Bob Johnston
@bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social
'Our Big Day' LGBTQ+ award-winning picturebook published 2022. Currently subbing agents w/ a gay novel for adults. Husband, dog lover, cat misser, biscuit eater, previously @gutterbookshop ... he/him. linktr.ee/bobjohnstonbooks
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I'm the parent of a trans teen a year younger than Brianna should be. She's been beaten, spat on, outed & bullied out of school. By children who have grown up surrounded by toxic transphobia. She didnt leave the house for over 2 yrs - her online trans friends were the ONLY ppl who understood 1/
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I'm the parent of a trans teen a year younger than Brianna should be. She's been beaten, spat on, outed & bullied out of school. By children who have grown up surrounded by toxic transphobia. She didnt leave the house for over 2 yrs - her online trans friends were the ONLY ppl who understood 1/
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Any other booksellers had some guy claiming to represent Deliveroo, wanting to “onboard” their bookshop to the app for book sales? I was polite and 100% uninterested, also WTAF
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Any other booksellers had some guy claiming to represent Deliveroo, wanting to “onboard” their bookshop to the app for book sales? I was polite and 100% uninterested, also WTAF
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Ghostly pallor - but a great pod. @QMUL's finest, @robertsaunders.bsky.social talking Britain going berserk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ8q...
Nick Cohen talks to academic & author Robert Saunders about the bizarre state of UK politics
YouTube video by LowdownNickCohen
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November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Ghostly pallor - but a great pod. @QMUL's finest, @robertsaunders.bsky.social talking Britain going berserk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ8q...
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I only had one thing published this year but it was my first publication in 3 years, so I'm happy. It's my sad little cannibal smut book.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I only had one thing published this year but it was my first publication in 3 years, so I'm happy. It's my sad little cannibal smut book.
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Been reading Clive James' Cultural Amnesia again. It's a worryingly prescient piece of work within the context of being a historically-geared memoir. It is also astonishingly well written; one of those books in which the prose frequently makes me do a double take
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Been reading Clive James' Cultural Amnesia again. It's a worryingly prescient piece of work within the context of being a historically-geared memoir. It is also astonishingly well written; one of those books in which the prose frequently makes me do a double take
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The British commentariat is so cooked that they can't even conceive of people wanting to vote for someone who thinks shitting on minorities is bad so let's just ignore it
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The British commentariat is so cooked that they can't even conceive of people wanting to vote for someone who thinks shitting on minorities is bad so let's just ignore it
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I always forget to promote these things, but I'll have an essay on RTE Radio 1's The Business about 30 mins ago, should you fancy a listen
November 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I always forget to promote these things, but I'll have an essay on RTE Radio 1's The Business about 30 mins ago, should you fancy a listen
A quick video from the Mayo bog meadow. Mainly so I can practice splicing two bits of video together for TikTok... #Mayo #Meadow #Rewilding #DogWalk #Saturday
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
A quick video from the Mayo bog meadow. Mainly so I can practice splicing two bits of video together for TikTok... #Mayo #Meadow #Rewilding #DogWalk #Saturday
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The blacklist is back, HUAC will probably be next to return
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The blacklist is back, HUAC will probably be next to return
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Fascinating that these far right are terrorists if UK says they are; same thugs rioting outside a refugee centre in West Dublin are ‘activists’ & ‘concerned locals’. They’re not linked, they’ll say. Unless of course you open Twitter & see them upload photos of themselves, together, at various riots!
Two men detained in operation against far-right terror group due in court in Co Laois
Operation carried out by Garda’s Special Detective Unit, which investigates terrorism and other threats to the State
www.irishtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Fascinating that these far right are terrorists if UK says they are; same thugs rioting outside a refugee centre in West Dublin are ‘activists’ & ‘concerned locals’. They’re not linked, they’ll say. Unless of course you open Twitter & see them upload photos of themselves, together, at various riots!
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It’s 6 November, and you know what that means, don’t you? YES, THAT’S RIGHT. It’s the 156th anniversary of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
It’s 6 November, and you know what that means, don’t you? YES, THAT’S RIGHT. It’s the 156th anniversary of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat
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“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
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They're called tine chnámh in Irish, which again translates as "bone fire", if that's of any relevance
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 AM
They're called tine chnámh in Irish, which again translates as "bone fire", if that's of any relevance
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frankly why tf are we doing fireworks at all. It’s called Bonfire Night. get your ex’s photographs and your childhood Harry Potter books and light that shit up
I like fireworks but they shouldn't be sold to the general public. Obviously some twat's going to lob one at a paramedic. Garden fireworks are always shit anyway. Go and give the rotary club a fiver and watch a good display in a field with a candyfloss machine and a tombola.
