Damien Marquess
@dmarquess.bsky.social
Lapsed amateur writer looking to get started again, into SF/Fantasy/Horror/Thriller. Interested in politics, movies, tv and history.
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
April 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
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To celebrate the completion of The Library Trilogy with THE BOOK THAT HELD HER HEART, I'm giving away the full set of signed Locked Library special editions.
To enter just repost.
Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.
Winner chosen randomly from all entries.
To enter just repost.
Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.
Winner chosen randomly from all entries.
April 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
To celebrate the completion of The Library Trilogy with THE BOOK THAT HELD HER HEART, I'm giving away the full set of signed Locked Library special editions.
To enter just repost.
Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.
Winner chosen randomly from all entries.
To enter just repost.
Contest held across my socials - enter elsewhere too to increase chances.
Winner chosen randomly from all entries.
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I’m no socialist but this speaks to me
April 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I’m no socialist but this speaks to me
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in this week's newsletter! an actually serious essay, in which I try to figure out why on earth so many of the mainstream political elites feel that the far right ought to be able to get away with everything: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/why-the-el... [free to read!]
April 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
in this week's newsletter! an actually serious essay, in which I try to figure out why on earth so many of the mainstream political elites feel that the far right ought to be able to get away with everything: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/why-the-el... [free to read!]
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The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
April 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.
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"Should we do something? It feels like we should do something. Hopefully, I’ll feel more like I can dedicate the brain space to that just as soon as I finish my work, which is tuning this glockenspiel."
I’m a German Citizen in 1933, and Is It Just Me or Is It Really Hard to Get Any Work Done Right Now?
Guten tag. I’m just wondering if anybody else can relate to this feeling I’ve been having that I just can’t shake. It’s only Tuesday, but what a we...
www.mcsweeneys.net
April 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
"Should we do something? It feels like we should do something. Hopefully, I’ll feel more like I can dedicate the brain space to that just as soon as I finish my work, which is tuning this glockenspiel."
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
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one great mystery of our age is how the only way to motivate rich people to work is to give them loads of money for no reason but the only way to motivate poor people to work is to take away loads of their money for no reason
March 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
one great mystery of our age is how the only way to motivate rich people to work is to give them loads of money for no reason but the only way to motivate poor people to work is to take away loads of their money for no reason
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If Trump can secure a source of revenue (tariffs) that doesn't need Congressional approval, & can spend the proceeds without Congressional permission, he'll have done what Charles I failed to do in the C17th.
Trump wants to govern as an elective monarch. The GOP in Congress must decide if it cares.
Trump wants to govern as an elective monarch. The GOP in Congress must decide if it cares.
March 6, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If Trump can secure a source of revenue (tariffs) that doesn't need Congressional approval, & can spend the proceeds without Congressional permission, he'll have done what Charles I failed to do in the C17th.
Trump wants to govern as an elective monarch. The GOP in Congress must decide if it cares.
Trump wants to govern as an elective monarch. The GOP in Congress must decide if it cares.
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NOT NOW, ZOMBIE CAVE SPIDERS.
New nightmare fuel: zombie cave-spider fungus
Newly discovered fungal species makes zombies of cave spiders on island of Ireland
Dr. Harry Evans, Emeritus Fellow at CAB International, led scientists—including from the Natural History Museum of Denmark and Royal Botanical Gardens Kew—in a study to investigate the identity of a f...
phys.org
January 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
NOT NOW, ZOMBIE CAVE SPIDERS.
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No one who hasn't shared or donated to this gofundme is allowed to talk about Disco Elysium ever again.
I know! I'm poor too. I don't always eat either.
A single dollar. One currency.
I know! I'm poor too. I don't always eat either.
A single dollar. One currency.
January 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
No one who hasn't shared or donated to this gofundme is allowed to talk about Disco Elysium ever again.
I know! I'm poor too. I don't always eat either.
A single dollar. One currency.
I know! I'm poor too. I don't always eat either.
