JP Flowers
@jpflowersfictions.bsky.social
Writer of fictions. Crosser of sevens. Socialist. European. Australian. Surrealism is a lifestyle choice. http://jpflowersfictions.co.uk
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JP Flowers
@jpflowersfictions.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
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One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books
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⏰ Thames Water’s future is hanging in the balance. Billions in debt could be written off for private owners and it could remain in private hands unless we act fast.
53,000+ of us are calling for nationalisation. Add your name: 38d.gs/tw_bs
53,000+ of us are calling for nationalisation. Add your name: 38d.gs/tw_bs
Thames Water wants to block campaigners from speaking out against them?! Enough is enough. The Government must renationalise this failing water company. Agree? Sign the petition today:
Join the push to renationalise Thames Water!
38d.gs
January 23, 2026 at 1:28 PM
⏰ Thames Water’s future is hanging in the balance. Billions in debt could be written off for private owners and it could remain in private hands unless we act fast.
53,000+ of us are calling for nationalisation. Add your name: 38d.gs/tw_bs
53,000+ of us are calling for nationalisation. Add your name: 38d.gs/tw_bs
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Even though PBS and NPR are still in existence, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he “heard they’re closed up.”
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January 20, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Even though PBS and NPR are still in existence, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he “heard they’re closed up.”
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Dear AI
Fuck right off
Love,
JPF
Fuck right off
Love,
JPF
January 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Dear AI
Fuck right off
Love,
JPF
Fuck right off
Love,
JPF
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The first time Charlie Chaplin spoke onscreen, he implored the people of the world to resist the rising tide of fascism.
Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.
Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.
January 8, 2026 at 9:05 PM
The first time Charlie Chaplin spoke onscreen, he implored the people of the world to resist the rising tide of fascism.
Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.
Nearly 90 years later, it remains a timely message.
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David Bowie released his final album 'Blackstar' 10 years ago today.
A look back at an icon's last will and testament:
A look back at an icon's last will and testament:
David Bowie's 'Blackstar' Turns 10
When I awoke that Sunday morning, I was so confused. My wife, not much of a music fan, mentioned she’d just read some news about David Bowie. I replied something along the lines of, “Yeah, he just rel...
stereogum.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
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Happy Blackstar Day (and 10th anniversary) to those who celebrate.
January 8, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Happy Blackstar Day (and 10th anniversary) to those who celebrate.
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I am horrified by the murder of a woman in Minneapolis by an ICE agent.
This is what fascism looks like in real time, where a far-right government emboldens a violent death squad to terrorise communities with impunity.
This is what fascism looks like in real time, where a far-right government emboldens a violent death squad to terrorise communities with impunity.
January 8, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Follow the $$$ 👇
January 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Follow the $$$ 👇
What Zohran Mamdani’s unabashed socialism tells us about the way society is changing
January 2, 2026 at 11:04 PM
What Zohran Mamdani’s unabashed socialism tells us about the way society is changing
Who is developing the ‘Alternet’? That’s the internet without the relentless AI slop-scraping and locked-down technofeudal profiteering. Anyone? I want to party like it’s 1999 #AI #Alternet #technofeudalism
January 2, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Who is developing the ‘Alternet’? That’s the internet without the relentless AI slop-scraping and locked-down technofeudal profiteering. Anyone? I want to party like it’s 1999 #AI #Alternet #technofeudalism
Sigh
December 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Sigh
Every steampunk author I know understands exactly what has happened here
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Every steampunk author I know understands exactly what has happened here
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Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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The solution is right above us. Solar panels on existing buildings, car parks, and along highways generate clean power without sacrificing farmland or wild spaces. Let's use our built world first. #Renewables #Innovation
December 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The solution is right above us. Solar panels on existing buildings, car parks, and along highways generate clean power without sacrificing farmland or wild spaces. Let's use our built world first. #Renewables #Innovation
These kinds of posts will come to be seen as pivotal moments in the war for reality.
I have just found out that some reprehensible fucking dork has made an AI chatbot based on the character I played on The Magnus Archives and *it has my voice*. I genuinely don't think I have ever felt so fucking violated. My actual voice. Saying things I have never said. I feel sick.
December 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
These kinds of posts will come to be seen as pivotal moments in the war for reality.
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Starmer says he’s "taking the gloves off" and that the Greens are "nuts"
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Big talk from the PM of vibes based cruelty and trickle down cowardice.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Close down the humanities departments and defund the theatres. They do nothing for us…
December 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Close down the humanities departments and defund the theatres. They do nothing for us…
Yeah? The British public also voted for Brexit
December 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Yeah? The British public also voted for Brexit
The totalitarian impulse finds its home in modernity and seeks a return to the insulating institutions of the modern. This is what terrifies us the most - that our instincts cannot meet the moment and form a politics of formlessness.
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
The totalitarian impulse finds its home in modernity and seeks a return to the insulating institutions of the modern. This is what terrifies us the most - that our instincts cannot meet the moment and form a politics of formlessness.
Things start to get even stranger from here on in
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Things start to get even stranger from here on in
How are these 3 million people going to make a living in ten years time?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI could replace 3m low-skilled jobs in the UK by 2035, research finds
Trades, machine operations and administrative roles are most at-risk, says leading educational research charity
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:35 AM
How are these 3 million people going to make a living in ten years time?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Love me Do’ by The Beatles is closer in time to the 19th Century than it is to us now.
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
‘Love me Do’ by The Beatles is closer in time to the 19th Century than it is to us now.
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America’s current policy is to spike energy use under the assumption that building more and more data centers will make machine superintelligence emerge, at which point the digital genie will solve problems the tech industry didn’t bother trying to address, or even opposed addressing.
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
America’s current policy is to spike energy use under the assumption that building more and more data centers will make machine superintelligence emerge, at which point the digital genie will solve problems the tech industry didn’t bother trying to address, or even opposed addressing.
“Warehouse work is meticulous, monotonous manual labor; it is necessary to meet certain standards, but every part-time worker has time to get used to it and if the work does not suit them, they can switch to another position”
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
“Warehouse work is meticulous, monotonous manual labor; it is necessary to meet certain standards, but every part-time worker has time to get used to it and if the work does not suit them, they can switch to another position”
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Retroactive Nobel Prizes to the women who’s work was stolen from them!
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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