Alison B
@akbea.bsky.social
I twist other people's words for money.
http://rewritten.uk
Anything pre-July 2023 is imported from Twitter; I don't have a time machine. Not that I'd tell you about, anyway.
http://rewritten.uk
Anything pre-July 2023 is imported from Twitter; I don't have a time machine. Not that I'd tell you about, anyway.
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Alison B
@akbea.bsky.social
· Apr 17
TFW you're a British tourist in the EU and the buildings are giving you the disapproving side-eye.
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I’m currently looking for recommendations for CanCon editors or freelance editors who have experience working with apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic fiction. If you know someone who specializes in this genre (developmental, line, or copy editing), I’d really appreciate any referrals. #BookSky
January 14, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I’m currently looking for recommendations for CanCon editors or freelance editors who have experience working with apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic fiction. If you know someone who specializes in this genre (developmental, line, or copy editing), I’d really appreciate any referrals. #BookSky
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Politicians are calling for a senior police officer to be sacked BECAUSE WEST MIDLANDS POLICE USED MICROSOFT CO-PILOT, WHICH WE'RE ALL BEING TOLD IS GREAT AND THE FUTURE. The same politicians who are gung-ho and balls deep for piping hot AI. There's your fucking story.
January 14, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Politicians are calling for a senior police officer to be sacked BECAUSE WEST MIDLANDS POLICE USED MICROSOFT CO-PILOT, WHICH WE'RE ALL BEING TOLD IS GREAT AND THE FUTURE. The same politicians who are gung-ho and balls deep for piping hot AI. There's your fucking story.
Great idea to move Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield. Much more convenient for those of us on this side of the Pennines.
January 14, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Great idea to move Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield. Much more convenient for those of us on this side of the Pennines.
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the art they’ve chosen here makes it look like the most incredible booking for the next series of taskmaster
This piece makes the case for the return of an American Empire. Trump has seemingly joined Xi and Putin in looking to history as the model, which does not bode well www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Trump’s territorial ambition: new imperialism or a case of the emperor’s new clothes?
Trump’s attack on Venezuela suggests expansionism is under way but some argue it is simply standard US foreign policy stripped of hypocrisy
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:04 PM
the art they’ve chosen here makes it look like the most incredible booking for the next series of taskmaster
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Delighted to have received a grant from a submerging writers foundation, which supports mid-career authors while they age, procrastinate and feel their early promise ebb away. Grants like this are essential to the production of unmarketable work of limited appeal.
January 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Delighted to have received a grant from a submerging writers foundation, which supports mid-career authors while they age, procrastinate and feel their early promise ebb away. Grants like this are essential to the production of unmarketable work of limited appeal.
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Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Jacob Frey: "To ICE -- get the fuck out of Minneapolis"
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I pulled a muscle in my neck/back while struggling to put on a white t-shirt, which turned out to be a pillowcase.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
😅
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January 6, 2026 at 11:18 AM
I pulled a muscle in my neck/back while struggling to put on a white t-shirt, which turned out to be a pillowcase.
Cracked a rib reaching to the bottom of next door's wheelie bin to retrieve a parcel.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
😅
😅
January 6, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Cracked a rib reaching to the bottom of next door's wheelie bin to retrieve a parcel.
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Was knocked over by a mobility scooter into a spinner rack of bras in Matalan.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
😅
😅
January 6, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Was knocked over by a mobility scooter into a spinner rack of bras in Matalan.
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The multi-talented @gailmyerscough.co.uk has done a marvellous job remodelling and reshaping my website. Go and have a look for yourselves and repost, if you please - ta very much 👍 www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer
I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services.
Get in touch!
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
January 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
The multi-talented @gailmyerscough.co.uk has done a marvellous job remodelling and reshaping my website. Go and have a look for yourselves and repost, if you please - ta very much 👍 www.mathew-owen.co.uk
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Thinking back to this superb piece of trolling by the editor of the Guardian letters page in 2015.
January 4, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Thinking back to this superb piece of trolling by the editor of the Guardian letters page in 2015.
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I get it, Juanita. I really do.
January 4, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I get it, Juanita. I really do.