A single dollar. One currency.
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Some background: Spielberg personally phoned Lynch and asked him to play Ford. Lynch refused.
Spielberg sent him the script anyway. Lynch then said: "i agree with Ford that a horizon in the middle is boring as shit."
He then said yes, and demanded unlimited Cheetos in his dressing room/on set.
Spielberg sent him the script anyway. Lynch then said: "i agree with Ford that a horizon in the middle is boring as shit."
He then said yes, and demanded unlimited Cheetos in his dressing room/on set.
January 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Some background: Spielberg personally phoned Lynch and asked him to play Ford. Lynch refused.
Spielberg sent him the script anyway. Lynch then said: "i agree with Ford that a horizon in the middle is boring as shit."
He then said yes, and demanded unlimited Cheetos in his dressing room/on set.
Spielberg sent him the script anyway. Lynch then said: "i agree with Ford that a horizon in the middle is boring as shit."
He then said yes, and demanded unlimited Cheetos in his dressing room/on set.
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Here's what happened to Hugh Grant:
January 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Here's what happened to Hugh Grant:
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Something to remember is that the Techbro billionaire class were rarely the actual tech pioneers. They're the ones who bankrolled it, or engineered a controlling share interest.
They're just Railway Robber Barons 2.0.
It's why they're crap at actual tech. Their 'skill' was money, timing or theft.
They're just Railway Robber Barons 2.0.
It's why they're crap at actual tech. Their 'skill' was money, timing or theft.
January 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Something to remember is that the Techbro billionaire class were rarely the actual tech pioneers. They're the ones who bankrolled it, or engineered a controlling share interest.
They're just Railway Robber Barons 2.0.
It's why they're crap at actual tech. Their 'skill' was money, timing or theft.
They're just Railway Robber Barons 2.0.
It's why they're crap at actual tech. Their 'skill' was money, timing or theft.
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A storm is a great time to steal a trampoline from a garden.
They'll assume it blew away.
But they won't look in case it killed someone.
They'll assume it blew away.
But they won't look in case it killed someone.
January 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A storm is a great time to steal a trampoline from a garden.
They'll assume it blew away.
But they won't look in case it killed someone.
They'll assume it blew away.
But they won't look in case it killed someone.
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#StormÉowyn is shaping up to be historic. The entire island of Ireland is now under a red warning 🚨
The storm will undergo explosive cyclogenesis (a bomb cyclone), with pressure dropping rapidly in 24 hours. Expect damaging winds, power outages, flying debris and large waves.
The storm will undergo explosive cyclogenesis (a bomb cyclone), with pressure dropping rapidly in 24 hours. Expect damaging winds, power outages, flying debris and large waves.
January 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#StormÉowyn is shaping up to be historic. The entire island of Ireland is now under a red warning 🚨
The storm will undergo explosive cyclogenesis (a bomb cyclone), with pressure dropping rapidly in 24 hours. Expect damaging winds, power outages, flying debris and large waves.
The storm will undergo explosive cyclogenesis (a bomb cyclone), with pressure dropping rapidly in 24 hours. Expect damaging winds, power outages, flying debris and large waves.
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#StormÉowyn is set to bring severe weather to Ireland and parts of the UK on Friday, with Met Éireann issuing a red weather warning for storm-force winds. Widespread disruption and dangerous conditions are expected, especially in coastal areas.
January 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
#StormÉowyn is set to bring severe weather to Ireland and parts of the UK on Friday, with Met Éireann issuing a red weather warning for storm-force winds. Widespread disruption and dangerous conditions are expected, especially in coastal areas.
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Someone somehow needs to get Musk to open the Ark of the Covenant.
January 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Someone somehow needs to get Musk to open the Ark of the Covenant.
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David Lynch knew the essential secret of storytelling: you can do whatever the fuck you want as long as you’re also trying to solve a murder
January 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
David Lynch knew the essential secret of storytelling: you can do whatever the fuck you want as long as you’re also trying to solve a murder