John Berkeley Grout 🏳️🌈🔶
@jrberkeley.bsky.social
John (he/him) aka. John Berkeley; Leovinas. UK-based writer of SFF, player of RPGs, Classics/archaeology/ancient history PhD, process/telecoms specialist.
The sort of gay lefty Liberal your mother warned you about. Views my own, etc. (no TERFs or AI, ta)
The sort of gay lefty Liberal your mother warned you about. Views my own, etc. (no TERFs or AI, ta)
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If you haven't watched the original House of Cards - and especially if you haven't watched the original but have seen the US remake - do yourself a favour and get hold of it somehow.
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
If you haven't watched the original House of Cards - and especially if you haven't watched the original but have seen the US remake - do yourself a favour and get hold of it somehow.
Your most-considered posts get *likes*?! 🫠
November 16, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Your most-considered posts get *likes*?! 🫠
He has a point, though...
...Réunion? Or does that not count and is it French Guiana? (usually if there's a question about French geography, the answer is French Guiana and everyone walks away grumbling to themselves)
...Réunion? Or does that not count and is it French Guiana? (usually if there's a question about French geography, the answer is French Guiana and everyone walks away grumbling to themselves)
November 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
He has a point, though...
...Réunion? Or does that not count and is it French Guiana? (usually if there's a question about French geography, the answer is French Guiana and everyone walks away grumbling to themselves)
...Réunion? Or does that not count and is it French Guiana? (usually if there's a question about French geography, the answer is French Guiana and everyone walks away grumbling to themselves)
Robot Wars 💔
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Robot Wars 💔
GREETINGS, FELLOW HUMANS. I TOO ENJOY HUMAN ACTIVITIES LIKE BREATHING, AND HAVING SKIN.
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
GREETINGS, FELLOW HUMANS. I TOO ENJOY HUMAN ACTIVITIES LIKE BREATHING, AND HAVING SKIN.
Sure, the King's English (he is!), but proper English is the Queen's: clearly-enunciated, a bit clipped, starched to an inch of its life, and a reminder of a bygone era. If it was the King's, it would be well-meaning, a bit burbly, drooping at the edges, and not so much starched as richly-fruited.
November 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Sure, the King's English (he is!), but proper English is the Queen's: clearly-enunciated, a bit clipped, starched to an inch of its life, and a reminder of a bygone era. If it was the King's, it would be well-meaning, a bit burbly, drooping at the edges, and not so much starched as richly-fruited.
...are there any good #SFF stories out there that folks could recommend that tackle MM/FF monarchs in the context of hereditary/dynastic monarchy? This feels really interesting to me (and then there's the question of "why monarchy-as-default?", which also needs exploring...) Recommendations?
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November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
...are there any good #SFF stories out there that folks could recommend that tackle MM/FF monarchs in the context of hereditary/dynastic monarchy? This feels really interesting to me (and then there's the question of "why monarchy-as-default?", which also needs exploring...) Recommendations?
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That sounds like the toothpaste version of Liqufruta 🤢
November 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
That sounds like the toothpaste version of Liqufruta 🤢
I think this might be one of my favourite skeets ever, and I hate it. Thank you, Adrian! 😂
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think this might be one of my favourite skeets ever, and I hate it. Thank you, Adrian! 😂
It was an excellent hustings and their largest in person audience as well. Good to go out with a bang.
November 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
It was an excellent hustings and their largest in person audience as well. Good to go out with a bang.