Inspector Sands
@achoron.bsky.social
A British alternative type in the Midlands. Cookery, RPGs, comics and strangeness. Not necessarily in that order.
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Inspector Sands
@achoron.bsky.social
· Jun 22
And always remember the Bluesky way: block the trolls and haters in the replies and move on.
Don't engage them; they aren't here in good faith and they don't deserve your time.
Don't engage them; they aren't here in good faith and they don't deserve your time.
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The number of times I start typing before I realise...
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What’s something very minor that still upsets you deeply?
I HATE when the tag on the sheets/blanket somehow end up near my upper body on the bed. Gotta fix that shit IMMEDIATELY every time.
I HATE when the tag on the sheets/blanket somehow end up near my upper body on the bed. Gotta fix that shit IMMEDIATELY every time.
January 28, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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Hello again. My sale is still running. I thought you'd like to know.
Hello. It's my final week as a full time game designer, and as if to underline why I can't do this anymore, I currently can't afford to cover my bills at the end of the month.
All of my work on itch is on sale. Tell your friends, buy something, thank you very much.
itch.io/s/179351/jan...
All of my work on itch is on sale. Tell your friends, buy something, thank you very much.
itch.io/s/179351/jan...
January
A bundle by Chris Bissette, £150.00 for 60 games
itch.io
January 27, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Hello again. My sale is still running. I thought you'd like to know.
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Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
January 27, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.
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Good for him. Good for him. Good for. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good for. For. For. For him. Him. Him. Good him. Good him. Good for him.
Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”
Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center
The pioneering composer announced that “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message” of his Symphony No. 15: “Lincoln.”
wapo.st
January 27, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Good for him. Good for him. Good for. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good for. For. For. For him. Him. Him. Good him. Good him. Good for him.
Probably also applies to the UK. There's a reason that some voters flit between the Conservatives and Reform but get uncomfortable when certain people say the quiet part too loud.
They want polite British xenophobia, the kind we used to have back in the golden days that never quite existed.
They want polite British xenophobia, the kind we used to have back in the golden days that never quite existed.
It is hard to grasp but large masses of Americans are both racist/xenophobic AND not racist/xenophobic enough to applaud what Trump is doing. It's goldilocks shit, they want a level of racism/xenophobia calibrated exactly to their personal preferences, and you just can't make that policy. Don't try.
January 27, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Probably also applies to the UK. There's a reason that some voters flit between the Conservatives and Reform but get uncomfortable when certain people say the quiet part too loud.
They want polite British xenophobia, the kind we used to have back in the golden days that never quite existed.
They want polite British xenophobia, the kind we used to have back in the golden days that never quite existed.
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The Conservative Party has defected to Reform.
January 26, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The Conservative Party has defected to Reform.
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Doesn’t every Tory defection just make Reform less appealing as the ‘radical alternative’? Am I missing something?
January 26, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Doesn’t every Tory defection just make Reform less appealing as the ‘radical alternative’? Am I missing something?
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Siri, show me a leadership that just publicly displayed its arse so fucking hard.
January 25, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Siri, show me a leadership that just publicly displayed its arse so fucking hard.
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It’s long been obvious that the current Labour Party are lousy at basic politics: picking arguments they didn’t need to have, pathologically prone to u
Turns. Doesn’t this just prove it. Whatever you think of Burnham, this just makes Starmer look incredibly weak.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Turns. Doesn’t this just prove it. Whatever you think of Burnham, this just makes Starmer look incredibly weak.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race by Labour ruling committee
Decision likely to set off ferocious row between Keir Starmer loyalists and allies of Greater Manchester mayor
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:35 PM
It’s long been obvious that the current Labour Party are lousy at basic politics: picking arguments they didn’t need to have, pathologically prone to u
Turns. Doesn’t this just prove it. Whatever you think of Burnham, this just makes Starmer look incredibly weak.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Turns. Doesn’t this just prove it. Whatever you think of Burnham, this just makes Starmer look incredibly weak.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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instead of lashing out at "coups" and "plots" by Burnham, Streeting etc, have Team Starmer considered just... being less shit at governing?
January 23, 2026 at 5:34 PM
instead of lashing out at "coups" and "plots" by Burnham, Streeting etc, have Team Starmer considered just... being less shit at governing?
Boycott the World Cup.
Boycott the Olympics.
Boycott the Olympics.
January 25, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Boycott the World Cup.
Boycott the Olympics.
Boycott the Olympics.
