@russirony.bsky.social
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A little news: the third Erin Callahan novel is finished, and here's the cover.
After The Child is coming soon in paperback and ebook.
After The Child is coming soon in paperback and ebook.
January 22, 2026 at 2:04 PM
A little news: the third Erin Callahan novel is finished, and here's the cover.
After The Child is coming soon in paperback and ebook.
After The Child is coming soon in paperback and ebook.
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Emma & The Bear (@monkemma.bsky.social & @bearlypolitics.co.uk) counter the lies of the RW press on immigration rationally and factually.
If you have readers of the Mail, Express or Telegraph in your house, tie them to a chair & make them listen to this
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/bear-and-m...
If you have readers of the Mail, Express or Telegraph in your house, tie them to a chair & make them listen to this
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/bear-and-m...
Bear and Monk Debunk #2: Immigration Benefits and “Perks”
From leisure cards, and benefit claims to PlayStations: what these stories really mean
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Emma & The Bear (@monkemma.bsky.social & @bearlypolitics.co.uk) counter the lies of the RW press on immigration rationally and factually.
If you have readers of the Mail, Express or Telegraph in your house, tie them to a chair & make them listen to this
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/bear-and-m...
If you have readers of the Mail, Express or Telegraph in your house, tie them to a chair & make them listen to this
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/bear-and-m...
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This is a lie.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
October 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is a lie.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
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To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
September 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
@shuttahbug.bsky.social hey, I wondered where you had been. Thought you may have some "domestics" going on. I know I have not known you as long as other people, but please don't disappear.
September 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
@shuttahbug.bsky.social hey, I wondered where you had been. Thought you may have some "domestics" going on. I know I have not known you as long as other people, but please don't disappear.
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One of the best and weirdest parts of being an author is "book signing day". First time I get to see my book, and there are 3000 of the bloody things, all waiting to be signed.
Anyway: coming very soon ...
Tories: The End of an Error
From @bylinetimes.bsky.social and me
Anyway: coming very soon ...
Tories: The End of an Error
From @bylinetimes.bsky.social and me
August 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
One of the best and weirdest parts of being an author is "book signing day". First time I get to see my book, and there are 3000 of the bloody things, all waiting to be signed.
Anyway: coming very soon ...
Tories: The End of an Error
From @bylinetimes.bsky.social and me
Anyway: coming very soon ...
Tories: The End of an Error
From @bylinetimes.bsky.social and me
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just started reading #BabysBreath by Russ Jones (russincheshire.bsky.social) timely, interesting, intriguing - can’t wait to read on! Released 1st September
Russ Jones (@russincheshire.bsky.social)
Columnist for Byline Times, author of "Baby's Breath", "The Decade In Tory", "Four Chancellors and a Funeral", and "Tories: The End of an Error".
https://www.babysbreath.co.uk/
https://subscribe.byli...
russincheshire.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
just started reading #BabysBreath by Russ Jones (russincheshire.bsky.social) timely, interesting, intriguing - can’t wait to read on! Released 1st September
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OK, it's good. A real twisty turny thriller, and from the Decade In Tory writer, very surprising in a good way. Got to go, reading on...
#BabysBreath
#BabysBreath
August 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
OK, it's good. A real twisty turny thriller, and from the Decade In Tory writer, very surprising in a good way. Got to go, reading on...
#BabysBreath
#BabysBreath
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I've been lucky enough to get my hands on an advance copy of Russ Jones' (yes, THAT Russ Jones of 'The Decade in Tory' fame) first work of fiction, 'Baby's Breath'.
It's an astonishingly accomplished crime novel, and it's due out on 1st September. I promise you, it's unputdownable.
#BabysBreath
It's an astonishingly accomplished crime novel, and it's due out on 1st September. I promise you, it's unputdownable.
#BabysBreath
August 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I've been lucky enough to get my hands on an advance copy of Russ Jones' (yes, THAT Russ Jones of 'The Decade in Tory' fame) first work of fiction, 'Baby's Breath'.
It's an astonishingly accomplished crime novel, and it's due out on 1st September. I promise you, it's unputdownable.
#BabysBreath
It's an astonishingly accomplished crime novel, and it's due out on 1st September. I promise you, it's unputdownable.
#BabysBreath
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As a designer, doing this was fun.
As the author who is self-publishing and responsible for all the marketing, it was terrifying.
Here’s the cover for my first novel, Baby's Breath, a psychological thriller
(Arriving early September)
#BabysBreath
#ComingSoon
As the author who is self-publishing and responsible for all the marketing, it was terrifying.
Here’s the cover for my first novel, Baby's Breath, a psychological thriller
(Arriving early September)
#BabysBreath
#ComingSoon
August 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
As a designer, doing this was fun.
As the author who is self-publishing and responsible for all the marketing, it was terrifying.
Here’s the cover for my first novel, Baby's Breath, a psychological thriller
(Arriving early September)
#BabysBreath
#ComingSoon
As the author who is self-publishing and responsible for all the marketing, it was terrifying.
Here’s the cover for my first novel, Baby's Breath, a psychological thriller
(Arriving early September)
#BabysBreath
#ComingSoon
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Sometimes the historical dictionary offers solace through the existence of an obsolete word that is sorely needed now. One of them is ‘respair’, recorded just once, in the 15th century. It means fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
July 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Sometimes the historical dictionary offers solace through the existence of an obsolete word that is sorely needed now. One of them is ‘respair’, recorded just once, in the 15th century. It means fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
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When life gives you lemons, take the lemons. They were a gift. Maybe life thought you liked lemons, did you think about that? No, you're always thinking about yourself.
