.uk/anthrax-isla...dannymarshall.co.ukAnthrax IslandOne of Ian Rankin’s top ten books of 2021. ‘One of the thrillers of the year’ Scottish Sun When you have a problem that can’t be solved, you call John Tyler. Nine people are trapped on an anth… 1135
Reposted by Derek Farrellgamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 19/03/2025“Who has the right to have rights? It is certainly not the humans crowded into the cells here… Justice escapes the contours of this nation’s immigration facilities.” Mahmoud Khalil’s letter, dictated from his detention cell, is breathtaking. inthesetimes.com/article/mahm... 018091
Reposted by Derek FarrellInterview Room One @interviewroomone.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Looking forward to this so much - still a few tickets left but going fast! 042
Reposted by Derek FarrellEve Ainsworth @eveainsworth.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Pieces of Us is getting some lovely reviews but could use a little boost on here. Can you help? 066
Reposted by Derek FarrellAlex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Clouds parted just in time for maximum totality at 1:58 a.m. here. The total lunar eclipse as viewed from my front door: 371176751767
Reposted by Derek FarrellHeather J Fitt @heatherjfitt.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Sharing for the morning crew 🤓 012
Reposted by Derek FarrellKeith Edwards @keithedwards.bsky.social · 11/03/2025More of this! 13674459912051
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 12/03/2025‘We swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine’: Neil Tennant’s love affair with Russia – before the ‘cancer of Putin’ www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...theguardian.com‘We swept into Moscow in Gorbachev’s limousine’: Neil Tennant’s love affair with Russia – before the ‘cancer of Putin’They played Red Square, launched MTV Russia and got driven home from a gay club by the police. But the freedoms witnessed by Pet Shop Boys have been crushed. Singer Neil Tennant relives those heady da... 120
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Every time I see this tree on my daily walk I’m reminded that it’s Cthulhu’s world and we just live in it… 030
Reposted by Derek FarrellInterview Room One @interviewroomone.bsky.social · 09/03/2025New review up! Paperboy (out Thursday) by @callummcsorley.bsky.social, follow up to the McIlvanney Prize for best Scottish crime book of the year 'Squeaky Clean', one of our stand out reads last year. Can this one compare? (Spoiler: yes!) Find out in our review: interviewroomone.com/books/paperb... 032
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 08/03/2025I mean… we’ve all been Marilyn at some point. 010
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Just had to explain to this one that trying to climb over the fence to get to the foxes in next doors garden is not only rude but - as the fence is at least six feet high - futile. Still, she’s a tenacious warrior, so nothing is impossible. 130
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 08/03/2025In an alternative universe I have the confidence and the wardrobe of San Marino’s song contest host. 140
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 08/03/2025The Swedish #melodifestivalen show has been pure Scandi Song Joy. And the Sauna song dancers were 🔥 000
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 08/03/2025This fucker in his fucking cravat… Jesus wept. <Breathes into paper bag> 220
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Had a fantastic day today at a plotting workshop* delivered by @matahb.bsky.social And now I’m catching up on the work backlog and playing one of my favourite Diana albums. (*a workshop about plotting fiction and not a plot to fix the world. Though fuck knows we need one of those.) 030
Reposted by Derek FarrellInterview Room One @interviewroomone.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Visited Tap Social in #oxford last week. Such a cool venue (pizza ovens ready!) .Looking forward to March 27th’s Interview Room One session with @sarahhilary.bsky.social & #mickherron + @dauntbooks.bsky.social -some tickets (£5 + booking fee) left but going fast eventbrite.co.uk/e/interview-ro… 063
Reposted by Derek FarrellJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Squeaky knows what you did last summer… 61924
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 20/02/2025I fucking LOVE a sword and sandals epic. Hope there’s an appropriate level of- ahem - Greek activity. 240
Reposted by Derek FarrellInterview Room One @interviewroomone.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Happy Monday (if there is such a thing). A new interview with @william1shaw.bsky.social up on the site today. He talks to us about all things writing including his forthcoming book The Red Shore. Find out more at: interviewroomone.com/william-shaw... 022
Derek Farrell @derekifarrell.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Not sure Skys new TV show “glory hole of the year,” has legs to be honest. 010
Reposted by Derek FarrellInterview Room One @interviewroomone.bsky.social · 23/01/2025If you read our interview with Anna this week (and more than 300 of you have already) you'll be wanting to read this - if you haven't, take a look here and get your order in! interviewroomone.com/anna-sharpe-...interviewroomone.comAnna Sharpe Interview - Interview Room OneAnna Sharpe is the pseudonym of Anna Mazzola. She's the award-winning author of three historical thrillers plus one ghost novel. Her debut novel, The Unseeing, won an Edgar Allan Poe award in the US. ... 173
