David K. Barnes
@davidkbarnes.com
Writes lots of serious whimsy | Wooden Overcoats | Cry Havoc! | Doctor Who | The Tiny Angry Witch | He/Him | would really like a pastry
linktr.ee/davidkbarnes
linktr.ee/davidkbarnes
If I were in charge, every scene on television would begin exactly like this
October 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
If I were in charge, every scene on television would begin exactly like this
Hades II is a wee bit fiddly to begin with, but after playing it for a few hours I can tell that I’ll be doing nothing else for the rest of the year.
October 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Hades II is a wee bit fiddly to begin with, but after playing it for a few hours I can tell that I’ll be doing nothing else for the rest of the year.
A moment of high drama in Doctor Who as the Master menaces a cherry bakewell
September 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
A moment of high drama in Doctor Who as the Master menaces a cherry bakewell
In baffling news, The Tiny Angry Witch has a literary agent!
(I'm not being cute: I still don't have a literary agent. But The Tiny Angry Witch does. I have the contract right here.)
Huge thanks to Charlie Olsen of Inkwell Management! Now I'd better help that Witch to write a children's book...
(I'm not being cute: I still don't have a literary agent. But The Tiny Angry Witch does. I have the contract right here.)
Huge thanks to Charlie Olsen of Inkwell Management! Now I'd better help that Witch to write a children's book...
July 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
In baffling news, The Tiny Angry Witch has a literary agent!
(I'm not being cute: I still don't have a literary agent. But The Tiny Angry Witch does. I have the contract right here.)
Huge thanks to Charlie Olsen of Inkwell Management! Now I'd better help that Witch to write a children's book...
(I'm not being cute: I still don't have a literary agent. But The Tiny Angry Witch does. I have the contract right here.)
Huge thanks to Charlie Olsen of Inkwell Management! Now I'd better help that Witch to write a children's book...
Deviating from my usual whimsy, I wrote a true crime series for Vespucci / Audible - and it's out now!
"CRIME SCENES" is an anthology narrated by Emilia Fox, about horrible murders in Australia, Antigua, a Disney town, and more.
(It's very grim. No jokes. Treat the trigger warnings seriously)
"CRIME SCENES" is an anthology narrated by Emilia Fox, about horrible murders in Australia, Antigua, a Disney town, and more.
(It's very grim. No jokes. Treat the trigger warnings seriously)
July 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Deviating from my usual whimsy, I wrote a true crime series for Vespucci / Audible - and it's out now!
"CRIME SCENES" is an anthology narrated by Emilia Fox, about horrible murders in Australia, Antigua, a Disney town, and more.
(It's very grim. No jokes. Treat the trigger warnings seriously)
"CRIME SCENES" is an anthology narrated by Emilia Fox, about horrible murders in Australia, Antigua, a Disney town, and more.
(It's very grim. No jokes. Treat the trigger warnings seriously)
Post your favourite Doctor Who, wrong answers only.
June 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Post your favourite Doctor Who, wrong answers only.
Nabbed a bargain: Peter Cushing’s two worst films for the price of one!
If only they’d had The Devil’s Men too it could have been a hat trick
If only they’d had The Devil’s Men too it could have been a hat trick
June 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Nabbed a bargain: Peter Cushing’s two worst films for the price of one!
If only they’d had The Devil’s Men too it could have been a hat trick
If only they’d had The Devil’s Men too it could have been a hat trick
I’ve finally discovered a question that even the AI can’t pretend to know the answer for
June 12, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I’ve finally discovered a question that even the AI can’t pretend to know the answer for
"Incalculable" is the word you use when you've not got any data, but someone in the pub said it so it must be true.
Find the facts. Tell us precisely what the 'damage' is.
And if you can't, then maybe it isn't true.
Don't tell us it's incalculable. Fucking calculate it.
Find the facts. Tell us precisely what the 'damage' is.
And if you can't, then maybe it isn't true.
Don't tell us it's incalculable. Fucking calculate it.
![(Screenshot taken and highlighted by @paulbrand.bsky.social)
The Prime Minister's White Paper foreward
In 2023, under the previous government, inward
migration exploded to over a million people a year –
four times the level compared with 2019. This was a
political choice that was never put before the British
people. In fact, quite the opposite – the previous
government repeatedly promised inward migration
would be brought under control. Instead, Britain
became a one-nation experiment in open borders.
[Highlighted text] The damage this has done to our country is incalculable. Public services and housing access have been placed under too much pressure. Our economy has been distorted
by perverse incentives to import workers rather than invest in our own skills. [End highlighted text]
In sectors like engineering, for example, apprenticeships have almost halved while visas doubled.
But arguably even worse is the wound this failure has opened when it comes to trust in politics. It is a wound, as I said on my first day as Prime Minister, that can only be healed by actions not words. This White Paper is just that.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yt3274awg5hydgwduusgi4nq/bafkreih6yn3ipb3wvgxcii464rhfrrz222syskhcibcdzhots445b4fba4@jpeg)
May 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
"Incalculable" is the word you use when you've not got any data, but someone in the pub said it so it must be true.
Find the facts. Tell us precisely what the 'damage' is.
And if you can't, then maybe it isn't true.
Don't tell us it's incalculable. Fucking calculate it.
Find the facts. Tell us precisely what the 'damage' is.
And if you can't, then maybe it isn't true.
Don't tell us it's incalculable. Fucking calculate it.
Tom Cruise is scaling back his ambitions
May 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Tom Cruise is scaling back his ambitions
Sinners is one of those rare movies that entirely lives up to the hype. There’s so much wrapped up in it, but most of all it’s a hell of a good time.
It’s definitely worth seeing in a cinema with a decent surround sound system - the audio is *rich*
It’s definitely worth seeing in a cinema with a decent surround sound system - the audio is *rich*
May 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Sinners is one of those rare movies that entirely lives up to the hype. There’s so much wrapped up in it, but most of all it’s a hell of a good time.
It’s definitely worth seeing in a cinema with a decent surround sound system - the audio is *rich*
It’s definitely worth seeing in a cinema with a decent surround sound system - the audio is *rich*
Listening to a Doctor Who audio drama with Tom Baker facing some nefarious wombats who want to destroy London with a pomegranate.
Please give @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social his own range immediately! Pay him anything, it’ll be worth it!
Please give @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social his own range immediately! Pay him anything, it’ll be worth it!
April 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Listening to a Doctor Who audio drama with Tom Baker facing some nefarious wombats who want to destroy London with a pomegranate.
Please give @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social his own range immediately! Pay him anything, it’ll be worth it!
Please give @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social his own range immediately! Pay him anything, it’ll be worth it!
How I arrived on Bluesky
April 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
How I arrived on Bluesky
Right, we’re not messing around this weekend. If it doesn’t begin with one of these, it can sod off
April 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Right, we’re not messing around this weekend. If it doesn’t begin with one of these, it can sod off
Happy Easter Weekend one and all
April 19, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Happy Easter Weekend one and all
From BBC. I'm very dense, but if a law / ruling allows institutions to interpret the extent to which it applies to them, that's a rotten law / ruling.
The law doesn't permit you to decide how much tax you feel like paying. Why should it allow you to decide if you want to discriminate or not?
The law doesn't permit you to decide how much tax you feel like paying. Why should it allow you to decide if you want to discriminate or not?
April 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
From BBC. I'm very dense, but if a law / ruling allows institutions to interpret the extent to which it applies to them, that's a rotten law / ruling.
The law doesn't permit you to decide how much tax you feel like paying. Why should it allow you to decide if you want to discriminate or not?
The law doesn't permit you to decide how much tax you feel like paying. Why should it allow you to decide if you want to discriminate or not?
My Mum’s new place is a bit small
April 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
My Mum’s new place is a bit small
“Don’t forget to click below to subscribe to the official Doctor Who YouTube channel.”
February 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
“Don’t forget to click below to subscribe to the official Doctor Who YouTube channel.”
So, February eh? Bloody Hell
(🔈 sound on)
(🔈 sound on)
February 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So, February eh? Bloody Hell
(🔈 sound on)
(🔈 sound on)
The Tiny Angry Witch doesn't know what Valentine's Day is, and she doesn’t care to find out either. But she's well up for the "loads of chocolates in the shops" bit.
(More of this sort of thing at www.tinyangrywitch.com and our Instagram account)
(More of this sort of thing at www.tinyangrywitch.com and our Instagram account)
February 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The Tiny Angry Witch doesn't know what Valentine's Day is, and she doesn’t care to find out either. But she's well up for the "loads of chocolates in the shops" bit.
(More of this sort of thing at www.tinyangrywitch.com and our Instagram account)
(More of this sort of thing at www.tinyangrywitch.com and our Instagram account)
Mum’s moving house so I’m clearing out my stuff - and found my stash of second-hand Target books!
February 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Mum’s moving house so I’m clearing out my stuff - and found my stash of second-hand Target books!