Rufus
@rufustheduck.bsky.social
My house has cats, my garden has foxes, the trees are full of parakeets, and the crows know me by name
Teacher, Londoner, neurodivergent and ace. One half of The Worst Writer in the World - the best podcast you've never heard of
Teacher, Londoner, neurodivergent and ace. One half of The Worst Writer in the World - the best podcast you've never heard of
Sunrise in South London
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Sunrise in South London
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An article in NATURE with a nonsense AI-generated graphic. NATURE.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Has everyone just stopped doing any intellectual work at all?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Has everyone just stopped doing any intellectual work at all?
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
An article in NATURE with a nonsense AI-generated graphic. NATURE.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Has everyone just stopped doing any intellectual work at all?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Has everyone just stopped doing any intellectual work at all?
@joznorris.bsky.social joined us on The Worst Writer in the World to discuss his unmade script about a time-travelling detective - and we learned many things.
The first episode is available now from all the usual podcast places
The first episode is available now from all the usual podcast places
December 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
@joznorris.bsky.social joined us on The Worst Writer in the World to discuss his unmade script about a time-travelling detective - and we learned many things.
The first episode is available now from all the usual podcast places
The first episode is available now from all the usual podcast places
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Every time I listen to "Help!"
December 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Every time I listen to "Help!"
A magical adventure that will make you wish you were friends with a pig.
Available as a paperback, ebook, and audiobook from mambuycow.com
Available as a paperback, ebook, and audiobook from mambuycow.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A magical adventure that will make you wish you were friends with a pig.
Available as a paperback, ebook, and audiobook from mambuycow.com
Available as a paperback, ebook, and audiobook from mambuycow.com
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Part 1 of a BRUTAL takedown of the dumbest script I've ever written. Absolutely loved recording this:
open.spotify.com/episode/7xHL...
open.spotify.com/episode/7xHL...
Worst Writer - Untitled Sitcom about a Time-Travelling Detective (with Joz Norris), Part 1
open.spotify.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Part 1 of a BRUTAL takedown of the dumbest script I've ever written. Absolutely loved recording this:
open.spotify.com/episode/7xHL...
open.spotify.com/episode/7xHL...
We've released a couple of hundred episodes but never had a guest on. We finally relented and asked time-travel expert @joznorris.bsky.social to delve into his unmade sci-fi detective sitcom. Listen now on The Worst Writer in the World - available wherever you find podcasts
December 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We've released a couple of hundred episodes but never had a guest on. We finally relented and asked time-travel expert @joznorris.bsky.social to delve into his unmade sci-fi detective sitcom. Listen now on The Worst Writer in the World - available wherever you find podcasts
Sunrise in Deptford, South-East London (where I stopped to fix a puncture)
November 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Sunrise in Deptford, South-East London (where I stopped to fix a puncture)
Indiana Jones is not only the worst archaeologist in the world, he's also the worst teacher
His students must be so relieved when he doesn't turn up to class because he's busy destroying an archaeological site in Africa
His students must be so relieved when he doesn't turn up to class because he's busy destroying an archaeological site in Africa
February 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Indiana Jones is not only the worst archaeologist in the world, he's also the worst teacher
His students must be so relieved when he doesn't turn up to class because he's busy destroying an archaeological site in Africa
His students must be so relieved when he doesn't turn up to class because he's busy destroying an archaeological site in Africa
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Well I for one am shocked and appalled that nearly half of young people won't pick up guns to defend a country that has displayed nothing but contempt for them, their lives, freedoms, dreams of the future, social spaces, and loves for years and keep getting more overt making that clear.
February 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Well I for one am shocked and appalled that nearly half of young people won't pick up guns to defend a country that has displayed nothing but contempt for them, their lives, freedoms, dreams of the future, social spaces, and loves for years and keep getting more overt making that clear.
My mum hand-knitted this Spider-Man blanket for my sister's first kid, 11 years ago.
Cut to now - my sister was going to GET RID OF IT!