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Right-wing echo chambers rely on a small number of gatekeepers. Influencers, media personalities, and movement figures act as translators of reality. Their audience does not evaluate the world directly.
January 25, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Right-wing echo chambers rely on a small number of gatekeepers. Influencers, media personalities, and movement figures act as translators of reality. Their audience does not evaluate the world directly.
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They may say facts do not care about your feelings, but their lived truth is the opposite. Their feelings do not care about your facts.
January 25, 2026 at 5:55 AM
They may say facts do not care about your feelings, but their lived truth is the opposite. Their feelings do not care about your facts.
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
January 24, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
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With curse words or pejoratives, words that have hard sounds usually work better, which is why swears with d, g, and k sounds work so well. I actually had to research this for a book I wrote about fake swearing years ago.
January 23, 2026 at 9:14 PM
With curse words or pejoratives, words that have hard sounds usually work better, which is why swears with d, g, and k sounds work so well. I actually had to research this for a book I wrote about fake swearing years ago.
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"Blake's 7 takes pains to show us that there are people working within the Federation who truly believe in the rule of law and civil society — and those people are fools."
Now that the classic British TV show Blake's 7 is getting rebooted, I offer some tips:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Now that the classic British TV show Blake's 7 is getting rebooted, I offer some tips:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
How To Reboot Blake's 7
Photo by Don Smith. Image via Radio Times I've been working on an essay about how to reboot Blake's 7 for about a year on and off — I've even attempted to...
buttondown.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:39 PM
"Blake's 7 takes pains to show us that there are people working within the Federation who truly believe in the rule of law and civil society — and those people are fools."
Now that the classic British TV show Blake's 7 is getting rebooted, I offer some tips:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Now that the classic British TV show Blake's 7 is getting rebooted, I offer some tips:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
"Donald Trump's Bored of Peace"
That may be the best homonym typo I've seen in a very long time.
That may be the best homonym typo I've seen in a very long time.
January 22, 2026 at 2:19 PM
"Donald Trump's Bored of Peace"
That may be the best homonym typo I've seen in a very long time.
That may be the best homonym typo I've seen in a very long time.
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RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
January 15, 2026 at 3:43 AM
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
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It’s a shame that Glasgow don’t have any artists.
NEW: Glasgow City Council has just approved a massive AI-generated mural to be painted in the city centre.
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
The illustration of Scottish elements inexplicably contains a bald eagle.
The planner says those upset about it are "keyboard warriors" who should "calm down"
January 20, 2026 at 1:27 PM
It’s a shame that Glasgow don’t have any artists.
"Yesterday, at his press conference in Downing Street, Keir Starmer said he wanted to restrict the amount of time that toddlers spend with their screens. He probably was not thinking of Donald Trump, but-"
Lovely line from the Guardian. Also terrifying in its truth.
Lovely line from the Guardian. Also terrifying in its truth.
Minister plays down Trump’s claim Chagos deal is ‘act of great stupidity’ as says diplomacy with US is working – UK politics live
Chief secretary to Keir Starmer inists that his relationship with the US president is ‘working’
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:58 AM
"Yesterday, at his press conference in Downing Street, Keir Starmer said he wanted to restrict the amount of time that toddlers spend with their screens. He probably was not thinking of Donald Trump, but-"
Lovely line from the Guardian. Also terrifying in its truth.
Lovely line from the Guardian. Also terrifying in its truth.
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Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…
January 19, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…
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The people who came to Brianna's vigil were the many friends, as an isolated trans girl, she had made on social media. The people who were convicted of her murder knew her in real life, and used transphobic slurs to discuss her.
January 19, 2026 at 7:27 PM
The people who came to Brianna's vigil were the many friends, as an isolated trans girl, she had made on social media. The people who were convicted of her murder knew her in real life, and used transphobic slurs to discuss her.
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Oh are we doing that whole bit again where we pretend Brianna Ghey died because of social media rather than because of the people who stabbed her 28 times.
Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s
Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s
Esther Ghey says daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm had been exacerbated by harmful online content
The mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has urged Keir Starmer to ban social media for under-16s, adding to growing pressure on the prime minister before a crunch vote on the issue on Wednesday.
Esther Ghey wrote to Starmer on Monday explaining in detail how she felt her daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm had been exacerbated by TikTok influencers with whom she had become obsessed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Oh are we doing that whole bit again where we pretend Brianna Ghey died because of social media rather than because of the people who stabbed her 28 times.