Charles Allen
@charlesallen7587.bsky.social
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🔴LIVE🔴
Birthday Donothon SUCCESS!
Its the Afters Party!
We are just having a chill time!
Vids, Vibes, and Games.
Guests will be stopping by!
➡️ www.twitch.tv/pankraru ⬅️
#Vtuber #Pngtuber #Twitch #Live #Donothon #AftersParty
#Vibes #VidsAndVibes
Birthday Donothon SUCCESS!
Its the Afters Party!
We are just having a chill time!
Vids, Vibes, and Games.
Guests will be stopping by!
➡️ www.twitch.tv/pankraru ⬅️
#Vtuber #Pngtuber #Twitch #Live #Donothon #AftersParty
#Vibes #VidsAndVibes
November 21, 2024 at 11:00 PM
🔴LIVE🔴
Birthday Donothon SUCCESS!
Its the Afters Party!
We are just having a chill time!
Vids, Vibes, and Games.
Guests will be stopping by!
➡️ www.twitch.tv/pankraru ⬅️
#Vtuber #Pngtuber #Twitch #Live #Donothon #AftersParty
#Vibes #VidsAndVibes
Birthday Donothon SUCCESS!
Its the Afters Party!
We are just having a chill time!
Vids, Vibes, and Games.
Guests will be stopping by!
➡️ www.twitch.tv/pankraru ⬅️
#Vtuber #Pngtuber #Twitch #Live #Donothon #AftersParty
#Vibes #VidsAndVibes
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More revelations from Byline in July bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/r...
Reform MP James McMurdock 'Lied' to Voters, Former Colleague Alleges
James McMurdock's LinkedIn profile and Reform Party UK bio details "roles at prestigious institutions" - a former colleague tells a very different story
bylinetimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:29 AM
More revelations from Byline in July bylinetimes.com/2024/07/17/r...
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Lying or concealing the full truth appears to be an issue of McMurdock's
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/13/f...
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/13/f...
Failed Firms and CV Boasts – Little-Known New Reform UK MP’s Past Comes Under Scrutiny
Is James McMurdock a business super-star, or has he embellished his CV?
bylinetimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Lying or concealing the full truth appears to be an issue of McMurdock's
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/13/f...
bylinetimes.com/2024/07/13/f...
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Grim. The Times, via Politico this AM: "Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed in 2006 for repeatedly kicking his then-girlfriend...When reports emerged soon after he was elected that McMurdock had been convicted of assault...he said he 'pushed' her"
No answer to Qs on this yet apparently
No answer to Qs on this yet apparently
November 22, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Grim. The Times, via Politico this AM: "Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed in 2006 for repeatedly kicking his then-girlfriend...When reports emerged soon after he was elected that McMurdock had been convicted of assault...he said he 'pushed' her"
No answer to Qs on this yet apparently
No answer to Qs on this yet apparently
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Amid sabre-rattling on migration, let's get some facts straight on the European Court of Human Rights. Per person, the ECHR dealt with fewer human rights challenges concerning the UK than anywhere else in 2022 🧵
November 22, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Amid sabre-rattling on migration, let's get some facts straight on the European Court of Human Rights. Per person, the ECHR dealt with fewer human rights challenges concerning the UK than anywhere else in 2022 🧵
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Unveiling my second novel: WEARING THE LION.
This himbo hero Heracles, Hera's biggest fan, collects a menagerie of monsters in pursuit of the god who destroyed his family.
The trouble? Hera is responsible, and she'll do anything to hide the truth.
Coming June, 2025!
This himbo hero Heracles, Hera's biggest fan, collects a menagerie of monsters in pursuit of the god who destroyed his family.
The trouble? Hera is responsible, and she'll do anything to hide the truth.
Coming June, 2025!
November 19, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Unveiling my second novel: WEARING THE LION.
This himbo hero Heracles, Hera's biggest fan, collects a menagerie of monsters in pursuit of the god who destroyed his family.
The trouble? Hera is responsible, and she'll do anything to hide the truth.
Coming June, 2025!
This himbo hero Heracles, Hera's biggest fan, collects a menagerie of monsters in pursuit of the god who destroyed his family.
The trouble? Hera is responsible, and she'll do anything to hide the truth.