Fortunately: me.
It now lives on the coffee table in my lounge. ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL!!!
Cut to now - my sister was going to GET RID OF IT!
Fortunately: me.
It now lives on the coffee table in my lounge. ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL!!!
January 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My mum hand-knitted this Spider-Man blanket for my sister's first kid, 11 years ago.
Cut to now - my sister was going to GET RID OF IT!
Fortunately: me.
It now lives on the coffee table in my lounge. ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL!!!
Cut to now - my sister was going to GET RID OF IT!
Fortunately: me.
It now lives on the coffee table in my lounge. ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL!!!
Can't get a Christmas tree because we have cats - so we decorated the cat tree instead
December 8, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Can't get a Christmas tree because we have cats - so we decorated the cat tree instead
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Banter is like sex. It is a two way process based on mutual respect and understanding. If you're doing it on your own, what you are is a wanker
December 7, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Banter is like sex. It is a two way process based on mutual respect and understanding. If you're doing it on your own, what you are is a wanker
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Partner spotted this in a New York City bookstore.
December 7, 2024 at 6:35 AM
Partner spotted this in a New York City bookstore.
Somewhere out there, a public relations 'expert' is advising famous men to blame their abusive behaviour on autism
"Tell them that you can't pick up on social cues and THAT'S why you sexually harassed multiple people. You'll get away with it AND make life worse for autistic people!"
"Tell them that you can't pick up on social cues and THAT'S why you sexually harassed multiple people. You'll get away with it AND make life worse for autistic people!"
December 8, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Somewhere out there, a public relations 'expert' is advising famous men to blame their abusive behaviour on autism
"Tell them that you can't pick up on social cues and THAT'S why you sexually harassed multiple people. You'll get away with it AND make life worse for autistic people!"
"Tell them that you can't pick up on social cues and THAT'S why you sexually harassed multiple people. You'll get away with it AND make life worse for autistic people!"
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Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
December 3, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
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I'm reading a thriller from 1960 called Twice Lost, by Phyllis Paul, and just came upon this:
"There is something disturbing, and even sinister, in the clowning of an unhumorous man."
"There is something disturbing, and even sinister, in the clowning of an unhumorous man."
November 4, 2024 at 3:18 PM
I'm reading a thriller from 1960 called Twice Lost, by Phyllis Paul, and just came upon this:
"There is something disturbing, and even sinister, in the clowning of an unhumorous man."
"There is something disturbing, and even sinister, in the clowning of an unhumorous man."
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When you are bigger I will bring you here.
September 20, 2024 at 2:17 PM
When you are bigger I will bring you here.
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Best Macbeth poster
September 15, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Best Macbeth poster
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I wish people would stop crediting artists' creativity to drugs. I was describing a scene in a book I like to a friend and he said, all dismissive, "that's just an acid trip."
Like, no it's not. It's cosmic horror. People can have cool ideas while sober. It is a thing that happens
Like, no it's not. It's cosmic horror. People can have cool ideas while sober. It is a thing that happens
September 14, 2024 at 3:26 PM
I wish people would stop crediting artists' creativity to drugs. I was describing a scene in a book I like to a friend and he said, all dismissive, "that's just an acid trip."
Like, no it's not. It's cosmic horror. People can have cool ideas while sober. It is a thing that happens
Like, no it's not. It's cosmic horror. People can have cool ideas while sober. It is a thing that happens
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This is hilarious
Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector
Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a low-cost plan for, uh, creating a gigantic ac...
defector.com
September 12, 2024 at 4:24 PM
This is hilarious
Just a beautiful weed growing on my balcony
September 13, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Just a beautiful weed growing on my balcony
The sunset in London, taken from my kitchen window. (I think it's telling me to go to Turkey)
September 2, 2024 at 7:40 PM
The sunset in London, taken from my kitchen window. (I think it's telling me to go to Turkey)
Two of the many foxes who spend all day sleeping in my garden
September 1, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Two of the many foxes who spend all day sleeping in my garden