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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 8h

Not that long since I tiredly poured cat biscuits into a cereal bowl and was *this* close to adding milk.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 12h

Ours just turns up every August, it never feels right.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 13h

Here, it's looking at the stove and whispering, 'Soon'.

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WIRED @wired.com · 21h

More than two dozen workers at three major publishing houses—HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Hachette—tell WIRED that LLMs are being used for publicity, cover art, back cover copy, and emails, as some execs push junior staff to champion the tech. Read the full story: buff.ly/p0ymGmN

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I MUST try these, v. into folkloric 18th century Cornwall, I practically live that anyway.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

She's much happier, so clearly did need the dental work.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It's sad because the actual vets and nurses themselves are so lovely, it's not them coining it.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Blimey! Yeah, I've moved to an independent vets nearby which isn't owned by private equity and has a much better reputation.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sounds about right, depressingly, and good advice that friend!

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

'I hear he gone to fight in Ukraine, he soooo brave' The trick is to make the accent so random no one ethnic group can be justifiably offended'.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

BRB, practising my only marginally offensive 'Meester Henry, he not leeeve at this address no more, I think he dead' voice.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

UPDATE: I did argue them (very politely) into removing that £250 which had appeared from nowhere, which is handy because the pet insurance doesn't cover cat dental apparently. I've moved to the new independent vets though, so maybe they'll forget about it. *wobbles hand*

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Groucho Merckx @grouchomerckx.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026

how the FUCK is Wes Streeting still a thing when the one issue that unites the country is that nobody wants Wes Streeting to be a thing

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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Pleased to announce that ADHD is being overdiagnosed again according to the BBC and pathetic skidmark Wes Streeting, so now - during ADHD Awareness Month no less - it's time to give it up and just be normal. Let it go. Just turn it off and get on with things www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

ADHD and autism at risk of over-diagnosis, says government review

The review, which focuses on younger age groups, warned there was a risk society was moving from an era of under-diagnosis to over-diagnosis or mis-diagnosis.

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Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is not a real person! There are THIRTY TWO books here that 'Andrew V. Smith' has shat out in the last year alone, all of which have AI-generated covers and most borrow or straight up rip off titles from other more popular (and more importantly: human) works like my own

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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Privatisation in a nutshell: 1) Steal from us something we own. 2) Sell us back an inferior service 3) Charge us a higher price. The pattern is the same everywhere: royal mail, water, railways, the NHS, public services, council services…

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We could just put a load of millionaires on a skewer?

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 07/10/2026

speaking of other writers - heads up: the spam is evolving; new calls/emails that “helpfully” call your attention to a problem they just made up, in an effort to get you to respond

Screenshot from my phone: <
+1 (307) 381-0930 ›

Transcript

Hi Cherry, this is Ika Paris. How are you doing today? By the way, Cherry. I'm calling regarding your book, the droning house. The reason why I am calling because I have an important matters that I need to discuss to you because we received a report from our business partner, which is the Amazon, and especially that their readers are trying to purchase your book and they can able to proceed for some reasons.

So if you're interested for farther discussion, call me back as soon as possible at 307-381-0930. Again, this is. Have a great day ahead. Talk to you soon bye.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

gregor samsa awoke one morning to discover he had been transformed into a sickass beetle. fuck yeah he said scuttling all over the walls and ceiling like no dumbfuck traveling salesman could ever do. this is the best day of my life he said

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

jonn.substack.com/p/the-last-l...

I knew we were in for a fun ride this weekend when the party kicked off its annual jamboree in Birmingham with an 88-foot, AI-generated replica of the Bayeux Tapestry. This showed, among other glorious details, one scene labelled “Here Kemi doth become leader”, as a cheerful multicultural crowd dressed in blue looks delighted and a teeny tiny Robert Jenrick cries; John Healey, with elf-ears (no idea) firing arrows at taxpayers, later seen lying on the ground (all of which may or may not be set up for a joke about “Healey’s comet”); Kemi chasing Burnham and Healey with a tank (sure); and another scene labelled “Here Kemi Expelleth the turncoat”, and the tiny Robert Jenrick running away and looking like he’s about to cry again. It’s all mad, and also a bit hazy on the role of the -th suffix in medieval English, but enjoyably so…

…just so long as you ignore the smirking Keir Starmer handing bags of money to some non-white people, or the boats of suspiciously dark skinned migrants appearing on the horizon. The worldview and political strategy reflected in those bits is, I’ll admit, rather less enjoyable.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

First she viciously points out he has eyelashes, now she cruelly compares him to a much-loved children's character, can Burnham ever recover from this etc

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I can see that. Also the corgis turning out to be disguised Flesh Hounds.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Aw, cheers! Start editing the follow-up in a few weeks.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

(I think my gran was born in Hammersmith, btw)

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

... which sounds cool as HELL, obviously!

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

(Oh yes, sorry, that first 'tip' should of course be 'trip'). I think in Cornwall we fit into general background swarthiness, but stand out a bit more in the Saxon East. Son takes after wife's side much more so he never gets the 'Where are you from, really?' question.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Daughter and I off on our last (sad face) London half term tip later this month. She pointed out that on every trip so far, someone has assumed we were lost and attempted to either point us towards a synagogue or talked to us in Spanish.

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

TWISTED PIKE has been out for six days and you are all being very lovely about it in the ratings and reviews. Thank you! www.canelo.co/books/twiste...

canelo.co

Twisted Pike by David Barnett | Canelo

Paperback and Ebook

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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Here’s a 32-year-old Nadhim Zahawi - then working as Jeffrey Archer’s press spokesperson on his Mayoral campaign - reading out Archer’s resignation statement, after the publication of the evidence of perjury that eventually saw Archer jailed.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've just been watching it on YouTube and the memories are flooding back...

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just found it on YouTube - it's the sounds that have apparently stayed in my brain all these years... www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzNx...

youtube.com

THE TRAP DOOR (ZX SPECTRUM - FULL GAME)

YouTube video by Zeusdaz - The Unemulated Retro Game Channel

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Also, bought the DVD when my kids were very little, must have watched the whole thing through dozens of times.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I vaguely remember you could wait until some of the gribbly things went onto the trapdoor then flip them into the air in a satisfying manner.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It was lovely and chunky, which tied in perfectly.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yeah, it fell into that 'Light drama that's just stressed people being mean to each other' area, which I've never really liked (but have accidentally contributed to on occasion).

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Also a *brilliant* Spectrum game. I think. I was only about 14 or something. Maybe it was just the bright colours.

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ha, I *just* abandoned it halfway through first ep, surprised to find I could not be arsed at all.

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