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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 29m

"Ain't nobody here but Charles Dickens/ There ain't nobody here at all."

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Was about to employ an old-fashioned term as a joke but I felt sure it now has an alternative meaning and... bloody hell!

The term "rum cove" has a couple of meanings:

- It was historically used to describe someone who is odd or untrustworthy, often implying a bit of a rogue or cheat.

- In modern usage, particularly on the web, it has become a code phrase for incitement to kill, often used by people on the militant right regarding far-leftists.

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Tom @jeatt.bsky.social · 4h

Until about five years ago I thought Climie Fisher was a woman, rather than the UK’s answer to Hall & Oates.

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Mark Dove @duvzo.bsky.social · 4h

Sure did. But for many more years I thought that Rufus and Chaka Khan were a couple.

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 5h

Did anyone else believe for years that Ron Bacardi was a person?

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 9h

UPDATE: it was an existing fan script that was fleshed out with AI graphics, so not 'AI generated' at all.

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 8h

The omnibus of my award-winning Ack-Ack Macaque trilogy AND my first novel, Silversands, are available in brand new e-book editions from Open Road Media. Paperback copies will follow in January. You can buy and read the ebooks now at: openroadmedia.com/contributor/...

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Andy Smith @practicaleq.bsky.social · 9h

I'd like to see a mouse version of The Prisoner

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 9h

One for the great grandads.

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 9h

STAR TREK ORIGINAL OPENER: "The Klingons have surrounded us and all hope is lost." STAR TREK STRANGE NEW WORLDS OPENER: "I've just been on a training course which I found extremely useful."

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 21h

Dear terrible writers yo don't have to add 'and personal' every time you write 'up close.'

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

By, I've worked on some good stuff.

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Pete Selby @peteselby.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

‘How the Shadows became the world’s most important rock ‘n’ roll band’ ‘The Shadows: The Definitive Story’ by @rockingbob.bsky.social in today’s @thetimes.com @newmodernbooks.bsky.social

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"The comments underneath the video suggest much of its appeal is in how precisely it plays back Korean organizational culture through a foreign cast." Very interesting and detailed article. m.koreaherald.com/article/1088...

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Black creators in Korea are finding one another — and a wider audience

On Sept. 20, about 25 working and aspiring Black creatives — actors, writers, models, music producers, photographers, designers and dancers — gathered at a ca

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Watching SLOW HORSES. Very sharp, very smart, very funny.

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On being mistaken: quantick.substack.com/p/mystery-st...

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

COMMENTATORS: Why won't Labour do this. LABOUR: We shall do this. COMMENTATORS: Not like that.

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Smash Hits was swingorilliantly important to me as a whipper'snap'per, as much for the anarchic humour and lack of reverence as the actual pop content, and here's a couple of wor(SNIIIIIIIIP! - Ed) timworthington.org/2018/01/23/w...

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We Are Very Quiet Persons Who Do Not Like To Brag

I’m Not With The Band is a music journalism memoir by Smash Hits’ own swingorilliant Sylvia Patterson. Here’s what Smash Hits meant to me as a teenager and as a writer, and why I …

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A fine piece on someone whose essays made me want to scream.

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thinking about watching THE LEFTOVERS again but not sure I can take rhe emotional investment.

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"And if you look out of the windows you'll see clowns to the right of me...'

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CNRFRG @theconorf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Who pities the fool who’s a bit run down or, let’s face it, hungover?… BA Berocca

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Who pities the fool and rattles a lot? BJ MARACAS.

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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Alternate history you won’t want to put down! THE HYENA is a surrealist adventure by Emmy Award winner @quantick.bsky.social out Nov. 10. Preorder your copy today! Thank you to @annecorlett.bsky.social for the quote. #books #surrealism #alternatehistory #magicalrealism

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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Mighty Sparrow played in my house & my grandparents' house my entire life. Like him, my grandparents were immigrants from Grenada who helped build Trinidad & Tobago. He was one of my first storytellers. RIP Calypso King of the World, gone at 91. We'll never forget you youtu.be/K872vZRTT5M?...

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Mighty Sparrow - Slave

YouTube video by Remy Gumbs

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Stars and Sabers @starsandsabers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A great review for OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM, our horror anthology edited by @jendiagammon.bsky.social, @garethlpowell.bsky.social, and @scarlettralgee.bsky.social, from dozens of writers spanning the globe! Thank you to @hellnotes.bsky.social. #horror #horrorbooks #horrorcommunity #books

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Book Review: OF DREAD, DECAY, AND DOOM

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I love this cartoon and also love that both Punch and the New Yorker separately came up with their own variants.

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Tyron @tyron.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just seen it's Wikipedia's 25th birthday. The greatest website online, and possibly the internet's greatest fruit

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sad news. RIP a very funny man and songwriter. I'll be playing Mirror Star in Tony's honour.

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Colin Spencer @colinspencermusic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

David hi, managed to avoid that pun possibility... as today is Dennis/John's birthday, all being well, you don't mind me letting you know that five relevant other gems featured during my latest earlier www.mixcloud.com/ColinSpencer... Hope you decide to listen through and enjoy it🙏 Be well, Colin

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Jenny Holzer @jennyholzer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

YOU ARE THE PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Humans have free will but orcas have Free Willy.

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If it's the one I'm thinking of, it's the boss of all bosses.

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