Jonathan L. Howard
@jonathanlhoward.bsky.social
I write novels & games. Johannes Cabal, Carter & Lovecraft, THE SHADOW ON THE GLASS for "Call of Cthulhu," Russalka, Kyth the Taker, Goon Squad, co-wrote BROKEN SWORD I-III, principal writer on ATOMFALL. All my fault. Sorry.
UK. Portrait: Small Robot
UK. Portrait: Small Robot
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Of course 😡
We're Pretty Sure We Now Know Why FIFA Gave Trump A 'Peace Prize'—And Yep, That Tracks
www.comicsands.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Of course 😡
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"Would you like some toast? Some nice hot crisp brown buttered toast. No? How about a muffin then? Nothing? You know the last time you had toast. 18 days ago. I mean what's the point in buying a toaster with artificial intelligence if you don't like toast. This is my job. This is cruel, just cruel."
Also, this just in -> the latest bizarre AI fever dream is AI-controlled trivets, staplers, and coffee cups on wheels. So we'll be chased around by inanimate wheeled objects clamoring for our attention.
![Real news story headline: "Robot Coffee Cups? Self-Driving Trivets? AI Researchers Made It Happen. [sub-title] Scientists found a way to animate everyday objects and predict your next move, so your stapler is always nearby when you need it."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wstpte2vzb4ra2iqtnw2d2ef/bafkreibbhk46utcdzm3qb2u2muehbhrndu6x47k5a4v64ef44xdpbgh42u@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"Would you like some toast? Some nice hot crisp brown buttered toast. No? How about a muffin then? Nothing? You know the last time you had toast. 18 days ago. I mean what's the point in buying a toaster with artificial intelligence if you don't like toast. This is my job. This is cruel, just cruel."
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Goodbye Colourful Trains!
I managed to film a nice goodbye to one of my favourite colourful trains.
The South West Railway's red Class 455 fleet has been in service for 42 years & will be replaced by new Arterio trains.
I managed to film a nice goodbye to one of my favourite colourful trains.
The South West Railway's red Class 455 fleet has been in service for 42 years & will be replaced by new Arterio trains.
December 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Goodbye Colourful Trains!
I managed to film a nice goodbye to one of my favourite colourful trains.
The South West Railway's red Class 455 fleet has been in service for 42 years & will be replaced by new Arterio trains.
I managed to film a nice goodbye to one of my favourite colourful trains.
The South West Railway's red Class 455 fleet has been in service for 42 years & will be replaced by new Arterio trains.
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Someone has lifted the QuickTimeVR movie files from 1994's "Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual", upscaled them then built an in-browser replica of the ITM's "Tour" module. mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
Trekorama!
360° of Star Trek
mijofr.github.io
December 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Someone has lifted the QuickTimeVR movie files from 1994's "Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual", upscaled them then built an in-browser replica of the ITM's "Tour" module. mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/
#StarTrek
#StarTrek
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Nervous to talk about this on Bluesky, hahah - wow the internet is so fun and free nowadays - but yes, I have my own-hosted livestreaming now!
You can come to live.jenniegyllblad.com every Tuesday 12noon to watch traditional ART being made in real time. Said art happens to be saucy. ✨
You can come to live.jenniegyllblad.com every Tuesday 12noon to watch traditional ART being made in real time. Said art happens to be saucy. ✨
December 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Nervous to talk about this on Bluesky, hahah - wow the internet is so fun and free nowadays - but yes, I have my own-hosted livestreaming now!
You can come to live.jenniegyllblad.com every Tuesday 12noon to watch traditional ART being made in real time. Said art happens to be saucy. ✨
You can come to live.jenniegyllblad.com every Tuesday 12noon to watch traditional ART being made in real time. Said art happens to be saucy. ✨
Catching a train from Bristol Temple Meads, but they shifted the service along the platform because a scene from THE OUTLAWS was being shot where it would usually come in. The scene featured Christopher Walken and Stephen Merchant, but my train came before they shot it so I didn't see either of 'em.
