Reposted by John SelfT'Other Simon @tothersimon.bsky.social · 2hPffft... Those movies haven't been the same since Barbara Windsor left the cast. 08314
John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 7hNext year David Peace will publish Strangeways, "the much-anticipated second novel of the Munich trilogy", which makes me ask - anticipated by whom? Did anyone know there was going to be a sequel to Munichs? 460
Reposted by John SelfNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 06/10/2026npettigrew.substack.com/p/trump-spar...npettigrew.substack.comTrump Sparks Debate As He Fires Gun Into CrowdTrump, flanked by Secret Service agents, as he dances on a fresh corpse. 194
Reposted by John SelfPat Burke 🇺🇦 @patburke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I remember reading the words “protecting the world from the full horrors of unvarnished Archer prose”, and I wish I could remember where. 041
John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Trying to remember the precise arrangement of details in a piece I read decades ago about how Jeffrey Archer’s agent, or editor, or possibly even wife Mary, helped him with his work by “translating his books into English.” 4295
Reposted by John SelfDavid Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The emotion-prompting loss of Jeffrey Archer has reminded me of the ancient Chinese curse - May your Wikipedia entry have many unusual subsections. 46716
John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“1: Healthy male relationship during Trump’s youth could have prevented all this 189 million: Viewers that will watch its eventual dismantling on livestream” Trump’s Triumphal Arch By The Numbers:theonion.comTrump’s Triumphal Arch By The NumbersTrump has directed his administration to build a triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary. The Onion looks at the key facts and figures behind the new monument... 050
Reposted by John SelfDavid Whitley @mrdavidwhitley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I reckon I've spotted a gap in the market, and I am going to churn out an absolute fuckload of tapestries. 1213
Reposted by John SelfRichard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"As the royalties accrued are under 100 GBP," writes a thoughtful publisher, "we’d like to carry the payment forward to the next half-year." Yes, I bet you fucking would. JFC what a racket. 2452
Reposted by John SelfDaniel Ostrowski @froakiebloke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The all time classic 24069563
Reposted by John SelfThe Maths Bazaar @themathsbazaar.bsky.social · 05/10/2026@john-self.bsky.social bookalikes 121
Reposted by John SelfAnne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Vaguely related: swimming against the tide - a brief history of some universally despised films that I rather liked.multiglom.comTHE PORKY’S II: THE NEXT DAY TESTAn alternative version of Romeo and Juliet in Porky’s II: The Next Day It was when Time Out sent me off to review Porky’s II: The Next Day that I had my watershed moment as a fledgling… 5167
Reposted by John SelfElsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart 167143014712
John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Series 2 of Monty Python's Flying Circus is more consistently funny than almost any other sketch show and some episodes, such as ep 2 ('The Spanish Inquisition') are close to perfection. 3202
Reposted by John SelfJoe Scaramangaaaarrrggghhh!!! @joescaramanga.co.uk · 05/10/2026YT-ers performatively holding clip on mics has become an annoyance for many, but I've just seen a YT video where the prresenter was not only holding their tiny mic in their hands instead of clipping it on, but they'd attached it to a stick, so ... just like holding a microphone!static.klipy.comMan Kicks TV ScreenAlt: Man Kicks TV Screen 7213
John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I read so many replies to this seeking elucidation until I realised it said sodas not sofas 170
Reposted by John SelfMatt Greene @arealmattgreene.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The world can feel like an intolerant place so it's worth remembering that most paint is *pro* climb 172
Reposted by John SelfVictoriaQOTD @victoriaqotd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Phoebe's sex mad, which I don't mind per se but it affects her ironing. 2313
Reposted by John SelfJohn Lister - johnlisterwriting.com @johnlister.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Martin Lewis once said mine was the best comment ever received on his TV show (and literally saluted) when I emailed in to point out that picking up pennies from the floor works out more lucrative per hour than the minimum wage. 072
John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Bloody hell, didn’t we just get rid of Bolsonaro like, the day before yesterday? 1100
John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Practical jokers who own businesses have been advised against supergluing a pound coin to their counters as the majority of people in today's economy will probably return with a chisel.” 140
Reposted by John SelfDewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026OMG I had to check my work emails regarding an extra case in court tomorrow and I've just read this from an HR person. "on a knee to nose basis" A KNEE TO NOSE BASIS 😳 2503545647
