Andrea Speed, Dumpster Peacock

In hindsight, the decision to send in the clowns was tragically stupid.

more than half of affluent white person hobbies are just alcoholism in disguise

I was a passing fad, much like a 3D TV from 2010.

My drug of choice is a full tank of gas and three bags of groceries

My coping mechanisms now have coping mechanisms.

I wrote something about AI, and why our own stories matter... www.joanne-harris.co.uk/on-why-we-wr...

“goth night at the armory” is my CIA sleeper agent activation phrase

Everyone else in the whole of Spira is dressed appropriately for the tropical climate Lulu says, "Fuck you, every day is Goth Night at the Armory"

Dragonmeet 2026 Adds Live Shows With Kieron Gillen and Sláine #BoardGames #Dragonmeet #TTRPG #UKGaming #BackseatGamer Which Dragonmeet show would you book first?

Looking for a genuinely terrifying folk horror novel or true crime recommendation. Not something that gets way out over its skis narratively speaking, just something that makes you want to sleep with the lights on.

a 2028 election win means we could extradite flavio so he’ll probably try to flee the US at that point and the whole thing will be extra funny

Do you know how little "animal style" narrows it down? Are we talking a penguin? A tapir? A gecko? How would a mongoose style his fries and how does that differ from an elephant? This is too much for me right now.

Been playing this the last couple of days. It's quite the thing: a simple structure that still provides a lot of ideas for you to play with and plenty of emotional range.

JESUS SAVES on an animal style

it's quite simple, actually

Can't sleep. Thinking about this one Plastic man splash page.

Don't even start me on trying to publish my heartwarming children's picture book about how Santa is real by next Christmas. It's all "but illustrators are already booked up" and "actually the lead times on printing and shipping from China...". Pathetic.

I told my editor that I had to go to South America to find treasure and rescue my kidnapped sister, and they were just like "how will this affect the delivery date", it's like none of the old publishing traditions are valued any more.

are there any words you can add on an ebay listing for an old, long out of print, board game that are more cursed than 'appears complete'?

More than 150 people from at least 30 countries gathered in Montreal to strengthen a global effort to preserve LGBTQ+ history online. www.advocate.com/new... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Some Lula supporters apparently shouted his name out their window when it was announced he won and a cop pointed his gun at him and they took what is possibly the greatest image of a cop ever taken, like genuinely this would go hard as a cover for a Rage album its so poetic.

Screening earlier today on Talking Pictures, Joseph Losey + Harold Pinter's brilliant 1967 drama Accident is out this week for the first time on 4K UHD blu-ray. Dirk Bogarde, Michael York + Stanley Baker in a still-relevant story about abusive academics. 5 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/10/28/a...

There's a lot of interesting nuggets in here. It ignores vast swathes of publishing mind you - barely touches on quite a few genres, anglo centric doesn't discuss children's publishing and assumes lit fic = books. But still lots of food for thought.

Brazilian judge orders investigation into JD Vance illegally financing Bolsonaro's campaign in Brasil www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1...

I am not on twitter, it is disgusting.

Alexei Sayle, from 'Great Bus Journeys of the World'

I bet you could sell poison to boomers under the guise that it'll kill somebody else

Judge: You’ve been found guilty of murder, do you have anything to say for yourself? Me: Your honour, birds are fake.