Chris Farnell
@thebrainofchris.bsky.social
I've written the Crew Handbook for Star Trek Lower Decks, the Prospectus for Life is Strange's Caledon University, the joke book for Doctor Who and the continuing misadventures of the deadly starship Fermi.
https://chrisfarnell.com
https://chrisfarnell.com
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“The Fermi is the fastest ship, and the deadliest weapon in the universe. We only need it to be one of those things.”
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My homepage: chrisfarnell.com/fermis-progr...
Paperback: www.amazon.co.uk/Fermis-Progr...
Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QG5BLFD
Scarlet Ferret: scarletferret.com/fermis-progr...
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My homepage: chrisfarnell.com/fermis-progr...
Paperback: www.amazon.co.uk/Fermis-Progr...
Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QG5BLFD
Scarlet Ferret: scarletferret.com/fermis-progr...
Hi, it's me, Bsky's biggest continuity wanker. I think Doctor Who is a single self-consistent story and get nervous when travel times between known destinations in Star Trek don't line up.
Are you dense? Do you think Casino Royale happened before Dr No? Who was Lazenby Bond calling "The other guy"?
Are you dense? Do you think Casino Royale happened before Dr No? Who was Lazenby Bond calling "The other guy"?
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Hi, it's me, Bsky's biggest continuity wanker. I think Doctor Who is a single self-consistent story and get nervous when travel times between known destinations in Star Trek don't line up.
Are you dense? Do you think Casino Royale happened before Dr No? Who was Lazenby Bond calling "The other guy"?
Are you dense? Do you think Casino Royale happened before Dr No? Who was Lazenby Bond calling "The other guy"?
Part of me thinks it'd be fun to have Oates come for you, in the same way there's a bit of you that wants to dive into the sun, or eat colourful laundry detergent pods.
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Part of me thinks it'd be fun to have Oates come for you, in the same way there's a bit of you that wants to dive into the sun, or eat colourful laundry detergent pods.
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The BBC should tell Trump their apology is at the end of a replay of Ghost Watch that he has to watch all the way through first.
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The BBC should tell Trump their apology is at the end of a replay of Ghost Watch that he has to watch all the way through first.
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Surely that’s just low-polyamory
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Surely that’s just low-polyamory
My feelings about the BBC are largely in line with my feelings about the NHS.
I think it is vital we have a publicly owned and funded broadcaster and its enemies are my enemies, but I *detest* the way it's talked about as some gift to the peasantry we're supposed to be fawningly grateful for.
I think it is vital we have a publicly owned and funded broadcaster and its enemies are my enemies, but I *detest* the way it's talked about as some gift to the peasantry we're supposed to be fawningly grateful for.
Revealing division in my timeline between (1) my insider friends who have lived privileged lives who are very keen that we defend the BBC and think it's important it survives and (2) my outsider friends who feel (at best) ambivalent about the BBC's survival.
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 AM
My feelings about the BBC are largely in line with my feelings about the NHS.
I think it is vital we have a publicly owned and funded broadcaster and its enemies are my enemies, but I *detest* the way it's talked about as some gift to the peasantry we're supposed to be fawningly grateful for.
I think it is vital we have a publicly owned and funded broadcaster and its enemies are my enemies, but I *detest* the way it's talked about as some gift to the peasantry we're supposed to be fawningly grateful for.
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Only right wing people are real. And that has always been true. Even the union members and activists were right wing, because they were in the olden days. In black and white and flat caps. The wokes don’t want you to know that. Of course. It makes sense now.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Only right wing people are real. And that has always been true. Even the union members and activists were right wing, because they were in the olden days. In black and white and flat caps. The wokes don’t want you to know that. Of course. It makes sense now.
We're heading towards the Star Trek future. It's just we're not actually Earth in that future.
We're one of those planets where they worship a computer as a God until Kirk comes along and says "It's not even that good though. Look, I told it the 'All Cretans are liars' paradox and now it's on fire."
We're one of those planets where they worship a computer as a God until Kirk comes along and says "It's not even that good though. Look, I told it the 'All Cretans are liars' paradox and now it's on fire."
