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A tweet from the official twitter account for Bluesky, quoting the announcement post of the AI service Attie with the text:

"Vibe-coding, but make it social.

Starting today you can use Attie to make sites: Games, quizzes, guestbooks, your top 8, or whatever you dream up. Go try it!"

Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Recent Read: Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison "Song of Solomon is a tale of culture and history and spirituality in the face of colonialism and capitalism." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3c2b... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Recent Read: The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy "It’s a beautiful look at individual people and their wanting to connect, whilst as a group we become lost and ugly and dangerous. It’s an annoyingly confounding book, but maybe one worth a little patience." #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Recent Read: Earthseed Duology by Octavia Butler "A story that pushes beyond survival and into how we can live under such tyranny and, eventually, overcome." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d2f3... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Rollerball, a ham-fisted dystopia with poorly realised themes, but entertaining action. It does, however, contain a small scene of a character looking for information, finding all books classified/banned, needing to go to a water-based computer to get the "summarised" version.

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Recent Read: To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf "I am unsure of what great ideas are presented here, and even if there are none, as not every story needs them, what replaces them?" #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Recent Read: The Tunnel by William H Gass The hardest book I’ve read, in terms of its dense and highly alliterative prose, and its subject matter: the mind of a man so unlikable he’s trying to bury his own journals in a tunnel he’s digging in the basement of his house. #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Recent Read: The Eleventh Hour by Salman Rushdie "A lovely story that whips its way through characterisation and plotting to create a juxtaposition between faith and reasoning, between the family you choose and who, or what, you allow yourself to become obsessed with." #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Recent Read: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel "Station Eleven is, as a whole, an easy book to read. Mandel skilfully pulls us into a world all too foreseeable and believable (doubly so given this post-pandemic story was released in 2014!)" app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/38fb... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Love the way it discusses the connection between dreams/imagination/fiction and the real world. The creature designs are particularly fantastic! Unfortunately did not know it's a prequel to a tv show from a few years ago, so the ending is more open than I'd like.

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Just watched I Am Frankelda, the wonderfully imaginative and colourfully animated film about a young woman who writes horror and the terror-realm that needs her help. Apparently the first feature length stop motion film from Mexico.

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Recent Read: Elsewhere by Yan Ge "Ge proves herself over and again to be exceptionally capable at pulling readers into little moments, scrutinising, admonishing, and celebrating the parts of life that are all too easy to look over and ignore." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/0c6d... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Recent Read: Rose/House by Arkady Martine "A house locked away for 51 out of 52 weeks of the year, only one person allowed access in that brief window, the system controlled by a next level AI; yet there is a dead body needing to be examined." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3af8... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Recent Read: 2666 by Roberto Bolaño "This is the kind of book that can only be written by someone who reads voraciously and loves so much of said literature that he must spew it back onto the page for the rest of us" app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/bbe8... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Recent Read: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell "a sci-fi quest for rebellion and peace, a thriller worthy of both tv specials and airport bookstands, and a literary contemplation on humanity’s self-consuming and -destructive nature." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9978... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Some recent literary acquisitions

The Fisherman by John Langan
The Snail on the Slope, Monday Starts in Saturday, and The Doomed City all by Arkady & Boris Straight
Strugatsky
The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares
Cyclonopedia by Reza Negatestani
The Tunnel by William H. Gass
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling by Marguerite Young

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Recent Read: Novelties & Souvenirs by John Crowley "sci-fi and fantasy; historical and contemporary; straightforward and complex; Crowley doesn’t shy away from trying his hand at whatever catches his imagination." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e289... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Recent Read: Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse "for anyone who adores big fantasy worlds with interesting, diverse casts and aren’t too afraid of the danger they’ll be put into" app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2470... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Recent Read: To Ride Hell's Chasm by J. Wurts I have a hot take... "I could feel a clear lineage back to Patricia McKillip whose Riddle-Master of Hed trilogy also left me wanting." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d25f... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Recent Read: Glyph by Ali Smith "Smith has written another wonderful story of siblinghood and freedom in the face of an ever constricting world." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/0d02... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Recent Read: Viriconium by M. John Harrison "Between the Dying Earth of Jack Vance and Gene Wolfe’s Book of the New Sun lies the city of Viriconium, once a dazzling jewel, now the last remnant of a long dead empire." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/7688... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

A story about a loner trying to find the people who stole his pig made me think Cage was doing an eccentric John Wick, but Pig (2021) is a relatively quiet and sentimental film and all the better for it.