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PLEASE SHARE:
WoodPig Press opens to submissions on Monday. Well, if you're super keen, midnight on Sunday (i.e. 12 AM GMT 5/1/26). We've had LOTS of interest, and we've limited submission slots, so if you're planning on submitting, read on.
But first, a reminder of what we're about.
#booksky
WoodPig Press opens to submissions on Monday. Well, if you're super keen, midnight on Sunday (i.e. 12 AM GMT 5/1/26). We've had LOTS of interest, and we've limited submission slots, so if you're planning on submitting, read on.
But first, a reminder of what we're about.
#booksky
January 2, 2026 at 10:37 AM
PLEASE SHARE:
WoodPig Press opens to submissions on Monday. Well, if you're super keen, midnight on Sunday (i.e. 12 AM GMT 5/1/26). We've had LOTS of interest, and we've limited submission slots, so if you're planning on submitting, read on.
But first, a reminder of what we're about.
#booksky
WoodPig Press opens to submissions on Monday. Well, if you're super keen, midnight on Sunday (i.e. 12 AM GMT 5/1/26). We've had LOTS of interest, and we've limited submission slots, so if you're planning on submitting, read on.
But first, a reminder of what we're about.
#booksky
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We're going to need a bigger Hague.
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 AM
We're going to need a bigger Hague.
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Thank you for submitting to Nature Years. Based on feedback from independent expert reviewers, we are unable to accept 2026 in its present form. If you feel up to the task, we would be willing to consider a substantially revised version that addresses the major concerns raised...
January 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Thank you for submitting to Nature Years. Based on feedback from independent expert reviewers, we are unable to accept 2026 in its present form. If you feel up to the task, we would be willing to consider a substantially revised version that addresses the major concerns raised...
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There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
People are asking Elon Musk's Grok chatbot to alter images to depict women being sexually abused, humiliated, and even killed.
futurism.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 PM
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
I'm not saying this was an eye-watering juxtaposition of posts, but
January 1, 2026 at 11:35 AM
I'm not saying this was an eye-watering juxtaposition of posts, but
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Go round the outside.
December 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Go round the outside.
Boarding a flight in Chicago and trudging through Business Class, @lexidays.bsky.social and I had to brush right past Jerry Springer.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Boarding a flight in Chicago and trudging through Business Class, @lexidays.bsky.social and I had to brush right past Jerry Springer.
No, rest assured I heard it too 😳
I've Just remembered this from Christmas dinner.
Me, @akbea.bsky.social, the boy (11) and my mum (78).
Luckily, I think only I heard Mum trying to identify this cracker gift.
"Is it a butt plug?"
I had to explain (and demo) how a wine bottle stopper works.
Raises questions I don't want to hear.
Me, @akbea.bsky.social, the boy (11) and my mum (78).
Luckily, I think only I heard Mum trying to identify this cracker gift.
"Is it a butt plug?"
I had to explain (and demo) how a wine bottle stopper works.
Raises questions I don't want to hear.
December 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
No, rest assured I heard it too 😳
I still haven't forgiven Biggins for nearly running me over at Bradford Interchange thirty-odd years ago, so this news comes as no surprise. But why have they gone with a photo of Johnny Ball?
December 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I still haven't forgiven Biggins for nearly running me over at Bradford Interchange thirty-odd years ago, so this news comes as no surprise. But why have they gone with a photo of Johnny Ball?
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This year, in accordance with the scriptures: a 250ml serving of Barefoot Merlot in an airtight plastic container.
December 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This year, in accordance with the scriptures: a 250ml serving of Barefoot Merlot in an airtight plastic container.
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Visited my Mum, in hospital for Xmas. I picked a colourful knitted thing off her bed. ‘What’s this Mum?’ ‘MUFF’ yelled the woman in the kitty corner bed. ‘ITS HER MUFF’. May all our Christmases be full of women yelling MUFF xx
December 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Visited my Mum, in hospital for Xmas. I picked a colourful knitted thing off her bed. ‘What’s this Mum?’ ‘MUFF’ yelled the woman in the kitty corner bed. ‘ITS HER MUFF’. May all our Christmases be full of women yelling MUFF xx