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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WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏
February 14, 2026 at 8:50 PM
WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏
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Love this - defeating nazis with the Yorkshire accent:
![Wilfred Pickles, a Yorkshireman born in Halifax, was selected by the BBC as an announcer for its North Regional radio service; he went on to be an occasional newsreader on the BBC Home Service during World War II. He was the first newsreader to speak in a regional accent rather than Received Pronunciation, "a deliberate attempt to make it more difficult for Nazis to impersonate BBC broadcasters",[80] and caused some comment with his farewell catchphrase "... and to all in the North, good neet".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cjtzbvosvwlsney5t6iom34n/bafkreifjiuqk2qeu2tm4h4wvjsygltrp3rseckx62gacum3djlpthmp4zu@jpeg)
February 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Love this - defeating nazis with the Yorkshire accent:
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The tube web spider can be found all across Bristol and is especially fond of the walls around Brandon Hill - where it weaves its tubular webs.
The six-eyed spider was accidentally introduced to the city in the 18th century when it stowed aboard Bristol-bound ships leaving the Mediterranean.
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The six-eyed spider was accidentally introduced to the city in the 18th century when it stowed aboard Bristol-bound ships leaving the Mediterranean.
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February 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The tube web spider can be found all across Bristol and is especially fond of the walls around Brandon Hill - where it weaves its tubular webs.
The six-eyed spider was accidentally introduced to the city in the 18th century when it stowed aboard Bristol-bound ships leaving the Mediterranean.
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The six-eyed spider was accidentally introduced to the city in the 18th century when it stowed aboard Bristol-bound ships leaving the Mediterranean.
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Being in the Epstein files and not being immediately fired is crazy. People were fired for posting Charlie Kirk quotes verbatim after his death. People were fired for being black women. For saying genocide is wrong.
February 14, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Being in the Epstein files and not being immediately fired is crazy. People were fired for posting Charlie Kirk quotes verbatim after his death. People were fired for being black women. For saying genocide is wrong.
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Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).
February 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Oh my GOD King County Public Health is just wilding out for Valentines Day (and a lovely one).
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Hello, people of bluesky, if you are just joining us—here is an old comic I made about Dracula
November 7, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Hello, people of bluesky, if you are just joining us—here is an old comic I made about Dracula
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'We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend.' - Beautifully put.
February 14, 2026 at 9:27 AM
'We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend.' - Beautifully put.
This is coincidentally the model for the Anderson TV series from THUNDERBIRDS onwards; a sort of global EU bloc with a few nations that refuse to join and that, entirely by coincidence, have terrible human rights records.
tired: a one-world goverment
wired: a United Nations with teeth sharp enough to keep the bastard countries in line
wired: a United Nations with teeth sharp enough to keep the bastard countries in line
February 14, 2026 at 2:30 PM
This is coincidentally the model for the Anderson TV series from THUNDERBIRDS onwards; a sort of global EU bloc with a few nations that refuse to join and that, entirely by coincidence, have terrible human rights records.
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What a perfect example of how these people are not just incompetent, they’re lazy.
February 14, 2026 at 12:35 AM
What a perfect example of how these people are not just incompetent, they’re lazy.
John le Carré was 30 when he wrote the first George Smiley book, CALL FOR THE DEAD. Bloody hell. How is anyone that good an author at 30? Well, I've got my reading project for 2026; read all the Smiley books.
February 14, 2026 at 12:56 PM
John le Carré was 30 when he wrote the first George Smiley book, CALL FOR THE DEAD. Bloody hell. How is anyone that good an author at 30? Well, I've got my reading project for 2026; read all the Smiley books.
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A few Classic Who space fonts #doctorwho
February 14, 2026 at 11:02 AM
A few Classic Who space fonts #doctorwho
If you went to catch a bus in the pouring rain and Matt Ridley was sitting in the shelter and there was a five minute wait for the bus, you'd walk to the next stop.
February 14, 2026 at 11:10 AM
If you went to catch a bus in the pouring rain and Matt Ridley was sitting in the shelter and there was a five minute wait for the bus, you'd walk to the next stop.
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It is rare for something shot in Manchester to feel absolutely Hooklandian, but Small Prophets is a rare thing - an esoteric TV comedy that grows the heart. Mackenzie Crook is a genius. Small Prophets is television treasure.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLKL...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLKL...
Small Prophets | Official Trailer - BBC
YouTube video by BBC Trailers
m.youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:29 AM
It is rare for something shot in Manchester to feel absolutely Hooklandian, but Small Prophets is a rare thing - an esoteric TV comedy that grows the heart. Mackenzie Crook is a genius. Small Prophets is television treasure.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLKL...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=wLKL...
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Husband is watching Future Shock: The Story of 2000AD and oh dear me this clip has not aged well. The last line. #NeilGaiman
February 14, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Husband is watching Future Shock: The Story of 2000AD and oh dear me this clip has not aged well. The last line. #NeilGaiman
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YES.
I made a comic about solidarity in the music industry. You can read the whole piece here: midbrow.org/stop-swallow...
February 14, 2026 at 10:41 AM
YES.
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Hilariously, I'd love a Hugo nomination... I'd not be attending due to my social media putting me in line for a state sponsored "disappearing" but I'd send the funniest / saltiest video speech.
Anyway, please listen to this for short story podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...
Anyway, please listen to this for short story podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...
February 14, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Hilariously, I'd love a Hugo nomination... I'd not be attending due to my social media putting me in line for a state sponsored "disappearing" but I'd send the funniest / saltiest video speech.
Anyway, please listen to this for short story podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...
Anyway, please listen to this for short story podcastle.org/2025/07/29/p...
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The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!
February 13, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The other day Manchester United’s co-owner Jim Ratcliffe said the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"….today there’s this billboard outside of Old Trafford 🔥….way to go Manchester 💪!
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Same, Lady Gaga.
Same.
Same.
February 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Same, Lady Gaga.
Same.
Same.
So, how's your Valentine's Day going?
Bristol: Well...
BBC News - 'Leather fetish' foxes plague city - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bristol: Well...
BBC News - 'Leather fetish' foxes plague city - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mission to tackle prolific thieving by 'leather fetish' foxes
BS5 Fox Booty has had scores of images posted of shoes, toys and jeans pilfered by foxes in Bristol.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 9:47 AM
So, how's your Valentine's Day going?
Bristol: Well...
BBC News - 'Leather fetish' foxes plague city - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bristol: Well...
BBC News - 'Leather fetish' foxes plague city - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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There are some Star Trek fans weirdly obsessed with “decorum” and they really fixate on how Holly Hunter sits in the captain’s chair on STARFLEET ACADEMY. One guy left a comment on the official FB whining about it and so Captain Janeway herself responded to drop the hammer
February 13, 2026 at 5:21 AM
There are some Star Trek fans weirdly obsessed with “decorum” and they really fixate on how Holly Hunter sits in the captain’s chair on STARFLEET ACADEMY. One guy left a comment on the official FB whining about it and so Captain Janeway herself responded to drop the hammer
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Please share this post with your favourite cosy, wholesome, (darkly-cozy, unwholesome) creators who might want to come to an event in the South East of England! Surely there are many!
Any creators who want to get their green thumbs on Mandrake first can apply for a creator pass to New Game Plus: festival.games.london/profile/find
New Game Plus is the public showcase part of London Games Fest. We'll be on hand in person, so come and say hi!
New Game Plus is the public showcase part of London Games Fest. We'll be on hand in person, so come and say hi!
February 13, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Please share this post with your favourite cosy, wholesome, (darkly-cozy, unwholesome) creators who might want to come to an event in the South East of England! Surely there are many!
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This is what it feels like to know things.
February 13, 2026 at 2:47 PM
This is what it feels like to know things.
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“What’s really at stake is the enforcement of ‘sex-based distinctions’ that have long been understood hierarchically (men on top) to deny women (and sexual minorities) equality of treatment and access to resources and power.”
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM
“What’s really at stake is the enforcement of ‘sex-based distinctions’ that have long been understood hierarchically (men on top) to deny women (and sexual minorities) equality of treatment and access to resources and power.”