Lairdofdarkness
@lairdofdarkness.bsky.social
Born during a power cut in 1972, I have always preferred the dark.
Not really but it sounds cool.
Not really but it sounds cool.
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Let’s all calm down a little, shall we?
Let’s retreat to Paul’s cosy Book Nook where @e-loud.bsky.social can discover what charity shop tomes have been unearthed!
It’s everything from Roger Moore to Red Dwarf (with a dash of the Fortean!)
Ep 473: Book Nook
www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-473-book-...
Let’s retreat to Paul’s cosy Book Nook where @e-loud.bsky.social can discover what charity shop tomes have been unearthed!
It’s everything from Roger Moore to Red Dwarf (with a dash of the Fortean!)
Ep 473: Book Nook
www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-473-book-...
Ep 473: Book Nook | CheapShow
Let’s all calm down a little, shall we?
Let’s all retreat to Paul’s cosy Book Nook where Eli can discover what charity shop tomes have been unearthed!
It’s everything from Roger Moore to Red Dwarf (...
www.thecheapshow.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Let’s all calm down a little, shall we?
Let’s retreat to Paul’s cosy Book Nook where @e-loud.bsky.social can discover what charity shop tomes have been unearthed!
It’s everything from Roger Moore to Red Dwarf (with a dash of the Fortean!)
Ep 473: Book Nook
www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-473-book-...
Let’s retreat to Paul’s cosy Book Nook where @e-loud.bsky.social can discover what charity shop tomes have been unearthed!
It’s everything from Roger Moore to Red Dwarf (with a dash of the Fortean!)
Ep 473: Book Nook
www.thecheapshow.co.uk/ep-473-book-...
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Welcome to your 50s.
One wrong move and your body files a formal complaint.
Spoiler: there’s no good move.
One wrong move and your body files a formal complaint.
Spoiler: there’s no good move.
January 30, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Welcome to your 50s.
One wrong move and your body files a formal complaint.
Spoiler: there’s no good move.
One wrong move and your body files a formal complaint.
Spoiler: there’s no good move.
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On this day in 1990, Depeche Mode released the single "Enjoy the Silence" ... a perfect song.
February 5, 2026 at 5:53 PM
On this day in 1990, Depeche Mode released the single "Enjoy the Silence" ... a perfect song.
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Hey Hey!
Wanna see Paul & Eli toss off some more YouTube content?
Of course you do!
Here we are playing some dumb game for a bit.
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@e-loud.bsky.social
Wanna see Paul & Eli toss off some more YouTube content?
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Here we are playing some dumb game for a bit.
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Cheap Shots: Wheels Vs Doors
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February 4, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Hey Hey!
Wanna see Paul & Eli toss off some more YouTube content?
Of course you do!
Here we are playing some dumb game for a bit.
Like & SubscZzzzzzzzzz
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@e-loud.bsky.social
Wanna see Paul & Eli toss off some more YouTube content?
Of course you do!
Here we are playing some dumb game for a bit.
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youtu.be/jlv98Fwjh9E
@e-loud.bsky.social
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I'm not certain what would be funnier, a lot of empty US stadiums during the World Cup, or the inevitable chants from England and Scotland (and other) fans detailing, to the tune of some well known traditional song, all the ways in which the US President is a cunt.
February 4, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I'm not certain what would be funnier, a lot of empty US stadiums during the World Cup, or the inevitable chants from England and Scotland (and other) fans detailing, to the tune of some well known traditional song, all the ways in which the US President is a cunt.
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Alert! Another episode of my dreary podcast! If you are expecting sex, violence and true crime murders this isn't for you? But if you want EXACTLY HALF HOUR of me chatting to a bloke who decided to remake a terrible computer game, boy is this for you.
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Ep 18 - Typhon, Developer Of Reginald And The She Vampires
Typhon (a.k.a Dave Moore) is a CPC coder who has decided to remake the terrible Amstrad CPC game, Mr Weems And The She Vampires. We talk to him about that and his computer journey that started in a sm...
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February 4, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Alert! Another episode of my dreary podcast! If you are expecting sex, violence and true crime murders this isn't for you? But if you want EXACTLY HALF HOUR of me chatting to a bloke who decided to remake a terrible computer game, boy is this for you.
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-csf92...
www.podbean.com/eas/pb-csf92...
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Love is... a Threads traffic warden badge. Or a Noseybonk mug!
There's a massive 40% Valentine's Day discount on Redbubble, so why not buy the love of your life some Scarred For Life goodies?
Shop: bit.ly/45Oapqo
There's a massive 40% Valentine's Day discount on Redbubble, so why not buy the love of your life some Scarred For Life goodies?
Shop: bit.ly/45Oapqo
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Love is... a Threads traffic warden badge. Or a Noseybonk mug!
There's a massive 40% Valentine's Day discount on Redbubble, so why not buy the love of your life some Scarred For Life goodies?
Shop: bit.ly/45Oapqo
There's a massive 40% Valentine's Day discount on Redbubble, so why not buy the love of your life some Scarred For Life goodies?
Shop: bit.ly/45Oapqo
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Your very first preview of Spectra Aberdeen 2026.
So much more to come!
So much more to come!
February 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Your very first preview of Spectra Aberdeen 2026.
So much more to come!
So much more to come!
