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Old White Beard

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Books. I love books. Inane chitchat. I engage in it all the time.

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Roger Luckhurst @theprofrog.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I reviewed Miéville’s extraordinary, intimidating novel The Rouse here:
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Decolonizing the Dead | Los Angeles Review of Books
China Miéville’s first solo novel in over a decade is part Lovecraft, part le Carré—and quintessentially weird.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"My work here is done" - Yoda, pointing at his desk.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
“I’m trying to find a monastery where all the monks are over six foot five” “That’s a tall order”
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Wil Wheaton ❌👑 @wilwheaton.net · 16/09/2026
Today, I just wanted to share a couple things that I'm excited about. I hope you'll get excited about them, too.
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just a couple of things
And I have, again, fallen into a trap where I only post long essays to my blog that take days or longer to write. Oh, so many drafts that really go nowhere, because I wasn’t writing to tell a story, I was writing to have something to post. And it...
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
"Don't ever make sudden noises around that Raging Bull director." "Scares easy?" "Yes, but he doesn't pronounce it like that". "Get out".
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Legal Weed 4 SC 🌱 @legalweed4sc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If Led Zeppelin were cats. From left to right: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and #BonzoTheCat #LedZeppelin 🎸🎸 #RIPJohnBonham 🥁🐐
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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Heartbreaking news. Rest well, Dolly Parton, and thank you, Appalachian angel.
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Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Still available www.chloecumming.com/birds/pinky-...
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Pinky Peachy Dove — Chloe Cumming
Dreamy translucent bird art by Norwich based woman artist acclaimed for her expressive mixed media drawings.
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I was doing so well at not replying to people who made me mad. I managed 768 comments before one I couldn’t help reply to.
Some asshole said: Turtles are amphibians 🤓