July 11, 2025 at 6:01 AM
When life gives you lemons, take the lemons. They were a gift. Maybe life thought you liked lemons, did you think about that? No, you're always thinking about yourself.
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📉 BREAKING: 16,500 millionaires are fleeing the UK!
📈 ALSO BREAKING: The data is from a concierge visa firm using LinkedIn profile updates and vibes.
I dug into the numbers, the business model, and the media panic machine.
📈 ALSO BREAKING: The data is from a concierge visa firm using LinkedIn profile updates and vibes.
I dug into the numbers, the business model, and the media panic machine.
Don't Cry for Me, Monte Carlo
The Yacht Leaves at Noon (But Your Property Portfolio Stays in Surrey)
substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📉 BREAKING: 16,500 millionaires are fleeing the UK!
📈 ALSO BREAKING: The data is from a concierge visa firm using LinkedIn profile updates and vibes.
I dug into the numbers, the business model, and the media panic machine.
📈 ALSO BREAKING: The data is from a concierge visa firm using LinkedIn profile updates and vibes.
I dug into the numbers, the business model, and the media panic machine.
@bmcfadden.bsky.social sorry to ask, but has Ery (Shuttabug) disappeared from here?
June 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
@bmcfadden.bsky.social sorry to ask, but has Ery (Shuttabug) disappeared from here?
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Corporation Street, Manchester, painting by urban landscape artist Angela Wakefield. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
June 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Corporation Street, Manchester, painting by urban landscape artist Angela Wakefield. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
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I’m pleased to say my paperback is currently on sale with WH Smith for only £4.99, so do grab a copy if you fancy. And thank you if you do!
Link is here: geni.us/GuiltyWHS
Link is here: geni.us/GuiltyWHS
April 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I’m pleased to say my paperback is currently on sale with WH Smith for only £4.99, so do grab a copy if you fancy. And thank you if you do!
Link is here: geni.us/GuiltyWHS
Link is here: geni.us/GuiltyWHS
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At a time when the criminal justice system is closer than ever to complete collapse, those electronic books people have made the Sunday Times No.1 bestseller #StoriesOfTheLawAndHowIt’sBroken a Kindle Monthly Deal - an absurd 99p.
Read. Learn. Get freaking furious.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B075...
Read. Learn. Get freaking furious.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B075...
The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken eBook : Barrister, The Secret: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It's Broken eBook : Barrister, The Secret: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
www.amazon.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
At a time when the criminal justice system is closer than ever to complete collapse, those electronic books people have made the Sunday Times No.1 bestseller #StoriesOfTheLawAndHowIt’sBroken a Kindle Monthly Deal - an absurd 99p.
Read. Learn. Get freaking furious.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B075...
Read. Learn. Get freaking furious.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B075...
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Word of the Day is ‘apricate’ (17th century): to turn your face to the sun and bask in its warmth.
April 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Word of the Day is ‘apricate’ (17th century): to turn your face to the sun and bask in its warmth.
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Soubhiye, from Lebanese Arabic, is the enjoyment of a quiet moment of peace before everyone else is awake.
Gökotta is a Swedish term for waking up early to enjoy the birdsong.
For the rest of us, there is hurkle-durkling, from Scots: lingering in bed long after it’s time to get up.
Gökotta is a Swedish term for waking up early to enjoy the birdsong.
For the rest of us, there is hurkle-durkling, from Scots: lingering in bed long after it’s time to get up.
April 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Soubhiye, from Lebanese Arabic, is the enjoyment of a quiet moment of peace before everyone else is awake.
Gökotta is a Swedish term for waking up early to enjoy the birdsong.
For the rest of us, there is hurkle-durkling, from Scots: lingering in bed long after it’s time to get up.
Gökotta is a Swedish term for waking up early to enjoy the birdsong.
For the rest of us, there is hurkle-durkling, from Scots: lingering in bed long after it’s time to get up.
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‘Gigil’ has long been a favourite untranslatable: finding something or someone so impossibly cute you just want to squeeze them (not always great for the squeezee).
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gigil, alamak among new words in Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary has added new untranslatable words from South East Asia.
www.bbc.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
‘Gigil’ has long been a favourite untranslatable: finding something or someone so impossibly cute you just want to squeeze them (not always great for the squeezee).
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Yates's on a Saturday night.
March 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Yates's on a Saturday night.
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Among the lost positives consigned to the dusty corners of the dictionary is ‘reck’, meaning ‘care’, ‘heed’, and ‘consideration’. Which means we can be reckful instead of reckless (and feckful, gormful, ruthful, ept, kempt, couth, consolate, and many more).
March 18, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Among the lost positives consigned to the dusty corners of the dictionary is ‘reck’, meaning ‘care’, ‘heed’, and ‘consideration’. Which means we can be reckful instead of reckless (and feckful, gormful, ruthful, ept, kempt, couth, consolate, and many more).
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Etymology of the day: ‘prevaricate’, meaning to act in an ambiguous or evasive way to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself, is from the Latin ‘praevaricari’, meaning to ‘walk crookedly’.
March 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Etymology of the day: ‘prevaricate’, meaning to act in an ambiguous or evasive way to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself, is from the Latin ‘praevaricari’, meaning to ‘walk crookedly’.
@unbounders.bsky.social any news on when the new book from Russ Jones will be available?
March 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
@unbounders.bsky.social any news on when the new book from Russ Jones will be available?