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Stuart Douglas
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· Jul 30
I have three novels to write, all different styles, and I'm worried they bleed into each other, as would whatever I'm reading - but none of them are SF, so I'm going to read the EDAs from the start, as a palette cleanser as I go along.
First up - the 8 Docs, which I remember as being shite.
First up - the 8 Docs, which I remember as being shite.
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Some people never do tire of making sure that their grandchildren will lie about not being related to them
December 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Some people never do tire of making sure that their grandchildren will lie about not being related to them
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God honestly. Doesn’t this just sum up Reform. And their plastic patriotism.
Can’t even give a straight answer or follow the rules on their unbelievably naff merch.
So on brand.
Oh well. You sell or wear one of these, you’ve told us all we need to know about you.
(iPaper)
Can’t even give a straight answer or follow the rules on their unbelievably naff merch.
So on brand.
Oh well. You sell or wear one of these, you’ve told us all we need to know about you.
(iPaper)
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
God honestly. Doesn’t this just sum up Reform. And their plastic patriotism.
Can’t even give a straight answer or follow the rules on their unbelievably naff merch.
So on brand.
Oh well. You sell or wear one of these, you’ve told us all we need to know about you.
(iPaper)
Can’t even give a straight answer or follow the rules on their unbelievably naff merch.
So on brand.
Oh well. You sell or wear one of these, you’ve told us all we need to know about you.
(iPaper)
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I seem to have woken up in 1529…
December 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I seem to have woken up in 1529…
December 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Genuine 'Fucking hell' moment.
No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
December 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Genuine 'Fucking hell' moment.
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Are people doing the "Post a perfect album from the
90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains" thing again specifically to annoy me or... sorry cannot think of another reason.
90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains" thing again specifically to annoy me or... sorry cannot think of another reason.
December 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Are people doing the "Post a perfect album from the
90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains" thing again specifically to annoy me or... sorry cannot think of another reason.
90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains" thing again specifically to annoy me or... sorry cannot think of another reason.
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"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—"
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.
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Miniature musical instrument makers admit defeat as violin size requirement for story is declared "too small to build."
December 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Miniature musical instrument makers admit defeat as violin size requirement for story is declared "too small to build."
Rewatching the absolutely perfect Paddington 2 - and my abiding hatred for
Paddington 3 and every one of those horrible, mawkish ‘Paddington as Angel of Death’ cartoons is increasing by the second.
Paddington 3 and every one of those horrible, mawkish ‘Paddington as Angel of Death’ cartoons is increasing by the second.
December 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Rewatching the absolutely perfect Paddington 2 - and my abiding hatred for
Paddington 3 and every one of those horrible, mawkish ‘Paddington as Angel of Death’ cartoons is increasing by the second.
Paddington 3 and every one of those horrible, mawkish ‘Paddington as Angel of Death’ cartoons is increasing by the second.
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The SF Collections at Liverpool host the Olaf Stapledon Archive. We're delighted that SFF trustee Una McCormack was able to discuss Stapledon's landmark debut novel with Matthew De Abaitua and Andy Miller. www.backlisted.fm/episodes/253...
253. Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon — Backlisted
Writer and critic Matthew De Abaitua joins Andy, Una and Nicky to discuss Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future (1930), the astounding first novel by Olaf Stapledon. The...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The SF Collections at Liverpool host the Olaf Stapledon Archive. We're delighted that SFF trustee Una McCormack was able to discuss Stapledon's landmark debut novel with Matthew De Abaitua and Andy Miller. www.backlisted.fm/episodes/253...
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Moment of the year at Tynecastle has to be Halkett’s derby winner.
The celebrations for that are probably as mental as anything I can remember since Tynecastle had been all-seated.
Fucking incredible.
The celebrations for that are probably as mental as anything I can remember since Tynecastle had been all-seated.
Fucking incredible.
December 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Moment of the year at Tynecastle has to be Halkett’s derby winner.
The celebrations for that are probably as mental as anything I can remember since Tynecastle had been all-seated.
Fucking incredible.
The celebrations for that are probably as mental as anything I can remember since Tynecastle had been all-seated.
Fucking incredible.
