John Berkeley Grout 🏳️🌈🔶
@jrberkeley.bsky.social
John (he/him) aka. John Berkeley; Leovinas. UK-based writer of SFF, player of RPGs, Classics/archaeology/ancient history PhD, process/telecoms specialist.
The sort of gay lefty Liberal your mother warned you about. Views my own, etc. (no TERFs or AI, ta)
The sort of gay lefty Liberal your mother warned you about. Views my own, etc. (no TERFs or AI, ta)
Robot Wars 💔
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Robot Wars 💔
GREETINGS, FELLOW HUMANS. I TOO ENJOY HUMAN ACTIVITIES LIKE BREATHING, AND HAVING SKIN.
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
GREETINGS, FELLOW HUMANS. I TOO ENJOY HUMAN ACTIVITIES LIKE BREATHING, AND HAVING SKIN.
Sure, the King's English (he is!), but proper English is the Queen's: clearly-enunciated, a bit clipped, starched to an inch of its life, and a reminder of a bygone era. If it was the King's, it would be well-meaning, a bit burbly, drooping at the edges, and not so much starched as richly-fruited.
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Sure, the King's English (he is!), but proper English is the Queen's: clearly-enunciated, a bit clipped, starched to an inch of its life, and a reminder of a bygone era. If it was the King's, it would be well-meaning, a bit burbly, drooping at the edges, and not so much starched as richly-fruited.
...are there any good #SFF stories out there that folks could recommend that tackle MM/FF monarchs in the context of hereditary/dynastic monarchy? This feels really interesting to me (and then there's the question of "why monarchy-as-default?", which also needs exploring...) Recommendations?
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November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
...are there any good #SFF stories out there that folks could recommend that tackle MM/FF monarchs in the context of hereditary/dynastic monarchy? This feels really interesting to me (and then there's the question of "why monarchy-as-default?", which also needs exploring...) Recommendations?
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That sounds like the toothpaste version of Liqufruta 🤢
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
That sounds like the toothpaste version of Liqufruta 🤢
I think this might be one of my favourite skeets ever, and I hate it. Thank you, Adrian! 😂
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think this might be one of my favourite skeets ever, and I hate it. Thank you, Adrian! 😂
It was an excellent hustings and their largest in person audience as well. Good to go out with a bang.
November 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
It was an excellent hustings and their largest in person audience as well. Good to go out with a bang.
You'd think so. As a flat-dweller and regular deliverer of leaflets, they aren't always obvious.
November 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
You'd think so. As a flat-dweller and regular deliverer of leaflets, they aren't always obvious.
Have voted for you and @rebeccajones03.bsky.social with great gusto. Really hope you get onto FPC! 🧡
November 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Have voted for you and @rebeccajones03.bsky.social with great gusto. Really hope you get onto FPC! 🧡
Ew. Only excuse would be if they couldn't find the front door IMHO, and even then they should be very apologetic.
November 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Ew. Only excuse would be if they couldn't find the front door IMHO, and even then they should be very apologetic.