Stuart Douglas
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Stuart Douglas
@stuartdouglas.com
· Jul 30
I have three novels to write, all different styles, and I'm worried they bleed into each other, as would whatever I'm reading - but none of them are SF, so I'm going to read the EDAs from the start, as a palette cleanser as I go along.
First up - the 8 Docs, which I remember as being shite.
First up - the 8 Docs, which I remember as being shite.
FIFA really is determined to ruin football completely.
I'll watch the (3) Scotland games, but that'll do me (didn't watch any of the last World Cup at all, a fact which would have been mind-boggling to me twenty years ago).
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
I'll watch the (3) Scotland games, but that'll do me (didn't watch any of the last World Cup at all, a fact which would have been mind-boggling to me twenty years ago).
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
World Cup 2026: Fifa to keep top seeds apart in draw
The top four seeded countries will not be able to meet each other until the semi-finals of next year's World Cup for the first time in the tournament's history.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
FIFA really is determined to ruin football completely.
I'll watch the (3) Scotland games, but that'll do me (didn't watch any of the last World Cup at all, a fact which would have been mind-boggling to me twenty years ago).
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
I'll watch the (3) Scotland games, but that'll do me (didn't watch any of the last World Cup at all, a fact which would have been mind-boggling to me twenty years ago).
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Racists dislike being called racist so much, they will try to silence the people calling them - completely accurately - racists.
Which does at least suggest that Farage and the other racist leaders of the racist Reform Ltd understand that most British people are not, in fact, racists themselves.
Which does at least suggest that Farage and the other racist leaders of the racist Reform Ltd understand that most British people are not, in fact, racists themselves.
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Racists dislike being called racist so much, they will try to silence the people calling them - completely accurately - racists.
Which does at least suggest that Farage and the other racist leaders of the racist Reform Ltd understand that most British people are not, in fact, racists themselves.
Which does at least suggest that Farage and the other racist leaders of the racist Reform Ltd understand that most British people are not, in fact, racists themselves.
We have a winner for the photograph of the year.
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
We have a winner for the photograph of the year.
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Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade but all the lyrics are 'are you hanging up your stocking on your wall'
Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody but all the lyrics are 'are you hanging up your stocking...
Merry Christmas Everybody by Slade but all the lyrics are 'Are You Hanging Up Your Stocking On Your Wall?'Crooned by @MichaelMisDisappointing More: http://li...
youtu.be
December 1, 2023 at 8:28 AM
Merry Xmas Everybody by Slade but all the lyrics are 'are you hanging up your stocking on your wall'
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Don't think there's a red flag but enough.
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Don't think there's a red flag but enough.
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Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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It is amazingly horrifying in how little Labour leaders have zero, even negative faith in the values that their party's supposed to stand for. I have the deepest sympathies for the party ground floor workers and supporters who're disgusted by this grotesque betrayal of their values. It's despairing.
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It is amazingly horrifying in how little Labour leaders have zero, even negative faith in the values that their party's supposed to stand for. I have the deepest sympathies for the party ground floor workers and supporters who're disgusted by this grotesque betrayal of their values. It's despairing.
This is brilliant from @lidders.bsky.social - I wish there was UK distribution for the cassette though.
eiderdownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...
eiderdownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...
Live At Tubby's, by Jeffrey Alexander and the Heavy Lidders
2 track album
eiderdownrecords.bandcamp.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is brilliant from @lidders.bsky.social - I wish there was UK distribution for the cassette though.
eiderdownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...
eiderdownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...
May be of interest to @purserhallard.com if he doesn't already know about this.
New episode up now. Last and First Men (1930) by Olaf Stapledon, with guest Matthew De Abaitua in conversation with Andy Miller and Una McCormack. @mdeabaitua.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/253...
253. Last and First Men by Olaf Stapledon — Backlisted
Writer and critic Matthew De Abaitua joins Andy, Una and Nicky to discuss Last and First Men: A Story of the Near and Far Future (1930), the astounding first novel by Olaf Stapledon. The...
www.backlisted.fm
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
May be of interest to @purserhallard.com if he doesn't already know about this.
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
Some good coverage of the campaign to get the BBC to reverse their decision to limit access to the Written Archive at Caversham.
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Some good coverage of the campaign to get the BBC to reverse their decision to limit access to the Written Archive at Caversham.
Weekend listening - mostly vinyl, all great, some brilliant.
Not all of these bands are from Luton and the Medway - but quite a few are.
Not all of these bands are from Luton and the Medway - but quite a few are.
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Weekend listening - mostly vinyl, all great, some brilliant.
Not all of these bands are from Luton and the Medway - but quite a few are.
Not all of these bands are from Luton and the Medway - but quite a few are.
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1. Ha!
2.Huh?
3. …Huh!
2.Huh?
3. …Huh!
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 AM
1. Ha!
2.Huh?
3. …Huh!
2.Huh?
3. …Huh!
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I remain genuinely gobsmacked that this wasn’t picked up more. The Alex Jones who *repeatedly accused grieving parents of making up their children’s murders*.
Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”
Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”
On US TV shows and podcasts from 2009-18, Farage discussed supposed plots by bankers to create a global government, citing Goldman Sachs, the Bilderberg group and George Soros as threats to democracy. Included six guest slots with the disgraced far-right US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I remain genuinely gobsmacked that this wasn’t picked up more. The Alex Jones who *repeatedly accused grieving parents of making up their children’s murders*.
Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”
Anyway, “after the news we’ll be joined by Nigel Farage & definitely won’t be asking him about any of this…”
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Davros: Gruntleigh, there's been another theft from the Banana stores....
Me: Erm...
D: ...and I've got a pretty good idea who did it....
Me: 😬 M.....me can expl-
D: It's obviously the fault of IMMIGRANTS!
Me: Phew!
(Sometimes having a mad old racist for a boss is useful..) 😹
Me: Erm...
D: ...and I've got a pretty good idea who did it....
Me: 😬 M.....me can expl-
D: It's obviously the fault of IMMIGRANTS!
Me: Phew!
(Sometimes having a mad old racist for a boss is useful..) 😹
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Davros: Gruntleigh, there's been another theft from the Banana stores....
Me: Erm...
D: ...and I've got a pretty good idea who did it....
Me: 😬 M.....me can expl-
D: It's obviously the fault of IMMIGRANTS!
Me: Phew!
(Sometimes having a mad old racist for a boss is useful..) 😹
Me: Erm...
D: ...and I've got a pretty good idea who did it....
Me: 😬 M.....me can expl-
D: It's obviously the fault of IMMIGRANTS!
Me: Phew!
(Sometimes having a mad old racist for a boss is useful..) 😹
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Seeing good people attempting the "This may not have been true, but the fact I *thought* it was tells us something important about society" defence after propagating the Gmail/LLM story.
Sorry, but that one's bollocks whoever screwed up. Check your sources, admit your mistakes and learn from them.
Sorry, but that one's bollocks whoever screwed up. Check your sources, admit your mistakes and learn from them.
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Seeing good people attempting the "This may not have been true, but the fact I *thought* it was tells us something important about society" defence after propagating the Gmail/LLM story.
Sorry, but that one's bollocks whoever screwed up. Check your sources, admit your mistakes and learn from them.
Sorry, but that one's bollocks whoever screwed up. Check your sources, admit your mistakes and learn from them.
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UK politics is insane to me because every time I tune in even 1% to keep appraised of what's happening there the headlines are all like "GOVERNMENT MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO WATCH KISSING VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE TO PROTECT WOMEN AND GIRLS" and then in tiny font underneath "NHS budget cut by 75% next year"
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
UK politics is insane to me because every time I tune in even 1% to keep appraised of what's happening there the headlines are all like "GOVERNMENT MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO WATCH KISSING VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE TO PROTECT WOMEN AND GIRLS" and then in tiny font underneath "NHS budget cut by 75% next year"
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Trump has zero beliefs. He just wants people to cheer when he says stuff and hang out with cool people. Mamdani is cool. It's *literally* that simple.
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Trump has zero beliefs. He just wants people to cheer when he says stuff and hang out with cool people. Mamdani is cool. It's *literally* that simple.
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The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
This was very much not as nice as I recall from my childhood, when it was a real treat for special occasions. For a start, it contains no minced beef - no meat at all really - or onion, just a strange, faintly meat flavoured slime.
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This was very much not as nice as I recall from my childhood, when it was a real treat for special occasions. For a start, it contains no minced beef - no meat at all really - or onion, just a strange, faintly meat flavoured slime.
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Yes, all the time, and how they’re constantly expanding the boundaries of who is disposable.
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Yes, all the time, and how they’re constantly expanding the boundaries of who is disposable.
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'When the Wolves Were Running', the first episode of The Box of Delights, was originally broadcast on this day in 1984.
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
'When the Wolves Were Running', the first episode of The Box of Delights, was originally broadcast on this day in 1984.
You will only need one guess.
November 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
You will only need one guess.
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