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Damon Lord
@damonlordwriter.bsky.social
620 followers 1.9K following 180 posts
Pronouns: he/him. Cis, 🏳️‍🌈, 🏳️‍⚧️ ally
PhD student English & Creative Writing
Associate Lecturer (English lang)
W.Bro/Comp, linguist, Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, Esperanto-speaker
Worcs Poet Laureate 2023/24
www.damonlord.com
Newsletter: damonlordwriter.substack.com
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Perhaps overdoing the research for my writing? I'm researching the weather and cloud cover for a particular location on a particular date to work out if the Sun is likely to have been shining through the window at the time for a scene in my novel.
Cloud cover diagram for the afternoon of Wednesday 22 October 1986, in a location undefined by the text in the image.
August 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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A two-part story, from love to tragedy, told in only six words. An unknown graffiti artist upstages Hemingway's six-word story. #narrative #graffiti
Graffiti on a wooden wall, inside a roughly drawn heart. The text reads: Keven love you stupid ass bitch. The first two words are crossed out. Stupid ass bitch is written in slightly different coloured ink, revealing it to be a later inscription.
August 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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This morning, I opened the Duolingo app. I don't care.
Screenshot of Duolingo, advising I've lost a 1105 streak.
May 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Long weekend ahead. Settling down in the garden with a few books (I usually read several at once) and a beer.
A glass table in a garden, upon which stands a beer can, and four books. From bottom to top: Queridas de Rizal — Ambeth R. Ocampo; The Berlin Novels — Christopher Isherwood; The L-Shaped Room — Lynne Reid Banks; The Woman In Me — Britney Spears, and a Kindle on the top.
May 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Remember when Tesla was woke?
Screenshot of Twitter posts from Elon Musk in 2018 expressing support for LGBTQ equality at the Tesla company.
March 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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I won't be there, but Slava Ukraini!
A picture of Ukrainian President Volodimyr Zelenskyy, with the words Leader of the free world overlaid.
March 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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I just saw the Zelenskyy Trump meeting on the news. President Zelenskyy was a true, calm diplomat up against a childish dotard. Trump (a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist) is truly a good Russian agent. Putin will be proud of Agent Krasnov standing up for Moscow. May God be with Ukraine tonight
The words Russia First above the US flag, and pictures of Trump, Vance, Musk and others in the Trump administration.
February 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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I decided to reply to Elon Musk's email thusly:
I decided to reply to Elon Musk's email thusly: Hello, I have been asked to email Elon Musk five things that I accomplished last week. It wasn't specified whether responses were limited only to US Federal employees, so I thought I should reply anyway. As I answer to none but myself in this regard, I am not copying in any manager. 1. I did my best. 2. I had a good long think about, if Charles Dickens had been born a century later, whether he would have been involved in writing soap operas. I daresay he would. 3. I became more resolute that abandoning my account on Twitter was a good idea; likewise I reaffirmed my decision to never buy a Tesla. 4. I donated to a charity for transgender youth, because your daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson is a heroine to so many, having to put up with the horror of having you for a biological parent. 5. I had a discussion with my teenager child about European politics, and my child came to the conclusion that the AfD is a dangerous organisation. I hope this satiates your infuriating nosiness. Please reach out if you have any further questions, as I will enjoy replying to them in a condescending manner. Please have Grok filter this email to the top of your pile so that you may fleetingly know of the contempt people feel for you. Yours eyerollingly, Damon Lord Writer/Poet
February 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Diane, 11:30 AM, February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks. #TwinPeaks
Dale Cooper, driving. "Diane, 11:30 AM, February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks."
February 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Let’s see you in all black 🖤
Damon Lord wearing black, in front of an illuminated European Union flag
February 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Fabulous day at @scripthavenltd.bsky.social yesterday, celebrating the birthday of Charles Dickens! I gave a talk on "Dickens: Father of the serial" to finish off the day.
Montage of pictures from Script Have Great Recitations Day to celebrate the birthday of Charles Dickens
February 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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I’ll be appearing today, Saturday, 8th Feb, at @scripthavenltd.bsky.social 104 High St Worcester WR1 2HW. Celebrate the birthday (7th Feb) of Charles Dickens! There are Dickens-related events all day. I’ll be speaking at 18:30, giving a talk Charles Dickens: father of the serial. #charlesdickens
Damon Lord outside Script Haven Ltd, Worcester, before a banner reading "Great Recitations Dickens Festival" with a sketch of Dickens thereupon.
February 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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My website and newsletter is woke and LGBTQ+ friendly. The latest edition of my newsletter is now available. open.substack.com/pub/damonlor...
Text over image reads: My website and newsletter is woke and LGBTQ+ friendly. Image shows a rainbow lanyard upon Damon Lord's ID card.
February 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Current academic lunchtime reading: "Dickens, novel reading, and the Victorian popular theatre" by @debvlockauthor.bsky.social - reading up in preparation for my talk on serial narrative this Saturday's "Great Recitations" Dickens birthday event on Saturday 8 Feb at @scripthavenltd.bsky.social!
The cover of "Dickens, novel reading, and the Victorian popular theatre" by Deborah Vlock
February 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
11/20
Enya — the Celts
Album cover Enya — the Celts
January 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
10/20
Alexander — Vangelis
Album cover Alexander — Vangelis
January 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
9/20
King Arthur — Hans Zimmer
Album cover King Arthur — Hans Zimmer
January 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
8/20
007 Tomorrow Never Dies — David Arnold
Album cover 007 Tomorrow Never Dies — David Arnold
January 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
7/20
活着 — 赵季平
活着 — 赵季平
January 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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I identify as a cis man, but under US law (because Donald and his cronies obviously failed high school biology classes and I didn't), I am now classed as a woman. We have a term in British English to describe #potus — 'daft ha'porth'.
#transrightsarehumanrights
Screenshot of a post on Twitter explaining that female sex organs are default, with male organs developing only about 6 weeks of gestation. Screenshot of a post on Twitter explaining that female sex organs are default, with male organs developing only about 9 weeks of gestation.
January 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
6/20
Tales of the City soundtrack
Album cover Tales of the City soundtrack
January 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
5/20
唱遊 — 王菲
Album cover 唱遊 — 王菲
January 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Remembering the late Scottish comedian Janey Godley today.
Photo of Janet Godley holding a sign saying "Trump is a cunt" in front of a golf green in Scotland, a policeman looking on. In the background there is a helicopter landed.
January 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Choose 20 albums that have stayed with you or influenced you. One album per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#musicsky
#musicchallenge
#20albums20days
4/20
About U — Muna
Album cover About U — Muna
January 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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I never used TokTok, and it's not banned in my country, but it's interesting to see how the felon and adjudicated rapist President Elect Donald Trump has changed his mind on TikTok.
Headline from 6 August 2020: Trump signs executive order that will effectively ban use of Tiktok in the U.S. Meme split into four panels Top left, Trump says we must ban Tiktok Top right, a MAGA hat wearer unthinkingly repeats Trump's words Bottom left, Trump says we must save Tiktok Bottom right, a MAGA hat wearer unthinkingly repeats Trump's words
January 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM