Paul Carnahan
@pacarnahan.bsky.social
Writer. Grump. Pet-wrangler. MDANT. New novel 'End of a Century' out now. 'How Soon Is Now?' also available on Amazon and from Audible.
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Paul Carnahan
@pacarnahan.bsky.social
· Oct 7
Travel in time. Fall in love ... or both.
'How Soon Is Now?' and 'End of a Century', out now in print and on Kindle.
'Carnahan has such a gift for writing characters that feel alive and utterly real...' ✭✭✭✭✭
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'How Soon Is Now?' and 'End of a Century', out now in print and on Kindle.
'Carnahan has such a gift for writing characters that feel alive and utterly real...' ✭✭✭✭✭
#BookSky
www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Paul-...
The biggest hoax Brexiters pulled off was convincing (some) people these figures are all just theoretical: ‘This is about freedom, not economics!’
This is about jobs. It’s about wages. It’s about public services, your bills, your food.
Brexit wasn’t just a con. It was a heist, and we’re all paying.
This is about jobs. It’s about wages. It’s about public services, your bills, your food.
Brexit wasn’t just a con. It was a heist, and we’re all paying.
"Research released this month by economists at the Bank of England, the Bundesbank, King’s College London and the universities of Stanford and Nottingham underscored the economic hit from leaving the EU. Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6-8%"
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Rachel Reeves signals she will break manifesto pledge with Budget tax rises
Chancellor hopes to win support from Labour MPs by lifting two-child benefit cap
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November 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The biggest hoax Brexiters pulled off was convincing (some) people these figures are all just theoretical: ‘This is about freedom, not economics!’
This is about jobs. It’s about wages. It’s about public services, your bills, your food.
Brexit wasn’t just a con. It was a heist, and we’re all paying.
This is about jobs. It’s about wages. It’s about public services, your bills, your food.
Brexit wasn’t just a con. It was a heist, and we’re all paying.
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A naive person makes a humanistic plea. Stop routinely referring to everyone as generation this or generation that. They're people, ok.
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A naive person makes a humanistic plea. Stop routinely referring to everyone as generation this or generation that. They're people, ok.
Not sure what happened with these pics, but I think I like it…
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Not sure what happened with these pics, but I think I like it…
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We all know the BBC isn't perfect but if Trump, Boris Johnson and The Telegraph are going after it you can be sure it's still getting in the way of the world that they want. At least the BBC is accountable - when were Trump or Johnson or The Telegraph accountable for anything?
November 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We all know the BBC isn't perfect but if Trump, Boris Johnson and The Telegraph are going after it you can be sure it's still getting in the way of the world that they want. At least the BBC is accountable - when were Trump or Johnson or The Telegraph accountable for anything?
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As a small business owner I can tell you categorically that not every one of these business owners "believed that, with Brexit, the regulatory burden on their shoulders would become less"
It was quite the opposite and plenty of small business owners campaigned to Remain for precisely this reason.
It was quite the opposite and plenty of small business owners campaigned to Remain for precisely this reason.
November 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
As a small business owner I can tell you categorically that not every one of these business owners "believed that, with Brexit, the regulatory burden on their shoulders would become less"
It was quite the opposite and plenty of small business owners campaigned to Remain for precisely this reason.
It was quite the opposite and plenty of small business owners campaigned to Remain for precisely this reason.
The 'hey, we're just normal kids, like YOU!' sales pitch would probably work better without the picture.
Last night, Dick Tice launched Students4Reform (See what they did there, the scamps? They replaced "for" WITH THE NUMBER).
It will be led by Matt Goodwin, a man in his mid-forties, and it looked exactly like you imagine. ~AA
It will be led by Matt Goodwin, a man in his mid-forties, and it looked exactly like you imagine. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The 'hey, we're just normal kids, like YOU!' sales pitch would probably work better without the picture.
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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Adam Ant : Kings Of The Wild Frontier is 45 today! : in depth look at an album of pop genius louderthanwar.com/adam-ant-kin... via @louderthanwar
Adam Ant : Kings Of The Wild Frontier : in depth look at an album of pop genius
History has painted this album as the coming of Adam Ant - pop star - the escape hatch from his underground Dirk to fully flowered pop icon status. Whilst this is true in many ways the album that saw ...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Adam Ant : Kings Of The Wild Frontier is 45 today! : in depth look at an album of pop genius louderthanwar.com/adam-ant-kin... via @louderthanwar
A few things spotted while on a quick evening jaunt around Morningside, Marchmont and Bruntsfield in That Edinburgh:
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A few things spotted while on a quick evening jaunt around Morningside, Marchmont and Bruntsfield in That Edinburgh:
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If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
If they only knew how to zoom in, they might just be able to make out the red poppy too....
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I’m at SPOT Design Market today!
Wonderful venue ✨
Pollokshaws Burgh Hall
11am - 4pm
Wonderful venue ✨
Pollokshaws Burgh Hall
11am - 4pm
November 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I’m at SPOT Design Market today!
Wonderful venue ✨
Pollokshaws Burgh Hall
11am - 4pm
Wonderful venue ✨
Pollokshaws Burgh Hall
11am - 4pm
Um Bongo never did produce sales figures to back up claims of their drink's popularity in Central Africa, did they? Suspicious.
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Um Bongo never did produce sales figures to back up claims of their drink's popularity in Central Africa, did they? Suspicious.
A mysterious invitation leads to a secret club for time travellers and a desperate mission into the past in 'How Soon Is Now?' – 'part time-travel tale, part emotional rollercoaster, this is a beautiful read.'
Out now in print, on Kindle and from Audible.
#BookSky
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Soon-Now...
Out now in print, on Kindle and from Audible.
#BookSky
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Soon-Now...
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A mysterious invitation leads to a secret club for time travellers and a desperate mission into the past in 'How Soon Is Now?' – 'part time-travel tale, part emotional rollercoaster, this is a beautiful read.'
Out now in print, on Kindle and from Audible.
#BookSky
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Soon-Now...
Out now in print, on Kindle and from Audible.
#BookSky
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Soon-Now...
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It's been a very quiet week.
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
It's been a very quiet week.
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.
So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.
Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
Don't worry, Labour minister – they're quite used to that by now.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Don't worry, Labour minister – they're quite used to that by now.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Just added to my Etsy shop:
🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars
🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
💐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars
🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
💐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just added to my Etsy shop:
🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars
🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
💐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
🌿final small print run of my '26 calendars
🪶my handmade recycled silver jewellery designs (incl intricate casts of real flowers)
🌸limited ed'n mounted art prints of my photos
💐tiny posy mental health kits
Last orders for📮 in time for🌲: 19 Nov
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Has anyone seen him since? Is he still running?
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
November 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Has anyone seen him since? Is he still running?
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Looking after a little sister is a full-time job.
November 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Looking after a little sister is a full-time job.
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Argh fuck no don't
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Amazon introduces Kindle Translate, an AI-powered translation service for authors to reach global readers
The service translates between English and Spanish, and from German to English, expanding opportunities for Kindle Direct Publishing authors.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Argh fuck no don't
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Even I thought this was one of mine!
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Even I thought this was one of mine!
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Birdwatching with Cricket.
November 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Birdwatching with Cricket.
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Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85
Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85
Family pays tribute to actor who was ‘bright, sparky, witty presence on stage and screen’
The Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins has died aged 85, her family have announced.
She died peacefully, and surrounded by her family, in her care home in Highgate, north London, having had Parkinson’s disease for several years, they said. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85