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Ian Gregoire (Author)
@lonelyboy1977.bsky.social
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Unheralded author of THE EXERCISE OF VITAL POWERS and THE APPRENTICE IN THE MASTER’S SHADOW. Your future favourite speculative fiction writer. Avowed enemy of the vile Orwellian religious cult known as the Twitter Mob. Pronouns: Herp/Derp. 🤪 #Shadowbanned
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Ian Gregoire (Author) @lonelyboy1977.bsky.social · Sep 4
Dear, #readers, if you prefer books that ignore the conventions of their genre I’m your man. I never tread old ground just to appeal to the market. I only write stories that no one else can, especially not ChatGPT. Buy my books today for confirmation. #booksky 📚

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#FunFact: If everyone had just listened to Jack Bauer the TV show 24 would be called 12 because every crisis would have been averted in half the time. 🤓

#MustSeeTV #TVSeries #TVShow #TVSky
September 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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I’ve been experiencing a protracted reading slump since the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020. This week I finally decided to take steps to overcome it.

#Blog #BlogPost #Hobby #Entertainment #NewBlogPost #PersonalBlog #Reading

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A Novel Solution To My Reading Problem
As someone who has been an avid reader since childhood, it is embarrassing to admit that I am in the midst of protracted reading slump that began in 2020 with the arrival of the global Covid…
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September 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Congratulations John Hodson (@mgcroadster.bsky.social)!!! You are the 25th person to be added to my #blocklist aka the Roll Call Of Shame. 🥳
September 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Does #Bluesky seriously expect users in the UK to hand over their personal data to a third party in the US just to use the chat function? Fortunately, I have a #VPN to bypass this nonsense, but others may not realise this is an option. 🤦‍♂️
September 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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If you live in London, and you’ve never seen Michael Mann’s classic crime drama, Heat, on the big screen, don’t miss your chance to do so this September at the Prince Charles Cinema in the West End. #FilmSky 📽️
princecharlescinema.com Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com · Sep 6
Michael Mann’s HEAT on 35mm: a bullet-riddled Los Angeles, where Pacino and De Niro circle each other like doomed planets, and downtown erupts in the most thunderous gunfight the movies have ever conjured. First screening next Sat afternoon, then across the month.

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September 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Attention bookworms! This weekend the ebook edition of THE EXERCISE OF VITAL POWERS is on sale for just £0.99/$0.99/€0.99 exclusively at Google Play. 🥳

BUY NOW: (play.google.com/store/books/...)

#bookboost #dealoftheday #ebooksale #fantasy #fantasybook #fantasyfiction #pricedrop #specialoffer
September 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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On Monday I started listening to a new (to me) #podcast revisiting #Babylon5. The plan is to listen to two episodes a week (Monday and Friday) until I’m up to date. This thread will chart my progress and thoughts. If you’re a listener of #ThirdAgePodcast please use the hashtag so we can discuss it.
September 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Dear, #readers, if you prefer books that ignore the conventions of their genre I’m your man. I never tread old ground just to appeal to the market. I only write stories that no one else can, especially not ChatGPT. Buy my books today for confirmation. #booksky 📚

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September 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Fellow writers/authors of Bluesky: is there consensus yet on which site or app is the best replacement for the defunct #NanNoWriMo website?

#authorsofbluesky #writerscommunity #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity
July 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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As of yesterday, I’m blogging again after neglecting both my author blog and personal blog for far too long. The first new post is about a podcast I’ve just started listening to.

#Blog #BlogPost #Hobby #Entertainment #NewBlogPost #PersonalBlog #Podcast

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And So It Begins, The Dawn Of A New Age
Over the past four years, the seminal 90s science fiction TV show, Babylon 5, has been experiencing renewed interest that has helped to garner appreciation from new generations of viewers. T…
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September 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Can you believe Radiohead’s second album, The Bends, is 30 years old this year? That means I’ve been listening to it regularly for about 28 of those years. 🤓

#Album #AlternativeRock #AltRock #BlastFromThePast #ClassicAlbum #Music #MusicSky #Radiohead #TheBends

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The Bends by Radiohead on Apple Music
Album · 1995 · 12 Songs
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August 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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I watched this film as a young child back in the early 80s and it freaked me out for ages. 😱 I’ve never watched it again since, but I think I’ll have to rectify that in October. 🤓

#BlastFromThePast #Cinema #CinemaSky #ClassicHorror #Film #FilmSky #Horror #HorrorFilm #HorrorMovie #Suspiria
princecharlescinema.com Prince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com · Aug 30
Dario Argento's iconic 1977 horror masterpiece SUSPIRIA is back at The PCC this Halloween! Catch the terrifying giallo classic on the big screen in 4K – showing 4th, 14th, 18th, 25th & 29th October and 1st November! 🎟️ tinyurl.com/bda8yhkd
August 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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I’m so pleased to see that the Fighting Fantasy game books that were such an influential part of my childhood in the 80s are still going strong all these years later. 🤓

