Matthew Surridge
@bookofdays.bsky.social
Writer of short stories at the Book of Days project: https://www.patreon.com/BookOfDays
Writer of other things at other places, too, sometimes. He/him.
Writer of other things at other places, too, sometimes. He/him.
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POP FACT: Everyone who watched The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show died one week later, due to CBS accidentally booking John, Paul, George and Ringu
February 14, 2026 at 1:22 PM
POP FACT: Everyone who watched The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show died one week later, due to CBS accidentally booking John, Paul, George and Ringu
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[Enter Valentine.]
February 14, 2026 at 9:41 AM
[Enter Valentine.]
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![post from @LauraAmalasunta:
"Me: I'm feeling really Sappic
You: Tell me more
Me: ....................and if
.......[thy]me......
..........................
hands........[swan, or possibly an
extinct species of gourd]
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Fact.
Canada's making a statue of Jordan Binnington in 2 weeks no matter what, all that's left to figure out is whether it's for display or for ritualistic burning
February 12, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Fact.
Great thread about fights and narrative technique, worth thinking about w/r/t more arts than just film.
A good thing about AI slop like the Cruise/Pitt fight thing is that it highlights just how repetitive and soulless MANY movie fight scenes are. They might as WELL be slop.
Some top-of-my-head things to keep in mind to make your fights human:
- Incorporate the environment (cont) 1/
Some top-of-my-head things to keep in mind to make your fights human:
- Incorporate the environment (cont) 1/
February 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Great thread about fights and narrative technique, worth thinking about w/r/t more arts than just film.
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On this day in 1981, Rush released their iconic album Moving Pictures.
The album featured the classics Limelight, Tom Sawyer, YYZ and Vital Signs.
It hit #1 in Canada and the USA and sold 5.5 million copies. It earned 6 Juno nominations (winning one) and a Grammy nomination.
The album featured the classics Limelight, Tom Sawyer, YYZ and Vital Signs.
It hit #1 in Canada and the USA and sold 5.5 million copies. It earned 6 Juno nominations (winning one) and a Grammy nomination.
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 PM
On this day in 1981, Rush released their iconic album Moving Pictures.
The album featured the classics Limelight, Tom Sawyer, YYZ and Vital Signs.
It hit #1 in Canada and the USA and sold 5.5 million copies. It earned 6 Juno nominations (winning one) and a Grammy nomination.
The album featured the classics Limelight, Tom Sawyer, YYZ and Vital Signs.
It hit #1 in Canada and the USA and sold 5.5 million copies. It earned 6 Juno nominations (winning one) and a Grammy nomination.
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No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
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At last, the crossover we've always wanted
February 10, 2026 at 2:19 PM
At last, the crossover we've always wanted
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Libertaria has always been at war with Trumpopia
the suggestion that the libertarian movement has always been anti trump is infuriating, but also a sign that people may have a sense of which way the wind is blowing
February 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Libertaria has always been at war with Trumpopia
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100% this. This is a brilliant metaphor.
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
VC, founder, dumbass
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM
100% this. This is a brilliant metaphor.
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at long last, we have created the thing that can't happen here, from the classic cautionary novel It Can't Happen Here
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 PM
at long last, we have created the thing that can't happen here, from the classic cautionary novel It Can't Happen Here
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.
February 6, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I cannot sufficiently underline how despicable it is that the IOC has required Haitian Olympic athletes to remove an image representing the leader of the Haitian Revolution (against SLAVERY) from their uniforms.
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The drugstore pbk market was HUGE. Years ago, after I wrote a Times story on liquor & cigarette ads running in paperbacks (!) in 60s & 70s, I heard from an old Madison Ave exec who did the ad buys. Biggest volume bookstore in the US, he said, was the Rexall Drugs at Grand Central Station.
🎁 link:
🎁 link:
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The drugstore pbk market was HUGE. Years ago, after I wrote a Times story on liquor & cigarette ads running in paperbacks (!) in 60s & 70s, I heard from an old Madison Ave exec who did the ad buys. Biggest volume bookstore in the US, he said, was the Rexall Drugs at Grand Central Station.
🎁 link:
🎁 link:
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Shakespeare's Mum
youtube.com/shorts/L4Ndw...
youtube.com/shorts/L4Ndw...
Shakespeare's mum
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Shakespeare's Mum
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youtube.com/shorts/L4Ndw...
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the Street finds its own uses for things
February 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM
the Street finds its own uses for things
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February 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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It's funny that a revolution bigger than rock'n'roll or punk or acid house happened and the world's culture media have kind of shrugged.
Is Tony Geitani's Lebanese prog-electronica-songwriter epic 'Wahj' the new normal?
One of the great problems with modern music criticism is that it hasn’t got past the models of the second half of the last century, and this leads to some very serious seeing-the-woods-for-the-trees o...
theartsdesk.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:40 PM
It's funny that a revolution bigger than rock'n'roll or punk or acid house happened and the world's culture media have kind of shrugged.
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1781
January 29, 2026 at 7:26 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1781
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The CIA World Factbook, a reliable source of information about the countries of the world, has been publicly available since 1997. It is now going away.
Please consider supporting @wikipedia.org and @ourworldindata.org. The world desperately needs trustworthy data.
www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
Please consider supporting @wikipedia.org and @ourworldindata.org. The world desperately needs trustworthy data.
www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
February 4, 2026 at 9:58 PM
The CIA World Factbook, a reliable source of information about the countries of the world, has been publicly available since 1997. It is now going away.
Please consider supporting @wikipedia.org and @ourworldindata.org. The world desperately needs trustworthy data.
www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
Please consider supporting @wikipedia.org and @ourworldindata.org. The world desperately needs trustworthy data.
www.cia.gov/stories/stor...
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