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I like things I don’t understand. I like lots of things.
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Hurray for everyone,. Good luck!
We are blumming chuffed to share our nominations for @bestmicrofiction.bsky.social
Amazing stories that deserve to go all the way 🦝💜

@sarahkat.bsky.social
@terryholland.bsky.social (in print)
@joeluscombe.bsky.social
@timothycgoodwin.bsky.social
@bronwengriffiths.bsky.social (in print)

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November 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I’ve finally resolved my mysterious ban on Bluesky, so please forgive my tarditude.
Our second spotlight from the prompted stories issue 🦝
We loved the voice Joe gave the MC in this quirky crytozoological romp, the almost gleeful positivity.
A fantastic take on the prompts - Forest, Cryptid and Strange Photos 📸
Read here: trashcatlit.com/flash/
October 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Share this with a gif from your fave comfort telly.
February 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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1. Breach of our UN obligations
2. Adequate safe routes to claim asylum would make dangerous routes largely redundant
3. People should be able to flee persecution, and hunger - UN countries should work together to address the problems
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’
Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Howden, Hemel Hempstead
February 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The satisfaction of finding where the previous owners wrote down an alarm code while you are mid waah-waah is unmatched.
January 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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When we hit 2,000 followers we'll give away our ten favourite graphic novels of 202 to one lucky UK follower.
January 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Just a handful of my favourite memories of 2024 to accompany my traditional 'That Was The Year That Was' blog now available to read here:

joesolomusic.com/2024/12/28/2...

Thanks so much to every one of you for making the last 12 months so incredibly special.

I can't wait to get stuck into 2025.
2024: That Was The Year That Was
2024 was far and away the most fun, and most successful year I’ve had as a musician, and I wanted to reflect a little while saying THANK YOU to everyone who helped me along the way. It was bo…
joesolomusic.com
December 28, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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Freedom Studios closure is not the Bradford 2025 news I wanted.

#theatre #bradford #artsemergency
December 18, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Saltaire Victoria Hall. Hey ho, let’s go.
December 15, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Tree Roots (detail)
Vincent Van Gogh

#lastpaintings
#paintings
December 11, 2024 at 4:58 PM
www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...

I had managed to not hear about this before the latest Over the Top Under the Radar podcast.
Ibrahima Bah: Pilot of migrant boat sentenced for Channel deaths
Four people drowned when a dinghy steered by Ibrahima Bah began to sink on an attempted crossing.
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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Yes 🙏
December 10, 2024 at 5:12 PM
open.substack.com/pub/joelusco...

#substack

Theseare little bits of writing I’ve done in the last few months. A few people have read them, but the deafening silence makes me feel like I have belched at a dinner party. Please feel free to interact.
Joe’s Substack | Joe Luscombe | Substack
My personal Substack. Click to read Joe’s Substack, by Joe Luscombe, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ago.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Francis Bacon ‘Self-Portrait’ 1991-2.
#lastpaintings
#painting
December 10, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Vince Guaraldi phase of Advent has begun.
December 9, 2024 at 9:28 AM
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From midnight tonight, I begin a 'Sponsored Do Nothing' raising help for Medical Aid For Palestinians. Basically, I aren't allowed to do anything musical or political for a full week.

I am already struggling, and it hasn't started yet!

Donations link:
www.justgiving.com/page/joe-sol...
December 8, 2024 at 9:59 PM
The Wire magazine’s January issue is always one of my favourite things. Out now kids! #music
December 7, 2024 at 9:58 AM
This is the Soviet war memorial at the Imperial War Museum in London. It has remains of graffiti reading ‘stop war in Ukraine’. Not to disagree with the sentiment, but given sensitivities about a) war memorials and b) protest that breaks laws is it odd that no fuss has been made? (To my knowledge)
December 6, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per post for 20 days, in no particular order, not necessarily every day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 18
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 3, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per post for 20 days, in no particular order, not necessarily every day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 17
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
November 30, 2024 at 10:55 PM
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I’m fed up of hearing politicians and journalists talking about immigrants as if they’re not people. Repost if you agree!🚨🚨🚨
November 29, 2024 at 10:18 AM