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David Grigg
@davidrgrigg.bsky.social
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I’m a retired software developer who lives in Melbourne, Australia. I worked in the field of interactive multimedia for over two decades, and have also worked in public relations and as a journalist and sub-editor.
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The latest episode of my podcast "Two Chairs Talking" is now out.

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If you don't have time to listen, there's a transcript here:

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💙📚 #booksky #books #crime #history
Two Chairs Talking: Episode 10. Misfortunes, Mayhem and Bloody Murders. Image is in monochrome, of a number of human skulls arranged against a leafy background.
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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The latest episode of Two Chairs Talking is now out. We discuss the film Children of Men and Ghost Cities by Siang Lu.

twochairs.website/2025-09-29-2...

Transcript is here if you don't have time to listen:

twochairs.website/podcast/fanz...

#booksky #books #films #movies 📚💙
Two Chairs Talking: Episode 9. Children of the Future age. Image is of a group of children with Asian features wearing space helmets against a background of a futuristic city.
October 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
davidrgrigg.bsky.social
The latest episode of our podcast "Two Chairs Talking" is now out. We discuss SHROUD by Adrian Tchaikovsky and the film DARK CITY.

Podcast Episode here:
twochairs.website/2025-07-28-2...

Transcript here: twochairs.website/podcast/fanz...

#books #booksky 💙📚
Two Chairs Talking Episode 7, The Clock Has Stopped in the Dark. Image is of a mess of clockwork over a blurry landscape.
August 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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The latest episode of our podcast "Two Chairs Talking" is now out. Perry and I discuss the latest Mission Impossible movies and the novel Julia by Sandra Newman.

twochairs.website/2025-06-26-2...

Transcript is available here:

twochairs.website/podcast/fanz...

#books #films #booksky 💙📚
Two Chairs Talking, Episode 6: Exhausting the Realm of the Possible. Image is a stylised image of a mix of Big Brother and Ethan Hunt with fighter jets in the background.
July 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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The latest issue of my book and movie review newsletter is now out. I review Careless People, Karla's Choice and The Last Song of Penelope, and have quite a bit to say about the film Parasite.

#booksky #books #films 💙📚

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Through the Biblioscope Issue 80: Choosing the Wrong Path. The image shows the covers of three books: Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams, Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway, and The Last Song of Penelope by Claire North.
June 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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May 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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The latest episode of our podcast Two Chairs Talking is now out! Perry and I discuss the novellas Typhoon by Joseph Conrad and The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler, as well as the film Birdman directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu.
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💙📚 #booksky #books #movies
Two Chairs Talking: Season 2 Episode 4, The Eye of the Storm. Image is a NASA photo of a hurricane as taken from the International Space Station.
April 29, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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lucysussex.bsky.social
Sydney folk! Interested in hearing about 1800s Australian crime, and how Mary Fortun wrote 500 police procedurals about it--the longest early crime serial known. Even though her son was a crim. Includes Ned Kelly and a Sydney safecracking, for which 2 men hanged

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Lucy Sussex & Megan Brown – Outrageous Fortunes – Gleebooks.com.au
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April 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Sydney folk! Interested in hearing about the seamy side of 1800s Oz true crime, and how a woman wrote police procedurals about it? Even when her son turned into a career criminal! Includes Ned Kelly links and a notorious Sydney safecracking, for which two men hanged
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Lucy Sussex & Megan Brown – Outrageous Fortunes – Gleebooks.com.au
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April 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
davidrgrigg.bsky.social
The latest issue of our podcast is now out! Perry and I discuss the film (and novel) Never Let Me Go, and the novel This Kingdom of Dust, in considerable depth.

#books #booksky 💙📚

twochairs.website/2025-03-24-2...
Two Chairs Talking, Season 2 Episode 3 Don’t Ever Leave. Image is of a young woman in a hoodie with her hands together as if in prayer. Behind her is a forest.
March 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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February 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
davidrgrigg.bsky.social
The latest episode of our review podcast is now out! We talk about the best TV and movies we saw during 2024 (and the books they were based on). 💙📚

twochairs.website/2025-02-25-2...
Two Chairs Talking: Season 2 Episode 2: The Vision Spendid. Image is of a glowing sun or org inside a rectangular frame against a black background.
February 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
davidrgrigg.bsky.social
The latest issue of my review newsletter is now out! biblioscope.org/issues_71_to...

#books #booksky 💙📚
Through the Biblioscope Issue 78: Rook Takes Queen. Image shows the covers of three books: Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson, Intermezzo by Sally Rooneyn and Shards of Earth by Adrian Tschaikovsky
February 22, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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marcelias.bsky.social
I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.

I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
www.democracydocket.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.
February 19, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.
February 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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First long and good review: residentjudge.com/2025/02/12/o...
‘Outrageous Fortunes’ by Megan Brown and Lucy Sussex
2025, 288 p. & notes If nominative determinism was a real thing, this book would be about a wealthy woman, her affluent son and their convention-shattering lives. Instead, Mary Fortune worked a…
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February 14, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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#LibreOffice 24.8 Calc Guide print edition is now available on Lulu (dot) com. Free PDF, as always, can be downloaded from the LibreOffice website.

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LibreOffice 24.8 Calc Guide
LibreOffice is a freely-available, full-featured office suite. It runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS computers. Calc is the spreadsheet component of LibreOffice. This book covers the main features of C...
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February 6, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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True.
February 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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adamkinzinger.substack.com
Dear Mexico, Canada, Panama, and Europe:

100 percent tariffs on Tesla.
February 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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January 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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katiewhittemore22.bsky.social
Sell your Tesla. ❌

Sell your Cybertruck. ❌

Get off Twitter. ❌

Don’t sign up for Starlink. ❌

Bankrupt him. It will take while but it’s possible. ✊🏻

#resist
January 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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drjackbrown.bsky.social
Courage begets courage.
January 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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muellershewrote.com
🚨 🚨 🚨 HOMEWORK 🚨 🚨 🚨

The email address for federal workers to inform on their colleagues is DEIAtruth@opm.gov.

Would be a real shame if folks flooded that inbox, rendering it useless.
January 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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I do not know why my novel WANDERERS is a mere buck-ninety-nine at your favorite electric bookmonger site of choice, but it is, so if you want, y'know, creepy sleepwalking disease peri-apocalyptic sci-fi horror with a hefty dash of EAT SHIT A.I., then hey, it's 800 pages for 199 pennies.
Book cover: CHUCK WENDIG'S WANDERERS. Features eerie sunset sky and a bent, rusted watertower and some shambling hobbity-lookin dude wandering down field path. It says NATIONAL BESTSELLER, which is nice, and includes a nice quote from the Toronto Star which compares it to Stephen King, Emily St John Mandel, and Justin Cronin's books.
January 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM