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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 16/08/2026

So you didn't mean a word of what you said when you claimed to support trans people? You could make the shop pay a "goodwill levy" for trans people? Say %200 of profits?

Sadie Kahn claiming to support trans people...

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 18/07/2026

Just re-read Judgement on Gotham (it came out in 91) and was instantly transported back to that Christmas Day. My poor mum would have had to have braved Forbidden Planet to get it. The story basically serves to ask the question 'What cool stuff can get Bisley to draw?' Anderson looks different.

From 1991's Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgment on Gotham. A frame of Judge Anderson with wild red/ginger hair saying 'SOMEDBODY LOOK'N FOR ME?'. Anderson looks more like Ania Magliano here, rather than the more common 'Debbie Harry but taller' take. Ania Magliano was born in 1998 btw, so no way was this deliberate.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 05/07/2026

Uhm Google, I'm pretty sure that's the wrong image for @blackbrighttheatre.bsky.social's excellent show The Hunger (returning to the @edfringe.bsky.social this year.) Unless Paddington is involved somehow and I missed it. He is a horror icon, after all.

Snipped image of a google search for the excellent Black Bright Theatre's show, The Hunger. The Starburst Magazine link has, thanks to Google's unique search system, the wrong image attached. Instead of a woman toting a shotgun (seriously, see this play), we have an image of Paddington bear.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 05/07/2026

Only ever so slightly worried about seeing this show... #EdFringe

Andrew Doherty: Reviewers Welcome... TO DIE!
Cut and Paste from the Edinburgh Fringe website. Can I just say Andrew looks lovely here. Show blurb is as follows.
When know-nothing, home-owning reviewer Felix Chatelier is invited to be a special guest at a new fringe festival, he is thrilled. But when he becomes embroiled with creepy townsfolk and horrific twists he must fight for his life and more importantly, his reputation, as he desperately seeks to answer the question 'Why oh why did I only give Andrew Doherty three stars?' Reviewers welcome at their peril.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 22/06/2026

King in the North? As the Prime Minister? *begins to learn The Rains of Castamere for when Burnham inevitably victimises the same folk as Starmer and I want something funny to play when I have to go on a protest. *

Game of Thrones cast, but muppets. Plus Grover. From Sesame Street's A Game of Chairs.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 07/05/2026

Being British and remotely interested in politics means dealing with a constant barrage of wild mis-information. Anything remotely people focused and 'left' is immediately attacked.

Chart explaining common misconceptions about the Green Party (of England and Wales). This misinformation is wild; For example the false claim that the party wants 'end meat and diary' is actually 'support better farming standards', Open borders is actually 'manage migration' etc.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 02/05/2026

Is he trying to change a search term maybe? This photo comes up when you google Wes Streeting.

Wannabe Prime Minister, Transphobe and dickhead Wes Streeting with Super Creep Peter Mandelson.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 02/04/2026

They also talk about Optimus software. Of course we all know that Optimus Prime can fit on a floppy disk, so it can't be that...

Comic strip depicting Optimus Prime's Soul being stored on floppy disck.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 19/03/2026

Adding this picture of a Greggs' Sausage Roll to this thread. It adds nothing to this musing on a cyclical nature of comedy and news revue shows, but is another thing that Americans don't seem to understand. Also Greggs is the official sponsor of UK SNL, which is a genius move IMHO.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 02/03/2026

As far as I'm aware, their has never been any official Warhammer snack food ( maybe unofficial GW archivist @wib.bsky.social can confirm). However KP's Space Raiders certainly has a vibe. Especially with the Drukhari and their alien / mutant crew.

Cover of Space Raiders crisps by Brett Ewins. A elf like space raider leads a gang of alien deliquents.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 26/02/2026

If the Greens win Gorton/Denton, does that mean we can put Matt Goodwin in a Wicker Man? Pretty sure he fits the criteria as set out in that 1973 documentary I saw about The Wicker Man.

Still from the 1973 movie The Wicker Man. Actor Edward Woodward plays Officer Howie. In this picture, the officer is trapped in a wicker cage, pleading to be released. Fun fact; when they filmed this their was a goat in the cage above, and it urinated on the Edward Woodward during filming.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 01/02/2026

At this point there's no reason why anyone should have anything to do JK Rowling or Harry Potter. I mean there hasn't been for years, but this is more fuel to the fire.

Screenshot of a news article in regards Rowling's charity Lumos.

Email between Rowling's people and Epstein's people

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 22/12/2025

Issue 492 of @starburst.bsky.social has many great features, including my interview with the legendary George Takei, who is 88 years-old. (He was lovely, we had a right old natter.)

Splash page of Starburst Magazine 2025 interview with George Takei. It is called 'To Boldly Go'. A version of the cover from George's biography "It Rhymes With Takei dominates the right hand signed, and is drawing of many versions of the Star Trek actor, all tumbling out onto a pride rainbow.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 01/11/2025

Can you guess who hosted this party at #worldfantasycon in #Brighton? (Thank you to @titanbooks.bsky.social ).

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 30/09/2025

Hobb's Transport. Good old fashioned English name Hobb. Nothing sinister at all.

A model of the Wicker Man, from the movie the wicker man. Approximately the right size for certain train sets or miniature games.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 26/09/2025

Call me over-cautious, but the UK Gov seems very keen to sell data to third-party groups for profit. Given that the likes of Wes Streeting is chummy with authoritarian data oligarch Peter Thiel, the ID card thing feels like a data grab. We won't get ID cards, but we will lose personal data anyway.

Post from David Allen Green, which says 'Bless those who think the Home Office can succesfully carry out a huge IT procurement exercise for digital ID cards for implementation before the next general election.'

Green has closed retweets to reduce noise, but welcomes people contacting him on this platform to discuss.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 23/07/2025

So the mascot for the is Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026 is Finnie, a unicorn with a traffic cone for a horn. Honestly that's a lot of fun.

Mascot costume; a sporty child reimagined as a humanoid horse. It has a unicron horn, but it's a traffice cone. It's called Finnie, a unicorn with a traffic cone for a horn. Mascot for Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 25/06/2025

And if so, is Typhoo or PG Tips okay? Out of Yorkshire. How do you take it?

A snake monster - it has arms and is armed with a sword, but is mostly snake. This creature can be found in D&D and other TTRPGs and has a specific name, which is being used a pun in this context.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 17/06/2025

The Roman Fort in South Shields? Being a bio-hazard? I mean I know tourists litter, but come on... (It's a promo-projection thing for 28 Years Later )

Roman Fort (reconstruction) and Roman ruins, from the English town of South Shields. A red bio-hazard symbol is projected onto the fort.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 29/05/2025

I wrote a thing for UK Games Expo's 2025 Programme.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 16/05/2025

Given that Disney are having success with single name Star Wars series (Ashoka, Andor), I can't wait to see Paodok'Draba'Takat Sap'De'Rekti Nik'Linke'Ti' Ki'Vef'Nik'NeSevef'Li'Kek

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 20/04/2025

Next year's Eastercon (the long-running UK Science Fiction convention) will be called Iridescence 2026. It will be at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, 3-6 April 2026. Guests of Honour include: @rjbarker.bsky.social , @emmanewman.bsky.social & @drkarenlord.bsky.social

The Iridescence 2026, which is a orange and yellow phoenix on a blue background.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 16/04/2025

A reminder that JK Rowling's Edinburgh home hosts a digusting, stinky, laylandi bush. The bulk of the cost of trimming is borne by the public purse. It takes days to do, causing traffic chaos. It should have been completely removed years ago, but the billionaire sociopath gets special treatment.

Tailbacks of traffic being caused by the current ongoing work. SCOTS parents have been left fuming after queues of traffic and delays left their children late for school - due to J.K. Rowling's hedge being trimmed. The Harry Potter author has had the road adjacent to her 17th century home in Barnton, Edinburgh restricted this week whilst work is carried out on her towering Leylandii hedge. The 58-year-old billionaire has had four-way temporary traffic lights installed outside her £2.2m home with sections of the road closed to allow for a cherry picker to work on the shrubbery. Ongoing work to the 30-foot bushes this morning (WED) is the third day of arborists working at the home in the plush area of the capital, with works expected until the end of the week.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 06/04/2025

Ah, the cross-over the fans demanded.

A screenshot from a recent BBC trailer promoting Doctor Who. The Doctor and companion have been translated into Hey Dugee, a pre-school childrens animation. Duggee, a big friendly dog and the leader of the Squirrel Club. Duggee reads a book while children play (these children are depicted as animals). The TARDIS (a blue police box), is present, as is The Doctor (as a bear) and the new companion (as a beaver?)

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 02/04/2025

Got to write about the New York Fringe ( @frigidnewyork.bsky.social ) for Starburst Magazine ( @starburst.bsky.social ). Check out our top tips for the NYC Fringe here. www.starburstmagazine.com/features/sta...

Flyer for the New York City Fringe. The picture is of a giant penguin, hanging off a skyscraper, King Kong style. The image is a little art deco. It contains dates for the fringe April 2 - 20.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 08/03/2025

Oh it's one of the baddies from the 80's Sci-Fi TV show Ulysses 31 . Big hit in Japan, the UK and France. Bit of an obscure monster though.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 03/03/2025

From The Simpsons - "Lisa's Wedding." - First aired March 19, 1995. Moe: Oh, a British boy. You know we saved your ass in World War II. Hugh: Yeah, well we saved your ass in World War III. Moe: That's true.

Screen shot of 'The Simpsons - Lisa's Wedding'. Hugh and Homer are at Moe's Tavern. We can see an elderly Moe (with an eyepatch), the side of Homer's head and the back of Hugh's head. (Hugh is Lisa's fiance, an English Man based broadly on a young Hugh Grant.)

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 27/02/2025

You may think this is a screenshot of the pig stacking game, but it's actually a photo of the Equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington in Glasgow.

Screenshot of pig and junk stacking video game. One pig has a traffic cone on it's head.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 23/02/2025

I got both of these on the same day, from Windows in Newcastle. Yeah, I wasn't a complicated kid.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 03/02/2025

The London Lovecraft Festival returns for it's 5th year at the Drayton Arms, during the 16th and 17th of February. Full story via @starburst.bsky.social www.starburstmagazine.com/london-lovec...

Pink Tentacles on a Black Background. Tentacles grab a microphone. Title reads The Fifth London Lovecraft Festival.

Event Details.
With the horrors of a cold, damp, dark and stormy January fading, we march into February prepared to face fresh monstrous horrors, in the form of the returning London Lovecraft Festival.

Taking over the Drayton Arms Theatre in South Kensington on the 16th and 17th of February, this is the fifth outing for what has become a favourite event amongst fans of all things Lovecraft and theatre. Starburst has attended previous iterations of the festival and had a fantastic, mind-scrambling time, immersing ourselves in the entertainment on offer.

For 2025, the Festival launches at 2pm on the afternoon of Sunday, February 16th, with the interactive ‘Painting Pickman’s Model’. Director Leo Doulton, who was an Associate Director of immersive horror piece, The Key of Dreams, will lead attendees through a process of creating art, whilst discussing what makes a monster, and, we are promised, other topics that will be of interest to the audience. Described as ‘A Life Drawing Class with a difference’, we’d expect participants to be captivated by the tale Doulton will undoubtedly weave.

See website for more

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 14/01/2025

Rowling has never truly engaged with wider fandom, only ever trading in her own brand, and has never been a source of knowledge for SF & Fantasy beyond her own work. Her ignorance knows no bounds. And yes, winners at the 2024 Worldcon Ceremony did name check Gaiman, and not in a nice way.

Twitter post from Robert Galbraith/ JKR, claiming that the SF community (which she calle the literary crowd) have been silent on Gaiman. A post above this points out that they've been quite vocal in their condemnation of Neil Gaiman, and she wouldn't know.

TLDR: JK Rowling took her head out of the trough of mind-rotting substances today to post on twitter and talk utter bum water. Again.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 29/12/2024

Terry Pratchett's Abominable Snow Baby is currently on @channel4tv.bsky.social - it's an animated short based on a story Terry wrote for the Bucks Free back in 1968. It's rather sweet and has a few nice surprises.

Crude screen shot from Terry Pratchett's The Abombinable Snowbaby. Picture is in a cartoon style (it's from an animated short). A "framed photo" of the main character hugging a bearded older man who looks a lot like the late great Terry Pratchett.

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 22/12/2024

Never fails to make me chuckle. (From @juddwinick.bsky.social's Barry Ween.)

Black and white cartoon; Judd Winicks's Barry Ween
Scene: Two small boys (Barry and Jeremy) surrounded by hippos.
Caption: "And even the inadvertent incident when I gave Hippopotamus the reproductive capabilities of rats"
Barry: "Stop Humping , You Fat Fucks!!"
Jeremy " Dude, There is a MOUNTAIN of hippo shit in Mrs Roenblatt's pool."

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Ed Fortune @edfortune.com · 21/12/2024

Ah, that time in which a @starburst.bsky.social reader praised my love of the work of Phillip K Dick.

Extract from the Starburst Magazine Letter's column. In which a reader praises a previous article about Phillip K Dick written by Ed Fortune, lauding Ed's love of Dick.

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