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We're putting your opinions into a LIVE SHOW. Catch the full show in Leicester (12–13 Feb 2026), and Glasgow (17th March 2026) Come argue your bollocks opinion - live. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 AM
We're putting your opinions into a LIVE SHOW. Catch the full show in Leicester (12–13 Feb 2026), and Glasgow (17th March 2026) Come argue your bollocks opinion - live. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole
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More Craven Newsround on youtube NOW www.youtube.com/watch?v=njU-...
Rich and Ally’s Craven Newsround - Tuesday 3rd February 2026
YouTube video by Richard Herring
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February 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
More Craven Newsround on youtube NOW www.youtube.com/watch?v=njU-...
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This is making me think about cross-subsidy, which used to support a lot of writers. AutoTrader used to subsidise the Guardian's journalism. Bestselling books subsidised all the others. I'm sure even the BBC's best dramas subsidised its more niche offerings. But then people got all excited about...
“I didn’t have rich parents, a childhood bedroom to return to or an infatuated billionaire intent on marrying me. Either writing had to make me money or I couldn’t do it. “
I wrote about making a living from writing in the new economy.
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I wrote about making a living from writing in the new economy.
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Please sir can I have some more
On making a living as a writer
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February 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
This is making me think about cross-subsidy, which used to support a lot of writers. AutoTrader used to subsidise the Guardian's journalism. Bestselling books subsidised all the others. I'm sure even the BBC's best dramas subsidised its more niche offerings. But then people got all excited about...
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This took me fucking ages
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[Scene is a GREGGS interior. A lone MAN, the only customer in the shop, is standing at counter]
MAN:
Please can I have a sausage roll.
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GREGGS SHOP ASSISTANT:
Certainly sir
[She pulls a leaver on the panini machine and WOOSH the man disappears through a trapdoor].
Whoosh
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[The MAN appears through a chute in an underground bunker. A voice from off-scene greets him]:
Welcome, friend
4
[We see the voice is of a military-looking resistance COMMANDER with a moustache]
COMMANDER:
You said "please can I have" instead of “can I get”…
So now you're one of us.
5
MAN:
W-where am I ...?
[We see him looking at a hi tech UNDERGROUND MILITARY BUNKER - it has resistance vibes, and has lots of screens with maps etc]
6
COMMANDER:
You've joined the resistance…
...against people saying things all American.
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COMMANDER:
We are an underground network of sleeper agents poised to have a right go at young people the moment they say "mom" or "bangs”.
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LIEUTENANT [Staring at screen]:
Agent 244 has just given a Zoomer in Halifax the “could/couldn't care less" speech, sir
COMMANDER:
Very good
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[Show the map of the UK with digital pop ups on it saying ‘GOTTEN’, ‘ZEE’, ‘MATH’ etc
COMMANDER:
You may have heard our name... We are...
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COMMANDER:
...the Fight Against New Yankee Pronunciations and Americanisms Corrupting the King's English!
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[Show the military command center panel. It says on the wall in big metal letters]:
F.A.N.Y.P.A.C.K.E.
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MAN
You've called yourselves the 'Fanny Pack'
COMMANDER:
We didn't spot the acronym
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February 2, 2026 at 10:25 PM
This took me fucking ages
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'Shameless Plug Because I Love It' Dept: THE OCCULTARIA MAJESTERIA by @occultaria.bsky.social and Melody Phelan-Clark is out on Friday 13 February, and it's stunning! A beautiful paranormal compendium from an alternate Britain that's like @scarfolk.bsky.social crossed with a 1970s Christmas annual.
February 2, 2026 at 8:18 PM
'Shameless Plug Because I Love It' Dept: THE OCCULTARIA MAJESTERIA by @occultaria.bsky.social and Melody Phelan-Clark is out on Friday 13 February, and it's stunning! A beautiful paranormal compendium from an alternate Britain that's like @scarfolk.bsky.social crossed with a 1970s Christmas annual.
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We've finally found something more boneless than boneless chicken wings! youtu.be/3ESpU-LSBmc #CupNoodles
February 2, 2026 at 8:20 PM
We've finally found something more boneless than boneless chicken wings! youtu.be/3ESpU-LSBmc #CupNoodles
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It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
February 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
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This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.
February 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.
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Our February 2026 issue features stories by Sarah Pauling, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Raahem Alvi, Claire Jia-Wen, Fiona Moore, Rich Larson, and Louis Inglis Hall.
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February 1, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Our February 2026 issue features stories by Sarah Pauling, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Raahem Alvi, Claire Jia-Wen, Fiona Moore, Rich Larson, and Louis Inglis Hall.
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My new Murder She Wrote review is now up! please consider leaving a comment, dropping a like, and sharing it with people who like weird fake fish. Featuring: GRADY youtu.be/DRKlXAqItgE?...
That Time They ATE the Murder Weapon on Murder, She Wrote
YouTube video by PushingUpRoses
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January 31, 2026 at 7:39 PM
My new Murder She Wrote review is now up! please consider leaving a comment, dropping a like, and sharing it with people who like weird fake fish. Featuring: GRADY youtu.be/DRKlXAqItgE?...
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THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
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10/10 ICE protest sign
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 PM
10/10 ICE protest sign
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remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened
January 31, 2026 at 12:23 PM
remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened