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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 01/10/2026

Man, I just knew we couldn't trust the government with that weather control thing.

Truth Social post in reply to @realDonaldTrump, dated Sept. 30th 2026 2:41 AM (CET), by user @Imaluckyangel.

Side by side pictures of Barack Obama and Jack Smith, with the overhead text: "BARACK OBAMA ORDERED THE ILLEGAL RAIN ON MAR-A-LAGO, NOT JOE BIDEN"

Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 29/09/2026

And the gaslighting continues. Some of us remember Trump's Truth Social post of January this year showing DJT, with Vance and Rubio, waving Old Glory by a sign saying "Greenland: US Territory, est. 2026"

Truth Social post of January 20th 26 by Donald J. Trump, showing DJT, with VP Vance and Marco Rubio, waving Old Glory by a sign saying "Greenland: US Territory, est. 2026"

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 26/09/2026

This is a periodic reaffirmation that I do not, and will never, use genAI in the idea generation, conceptualisation, drafting, writing, editing or publicising of my stories and books, and will never use or commission genAI "art" for covers or illustrations. Avoid prompt jockeys and sloperators.

The letters "AI" with a red circle around, and line through.
Surrounded by the text "Say no to generative AI use in publishing"

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 26/09/2026

FAFO in action. Jane Smith has lost her job as CEO of Family First Credit Union for posting this AI-doctored image of herself & family travelling to Canada. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Except from a Facebook post, showing Jane Smith & family photographed at an airport en route to Canada, wearing AI-altered sweatshirts saying "Lake America". Above, caption "Like our sweat shirts? Not sure Canada will. Lol lol".

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 21/09/2026

Even this guy agrees, and he's nuts.

Heath Ledger playing The Joker in the 2008 film 'The Dark Knight', saying: "If you're good at something, never do it for free".

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 17/09/2026

Just seen on Threads, and made me laugh, so here you are.

Threads post from Sept. 17th 2026 by user coochieflipflops, reading:

""
Staffer: Sir, the dog had a minor incident on the couch

Kash Patel: Did someone say dog?
JD Vance: Couch?
Trump: Minor?
""

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 11/09/2026

My profile would cost $18.96 on X! xbill.bisks.net

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 29/08/2026

Eyes can do more than see... My latest flash science fiction story, *Old Blue Eyes*, was published today in SciFanSat Magazine (@scifansat.bsky.social) issue 37 ('Alter'). You can find it at scifansat.com/bibi/?book=S... - enjoy!

The cover of SciFanSat Magazine issue 37 ('Alter'). A transformed werewolf in a space suit, the full moon reflected on the clear helmet.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 28/08/2026

When I took this picture in 2019, this was Lake Ontario. It still is.

Photograph of the Toronto skyline over Lake Ontario.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 25/08/2026

There are no words for just how petty and stupid this Truth Social post is. (And yes, it's real, took the screenshot myself from truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...)

Truth Social post by @realDonaldTrump, time stamped Aug 25 2026 15:58pm (CET), saying:

"The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario any longer. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 24/08/2026

I think about this quote often.

A red face emerges from a black background.
Text:
"It seems that in the advanced stages of stupidity, a lack of ideas is compensated for by an excess of ideologies.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Angel's Game."

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 21/08/2026

In a writer's life, three things are inevitable: Death, taxes & rejections. #writerslife #amwriting

Painting: 'Suspicious Minds' by Juan Gabriel Ruiz

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 19/08/2026

Knowing what a rag the UK's Mirror "newspaper" is, I found this highly amusing when it crossed my feed just now.

Screenshot of Bluesky post by The Mirror US @themirror.com, hidden for "Platform Abuse and Manipulation (Account)" by the @skywatch.blue service.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 19/08/2026

We KNOW that Donald Trump has a 'thing' for his daughter Ivanka because he's told us so many times (e.g. with Howard Stern), and said he'd date her. Now, who does Natalie Harp remind you of in this photo? Still think Trumpworld is all about meritocracy?

Photograph of Natalie Harp and Donald J. Trump together.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 17/08/2026

Spotted on Threads, and YES, THIS.

Screen grab from Threads. Post by verified user anxious_opposition, saying:

"I hate to be the one to break it to you, but you're SUPPOSED to help your fellow humans. That's how functioning societies work."