Please quote this with the time you didn’t interact with someone famous - eg one time I was in Cardiff the same weekend as Willem Dafoe (but I didn’t see him or even know he was there until he appeared on the telly later)
Please quote this with your major interactions with massive celebrities. eg “I was married to the pope for fifteen years”
December 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Catching a train from Bristol Temple Meads, but they shifted the service along the platform because a scene from THE OUTLAWS was being shot where it would usually come in. The scene featured Christopher Walken and Stephen Merchant, but my train came before they shot it so I didn't see either of 'em.
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The worst part is when he bursts into his parents' apartment during a swingers party for child-free adults.
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/super-2
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/super-2
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The worst part is when he bursts into his parents' apartment during a swingers party for child-free adults.
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/super-2
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/super-2
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
Are we doing end-of-the-year roundups? Okay, well, it's been a rum sort of year, but oodles of team-based stuff, plus my first comic, so that was nice. All very ATOMFALL orientated, but that's the sort of year it's been.
December 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Are we doing end-of-the-year roundups? Okay, well, it's been a rum sort of year, but oodles of team-based stuff, plus my first comic, so that was nice. All very ATOMFALL orientated, but that's the sort of year it's been.
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You FUCKED UP, your LEFTY politics have ALIENATED the BILLIONAIRES who run the CHILD BONE EXTRACTION FACTORIES and now they will do a MASS EXODUS from your STATE or CITY. Don’t CRY to ME when you no longer see their CHILD CATCHING VANS in your STATE or CITY, YOU IDIOT
December 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
You FUCKED UP, your LEFTY politics have ALIENATED the BILLIONAIRES who run the CHILD BONE EXTRACTION FACTORIES and now they will do a MASS EXODUS from your STATE or CITY. Don’t CRY to ME when you no longer see their CHILD CATCHING VANS in your STATE or CITY, YOU IDIOT
The Enterprise being pursued at Warp 5 by a giant Brian Blessed head bellowing "KIIIRRRRRKKKK!"
I'm getting "Gerry Anderson's STAR TREK" vibes.
The question is: Is the character depicted there a base commander, star-pilot, or general purpose space adventurer?
December 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Enterprise being pursued at Warp 5 by a giant Brian Blessed head bellowing "KIIIRRRRRKKKK!"
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Here are four of my most popular cartoons on 2025
December 29, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Here are four of my most popular cartoons on 2025
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Whodunnit? It could be any of them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Whodunnit? It could be any of them.
I'm getting "Gerry Anderson's STAR TREK" vibes.
The question is: Is the character depicted there a base commander, star-pilot, or general purpose space adventurer?
December 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I'm getting "Gerry Anderson's STAR TREK" vibes.
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Hell yes. Keep an eye out for our show in 2026.
THE TERROR: DEVIL IN SILVER
Dan Stevens, Judith Light, CCH Pounder, Stephen Root, Aasif Mandvi, John Benjamin Hickey, and so many more great actors.
I am so proud of what we created and for you all to see it. It’s gonna fuck you up! In a good way.
THE TERROR: DEVIL IN SILVER
Dan Stevens, Judith Light, CCH Pounder, Stephen Root, Aasif Mandvi, John Benjamin Hickey, and so many more great actors.
I am so proud of what we created and for you all to see it. It’s gonna fuck you up! In a good way.
And at some point in 2026, The Terror: Devil in Silver from @victorlavalle.bsky.social, Karyn Kusama, & me.
‘The Pitt’ clocks in for another shift, ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ returns to Westeros, and ‘Bridgerton’ brings out the ballgowns once more — the small screen’s future is looking brighter than ever.
December 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Hell yes. Keep an eye out for our show in 2026.
THE TERROR: DEVIL IN SILVER
Dan Stevens, Judith Light, CCH Pounder, Stephen Root, Aasif Mandvi, John Benjamin Hickey, and so many more great actors.
I am so proud of what we created and for you all to see it. It’s gonna fuck you up! In a good way.
THE TERROR: DEVIL IN SILVER
Dan Stevens, Judith Light, CCH Pounder, Stephen Root, Aasif Mandvi, John Benjamin Hickey, and so many more great actors.
I am so proud of what we created and for you all to see it. It’s gonna fuck you up! In a good way.
I'm not keen on... no, let's not be mealy-mouthed about this, I absolute despise all of these *except* for bottom middle, which is clearly a production still for an exciting new space opera series debuting this spring. I, for one, shall be watching.
When people say they want to go back to a time "when men were men", I point them to Issue 2528 of the "Men in Belted Sweaters" catalogue.
December 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I'm not keen on... no, let's not be mealy-mouthed about this, I absolute despise all of these *except* for bottom middle, which is clearly a production still for an exciting new space opera series debuting this spring. I, for one, shall be watching.
Just reminiscing with ABBA about that time I talked them out of writing a song about Austerlitz.
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Just reminiscing with ABBA about that time I talked them out of writing a song about Austerlitz.
Bumped into George R. R. Martin coming out of a toilet.
Stood in line for a bathroom with Ryan Reynolds.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Bumped into George R. R. Martin coming out of a toilet.
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My favourite Paddington is when he comes for you before you've even died.
Here he is ushering Liz Truss out of number ten.
Here he is ushering Liz Truss out of number ten.
December 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
My favourite Paddington is when he comes for you before you've even died.
Here he is ushering Liz Truss out of number ten.
Here he is ushering Liz Truss out of number ten.
Was in Bristol today so strolled up Stoke Crofts and visited The Haunted Bookshop. Bought a couple of things, including a copy of THE VENGEANCE by that @emmanewman.bsky.social. Support local small businesses yo.
December 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Was in Bristol today so strolled up Stoke Crofts and visited The Haunted Bookshop. Bought a couple of things, including a copy of THE VENGEANCE by that @emmanewman.bsky.social. Support local small businesses yo.
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There's a lot of ghosts around at Christmas, here's one by @rainesz.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 6:18 PM
There's a lot of ghosts around at Christmas, here's one by @rainesz.bsky.social
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This is really interesting.
The MAGAfication of Norman Rockwell
Trump uses the artist’s work—like other cultural icons—to promote Gestapo tactics and nativist ideas.
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is really interesting.
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Notable Books Read in 2025 @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social @scalzi.com @robertharrishome.bsky.social @michaelconnelly.bsky.social @marthawells.com
Notable Books Read in 2025
I love Goodreads as a way of tracking books read, though I am also really liking Storygraph as an alternative (since Goodreads is owned by Amazon, in case that matters to you). Starting in 2025, I have been using both, but eventually I may just go to Storygraph. I try to limit my Amazon usage (though we are Prime members, so I know we're not there yet) so I would love to use Storygraph exclusively.
dudetakeyourturn.ca
December 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Notable Books Read in 2025 @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social @scalzi.com @robertharrishome.bsky.social @michaelconnelly.bsky.social @marthawells.com
It's all about the bailout, isn't it? Techbros are gadflies on the flank of the global economy, taking without giving anything but spectacular levels of irritation, parasites who won't shut up about how lucky you are to be parasitised by them.
look we're all making a big bet on AI! and if it pays off as big as we hope, well, it's going to make a handful of people super rich and you're going to lose your job but get to watch mickey mouse fuck geralt from the witcher. if it doesn't pay off well then you get to pay for the bailouts
December 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It's all about the bailout, isn't it? Techbros are gadflies on the flank of the global economy, taking without giving anything but spectacular levels of irritation, parasites who won't shut up about how lucky you are to be parasitised by them.
Oh, good heavens. I have this still. 39 years ago? Oh, blimey.
Good morning! It’s Monday December 29th 2025! Another day already? Crikey! Onward!
(Out this very month some 39 years ago, 1986’s Detective Comics #572, with its cover featuring Batman & Sherlock Holmes by Michael Wm. Kaluta et al.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Out this very month some 39 years ago, 1986’s Detective Comics #572, with its cover featuring Batman & Sherlock Holmes by Michael Wm. Kaluta et al.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
December 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Oh, good heavens. I have this still. 39 years ago? Oh, blimey.
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