Alexander Glass
@alexanderglass.bsky.social
Writing, reading, musicking and pondering.
Fix your hearts or die.
Fix your hearts or die.
Someone prompted this image, and saw what was generated. Someone approved it. Someone printed it. Someone installed it.
And neither no one noticed the fact that it's a horrifying shitshow, or no one cared enough to raise it, or they did raise it and were overruled.
And neither no one noticed the fact that it's a horrifying shitshow, or no one cared enough to raise it, or they did raise it and were overruled.
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Someone prompted this image, and saw what was generated. Someone approved it. Someone printed it. Someone installed it.
And neither no one noticed the fact that it's a horrifying shitshow, or no one cared enough to raise it, or they did raise it and were overruled.
And neither no one noticed the fact that it's a horrifying shitshow, or no one cared enough to raise it, or they did raise it and were overruled.
🎵 All I want your Christmas is YOUR RENDERED SOUL 🎶
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🎵 All I want your Christmas is YOUR RENDERED SOUL 🎶
I was planning to revisit the whole season anyway, because it is so rich it is worth listening to again. But a director's cut is irresistible.
🆕 Director's Cut: ECHO & NARCISSUS - The Influencer & The Follower
🏛️ Even more storytelling. Even stranger connections. Even cleaner sound. Even worse puns.
Brush up, ahead of Season 2.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/5nB1...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
🏛️ Even more storytelling. Even stranger connections. Even cleaner sound. Even worse puns.
Brush up, ahead of Season 2.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/5nB1...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Director's Cut: ECHO & NARCISSUS - The Influencer & The Follower
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 16/11/2025 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I was planning to revisit the whole season anyway, because it is so rich it is worth listening to again. But a director's cut is irresistible.
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The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The golden age of diversity and democracy in Oz.
When you're struggling for Christmas present ideas...
Look, I know that fast fashion is terrible and I try to buy nothing new and repair what I have whenever possible. But my normal resistance to Temu ads is utterly undone by this objectively incredible item
November 16, 2025 at 10:02 AM
When you're struggling for Christmas present ideas...
It is no longer sustainable to pretend that Labour's rightward direction of travel on immigration is merely triangulation.
They know full well that this will not succeed in mollifying Reform voters.
Therefore, these must be Labour's genuine beliefs.
They know full well that this will not succeed in mollifying Reform voters.
Therefore, these must be Labour's genuine beliefs.
"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Refugees from 7 decades gather to commemorate 70 years of refugee in protection in the UK
YouTube video by Refugee Council
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
It is no longer sustainable to pretend that Labour's rightward direction of travel on immigration is merely triangulation.
They know full well that this will not succeed in mollifying Reform voters.
Therefore, these must be Labour's genuine beliefs.
They know full well that this will not succeed in mollifying Reform voters.
Therefore, these must be Labour's genuine beliefs.
I was a 90s teen.
I didn't pump up the jam.
On the other hand, nor did I jam up the pump.
I didn't pump up the jam.
On the other hand, nor did I jam up the pump.
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I was a 90s teen.
I didn't pump up the jam.
On the other hand, nor did I jam up the pump.
I didn't pump up the jam.
On the other hand, nor did I jam up the pump.
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was putting access to him behind a paywall.
Hold up
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was putting access to him behind a paywall.
[Gritted teeth] Same.
I’m not saying I won’t moan about it when the time comes to pay, but I think the Govt should raise my income tax because I am profoundly worried about the state of public services.
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
[Gritted teeth] Same.
Brilliant and funny.
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Brilliant and funny.
Re-reading A A Milne's The Red House Mystery, and part of me still wishes it was about Jimi Hendrix solving a murder.
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Re-reading A A Milne's The Red House Mystery, and part of me still wishes it was about Jimi Hendrix solving a murder.
Best original TV feem toon this millennium?
I'd have to think, but the first one that comes to mind is Black Sails. The wonderful madness of the hurdy gurdy.
I'd have to think, but the first one that comes to mind is Black Sails. The wonderful madness of the hurdy gurdy.
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Best original TV feem toon this millennium?
I'd have to think, but the first one that comes to mind is Black Sails. The wonderful madness of the hurdy gurdy.
I'd have to think, but the first one that comes to mind is Black Sails. The wonderful madness of the hurdy gurdy.
Bond is dead.
Bond remains dead.
And we have killed him.
Bond remains dead.
And we have killed him.
November 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Bond is dead.
Bond remains dead.
And we have killed him.
Bond remains dead.
And we have killed him.
John Rogers Cox (American, 1915–1990):
"Gray and Gold", 1942
"Gray and Gold", 1942
November 12, 2025 at 6:15 AM
John Rogers Cox (American, 1915–1990):
"Gray and Gold", 1942
"Gray and Gold", 1942
Trump says ‘no one knows what magnets are’ during bizarre Oval Office exchange
Trump says ‘no one knows what magnets are’ during bizarre Oval Office exchange
Trump says ‘no one knows what magnets are’ during bizarre Oval Office exchange
Trump says ‘no one knows what magnets are’ during bizarre Oval Office exchange
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Trump says ‘no one knows what magnets are’ during bizarre Oval Office exchange
![Anakin / Padme meme.
Anakin: Well here we are down in my catacombs
Padme: For the Amontillado?
Anakin:
Padme: [face half obscured by a brick wall]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hznv3sv6uvf42noleauw2uco/bafkreicyujbznjzaemzsuug4axwjfnivmcqmyvfcjbd4piqb6rawklqvr4@jpeg)
There's no limit to the new things one can discover in Discworld. I just realised that the Dwarf name Stronginthearm has the same meaning as Fortinbras in Hamlet - fort in bras, strong in arm.
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
There's no limit to the new things one can discover in Discworld. I just realised that the Dwarf name Stronginthearm has the same meaning as Fortinbras in Hamlet - fort in bras, strong in arm.
I had no idea bodega cats got paid.
November 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I had no idea bodega cats got paid.
This is wonderful.
With due respect to Rilke for the second to last line, I wrote this after going for a walk in the forest whilst in the throes of despair.
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is wonderful.
Someone once said: everyone says they want to write a book, but what most people mean is that they want to HAVE WRITTEN a book.
In other words, most people don't want to do the work.
'AI' is tempting for those people.
Real writers, though, are drawn to the work (in all its glory and frustration).
In other words, most people don't want to do the work.
'AI' is tempting for those people.
Real writers, though, are drawn to the work (in all its glory and frustration).
I don't use generative AI because as a writer of fiction, it offers me nothing useful creatively and nothing trustworthy when I do research. It's not worth the environmental impact. That it's been created by stealing my work and using it in breach of copyright law is a further but separate issue.
Hands up if you've never used Chat GPT ✋
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
(I feel like Dozer and Tank in The Matrix right now - at first I didn't use it because, rather ironically, I'm lazy and stubborn (peak Taurus energy there) - literally no, don't make me use the new thing I don't wanna. Now I'm glad I didn't 😅)
November 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Someone once said: everyone says they want to write a book, but what most people mean is that they want to HAVE WRITTEN a book.
In other words, most people don't want to do the work.
'AI' is tempting for those people.
Real writers, though, are drawn to the work (in all its glory and frustration).
In other words, most people don't want to do the work.
'AI' is tempting for those people.
Real writers, though, are drawn to the work (in all its glory and frustration).
The great Tom Gauld.
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The great Tom Gauld.
Mark 8:36 (King James version): For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Mark 8:36 (King James version): For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
Reposted by Alexander Glass
When you want to eat the rich but you're on a strict budget
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
When you want to eat the rich but you're on a strict budget