Richard James Foster

Nope! Nooit, jongen x

I’m about to indulge in levenslied, jongens…

Time for the Christmas meme

What I especially like about this extract is that it’s like a long list Pete & Dud sketch.

Say “Rennedy Fennedy Kennedy” as Elmer Fudd, or Scooby Doo, or Julio Geordio….

JACK: “Miss Prism, this is a matter of no small importance to me. I insist on knowing where you deposited the wine-bag that contained the infant.”

MISS PRISM: “I left it in the cloak-room of one of the larger railway stations in London.”

“I was a gilt-edged sap come back from a vain adventure. I was a three-hundred dollar sit n'sip refillable winebag chair.” — Raymond Chandler, Farewell My Lovely

Biffo's flag pins cause the Circus Fat Man to explode.

Beano #599, January 9, 1954

I reckon it looks knockout! (Delighted, especially for my cover designer, the young Sevgi Tan, whose work Richie artfully transformed into desirable cloth. Sevgi is supremely talented and very shy and modest, & heeft geen geld, as they say in NL, so I’m also delighted to share my proceeds with her.)

A first outing for my new (and magnificent) @weare1of100.bsky.social tee, whaddya reckon @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social?

If you've ever wondered why tech bros keep trying to cram things down your throat that nobody wants, nobody asked for, could never turn a profit and never actually work, frankly -- this is why.

A lot of people are making a lot of money from "failure". If they weren't, they wouldn't keep doing it.

I think the EU countries should collectively call the U.S. ambassadors to explain why the United States plans to undermine the EU like a hostile power.

For friends in the U.S., this is about the same as if the EU decided to pull apart the United States by actively supporting every loon in California, Texas, and any other state with any interest of leaving the union. Both overtly and covertly.

It is what you do to enemies.

3/ Russian forces have gained 0.77 percent of Ukrainian territory since the start of 2025 while suffering disproportionately high personnel costs.

This is key, I think. The tipping point is next year.

What a plan! I’m planning the odd tip n run in early spring.

Why had he lived so long among those who were not kind?

(For reference: APTC, RN, IC, GS…)

@damianbarr.bsky.social a quick q if I may, Damian? The buttons in the design on the inside cover of your splendid fiction are specifically chosen?

This is very kind and unexpected to say the least: in the company of hellraisers @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @damianbarr.bsky.social & Ozzy Osbourne, what more can one ask?

Alan Jones Discomania Arthur Baker Looking for the Perfect Beat Ben Ratliff Run the Song Benjamin Markovits The Rest of Our Lives C. Mallon Dogs Damian Barr The Two Roberts Dan Nadel Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life David Szalay FLESH Emily Adrian Seduction Theory Geoff Dyer Homework Han Kang We Do Not Helen Garner The Mushroom Tapes and How to End a Story: Collected Diaries Holly Dicker Dance Or Die: A History of Hardcore Ian Penman Erik Satie Three Piece Suite Jamie Taylor Studio Electrophonique John Harris Maybe I’m Amazed Jon Fosse Vaim Justin Currie The Tremolo Diaries Leo Robson The Boys Liz Pelly Mood Machine Lucy Rose The Lamb Mark Z. Danielewski Tom’s Crossing Olga Ravn The Wax Child Ozzy Osbourne Last Rites Richard Foster The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club Robert MacFarlane Is a River Alive? Ron Chernow Mark Twain Sarah Hall Helm Sophy Rickett et al Pissing Women Thea Lenarduzzi The Tower Thomas Pynchon Shadow Ticket Vincenzo Latronico Perfection Wendy Erskine The Benefactors

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Great pic! Check the Longhair with the sandals front left centre

This is a STONKING record

And a much better human being than Simenon, titanic writer though he is imho.

Have you read the Pierre Assoulin biography on him? That is brilliant

I pronounce Varoufakis as one of my Great Fools of This Unhappy Age.

A screenshot of a post on X by Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis). The post reads: “The White House’s new National Security Strategy is amazingly blunt about Europe’s warmongering in Ukraine. Here is a telling excerpt:” followed by a quoted passage: “The Trump Administration finds itself at odds with European officials who hold unrealistic expectations for the war perched in unstable minority governments, many of which trample on basic principles of democracy to suppress opposition. A large European majority wants peace, yet that desire is not translated into policy, in large measure because of those governments’ subversion of democratic processes.”

What is this high school debate shit?

Everyone wants peace!

Adults just realize that any peace which lasts beyond a Russian re-arming / recruitment cycle has to be on terms that don't reward Russia's initial invasion with land and legitimacy, and which meaningfully deter future aggression.

-denouncing my mother in the ice cream isle of the supermarket after she's patiently explained we need vegetables-

"A large family majority wants dinner, and yet that desire has not translated into Ben and Jerry's, in large measure because of mother's subversion of family procurement processes."

Too kind xx

Always happy to unwrap a @weare1of100.bsky.social product.
This time in celebration of the excellent @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social book. Roll on t shirt weather.