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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

You can laugh at this but it’s fifty years of reactionary politics at a glance. Yes, they got everything they demanded; yes, they’re angrier than ever and yes, they want more cruelty, vandalism and idiocy. As I told you in the 2010s: they will always be like this, they can’t be pleased or appeased.

Today marks 10 years since Britain voted to leave the EU. As Starmer finally falls on his sword and Britain faces a lurch to the left under Burnham we call for politicians to finally believe in Brexit and deliver the will of the people
EXPRESS CRUSADEN GIVE US A PROPER BREWIT

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I was the Chair of Iridescence. You've nailed everything I set out to do with it. Thank you

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Er, even 10oz is a *lot*. 16 is far too much. Especially for a tasting. I’ve not been to many tastings but I want to, know, *taste* said whisky, not be so hammered I can’t tell the difference

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Michael Morrison @michaelmorrison.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was “your piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.

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ULTRAGHOLA @ultragotha.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Hail, Pterry, full of rage, the muse is with thee. Blessed art thou among authors, and blessed is the fruit of thy brain, Discworld. Hail Pterry, Father of Great A'Tuin, who channeled rage into compassion blessed are thy words.

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

TIL that Boys of Summer was co written by Mike Campbell. So *that's* why the guitar work is so good...

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Ida Keogh @idakeogh.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Don't look now @bsfa.bsky.social members, but you only have a couple more hours to get voting for the shortlist in the BSFA Awards! There are some amazing works in the longlist - make sure you take a look before the chance slips by.

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Fair point. I’ll have a dig around and see what I can find

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

If it was me I’d stay away from covers. Go with all the amazing German 70s motorik stuff - Faust, Can, Amon Dull, Kraftwerk, Neil! maybe even Tangerine Dream.

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Is that Die Toten Hozen’s version?

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 13/02/2026

Media coverage of the far right in the UK: - (euphemism) party accused of saying something deeply racist/misogynistic/transphobic - unmistakably deeply racist/misogynistic/transphobic quote - asks party whether it is - party says of course not, it's free speech and the left is mean Article ends

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

this thread wins the internet today

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

He does know that The Line has now been scrapped. And, let's be honest, was an unrealitic fantasy right from the starrt?

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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 03/02/2026

And the thing is, some of us were pointing this out *at the time*. Not Epstein's involvement -- I didn't know his name at the time -- but the links between Brexit and people like Thiel, the cryptobros, the whole far-right pseudolibertarian "Rationalist" project to destroy democracy.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

The line here that made my ears prick up (and should really spook Labour) is the third one (that we need “fair and managed” migration). That’s not the answer of someone who has come to get his 12 per cent. That’s a much more “no, when I say I want to replace Labour, I’m not coming to play” line.

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Dave Hutchinson @hutchinsondave.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Increasingly, it feels as if the present day is being written by Philip K Dick in the midst of a massively profound acid trip.

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

TO AUSTERLITZ! (because it’s the 220th anniversary)

A black cat with its head in coat hanger, looking a little like Napoleon in a bicorn hat

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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

If you're a fan of Ann Leckie and/or Arkady Martine (and why wouldn't you be), and/or discussions of empire and imperialism in science fiction, let me point you towards this conversation between the two on that very topic: www.speculativeinsight.com/extras/leckie-and-martine

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

really really looking forward to this!

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Stu Hennigan @stuhennigan.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

A pinned thread about my new novel, Keshed, publishing on 12th Feb 2026 with @ortacpress.bsky.social. Pre-orders available now from all the usual bookshops/websites. See thread for some early pre-press takes from some AMAZING writers and links to other stuff. www.ortacpress.com/product-page...

ortacpress.com

Keshed | Ortac Press

In the derelict shell of what was once his family home, a dying man surveys the wreckage of his former life and drinks himself senseless, haunted by the chain of events that led him there. Dark, compl...

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Oh god. It's going to be a long few months till the convention isn't it? (I'm the con chair. Can y'all pray for me? Failing that, send whiskey...)

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Tade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

The Devil: I don't know what these motherfuckers are talking about. I went on strike with other workers for better conditions and rotatory leadership in heaven. Scabs and strike-breakers flung us out. That's all. Next thing I know, they're writing me into the Bible, blaming me for everything. Meh.

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

it's a great blog and great maps, but they're not mine so I really can't take credit for them. Different Dyson I'm afraid :)

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

When are you adding Fall songs to the jukebox? Also, go you! I'm so pleased you've got a new pub.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Given that the economy is not shrinking by a trillion every year, I think it's reasonable to assume Nigel Farage is talking out of his arse. Let's see if professional journalism can make note of this little glitch in his maths.

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

I’d never thought of it like that, but now you say it…

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Oh damn. I missed this. Red Square is indeed a masterpiece. That said I’ve always loved Polar Star, for some reason my favourite of the Renko books.

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

You escaped? Ruuuuuuuuunnnnn! Save Yourselves!

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I went to a Catholic boarding school in England. Trust me, I hear you. Fuck these people

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

tbh it doesn't really matter what the Review says. It's the spending that Treasury will actually allow over the next decade that counts. Remember what they did to SDR 98 et al?

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Hmmm, that’s something to really think about. I’m a 90’s UK post punk indie boy but I also spent a lot of time devouring US greats like Sonic Youth and especially Fugazi. Meat Puppets were never on the radar till the Nirvana unplugged and even then weren’t something I really understood. Thank you

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Hi @ngjeannette.bsky.social & @laurenbeukes.com - I spoke to you both briefly in Belfast. I'm the chair of next year's Eastercon and we want to donate a membership to your amazing auction. Who do we talk to about the practicalities?

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

I so need to read this, don't I?

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Oooh, thank you, I won’t say no

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Pin this, save it, we’ll need it. “When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.” AOC 🔥🎯

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

fantastic, thank you. Is this your work?

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

This is great! Is there more of this anywhere?

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Simon Bisson @sbisson.com · 03/12/2024

You should read this, it's one of the best works about the anthropocene, up there with Ian McDonald's Hopeland and Stan Robinson's The Ministry Of The Future.

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

You escaped arrest? damn, I need better agents in Harrogate...

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

The fact that UCC hid a 3000-year-old mummy under the floorboards of a lecture theatre on a campus where two and a half tonnes of uranium rods were being stored in a basement nearby and DIDN'T end up with a zombie-pharaoh apocalypse is both a mystery and endlessly disappointing

Screenshot of an Irish Times article from 2011 with the headline "University in talks with Egypt over future of ancient mummy"

Screenshot of an Irish Times article from 2003 with the headline "UCC keeping 2.3 tonnes of uranium in basement store"

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Even more amazingly, Michael Sheard played Hitler five times and yet never remilitarised the Rhineland.

Sky News headline: Timothy West played Churchill three times, but was a lifelong Labour supporter

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I see the Church of England's manager has left by mutual consent. The tabloids are tipping Pope Francis for the job - he's had success in Europe and is used to managing big clubs - so I guess it's either him or Frank Lampard.

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Liz @ilisabat.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I know everyone says this, but the amount of STUFF libraries have available digitally is just breathtaking. My library system here in Baton Rouge has thousands of Udemy courses available. And they're free! They're so free. Libraries are cool. Librarians are cool. Support your libraries.

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Phil Dyson @phildyson.bsky.social · 30/08/2024

Sunny? In Wales? Truly, these are the last days...

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