Coming June, 2025!
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re-launching my monthly newsletter next week, with info about the comics i'm writing as well as my own writing about comics
every newsletter also features a new digital commission, just got the first one in and it rules
sign-up here: www.comicsbookcase.com/newsletter
every newsletter also features a new digital commission, just got the first one in and it rules
sign-up here: www.comicsbookcase.com/newsletter
November 19, 2024 at 7:14 PM
re-launching my monthly newsletter next week, with info about the comics i'm writing as well as my own writing about comics
every newsletter also features a new digital commission, just got the first one in and it rules
sign-up here: www.comicsbookcase.com/newsletter
every newsletter also features a new digital commission, just got the first one in and it rules
sign-up here: www.comicsbookcase.com/newsletter
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Here's the open letter in full, in case you missed it
"Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists"
(Just added the Guardian's media reporter, @taraconlan.bsky.social, to the signatories too) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
"Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists"
(Just added the Guardian's media reporter, @taraconlan.bsky.social, to the signatories too) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists
Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists As UK journalists, we have used Twitter – now X – for many years. It has been a resource for story-gathering, network-building, and a megaphone for ge...
docs.google.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Here's the open letter in full, in case you missed it
"Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists"
(Just added the Guardian's media reporter, @taraconlan.bsky.social, to the signatories too) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
"Moving Off X: An Open Letter from UK Journalists"
(Just added the Guardian's media reporter, @taraconlan.bsky.social, to the signatories too) docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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NEW: Top story on industry title Press Gazette just now
"Wave of news publishers arrive on Bluesky as sign-ups surge.
"Group of journalists sign letter declaring X/Twitter to "no longer be a useful tool" for reporting"
Great coverage of our open letter of UK journalists ditching X
"Wave of news publishers arrive on Bluesky as sign-ups surge.
"Group of journalists sign letter declaring X/Twitter to "no longer be a useful tool" for reporting"
Great coverage of our open letter of UK journalists ditching X
November 19, 2024 at 7:03 PM
NEW: Top story on industry title Press Gazette just now
"Wave of news publishers arrive on Bluesky as sign-ups surge.
"Group of journalists sign letter declaring X/Twitter to "no longer be a useful tool" for reporting"
Great coverage of our open letter of UK journalists ditching X
"Wave of news publishers arrive on Bluesky as sign-ups surge.
"Group of journalists sign letter declaring X/Twitter to "no longer be a useful tool" for reporting"
Great coverage of our open letter of UK journalists ditching X
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And just to close the loop: June and Julie had appeared together on Broadway in a play by Joe Masteroff called The Warm Peninsula.
November 8, 2024 at 6:52 PM
And just to close the loop: June and Julie had appeared together on Broadway in a play by Joe Masteroff called The Warm Peninsula.
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I approached this from a says something about me rather than trying to pick an all time favorite.
But in the book category if I was to pick a favorite (and one that feels particularly relevant this week) I would choose @charliejane.bsky.social Unstoppable trilogy.
But in the book category if I was to pick a favorite (and one that feels particularly relevant this week) I would choose @charliejane.bsky.social Unstoppable trilogy.
November 8, 2024 at 5:46 AM
I approached this from a says something about me rather than trying to pick an all time favorite.
But in the book category if I was to pick a favorite (and one that feels particularly relevant this week) I would choose @charliejane.bsky.social Unstoppable trilogy.
But in the book category if I was to pick a favorite (and one that feels particularly relevant this week) I would choose @charliejane.bsky.social Unstoppable trilogy.
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The winner of the 2024 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works is:
NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US by Premee Mohamed (Undertow Publications)
NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US by Premee Mohamed (Undertow Publications)
November 8, 2024 at 6:22 PM
The winner of the 2024 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Anthology/Collected Works is:
NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US by Premee Mohamed (Undertow Publications)
NO ONE WILL COME BACK FOR US by Premee Mohamed (Undertow Publications)
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I did passably well with her: I saw The Belle of Amherst twice (indelible, and I met and chatted with her after one performance), Lucifer's Child (in which she played Isak Dinesen), and The Glass Menagerie (though she was not an ideal Amanda—a bit too nice, as I recall).