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"Whenever people keep being given a platform to say they have no platform, or whenever people speak endlessly about being silenced, you not only have a performative contradiction; you are witnessing a mechanism of power".
Sara Ahmed
Sara Ahmed
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
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December 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Whenever people keep being given a platform to say they have no platform, or whenever people speak endlessly about being silenced, you not only have a performative contradiction; you are witnessing a mechanism of power".
Sara Ahmed
Sara Ahmed
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This is fantastic writing. So good, I think folk that don't even give a fuck about Hearts or even football would enjoy it. The Cammy Devlin paragraph is sensational. "Gorgie was louder than war". Incredible.
The Slow Match Report: Hearts 2 Rangers 1
Last Christmas, Hearts gave us a bleak draw with Moldovan minnows. This year, they're streaking ahead of their domestic rivals... even Sir Walter Scott couldn't have made it up
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December 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
This is fantastic writing. So good, I think folk that don't even give a fuck about Hearts or even football would enjoy it. The Cammy Devlin paragraph is sensational. "Gorgie was louder than war". Incredible.
God, yes. Absolutely dreadful.
Just seen the Paddington / Chris Rea thing. This shit needs to STOP, please. It's twee, offensive and awful, all at once.
December 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
God, yes. Absolutely dreadful.
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All very well beating Celtic, but Hearts proving they can take care of those niggly mid-table sides too
December 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
All very well beating Celtic, but Hearts proving they can take care of those niggly mid-table sides too
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“Arsehole? Then our vodka’s for *you*”
December 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“Arsehole? Then our vodka’s for *you*”
Even though The Mail grassing on The Sun about Rupert Murdoch just feels like a falling out amongst a group of angry middle aged men over who’s not been putting up enough flags.
On David Walliams: The Daily Mail reveals that “showbusiness reporters at The Sun were told to drop negative stories about Walliams because both that newspaper and HarperCollins are owned by Rupert Murdoch's NewsUK, even sharing offices near London Bridge.”
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December 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Even though The Mail grassing on The Sun about Rupert Murdoch just feels like a falling out amongst a group of angry middle aged men over who’s not been putting up enough flags.
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Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.
Exclusive: David Walliams dropped by publisher over inappropriate behaviour towards women
Telegraph investigation into best-selling children’s author uncovers claims that he ‘harassed’ junior female employees at Harper Collins
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December 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.
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The idea of “imported” violence against women and girls is a deeply comforting fiction - one that allows people to avoid looking at where it actually happens: within our homes and behind closed doors.
The Violence Isn’t Imported. It’s Domestic.
Kemi Badenoch’s attempt to blame violence against women on migrants doesn’t just collapse under scrutiny - it actively distracts us from where the harm really happens, and who is actually responsible.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The idea of “imported” violence against women and girls is a deeply comforting fiction - one that allows people to avoid looking at where it actually happens: within our homes and behind closed doors.
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Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
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It's all 'protect women and girls' until its actually a legitimate situation that affects women and girls.
December 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
It's all 'protect women and girls' until its actually a legitimate situation that affects women and girls.
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IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING.
How he lasted longer than Brand is beyond me. (It’s not, he had super-injunctions) couldn’t have happened to a more odious man and literally the worst kept secret in creative media
How he lasted longer than Brand is beyond me. (It’s not, he had super-injunctions) couldn’t have happened to a more odious man and literally the worst kept secret in creative media
December 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING.
How he lasted longer than Brand is beyond me. (It’s not, he had super-injunctions) couldn’t have happened to a more odious man and literally the worst kept secret in creative media
How he lasted longer than Brand is beyond me. (It’s not, he had super-injunctions) couldn’t have happened to a more odious man and literally the worst kept secret in creative media
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Can't believe it's Christmas, and David Walliams is going to be visited by three Ghostwriters to show him the error of his ways.
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Can't believe it's Christmas, and David Walliams is going to be visited by three Ghostwriters to show him the error of his ways.
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Nothing fills me with more optimism than the major journal of publishing signing up for the "steal from authors in order to put all the book people out of work" industry.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Nothing fills me with more optimism than the major journal of publishing signing up for the "steal from authors in order to put all the book people out of work" industry.