John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 04/10/2026School photos must be one of the last great rip-offs in the digital age. Eighteen quid for four 4x6 photos that you could print out in Boots or Tesco for less than 20p each! Plus, who has an optical drive these days to pop a CD into? 5141
Reposted by John SelfRónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My son went shopping by himself and bought nice clothes but too big. He was digging in about not bringing them back until I told him he looked like Kris Kross and showed him the video for Jump and now he's bringing the clothes back. 4506
Reposted by John SelfElizabeth DeLoria II: THE GHOST DIMENSION @yourdadloves.me · 03/10/2026 173128103007
Reposted by John SelfZach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'm not opposed at all to guilty pleasure reading. I do it a lot. I just don't understand the desire to say there's no meaningful difference between, like, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, and Dungeon Crawler Carl, because after all you might like both. 1726219
Reposted by John SelfDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I spoke to Salman Rushdie and Rachel Eliza Griffiths about their new documentary and surviving the worst thing that ever happened to them 36112
Reposted by John SelfMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“You're not an Ai influencer”, the sickest of burns a pope has ever received 3348784
Reposted by John SelfSeán Costello @seanjcostello.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“I always feel a certain nostalgia now in recalling the city centre as it was in those days; the streets were not so filled with the noise of traffic, and the factories had yet to take the fragrance of seasonal blossoms from the night air.” Finally reading this beautifully crafted early Ishiguro 2223
John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“History arcs toward the production of shit, and civilisation is a contest about who has to eat it.” I enjoyed Ben Eastham’s funny and quotable novel The Floating World, which hovers between now-read-on and stop-and-look, and echoes Adolfo Bioy Casares and Félix Fénéon:thetimes.comNeed a job? Come and build my doomsday bunkerA grieving writer gets a gig on an apocalypse-prepping billionaire’s island in Ben Eastham’s witty, wandering novel, The Floating World 170
Reposted by John Selfiucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“use Al to help illustrate my children's books. Does that make the art bad?” Yes sorry 2232
Reposted by John SelfDan Thomas @itsdanthomas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The most disappointing video you’ll see today. 1042256655
Reposted by John SelfEmily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you 7142321024
Reposted by John SelfChris Addison @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Decades ago, I needed to change a bulb in one of the lights on my first car. In the index of the manual I had no luck looking under 'b' for 'bulb', nor 'l' for 'light'. In the end, I was reduced to reading through the entire thing until I found it under 'h' for 'how to change the bulbs'. 1036417
Reposted by John SelfThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you're in my GP's office any time soon, prepare yourself for what many are calling the greatest mnemonic of all time. Come for E and P, but sit down and clap for I. 621752355
John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Lockwood is a storyteller and most of these poems are anecdotal. She is the main character: the word “I” occurs more than 800 times." @ravoon.bsky.social's review of Patricia Lockwood's collection reminds me that Philip Roth once had to have his typewriter repaired as he wore out the letter 'I'.thetimes.comGems, vaginas and me, me, me! Patricia Lockwood returns to poetryIn Agate Head/Stone Soup, the Priestdaddy author turns stone-cutting and medical drama into refreshingly wry verse 252
Reposted by John SelfRyan Packer @typewriteralley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026George Saunders on using AI: "Writing is the most precious way one person can communicate their essence to another person. I’ve spent a lifetime trying to get better at making myself present in my writing. Why would I want to sacrifice even one iota of that?" 5539144
John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Is Andy Burnham the first prime minister in my lifetime who actually likes fiction and poetry? I feel quite moved to hear him talk with genuine enthusiasm about Tony Harrison’s V. 159317
Reposted by John SelfMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most TV is just this now. 17271941974
Reposted by John SelfLF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Back when he had the best show on radio, @lordshortcake.bsky.social used to have a regular phone-in topic of 'irrational turn-ons'. Popping the seal on a jar of coffee, etc. Today, I'd be ringing in about J-Cloths on a roll. J-Cloths are great. Come on, who doesn't love a J-Cloth? On a roll? Yes. 4152
Reposted by John Selftrouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hi, I'm @trouteyes You may rember me from such tweets such as I'm a thin bald wizard, cndnsd mlk, and I'm Simon & Garth's Uncle. 1286
Reposted by John SelfTheo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 29/09/2026Every AI CEO sounds like this. 81066305
Reposted by John SelfLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The byline left up there like a head on a spike outside a castle 242182