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Recent Read: Blindness by José Saramago "A stark and, at times, nihilistic take on the human experience and just how fragile society is around us." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4f61... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Recent Read: The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat "Surreal and hypnotic, there are few stories I’ve read that have carried so much atmosphere and yet can tell a tale with a strong central character and a plot as fun as it is befuddling." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/93e1... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Recent Read: Extremophile by Ian Green My largest complaint is I wanted more of what’s been offered: of the despicable villains and the body horror they wreak; crunchy world building and a greater exploration of biohackers and body modifications. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ac5e... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Recent Read: Complete Stories by Clarice Lispector "Lispector places character and allegory above any possible thematic element or plot based tale, zeroing in on the most human and most deranged aspects of literature." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/05a0... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Recent Read: The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon "For as much as I enjoyed the atmosphere and his ability to weave beautiful sentences together, this isn’t likely to be reread soon." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/83b7... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Every nerd has a big four! Here's mine (names are in alt): #booksky #filmsky #animesky

The comic/manga Land of the Lustrous by Haruko Ichikawa

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Recent Read: Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf "Mrs. Dalloway is an incredibly interesting story and one I must return to after I’ve better gotten used to Woolf’s style, but for now, this didn’t quite live up to the fuss that’s made about it." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/374d... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Recent Read: Book of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe "Wolfe proves himself a master in New Sun, but to not only repeat his success, but outdo it — as I believe he has here — is incredible." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/0542... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Recent Read: The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez "gorgeous take on epic fantasy and a welcome shift in the traditions that have lost their shine over the years and decades since Tolkien created or reaffirmed them" app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/c2a7... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Sound of Metal Wildcards: On-Gaku Liz and the Bluebird Steven Universe: The Movie

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Recent Read: Looking Glass Sound by @catrionaward.bsky.social "Engrossing, mysterious, and often beautiful; with so little blood and gore this could be an excellent entry point into the thriller and horror genres" #booksky app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/88e1...

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Recent Read: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders "Lincoln in the Bardo swells with all its voices crying to be heard from beyond the grave." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/3eb7...

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Recent Read: The Wax Child by Olga Ravn "questions of magic and danger; of justice and power and who wields them; as well as of friendship and companionship, especially between women" app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4df9... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Recent Read: Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin "As a saga, as a whole, Earthsea is wonderful and a fantastic example of a series being more than the sum of its parts." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/b489... #booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Recent Read: Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov "The high concept pitch for Pale Fire is thus: what if a somewhat looney professor analysed and remarked on the final work of a revered poet and close friend." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1a40... #Booksky

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Recent Read: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman "...but captures both the narrator’s thoughts and feelings in great clarity and the atmospheres of the world the women are in: the dreariness of the bunker and the bittersweet hope of freedom" app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/15f7...

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Recent Read: The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli "within 30 pages of this 180 page book, Highway will have bought Marilyn Monroe’s teeth and transplanted them into his own mouth." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/7d48...

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Recent Read: These Lifeless Things by Premee Mohamed "In just 150 pages we’re introduced to both of these characters, the groups they’re a part of, the situations both are in, and how both want to solve the great mystery: who is/was attacking humanity?" app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/12d6...

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Recent Read: The Ægypt Cycle by John Crowley "Crowley’s prose holds its readers in place, enchanting them to his world, while the dense exploration of ideas, philosophies, and emotions comes together as one of the most convoluted, yet most beautiful bows I’ve ever seen."

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

When I heard about @augursociety.bsky.social's #AugurMicros2025 contest this was the single idea that floated round my head for the past week or so:

What He Fears
By J. Emmanuel

We took from him the crown that had long been bruising his misshapen head; aided the wind in undraping the robes from his gnarled and twisted body; pulled out from under him the speckled, rotting gold he said was: just a chair.

We turned away from the wretched heap, taking only what could be retooled, remade unmeaning.

If it is in us to crown kings, it is in us to dethrone them.

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Whelp, this is what it's coming to: entire websites now unusable if you're in the UK

A screenshot of imgur.com with the error:

{"data":{"error":"Content not available in your region."},"success":false,"status":400}

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Recent Read: Adrian Tchaikovsky's Cage of Souls "He pulls an incredible world from seemingly out of nowhere and fills it with even more amazing creatures, ever evolving and a sign that the world itself isn’t over, only humanity." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/df8b...

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

If you're not already reading it, you should check out Shiba Inu Rooms, about an apartment building haunted by talking ghost dogs

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Recent Read: Ice by Anna Kavan "beautiful prose, unreliable narrator, twisted imagery, and dense writing this is a gorgeous and layered read, one that could tax you, but with its short length and effortless character work I believe the challenge is worth it." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/2b8d...

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Just finished The Residence, a great comedy mystery about the death of the head usher at the white house and the unusual circumstances surrounding it.

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Recent Read: Perdido Street Station by China Miéville "He compiles this mixture of mad scientists, demon bargains, sentient parasites, developing artificial intelligence, and so much more all so he can smash them together in his little playground." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/e7d7...

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Recent Read: Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr "Cloud Cuckoo Land is a wonderful meditation on the past, present and future of humanity, on what changes over time and what must never change lest we lose what makes us human." app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a3d8...

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Jamobo @jamobo.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Did that NYT ballot thing, did anyone else have to add films? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Tokyo Godfathers
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Monsters, Inc.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
It's Such a Beautiful Day
Parasite
Drive My Car
2 Movies added by reader

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