David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Leveraged buyouts need to be made illegal yesterday. And I mean that literally, we need to go retroactive with this shit and outright sieze any company bought using a leveraged buyout. 100
Reposted by David GilesNormal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 09/10/2026BREAKING: Caroline Lucas condemns Zack Polanski for making the Greens dramatically more popular than they were under her leadership. 714536
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 07/10/2026When you sit down to do art for your characters and realise you have absolutely no idea how to draw. 000
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A fairly relaxed birthday, the highlight of which is a writing pen from a friend I hadn't spoken to in years. 120
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Is there an indie author who wouldn't mind spending some time going back and forth in messages explaining how to properly market a book because I am really struggling to figure it out? 011
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Another chapter up. Rapidly preparing for the end of Book 3, possibly even before National Novel Writing Month, which would be amazing. www.patreon.com/u11447080/po...patreon.comOathmaker - Chapter 35 | David GilesThe Carrion Crows were not what Alec had been expecting. For one they were the first necromancers he’d seen not wearing black. Or even weari 010
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Can someone explain to me how someone with an active ICC warrant is allowed to speak at the UN? 000
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I look back on the people who I should have been able to trust who failed me when I was young. The authority figures who's word I should have been able to take at face value. And I am filled with such hate. 110
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Did anyone else when they went to university with a disability have to get rediagnosed due to being diagnosed as a child before Student Finance England would provide support for their disability? I've talked with dozens of disabled students since I left university and so far have not found anyone. 000
Reposted by David GilesDavid Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Starting my prep for #NationalNovelWriting Month. I've got a few plots in mind this year as I venture away from my main series for the first time. I'd love some input on which of these sounds best 101
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 18/09/2026When the absolute prats who yammer on about British values somehow always find themselves trying to undermine and destroy the institutions that uphold said values. It's almost like Reform are full of shit. 001
Reposted by David GilesThe Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is the most masculine video on the internet right now 337185665076
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Starting my prep for #NationalNovelWriting Month. I've got a few plots in mind this year as I venture away from my main series for the first time. I'd love some input on which of these sounds best 101
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Book idea: Being recruited into an elite team of isekai protagonists to finally track down and kill that goddamned truck. #BookSky 080
Reposted by David GilesRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The amount of Amazon workers relying on SNAP and Medicaid has nearly tripled since 2020. — while Amazon’s annual profits soared by over 550%. It’s the same story everywhere: corporate profits are at record highs, while workers’ share of the economy is at a record low. We must unrig the system. 518153165867
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Just a few more chapters until Book 3 is finished. Have to say that writing it has been my biggest struggle as a writer, I went into it with way too barebones of an outline and then deviated rapidly from it where some consequences from the previous book I hadn't considered caught up with me. 000
Reposted by David GilesAdrienne @adrienneleigh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A WHOLE LOT of trans people are citing to the last decade of UK politics as a reason they think anti-trans Dems winning is worse FOR THEM than anti-trans Repubs. And a whole lot of US liberals aren't engaging with that example at all while pontificating about why trans people are wrong and stupid. 11823181
Reposted by David GilesDD Ward ..."Interim Pirate Queen" @ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 13/09/2026To quote an account from the dead bird site, “a liberal is someone who opposes every war except the current war and supports all civil rights movements except the one that’s going on right now." 3326
Reposted by David GilesHal-Lou-een 🐈⬛ @louellastone.com · 11/09/2026Name a non LOTR character who could resist the one ring.static.klipy.comStar Trek TNG Data ShrugsAlt: Star Trek TNG Data Shrugs 073
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“It is better to lose ten thousand battles than to release one file.” - Don Tzu 001
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Lucky Lucy was not, by trade, an assassin. Which was perhaps fortunate given that her newest client was not, by trade, someone who needed one. 000
