Wilbur Daffodil
wilburd.bsky.social
Wilbur Daffodil
@wilburd.bsky.social
Lover of books, film, science fiction, greyhounds. Sidcup, London.
I remember how the dials felt in the hand on those things. Nothing like it.
November 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Well said. At some point leadership just needs to 'do the right thing' and put aside the elections game.

I'm sure three is a consensus behind closed doors that the triple lock is a fiscal catastrophe but no one is brave enough to walk it back.
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I feel like this was a talking point 15 years ago. Not today.
November 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Anyone, anyone....
October 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I'm in
October 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Footnotes > Endnotes
October 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The thing I mostly remember about reading Frankenstein was that the monster was....quite loquacious.
September 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This novel... gut punch.
September 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I'm quite relaxed. If you carve out 'post science fiction' or anything that is now fully co-opted to the mainstream...then sure you can make an argument the genre is on decline.

Science fiction more widely defined though, I think it is thriving. My tbr isn't getting any shorter.
August 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Good luck Seth...or break a leg? 🤞
August 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Learnt a new word just there :)
July 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM