Stuart Douglas

I have three novels to write, all different styles, and I'm worried they bleed into each other, as would whatever I'm reading - but none of them are SF, so I'm going to read the EDAs from the start, as a palette cleanser as I go along. First up - the 8 Docs, which I remember as being shite.

Not huge headlines on BBC News yet. Then again, neither is this, so maybe it's not so surprising after all. network.aljazeera.net/en/press-rel...

Exciting news. I’m lucky enough to have seen a preview screening, and I can tell you that the concert is sensational. Bowie and the band are on blistering form. Brett Morgen and his team have done a magnificent job: sound and vision painstakingly restored and remastered. It’s going to be amazing.

Morning listening - Trunk Records 30th anniversary album. Some lovely stuff on this. #nowplaying

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

There are five kinds of Bluesky users and one of them is a lump of inanimate plastic with no thoughts of its own while another is not quite right.

Sobs in I have a god kid in europe and readers I post packages to in ireland. And it's already currently almost impossible to post things to Ireland/europe without weird charges and returns. Brexit, the gift that keeps on giving.

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oscar the grouch is a calvanist. total depravity. statler and waldorf are calvanists. literally looking down on everyone. always expecting the worst from others. faithful patrons of the arts.

“You’re making me hard” 😂

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New high score on GeoGuessr!

Delighted to see Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia lose - and almost as pleased to see Serbia elect a crowd of ordinary people to represent them. If there’s one thing we’ve learned recently it’s that politicians have no special skills other than populism - and most of them not even that.

Boots For Dancing - an Edinburgh band we remember fondly have just released an LP of archival tracks, demos, and live recordings. Now available in the shop and on our website avalancherecords.co.uk/product/boot...

Toby Young embroiled in a sexism, bigotry and dubious uses of cash row? Say it’s not so! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

People existing is not a political view

seatbelt laws

You have to laugh at the sheer insanity of Turning Point UK being found to be organising literal contract killings and paid agitation at protests up and down the country and it barely even raises a flicker across the press. If that isn't 'terrorism' on some level I don't really know what is

Man City are the very worst. Like Rangers and Celtic got together and had a baby.

All profits to the Film is Fabulous Foundation - naturally!

Available for pre-order now... FABULOUS! A MISSING EPISODES ANTHOLOGY With new stories from the worlds of Dr Who; Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe; Crossroads; Ace of Wands; Dads Army; Mr Rogers Neighborhood; Dixon; Doomwatch; Dark Shadows; Adventure Game; Avengers; and the Trollenberg Terror...

Wish I was there!

As Shaheds fly overhead, a little boy tells his mom to just listen to the trees. "I'm supposed to be the one calming him down, but he's stronger than I am," she writes. No child should have to get used to this. Support Sky Defense. u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?...

Rather listen to SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CHRISTMAS MURDERS than read it yourself? Check out the audiobook page then! rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

The most perfect cartoon of all time? Definitely one of them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFhM...

First review of the SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CHRISTMAS MURDERS, my new novel from @titanbooks.bsky.social "Deftly plotted and convincingly voiced, with a killer as surprising as any in the Holmes canon." —Kirkus Reviews Which is nice of them to say... Available to pre-order now.

The ridiculousness of the BBC user generated match ratings at a glance

Thursday.

Somewhere to get a pint if you’re in Portsmouth and aren’t a racist scumbag.

The Society of Authors has withdrawn from the ill-conceived concession to the dark side that was the "ethical GenAI" charter because of the mass and vocal outrage of authors. Publishers need to be made afraid of this level of anger too.

Bad news: the BBC is set to scrap Radio 4 Extra. 📻 Losing this treasure trove of classic comedy, archive drama, and timeless storytelling would be a huge blow for millions of us. Sign the petition to help save it 👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

Morning listening - a definite 'if you like Godspeed you! Black Emperor, why not try this' sort of thing. Name your own price as well... hinah.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-...

Government support for drilling at #Jackdaw takes a wrecking ball to any pretence of UK climate leadership & pours fuel on an overheating world - and for what? It’s equivalent to just 2 months of UK gas demand, creates just 27 direct jobs & has *no* impact on energy bills🧵1/4

OPEN LETTER: Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist. www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/...

Got an Updated Privacy notice email from ebay today. I had a look - and there's a chunk there about using your account to train AI. You can opt out. -> Click on the User Privacy Notice link in the email. -> Open Section 5 -> Click on Right to Object -> Make sure the toggle is off.

Do you have a favourite newsreader? Erm,that guy's okay... I guess... Shall we pay them money for some vague content? Fuck no! There are great people we're really big fans of who make awesome stuff, and we don't pay them jack. Pay a continuity announcer for one more podcast, in this economy? Naw.

I'm assuming Kabore is injured - I can think of no other reason to have Williams on the bench, and him not. Otherwise, an attacking lineup - and good to see Kingsley back - for all that the media thought Milne was back to his best on Thursday, I thought he still looked suspect.

This is as good as everyone says it is. But also note that the - I’ll be polite - ‘hostile questioner’ had no fear for his physical safety and walked away humiliated but unharmed. Would this be the case at a MAGA event?

“First single you bought with your own money. No lying!" 'Vienna' by Ultravox from the record shop in Gorgie Road - Bruces, was it?

People really are shit. Having spent last year in and out of hospitals with my dad, I am 100% certain the last thing he'd have given a toss about would have been the genital arrangement of some other seriously ill person.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Here's John Crace at his funniest and most excoriating on "Saint Nige"!!

the joke is you don't need to go undercover. Frank Drebin could find racists in Reform lol