Reposted by David GilesPatrick Samphire 🏴 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Racists see brown people go into a hotel and immediately call in the blackshirts.theguardian.comProtesters outside Portsmouth hotel mistake Pakistan U19 cricket team for asylum seekersA group of masked agitators gathered outside a four-star hotel in Portsmouth after reports a group of asylum seekers had been taken there, when it was in fact Pakistan’s under-19 cricket team on a tou... 055
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 09/09/2026That people will attack the RNLI just baffles me. 000
Reposted by David GilesIndie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The way indie music is seen as 'cool' and indie films are seen as 'embracing the craft without selling out' while indie books are seen as 'didn't get trad published' gives me feelings. Really crunchy feelings. The snobbery makes zero sense and instantly tells me someone isn't worth listening to. 19583161
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 08/09/2026One day I'll publish my diary as a cure for insomnia. 010
Reposted by David GilesRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Remember that we can always find power, solidarity, and hope in the labor movement. [Artwork by Ricardo Levins Morales] 7451421656
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 07/09/2026According to Robert Jenrick MP, it is okay to beat him in the head with a stick if you disagree with him. Truly a bold stance from Reform. 101
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Reform has boldly taken the stance that if you don't like what someone is saying you can beat them in the head with sticks. Not sure it's the best long term strategy. 000
Reposted by David GilesMicah @deadserious.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The guards only managed to contribute $400???? 1947327
Reposted by David GilesSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/09/2026It still sickens me this bigot mocked a disabled reporter and millions of Americans said, “No big deal. That’s who I want as president.” 1335177963946
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Farage really is the whiniest little bitch to ever enter UK politics. 151
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 03/09/2026So the USA is denying combat pay to soldiers in the Iran war because war hasn't been declared. Is anyone surprised? Anyone at all? 030
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Brin the Ogre. Guy's just chilling while everyone else drives themselves mad trying to fight the inevitable. He's still fighting it, he just doesn't see any need to get upset about losing. 120
Reposted by David GilesPatrick Samphire 🏴 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Can the media, and the BBC in particular, stop using the word "detained" or "arrested". The word is "kidnapped". Illegal settlers cannot "detain" people there, nor can Israel arrest them. It is illegally occupied territory.bbc.co.ukUK raises detention of British activist with Israeli authoritiesFinn Joughin, a 22-year-old student activist, was arrested in the Palestinian village of Umm Al-Kheir. 072
Reposted by David GilesIndie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 30/08/2026If you're looking for helpful indie publishing links, I've got you covered! rebeccacrunden.com/resources-fo...rebeccacrunden.comResources for Indie AuthorsGeneral/Disclaimer I thought I’d share some links and communities for indie authors looking for resources as I know it can be difficult to even know where to start. Starting off without a reader ba… 07945
Reposted by David GilesNutMeg @casuallychaotic.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Dog owner: "I paid $3 for that thing, they're still playing with it six hours later." Cat owner: "I paid $350 for that thing, so far they've completely ignored it and fallen asleep in the box it arrived in." 52278
Reposted by David GilesAuja-WinduR Mārs @zegh8578.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Heard a vet on the radio stumbling over himself trying to explain why catnip was not "drugs", but that it merely affected the cats nervous system, and gave it a huge buzz. 52542
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 27/08/2026They stay firmly in hiding so some mage somewhere doesn't call in an 'all hands emergency' and blow them to hell. 030
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Eventually the sun sets on even the greats. RIP Tim Curry. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/au...theguardian.comTim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrou... 000
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 26/08/2026So Israel is now actively murdering children for flying kites. I'm sure the UK government will cut ties with this psychotic genocidal regime over this right? Right?! www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1Sd...youtube.comThis Latest Israel Story Is Insane... And Completely RealYouTube video by Owen Jones 045
David Giles @worldofreath.bsky.social · 26/08/2026So Israel is now actively murdering children for flying kites. I'm sure the UK government will cut ties with this psychotic genocidal regime over this right? Right?! 010