Duncan Batey
@duncanbatey.bsky.social
is allegedly a gracefully ageing rocker whose life was demolished in a freak meditation accident back when he was a computer scientist
but also very definitely a singer-songwriter and t'ai-chi enthusiast based in Glastonbury, UK
duncanbatey.bandcamp.com
but also very definitely a singer-songwriter and t'ai-chi enthusiast based in Glastonbury, UK
duncanbatey.bandcamp.com
Aw heck. Purveyor of extreme bass coolness. Too young.
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, the Stone Roses and Primal Scream bassist, dies aged 63
Ian Brown and Tim Burgess were among those to pay tribute to Mani, whose death was announced by his brother and nephew
Gary “Mani” Mounfield, best known as a founding member and bassist of the Stone Roses, has died aged 63. The cause of death has not been shared.
His brother Greg Mounfield posted the news on Facebook: “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce the sad passing of my brother.” His nephew also shared the news. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Aw heck. Purveyor of extreme bass coolness. Too young.
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I just want trans people the world over to be able to live in peace, and I don't think that should be an unreasonable ask or expectation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I just want trans people the world over to be able to live in peace, and I don't think that should be an unreasonable ask or expectation.
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I’m just a boy on a train reminding you that you only have 5 more chances to see my tour show! Southampton this Saturday then Leeds, Liverpool, Guildford and Brighton next week. Book early, book often! www.livenation.co.uk/matt-green-t...
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I’m just a boy on a train reminding you that you only have 5 more chances to see my tour show! Southampton this Saturday then Leeds, Liverpool, Guildford and Brighton next week. Book early, book often! www.livenation.co.uk/matt-green-t...
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'Archways and light' Photograph taken from St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor this morning, a few minutes after sunrise.
November 20, 2025 at 9:18 AM
'Archways and light' Photograph taken from St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor this morning, a few minutes after sunrise.
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Tranquility at dawn. This morning at the base of Glastonbury Tor about 40 minutes before sunrise.
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Tranquility at dawn. This morning at the base of Glastonbury Tor about 40 minutes before sunrise.
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A glimmer of light in the darkness. This morning at sunrise, the light peeped through as the clouds darkened and the rain fell. Photograph taken on Glastonbury Tor looking out over the Somerset levels. Another cold start to the day.
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A glimmer of light in the darkness. This morning at sunrise, the light peeped through as the clouds darkened and the rain fell. Photograph taken on Glastonbury Tor looking out over the Somerset levels. Another cold start to the day.
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Hope remains!
Come on authors, we're all rooting for you!
Come on authors, we're all rooting for you!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Hope remains!
Come on authors, we're all rooting for you!
Come on authors, we're all rooting for you!
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I think this by Google head is right:
"We can look back at the internet right now. There was clearly a lot of excess investment, but none of us would question whether the internet was profound"
Both are true: AI companies are v overvalued & AI is transformative
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"We can look back at the internet right now. There was clearly a lot of excess investment, but none of us would question whether the internet was profound"
Both are true: AI companies are v overvalued & AI is transformative
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
The AI boom has been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I think this by Google head is right:
"We can look back at the internet right now. There was clearly a lot of excess investment, but none of us would question whether the internet was profound"
Both are true: AI companies are v overvalued & AI is transformative
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"We can look back at the internet right now. There was clearly a lot of excess investment, but none of us would question whether the internet was profound"
Both are true: AI companies are v overvalued & AI is transformative
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A new arrival from Subterranean Press - with a beautiful cover by @alisonsampson.bsky.social - this collects the vast majority of my short fiction to date, along with commentary on particularly noteworthy entries.
We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky (@aptshadow.bsky.social), a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels. Featuring a foreword by @scalzi.com. Full details and preorder: subterraneanpress.com/newsannounci...
Announcing THE BEST OF ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY—Over 600 Pages!
We’re delighted to announce The Best of Adrian Tchaikovsky, a massive—37 stories, more than 600 pages—collection by the author of many acclaimed novels, including Alien Clay, Shroud,...
subterraneanpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A new arrival from Subterranean Press - with a beautiful cover by @alisonsampson.bsky.social - this collects the vast majority of my short fiction to date, along with commentary on particularly noteworthy entries.
Sound advice.
Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis
Feeling overwhelmed by divisive opinions, endless rows and unreliable facts? Here’s how to weather the data storm
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Sound advice.
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Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track
Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track
Former Beatle and artists including Sam Fender, Kate Bush and Hans Zimmer record silent LP Is This What We Want
At two minutes 45 seconds it’s about the same length as With a Little Help From My Friends. But Paul McCartney’s first new recording in five years lacks the sing-along tune and jaunty guitar chops because there’s barely anything there.
