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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tesco (UK): 200 g Tesco glacé cherries…£2.25 Walmart: 200 g Tesco glacé cherries (imported)…$32 Fucking robbing bandits! 🤬

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Finished Death’s End by Cixin Liu. A cracking final installment to a very imaginative trilogy. Very enjoyable! 👍 Once again, thanks Rob @sandman4kids.bsky.social for the recommendation! 👍

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Another close, exciting game of #Finspan 129-127. We’re really loving this game! Michael @anarchytabletop.bsky.social can you confirm that a card that allows you to play a fish at ‘no cost’ includes ignoring the requirement to ‘consume’ another fish? TYIA

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Flu and Covid 👍 Protect yourself, and your friends, family and colleagues…please vaccinate! 👍

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My completed reading list so far this year. What do you like there? What would you recommend?

An image of all the books ive read so far in 2026.

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My delivery just arrived from The Broken Binding @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social …I may have just peed myself a little in excitement. 😁 TBB are great btw. Good quality, good value, signed copies and good customer service.

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Just finished Engines of Reason (Elder Race 2) by @aptshadow.bsky.social #47 It must be getting tedious, me continually going on about how good AT’s books are… but here we are again! 🤷‍♂️ Yet another great read! 👍

Cover page of Engines of Reason by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

An update on the life quest for the Tchaikovsky 50. 😁 Currently reading Engines of Reason. Bear Head, Bee Speaker and Guns of the Dawn arriving next week. Thank you @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social. for helping fuel my @aptshadow.bsky.social habit! 😁

My checklist of Adrian Tchaikovsky books currently read (46)

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Just finished The Helium Sea (Exodus 2) by Peter F. Hamilton. Asteria’s arse! 😁 What an absolutely cracking story!

Cover page of The Helium Sea (Exodus 2) by Peter F Hamilton.

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

September reading pile! What an outstanding line up! 👍 Peter F. Hamilton @aptshadow.bsky.social @annleckie.com Cixin Liu I’m so excited! 😁 Do not disturb until October 😂

Photograph of the books Helium Sea, Death’s End, Engines of Reason, Ancillary Sword and Ancillary Justice.

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Helium Sea (Peter F Hamilton) “Josias,” Dagon called out. “You’re being an arsehole” Good to see that even 40,000 years in the future the insults are still relatable! 😂

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Lake America eh! 😡 Fuck you Google 🖕you shower of spineless, arse licking, absolute cunts! 🤬 Always Lake Ontario 🇨🇦🍁 #ElbowsUp #FuckGoogle

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Just finished A Trade of Blood (Shadow of the Leviathan, #3) by Robert Jackson Bennett. Eagerly anticipated, and wow!!! it did not disappoint. Really excellent series, and I suspect there’s more than a trilogy here 🤞

Cover page of A Trade of Blood (Shadow of the Leviathan, #3) by Robert Jackson Bennett.

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Just finished Platform Decay (Murderbot #8) by Martha Wells. Another fun, entertaining story from the Murderbot universe!

Cover page of Platform Decay by Martha Wells

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Just finished Preaching To The Choir by Adrian Tchaikovsky. # 46

Cover page of Preaching To The Choir by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Just finished The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu A very enjoyable and thought provoking read. 👍

Cover page of The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Venus and the crescent moon. Aug 15 2026, 8:30 pm

A setting crescent moon and Venus framed by silhouetted trees.

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Just finished All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor, part three of The Bobiverse Series. Although there are serious elements to this series, they’re a bit more light hearted and an easy, fun read.

Cover page of All These Worlds by Dennis E. Taylor

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bob Mueller - Combat veteran, served in Vietnam, Bronze Star, rescued a marine, Purple Heart, national hero! 👍 Orange Rapist - Draft dodger, pussygrabber, snuck out of Turkey in a food cart like a cowardly bitch, abandoned his colleagues, national disgrace!🖕

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Finished Exodus: The Archimedes Engine by Peter F. Hamilton. I’m officially a huge fan of PJH now! Game of Thrones set in a heavily genetically engineered future.

Cover page of Exodus: The Archimedes Engine by Peter F Hamilton

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

@glasgowrangerschat.bsky.social It’s two days until my RTV renewal. So in time honored tradition this is how it usually goes. We’ll play dreadfully, lose and I will rant, swear and vow never to pay to watch this pish again! ☹️ Then I’ll stump up the cash, watch every game and be bloody miserable! 😂

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Plot for a new psychological thriller. Man slowly goes insane under the creeping horror of an out of control and exponentially growing ‘to be read’ list. 😜

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I am truly thankful I live in a time where public libraries are well established, popular and generally not controversial. Can you imagine if someone came up with the idea of public libraries today? Absolute non starter…would be branded ‘woke’, ‘socialist’, ‘too expensive’, ‘unnecessary’ etc.☹️

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Arthur and Friends: Library Card Fun

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Oh boy, calling all Tchaikovsky junkies out there! Coming soon from @aptshadow.bsky.social The Grave of Perfection Engines of Reason Preaching to the Choir …and… The Eighth Face I may have just squealed like a 10 yo child…and wet my pants a bit! 😜

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Jonah Hill Screaming Reaction

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Just finished Forever Free by Joe Haldeman.

Cover page of Forever Free by Joe Haldeman

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Just finished Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman.

Cover page of Forever Peace by Joe Haldeman

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I see this week we’re back into the ‘market manipulation’ phase of the Iran conflict! 🤔

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Just back from three wonderful days in beautiful Montréal. Canadians are simply the best! ❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦❤️ #Never51 #ElbowsUp

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I’m a little tipsy at the moment, because I’m celebrating my 41st anniversary with the most amazing, beautiful woman who ever walked this earth! She’s the greatest and I love her to death! 🥰

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Spotted this little fella hanging out in the garden. I think he’s a Red Spotted Purple 🤔

Red Spotted Purple (Limenitis Arthemis Astyanax)….I think!

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Just finished Green City Wars by @aptshadow.bsky.social #45 Beautifully written, witty, great world building, fun characters and a cracking storyline. Is there a political, social or moral issue this book doesn’t address though? This is Animal Farm reimagined! Absolutely brilliant! 👏

Cover page of Green City Wars by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Best game of the tournament! Two teams playing open, free flowing, attacking football. Just great to watch and so entertaining.

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

How do you explain to your daughters that your golf buddy is a rapist, convicted felon and creditably accused pedophile? Asking for Harry Kane! 🙄

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Recent books have had a lot of cool ‘infiltration tools’ and ‘creeper drones’. A master criminals dream! 🦹 *Thinks* What would I do with these cunning, sophisticate tools? 🤔 Why I’d try to get a sneak read of The Grave of Perfection by @aptshadow.bsky.social 😜 I’d be a shite master criminal 😂😂

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Just finished Worlds Apart by Joe Haldeman, part two of the Worlds Trilogy. I think if I’d read this in 1981 I’d have enjoyed it more, it feels a little tired and dated. It’s interesting enough that I’ll probably finish the trilogy though.

Cover page of Worlds Apart by Joe Haldeman

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

‘Some sacrifices are too great. Best to go out in a vapor plume of decent Scotch.’ Peter F. Hamilton (Saints of Salvation) Yes! This is the way! 😁

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Just finished The Saints of Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton. Final book of The Salvation Sequence trilogy. What an amazing story! Humanity’s 10,000 year struggle, evolution and ultimate victory over alien religious nuts, the Olyix. Think B. Galactica and V with tons of other cool stuff thrown in!

Cover page of The Saints of Salvation by Peter F. Hamilton

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

@glasgowrangerschat.bsky.social @doc-why.bsky.social Connor Goldson in hospital for open heart surgery. Similar operation to one he had before he joined us. Problem caused by an enlarged aorta. Wishing the lad all the best for a successful operation and a speedy recovery.

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Just finished Worlds by Joe Haldeman. Part 1 of the Worlds trilogy. Not what I expected, but an interesting read just the same. Really seemed to be just a long introduction to the world and the characters, setting things up for the two following books.

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Raibeart Brus @raibeartbrus.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Just finished Salvation Lost by Peter F. Hamilton. In the near future, Humanity’s struggle to survive against the Olyix invasion continues, while in the far future the fightback begins! Great stuff! 👍 On now to the final book in this series.

Cover page of Salvation Lost by Peter F. Hamilton.

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TeeDixie ✊🏼 @teedixie.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Wow who’d have thunk it, vaccines work 🤔 Great news to celebrate.

No women aged 20-24 in England have died from cervical cancer for the first time, thanks to the HPV vaccine.
A landmark study funded by Cancer Research
UK shows the HPV vaccine is making cervical cancer increasingly preventable, with researchers highlighting a major milestone: between 2020 and 2024, no women aged 20-24 in England died from the disease.

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