David K. Barnes
@davidkbarnes.com
Writes lots of serious whimsy | Wooden Overcoats | Cry Havoc! | Doctor Who | The Tiny Angry Witch | He/Him | would really like a pastry
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Jesus, can you hear me? Good, the comms are working. Now, you're gonna need to run if you want to evade those Roman soldiers. Hold down A to sprint. Go ahead and try it. ... Good work! You just might be the savior yet. Now pick up that AR-15 and let's do some target practice.
December 24, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Jesus, can you hear me? Good, the comms are working. Now, you're gonna need to run if you want to evade those Roman soldiers. Hold down A to sprint. Go ahead and try it. ... Good work! You just might be the savior yet. Now pick up that AR-15 and let's do some target practice.
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We saw you across the bar and really fucking hate your vibe.
December 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
We saw you across the bar and really fucking hate your vibe.
For my birthday yesterday I got myself a Nintendo Switch 2, because you’re only as old as you feel (I feel 38)
December 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
For my birthday yesterday I got myself a Nintendo Switch 2, because you’re only as old as you feel (I feel 38)
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They should want this, right? Because then everyone would know who made it and can see for themselves how good their output is.
I think every AI company should be forced by law to watermark all their photos and videos.
December 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
They should want this, right? Because then everyone would know who made it and can see for themselves how good their output is.
Genuinely surprised by that. I’d have put money on Muppet Christmas Carol!
Home Alone is Britain's favourite Christmas film, according to YouGov's Big Survey on Christmas
Home Alone: 19%
Die Hard: 11%
Elf: 9%
Love Actually: 7%
It's a Wonderful Life: 6%
A Christmas Carol: 5%
The Muppet Christmas Carol: 5%
The Holiday: 5%
The Grinch: 4%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
Home Alone: 19%
Die Hard: 11%
Elf: 9%
Love Actually: 7%
It's a Wonderful Life: 6%
A Christmas Carol: 5%
The Muppet Christmas Carol: 5%
The Holiday: 5%
The Grinch: 4%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
December 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Genuinely surprised by that. I’d have put money on Muppet Christmas Carol!
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Darwinian Christmas
November 23, 2023 at 12:46 PM
Darwinian Christmas
Geoffrey Bayldon has turned up in this morning’s episode of Doctor Who and already made the day 300% better
December 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Geoffrey Bayldon has turned up in this morning’s episode of Doctor Who and already made the day 300% better
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
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Even at a ripe old age with zero left to prove, devastating. *The* Guy. Foundational. All us little playwrights are twigs growing off his branches.
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Even at a ripe old age with zero left to prove, devastating. *The* Guy. Foundational. All us little playwrights are twigs growing off his branches.
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Tom Stoppard possibly wrote a lot of your fave movie lines 👇
His IMDB profile would be incredibly impressive on its own. I had no idea until now that he was a script doctor on so many major movies!
www.imdb.com/name/nm00017...
www.imdb.com/name/nm00017...
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tom Stoppard possibly wrote a lot of your fave movie lines 👇
I don’t know who still needs convincing, but damn it Season 17 is the high point of Doctor Who.
City of Death / Creature from the Pit / Nightmare of Eden = my favourite run of stories from any era
Pure invention and energy and joy
City of Death / Creature from the Pit / Nightmare of Eden = my favourite run of stories from any era
Pure invention and energy and joy
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I don’t know who still needs convincing, but damn it Season 17 is the high point of Doctor Who.
City of Death / Creature from the Pit / Nightmare of Eden = my favourite run of stories from any era
Pure invention and energy and joy
City of Death / Creature from the Pit / Nightmare of Eden = my favourite run of stories from any era
Pure invention and energy and joy
Being self-employed in your late 30s is watching an old Leslie Phillips film on a Tuesday morning and thinking “I’m not really enjoying this but I’ll see it through.” *
(*Experience may not be relatable)
(*Experience may not be relatable)
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Being self-employed in your late 30s is watching an old Leslie Phillips film on a Tuesday morning and thinking “I’m not really enjoying this but I’ll see it through.” *
(*Experience may not be relatable)
(*Experience may not be relatable)
Got through 15 minutes of Predator: Badlands before I had to duck out with a headache. It was so loud! Never had that with a movie before.
