Matthew Surridge
@bookofdays.bsky.social
Writer of short stories at the Book of Days project: https://www.patreon.com/BookOfDays
Writer of other things at other places, too, sometimes. He/him.
Writer of other things at other places, too, sometimes. He/him.
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All these worlds are yours – except Europa. Attempt no landing there.
December 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
All these worlds are yours – except Europa. Attempt no landing there.
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CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year
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December 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Year
theonion.com/cia-realizes...
theonion.com/cia-realizes...
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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1/3: It's time for another annual sharing of one of my all-time favorite storylines: Andy The Grinch! (From 1999) foxtrot.com/andy-the-gri...
December 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
1/3: It's time for another annual sharing of one of my all-time favorite storylines: Andy The Grinch! (From 1999) foxtrot.com/andy-the-gri...
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People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind
Actual academics:
Actual academics:
I have a weird question for the #bird people on here. Do you think someone could tell that a book was pooped on specifically by a sparrowhawk (or perhaps hawks generally) just from the feces? I'm looking at a 16th c. case where witnesses claim books were pooped on specifically by sparrowhawks!
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind
Actual academics:
Actual academics:
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Wrote this for a Flaming Hydra newsletter, but what the hell, here you go:
December 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Wrote this for a Flaming Hydra newsletter, but what the hell, here you go:
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Smart and incisive reflections on what to make of the Wiles drama in this great thread:
Some takeaways from the Susie Wiles interview in no particular order. 1) Before anyone congratulates her on telling the truth, we must first acknowledge that when it comes to the craziest and most unqualified cabinet members...she absolutely fucking loves it because deep state something something.
December 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Smart and incisive reflections on what to make of the Wiles drama in this great thread:
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My impression is that Wiles, like most Republicans in the Trumposcene, has come to believe that all institutions and norms are complete bullshit and all government has ever been is just raw power exerted by arbitrary and self-interested individuals. Hence, Trump, in her eyes, is business as usual.
December 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My impression is that Wiles, like most Republicans in the Trumposcene, has come to believe that all institutions and norms are complete bullshit and all government has ever been is just raw power exerted by arbitrary and self-interested individuals. Hence, Trump, in her eyes, is business as usual.
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her shield stops the quick strike, while the slow blade may pass
December 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
her shield stops the quick strike, while the slow blade may pass
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The December 16, 1965 issue of Pilote magazine. Cover by Albert Uderzo.
December 16, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The December 16, 1965 issue of Pilote magazine. Cover by Albert Uderzo.
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Yellow-Red-Blue, by Wassily Kandinsky, 1925 (detail, rotated), 📸 by @riogiancarlo.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Yellow-Red-Blue, by Wassily Kandinsky, 1925 (detail, rotated), 📸 by @riogiancarlo.bsky.social
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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This thread goes to 11
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This thread goes to 11
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Wishing a Joyous, Healthy and Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate.
December 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Wishing a Joyous, Healthy and Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate.
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The moment when AI news summaries accidentally create the murder mystery we deserve
December 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The moment when AI news summaries accidentally create the murder mystery we deserve
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Game designer: After lots of hard work we’re proud to announce we’ve created the Wheel of Saṃsāra from the ancient Buddhist classic Don’t Get Trapped in the Wheel of Saṃsāra
December 14, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Game designer: After lots of hard work we’re proud to announce we’ve created the Wheel of Saṃsāra from the ancient Buddhist classic Don’t Get Trapped in the Wheel of Saṃsāra
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This is probably the best thing I've read all year about the movie *business.* Bravo, @aadowd.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This is probably the best thing I've read all year about the movie *business.* Bravo, @aadowd.bsky.social
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@jwomack.bsky.social And after Waylon’s rendition of MacArthur Park had me on the verge of tears, Steve Brown introduced me to this, and equivalent experience of an entirely different flavor
m.youtube.com/watch?v=382T...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=382T...
Todd Snider plays Sympathy for the Devil (Rolling Stones)
YouTube video by scbret
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December 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
@jwomack.bsky.social And after Waylon’s rendition of MacArthur Park had me on the verge of tears, Steve Brown introduced me to this, and equivalent experience of an entirely different flavor
m.youtube.com/watch?v=382T...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=382T...
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
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I created the role for Miguel who I’d known for nearly 20 years. Nothing was ad libbed. Harley Peyton wrote his first appearance and nailed it.
I'd love to hear from @markfrost.bsky.social if he's willing about how that character was developed, Miguel Ferrer had a tendency to play those types but I wonder how much of that dialogue (esp the "I love you sheriff Truman" speech) was ad libbed
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I created the role for Miguel who I’d known for nearly 20 years. Nothing was ad libbed. Harley Peyton wrote his first appearance and nailed it.
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Correct.
December 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Correct.
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