Reposted by Owen BoothDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 12hThis a million times. People of colour being dragged on to debate maniacs about imaginary labels & race science is an abomination. proper ‘how German are you’ Nazi shit Note that people like me with white migrant parentage never asked to defend our identity Englishness. Is. A. Made. Up. Thing 131317338
Reposted by Owen BoothSathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 15hDear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played 793765836
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 15hWe all saw you having dark thoughts about the publishing industry again 160
Reposted by Owen BoothChris Bogle @chrisbogle.bsky.social · 20h1. The independent Taskforce — commissioned by NHS England, backed by government — concluded ADHD is under-diagnosed, under-recognised and under-treated in the UK. Not over. The press has reported the reverse of the finding www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...thetimes.comADHD label ‘risks lifelong harm to children’ as diagnoses surgeLandmark government review warns of a ‘tipping point’ as figures show the proportion of youngsters with an autism diagnosis has risen 40-fold 3368154
Reposted by Owen BoothScornflake Ghhhoul @scornflakegrrrl.bsky.social · 22hFirst there were too many gays, then too many depresseds and of course too many transes. Now it’s too many neurodivergents. And why should we be happy if we could just be normal. Arseholes. 36517
Reposted by Owen BoothIndifferenceEngine @guyware.bsky.social · 22hOn current form I assume the US firing squad is going to miss? 131
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Yeah, I loved reading those! But for pure parental performance fun nothing beat the Mr Gum books… 010
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026(I have actually just finished writing a thing in a not dissimilar style to WWTOS that could almost be called “What We’re Teaching Our Tech Bro”, so if you could tell publishers to buy that instead I’d be very happy) 100
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026(Happy to say that reading to my kids was absolutely one of the greatest joys of my life - except for the brief period when one of had a couple of David Walliams books…) 150
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Yeah but he’s trying to promote more AI usage (and so make money for his company) by appealing to the worst sort of idiots - he may not actually believe any of what he’s saying. But then again: look at the guy. Yeah, you’re probably right … 010
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I tend to assume that all posts like this are in bad faith - i.e. the original poster is acting like the worst kind of arsehole because he knows it will get lots of attention - but who can even tell anymore… 120
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Surely *surely* SURELY nobody in real life is actually as big a prick as this guy 6101
Reposted by Owen BoothIndifferenceEngine @guyware.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Still holding out for the FIFA Prize in Literature 093
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Commiserations to my fellow Nobel prize losers. Same time next year? 060
Reposted by Owen BoothHigh Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 07/10/2026nobody finishes a book and concludes “that was great; now I shall never read another one.” other writers are your teammates and coworkers, not your competition. 271417295
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This didn’t turn out anything like I expected based upon on the first 50 or so pages. Quite odd and very much recommended. (Hand = model’s own) 020
Reposted by Owen BoothJonathan Gibbs @jonathangibbs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026It's Wednesday evening, and officially nearly the weekend... and A Personal Anthology! This week's guest editor, picking and introducing a dozen favourite short stories, is Sarah Turner (@scturnerfiction.bsky.social). Sign up here: apersonalanthology.substack.com/about Hitting inboxes 2pm Friday.apersonalanthology.substack.comAbout - A Personal AnthologyA weekly guest-editor picks and introduces a personal anthology of twelve favourite short stories. Click to read A Personal Anthology, by Jonathan Gibbs, a Substack publication with thousands of subsc... 046
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026(Anyone over 40 in Shoreditch is either coked-up or lost) 140
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I’ve been working in Shoreditch this week and observing all the young people. Loafers are definitely back. Again. 160
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026IMAGINE GETTING TO DO SOMETHING YOU WERE GOOD AT THAT YOU ALSO ENJOYED AND MAYBE EVEN GETTING PAID FOR IT FOR FUCK’S SAKE 000
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026(The kids, happily, are right much more often than they’re wrong) 020
Reposted by Owen BoothC.D. Rose @cdrose.bsky.social · 05/10/2026(Rare) public appearance from me, and (quite frequent) one from @lukekennard.bsky.social talking about black bags, poems, novels, and maybe Strindberg and Slint. @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social - a week on Thursday. Come along! 23013
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Apparently this stupid book was published 8 years ago today. What were we thinking? 080
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My 18-yr-old film student child says Digger is very good. So consider that a recommendation. 000
Reposted by Owen BoothMicah @rincewind.run · 02/10/2026getting mad at the pope for not thinking the chatbot has a soul is easily the funniest thing I've read all week 624430881
Reposted by Owen BoothTyler King @tyleraking.com · 02/10/2026Their mission is the pursuit of human rights for their technology designed to deprive you of human rights. 38898321
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Alternative link for those who prefer Wordpress owen-booth.com/2026/10/01/m...owen-booth.comMiddle-Aged Sex Object(Shortlisted for the V.S. Pritchett prize a couple of years ago, but ultimately never published anywhere – until now!) 1. Mathew and his wife Debbie haven’t had sex for over a year. Any kind … 010
Owen Booth @owenbooth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Have a go on this previously unpublished story that was shortlisted for the V.S. Pritchett prize a couple of years back and almost became the title of a collection. Warning: contains scenes of male nudity. Please enjoy "Middle-Aged Sex Object"... owen872603.substack.com/p/middle-age... 171
Reposted by Owen BoothDavid Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · 01/10/2026‘Clouds of Albion’ a short story @stingingfly.bsky.social stingingfly.org/2023/11/15/n... 0105
