TimurphySmith
@timwrite.net
Ex-chef. Ex-journalist (A.i. is getting all the work) I write words for free, for money, for my own health.
I’m trying to learn #Gaeilge
#LGM
First novel: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08YZ11TGP
Next novel - will not be on Amazon.
https://timwrite.net
I’m trying to learn #Gaeilge
#LGM
First novel: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08YZ11TGP
Next novel - will not be on Amazon.
https://timwrite.net
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Factual work
What follows happened. In real life. Mostly to me. https://timwrite.net/on-being-questioned-about-the-death-of-my-child/ https://timwrite.net/t-morgue-with-my-daughter/ https://timwrite.net/factual-wo...
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I write fiction mostly. But, big but, factual writing is a hard task too but worth it.
timwrite.net/factual-work/
timwrite.net/factual-work/
FFS blind and sight-impaired want to resist Trump, Orban, the Argentine bloke who looks like a farmer from Wexford…
So, if you’re going to post resistance texts in images… be humane and use alt.text.
It’s just not that hard to be inclusive. In fact that’s what I thought we are all trying for.
So, if you’re going to post resistance texts in images… be humane and use alt.text.
It’s just not that hard to be inclusive. In fact that’s what I thought we are all trying for.
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
FFS blind and sight-impaired want to resist Trump, Orban, the Argentine bloke who looks like a farmer from Wexford…
So, if you’re going to post resistance texts in images… be humane and use alt.text.
It’s just not that hard to be inclusive. In fact that’s what I thought we are all trying for.
So, if you’re going to post resistance texts in images… be humane and use alt.text.
It’s just not that hard to be inclusive. In fact that’s what I thought we are all trying for.
Dictator Hacks.
1. Ensure the populace believes education is purely for economic outcomes.
2. Keep the populace poor but offer chimeras of attainment.
3. Be in a continuous state of war preparation. External threats are useful even if they don’t exist.
4. Have a target (foreigners, the disabled)
1. Ensure the populace believes education is purely for economic outcomes.
2. Keep the populace poor but offer chimeras of attainment.
3. Be in a continuous state of war preparation. External threats are useful even if they don’t exist.
4. Have a target (foreigners, the disabled)
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Dictator Hacks.
1. Ensure the populace believes education is purely for economic outcomes.
2. Keep the populace poor but offer chimeras of attainment.
3. Be in a continuous state of war preparation. External threats are useful even if they don’t exist.
4. Have a target (foreigners, the disabled)
1. Ensure the populace believes education is purely for economic outcomes.
2. Keep the populace poor but offer chimeras of attainment.
3. Be in a continuous state of war preparation. External threats are useful even if they don’t exist.
4. Have a target (foreigners, the disabled)
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Today we filed 1st Amendment lawsuit against AG Pam Bondi & Dept of Justice for illegal firing of senior official w/o any due process for personal comments of public interest he made on private date that turned out to be targeted O'Keefe operation.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Former DOJ official whose remarks about Epstein files were recorded sues over firing
In the lawsuit, Joseph Schnitt claims he was secretly recorded during private conversations with a woman he met on Hinge.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Today we filed 1st Amendment lawsuit against AG Pam Bondi & Dept of Justice for illegal firing of senior official w/o any due process for personal comments of public interest he made on private date that turned out to be targeted O'Keefe operation.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Story arc:
Everything is lovely.
A major character coughs into a handkerchief.
M.C. hides that blood was in that hankie and then lives for the moment.
Love is reignited.
Death scene.
M.C. rises again and goes on a terrible rampage.
Love connection defeats zombie character. Tears.
The End.
Everything is lovely.
A major character coughs into a handkerchief.
M.C. hides that blood was in that hankie and then lives for the moment.
Love is reignited.
Death scene.
M.C. rises again and goes on a terrible rampage.
Love connection defeats zombie character. Tears.
The End.
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Story arc:
Everything is lovely.
A major character coughs into a handkerchief.
M.C. hides that blood was in that hankie and then lives for the moment.
Love is reignited.
Death scene.
M.C. rises again and goes on a terrible rampage.
Love connection defeats zombie character. Tears.
The End.
Everything is lovely.
A major character coughs into a handkerchief.
M.C. hides that blood was in that hankie and then lives for the moment.
Love is reignited.
Death scene.
M.C. rises again and goes on a terrible rampage.
Love connection defeats zombie character. Tears.
The End.
A tale of the first time a gay man said he didn’t fancy me.
1980.
I’d been taught that gay people immediately jump young straight lads like me.
Instead he took me and my then girlfriend to some amazing clubs in London AND we learnt some polari.
Learning moments, eh? Worth their weight in life.
1980.
I’d been taught that gay people immediately jump young straight lads like me.
Instead he took me and my then girlfriend to some amazing clubs in London AND we learnt some polari.
Learning moments, eh? Worth their weight in life.
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A tale of the first time a gay man said he didn’t fancy me.
1980.
I’d been taught that gay people immediately jump young straight lads like me.
Instead he took me and my then girlfriend to some amazing clubs in London AND we learnt some polari.
Learning moments, eh? Worth their weight in life.
1980.
I’d been taught that gay people immediately jump young straight lads like me.
Instead he took me and my then girlfriend to some amazing clubs in London AND we learnt some polari.
Learning moments, eh? Worth their weight in life.
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www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/w...
The EU’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognize a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.
The EU’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognize a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.
EU court says same-sex marriages should be recognized throughout bloc | CNN
The EU’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognize a marriage between two of its citizens that took plac...
www.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/w...
The EU’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognize a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.
The EU’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that same-sex marriages must be respected throughout the bloc and rebuked Poland for refusing to recognize a marriage between two of its citizens that took place in Germany.
Why the hell learn Irish (#Gaeilge)?
Here’s a an ongoing series about my stumbling attempt to answer that question.
Apologies to all of Ireland if I’ve made a bollocks of it.
timwrite.net/why-the-hell...
Here’s a an ongoing series about my stumbling attempt to answer that question.
Apologies to all of Ireland if I’ve made a bollocks of it.
timwrite.net/why-the-hell...
Why the hell learn Irish?
A continuing series about how I'm learning to speak and read Irish (Gaeilge). Brexit changed everything. It charged me up enough to get Irish citizenship and then contend with the language. Laughs and...
timwrite.net
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Why the hell learn Irish (#Gaeilge)?
Here’s a an ongoing series about my stumbling attempt to answer that question.
Apologies to all of Ireland if I’ve made a bollocks of it.
timwrite.net/why-the-hell...
Here’s a an ongoing series about my stumbling attempt to answer that question.
Apologies to all of Ireland if I’ve made a bollocks of it.
timwrite.net/why-the-hell...
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British explorer Felicity Aston is the first woman to ski solo across Antarctica 😮 --from coast to coast, relying only on her own strength. ⛷️
#OTD in 2011, her 1,084-mile (1,744-km), 59-day journey began. #adventure #trek #firsts #skiing
startupsmagazine.co.uk/index.php/ar...
#OTD in 2011, her 1,084-mile (1,744-km), 59-day journey began. #adventure #trek #firsts #skiing
startupsmagazine.co.uk/index.php/ar...
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
British explorer Felicity Aston is the first woman to ski solo across Antarctica 😮 --from coast to coast, relying only on her own strength. ⛷️
#OTD in 2011, her 1,084-mile (1,744-km), 59-day journey began. #adventure #trek #firsts #skiing
startupsmagazine.co.uk/index.php/ar...
#OTD in 2011, her 1,084-mile (1,744-km), 59-day journey began. #adventure #trek #firsts #skiing
startupsmagazine.co.uk/index.php/ar...
Channel 4 in the UK is going to air the brilliant ‘Say Nothing’. It was previously only available via paid streaming.
It’s about what’s euphemised (sic) as ‘The Troubles’ in the north of Ireland.
British people need to watch it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Say_Not...
It’s about what’s euphemised (sic) as ‘The Troubles’ in the north of Ireland.
British people need to watch it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Say_Not...
Say Nothing (TV series) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Channel 4 in the UK is going to air the brilliant ‘Say Nothing’. It was previously only available via paid streaming.
It’s about what’s euphemised (sic) as ‘The Troubles’ in the north of Ireland.
British people need to watch it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Say_Not...
It’s about what’s euphemised (sic) as ‘The Troubles’ in the north of Ireland.
British people need to watch it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Say_Not...
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If my taxes help children and help people put food on their table.
That is f***ing brilliant.
That is f***ing brilliant.
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
If my taxes help children and help people put food on their table.
That is f***ing brilliant.
That is f***ing brilliant.
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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A rainy vigil is winding down at the site of a Nov. 18 morning ICE raid on the Bro-Tex Inc. facility in St. Paul. 14 people were taken and a number of protesters were maced by federal police. Tonight's event was called by @miracmn.bsky.social .
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A rainy vigil is winding down at the site of a Nov. 18 morning ICE raid on the Bro-Tex Inc. facility in St. Paul. 14 people were taken and a number of protesters were maced by federal police. Tonight's event was called by @miracmn.bsky.social .
Seriously, where are the Aussies?
My cat, Sydney, and my dog, Hobart need to know.
(Also me, I miss Aus a lot)
My cat, Sydney, and my dog, Hobart need to know.
(Also me, I miss Aus a lot)
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Seriously, where are the Aussies?
My cat, Sydney, and my dog, Hobart need to know.
(Also me, I miss Aus a lot)
My cat, Sydney, and my dog, Hobart need to know.
(Also me, I miss Aus a lot)
“Tim, why is all the writing work on your website free? Don’t you know A.i. will scrape it!”
Well now:
1. I love writing, been doing it for 40 years.
2. I’ve run out of energy trying to find an agent (my bad of course).
3. I love it when people read the work.
4. I’ll be dead soon. Why wait?
Well now:
1. I love writing, been doing it for 40 years.
2. I’ve run out of energy trying to find an agent (my bad of course).
3. I love it when people read the work.
4. I’ll be dead soon. Why wait?
November 26, 2025 at 12:10 AM
“Tim, why is all the writing work on your website free? Don’t you know A.i. will scrape it!”
Well now:
1. I love writing, been doing it for 40 years.
2. I’ve run out of energy trying to find an agent (my bad of course).
3. I love it when people read the work.
4. I’ll be dead soon. Why wait?
Well now:
1. I love writing, been doing it for 40 years.
2. I’ve run out of energy trying to find an agent (my bad of course).
3. I love it when people read the work.
4. I’ll be dead soon. Why wait?
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I might post the risotto recipe and method I was taught by an Italian Nona in Sydney.
She hit me with a spatula if I got it wrong.
She hit me with a spatula if I got it wrong.
November 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I might post the risotto recipe and method I was taught by an Italian Nona in Sydney.
She hit me with a spatula if I got it wrong.
She hit me with a spatula if I got it wrong.
I think I’ve given up booze by accident.
This means when I go out amid, you know, people, I just sort of stand there for 10 minutes before making what’s called an Irish exit.
This means when I go out amid, you know, people, I just sort of stand there for 10 minutes before making what’s called an Irish exit.
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I think I’ve given up booze by accident.
This means when I go out amid, you know, people, I just sort of stand there for 10 minutes before making what’s called an Irish exit.
This means when I go out amid, you know, people, I just sort of stand there for 10 minutes before making what’s called an Irish exit.
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Phillipe Sands book, ‘38 Londres Street’ about the legal/moral issues relating to General Pinochet is brilliant.
Trump should read it.
The name of the book refers to the HQ of the Chilean Socialist Party that Pinochet turned into a torture centre.
Have you read it @davidallengreen.bsky.social ?
Trump should read it.
The name of the book refers to the HQ of the Chilean Socialist Party that Pinochet turned into a torture centre.
Have you read it @davidallengreen.bsky.social ?
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Phillipe Sands book, ‘38 Londres Street’ about the legal/moral issues relating to General Pinochet is brilliant.
Trump should read it.
The name of the book refers to the HQ of the Chilean Socialist Party that Pinochet turned into a torture centre.
Have you read it @davidallengreen.bsky.social ?
Trump should read it.
The name of the book refers to the HQ of the Chilean Socialist Party that Pinochet turned into a torture centre.
Have you read it @davidallengreen.bsky.social ?
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Songs that offended people who never listened to them but were told they would be offended.
Spasticus Autisticus - Ian Dury et al
White Noise - Stiff Little Fingers
Gay Bar - Electric Six
#Music
Spasticus Autisticus - Ian Dury et al
White Noise - Stiff Little Fingers
Gay Bar - Electric Six
#Music
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Songs that offended people who never listened to them but were told they would be offended.
Spasticus Autisticus - Ian Dury et al
White Noise - Stiff Little Fingers
Gay Bar - Electric Six
#Music
Spasticus Autisticus - Ian Dury et al
White Noise - Stiff Little Fingers
Gay Bar - Electric Six
#Music
Are there still listening parties on social media? You know, when we'd find a group of people who listened to a music album all the way through starting at the same time?
#Music
#Music
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Are there still listening parties on social media? You know, when we'd find a group of people who listened to a music album all the way through starting at the same time?
#Music
#Music
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In English, someone who is being persistently annoying can be referred to as a “pain in the arse.” My favourite German equivalent is Nervensäge, which means “nerve saw”
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
In English, someone who is being persistently annoying can be referred to as a “pain in the arse.” My favourite German equivalent is Nervensäge, which means “nerve saw”