James Kinsley
@unclekins.bsky.social
Writer/published author/berk.
It's Hard to Tell You This out now from Deixis Press!
Also self-publish sci-fi as Ray Adams.
https://linktr.ee/unclekins He/him ✝️
It's Hard to Tell You This out now from Deixis Press!
Also self-publish sci-fi as Ray Adams.
https://linktr.ee/unclekins He/him ✝️
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BOOK REVIEW: Debut novella for a Norfolk author shows great potential.
A Sister’s Bond by C.K. Sunday
Since her mother's death, Clara and her father work as servants in a big house, a life of relentless drudgery. She dreams of escape, resenting the contempt with which the likes of her and her peers are treated by the feckless rich. However, even this meagre existence is threatened when she's mistaken for a thief and forced to go on the run.
unclekins.wordpress.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:10 PM
BOOK REVIEW: Debut novella for a Norfolk author shows great potential.
Going through some of my old vinyl. The Donnas are better than I remembered...
January 26, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Going through some of my old vinyl. The Donnas are better than I remembered...
Who's next in the Great Tory To Reform Defection Parade? My money's on Badenoch...
January 26, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Who's next in the Great Tory To Reform Defection Parade? My money's on Badenoch...
Getting right into Ski Sunday. Can't explain it.
January 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Getting right into Ski Sunday. Can't explain it.
Unpopular opinion: The Fallen Madonna's boobies were not actually that big.
January 25, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Unpopular opinion: The Fallen Madonna's boobies were not actually that big.
Nine letter word. Boom.
a man in a blue shirt is waving his hand in front of a black background
ALT: a man in a blue shirt is waving his hand in front of a black background
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January 23, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Nine letter word. Boom.
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January 23, 2026 at 9:52 AM
BOOK REVIEW: Hiromi Kawakami's International Booker-nominated novel is a feast of speculative fiction, rich in imagination and emotional truth.
Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami
Years ago, when I first treated myself to a Book Hive Year, the first book to land on my doorstep was Kawakami's 2001 novel Strange Weather in Tokyo. I absolutely loved it, so I'm slightly embarrassed it's taken me this long to read another of hers. Better late than never, I suppose. Under the Eye of the Big Bird…
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January 22, 2026 at 2:52 PM
BOOK REVIEW: Hiromi Kawakami's International Booker-nominated novel is a feast of speculative fiction, rich in imagination and emotional truth.
We watched Anchors Aweigh last night and, honestly, my mind hasn't recovered from this yet. This was made EIGHTY YEARS ago.
youtu.be/LZKNX1iKaMY?...
youtu.be/LZKNX1iKaMY?...
Gene Kelly & Jerry Mouse - "The Worry Song" (1945)
YouTube video by J Vrd
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January 22, 2026 at 10:01 AM
We watched Anchors Aweigh last night and, honestly, my mind hasn't recovered from this yet. This was made EIGHTY YEARS ago.
youtu.be/LZKNX1iKaMY?...
youtu.be/LZKNX1iKaMY?...
BBC News - 'Pioneer' Kinsella targets rare return to elite gymnastics after baby
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnas...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnas...
Gymnastics: GB's Alice Kinsella aiming for rare return to elite competition as a mum
Olympic bronze medalist Alice Kinsella on her hopes of being the first British artistic gymnast to return to elite competition after childbirth.
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January 22, 2026 at 8:03 AM
BBC News - 'Pioneer' Kinsella targets rare return to elite gymnastics after baby
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnas...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/gymnas...
All Saints were great, eh.
a group of women are smiling and posing for a photo
ALT: a group of women are smiling and posing for a photo
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January 19, 2026 at 5:25 PM
All Saints were great, eh.
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Please, never be shy telling an author you loved their books.
It’s seriously what gets us through.
It’s seriously what gets us through.
January 18, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Please, never be shy telling an author you loved their books.
It’s seriously what gets us through.
It’s seriously what gets us through.
Now there's four 5/5 winners on #HouseOfGames, is it time for a play-off?
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Now there's four 5/5 winners on #HouseOfGames, is it time for a play-off?
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Nigel Farage is currently unveiling Robert Jenrick as a defector at his 430 press conference.
Nigel Farage says “hand on heart” he wasn’t going to unveil Robert Jenrick as a defector at his second press conference of the day, planned at 430.
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Nigel Farage is currently unveiling Robert Jenrick as a defector at his 430 press conference.
Okay, gotta ask, did someone make Dr Buckles do House of Games at gunpoint? Day 3 and he's looked pissed off the whole time.
January 14, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Okay, gotta ask, did someone make Dr Buckles do House of Games at gunpoint? Day 3 and he's looked pissed off the whole time.
One of the joys of living in Norwich.
Of my love for Norwich Castle
Those of you who've read my debut Playtime's Over will already know of my love for Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery. In that novella, I mention not only Joseph Stannard's Thorpe Water Frolic, Afternoon and John Joseph Cotman's Station Road, Brundall, Norfolk, but my protagonists Will and Viktor also spend time with Joseph Stannard as he makes his preparatory sketches for…
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January 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
One of the joys of living in Norwich.
Lawks, this watch expert on Bargain Hunt could be used as anaesthetic. That voic... zzzzz
January 14, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Lawks, this watch expert on Bargain Hunt could be used as anaesthetic. That voic... zzzzz
BOOK REVIEW: Don Tassone's story of Catholicism's first female pope may seem far-fetched, but it's the world as-is that falls short, not Tassone's vision.
Francesca by Don Tassone
We open in May 2055. Jessica Simon has just been elected as Head of the Roman Catholic Church, after previous progressive leadership has opened the priesthood first to married men, and then to women. The first female bishop, the first female cardinal and now the first female pope. But while millions welcome her appointment, there are some within the church who most definitely do not.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:20 PM
BOOK REVIEW: Don Tassone's story of Catholicism's first female pope may seem far-fetched, but it's the world as-is that falls short, not Tassone's vision.
Reading this at the moment, and really really enjoying it.
The second edition of my 2021 novel Francesca, a futuristic story about the first female pope, has just been published. Enjoy.
www.amazon.com/Francesca-No...
www.amazon.com/Francesca-No...
Francesca: A Novel
Francesca: A Novel [Tassone, Don] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Francesca: A Novel
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January 12, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Reading this at the moment, and really really enjoying it.
For reasons I'm not sure of, I appear to be watching the last ten minutes or so of an FA Cup match between Tottenham and Aston Villa and boy, I've never so many grown-ass men fall over in agony. It's an epidemic.
January 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
For reasons I'm not sure of, I appear to be watching the last ten minutes or so of an FA Cup match between Tottenham and Aston Villa and boy, I've never so many grown-ass men fall over in agony. It's an epidemic.
Yep. The ability to make porny A.I. fakes of people/celebrities/kids is now a paid feature of X.
maybe i'm being dense but seems like you can still create abusive or exploitative sexual content via Grok, but you have to pay for the privilege? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Yep. The ability to make porny A.I. fakes of people/celebrities/kids is now a paid feature of X.
Reposted by James Kinsley
maybe i'm being dense but seems like you can still create abusive or exploitative sexual content via Grok, but you have to pay for the privilege? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:54 AM
maybe i'm being dense but seems like you can still create abusive or exploitative sexual content via Grok, but you have to pay for the privilege? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Right, last night's House of Games, Amy Dowden had no idea who Gandalf was, so put the word 'man' as it was all she could tell from the name.
Am I being ignorant? How is Gandalf obviously a man's name?
Am I being ignorant? How is Gandalf obviously a man's name?
January 9, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Right, last night's House of Games, Amy Dowden had no idea who Gandalf was, so put the word 'man' as it was all she could tell from the name.
Am I being ignorant? How is Gandalf obviously a man's name?
Am I being ignorant? How is Gandalf obviously a man's name?
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Stephen Miller’s cousin 👇🏽
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Stephen Miller’s cousin 👇🏽