Stephen Tuffin
@stephentuffin.bsky.social
Working class writer and pork pie hat wearer. Lover of bees, beer, books and the buntryside. I'm the man who made Michael Sheen cry 😬
Microsoft Word won't let me add 'c*unts' to my dictionary so now I've got the two blue lines of disapproval underlining it. I'm going to try the singular to see if that's acceptable. Don't go away.
March 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Microsoft Word won't let me add 'c*unts' to my dictionary so now I've got the two blue lines of disapproval underlining it. I'm going to try the singular to see if that's acceptable. Don't go away.
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A friend of mine posted this elsewhere.
Some helpful facts to counter, debunk & shame the dumbfuckery being spread by people who have no compunction about causing other people pain, as long as they think those people are on "the other team."
MAGA: The asshole dads we all hate in kids' sports.
A friend of mine posted this elsewhere.
Some helpful facts to counter, debunk & shame the dumbfuckery being spread by people who have no compunction about causing other people pain, as long as they think those people are on "the other team."
MAGA: The asshole dads we all hate in kids' sports.
January 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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A friend of mine posted this elsewhere.
Some helpful facts to counter, debunk & shame the dumbfuckery being spread by people who have no compunction about causing other people pain, as long as they think those people are on "the other team."
MAGA: The asshole dads we all hate in kids' sports.
A friend of mine posted this elsewhere.
Some helpful facts to counter, debunk & shame the dumbfuckery being spread by people who have no compunction about causing other people pain, as long as they think those people are on "the other team."
MAGA: The asshole dads we all hate in kids' sports.
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It may be satire but this clip really sums up where we are on Brexit right now
With the always brilliant @rosieisaholt.bsky.social
With the always brilliant @rosieisaholt.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It may be satire but this clip really sums up where we are on Brexit right now
With the always brilliant @rosieisaholt.bsky.social
With the always brilliant @rosieisaholt.bsky.social
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I couldn’t resist this one.
January 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I couldn’t resist this one.
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Explainer: why austerity doesn’t work
YouTube video by Theo Lester
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January 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Couldn’t help but think of all of the amazing people who have donated to the Sheen Fest fundraiser when I heard Michael say this. With every cent, every offer to help us in our efforts, you have all proven just how true his words are. So proud to be a part of this fandom 🥹🩵
January 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Couldn’t help but think of all of the amazing people who have donated to the Sheen Fest fundraiser when I heard Michael say this. With every cent, every offer to help us in our efforts, you have all proven just how true his words are. So proud to be a part of this fandom 🥹🩵
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Good morning! I've begun a starter pack for prose poets. go.bsky.app/EdpM3cb Please share.
December 27, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Good morning! I've begun a starter pack for prose poets. go.bsky.app/EdpM3cb Please share.
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Israel nearly killed the head of the World Health Organization.
Has any Western government commented on this yet? Can you imagine their response if it was Iran or Russia?
Has any Western government commented on this yet? Can you imagine their response if it was Iran or Russia?
CCTV footage shows WHO chief fleeing Yemeni airport amid Israeli strike – video
The Houthis have been intensifying attacks against Israel in an effort to pressure it to end its war in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Israel nearly killed the head of the World Health Organization.
Has any Western government commented on this yet? Can you imagine their response if it was Iran or Russia?
Has any Western government commented on this yet? Can you imagine their response if it was Iran or Russia?
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King Charles charges this RNLI lifeboat station to launch its boat because he owns the beach. And they’re not the only charity he’s rinsing
(Location: Sennen Cove, Cornwall)
youtu.be/pocnThE3nHc
(Location: Sennen Cove, Cornwall)
youtu.be/pocnThE3nHc
CHARLES, STOP FLEECING BRITAIN
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
youtu.be
November 14, 2024 at 2:15 PM
King Charles charges this RNLI lifeboat station to launch its boat because he owns the beach. And they’re not the only charity he’s rinsing
(Location: Sennen Cove, Cornwall)
youtu.be/pocnThE3nHc
(Location: Sennen Cove, Cornwall)
youtu.be/pocnThE3nHc
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New Writing Prize here with some fabulous judges - includes writers from UK & Ireland and is for novel, play or screenwriting.
Please share :)
Please share :)
Launch of Oxford/42 New Writing Prize: now open for submissions
www.english.ox.ac.uk
December 28, 2024 at 5:40 PM
New Writing Prize here with some fabulous judges - includes writers from UK & Ireland and is for novel, play or screenwriting.