Imagine, in the 80s we thought robots would become super intelligent and destroy civilisation, and it turns out in fact we're going to be destroyed by robots giving people idiotic advice.
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
We're heading towards the Star Trek future. It's just we're not actually Earth in that future.
We're one of those planets where they worship a computer as a God until Kirk comes along and says "It's not even that good though. Look, I told it the 'All Cretans are liars' paradox and now it's on fire."
We're one of those planets where they worship a computer as a God until Kirk comes along and says "It's not even that good though. Look, I told it the 'All Cretans are liars' paradox and now it's on fire."
I know he's meant to be deeply flawed and morally judging the actions of fictional characters means you're an idiot who doesn't understand that it's all made up, but still - If the monster I created said he'd "be with me on my wedding night" I'd probably just not get married.
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I know he's meant to be deeply flawed and morally judging the actions of fictional characters means you're an idiot who doesn't understand that it's all made up, but still - If the monster I created said he'd "be with me on my wedding night" I'd probably just not get married.
The Federation is getting a shitload more Paul Verhoeven and I'm going to get real fucking weird with the Liberator.
Hands up everyone who has a story treatment in their head for how they'd bring back Blake's 7
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Federation is getting a shitload more Paul Verhoeven and I'm going to get real fucking weird with the Liberator.
I was trying to find the name of the ship attempting to get to the North Pole in Frankenstein: shipping.fandom.com/wiki/Waltons...
Waltonstein
Waltonstein is the slash ship between Robert Walton and Victor Frankenstein from the Frankenstein fandom. The very beginning of the book is a series of letters written from Walton's point-of-view to h...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I was trying to find the name of the ship attempting to get to the North Pole in Frankenstein: shipping.fandom.com/wiki/Waltons...
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me defending all the corniest episodes of TNG:
February 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
me defending all the corniest episodes of TNG:
Having made this (excellent) joke, I have got to say - The Long Walk is a really god and weirdly incredibly hopeful film. It is a premise that is just begging to expose the nastiest part of human nature's underbelly, and it goes entirely the opposite way.
Hi, it's me. Horror maestro Stephen King. But I have had ideas so edgy, subversive and fucked up, I must publish them under my pseudonym, Richard Bachman.
Ideas like, what if there was a dystopian game show where you had to run?
Or , what if there was a dystopian game show where you had to walk?
Ideas like, what if there was a dystopian game show where you had to run?
Or , what if there was a dystopian game show where you had to walk?
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Having made this (excellent) joke, I have got to say - The Long Walk is a really god and weirdly incredibly hopeful film. It is a premise that is just begging to expose the nastiest part of human nature's underbelly, and it goes entirely the opposite way.
My agenda as Director General of the BBC:
1: Cancel Doctor Who
2: Current affairs programming now only to concern itself with documentaries on whether the licence fee should be abolished.
3: In the News programming segment journalists should preface and follow up all questions with an apology.
1: Cancel Doctor Who
2: Current affairs programming now only to concern itself with documentaries on whether the licence fee should be abolished.
3: In the News programming segment journalists should preface and follow up all questions with an apology.
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My agenda as Director General of the BBC:
1: Cancel Doctor Who
2: Current affairs programming now only to concern itself with documentaries on whether the licence fee should be abolished.
3: In the News programming segment journalists should preface and follow up all questions with an apology.
1: Cancel Doctor Who
2: Current affairs programming now only to concern itself with documentaries on whether the licence fee should be abolished.
3: In the News programming segment journalists should preface and follow up all questions with an apology.
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It’s interesting that in fact the absence of the feminine is a key, maybe *the* key, plot point of the story
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
It’s interesting that in fact the absence of the feminine is a key, maybe *the* key, plot point of the story
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Can anyone recommend any academic essays (that are publicly available online or that you could send me) exploring the parallels between Loki and Ulysses expanding on Snorri's slightly throwaway lines on the topic. Or failing that, general explorations of Troy-as-Asgard? #MedievalSky #ClassicsSky
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Can anyone recommend any academic essays (that are publicly available online or that you could send me) exploring the parallels between Loki and Ulysses expanding on Snorri's slightly throwaway lines on the topic. Or failing that, general explorations of Troy-as-Asgard? #MedievalSky #ClassicsSky
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This is an entirely uncontroversial view in international law and usually taught in 101.
