Alys Wilfred Earl
@alysdragon.bsky.social
Writer, aesthete, reprobate.
Writes as A W Earl (and, previously, Alys Earl) but you can call me Fred.
Has sword, will travel. They/them.
Writes as A W Earl (and, previously, Alys Earl) but you can call me Fred.
Has sword, will travel. They/them.
I do always wonder why people are Like That.
Chapter Seven kicks off today, in which we perhaps discover why Dickie is Like That: forthenby.com/2026/02/11/2...
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In which we discover the character of Mr Thornton’s godfather…
forthenby.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:14 PM
I do always wonder why people are Like That.
Whenever I get a poem in my submission queue (we don’t publish poetry), I feel compelled to be slightly droll about it, in a way I’m just not when something is too long, or they’ve left their name on the MS.
February 11, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Whenever I get a poem in my submission queue (we don’t publish poetry), I feel compelled to be slightly droll about it, in a way I’m just not when something is too long, or they’ve left their name on the MS.
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The entire Tavistock scandal was over 8 complaints. They've fucked the entirety of trans and non binary peoples, because of 8 complaints, all of which have not materialised into anything as far as I can tell.
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised | A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture | Marie Shrewsbury
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised
A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
The entire Tavistock scandal was over 8 complaints. They've fucked the entirety of trans and non binary peoples, because of 8 complaints, all of which have not materialised into anything as far as I can tell.
In a game of chicken with a Vinted seller and the other person who has faved the object.
February 11, 2026 at 1:55 PM
In a game of chicken with a Vinted seller and the other person who has faved the object.
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I have an intense hatred of the infuriating Americanism 'side hustle'. You have a second job, or a hobby that pays - you are not some hipster in New York in the 1970s, selling quaaludes on a Friday night at CBGBs. Now fuck off, please.
February 11, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I have an intense hatred of the infuriating Americanism 'side hustle'. You have a second job, or a hobby that pays - you are not some hipster in New York in the 1970s, selling quaaludes on a Friday night at CBGBs. Now fuck off, please.
Well, that’s the pruning done, in any case. Fuchsias in against the weekend’s frosts - the indoor one has probably has enough winter now, in any case. Weather not *too* awful.
February 11, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Well, that’s the pruning done, in any case. Fuchsias in against the weekend’s frosts - the indoor one has probably has enough winter now, in any case. Weather not *too* awful.
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Said it before, and I’ll say it again, but for people like me, this would be transformative - it would stabilise our incomes, and allow us to plough more time into creative work and less into stuff anyone could be doing.
AND it’s a net economic benefit to the country.
AND it’s a net economic benefit to the country.
February 11, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Said it before, and I’ll say it again, but for people like me, this would be transformative - it would stabilise our incomes, and allow us to plough more time into creative work and less into stuff anyone could be doing.
AND it’s a net economic benefit to the country.
AND it’s a net economic benefit to the country.
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Genuinely, if you live in the UK you should so the consultation just to find out some of the unbelievable details of what's being proposed. Even with their spin and obfuscation it's shocking
the whole thing is of course completely revolting. 20 YEARS to settlement for refugees? no settlement if you’ve ever had a criminal conviction or a tax debt? 10 YEARS added if you’ve ever received benefits? partners and children on their own routes to settlement? What are you even TALKING about
February 11, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Genuinely, if you live in the UK you should so the consultation just to find out some of the unbelievable details of what's being proposed. Even with their spin and obfuscation it's shocking
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
Wilfred. It’s why I use it.
Although I do joke sometimes that I’m named for my *mum’s* favourite gay WWI poet, if I were named for my *dad’s* it would be Siegfried.
Wilfred. It’s why I use it.
Although I do joke sometimes that I’m named for my *mum’s* favourite gay WWI poet, if I were named for my *dad’s* it would be Siegfried.
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
Chad, if I'd been a boy (after Chad Hannah, a character in a book).
As it was, I was named after a school friend of my mother's who died (possibly suicide?) very young.
Chad, if I'd been a boy (after Chad Hannah, a character in a book).
As it was, I was named after a school friend of my mother's who died (possibly suicide?) very young.
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
Gareth.
Gareth. One of those names that sounds like you work in a dead end office job (apologies to Gareth's in the TL).
One of those names that sounds terrible on a baby. Baby Gareth. Sounds like the baby should have a beard.
Gareth.
Gareth. One of those names that sounds like you work in a dead end office job (apologies to Gareth's in the TL).
One of those names that sounds terrible on a baby. Baby Gareth. Sounds like the baby should have a beard.
February 11, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
Wilfred. It’s why I use it.
Although I do joke sometimes that I’m named for my *mum’s* favourite gay WWI poet, if I were named for my *dad’s* it would be Siegfried.
Wilfred. It’s why I use it.
Although I do joke sometimes that I’m named for my *mum’s* favourite gay WWI poet, if I were named for my *dad’s* it would be Siegfried.
I’m going to have to go and prune the fruit trees and the roses in the pissing rain because the only dry days we’re going to have this month are going to have hard frosts.
I’ve been putting it off for *weeks* on account of Rain.
I’ve been putting it off for *weeks* on account of Rain.
February 11, 2026 at 8:03 AM
I’m going to have to go and prune the fruit trees and the roses in the pissing rain because the only dry days we’re going to have this month are going to have hard frosts.
I’ve been putting it off for *weeks* on account of Rain.
I’ve been putting it off for *weeks* on account of Rain.
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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As we are deep into soup season, #RecipeOfTheDay is that most magnificent of soups: Minestrone! www.nigella.com/recipes/mine...
Minestrone
This glorious vegetable and bean soup can be adapted to use any vegetables you have lying around, more or less — but I prefer not to include tomatoes here. The only drawback is that the soup, after al...
www.nigella.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:04 AM
As we are deep into soup season, #RecipeOfTheDay is that most magnificent of soups: Minestrone! www.nigella.com/recipes/mine...
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this is the most Queer As In FUCK YOU story I've ever read in a mainstream magazine
I'd describe it to you, but that would violate bsky's terms and conditions, so you should just go read it instead
I'd describe it to you, but that would violate bsky's terms and conditions, so you should just go read it instead
Bullet Time at the Kink Party
Leah is queer community. Leah is expanding and expansive. Leah wants to fall in love with everyone still alive in this room and beyond and be their bottom for a night, just one night, though she wo…
strangehorizons.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
this is the most Queer As In FUCK YOU story I've ever read in a mainstream magazine
I'd describe it to you, but that would violate bsky's terms and conditions, so you should just go read it instead
I'd describe it to you, but that would violate bsky's terms and conditions, so you should just go read it instead
One day you’ll hear your child swear in exactly the manner you do, and there you go, the expression, “Buggeration and shite” reaches its third generation.
February 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
One day you’ll hear your child swear in exactly the manner you do, and there you go, the expression, “Buggeration and shite” reaches its third generation.
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A Perimeter is a device that measures the presence of Nicola Bryant in mid-1980s Doctor Who stories
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
A Perimeter is a device that measures the presence of Nicola Bryant in mid-1980s Doctor Who stories
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the most anti-LGBT+ government since Thatcher is also the government with the most links to paedophiles since Thatcher. what an odd coincidence that requires no further thought or inspection
BREAKING | Starmer’s paedophile-linked peer and former comms chief quits Labour Party
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Starmer’s paedophile-linked peer and former comms chief quits Labour Party
Matthew Doyle has apologised for his past association with a paedophile councillor Sean Morton
trib.al
February 10, 2026 at 5:58 PM
the most anti-LGBT+ government since Thatcher is also the government with the most links to paedophiles since Thatcher. what an odd coincidence that requires no further thought or inspection
Sometimes I let myself stop and think about it and my brain just starts going, “What am I going to do what am I going to do what am I going to do?”
And the answer is the same as it ever was - one foot in front of the other, with an eye to the exits.
And the answer is the same as it ever was - one foot in front of the other, with an eye to the exits.
February 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Sometimes I let myself stop and think about it and my brain just starts going, “What am I going to do what am I going to do what am I going to do?”
And the answer is the same as it ever was - one foot in front of the other, with an eye to the exits.
And the answer is the same as it ever was - one foot in front of the other, with an eye to the exits.
… guess whose T is too high again?? #HumanPincushion
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
… guess whose T is too high again?? #HumanPincushion
As always with a Christie, I managed to get ~60% of it, and STILL failed to solve the mystery…
February 10, 2026 at 10:59 AM
As always with a Christie, I managed to get ~60% of it, and STILL failed to solve the mystery…
What an absolute, barefaced liar (Streeting that is.)
I wouldn’t trust him to butter toast.
I wouldn’t trust him to butter toast.
It’s practically a work of art that he thinks we’re all that stupid.
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
What an absolute, barefaced liar (Streeting that is.)
I wouldn’t trust him to butter toast.
I wouldn’t trust him to butter toast.
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Read this thread. Please.
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"Remember to tell people that things have NOT DEESCALATED."
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"Remember to tell people that things have NOT DEESCALATED."
I arrived too late to an abduction yesterday. Ice vehicles boxed in a food delivery driver on the highway. They took him, and when I came on the scene (with a few other neighbors in cars), his keys were still in it. We found his phone, a debit card, his car title and registration.
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Read this thread. Please.
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"Remember to tell people that things have NOT DEESCALATED."
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"Remember to tell people that things have NOT DEESCALATED."
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They're creepy and they're kooky
Mysterious and spooky
Their lungs were very goopy
The Bronte Family
They all were dreadful teachers
Their dad & beaus were preachers
They died on moors and beaches
The Bronte Family www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Mysterious and spooky
Their lungs were very goopy
The Bronte Family
They all were dreadful teachers
Their dad & beaus were preachers
They died on moors and beaches
The Bronte Family www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
You're Dead to Me - Dead Funny History - The Brontës - BBC Sounds
Tragedy and triumph in the Brontë story.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 PM
They're creepy and they're kooky
Mysterious and spooky
Their lungs were very goopy
The Bronte Family
They all were dreadful teachers
Their dad & beaus were preachers
They died on moors and beaches
The Bronte Family www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Mysterious and spooky
Their lungs were very goopy
The Bronte Family
They all were dreadful teachers
Their dad & beaus were preachers
They died on moors and beaches
The Bronte Family www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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And in fact the unsustainability of Labour's spectrum is a core factor in the Government's unpopularity.
You just can't have a social conservative/nationalist swathe of policy and rely on a progressive base.
You just can't have a social conservative/nationalist swathe of policy and rely on a progressive base.
February 8, 2026 at 9:42 PM
And in fact the unsustainability of Labour's spectrum is a core factor in the Government's unpopularity.
You just can't have a social conservative/nationalist swathe of policy and rely on a progressive base.
You just can't have a social conservative/nationalist swathe of policy and rely on a progressive base.
“If my husband can cum in 30 seconds and yours needs 25 minutes, who’s going to win this race??”
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:20 PM
“If my husband can cum in 30 seconds and yours needs 25 minutes, who’s going to win this race??”