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NickPheas

@nickpheas.bsky.social

Scuba diver, SF reader, father, cyclist. Yorkshire immigrant.

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But if they don't abolish trial by jury how are they ever going to convict anytime for holding a Palestine Action sign?

09.03.2026 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No. Never.

09.03.2026 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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09.03.2026 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@lukecharters.bsky.social

He's right. I told you on the doorstep that we wanted Labour policies, not Tory policies with a fraction less corruption. This hasn't changed.

09.03.2026 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was wondering how many @glasgow2024.bsky.social people came through there. I cycled past it most days.

09.03.2026 07:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

She didn't really sound the type to wear a uniform all that often.

08.03.2026 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have no claim to Canadian citizenship, and even I know that the following line is "Whoop!"

08.03.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm reading The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett and enjoying it. About 20% in.

I'm not on bedtime story sorry right now, which means I get to Lauren to my wife reading A Wizard of Earthsea.

08.03.2026 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

TBF, some republicans care about it. Otherwise he wouldn't be trying to distract them. Most seem to accept that this is the price of their tax breaks.

08.03.2026 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't really want to explain to my child that homophobes exist.

08.03.2026 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Starter Villain ebook by John Scalzi - Rakuten Kobo Read "Starter Villain A turbo-charged tale of supervillains, minions and a hidden volcano lair . . ." by John Scalzi available from Rakuten Kobo. β€˜Laugh-out-loud funny, intricately plotted and big-hea...

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08.03.2026 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Daily deal today on Court of Stairs by @robertjbennett.bsky.social which I have, but haven't read. I am enjoying his Tainted Cup right now.

www.amazon.co.uk/City-Stairs-...

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08.03.2026 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let's Spend the Night Together.

I'm fairly old. Not as old as you Harry, but not young.

08.03.2026 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cover of The Kraken Wakes. A man sits in a deck chair. Snow swirls about him.

Cover of The Kraken Wakes. A man sits in a deck chair. Snow swirls about him.

Some of that range are quite deliberately mundane

07.03.2026 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The State of the Art by Iain M Banks - BBC Sounds A spaceship arrives on Earth and finds a planet obsessed with alien concepts like 'money'.

My BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Iain M. Banks' The State of the Art can now be found and played here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

07.03.2026 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 241    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 10
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The Midwich Cuckoos: From the classic sci-fi writer and author of The Chrystalids and The Day Of The Triffids The Midwich Cuckoos: From the classic sci-fi writer and author of The Chrystalids and The Day Of The Triffids eBook : Wyndham, John: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

Dear me, missed one: The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham. A classic.

I have no idea what that cover has to do with the book.

www.amazon.co.uk/Midwich-Cuck...

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07.03.2026 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He barely speaks English.

07.03.2026 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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www.amazon.co.uk/Devil-Inside...

99p. No idea how long for.

07.03.2026 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Julia: The Sunday Times Bestseller Julia: The Sunday Times Bestseller eBook : Newman, Sandra: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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This one just came up as a "Top picks for you", dunno if it's a monthly deal - Julia by Sandra Newman: www.amazon.co.uk/Julia-Sandra...

One of two 1984 feminist retellings/reimaginings/side stories that came out in 2023. (The other was Katherine Bradley's The Sisterhood.)

07.03.2026 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cached UK/IE #KindleBookGiveaway: 5 copies of God's Junk Drawer by @peterclines.com, which I *have* and *have read* and *have nominated for awards*. This is "What if Land of the Lost were based on a real incident?"

This is a #UKKindleBookGiveaway, so you MUST have an amazon.co.uk Kindle account.

07.03.2026 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Sean

07.03.2026 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

IANAL.

While there might be uncopyrightable code in the system, unless you're delivering an entire AI project (in which case your problem is "copilot, build me a system just like Sean's") there should be enough human putting bits together to assert ownership of the system. Not the components.

07.03.2026 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh the ones who enjoy raping children deserve the worst things imaginable. But the ones that are prepared to look away, to make excuses, to see those children as a price worth paying to get tax breaks or harassment of brown people or victimisation of trans kids. They can crawl back in their holes.

07.03.2026 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Clan of the Cave Bear ebook by Jean M. Auel - Rakuten Kobo Read "The Clan of the Cave Bear The bestselling sweeping historical romance" by Jean M. Auel available from Rakuten Kobo. Set 25,000 years in the past, The Clan of the Cave Bear is an epic tale of lov...

And to go with it a well revived at the time somewhat fantasy adjacent stone age work, Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel. I'm told the series goes off the rails after book 4, but people like this one.

www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

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07.03.2026 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Several public domain titles available in daily deals. Get them from Gutenberg.

A some cold classic though, The Princess Bride by William Goldman. Read the book, see the film, repeat.

www.amazon.co.uk/Princess-Bri...

Not reduced on Kobo

07.03.2026 08:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

He's tricked you though. He's in one of his other houses.

(You can tell from the flag not flying over the building)

06.03.2026 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Moana is a perfect example of screen writing courses that teach Joseph Campbell is the be all and end all of fantasy storytelling. Every chapter of Hero With A Thousand Faces is there.
It does have some cracking songs though.

Moana 2 on the other hand has no cracking songs.

06.03.2026 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Still, at least you don't have a black woman in charge.

06.03.2026 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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06.03.2026 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What's this. The Furthest Station by @benaaronovitch.bsky.social for 99p, today only?
A novella from the Rovers of London series, in which Peter Grant is forced to hunt ghosts in suburbia.

www.amazon.co.uk/Furthest-Sta...

www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

06.03.2026 06:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0