I responded:  if you're going to correct
me, at least be right 😂 Turtles are reptiles. Amphibians have water permeable skin instead of scales, they undergo metamorphosis which turtles don't, they lay soft, shell-less egs unlike turtles who lay leathery shelled eggs. Turtles are born with lungs which is common to mammals and reptiles, but not amphibians.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Me (being caught in bed with an optical illusion): it’s not what it looks like.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
My neighbour's really not happy about me building a wall of food strainers between our properties. He reckons it's a fence sieve.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Some women are never happy. My girlfriend has just had a go at me because I don't glisten.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Top Tip: Always carefully read through your post before pressing the 'send' buttocks.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Celebrity FACT: Michael J Fox always sits in his garden with his back to the fuchsia.
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Mutable Joe @mutablejoe.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"what do you reckon the egypt score will be and what's your favourite opera?" two ten, carmen
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Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Hellooo, I have now put the toilet, that pink one, the lion and monkey and last but not least that nice Hockney drawing up on my website as originals for sale. I hope you might want to look/share/and obvs that someone might buy, but sharing helps with that. Thanks 🙏 www.chloecumming.com
Colourful glyphic marks surround David Hockney in colourful ink and watercolour A toilet with smoke emerging, small endearing intense drawing A tangle of pink worms, oil pastels A monkey making arms into heart, a lion and a tiny skull
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Pretend you're a doctor by referring to each toe by its proper name, i.e. Market, Home, Roast Beef, No Roast Beef and Wee Wee
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Pretend you're a bus driver by waving at someone wearing the same jumper as you.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
sorry to be ‘that guy’ but please be cautious when RTing a missing person post from an unofficial/unverified source. While many are genuine, sometimes the person has run away because they're a victim of domestic abuse. Thanks x
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
question - what’s social media?
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Tade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
A thread of my favourite books on the craft of writing. Notice the subjectivity in the word "my" and "favourite". I have not used the word "best" or its synonyms. I may add to the thread daily or several times a day. Also, FAO: @glenatron.bsky.social @izom-chisom.bsky.social
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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
LOCAL MAN CAUTIONED FOR HAVING VAN FULL OF OWLSTony Soprano
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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
My kids books make nice presents. Read one to a small person you know. Keep kids reading ❤️
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Old White Beard @martin61.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Too often, outsourcing comes at the expense of our services and the workers who keep them going. If you want public services to work for people, not just profit, sign the Record of Support for Labour’s insourcing pledge. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/of...
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Official Record of Support: Back the Biggest Wave of Insourcing in a Generation
Outsourcing companies frequently compete to win public contracts by reducing costs: it's a race to the bottom on the pay, terms, and conditions for their workers. This has a knock-on effect for servic...
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Eric Idle @ericidle.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
I love an ancient Barry Cryer joke recycled. “He’s in the country finishing a novel. He’s not a writer, just a very slow slow reader…” I was lucky enough to have him as my mentor- and Dick Vosburgh. I was 23 and they were very kind to me.
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Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
ONE MORE FRY . I mean TRY
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Meg @roaringmeg.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
#Libraries #Librarians
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Ian Power @ihpower.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Being an adult is about 80% pretending to be an adult.
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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 02/05/2026
just sold a picture book to a child who sang 'i bought this book now it's mine la-la-la-la' which is the correct response to buying a book
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Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
This might be worth another try. I know bluesky is smaller than other platforms but at least it sometimes works. Here are some of my unsold bird drawings that maybe will be pleasing to somebody. Hi. www.chloecumming.com/birds
Hoopoe ink drawing with loose lines and brown ink and such Ma many coloured fruit dove, watery prismatic drawing with wibbles A big soppy owl with textures and a big face Oil pastel scratchy pretty masked owl , lots of green
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
“Oh no, oh dear. Oh, he wouldn’t like that. He’ll feel that in the morning!” - me watching Roadrunner cartoons
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Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Ink bird drawing. Hoopoe
Loose brownish and greenish ink drawing of a grid with a natty crest and a long beak and black stripes
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Documentally @documental.ly · 01/05/2026
2166 words plus audio & video. Reading this now will grow your heart & bring you closer with the others connecting via this node. But do read it now. This message will self destruct (lock itself) in 7 days. open.substack.com/pub/document... #Protography #Vinyl #Edinburgh #Wood #NotThatKind
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Consume and Connect [573]
Greetings from The Borders...
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Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I’ve now added these three big wet hearts to my art shop. Not congruent with everyone’s dining room decor, but maybe SOMEONE’S . Or possibly rumpus room, or pantry. Art! Maybe… collectible!, www.chloecumming.com
Big bold cartoony heart in inks, wonky, bulbous, reds, strong Very red spangly heart with many lines and offshoots an parts and interest and massive and bits and bobs and wet Heart that looks a bit like Africa with softer bits and textures and lines and vessels and translucencies
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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Bendy Mackenzie to Jason5000 Do you read me? Bendy Mackenzie to Jason5000 Do you read me? Over
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Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
White tree with hallucinatory Jesus (monoprint, pastel, pencil)
A Jesus possibly crucified on a white wiggly tree, monoprint pastels and pencils
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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Setting up a night time falconry desplay team called Our Kestrel Manoeuvres In The Dark
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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Watched the season finale of Starfleet Academy and absolutely loved it. LOVED. May we boldly go into season 2 at maximum warp!
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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Despite saying I'd never again write two novels simultaneously, I am now once again writing two novels simultaneously...
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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
That feeling when you look up, and it’s a whole new month full of adventure! March forth! #author #artist #writer #travel
Jendia Gammon with her hair blown out, with sunglasses on her head, waiting at a train station.
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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Imagine being amongst a clump of cunts you’re the one given the nickname The Cunt.
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Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Tummy ache Fox 3
Lying down eyes closed landscape format scrapy orange fox that was blue at first
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Chloe Cumming @chloecumming.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Detail with green chest
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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Pretty pleased with my first day as an Uber driver. Five stars!
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Oh, the grand old duke of york He ██████████████████ He ██████████████████ And he ██████████████████
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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Three weeks today!
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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
One month to release for @quantick.bsky.social's IMAGINE A FRIEND! Preorder your copy of this nostalgic story that @paulcornell.bsky.social calls a "soulful fantasy." www.starsandsabers.com/books/imagin... #books #comingsoon #fantasy
Purple wisteria background and in the foreground, an image of the book Imagine a Friend by David Quantick. 
Text reads: 
March 10, 2026
from Emmy Award Winner
David Quantick
Stars and Sabers Publishing logo
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