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 14/08/2026

Congratulations to @countbinface.bsky.social for getting over 25% (9,455!) of the votes cast in the Clacton by-election (turnout: 44%), and scaring the odious Nigel Farage so much that he didn't dare turn up to hear the results in person.

Retro style poster for Count Binface. A picture of the candidate next to the tower of Big Ben, with the text:
BIN THE SLEAZE
VOTE BINFACE

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 14/08/2026

Introduce yourself as what almost killed you. Hi, I'm Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Conference name tag with text:

HELLO
MY NAME IS
Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 07/08/2026

Morning Bluesky! Today will be: ▪️🇺🇦 day 1625 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine ▪️🇬🇪 day 617 of national protests against the Georgian regime ▪️🇮🇷 day 160 of the US war against Iran ▪️🇦🇱 day 68 of the Albanian 'Flamingo revolution' Dancer, spy & femme fatale Mata Hari was born on this day 150 years ago.

Sepia photograph of Mata Hari, née Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, in costume as an exotic Javanese dancer.
Born: August 7th, 1876, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Died: October 15th, 1917 (aged 41). Executed by firing squad at Vincennes, France.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 04/08/2026

Morning Bluesky! Lest we forget, today will be: ▪️🇺🇦 day 1623 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine ▪️🇬🇪 day 615 of national protests against the Georgian regime ▪️🇮🇷 day 158 of the US war against Iran ▪️🇦🇱 day 66 of the Albanian 'Flamingo revolution'

Close ups of characters from Peter Jackson's film, 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring' (2001). Top to bottom, left to right:
Aragorn. Text: 'You have my sword'
Legolas. Text: 'And you have my bow'
Gimli. Text: 'And my axe'
Elrond. Text: 'We have to talk about your kleptomania, Frodo'

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 03/08/2026

This is a periodic reaffirmation that I do not, and will not, use genAI in the conceptualisation, drafting, writing or editing of my stories and books, and will never use or commission genAI "art" for covers or illustrations. "AI author" is an oxymoron. Avoid prompt jockeys and sloperators.

The letters AI struck through by a diagonal red warning line in a red circle, surrounded by the words "Say no to generative AI use in publishing".

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 03/08/2026

Morning Bluesky. Today will be: ▪️🇺🇦 day 1622 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine ▪️🇬🇪 day 614 of national protests against the Georgian regime ▪️🇮🇷 day 157 of the US war against Iran ▪️🇦🇱 day 65 of the Albanian 'Flamingo revolution' ▪️the 92nd anniversary of Hitler declaring himself "Führer"

A NAFO fella dressed as Indiana Jones, wearing a vysyvanka, fedora with a Ukrainian flag hatband, carrying a pistol and a chalice decorated with the Ukrainian tryzub, standing in front of a golden wheatfield beneath a blue sky, reminiscent of the flag of Ukraine.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 02/08/2026

Our embarrassment of a 🇨🇿 Czech Prime Minister should have checked his facts before demanding Spain be suspended from Schengen - his bigoted, populist, blather does nothing to improve his, or the country's, reputation in the rest of Europe, and little to improve his popularity at home.

Screencap of an X/Twitter post by the Embassy of Spain in the UK, reading:

"Almost everyone who entered Ceuta yesterday has now returned to Morocco.

It is not possible to travel from Ceuta or Melilla to mainland Spain without presenting identification at a police checkpoint. The integrity of the Schengen area is fully guaranteed."

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 02/08/2026

Hi Skypeople, A reminder that today will be: ▪️🇺🇦 day 1621 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine ▪️🇬🇪 day 613 of national protests against the Georgian regime ▪️🇮🇷 day 156 of the US war against Iran ▪️🇦🇱 day 64 of the Albanian 'Flamingo revolution' Stay safe out there!

Outlined white text on a white background, reading:

"Travel quote of the day:
There are no foreign lands. It is the
traveler only who is foreign."

