Gus Harris-Reid (EngineMasters trilogy out now!)
@gusharrisreid.bsky.social
Chartered Mechanical Engineer (CEng MIMechE), Author, Nerd, Libra, He/Him, Sailing the Starless Sea 🐝🗝️🗡️
https://www.gusharrisreid.com/
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Are you a fan of BattleTech? Gundam? Pacific Rim?
Then you'll probably like my military sci-fi EngineMasters Trilogy, a story of comradeship, perseverance, and plenty of relentless mech-vs-mech combat 🤖⚙️💥⚔️
Book 1 only $0.99/£0.99: a.co/d/baVoACq
#mech #mecha #robot #scifi
Then you'll probably like my military sci-fi EngineMasters Trilogy, a story of comradeship, perseverance, and plenty of relentless mech-vs-mech combat 🤖⚙️💥⚔️
Book 1 only $0.99/£0.99: a.co/d/baVoACq
#mech #mecha #robot #scifi
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Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
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NEWS JUST IN! A new book will in fact solve all your problems
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
NEWS JUST IN! A new book will in fact solve all your problems
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This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
This is the logical consequence of Labour’s appeasement of the far right - this is an arms race Labour should never seek to win
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Dear Mahmood/Labour,
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
November 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Dear Mahmood/Labour,
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
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The saddest, most depressing aspect of the Labour apologists who still plague BlueSky is that many were ardent and vocal Remainers up until the day Labour took power, at which point they switched instantly to "Brexit is Brexit and there's nothing to be done" without even drawing breath in between.
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The saddest, most depressing aspect of the Labour apologists who still plague BlueSky is that many were ardent and vocal Remainers up until the day Labour took power, at which point they switched instantly to "Brexit is Brexit and there's nothing to be done" without even drawing breath in between.
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"To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention."
Ursula K. LeGuin
Ursula K. LeGuin
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention."
Ursula K. LeGuin
Ursula K. LeGuin
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Starmer isn't Britain's worst ever prime minister, but he is Labour's worst ever prime minister and it's not even close
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Starmer isn't Britain's worst ever prime minister, but he is Labour's worst ever prime minister and it's not even close
Convincing you to read the opening lines of my military sci-fi mech novel EngineMasters: Retribution 🤖⚙️💥
Share yours!
Share yours!
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Convincing you to read the opening lines of my military sci-fi mech novel EngineMasters: Retribution 🤖⚙️💥
Share yours!
Share yours!
To be English middle class you need to have a 'respectable' Home Counties accent and probably be a university educated white-collar professional.
Upper class means your family probably owns an estate. Working class means you have a regional accent.
(alternative definitions are available 😁)
Upper class means your family probably owns an estate. Working class means you have a regional accent.
(alternative definitions are available 😁)
Could someone explain to me what is meant when a British person refers to "the middle class" ? Like, in the US, as I hear it, it basically just means a person who makes a certain amount of money, not too far below and not wildly above the median. Seems like a complex concept when UK writers use it?
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
To be English middle class you need to have a 'respectable' Home Counties accent and probably be a university educated white-collar professional.
Upper class means your family probably owns an estate. Working class means you have a regional accent.
(alternative definitions are available 😁)
Upper class means your family probably owns an estate. Working class means you have a regional accent.
(alternative definitions are available 😁)
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 430: Read. Read widely. Read what you love, and what you don't. Read what you know, and what you don't yet know. The wider your reading, the better your chance of avoiding the limitations of being influenced by only one author, one genre, one culture, one time.
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 430: Read. Read widely. Read what you love, and what you don't. Read what you know, and what you don't yet know. The wider your reading, the better your chance of avoiding the limitations of being influenced by only one author, one genre, one culture, one time.
The Warning have won Rock Sound's Best International Artist Award 🤩🖤💥
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The Warning have won Rock Sound's Best International Artist Award 🤩🖤💥
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"For anyone who thinks modern rock lacks substance, soul, or shredding, a deep dive into their discography is a mandatory — and magnificent — re-education as to why they are the real deal."
Why #TheWarning deserves your undivided attention
entertainment.inquirer.net/632025/a-roc...
Why #TheWarning deserves your undivided attention
entertainment.inquirer.net/632025/a-roc...
A rock-and-roll revelation: Why The Warning deserves your undivided attention
Image: Lava and Republic
(Columnist's Note: The following is another semi-serious, semi-thesis paper-like (but in a good way, of course) entertainment article that delves into the meteoric
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October 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
"For anyone who thinks modern rock lacks substance, soul, or shredding, a deep dive into their discography is a mandatory — and magnificent — re-education as to why they are the real deal."
Why #TheWarning deserves your undivided attention
entertainment.inquirer.net/632025/a-roc...
Why #TheWarning deserves your undivided attention
entertainment.inquirer.net/632025/a-roc...
