Miles Reid-Lobatto
@milesreidlobatto.bsky.social
Formally @manmiles on Twitter. British Writer, Comedian and Former Barista living in Wisconsin. Cohost of the ‘Casual Trek’ podcast.
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2. It's rare for any creative, including writers, to be able to live solely off their creative income. Moreover, there is no correlation between the creative value of art and the income status of its creator. It's okay to have another gig to eat and pay bills and survive our capitalist hellscape.
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
2. It's rare for any creative, including writers, to be able to live solely off their creative income. Moreover, there is no correlation between the creative value of art and the income status of its creator. It's okay to have another gig to eat and pay bills and survive our capitalist hellscape.
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1. I see elsewhere on Bluesky that the discourse has turned toward telling writers not to be ashamed to admit they have day jobs or other sources of income (or spousal/family financial support), and you know what, that's 100% correct. Day jobs and support from loved ones are great if you have them!
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
1. I see elsewhere on Bluesky that the discourse has turned toward telling writers not to be ashamed to admit they have day jobs or other sources of income (or spousal/family financial support), and you know what, that's 100% correct. Day jobs and support from loved ones are great if you have them!
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Great to contribute a commentary to this extraordinary @severinfilms.bsky.social release of Robert Fuest‘s THE FINAL PROGRAMME (1973). Although Britain was crucial to the new wave SF movement in the late 1960s/early 1970s very few of these texts made it to the screen. This was one of the exceptions
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THE FINAL PROGRAMME
THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE
TWO DISC COLLECTION
WITH 6+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDING THE FIRST-EVER HOME VIDEO PARTICIPATION OF MICHAEL MOORCOCK
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Great to contribute a commentary to this extraordinary @severinfilms.bsky.social release of Robert Fuest‘s THE FINAL PROGRAMME (1973). Although Britain was crucial to the new wave SF movement in the late 1960s/early 1970s very few of these texts made it to the screen. This was one of the exceptions
Managed to actually write for the first time since early October.
I’ll take it.
I’ll take it.
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Managed to actually write for the first time since early October.
I’ll take it.
I’ll take it.
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What creates the seeming need for a "long and immersive" novel is capitalism. Esp in genre fiction, that expectation for a massive novel is tied to a) the availability of paper in the 1970s b) the amount of money publishers had to pay writers & c) a sense that "more is more." All of this is flawed.
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What creates the seeming need for a "long and immersive" novel is capitalism. Esp in genre fiction, that expectation for a massive novel is tied to a) the availability of paper in the 1970s b) the amount of money publishers had to pay writers & c) a sense that "more is more." All of this is flawed.
Please help however you can, if you can. #aid
Five years after her initial breast cancer diagnosis, my wife finally has her reconstruction surgery, but we’re looking for help in covering the wages in the month she’ll need away from work so we can focus on her recovery first and foremost. Anything helps!
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November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Please help however you can, if you can. #aid
Today’s ’What effed up film will Miles watch while his wife’s at work?’
November 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Today’s ’What effed up film will Miles watch while his wife’s at work?’
No tears please, Charlie Brown. It’s a waste of good suffering.
charlie brown is sitting on a chair with a sad face on his face .
ALT: charlie brown is sitting on a chair with a sad face on his face .
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November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
No tears please, Charlie Brown. It’s a waste of good suffering.
Stop trying to make fetch happen, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Stop trying to make fetch happen, Charlie Brown.
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I am a monument to all your sins, Charlie Brown
It's Morbin' Time, Charlie Brown
Inspector Detector Suspected Foul Play, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I am a monument to all your sins, Charlie Brown
Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, 500 years of democracy, and they produced The cuckoo clock. So long, Charlie Brown
We are canceling the apocalypse, Charlie Brown!
You know, Charlie Brown, you're what the French call les incompétents.
November 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, 500 years of democracy, and they produced The cuckoo clock. So long, Charlie Brown
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We are canceling the apocalypse, Charlie Brown!
You know, Charlie Brown, you're what the French call les incompétents.
There’s a snake in my boot, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We are canceling the apocalypse, Charlie Brown!
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Did you know Starbucks is the biggest violator of labor law in modern US history?
This article is a must read look into Starbucks' egregious union-busting behavior that spurred our ULP strike 👇
www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/23/s...
This article is a must read look into Starbucks' egregious union-busting behavior that spurred our ULP strike 👇
www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/23/s...
How Starbucks tried to quash union activity in Colorado
The coffee giant shuttered a store in Colorado Springs in 2022 shortly after its workers voted to unionize. A federal agency later ordered Starbucks to reopen that store, along with 22 others.
www.dailycamera.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Did you know Starbucks is the biggest violator of labor law in modern US history?
This article is a must read look into Starbucks' egregious union-busting behavior that spurred our ULP strike 👇
www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/23/s...
This article is a must read look into Starbucks' egregious union-busting behavior that spurred our ULP strike 👇
www.dailycamera.com/2025/11/23/s...
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If you can help my uncle, please do
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Donate to Support Mike Lowe Through Financial & Health Struggles, organized by Jim Greenberg
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November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
If you can help my uncle, please do
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“I've got a message for you, Charlie Brown and you're not going to like it. Pray for death!”
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“I've got a message for you, Charlie Brown and you're not going to like it. Pray for death!”
Five years after her initial breast cancer diagnosis, my wife finally has her reconstruction surgery, but we’re looking for help in covering the wages in the month she’ll need away from work so we can focus on her recovery first and foremost. Anything helps!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-re...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-re...
Donate to Support Reanna's Breast Reconstruction Recovery, organized by Reanna Reid-Lobatto
Five years after being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, Re… Reanna Reid-Lobatto needs your support for Support Reanna's Breast Reconstruction Recovery
www.gofundme.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Five years after her initial breast cancer diagnosis, my wife finally has her reconstruction surgery, but we’re looking for help in covering the wages in the month she’ll need away from work so we can focus on her recovery first and foremost. Anything helps!
www.gofundme.com/f/support-re...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-re...
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Doctor Who and The Giant Yaoi Hands
November 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Doctor Who and The Giant Yaoi Hands
DR. WHO AND THE DALEKS- Disapproving of his granddaughter Barbera’s new boyfriend, an elderly scientist takes him to a radioactive planet filled with fascist pepper pots to try and get him killed. #Doctorwho
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
DR. WHO AND THE DALEKS- Disapproving of his granddaughter Barbera’s new boyfriend, an elderly scientist takes him to a radioactive planet filled with fascist pepper pots to try and get him killed. #Doctorwho
Things have gotten so tedious at the airport since the Daleks got work with the TSA #Doctorwho
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Things have gotten so tedious at the airport since the Daleks got work with the TSA #Doctorwho
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One moment that sticks in my mind from the early Robert B Parker Spenser novels is when Spenser notices an attractive lady and then realizes that she's a teenager. He immediately looks away and banishes her from his mind.
It's a throwaway moment in a book series that's a lot about how to be a man.
It's a throwaway moment in a book series that's a lot about how to be a man.
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
One moment that sticks in my mind from the early Robert B Parker Spenser novels is when Spenser notices an attractive lady and then realizes that she's a teenager. He immediately looks away and banishes her from his mind.
It's a throwaway moment in a book series that's a lot about how to be a man.
It's a throwaway moment in a book series that's a lot about how to be a man.
Sitting in my office at work, listening to the dulcet tones of the Revenge of the Cybermen soundtrack. #Doctorwho
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Sitting in my office at work, listening to the dulcet tones of the Revenge of the Cybermen soundtrack. #Doctorwho
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I rewatch this every year, most recently the excellent restoration included in the Severin boxed set ‘All the Haunts Be Ours’ (2021).
Penda’s Fen reinvents Mercia for the modern age
How an experimental British 1970s television play pioneered a folk horror revival
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I rewatch this every year, most recently the excellent restoration included in the Severin boxed set ‘All the Haunts Be Ours’ (2021).