Aleksandr Voinov
@aleksandrvoinov.bsky.social
Writer, pagan, coach, immigrant. 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🌳
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Discord: http://discord.gg/zHTGx5zJ
Mastodon: @[email protected]
Shamanism workshop was incredible. I’ll take a rest day because my brain is truly cooked and I need time to get back to the material plane. So lucky to have an amazing teacher and brilliant co-students.
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Shamanism workshop was incredible. I’ll take a rest day because my brain is truly cooked and I need time to get back to the material plane. So lucky to have an amazing teacher and brilliant co-students.
Still vibing after a great week away. Long may it last.
October 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Still vibing after a great week away. Long may it last.
What is the absolute worst London airport and why is it Stansted?
September 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
What is the absolute worst London airport and why is it Stansted?
I just had a call with an immigration lawyer and an appointment on Thursday. Reform is literally threatening my ability to stay in the U.K. after 20 years and six years of settled status. But they also means I’ll be able to vote against those fuckers.
September 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I just had a call with an immigration lawyer and an appointment on Thursday. Reform is literally threatening my ability to stay in the U.K. after 20 years and six years of settled status. But they also means I’ll be able to vote against those fuckers.
Man, shamanism is already giving me so much. Just coming back home from celebrating autumn on Hampstead Heath.
September 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Man, shamanism is already giving me so much. Just coming back home from celebrating autumn on Hampstead Heath.
Punch Nazis. Even very hard and even from 200 yards.
September 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Punch Nazis. Even very hard and even from 200 yards.
I see Trump’s Baldur von Schirach has been taken off the board. I had a lovely brownie for late dinner. Tomorrow I’ll wear socks again.
September 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I see Trump’s Baldur von Schirach has been taken off the board. I had a lovely brownie for late dinner. Tomorrow I’ll wear socks again.
Self-edit of book 2 in the trilogy is done and the book has joined the queue for my editor. Now jumping into plotting/outlining book 3, which is mostly about collecting all my scraps and notes and “maybes” and turn it all into a definitive outline.
September 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Self-edit of book 2 in the trilogy is done and the book has joined the queue for my editor. Now jumping into plotting/outlining book 3, which is mostly about collecting all my scraps and notes and “maybes” and turn it all into a definitive outline.
Former employer is looking for an editor. First thought: “Oh, who quit/died? Maybe toxic boss?” Second thought: “Poor fucking bastard applying for and getting that job. That team is so toxic it needs a cement coffin like Chornobyl.”
August 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Former employer is looking for an editor. First thought: “Oh, who quit/died? Maybe toxic boss?” Second thought: “Poor fucking bastard applying for and getting that job. That team is so toxic it needs a cement coffin like Chornobyl.”
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August 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:
Every time I see the term “author branding” I want to respond: “what do you think I am - a cow?” And that’s how my online author conference thingy is going.
August 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Every time I see the term “author branding” I want to respond: “what do you think I am - a cow?” And that’s how my online author conference thingy is going.
I’ll hold that Westworld Season 1 is among the top three TV series ever. Harris and Hopkins deliver astounding performances, whole cast is excellent. The twists, the turns, the depth of the narrative. Really a great time.
August 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I’ll hold that Westworld Season 1 is among the top three TV series ever. Harris and Hopkins deliver astounding performances, whole cast is excellent. The twists, the turns, the depth of the narrative. Really a great time.
People freaking out about GLP-1 price increases - many of these drugs are out of patent protection or about to fall out of patent protection. Eli Lilly et al are basically only trying to get another pay day before generics come online.
August 16, 2025 at 8:40 AM
People freaking out about GLP-1 price increases - many of these drugs are out of patent protection or about to fall out of patent protection. Eli Lilly et al are basically only trying to get another pay day before generics come online.
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Excellent thread about a lazy and frankly shameful @theguardian.com piece which regurgitates Boyne's statement without investigation or interrogation.
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
August 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Excellent thread about a lazy and frankly shameful @theguardian.com piece which regurgitates Boyne's statement without investigation or interrogation.
I’ve had a very tiny sniff of local politics in the U.K. and it looks like racist grandpas and grandmas screaming at non-racist grandmas and grandpas. Main issue right now: road taxes, potholes and discrimination against elderly drivers.
August 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I’ve had a very tiny sniff of local politics in the U.K. and it looks like racist grandpas and grandmas screaming at non-racist grandmas and grandpas. Main issue right now: road taxes, potholes and discrimination against elderly drivers.
Stop murdering journalists. Attacking the press is a hallmark of tyranny and unworthy of a “democracy”.
August 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Stop murdering journalists. Attacking the press is a hallmark of tyranny and unworthy of a “democracy”.
I would like to make enough from writing to hire the $2,000 editor I love, overpay my cover artist and pay a voice actor outright to produce my audio book. And also make a little money for the hundreds of hours of work I put in myself. *cracks knuckles*
August 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I would like to make enough from writing to hire the $2,000 editor I love, overpay my cover artist and pay a voice actor outright to produce my audio book. And also make a little money for the hundreds of hours of work I put in myself. *cracks knuckles*
I’d pay to watch Pedro Pascal make phone calls. #FantasticFour
August 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I’d pay to watch Pedro Pascal make phone calls. #FantasticFour
Thunderbolts was fine - but I have acquired a Florence Pugh crush.
August 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Thunderbolts was fine - but I have acquired a Florence Pugh crush.
Dude texted from work: “Rough day, could use a treat when I get home.” Me: bought two enormous tuna steaks and made my homemade satay sauce, panfried veggies, brown rice. Also bought him Tunnocks as a desert. I think I got some good karma points today.
August 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Dude texted from work: “Rough day, could use a treat when I get home.” Me: bought two enormous tuna steaks and made my homemade satay sauce, panfried veggies, brown rice. Also bought him Tunnocks as a desert. I think I got some good karma points today.
Did an hour of cardio today after yesterday’s hardcore weightlifting session. Everything aches, but I did it. Have set an ambitious goal by end-2025 in order to get ready for an operation.
August 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Did an hour of cardio today after yesterday’s hardcore weightlifting session. Everything aches, but I did it. Have set an ambitious goal by end-2025 in order to get ready for an operation.
We need to see the EU tariff as imposed by Trump in the context of the US dollar dropping 10-12% since the “yay, Trump will be great for the economy” exuberance. EU goods are now 25% more expensive than they were in Jan/Feb 2025. And almost half of that is people doubting the US dollar’s strength.
July 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We need to see the EU tariff as imposed by Trump in the context of the US dollar dropping 10-12% since the “yay, Trump will be great for the economy” exuberance. EU goods are now 25% more expensive than they were in Jan/Feb 2025. And almost half of that is people doubting the US dollar’s strength.
So the local seat went to Refascism UK - 1,342 votes, with 185 to the Greens, 540 to LibDems, 720 to Labour, Cuntservatives at 1,161. Turnout was 28% and the fascists got 30% of that - so a very tiny amount of Xenophobes and “Woke”-Haters just got us an absolute crackpot on the council.
July 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
So the local seat went to Refascism UK - 1,342 votes, with 185 to the Greens, 540 to LibDems, 720 to Labour, Cuntservatives at 1,161. Turnout was 28% and the fascists got 30% of that - so a very tiny amount of Xenophobes and “Woke”-Haters just got us an absolute crackpot on the council.
Knock on the door. Friendly looking guy in his mid-fifties: “Good evening, I’m from Reform UK.”
I looked him up and down, said “No fucking way.” And closed the door.
I failed the “British politeness/scorn” test.
July 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Knock on the door. Friendly looking guy in his mid-fifties: “Good evening, I’m from Reform UK.”
I looked him up and down, said “No fucking way.” And closed the door.
I failed the “British politeness/scorn” test.
Gladiator 2 was worse than Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus fucking Christ, so bad.
July 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Gladiator 2 was worse than Kingdom of Heaven. Jesus fucking Christ, so bad.