November 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
This is an entirely uncontroversial view in international law and usually taught in 101.
Hi, it's me. Horror maestro Stephen King. But I have had ideas so edgy, subversive and fucked up, I must publish them under my pseudonym, Richard Bachman.
Ideas like, what if there was a dystopian game show where you had to run?
Or , what if there was a dystopian game show where you had to walk?
Ideas like, what if there was a dystopian game show where you had to run?
Or , what if there was a dystopian game show where you had to walk?
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Hi, it's me. Horror maestro Stephen King. But I have had ideas so edgy, subversive and fucked up, I must publish them under my pseudonym, Richard Bachman.
Ideas like, what if there was a dystopian game show where you had to run?
Or , what if there was a dystopian game show where you had to walk?
Ideas like, what if there was a dystopian game show where you had to run?
Or , what if there was a dystopian game show where you had to walk?
Me: I hate it when Marvel movies do villains who want objectively good things but "go too far" so heroes have to stop them and preserve the status quo.
@ryannorth.ca: Fantastic Four and the Avengers team up to stop Doom implementing universal healthcare, free education and open borders.
Me: Yessss.
@ryannorth.ca: Fantastic Four and the Avengers team up to stop Doom implementing universal healthcare, free education and open borders.
Me: Yessss.
November 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Me: I hate it when Marvel movies do villains who want objectively good things but "go too far" so heroes have to stop them and preserve the status quo.
@ryannorth.ca: Fantastic Four and the Avengers team up to stop Doom implementing universal healthcare, free education and open borders.
Me: Yessss.
@ryannorth.ca: Fantastic Four and the Avengers team up to stop Doom implementing universal healthcare, free education and open borders.
Me: Yessss.
It's weird the way brains work. I completely forgot until just now *why* the Frankenstein-based economy in Fermi's Wake was based in a city riding along the top of a glacier.
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
'The most desolate place in the world': The sea of ice that inspired Frankenstein
This French glacier has given rise to countless works of art in the past 200 years. Paintings, photos and satellites reveal how the site has dramatically transformed.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
It's weird the way brains work. I completely forgot until just now *why* the Frankenstein-based economy in Fermi's Wake was based in a city riding along the top of a glacier.
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
Reposting this in honour of N7 Day (it's going to be due an update soon)
chrisfarnell.com/ranking-the-...
chrisfarnell.com/ranking-the-...
Ranking The Rag-Tag Spaceship Crews of Videogames – Chris Farnell's Website
chrisfarnell.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Reposting this in honour of N7 Day (it's going to be due an update soon)
chrisfarnell.com/ranking-the-...
chrisfarnell.com/ranking-the-...
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Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
I am a 41 year old man and my social media bubble is mostly arranged around that age in a bell curve.
But I think we're actually getting old.
But I think we're actually getting old.
Imagine if you met someone irl who kept talking like people do on here, throwing under the bus, kept the receipts, lives rent-free etc, you'd quite rightly punch them in the face
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I am a 41 year old man and my social media bubble is mostly arranged around that age in a bell curve.
But I think we're actually getting old.
But I think we're actually getting old.
When Bluesky introduces a function that means you have to click through a warning before seeing all my Fermi's Progress and Fermi's Wake promotional posts, that's known as the Great Filter.
bsky.app/profile/theb...
bsky.app/profile/theb...
“The Fermi is the fastest ship, and the deadliest weapon in the universe. We only need it to be one of those things.”
At
My homepage: chrisfarnell.com/fermis-progr...
Paperback: www.amazon.co.uk/Fermis-Progr...
Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QG5BLFD
Scarlet Ferret: scarletferret.com/fermis-progr...
At
My homepage: chrisfarnell.com/fermis-progr...
Paperback: www.amazon.co.uk/Fermis-Progr...
Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QG5BLFD
Scarlet Ferret: scarletferret.com/fermis-progr...
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
When Bluesky introduces a function that means you have to click through a warning before seeing all my Fermi's Progress and Fermi's Wake promotional posts, that's known as the Great Filter.
bsky.app/profile/theb...
bsky.app/profile/theb...
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