Please share :)
Please share :)
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Weatherglass Prize for a novella (rare in this day and age), with the wonderful Ali Smith as judge.
International.
Please share:
weatherglassbooks.com/novella-priz...
International.
Please share:
weatherglassbooks.com/novella-priz...
December 28, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Weatherglass Prize for a novella (rare in this day and age), with the wonderful Ali Smith as judge.
International.
Please share:
weatherglassbooks.com/novella-priz...
International.
Please share:
weatherglassbooks.com/novella-priz...
There's something very dodgy going on at ABBA Voyage. I've been waiting outside the stage door, autograph book and pen poised, since the end of yesterday's matinee and they still haven't come out.
December 15, 2024 at 11:27 AM
There's something very dodgy going on at ABBA Voyage. I've been waiting outside the stage door, autograph book and pen poised, since the end of yesterday's matinee and they still haven't come out.
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Creating the conditions that promote voter apathy is a very effective voter suppression tactic to keep incumbent self-dealing "do-nothings" reelected locally & monsters in office at the federal level.
New Jersey is a case in point.
#DemVoice1 #DemCastNJ #wtpBLUE #DemCast
New Jersey is a case in point.
#DemVoice1 #DemCastNJ #wtpBLUE #DemCast
December 10, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Creating the conditions that promote voter apathy is a very effective voter suppression tactic to keep incumbent self-dealing "do-nothings" reelected locally & monsters in office at the federal level.
New Jersey is a case in point.
#DemVoice1 #DemCastNJ #wtpBLUE #DemCast
New Jersey is a case in point.
#DemVoice1 #DemCastNJ #wtpBLUE #DemCast
The footballer is in the tree.
December 3, 2024 at 10:44 PM
The footballer is in the tree.
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Talking Tales is back
Quarterly in2025
New year, new venue but you’ll do just fine as you are ❤️
Quarterly in2025
New year, new venue but you’ll do just fine as you are ❤️
November 30, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Talking Tales is back
Quarterly in2025
New year, new venue but you’ll do just fine as you are ❤️
Quarterly in2025
New year, new venue but you’ll do just fine as you are ❤️
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A massive privilege for me and Leon to be a small part of bringing books and families together.
#prisons #prisoners #reading #books
#prisons #prisoners #reading #books
Home - Prison Reading Groups
About PRG Prison Reading Groups was set up in 1999 to help start, fund and...
prisonreadinggroups.org.uk
November 29, 2024 at 1:32 PM
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So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
November 25, 2024 at 10:30 PM
So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
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Take note. Don’t get into it with them. Don’t argue for fun. Don’t give them oxygen or attention.
Block early.
Block early.
Now that they destroyed their own neighborhood, the Maga/Elon trolls are rolling in to BlueSky.
My recommendation is to block early, on the first offense, without explanation.
Here are my rules why I block them:
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
My recommendation is to block early, on the first offense, without explanation.
Here are my rules why I block them:
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
This Is Why I Blocked You
A list for my MAGA trolls.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Take note. Don’t get into it with them. Don’t argue for fun. Don’t give them oxygen or attention.
Block early.
Block early.
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Edinburgh Young adult Fiction Prize — Scottish Arts Trust
For writers and illustrators of novels and graphic novels created for readers aged 12 years and older. All genres including humour, romance, drama, horror, queer, contemporary, realist, speculative f...
www.scottishartstrust.org
November 23, 2024 at 1:39 AM
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As I am over here now and gone from there I thought it might be okay to (re)post the piece I wrote about my mum's death in 2021, titled 'Call Mum, Home' which Michael Sheen recorded on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Radio Wales - Michael Sheen: Margins to Mainstream, Call Mum Home by Stephen Tuffin
In this bonus episode, Michael Sheen performs Call Mum Home by Stephen Tuffin.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2024 at 12:52 PM
As I am over here now and gone from there I thought it might be okay to (re)post the piece I wrote about my mum's death in 2021, titled 'Call Mum, Home' which Michael Sheen recorded on BBC Sounds. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
I've just been to see Gladiator II. Here is my detailed verdict. 🙄
November 21, 2024 at 9:25 PM
I've just been to see Gladiator II. Here is my detailed verdict. 🙄