November 8, 2024 at 7:08 PM
I did passably well with her: I saw The Belle of Amherst twice (indelible, and I met and chatted with her after one performance), Lucifer's Child (in which she played Isak Dinesen), and The Glass Menagerie (though she was not an ideal Amanda—a bit too nice, as I recall).
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And the answer is: June Havoc, who appeared in the first Broadway production of Pal Joey, whose score includes "Zip!," a song about June's sister, Miss Gypsy Rose Lee.
Celebrating the birthday of the only actress to have originated a role in a Broadway musical that included a song about her own IRL sister.
November 8, 2024 at 5:53 PM
And the answer is: June Havoc, who appeared in the first Broadway production of Pal Joey, whose score includes "Zip!," a song about June's sister, Miss Gypsy Rose Lee.
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Now is a good time to remind folks that,
BLUESKY HAS A MUTE FEATURE!
Settings > Moderation
At the Top MUTED WORDS AND TAGS
Don't want to hear about Elon, Trump, or Election things for a bit?
MUTE IT, I know I will be tomorrow.
Curate your Bluesky Experiance
#Politics #Mute #Tags #Vtuber
BLUESKY HAS A MUTE FEATURE!
Settings > Moderation
At the Top MUTED WORDS AND TAGS
Don't want to hear about Elon, Trump, or Election things for a bit?
MUTE IT, I know I will be tomorrow.
Curate your Bluesky Experiance
#Politics #Mute #Tags #Vtuber
November 4, 2024 at 8:46 PM
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my understanding is that this is the violent drunk who shot bin Laden while he was dying so he could switch careers to the motivational speaking circuit by telling everyone he shot bin Laden
November 4, 2024 at 9:00 PM
my understanding is that this is the violent drunk who shot bin Laden while he was dying so he could switch careers to the motivational speaking circuit by telling everyone he shot bin Laden
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Not saying you shouldn't use the word "tankie", but there is a second word for this - "campist".
October 29, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Not saying you shouldn't use the word "tankie", but there is a second word for this - "campist".
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Fiery debates in the comments of an election-free, extremely low stakes issue if you need a distraction
Neither Amazon nor POD are the reason some books seem low quality
I Know What's On Your Mind Right Now
it's POD isn't it
notesfromasmallpress.substack.com
October 29, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Fiery debates in the comments of an election-free, extremely low stakes issue if you need a distraction
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a cool thing about Bluesky is that between my own blocks and blocklists I’ve actually been able to block almost all the tankies and MAGAs on here and it’s super relaxing
October 29, 2024 at 4:55 PM
a cool thing about Bluesky is that between my own blocks and blocklists I’ve actually been able to block almost all the tankies and MAGAs on here and it’s super relaxing
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Some indie authors I love:
@kjharrowick.bsky.social
@cmrosens.com
@seraphrdm.bsky.social
Oh and I have a whole starter pack of SF/F/H indie authors: bsky.app/starter-pack...
@kjharrowick.bsky.social
@cmrosens.com
@seraphrdm.bsky.social
Oh and I have a whole starter pack of SF/F/H indie authors: bsky.app/starter-pack...
Share the things you've read by indie authors. Leave reviews. Tell them that you enjoy their work. And if you've got authors you'd like to recommend here, please do! I'll drop a few: @diannalgunn.bsky.social
@docnock.bsky.social
@bookspotlight.bsky.social
@docnock.bsky.social
@bookspotlight.bsky.social
October 29, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Some indie authors I love:
@kjharrowick.bsky.social
@cmrosens.com
@seraphrdm.bsky.social
Oh and I have a whole starter pack of SF/F/H indie authors: bsky.app/starter-pack...
@kjharrowick.bsky.social
@cmrosens.com
@seraphrdm.bsky.social
Oh and I have a whole starter pack of SF/F/H indie authors: bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Every time I see these together I grin a happy grin.
(And the story inside them is absolutely wonderful, too.)
(And the story inside them is absolutely wonderful, too.)
So nice to see these two beauties side by side finally. Cracking design by @onecuriouschip.bsky.social
October 10, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Every time I see these together I grin a happy grin.
(And the story inside them is absolutely wonderful, too.)
(And the story inside them is absolutely wonderful, too.)