John Moynes
@johnmoynes.bsky.social
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Every time Dickens wrote a novel his publisher made him remove a character called Jeremy Jeremyjeremy. Nobody knows why.
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It was the best of QI, it was the worst of QI.
johnmoynes.bsky.social
Yeah, you're a cartoon dude. You can do one line and riff on it for a book. As a poet I have to write up to a dozen words per page like some kind of nineteenth century Russian serf.
johnmoynes.bsky.social
I came to Jonathan Creek very late in the day is also a good way to start a novel if it's about someone reaching a creek.
daveyjones.bsky.social
I came to Jonathan Creek very late in the day, because I'd always somehow assumed that it wouldn't be my kind of thing. But it turned out that it couldn't have been more my kind of thing if it had come out of a box of kind-of-things with the word 'MINE' embossed on the lid.
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And we're off! NEW EPISODE out today. Journalist and author @michaelhogan100.bsky.social talks about the magic of Jonathan Creek and his own crime novel debut, The Dogwalkers' Detective Agency. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
johnmoynes.bsky.social
Gonna stay out of the pub for the next couple of weeks. Tensions about the presidential election are high and I don't want to witness any more stabbings.
johnmoynes.bsky.social
That varies depending on their mortgage.
johnmoynes.bsky.social
If they didn't want to be there they shouldn't of stopped breathing.
johnmoynes.bsky.social
Thank you. That's large enough for me to resist the temptation.
johnmoynes.bsky.social
How many models a side is it?
johnmoynes.bsky.social
Imagine saying this with a straight face when you're a Pope.
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Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
johnmoynes.bsky.social
Anyone else notice the veil between the worlds growing a bit thin lately?
johnmoynes.bsky.social
This is the opening line of most novels these days.
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Well a bird just shat on my difontaine's slice as it was in my mouth
johnmoynes.bsky.social
A hammer would be even cheaper.
johnmoynes.bsky.social
Crowleymas is too commercial these days.
paulduane.bsky.social
Aleister Crowley's 150th birthday today and I haven't even started putting up the inverted goat skulls yet
johnmoynes.bsky.social
Congratulations. Achievement unlocked.
johnmoynes.bsky.social
I'm barred from there. Long story.
johnmoynes.bsky.social
I'm starting to worry that Grogan's is full of AI. Everyone there thinks they'll create great art in five years time.
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Any gigs going in Riyadh?
johnmoynes.bsky.social
If somebody claims to be silenced and you can hear them they're lying.
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alihancock.bsky.social
If there is an H in Steps, surely it's Stephs or Stheps? Or the Sean Connery version Stepsh?
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I went to a Goon Show memorabilia sale and the prices were insane. It was a Sellers market.
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Join me and the missus on @noiseboxradio.com for two hours from 7pm tonight, as we briefly takeover The Weekend Wind Down. Two hours of chilled out tunes to get you in the right frame of mind for another week in this dystopian hellscape.
johnmoynes.bsky.social
These heroes, will they be in a half shell?
johnmoynes.bsky.social
It's not fair that the octopus is the only tentacled sea creature to get its own month. There also be a squidvember and cuttlefishbruary. Thank you for your attention to this matter.