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I heard there was a statue tall
That sneered at folk and commanded all
But you don't really care for symbols do ya
It goes like this the feet the fist
The head that fell the aim that missed
The long lost king whose name was Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymaaaaandias
That sneered at folk and commanded all
But you don't really care for symbols do ya
It goes like this the feet the fist
The head that fell the aim that missed
The long lost king whose name was Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymaaaaandias
Once upon a desert sandy
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
As through winds the trav'ling man he
Spied the face of Ozymandy
Lying, simply lying there
Suddenly there was some writing
Pon the plinth that he was sighting
That the sand and time were blighting
Quoth the statue, "Now despair"
There was an old man you could gaze
At his works in despair in a daze
If you looked upon them
And were mere mortal men
'Ozymandias mighty', it says
At his works in despair in a daze
If you looked upon them
And were mere mortal men
'Ozymandias mighty', it says
October 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I heard there was a statue tall
That sneered at folk and commanded all
But you don't really care for symbols do ya
It goes like this the feet the fist
The head that fell the aim that missed
The long lost king whose name was Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymaaaaandias
That sneered at folk and commanded all
But you don't really care for symbols do ya
It goes like this the feet the fist
The head that fell the aim that missed
The long lost king whose name was Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymandias
Ozymaaaaandias
Today marks 2 years since The Warning's best ever live performance so far (IMHO) 🤩❤️💥🎵
Live at the Pepsi Center (Mexico City) 28/10/2023, full show:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV0S...
Live at the Pepsi Center (Mexico City) 28/10/2023, full show:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV0S...
The Warning - Live from Pepsi Center, CDMX (Full Concert)
YouTube video by The Warning
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Today marks 2 years since The Warning's best ever live performance so far (IMHO) 🤩❤️💥🎵
Live at the Pepsi Center (Mexico City) 28/10/2023, full show:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV0S...
Live at the Pepsi Center (Mexico City) 28/10/2023, full show:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV0S...
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Wait a second, so Frankenstein:
• Is immortal
• Sneaks into houses at night
• Sometimes leaves gifts for nice people
• Lives in the North Pole
🤔
• Is immortal
• Sneaks into houses at night
• Sometimes leaves gifts for nice people
• Lives in the North Pole
🤔
October 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Wait a second, so Frankenstein:
• Is immortal
• Sneaks into houses at night
• Sometimes leaves gifts for nice people
• Lives in the North Pole
🤔
• Is immortal
• Sneaks into houses at night
• Sometimes leaves gifts for nice people
• Lives in the North Pole
🤔
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Reminder that by embracing Brexit the Conservative and Unionist party destroyed Conservatism as a domestic force and set In trail the breakup of the Union.
A political fable.
A political fable.
Result a fun reminder that UK likely to have separatist first ministers in Scotland, Wales and NI come 2026
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Reminder that by embracing Brexit the Conservative and Unionist party destroyed Conservatism as a domestic force and set In trail the breakup of the Union.
A political fable.
A political fable.
Today marks 6 months since the release of EngineMasters book 1! 🥳🤖⚙️⚔️💥
Ebook only $0.99/£0.99 on Amazon - a.co/d/anVoPD4
#mech #mecha #robot
Ebook only $0.99/£0.99 on Amazon - a.co/d/anVoPD4
#mech #mecha #robot
October 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Today marks 6 months since the release of EngineMasters book 1! 🥳🤖⚙️⚔️💥
Ebook only $0.99/£0.99 on Amazon - a.co/d/anVoPD4
#mech #mecha #robot
Ebook only $0.99/£0.99 on Amazon - a.co/d/anVoPD4
#mech #mecha #robot
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"If a book told you something when you were 15, it will tell it to you again when you’re 50, though you may understand it so differently that it seems you’re reading a whole new book."
Happy birthday to Ursula K. Le Guin, born 21st October 1929
Happy birthday to Ursula K. Le Guin, born 21st October 1929
October 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"If a book told you something when you were 15, it will tell it to you again when you’re 50, though you may understand it so differently that it seems you’re reading a whole new book."
Happy birthday to Ursula K. Le Guin, born 21st October 1929
Happy birthday to Ursula K. Le Guin, born 21st October 1929
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“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,”
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
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Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
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Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software
FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of ...
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October 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,”
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
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And I would ask yourself 'when' you started to develop these fears. Is it something you've always been worried about or does it happen to coincide with some very rich and very powerful people suddenly making it a thing. Because trans people have been with us since long before any of us were born.
October 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
And I would ask yourself 'when' you started to develop these fears. Is it something you've always been worried about or does it happen to coincide with some very rich and very powerful people suddenly making it a thing. Because trans people have been with us since long before any of us were born.
If you see this, quote post with your favourite Pokémon (wrong answers only)
October 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If you see this, quote post with your favourite Pokémon (wrong answers only)
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Introverts aren’t shy, they just have high social standards. They love deep talks that actually mean something, not small talk about the weather. That kind of stuff wears them out fast. They’ll find one or two people who get them, share the parts they usually keep hidden, and that’s all they need
October 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Introverts aren’t shy, they just have high social standards. They love deep talks that actually mean something, not small talk about the weather. That kind of stuff wears them out fast. They’ll find one or two people who get them, share the parts they usually keep hidden, and that’s all they need