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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

👂What character, theme, relationship, fear or obsession keeps sneaking into your writing? P.S. These conversations happen every week inside Writers Vs Fear. If this sounds like your kind of chat, come and find us via the link in my bio. ❤️👊

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

👀 Morally grey women doing questionable things for good reasons 👀 Ordinary people discovering extraordinary strength 👀 Parallel realities and dream logic 👀 "The same two idiots falling in love" 😆 So now I want to know yours...

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Writers: here's a theory about our brains. The things we worry we keep repeating in our fiction actually help form our creative fingerprint. One of mine seems to be denial. Other writers in my private community have identified the following:

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hehe! I felt that felt like a real treat. 👀😆

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Cheers Jamie. Yes, I wonder if being involved with journalism gives fiction writers any kind of edge with the editing skillz :)

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Some writers love it. Others will do almost anything to avoid it. What scares YOU most about editing your writing? Comment below or DM me. And if you'd like to discuss the subject this week among friendly, committed and open writers, you'll find the link to my Writers Vs Fear community in my bio.

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Hehe! So... is that really the opposite? Or have you sometimes not written anything because you were concerned an idea might waste time? 🤔😄👊

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Dear writers of Bluesky, How often has the fear of wasting your time stopped you writing? My own version of this usually sounds like: "What if this takes years and nobody cares?" Would love to hear what yours sounds like. 👀😄👊

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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/03/2026

Archaeological Dig Uncovers Ancient Race Of Skeleton People theonion.com/archaeological-dig-unc…

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Laura Martínez 🥑 @miblogestublog.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Here's your moment of zen: A "holy" cat named Coco stands at the entrance of a church in Mexico, seemingly blessing everyone who walks in 🐱

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Marc Burrows @20thcenturymarc.marcburrows.co.uk · 15/03/2026

Come see my hit Edinburgh Fringe show The Britpop Hour on tour around the UK this Spring! It's a stand up comedy celebration of Britpop. How did it happen, why did it end and how did it come back! Dance like Jarvis! Flirt like Damon! Tweet like Liam! Details: www.marcburrows.co.uk/live-dates

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Look what showed up today. Oh no, not the mind PROBE

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Would you just LOOK at the quality of this. Which colour would you eat first?

A sumptuous slice of rainbow cake on a cafe table, with a cup of tea.

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

I am now in remission from cancer. My brain knows this is great news, but my nervous system is taking a while to catch up.

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Anyone need a quirky rubber head and display stand? 🤔

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Check out my link in bio for my YouTube unboxing video of Doctor Who The Collection Season 13!

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Magazine in 'published in past' shock

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

As I reluctantly destroyed this web with a long stick, I said, "Sorry, yes, I know, I know, but look, this is too much - you're just taking the piss." (2/2)

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

When I came out of the house today, quite a big spider had decided to block the front path by spreading a web across it and sitting smack in the middle like some terrible arachnoid Gandalf. (1/2)

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Chase them through a labyrinth made out of toilet rolls and bees

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Lou Inglese @chaos440.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Got my performance review.

Old floppy drive with printed label 'Works, but makes Sad Noises'

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

This feels like the 2025 version of proclaiming you don't have a TV.

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I decided to have toast for breakfast. This is only controversial when, like me, you're in your fourth week of radiotherapy and your mouth is inflamed and ulcerated. I am slowly munching through the toast. It doesn't taste 100% like toast, but it is toast nonetheless.

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I have requested that my cancer radiotherapy team play @judaspriestof.bsky.social's Breaking The Law while I'm having my 19th zap tomorrow. Watch this space ⚡️🤘

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

"What we're creating here is a wound." Lovely stuff. Still, the more it hurts me, the more it hurts cancer. If you'd like to help me get through this nonsense, the GoFundMe link is in my bio. Of course it is. 👊

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I can barely speak now - or at least not without feeling a fair deal of pain. I'm also very much in the realm of eating soft food only. (Hello ice cream and custard - it's not all bad.) Basically I'm voluntarily turning up each day to be punched in the head. As my consultant told me... (2/3)

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Today was my 13th day of cancer radiotherapy - and it was unlucky in some ways. The machine was playing up and my session almost had to be postponed. My cab driver quacked about how aggrieved he was with how the hospital had booked him, until he finally got the message from my silence. (1/3)

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Admittedly, it could also lead to an evil AI mirror overlord of myself running rampant 🤔

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

When this whole cancer nonsense began, I 'banked' my voice by recording various voice samples. Now that radiotherapy has started to bring the joy of mouth ulcers, it's become harder to speak. So I'm gonna turn those samples into an AI model of my speech. Could be very handy.

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

If you've had radiotherapy, would love to hear if your experience has differed from any of the above. 💥 I got into debt to help pay for this super-precise radiotherapy, to have the best chance of sticking around for my 6-year-old twins 👀 Want to help me claw my way back out? Link in bio. ❤️👊 (5/5)

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

5) A big button on the nearby wall is marked LAST MAN OUT. Before treatment, the last staffer to leave the room hits this button, so the machine knows there's only one human left in the room and it's safe to commence the zapping. (4/5)

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

4) The treatment itself lasts 2-3 minutes. It doesn't hurt and the vast majority of people feel no side effects in week 1. Turns out I am one of those people. 🥳 (3/5)

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

2) During treatment, your head and shoulders are tightly clamped to a rack, courtesy of a custom moulded thermoplastic mask (which you can see in the pic) so as to stop you moving... 3) ... which is helpful, because otherwise the intense beam of radiation might hit and cook healthy tissue. (2/5)

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

5 things I learned during my first week of cancer radiotherapy: 1) Radiotherapy is delivered by an enormous machine that, as some onlookers noted earlier in the week, looks a bit like the robot Drathro from #DoctorWho. (1/5)

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

2 days to go: on Monday me + my boys move into the London place, just as daily cancer radiotherapy begins 👀⚡️ 1st month’s rent is now covered ❤️ Thank you! Target = £22K (we’re at £20,902). Hitting it means month 2 is secure + I can breathe a bit easier. Link in bio if you can help 🙏

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

One good thing about my imminent London radiotherapy is that I WILL be in the same city as my kids every day. Want to help me beat cancer? My inevitable GoFundMe link is in my bio. Thank you. 👊❤️ (2/2)

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

When you're not always in the same city as your children, a simple moment of online connection like this means EVERYTHING. I didn't expect Roblox to be quite this wonderful. Certainly didnt expect it to make me cry happy tears. (1/2)

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Hi Pete! Sure, feel free to dm me

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Thank you Fi. Yes, i'm hoping for the best while very much preparing for the worst! Feels like a good policy in general, right? :)

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Three days now until my radiotherapy begins. Kinda looking forward to getting started, which is odd considering I'll be zapped in the head with radiation every weekday for 6 weeks. Also quite looking forward to the experience of living in London again for the 2/3 months of treatment/ recovery.

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

On Monday, radiotherapy will start to blast my taste buds, among other things. So let's make the most of things now. 🥳

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CrazyMyra @outonthemoors.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Learning well

Screenshot of an exchange between a PayPal chatbot and a user called Brady Pettit.
"PP: Hi! l'm PayPal's virtual agent. To get started, simply ask me a question.
I am still learning, so if I can't help you I'll direct you to additional resources.

Pettit: I got scammed

PP: Great!"

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Just make it exist first. You can make it worse with each new pass while getting increasingly frustrated later.

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Jason Arnopp @jasonarnopp.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Visiting my mum, to take a break from all the stressful logistics of moving to London for imminent radiotherapy treatment. An oasis of peace, quiet and a roast dinner later today. 🥳

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