#BlastFromThePast #FightingFantasy
fightingfantasy.bsky.social Fighting Fantasy @fightingfantasy.bsky.social · Aug 30
New collector's hardback edition of THE WARLOCK OF FIRETOP MOUNTAIN coming soon, featuring brand new cover art by Karl Kopinski! officialfightingfantasy.blogspot.com/2025/08/new-... #fightingfantasy #gamebooks @ian-livingstone.bsky.social @scholasticuk.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Superman was lonely, so I had to make Supergirl too!
See the story on my #blog

#crochet
#crocheting
#crochetlove
#crochetcommunity
#supergirl
#superman
#costume
Supergirl!
Superman was lonely, so guess what I made next?! I managed to make Supergirl in only two parts. I started with the boots and this time I used pink (the closest colour I had to the doll's skin) starting inside the boot so it looked like it was tucked in and the boot had edging. The pants go all the way up the waist again.
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August 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Superman Doll Costume!
See the story on my #blog

#crochet
#crocheting
#crochetlove
#crochetcommunity
#superman
#costume
Superman!
Back to doll clothes! But this time there was more purpose. If you recall me mentioning my Superman loving friend at work, well, why not push some boundaries and explore trial and error to make costumes for the dolls?! I used the same pixel art from the superman ball to make the image on the front of the outfit. I also added a single crochet backing inside to cover up the crossing yarn and neaten it up.
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August 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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I knew a decade ago that social media was a lost cause. Now I have an actual study to back up my assessment.

#FuckSocialMedia #SocialMediaIsAToxicCesspool #SocialMediaIsEvil #SocialMediaIsTrash #SocialMediaSucks

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Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed
“The [structural] mechanism producing these problematic outcomes is really robust and hard to resolve.”…
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August 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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In other words: #shadowbanned accounts like mine will continue to have zero visibility regardless of whether 10 links are posted or 10,000 links. 🙄
bsky.app Bluesky @bsky.app · Jul 30
PSA on links: On Bluesky, there’s no limit to the number of links you can share, and they will receive the same visibility as your other posts 💙
July 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
lonelyboy1977.bsky.social
Fellow writers/authors of Bluesky: is there consensus yet on which site or app is the best replacement for the defunct #NanNoWriMo website?

#authorsofbluesky #writerscommunity #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity
July 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Someone tell Keir Starmer he can suck my dick if he thinks I’m going to hand over my personal data to a third party just to maintain a functional user experience on #Reddit. I’m now using a VPN to bypass his authoritarian bullshit. 🖕

www.reddit.com/r/unitedking...
Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view many types of content
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July 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Today is your final chance to buy THE EXERCISE OF VITAL POWERS and THE APPRENTICE IN THE MASTER’S SHADOW for only $0.99/£0.99/€0.99 each from the Google Play store. #fantasy #fantasybooks #fantasyfiction #fantasylit #googleplay

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June 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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I heard “Take On Me” by a-ha earlier today, and I realised that the groundbreaking video that accompanied the single is 40 years old this year. What’s more, it is still better than most music videos made today. 😲

#80smusic #blastfromthepast #music #musicvideo
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a-ha - Take On Me (Official Video) [4K]
YouTube video by a-ha
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June 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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It’s great that #Hollywood is embracing originality once again, instead of using new instalments of decades old “franchises” (that are past their sell by date) as a crutch. Oh, wait a minute... 🤔

#cinema #cinemasky #film #filmsky youtu.be/uLguU7WLreA?...
The Naked Gun | Official Trailer (2025 Movie) - Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson
YouTube video by Paramount Pictures
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June 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Are you tired of romance novels masquerading as #fantasy tales? I’ve got you covered. Purchase both THE EXERCISE OF VITAL POWERS and THE APPRENTICE IN THE MASTER’S SHADOW safe in the knowledge of 100% less exposure to the “romantasy” fad.

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The Exercise Of Vital Powers The Apprentice In The Master’s Shadow
June 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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This is so true. #WritingCommunity
worrad.bsky.social J.L. Worrad @worrad.bsky.social · Jun 8
No book is quite the book you set out to write. And that’s central to the joy of it all.
June 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Who remembers when the unique selling point of streaming video services was the absence of advertising? Too bad #Enshittification had to rear its ugly head. Once again, those who sail the high seas get the superior experience. 🙄

#amazon #amazonprime #primevideo www.techradar.com/streaming/am...
Prime Video quietly doubling ads is infuriating, and it's another sign that streaming is broken
Every week it seems that streamers want to annoy their customers a little more
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June 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM