Brian M. Milton
@munchkinstein.bsky.social
Short, rumpled Scotsman. Has a terrible pain in all the diodes down his left hand side.
Not on social media as much as he used to be but if he is, it will be occasional writing and a lot of stupid bollocks.
He/Him
https://munchkinstein.co.uk
Not on social media as much as he used to be but if he is, it will be occasional writing and a lot of stupid bollocks.
He/Him
https://munchkinstein.co.uk
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Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Have just been asked if I want coffee in a Chai Latte.
May have reached the point where I give up on the world and go live up a tree.
May have reached the point where I give up on the world and go live up a tree.
November 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Have just been asked if I want coffee in a Chai Latte.
May have reached the point where I give up on the world and go live up a tree.
May have reached the point where I give up on the world and go live up a tree.
Soylent Cheese is made of Man!
Havin a giant cheese wedge and a stein of beer MANFOOD
November 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Soylent Cheese is made of Man!
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But they could double their market by selling cheese to females!
Think of the Profits! Think of the Latinum!
Think of the Profits! Think of the Latinum!
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
But they could double their market by selling cheese to females!
Think of the Profits! Think of the Latinum!
Think of the Profits! Think of the Latinum!
It's bad enough when one Link goes wild, never mind 400.
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's bad enough when one Link goes wild, never mind 400.
Will I watch it? Obvs, yes.
Will I grumble about it robbing us of five extra Ncuti episodes and a decent wrap up for him? Oh yes!
Will I grumble about it robbing us of five extra Ncuti episodes and a decent wrap up for him? Oh yes!
The BBC will launch 'The War Between the Land and the Sea' on iPlayer and BBC One on 7 December 2025.
cultbox.co.uk/news/premier...
cultbox.co.uk/news/premier...
The War Between the Land and the Sea: UK December premiere date
The BBC will launch The War Between the Land and the Sea on iPlayer and BBC One on 7 December 2025.
cultbox.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Will I watch it? Obvs, yes.
Will I grumble about it robbing us of five extra Ncuti episodes and a decent wrap up for him? Oh yes!
Will I grumble about it robbing us of five extra Ncuti episodes and a decent wrap up for him? Oh yes!
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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Some say that we wan, and some say that they wan,
And some say that nane wan at a’, man
But of ae thing I’m sure, that on Sheriff-muir
A battle there was that I saw, man.
—The battle was re-enacted earlier today using chickens & police, with the same result
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And some say that nane wan at a’, man
But of ae thing I’m sure, that on Sheriff-muir
A battle there was that I saw, man.
—The battle was re-enacted earlier today using chickens & police, with the same result
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Some say that we wan, and some say that they wan,
And some say that nane wan at a’, man
But of ae thing I’m sure, that on Sheriff-muir
A battle there was that I saw, man.
—The battle was re-enacted earlier today using chickens & police, with the same result
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And some say that nane wan at a’, man
But of ae thing I’m sure, that on Sheriff-muir
A battle there was that I saw, man.
—The battle was re-enacted earlier today using chickens & police, with the same result
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Up the close an doon the stair
Ben the hoose wi Burke an Hare
Burke’s the butcher, Hare’s the thief
Knox the boy who buys the beef
—cheery wee 19th-century Edinburgh children’s skipping rhyme, about bodysnatching & murder
#FolkloreThursday #C19th
bodiesandacademia.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/t...
Ben the hoose wi Burke an Hare
Burke’s the butcher, Hare’s the thief
Knox the boy who buys the beef
—cheery wee 19th-century Edinburgh children’s skipping rhyme, about bodysnatching & murder
#FolkloreThursday #C19th
bodiesandacademia.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/t...
The afterlives of anatomical bodies: what museum collections can teach us about our past
‘Up the close and doon the stair,/ Ben the hoose wi’ Burke and Hare/ Burke’s the butcher, Hare’s the thief,/ Knox the boy who buys the beef.’ This Scottish children’s rhyme has br…
bodiesandacademia.wordpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Up the close an doon the stair
Ben the hoose wi Burke an Hare
Burke’s the butcher, Hare’s the thief
Knox the boy who buys the beef
—cheery wee 19th-century Edinburgh children’s skipping rhyme, about bodysnatching & murder
#FolkloreThursday #C19th
bodiesandacademia.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/t...
Ben the hoose wi Burke an Hare
Burke’s the butcher, Hare’s the thief
Knox the boy who buys the beef
—cheery wee 19th-century Edinburgh children’s skipping rhyme, about bodysnatching & murder
#FolkloreThursday #C19th
bodiesandacademia.wordpress.com/2017/09/11/t...
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Please remember not to celebrate RLS's birthday today.
You can celebrate the anniversary of his birth, but in 1891 he formally transferred "ALL AND WHOLE my rights and priviledges" in his birthday to Annie H. Ide, a young girl from Vermont who was sad that her own birthday fell on Christmas Day.
You can celebrate the anniversary of his birth, but in 1891 he formally transferred "ALL AND WHOLE my rights and priviledges" in his birthday to Annie H. Ide, a young girl from Vermont who was sad that her own birthday fell on Christmas Day.
November 13, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Please remember not to celebrate RLS's birthday today.
You can celebrate the anniversary of his birth, but in 1891 he formally transferred "ALL AND WHOLE my rights and priviledges" in his birthday to Annie H. Ide, a young girl from Vermont who was sad that her own birthday fell on Christmas Day.
You can celebrate the anniversary of his birth, but in 1891 he formally transferred "ALL AND WHOLE my rights and priviledges" in his birthday to Annie H. Ide, a young girl from Vermont who was sad that her own birthday fell on Christmas Day.
I enjoyed the first series except for each time they referred to the local body of water as Deadloch Lake when my eye did twitch.
This show is both hilarious and am actually good murder mystery, you must watch it! 👇
🚨Deadloch heads: S2 of the Aussie crime satire/drama (it's good!) arrives on Amazon Prime March 20. Many chaotic Aussie weirdos return/debut. But HEADS UP they have added a Hemsworth (Luke)! This is not a drill! Kudos to the hair & costume team for this whole deal. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...
November 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I enjoyed the first series except for each time they referred to the local body of water as Deadloch Lake when my eye did twitch.
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i spoke to LOADS of people about this very recently, and the only people using it regularly were the dipshits in charge
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
i spoke to LOADS of people about this very recently, and the only people using it regularly were the dipshits in charge
Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(This is Spinach 419 which came out in the summer dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/spinach-41... )
(This is Spinach 419 which came out in the summer dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/spinach-41... )
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Convincing you to read my short story with the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
(This is Spinach 419 which came out in the summer dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/spinach-41... )
(This is Spinach 419 which came out in the summer dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/spinach-41... )
I've worked out how to solve this Bond conundrum people appear to be having today. Bring back Basildon.
youtu.be/oU9JiHGul0M?...
youtu.be/oU9JiHGul0M?...
Russ Abbot as Basildon Bond in 'The Man With The Golden Labrador'
YouTube video by russabbotfan
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November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I've worked out how to solve this Bond conundrum people appear to be having today. Bring back Basildon.
youtu.be/oU9JiHGul0M?...
youtu.be/oU9JiHGul0M?...
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Introducing: Pictcon. A celebration of the Scottish genre community.
Pictcon
Off the back of the glorious mayhem that was the World Fantasy Convention down there in windy Brighton, I spent this weekend at an event that was both much cosier and closer to home, spiritually as well as geographically. Pictcon is a brand new convention, celebrating the multi-faceted Scottish genre community. Not just the writers (of which there were many in attendance), but also the artists, the publishers, the book sellers, the academics, the commentators, the crafters and the fans. It was an excellent, chilled affair with many interesting workshops and discussions (the highlight for me being Dr Meg MacDonald's interview with Francesca Barbini of Luna Press Publishing about her incredible career).
neilwilliamson.blog
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Introducing: Pictcon. A celebration of the Scottish genre community.
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I run a small building firm making brick houses for pigs. Not a massive earner but it helps keep the wolf from the door
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I run a small building firm making brick houses for pigs. Not a massive earner but it helps keep the wolf from the door
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The best thread on the Edmund Fitzgerald you'll read.
#OTD in Weather History, 48 years ago, on November 10, 1975, the ore freighter SS EDMUND FITZGERALD was lost with all hands in a severe storm on Lake Superior.
She is perhaps the best known shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and today we remember her loss. 1/
She is perhaps the best known shipwreck on the Great Lakes, and today we remember her loss. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
The best thread on the Edmund Fitzgerald you'll read.
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The famously left-wing bias of the BBC.
(From The Decade In Tory)
(From The Decade In Tory)
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The famously left-wing bias of the BBC.
(From The Decade In Tory)
(From The Decade In Tory)
Not seen the details but this sounds utterly batsarse. Difficult, complex and impossible to compare to petrol cars, so discouraging a move to electric.
This new 'charge per mile' scheme for EVs seems incredibly flawed. People have to guess how many miles they're going to do and pay in advance. What if you sell the car? Do you get a refund? Who is going to police the numbers or will they just rely on MOT history?
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Not seen the details but this sounds utterly batsarse. Difficult, complex and impossible to compare to petrol cars, so discouraging a move to electric.
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Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day! Don’t forget to smash your clocks!
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day! Don’t forget to smash your clocks!
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Hey, folks. We hope you're all recovered from WFC & had the best time.
If you're already suffering con withdrawals, be comforted that Glasgow 2026 is now the official seated Fantasycon. Only 11 months to go!
And here's a little something to whet your appetite!
youtu.be/J8Q8uB0brq4
If you're already suffering con withdrawals, be comforted that Glasgow 2026 is now the official seated Fantasycon. Only 11 months to go!
And here's a little something to whet your appetite!
youtu.be/J8Q8uB0brq4
Toss A Groat To Your Redcloak
YouTube video by British Fantasy Society
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Hey, folks. We hope you're all recovered from WFC & had the best time.
If you're already suffering con withdrawals, be comforted that Glasgow 2026 is now the official seated Fantasycon. Only 11 months to go!
And here's a little something to whet your appetite!
youtu.be/J8Q8uB0brq4
If you're already suffering con withdrawals, be comforted that Glasgow 2026 is now the official seated Fantasycon. Only 11 months to go!
And here's a little something to whet your appetite!
youtu.be/J8Q8uB0brq4
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Announcing #PictCon2 17th October 2026, Perth, Scotland. Guest of Honour, Neil Williamson neilwilliamson.blog/about/ Ticketing is open at Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1794793438...
Neil Williamson
Neil Williamson is a multiple award shortlisted writer, editor and musician from Glasgow. His books include The Moon King, Queen Of Clouds and Charlie Says. He writes and records music as The Disap…
neilwilliamson.blog
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Announcing #PictCon2 17th October 2026, Perth, Scotland. Guest of Honour, Neil Williamson neilwilliamson.blog/about/ Ticketing is open at Eventbrite. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1794793438...
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Inspired by @cooraysmith.bsky.social's latest Psychic Paper post
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Inspired by @cooraysmith.bsky.social's latest Psychic Paper post