Robert Louis Stevenson,
'The Silverado Squatters'

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 01/08/2026

Morning Bluesky! The world still turns, but today will be: ▪️🇺🇦 day 1620 of Russia's "3-day" invasion of Ukraine ▪️🇬🇪 day 612 of national protests against the Georgian regime ▪️🇮🇷 day 155 of the "4-5 week" US war against Iran ▪️🇦🇱 day 63 of the 'Flamingo revolution' in Albania

A red sign with white writing saying "Keep caffeinated and carry on", in the style of WW2 British government posters.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 31/07/2026

Morning Bluesky! The climate continues to go to hell, and today will be: ▪️🇺🇦 day 1619 of Russia's "3-day" invasion of Ukraine ▪️🇬🇪 day 611 of national protests against the Georgian regime ▪️🇮🇷 day 154 of the "4-5 week" US war against Iran ▪️🇦🇱 day 62 of anti-corruption protests in Albania

A Canadair firefighting aircraft deployed to extinguish the wildfire on the Camp de Souge military training ground, near the town of Martignas-sur-Jalle, Gironde, France, on Tuesday July 28th 2026.

Photo: Gauthier Bedrignans/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images & NPR

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 29/07/2026

Greetings Skyfolk! Remember that for a lot of people, today is primarily: ▪️🇺🇦 day 1617 of Russia's "3-day" invasion of Ukraine ▪️🇬🇪 day 609 of national protests against the Georgian regime ▪️🇮🇷 day 152 of the "4-5 week" US war against Iran ▪️🇦🇱 day 60 of anti-corruption protests in Albania

Still from the movie Star Wars (1977), showing the villain Darth Vader lifting a man off the ground by grasping his throat. Overprinted with the words "Strong people don't put others down. They lift them up. Darth Vader, Philanthropist.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 28/07/2026

Greetings Skyfolk! Today is going to be... ▪️🇺🇦 day 1616 of Russia's "3-day" invasion of Ukraine ▪️🇬🇪 day 608 of national protests against the Georgian regime ▪️🇮🇷 day 151 of the "4-5 week" US war against Iran ▪️🇦🇱 day 59 of anti-corruption protests in Albania

Picture of Clint Eastwood as the Man With No Name in Sergio Leone's 1966 film 'The Good, The Bad & The Ugly', overprinted with the text:
"Never insult seven men when all you're packing is a six-shooter (Zane Grey)"

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 24/07/2026

Good morning Bluesky! Today is... ▪️day 1612 of Russia's "3-day" invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇦 ▪️going to be day 604 of daily national protests against the Georgian regime 🇬🇪 ▪️day 147 of the "4-5 week" US war against Iran 🇮🇷 ▪️The 57th birthday of singer/actress Jennifer Lopez

Actress/singer Jennifer Lopez, at the 83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2026). Photo: Monica Schipper/Getty Images

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 22/07/2026

Elon Musk is so poorly educated that he thinks the Odyssey, with its full cast of gods and monsters, is "historically accurate". And apparently he believes there's more than a niche market for AI slop depicting life in the Bronze Age. Sad.

X/Twitter post by Elon Musk saying:
"Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer"

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 21/07/2026

Good morning Bluesky! Today is... ▪️day 1609 of Russia's "3-day" invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇦 ▪️due to be day 601 of daily national protests against the Georgian regime 🇬🇪 ▪️day 144 of the "4-5 week" US war against Iran 🇮🇷 ▪️Footballer Erling Haaland's 26th birthday! 🇳🇴

Photo of Manchester City and Norway football player Erling Haaland.
Source: Shutterstock

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 20/07/2026

Good morning Bluesky! Today... ▪️is day 1608 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇦 ▪️will be day 600 of daily national protests against the Georgian regime 🇬🇪 ▪️is day 143 of the US war against Iran 🇮🇷 ▪️is the 57th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing Alexander the Great was born on this day, 356 BC

Detail from the Alexander Mosaic (also known as the Battle of Issus Mosaic), showing the Macedonian king. Found in the House of the Faun at Pompeii, Italy. Roman work, usually dated to between c. 120-100 BC.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 19/07/2026

Good morning Bluesky! Today... ▪️is day 1607 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇦 ▪️will be day 599 of daily national protests against the Georgian regime 🇬🇪 ▪️is day 142 of the US campaign against Iran 🇮🇷 At least 31 (!!!) ballistic & 8 hypersonic missiles targeted civilian areas in Kyiv last night.

