Al
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Thick as mince and thick as thieves. A column about the absolute idiots European legislators have made of themselves over the naming of food, at the behest of meat lobbyists.
You laugh and then you weep.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
You laugh and then you weep.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When is a sausage not really a sausage? Ask the meat lobby | George Monbiot
European legislators may ban plant-based products from using the name to prevent ‘confusion’. Just don’t mention beef tomatoes or buffalo wings, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Thick as mince and thick as thieves. A column about the absolute idiots European legislators have made of themselves over the naming of food, at the behest of meat lobbyists.
You laugh and then you weep.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
You laugh and then you weep.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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New Fairytale of New York lyrics just dropped... 😮💨
Grace Petrie 👏
Grace Petrie 👏
December 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
New Fairytale of New York lyrics just dropped... 😮💨
Grace Petrie 👏
Grace Petrie 👏
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Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
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New book from me! The sequel to The Executioner's Blade, another fantasy murder mystery full of monsters & intrigue.
🚨COVER REVEAL🚨
For the final time in 2025, feast your eyes on a new Northodox cover!
Sequel to the incredible The Executioner's Blade, The Executioner's Price by Andrew Knighton is coming 27th November!
Do not miss this!
Preorders and details here:
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For the final time in 2025, feast your eyes on a new Northodox cover!
Sequel to the incredible The Executioner's Blade, The Executioner's Price by Andrew Knighton is coming 27th November!
Do not miss this!
Preorders and details here:
share.google/byM73OhMI6c5...
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
New book from me! The sequel to The Executioner's Blade, another fantasy murder mystery full of monsters & intrigue.
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I took a teaspoon from the office on holiday to Thailand before returning it to the drawer. I bet its teaspoon mates don't believe where it was for two weeks.
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I took a teaspoon from the office on holiday to Thailand before returning it to the drawer. I bet its teaspoon mates don't believe where it was for two weeks.
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Presumably Andrew, with the help of the French, will then raise an army and march south, to be met in battle by the English army somewhere around Leeming Bar Services. As is traditional.
King Charles may be planning to send Prince Andrew to a castle in the Scottish Highlands, according to reports 👀
Prince Andrew faces exile to Highland town amid pressure to give up mansion
www.thenational.scot
October 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Presumably Andrew, with the help of the French, will then raise an army and march south, to be met in battle by the English army somewhere around Leeming Bar Services. As is traditional.
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Preorders are up for All That Is In the Earth, my scifi story about a quarantined planet, corporate mercenaries, & a soil scientist struggling to survive when he knows he's already dead.
Pre-orders are open for Luna Novella 2026: @lyndseycroal.bsky.social gothic tale In This City, Where It Rains, and @aknighton.bsky.social SF story All That Is in the Earth. Out February 3. Pre-order today in all the usual places! Discount bundle in the Luna store. www.lunapresspublishing.com/shop
October 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Preorders are up for All That Is In the Earth, my scifi story about a quarantined planet, corporate mercenaries, & a soil scientist struggling to survive when he knows he's already dead.
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My new book is out today!
Raul, the fake chosen one, is heading for the hills on a quest to find an ancient dagger & unite a crumbling rebellion. Action, adventure, dodgy prophecies, & family angst at the worst moments, in Forged for Prophecy.
andrewknighton.com/forged-for-p...
Raul, the fake chosen one, is heading for the hills on a quest to find an ancient dagger & unite a crumbling rebellion. Action, adventure, dodgy prophecies, & family angst at the worst moments, in Forged for Prophecy.
andrewknighton.com/forged-for-p...
Forged for Prophecy
Raul has a choice: embrace his fake destiny as the savior king or send his people on a path to certain doom. Cursed with the knowledge that his destiny as the hero of Estis is
andrewknighton.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
My new book is out today!
Raul, the fake chosen one, is heading for the hills on a quest to find an ancient dagger & unite a crumbling rebellion. Action, adventure, dodgy prophecies, & family angst at the worst moments, in Forged for Prophecy.
andrewknighton.com/forged-for-p...
Raul, the fake chosen one, is heading for the hills on a quest to find an ancient dagger & unite a crumbling rebellion. Action, adventure, dodgy prophecies, & family angst at the worst moments, in Forged for Prophecy.
andrewknighton.com/forged-for-p...
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Forged for Prophecy is out next week!
Embracing his role as the fake chosen one, Raul leads his people into rebellion. But with morale low & the odds against them, the promise of a magic dagger offers deperate hope. It's time for a quest into the wild. After all, prophecies are never wrong...
Embracing his role as the fake chosen one, Raul leads his people into rebellion. But with morale low & the odds against them, the promise of a magic dagger offers deperate hope. It's time for a quest into the wild. After all, prophecies are never wrong...
August 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Forged for Prophecy is out next week!
Embracing his role as the fake chosen one, Raul leads his people into rebellion. But with morale low & the odds against them, the promise of a magic dagger offers deperate hope. It's time for a quest into the wild. After all, prophecies are never wrong...
Embracing his role as the fake chosen one, Raul leads his people into rebellion. But with morale low & the odds against them, the promise of a magic dagger offers deperate hope. It's time for a quest into the wild. After all, prophecies are never wrong...
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Have always wanted to piss into a Dyson airblade. Took my chance last night at my friend's 40th birthday drinks. Fair to say I won't be doing it again anytime soon.