Going to assume the cinema had the volume up too high, unless everyone else who’s seen it can’t hear either
Going to assume the cinema had the volume up too high, unless everyone else who’s seen it can’t hear either
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Got through 15 minutes of Predator: Badlands before I had to duck out with a headache. It was so loud! Never had that with a movie before.
Going to assume the cinema had the volume up too high, unless everyone else who’s seen it can’t hear either
Going to assume the cinema had the volume up too high, unless everyone else who’s seen it can’t hear either
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Unfortunately Kamala Harris wasn't responsible for a similar, balancing insurgency. I'm sure if she had been, the BBC would have dedicated a programme to it. Christ this Prescott guy is a moron.
November 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Unfortunately Kamala Harris wasn't responsible for a similar, balancing insurgency. I'm sure if she had been, the BBC would have dedicated a programme to it. Christ this Prescott guy is a moron.
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Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
April 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Gary Lineker: "This is the mistake the BBC makes. The BBC tries to appease the people that hate the BBC, rather than worrying about the people that love the BBC."
Panorama made a stupid error, but imploding the top of the BBC is mad.
Especially when it concerned a US President who actually did incite a riot and then got re-elected afterwards.
“Institutional bias” my foot. We’re being taken for mugs.
Especially when it concerned a US President who actually did incite a riot and then got re-elected afterwards.
“Institutional bias” my foot. We’re being taken for mugs.
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Panorama made a stupid error, but imploding the top of the BBC is mad.
Especially when it concerned a US President who actually did incite a riot and then got re-elected afterwards.
“Institutional bias” my foot. We’re being taken for mugs.
Especially when it concerned a US President who actually did incite a riot and then got re-elected afterwards.
“Institutional bias” my foot. We’re being taken for mugs.
Was having lunch in Highgate this afternoon when the actual Prime Minister walked past.
He didn’t recognise me though.
Yours,
Outraged of Holloway Road
He didn’t recognise me though.
Yours,
Outraged of Holloway Road
November 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Was having lunch in Highgate this afternoon when the actual Prime Minister walked past.
He didn’t recognise me though.
Yours,
Outraged of Holloway Road
He didn’t recognise me though.
Yours,
Outraged of Holloway Road
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And you wanna know why society is so polarised? This fucker, going about, reversing it all over the shop.
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 AM
And you wanna know why society is so polarised? This fucker, going about, reversing it all over the shop.
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- I'm going to analyse the Welsh by-election result
- Caerphilly?
- Nah, I'll probably just fire off some hot-takes
- Caerphilly?
- Nah, I'll probably just fire off some hot-takes
October 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
- I'm going to analyse the Welsh by-election result
- Caerphilly?
- Nah, I'll probably just fire off some hot-takes
- Caerphilly?
- Nah, I'll probably just fire off some hot-takes
Now AI is coming for Tom Baker’s teeth!
I’ve adored the Doctor Who Collection sets so far, but this sort of overzealous AI can get in a bin. Hope they’ll learn their lesson and scale it back.
Leave Tom’s teeth alone!
I’ve adored the Doctor Who Collection sets so far, but this sort of overzealous AI can get in a bin. Hope they’ll learn their lesson and scale it back.
Leave Tom’s teeth alone!
If you're a #DoctorWho fan who cares about sensitive video restoration that preserves the integrity of the original images, and is concerned about the introduction of unintended artefacts from the use of AI, please watch this short video, share widely and discuss.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=24hw...
A.I. - is it worth it?
YouTube video by Pip Madeley
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October 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Now AI is coming for Tom Baker’s teeth!
I’ve adored the Doctor Who Collection sets so far, but this sort of overzealous AI can get in a bin. Hope they’ll learn their lesson and scale it back.
Leave Tom’s teeth alone!
I’ve adored the Doctor Who Collection sets so far, but this sort of overzealous AI can get in a bin. Hope they’ll learn their lesson and scale it back.
Leave Tom’s teeth alone!
A lovely production team, making excellent audio drama! It’s terrific to see that the appetite for AD is demonstrably there. It’s still one of the best routes for fresh talent in the arts - support audio drama today!
Two hours left and we’re only £50 away from finishing on 9k!!!
It would be a shame not to, right?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/las...
It would be a shame not to, right?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/las...
October 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
A lovely production team, making excellent audio drama! It’s terrific to see that the appetite for AD is demonstrably there. It’s still one of the best routes for fresh talent in the arts - support audio drama today!
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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