Chris Limb
@catmachine.com
Writer, Music, Dreams, Space
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent They/them
UrbanFantasy MusicBiz novels: http://comeba.co.uk
Hastings based
#ActuallyAutistic #Neurodivergent They/them
UrbanFantasy MusicBiz novels: http://comeba.co.uk
Hastings based
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Chris Limb
@catmachine.com
· Nov 18
Chris Limb: Writer
Chris Limb, author of Comeback and Ghostdance: urban fantasy novels. Sex, drugs, rock'n' roll and the supernatural.
chrislimb.com
I finally updated my web site with details of my new novel!
(It's been a while so I had to dig around for the FTP settings.)
(It's been a while so I had to dig around for the FTP settings.)
It feels to me that the way companies are adding GenAI to everything to write stuff for people is putting much more effort into adapting software for people's laziness than is ever given to adapting software for accessibility due to actual disabilities.
February 13, 2026 at 9:09 AM
It feels to me that the way companies are adding GenAI to everything to write stuff for people is putting much more effort into adapting software for people's laziness than is ever given to adapting software for accessibility due to actual disabilities.
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I think collectively panicking every time the right alleges a shooter is trans is a significant part of why the right has a huge hard on for trans shooter narratives.
No doubt they'd do it anyway, but we know statistically trans people are a 0.1% minority of mass shooters, and facts don't matter.
No doubt they'd do it anyway, but we know statistically trans people are a 0.1% minority of mass shooters, and facts don't matter.
February 13, 2026 at 7:04 AM
I think collectively panicking every time the right alleges a shooter is trans is a significant part of why the right has a huge hard on for trans shooter narratives.
No doubt they'd do it anyway, but we know statistically trans people are a 0.1% minority of mass shooters, and facts don't matter.
No doubt they'd do it anyway, but we know statistically trans people are a 0.1% minority of mass shooters, and facts don't matter.
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Used to be inexplicably frightened by this BBC Schools ident as a child.
Something about the way it changed from concentric diamonds to small diamonds and the way the latter were — at some point — going to start disappearing. There was a kind of horrific inevitability about it.
Something about the way it changed from concentric diamonds to small diamonds and the way the latter were — at some point — going to start disappearing. There was a kind of horrific inevitability about it.
BBC Schools Junction 1975 Diamond Era RECREATION
YouTube video by presheaven
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Used to be inexplicably frightened by this BBC Schools ident as a child.
Something about the way it changed from concentric diamonds to small diamonds and the way the latter were — at some point — going to start disappearing. There was a kind of horrific inevitability about it.
Something about the way it changed from concentric diamonds to small diamonds and the way the latter were — at some point — going to start disappearing. There was a kind of horrific inevitability about it.
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Of course any bad luck that occurs after 12 noon on Friday 13th rebounds on the perpetrator. As the old rhyme says:
"Friday Thirteenth's dead and gone
Thou art ill-starred to carry on"
"Friday Thirteenth's dead and gone
Thou art ill-starred to carry on"
June 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Of course any bad luck that occurs after 12 noon on Friday 13th rebounds on the perpetrator. As the old rhyme says:
"Friday Thirteenth's dead and gone
Thou art ill-starred to carry on"
"Friday Thirteenth's dead and gone
Thou art ill-starred to carry on"
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This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
a stat i always cite is the number of anti-trans articles in the press went from 60 in a year, to 7,500
February 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
Used to be inexplicably frightened by this BBC Schools ident as a child.
Something about the way it changed from concentric diamonds to small diamonds and the way the latter were — at some point — going to start disappearing. There was a kind of horrific inevitability about it.
Something about the way it changed from concentric diamonds to small diamonds and the way the latter were — at some point — going to start disappearing. There was a kind of horrific inevitability about it.
BBC Schools Junction 1975 Diamond Era RECREATION
YouTube video by presheaven
youtu.be
February 12, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Used to be inexplicably frightened by this BBC Schools ident as a child.
Something about the way it changed from concentric diamonds to small diamonds and the way the latter were — at some point — going to start disappearing. There was a kind of horrific inevitability about it.
Something about the way it changed from concentric diamonds to small diamonds and the way the latter were — at some point — going to start disappearing. There was a kind of horrific inevitability about it.
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Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
February 12, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
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It then said "other famous stallions to win Olympic gold include Valegro". But Valegro wasn't a stallion.
I searched myself and 1972 was the last time a stallion won Olympic dressage gold (a Swedish stallion called Piaff).
It offers up non-facts with such surety.
AI is a man down the pub.
I searched myself and 1972 was the last time a stallion won Olympic dressage gold (a Swedish stallion called Piaff).
It offers up non-facts with such surety.
AI is a man down the pub.
February 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM
It then said "other famous stallions to win Olympic gold include Valegro". But Valegro wasn't a stallion.
I searched myself and 1972 was the last time a stallion won Olympic dressage gold (a Swedish stallion called Piaff).
It offers up non-facts with such surety.
AI is a man down the pub.
I searched myself and 1972 was the last time a stallion won Olympic dressage gold (a Swedish stallion called Piaff).
It offers up non-facts with such surety.
AI is a man down the pub.
These used to be quite common when I was a small child. They weren’t legal tender any more but they were everywhere. Used to play shops with them.
February 12, 2026 at 10:19 AM
These used to be quite common when I was a small child. They weren’t legal tender any more but they were everywhere. Used to play shops with them.
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What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
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The NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints all from cisgender people.
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints all from cisgender people.
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
Dreamed someone told me they thought my latest novel was awful. Thanks subconscious!
I suppose it's giving me balance as so far I've mostly had (genuine) positive feedback.
I suppose it's giving me balance as so far I've mostly had (genuine) positive feedback.
February 12, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Dreamed someone told me they thought my latest novel was awful. Thanks subconscious!
I suppose it's giving me balance as so far I've mostly had (genuine) positive feedback.
I suppose it's giving me balance as so far I've mostly had (genuine) positive feedback.
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If you know anyone who's ever come to the UK to live alongside you, and you'd either miss them if they were gone, or at the very least reckon they deserve to be treated humanely, please put aside some time to fill this in.
Tomorrow is the last day for people living in the UK to complete a govt consultation on particular immigration proposals. Here's my earlier post about it, which includes the links and background information.
Their proposals are cruel bollocks that need to be stopped.
ko-fi.com/post/How-to-...
Their proposals are cruel bollocks that need to be stopped.
ko-fi.com/post/How-to-...
How to Say No to the Hatred About Immigration, Migrants and Refugees
SJ Groenewegen published a post on Ko-fi
ko-fi.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
If you know anyone who's ever come to the UK to live alongside you, and you'd either miss them if they were gone, or at the very least reckon they deserve to be treated humanely, please put aside some time to fill this in.
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When your post gets in the discover feed
February 12, 2026 at 12:40 AM
When your post gets in the discover feed
One of the most common phrases I speak aloud these days is to my phone or computer when it's being particularly slow doing something:
"In your own FUCKING time..."
I'm sure if I did a wordcloud of what I actually say those would be biggest and at the centre.
"In your own FUCKING time..."
I'm sure if I did a wordcloud of what I actually say those would be biggest and at the centre.
February 12, 2026 at 8:49 AM
One of the most common phrases I speak aloud these days is to my phone or computer when it's being particularly slow doing something:
"In your own FUCKING time..."
I'm sure if I did a wordcloud of what I actually say those would be biggest and at the centre.
"In your own FUCKING time..."
I'm sure if I did a wordcloud of what I actually say those would be biggest and at the centre.
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I don’t actually want UBI for artists.
I want either
- UBI for everybody
Or
- Artists to be paid properly for our work and property again.
It’s weird to think that *both* these options are now seen as naive, impractical and romantic.
I want either
- UBI for everybody
Or
- Artists to be paid properly for our work and property again.
It’s weird to think that *both* these options are now seen as naive, impractical and romantic.
February 12, 2026 at 6:56 AM
I don’t actually want UBI for artists.
I want either
- UBI for everybody
Or
- Artists to be paid properly for our work and property again.
It’s weird to think that *both* these options are now seen as naive, impractical and romantic.
I want either
- UBI for everybody
Or
- Artists to be paid properly for our work and property again.
It’s weird to think that *both* these options are now seen as naive, impractical and romantic.
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George Orwell wrote that "A millionaire cannot, for example, light the streets for himself while darkening them for other people", but I think we'll find that the opposite is also true.
Billionaires can't destroy public infrastructure like without also making life darker for themselves as well.
Billionaires can't destroy public infrastructure like without also making life darker for themselves as well.
February 11, 2026 at 2:38 PM
George Orwell wrote that "A millionaire cannot, for example, light the streets for himself while darkening them for other people", but I think we'll find that the opposite is also true.
Billionaires can't destroy public infrastructure like without also making life darker for themselves as well.
Billionaires can't destroy public infrastructure like without also making life darker for themselves as well.
I'd probably put a print of this up if the LT museum shop did them (they don't).
Platform Mosaic, Blackhorse Road Underground Station
1968
Hans Unger
www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blackhorse-r...
1968
Hans Unger
www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blackhorse-r...
February 11, 2026 at 10:59 AM
I'd probably put a print of this up if the LT museum shop did them (they don't).
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Elderly jumper emerges blinking from the bottom drawer with a warning from the 1980s about knitwear piracy.
Remember- home knitting is killing the garments industry.
Remember- home knitting is killing the garments industry.
February 11, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Elderly jumper emerges blinking from the bottom drawer with a warning from the 1980s about knitwear piracy.
Remember- home knitting is killing the garments industry.
Remember- home knitting is killing the garments industry.
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Like everything else the culture war is there to distract us from the class war where we outnumber them 99-1 and yet they’re still winning because we can’t achieve class consciousness
February 11, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Like everything else the culture war is there to distract us from the class war where we outnumber them 99-1 and yet they’re still winning because we can’t achieve class consciousness
Plus where are all the badger and mushroom dreams?
(I seem to have become mildly obsessed with this map.)
(I seem to have become mildly obsessed with this map.)
February 11, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Plus where are all the badger and mushroom dreams?
(I seem to have become mildly obsessed with this map.)
(I seem to have become mildly obsessed with this map.)
Central Europe going a bit dark (Death, The Dead). Maybe the influence of Transylvania.
February 11, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Central Europe going a bit dark (Death, The Dead). Maybe the influence of Transylvania.
I wonder how much software developers get behavioural psychologists involved in user interface design?
You'd think it would be a lot but I am always coming across badly designed features so I suspect if there's any involvement it's an afterthought so only the most egregious flaws are fixed.
You'd think it would be a lot but I am always coming across badly designed features so I suspect if there's any involvement it's an afterthought so only the most egregious flaws are fixed.
February 11, 2026 at 8:55 AM
I wonder how much software developers get behavioural psychologists involved in user interface design?
You'd think it would be a lot but I am always coming across badly designed features so I suspect if there's any involvement it's an afterthought so only the most egregious flaws are fixed.
You'd think it would be a lot but I am always coming across badly designed features so I suspect if there's any involvement it's an afterthought so only the most egregious flaws are fixed.
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