'Notable reduction' in Bonfire Night disruption
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
frankly why tf are we doing fireworks at all. It’s called Bonfire Night. get your ex’s photographs and your childhood Harry Potter books and light that shit up
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It’s BRIGHTON tonight for the final gig of this first leg of the tour. Tickets available (loads of them actually so do come along if you’re nearby and fancy it).
www.komedia.co.uk/shows/brian-...
And thanks to everyone who came along to see us in Milton Keynes last night. That was a lot of fun.
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And thanks to everyone who came along to see us in Milton Keynes last night. That was a lot of fun.
Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires: Sounds Made By Humans
Brian Bilston and The Catenary Wires release ‘Sounds Made By Humans’, a new album of song-poems LP/CD/digital Skep Wax Records Release date: 9 May 2025 Soundcloud | Dropbox download First half: A ...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
It’s BRIGHTON tonight for the final gig of this first leg of the tour. Tickets available (loads of them actually so do come along if you’re nearby and fancy it).
www.komedia.co.uk/shows/brian-...
And thanks to everyone who came along to see us in Milton Keynes last night. That was a lot of fun.
www.komedia.co.uk/shows/brian-...
And thanks to everyone who came along to see us in Milton Keynes last night. That was a lot of fun.
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Look at the negative framing of this.
We elected a President we can all be proud of in a historic landslide vote.
What’s wrong with:
“Why did FF & FG get it so wrong …… again?”
Fook off RTE.
We elected a President we can all be proud of in a historic landslide vote.
What’s wrong with:
“Why did FF & FG get it so wrong …… again?”
Fook off RTE.
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Look at the negative framing of this.
We elected a President we can all be proud of in a historic landslide vote.
What’s wrong with:
“Why did FF & FG get it so wrong …… again?”
Fook off RTE.
We elected a President we can all be proud of in a historic landslide vote.
What’s wrong with:
“Why did FF & FG get it so wrong …… again?”
Fook off RTE.
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We're about to start upgrading the website. I say we. A very clever man called Pete is.
All I know is that we're going to have to turn the website off for a few hours this afternoon, at 3pm
So if you want a book, you'd best get ordering it now.
All I know is that we're going to have to turn the website off for a few hours this afternoon, at 3pm
So if you want a book, you'd best get ordering it now.
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
We're about to start upgrading the website. I say we. A very clever man called Pete is.
All I know is that we're going to have to turn the website off for a few hours this afternoon, at 3pm
So if you want a book, you'd best get ordering it now.
All I know is that we're going to have to turn the website off for a few hours this afternoon, at 3pm
So if you want a book, you'd best get ordering it now.
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'Many novelists experience new awareness of their own work when asked to talk about it at events or in interviews.'
A Time for Reading: Once a Year by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
Read more:
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#Booksky @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social
A Time for Reading: Once a Year by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
Read more:
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#Booksky @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social
A Time for Reading: Once a Year by Felicity Hayes-McCoy
My latest novel Once a Year is set in Castlehill Hotel & Spa, a riverside country house owned and run by the Sullivan family for generations. Traditionally, when the Christmas rush is over, the…
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November 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"Daddy, my eyes hurt".. but yes, I found them in the end... (Alt Text for a clue..)
November 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"Daddy, my eyes hurt".. but yes, I found them in the end... (Alt Text for a clue..)
Who fancies trying "whisper into my ring" at an Irish business meeting? #Meetings #BusinessTalk #AI #MyRing
I mean, I’d be fired (and I wouldn’t rule out arrested) after the first meeting I wore this to.
A new company called Sandbar has unveiled a smart wearable called Stream Ring, which uses a microphone to record your softly spoken thoughts. And it’s powered by—you guessed it—an AI chatbot. www.wired.com/story/sandba...
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Who fancies trying "whisper into my ring" at an Irish business meeting? #Meetings #BusinessTalk #AI #MyRing