Firefighters extinguish a blaze in the aftermath of a major Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv overnight on July 19, 2026.
(Ukrainian State Emergency Service/Telegram, via the Kyiv Independent)

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 16/07/2026

Good morning Bluesky! Today... ▪️is day 1604 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine 🇺🇦 ▪️will be day 596 of daily national protests against the Georgian regime 🇬🇪 ▪️is day 139 of US campaign against Iran 🇮🇷 ▪️is the 81st anniversary of the first atomic bomb test 🇺🇸 P.S.: #NAFO expansion is non-negotiable!

"Indy", a NAFO Fella: in the style of Indiana Jones, a shiba inu wearing a brown fedora, and a brown leather jacket over a red and white embroidered Ukrainian shirt. In one hand a revolver, in the other a golden chalice bearing the Ukrainian tryzub.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 12/07/2026

Good morning Bluesky. It's day 1600 of Russia's 3-day operation to take Kyiv, and Ukraine still stands. 🇺🇦 Слава Україні! Героям слава! 🇺🇦 📷 by me. Lviv, 2019.

Picture of Lviv, Ukraine, taken in 2019 by me.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 08/07/2026

LOL! Rachel Reeves on Twitter, referencing that due to a boycott by major parties Farage will likely only be defending his seat in his performative by-election from alternative candidate Count Binface.

Twitter post by UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves, dated July 8th 2026, and reading:

""
I will accept Nigel Farage’s request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead.

It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better.

But if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him.
""

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 06/07/2026

This is how the US treats its "allies" and fellow NATO members: with childish insults that demean the office of the presidency. The American regime should not be surprised if cooperation from other nations is grudging, and trust at rock bottom levels.

A Truth Social post by Donald Trump, dated July 5th 2026.
A photograph of Italian PM Giorgia Meloni looking up at Trump; above, the title RESTRAINING ORDER NEEDED.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 06/07/2026

Good grief, even the notoriously dodgy Sepp Blatter is calling out FIFA for giving in to Trump and suspending Balogun's red card.

X/Twitter post by Sepp Blatter, dated Jul 6, 2026, reading:
""
Red cards are not overturned by political phone calls. They are overturned by rules, evidence and independent bodies. If a U.S. President intervenes with the FIFA President — and a player is suddenly cleared before a World Cup knockout match — the question is unavoidable: Quo vadis, FIFA?

Football must never become a playground for political power.
""

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 16/06/2026

No posts recently because I'm travelling - was in Hamburg 🇩🇪, now in Apeldoorn 🇳🇱, heading back to 🇨🇿 tomorrow. Have a photo of the Speicherstadt in Hamburg as proof of life 😉

Photo of canals and bridges in the Speicherstadt, Hamburg.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 07/06/2026

People moaning about the @bsky.app userbase not being large enough should put some of the blame where it belongs: on companies/organisations/etc, that are here, but *don't tell their customers/contacts* - @reuters.com is one example, this is a screenshot of their 'Follow Us' bar. What's missing?

Screenshot of the 'follow us' bar at Reuters.com, showing icons for X, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Instagram and Whatsapp... but not Bluesky, where they are also present.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 05/06/2026

I feel that this should be getting more attention: things like this, incorporating the skull logo of Marvel's Punisher - and thus clearly glorifying violence - are clearly ok with the president. And then Americans wonder why so many people are killed by cops.

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 22/05/2026

Oh Donald, you tease. First you say the deployment's off. Then you say further troop drawdowns in Europe are coming. And now this. Silly boy, anybody would think you didn't have a coherent plan at all...

Truth Social post from Donald J. Trump, timestamped May 21 2026, 10:26PM (CET), reading:

"Based on the successful Election of the now President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, who I was proud to Endorse, and our relationship with him, I am pleased to announce that the United States will be sending an additional 5,000 Troops to Poland. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP"

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Alastair Millar @skriptorium.info · 21/05/2026

Found this again recently, and it seems appropriate to the state of politics in several countries at the moment...

A black background with a dark red face emerging.
Above, the quotation "It seems that in the advanced stages of stupidity, a lack of ideas is compensated for by an excess of ideologies".
Below, the attribution, to Carlos Ruiz Zafon's work 'The Angel's Game'.

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