July 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Have always wanted to piss into a Dyson airblade. Took my chance last night at my friend's 40th birthday drinks. Fair to say I won't be doing it again anytime soon.
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This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.
June 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.
Happytoast on form as always tonight - click through and see them all
May 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Happytoast on form as always tonight - click through and see them all
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The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George Monbiot
The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survival, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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1. This is a thread about why Food Waste is so often, and wrongly, identified as the major problem with the food system. Yes, it's an issue, but in the rich world, it's far smaller than many others. It’s massively over-emphasised, while other, far more important problems, are ignored and avoided. 🧵
April 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
1. This is a thread about why Food Waste is so often, and wrongly, identified as the major problem with the food system. Yes, it's an issue, but in the rich world, it's far smaller than many others. It’s massively over-emphasised, while other, far more important problems, are ignored and avoided. 🧵
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STOP what you are doing, find some headphones or a secluded location, and watch this. I am crying with laughter and admiration at an idea seen through to its (nearly) bitter end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD3Q... Sound--as they say--on.
Hlavní nadraží Praha - znělka 02 (Dlouhá verze)
YouTube video by Pavel Jirásek
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April 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
STOP what you are doing, find some headphones or a secluded location, and watch this. I am crying with laughter and admiration at an idea seen through to its (nearly) bitter end. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD3Q... Sound--as they say--on.
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New book day!
Forged for Destiny, my fantasy story about a fake chosen one, is out now from @orbitbooks.bsky.social!* Secret schemes, folk magic, the messy art of divination, & a shapeshifting actor take the stage for a story of lies & adventure.
andrewknighton.com/forged-for-d...
Forged for Destiny, my fantasy story about a fake chosen one, is out now from @orbitbooks.bsky.social!* Secret schemes, folk magic, the messy art of divination, & a shapeshifting actor take the stage for a story of lies & adventure.
andrewknighton.com/forged-for-d...
Forged For Destiny
Raul has a destiny: claim his birthright as the last surviving heir of King Balbianus and lead his conquered people to freedom. The signs are all there—his birthmark, in the shape of Balbianus’ halfm...
andrewknighton.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
New book day!
Forged for Destiny, my fantasy story about a fake chosen one, is out now from @orbitbooks.bsky.social!* Secret schemes, folk magic, the messy art of divination, & a shapeshifting actor take the stage for a story of lies & adventure.
andrewknighton.com/forged-for-d...
Forged for Destiny, my fantasy story about a fake chosen one, is out now from @orbitbooks.bsky.social!* Secret schemes, folk magic, the messy art of divination, & a shapeshifting actor take the stage for a story of lies & adventure.
andrewknighton.com/forged-for-d...
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This is deeply sinister, and we should do everything in our power to protect librarians. These groups are emboldened by Trump, and publishers in the US are already bowing to pressure and becoming much less likely to publish books with queer content. We can't let this take root in the UK.
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
This is deeply sinister, and we should do everything in our power to protect librarians. These groups are emboldened by Trump, and publishers in the US are already bowing to pressure and becoming much less likely to publish books with queer content. We can't let this take root in the UK.
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I asked DeepSeek to help me imagine a totally fictitious scenario happening in an imaginary place called “Tiamamnen Squire”.
At first it was happy to help, but then …
At first it was happy to help, but then …
January 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I asked DeepSeek to help me imagine a totally fictitious scenario happening in an imaginary place called “Tiamamnen Squire”.
At first it was happy to help, but then …
At first it was happy to help, but then …
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Shocking: protesting farmers facing long prison sentences under UK’s draconian Policing Act for causing traffic chaos.
(Only kidding: that only happens to protestors trying to avert a #climate catastrophe. Farmers are clearly in a different category).
(Only kidding: that only happens to protestors trying to avert a #climate catastrophe. Farmers are clearly in a different category).
December 12, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Shocking: protesting farmers facing long prison sentences under UK’s draconian Policing Act for causing traffic chaos.
(Only kidding: that only happens to protestors trying to avert a #climate catastrophe. Farmers are clearly in a different category).
(Only kidding: that only happens to protestors trying to avert a #climate catastrophe. Farmers are clearly in a different category).
Excited to get my (virtual) hands on The Executioner’s Blade by @aknighton.bsky.social - launched today!
November 28, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Excited to get my (virtual) hands on The Executioner’s Blade by @aknighton.bsky.social - launched today!
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does everybody know about my favorite website, the embroidery tips page that forgot to close its <h3> tags
Embroidery Trouble Shooting Page
Embroidery Trouble Shooting Answers to all your questions about Embroidery problems
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October 25, 2024 at 3:39 PM
does everybody know about my favorite website, the embroidery tips page that forgot to close its <h3> tags
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Is this a merchant prince receiving mysterious treasure? Or a grown man who should know better dressing up to unbox a fantasy book? Let's not ask questions. What matters is that The Executioner's Blade is now up for preorder from @northodoxpress.bsky.social
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
October 15, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Is this a merchant prince receiving mysterious treasure? Or a grown man who should know better dressing up to unbox a fantasy book? Let's not ask questions. What matters is that The Executioner's Blade is now up for preorder from @northodoxpress.bsky.social
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
www.northodox.co.uk/product-page...
I absolutely do not like this fact.
The length of time between the first Star Wars and The Fellowship of the Ring is about to be the same as the length of time between The Fellowship of the Ring and the present day
June 18, 2024 at 1:18 PM
I absolutely do not like this fact.