Keith W. Dickinson
@keithwdickinson.bsky.social
Author of Dexter & Sinister, and The Dragonfly Delivery Company. New novella, Glunda the Veg Witch, out now! BBNYA 2024 Finalist.
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Hi New Followers 👋
You've made a wise choice. 👍
As well as posting silliness and hope for a better world I also write books (full of silliness and hope for a better world). Start with this free book of shorts written to introduce you to the #steampunk world of Hammersmyth.
mybook.to/hammersmyth2
You've made a wise choice. 👍
As well as posting silliness and hope for a better world I also write books (full of silliness and hope for a better world). Start with this free book of shorts written to introduce you to the #steampunk world of Hammersmyth.
mybook.to/hammersmyth2
Check the angular vector of the moon.
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Check the angular vector of the moon.
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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Google: Evil is all we do now.
Google has been giving free advertising to anti-abortion groups targeting pregnant women in Scotland and across the UK, the Sunday National can reveal
November 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Google: Evil is all we do now.
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Time to invoice the telegraph for using my illustration, I guess
A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.
November 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Time to invoice the telegraph for using my illustration, I guess
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Take yet another bow, Brexit and all you sad saps who bought the pack of lies sold you.
The EU are removing their de minimis threshold next year. So that will be the EU added to the growing list of places that I can’t sell to.
As a small business it’s getting harder and harder to keep going.
Fuck brexit and all who sail in her. 🤬
As a small business it’s getting harder and harder to keep going.
Fuck brexit and all who sail in her. 🤬
a man sitting at a desk with a panda bear on his arm
Alt: A Panda smashing up an office
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Take yet another bow, Brexit and all you sad saps who bought the pack of lies sold you.
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Everyone in the UK in the 1970s in one clip.
November 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Everyone in the UK in the 1970s in one clip.
A friend sent me a picture of their small child eating my book, Glunda the Veg Witch. Slobber on the spine and grubby finger marks on the pages. I have mixed feelings.
November 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A friend sent me a picture of their small child eating my book, Glunda the Veg Witch. Slobber on the spine and grubby finger marks on the pages. I have mixed feelings.
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Bit bleary, but here's the same moment in an the original analogue version. It's not AI, it's inherent in the original image. Not to mention around that time, the Beatles logo was pretty inconsistent. aboutthebeatles.com/beatles-logo...
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Bit bleary, but here's the same moment in an the original analogue version. It's not AI, it's inherent in the original image. Not to mention around that time, the Beatles logo was pretty inconsistent. aboutthebeatles.com/beatles-logo...
This is an interesting read. Lots of good storytelling insights.
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
November 30, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is an interesting read. Lots of good storytelling insights.
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Ok folks, I've got a task I need help with.
I need to know about high money value detector finds found since 2019 (not including tudor heart or Chew Valley hoard) from news reports, social media posts etc.
England & Wales only.
Please share, thank you 😊
#Archaeology 🏺 #Treasure #Detecting
I need to know about high money value detector finds found since 2019 (not including tudor heart or Chew Valley hoard) from news reports, social media posts etc.
England & Wales only.
Please share, thank you 😊
#Archaeology 🏺 #Treasure #Detecting
November 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Ok folks, I've got a task I need help with.
I need to know about high money value detector finds found since 2019 (not including tudor heart or Chew Valley hoard) from news reports, social media posts etc.
England & Wales only.
Please share, thank you 😊
#Archaeology 🏺 #Treasure #Detecting
I need to know about high money value detector finds found since 2019 (not including tudor heart or Chew Valley hoard) from news reports, social media posts etc.
England & Wales only.
Please share, thank you 😊
#Archaeology 🏺 #Treasure #Detecting
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I get what this post is saying, but for most self-published and indie authors, bookstores won't stock our books.
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I get what this post is saying, but for most self-published and indie authors, bookstores won't stock our books.
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Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
November 30, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
Up at 6am on a Sunday to go to work for the fifth day in a row. Not how I thought my life would pan out.
November 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Up at 6am on a Sunday to go to work for the fifth day in a row. Not how I thought my life would pan out.
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There was an article in The Guardian a few weeks back about how Gen Z find bookshops preferable to online shopping, and a key factor was that an algorithm will offer you 6000 books identical to the one you just finished whereas a bookseller will offer you three that are different but meet the vibe.
November 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
There was an article in The Guardian a few weeks back about how Gen Z find bookshops preferable to online shopping, and a key factor was that an algorithm will offer you 6000 books identical to the one you just finished whereas a bookseller will offer you three that are different but meet the vibe.
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my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
my “AI is over” anecdote is that my wife was hired over the summer to write scripts for a big tech company explaining how to use their AI tools and after many rounds of revisions, the latest notes said “we’re finding a lot of AI fatigue among our users” and to remove all references to AI
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New euphemism just dropped.
November 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
New euphemism just dropped.
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The Telegraph, ladies and gentlemen.
November 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Telegraph, ladies and gentlemen.
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fun fact - under the original definition, third world countries included Austria, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, and Switzerland... because the definition was basically about whether a country was aligned with the USA (1st) or Communism (2nd) or "the rest" (3rd)
November 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
fun fact - under the original definition, third world countries included Austria, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, and Switzerland... because the definition was basically about whether a country was aligned with the USA (1st) or Communism (2nd) or "the rest" (3rd)
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My sweets, did you really think our government and the police would stop with people protesting against the genocide? Did you really think, "Oh, if *those* people's democratic rights are restricted, it's got nothing to do with me"?!
November 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
My sweets, did you really think our government and the police would stop with people protesting against the genocide? Did you really think, "Oh, if *those* people's democratic rights are restricted, it's got nothing to do with me"?!
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𝔗𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔨𝔢𝔱 𝔓𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔦𝔡𝔬𝔩𝔦𝔞
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
𝔗𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔨𝔢𝔱 𝔓𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔦𝔡𝔬𝔩𝔦𝔞
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Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
My first purchase would be eyeball cushions. 👀
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
My first purchase would be eyeball cushions. 👀
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My least favourite film trope is people who are running for their lives looking over their shoulders at what's chasing them. You know what it is, fucking run!
Bonus points if looking causes them to trip and fall.
Bonus points if looking causes them to trip and fall.
Least favourite film tropes.
2ndary character: I shall stay and hold them off so you can escape.
Hero: thanks. I shall stay and breathlessly watch your heroic demise so your sacrifice can buy me as little time as possible.
2ndary character: I shall stay and hold them off so you can escape.
Hero: thanks. I shall stay and breathlessly watch your heroic demise so your sacrifice can buy me as little time as possible.
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
My least favourite film trope is people who are running for their lives looking over their shoulders at what's chasing them. You know what it is, fucking run!
Bonus points if looking causes them to trip and fall.
Bonus points if looking causes them to trip and fall.