Tom
@jeatt.bsky.social
Words, music, myth, folklore. I am, I think, and increasingly, a Luddite.
'I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.'
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https://tomjeatt.substack.com
'I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself.'
🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑🌒🌓🌓🌔
https://tomjeatt.substack.com
You just died.
The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you.
(They’ve done it again)
The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you.
(They’ve done it again)
November 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
You just died.
The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you.
(They’ve done it again)
The sixth picture in your gallery is what killed you.
(They’ve done it again)
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I’m toast.
I’m toast.
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I’m toast.
I’m toast.
I remember reading this and thinking, nah. Placebo effect. Also, my hearing has suffered. Even if true, I wouldn’t notice.
The difference is night and day. Listened to The Court by Peter Gabriel (sparse but also dense) and the separation of instruments was astonishing. So many details I’d missed.
The difference is night and day. Listened to The Court by Peter Gabriel (sparse but also dense) and the separation of instruments was astonishing. So many details I’d missed.
I just switched from Spotify to Tidal as a half-baked ethical gesture and maybe this is some sort of aural placebo effect but the difference in sound quality is startling, as though Spotify plays everything through a sock. Or am I just imagining this
November 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I remember reading this and thinking, nah. Placebo effect. Also, my hearing has suffered. Even if true, I wouldn’t notice.
The difference is night and day. Listened to The Court by Peter Gabriel (sparse but also dense) and the separation of instruments was astonishing. So many details I’d missed.
The difference is night and day. Listened to The Court by Peter Gabriel (sparse but also dense) and the separation of instruments was astonishing. So many details I’d missed.
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I've TWO of these beautiful 'Witch & Hare' original linocuts by my mum, Jo, to give away to my Bluesky followers. The print is from my recently republished book, Help The Witch.
All you have to do to enter is repost this story from the book (maybe give it a read too?) www.tom-cox.com/robot-2/
All you have to do to enter is repost this story from the book (maybe give it a read too?) www.tom-cox.com/robot-2/
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I've TWO of these beautiful 'Witch & Hare' original linocuts by my mum, Jo, to give away to my Bluesky followers. The print is from my recently republished book, Help The Witch.
All you have to do to enter is repost this story from the book (maybe give it a read too?) www.tom-cox.com/robot-2/
All you have to do to enter is repost this story from the book (maybe give it a read too?) www.tom-cox.com/robot-2/
Yes I am posting this because I covet that hare, but also I have read the piece and you should too because it's beautiful and fond, and (as someone closer to 50 than 40, with many unfulfilled dreams) inspiring and reassuring.
I have two - TWO - of these gorgeous original A4 meadow hare linoprints by my mum, Jo, to give away to a couple of lucky people here on Bluesky today.
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
Rules are simple: to be in with a chance to win, you just have to repost this piece I wrote about Jo and her art: www.tom-cox.com/the-magic-ro...
November 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Yes I am posting this because I covet that hare, but also I have read the piece and you should too because it's beautiful and fond, and (as someone closer to 50 than 40, with many unfulfilled dreams) inspiring and reassuring.
#100DaysOfWriting day 3. Wrote some dialogue with a brand new character. Made some promises to myself about what I wanted this story to be.
September 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
#100DaysOfWriting day 3. Wrote some dialogue with a brand new character. Made some promises to myself about what I wanted this story to be.
Day 2 of #100DaysOfWriting and it's . . . ok, actually. A handful of words, some of them surprising. Put my glasses on. Added a song to the playlist.
September 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Day 2 of #100DaysOfWriting and it's . . . ok, actually. A handful of words, some of them surprising. Put my glasses on. Added a song to the playlist.
#100DaysOfWriting not exactly off to a flier due to a slight illness and an immense weariness, BUT words were written and I made a chart (which sadly means that the 'I'm being productive because I'm making a chart' phase of the challenge is over).
September 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
#100DaysOfWriting not exactly off to a flier due to a slight illness and an immense weariness, BUT words were written and I made a chart (which sadly means that the 'I'm being productive because I'm making a chart' phase of the challenge is over).
I’ve conjured up David Foster Gregg Wallace but I don’t know what to do with it.
July 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I’ve conjured up David Foster Gregg Wallace but I don’t know what to do with it.
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Biodiversity is a preference for the habitual voyager of what is known as
Arklife!
And wrathful God can be avoided if you take a route straight through what is known as
Arklife!
Noah's got brewers droop, he gets intimidated by the white-and-black doves
They love a bit of it
Arklife!
Arklife!
And wrathful God can be avoided if you take a route straight through what is known as
Arklife!
Noah's got brewers droop, he gets intimidated by the white-and-black doves
They love a bit of it
Arklife!
June 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Biodiversity is a preference for the habitual voyager of what is known as
Arklife!
And wrathful God can be avoided if you take a route straight through what is known as
Arklife!
Noah's got brewers droop, he gets intimidated by the white-and-black doves
They love a bit of it
Arklife!
Arklife!
And wrathful God can be avoided if you take a route straight through what is known as
Arklife!
Noah's got brewers droop, he gets intimidated by the white-and-black doves
They love a bit of it
Arklife!
@patricknessbooks.bsky.social I've just read A Monster Calls. I think it's the best and truest book about illness and grief I've ever read. I don't think I'll ever get over it. (In the best possible way—all of my favourite books are books I've failed to get over in one way or another).
June 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
@patricknessbooks.bsky.social I've just read A Monster Calls. I think it's the best and truest book about illness and grief I've ever read. I don't think I'll ever get over it. (In the best possible way—all of my favourite books are books I've failed to get over in one way or another).
Vengaboys from the Blackstuff
Sapphire And Steeleye Span.
Doctor The Who
May 26, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Vengaboys from the Blackstuff
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Want to know what you should read this summer? Ask a bookseller. Ask a writer. Ask a librarian. Ask a living, breathing human being. Hell, ask me! It's been a while since I've done one of these, so let's do it: one like = one summer reading book rec.
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Want to know what you should read this summer? Ask a bookseller. Ask a writer. Ask a librarian. Ask a living, breathing human being. Hell, ask me! It's been a while since I've done one of these, so let's do it: one like = one summer reading book rec.
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IT’S DUST!!!!
Our bodies emit a stream of low-energy photons, and now experiments in mice have revealed that this ghostly glow is cut off when we die
All living things emit an eerie glow that is snuffed out upon death
www.newscientist.com
May 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
IT’S DUST!!!!
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The wonderful @kathrynjoseph11.bsky.social _’s new album “WE WERE MADE PREY.” is out 2 weeks today! 🐺🩸 Available on CD, red vinyl, & exclusive signed Assai Obi Edition - pre order now at lnk.to/MADEPREY
Don't forget Kathryn is supporting @mogwai.scot @ the Barrowlands on Sunday w/ Lomond Campbell 🖤
Don't forget Kathryn is supporting @mogwai.scot @ the Barrowlands on Sunday w/ Lomond Campbell 🖤
May 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The wonderful @kathrynjoseph11.bsky.social _’s new album “WE WERE MADE PREY.” is out 2 weeks today! 🐺🩸 Available on CD, red vinyl, & exclusive signed Assai Obi Edition - pre order now at lnk.to/MADEPREY
Don't forget Kathryn is supporting @mogwai.scot @ the Barrowlands on Sunday w/ Lomond Campbell 🖤
Don't forget Kathryn is supporting @mogwai.scot @ the Barrowlands on Sunday w/ Lomond Campbell 🖤
New Adventures in Hard-Fi.
Richard Archer and friends perform the best of late-period R.E.M.
Richard Archer and friends perform the best of late-period R.E.M.
Get Coat. Wear Coat. Leave.
A Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly tribute act, but with all of the lyrics replaced by dad jokes.
A Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly tribute act, but with all of the lyrics replaced by dad jokes.
May 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
New Adventures in Hard-Fi.
Richard Archer and friends perform the best of late-period R.E.M.
Richard Archer and friends perform the best of late-period R.E.M.
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Pavement plants - make us HAPPY.
May 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Pavement plants - make us HAPPY.
Season appropriate, and maybe one for @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social. The Green Man, offering a suggestion.
May 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Season appropriate, and maybe one for @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social. The Green Man, offering a suggestion.
Mooli-vous daikon brassicaceae.
It’s The Endive The World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine)
May 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Mooli-vous daikon brassicaceae.
@garypanton.co.uk I gave my daughter The Notwitches at bedtime, and I just went up to see how she was getting on with it. She's not always easy to please with books (I've had a few misses recently!) but her verdict on The Notwitches was: It. Is. Perfect. (And a tiny little 👌).
April 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
@garypanton.co.uk I gave my daughter The Notwitches at bedtime, and I just went up to see how she was getting on with it. She's not always easy to please with books (I've had a few misses recently!) but her verdict on The Notwitches was: It. Is. Perfect. (And a tiny little 👌).
Breaks my heart that we only have Kyle left.
Song of the day in the Daily Reckless. #SongOfTheDay
Looking For Phillip Jeffries | Daily Reckless
"We're not gonna talk about Judy at all." David Bowie's 'Looking For A Friend' backs this latest Twin Peaks stramash-up. What year is it? see also: https://www.dailyreckless.com/2025/02/01/alberts-pat...
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April 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Breaks my heart that we only have Kyle left.
Baizein’ Squad #snookerpop
Unless…..
@quantick.bsky.social does a #snookerpop thing….?
Helen Terry Griffiths
So Solid Crucible
You get the idea with that.
@quantick.bsky.social does a #snookerpop thing….?
Helen Terry Griffiths
So Solid Crucible
You get the idea with that.
April 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Baizein’ Squad #snookerpop
I wish I was a little bit taller
April 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I wish I was a little bit taller
Just watched The Staircase, and I’m left with a lingering certainty that Colin Firth should be cast as William Shatner in a dramatisation of the making of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.
April 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Just watched The Staircase, and I’m left with a lingering certainty that Colin Firth should be cast as William Shatner in a dramatisation of the making of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.