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Adam Farrer

@adamjfarrer.bsky.social

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Essayist, Editor @ The Real Story, Winner NorthBound Book Award for COLD FISH SOUP (Saraband, 2022). BROKEN BISCUITS (HarperNorth, 2025) MD ANT https://linktr.ee/adamjfarrer

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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · Nov 16

Everyone’s introducing themselves, so I'll join in.

I’m an award-winning writer of personal essays living in the north of England. Here are my books (I will talk about them a lot). This is my massive dog (I will talk about her a lot). I’m a pretty harmless presence really.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 5h

that face when other countries have laws apply even for super rich people

sad openai sam altman guy zoomed in on image of quoted post.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 5h

Fuck no!

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Rob Campbell-Roscoe @robcampbe11.bsky.social · 11h

Looking forward to Prof Andy Tate & @jennashworth.bsky.social discussing writing, literature & radical hospitality as part of @lancasteruni.bsky.social #lecture #culture #discussion #debate #elcwlancaster - some tix still available!

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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 10h

If you fancy getting 25% off the paperback of my book (due out on January 29th 2026) you could go to this link and pre-order it, entering the code OCTOBER25. I’m not pressuring you, but you probably should. Paperbacks are great.

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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 11h

Luckily everyone is checking for it at Salford. Three people in my team have had it so far.

Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 11h

So many folks are falling foul of COVID at my place recently. I'm fearful, trying to avoid face to face meetings and holding onto my LFTs for dear life.

Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 11h

Maybe that Metallica one, but for different reasons.

Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 11h

If there's a better documentary about the making of an album out there, I've not seen it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqGs...

AEROSMITH: The Making of Pump

YouTube video by PAST & PRESENT

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 2d

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Cartoon of a social gathering. A man is talking to a vampire. The man says "Welcome, Count Dracula. Would you like a small aperitif?". The vampire replies "No, I think mine are just the right size".

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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 12h

Good interview with Tim Curry but annoying format where you have to pause and read a couple of pull-quotes every so often before you can move on. (On desktop anyway.)

‘Risky is the best way to be’: Tim Curry on sexuality, surviving a stroke – and 50 years of stardom

From Rocky Horror to the Muppets, Curry’s extraordinary career made him world-famous. Then, a stroke left him paralysed. The actor talks about his cocaine years, his friendship with David Bowie – and ...

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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 13h

Someone told me 'rivers are actually warmer in the autumn than the summer'. I don't think my cobblers agreed.

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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 13h

Followed by an update.

Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 13h

Sent it to my friend. He replied with this.

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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 15h

I was told what little heat was left in my body would leave through my head. It got soaked anyway. Luckily there was a sauna to run into.

Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 16h

Went wild swimming and now have a photo of me where I look like I’m both waving and drowning.

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𝓪 𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮𝓿𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱 🦋 @totr.bsky.social · 1d

a screengrab from the above video showing Starmer walking back to his position, back turned to the camera, head bowed

a screengrab from the end of the Blair Witch Project, with one of the protagonists facing a bare brick wall, back turned to the camera, head bowed

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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 1d

I am duty bound once again to tell you that, with a cost of living crisis and Christmas in mind (yes), my book is briefly available on hardback with 46% off.

www.amazon.co.uk/Broken-Biscu....

Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 1d

If you didn’t have a pinky ring and a Vax in ‘95 you didn’t count for shit.

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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 1d

Ha! That tear was done by the ex that followed that ex. Here I am post dreads but still loyal to the red. ‘What’s The Story Morning Glory?’ poster to nail the era.

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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 1d

Post you from a different era

1995 me. Red, spiked dreads that the full-on point and laugh treatment in the streets of Barnsley saw off within a fortnight.

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Jason Reid @jasonreiduk.bsky.social · 1d

can facebook never be normal

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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll be at @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social on October 18th talking about Alan Bennett’s brilliant memoir Untold Stories on a live recording of @beelitmag.bsky.social’s brilliant Working Class Library podcast. There are still a few tickets left and are priced at pay what you feel. Link in bio.

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 2d

It’s actually really exciting what a human brain can do compared to a large language model with rigid rules

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Adam Farrer @adamjfarrer.bsky.social · 3d

The 2014 version of me that ran a light-hearted community news account on Twitter never dreamed it would get this bad. Also, grey bin collections are still every three weeks.

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Beau @drbeaubeaumont.bsky.social · 5d

Thinking about Christmas presents for my wife. Does anyone know what it smells like?

A sign at the Westfield shopping centre. Reading “Please use the escalator by Prada”.

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