The former Beatle, arguably Britain’s greatest living songwriter, is releasing a track of an almost completely silent recording studio as part of a music industry protest against copyright theft by artificial intelligence companies. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track
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A mellow end to the day here in Glastonbury.
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A mellow end to the day here in Glastonbury.
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Re-reading Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch just for the fun of it, in which the still much-disparaged but increasingly well-staffed Wizarding (or "Weird Bollocks") Branch of the Met take a busman's holiday north of the border in search of an alleged Very Big Cat, and find much, much more besides...
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Re-reading Stone & Sky by Ben Aaronovitch just for the fun of it, in which the still much-disparaged but increasingly well-staffed Wizarding (or "Weird Bollocks") Branch of the Met take a busman's holiday north of the border in search of an alleged Very Big Cat, and find much, much more besides...
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I'm about to start this which I'm really looking forward to as I loved the Earthsea books as a kid.
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I'm about to start this which I'm really looking forward to as I loved the Earthsea books as a kid.
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Took me a while and almost lost it but enjoyed the recommendation from here “Tainted Cup” last week (enough to buy the sequel). I’ve moved over to “William” by Mason Coile. This months book subscription from Mr B’s - so far so good at building an unsettling premise
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Took me a while and almost lost it but enjoyed the recommendation from here “Tainted Cup” last week (enough to buy the sequel). I’ve moved over to “William” by Mason Coile. This months book subscription from Mr B’s - so far so good at building an unsettling premise
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It's Monday again and today I'm still reading "One-Shot Wonders: Over 100 Adventures for Fantasy RPGs" by Sam Bartlett, Beth Davies, Destiny Howell, and Christina Hassan
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
November 17, 2025 at 5:53 AM
It's Monday again and today I'm still reading "One-Shot Wonders: Over 100 Adventures for Fantasy RPGs" by Sam Bartlett, Beth Davies, Destiny Howell, and Christina Hassan
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
What book(s) are you reading this week?
💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR
alt text in images please
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“I think the following is incontestable: the only way to get rid of all opinions that are different from yours is by carrying out unthinkable human rights atrocities.”
How to cope with information overload that our brains & social structures aren’t equipped for.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
How to cope with information overload that our brains & social structures aren’t equipped for.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Don’t argue with strangers… and 11 more rules to survive the information crisis
Feeling overwhelmed by divisive opinions, endless rows and unreliable facts? Here’s how to weather the data storm
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“I think the following is incontestable: the only way to get rid of all opinions that are different from yours is by carrying out unthinkable human rights atrocities.”
How to cope with information overload that our brains & social structures aren’t equipped for.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
How to cope with information overload that our brains & social structures aren’t equipped for.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages.
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I am closing in on 1000 supporters on my Patreon. Not all of them are paying supporters, of course, but it makes me deliriously happy that you care about my work this way. Many posts are free to read, and paying support starts at $1 with access to 2000 posts. www.patreon.com/c/ColleenDoran
Colleen Doran | Patreon
Creating Comics and Illustrated Books
www.patreon.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I am closing in on 1000 supporters on my Patreon. Not all of them are paying supporters, of course, but it makes me deliriously happy that you care about my work this way. Many posts are free to read, and paying support starts at $1 with access to 2000 posts. www.patreon.com/c/ColleenDoran
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Good advice.
I posted something about being put on a ridiculous list and you know what…? I deleted it.
It’s a very common social media mistake to give oxygen to someone who has made a strong decision to misunderstand you. And hate you for the fake version of you in their head.
Life is too short.
It’s a very common social media mistake to give oxygen to someone who has made a strong decision to misunderstand you. And hate you for the fake version of you in their head.
Life is too short.
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Good advice.
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Lots of people telling me they love Dad jokes, but jokes about graph paper are where they draw the line.
Why shouldn't you trust someone you see drawing on graph paper?
They're definitely plotting something.
They're definitely plotting something.
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Lots of people telling me they love Dad jokes, but jokes about graph paper are where they draw the line.
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Released this Tuesday by Penguin Random House / DC Comics.
With Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman & more - even the Joker - after three decades I'm back in Metropolis and Gotham City in November with KINGDOM COME by Mark Waid and Alex Ross, a fully cast, cinematic audio drama from DC and Penguin Random House Audio, with music by my SANDMAN pal James Hannigan.
November 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Released this Tuesday by Penguin Random House / DC Comics.
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Grease is the word.
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Grease is the word.
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This is fake duck. It’s lucky it wasn’t named by the people who called fake bacon ‘Facon’.
February 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This is fake duck. It’s lucky it wasn’t named by the people who called fake bacon ‘Facon’.