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Al the editor

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Copyeditor, proofreader and picture researcher. SFF über-geek. http://bluebamboo.org.uk

created March 31, 2025

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ENtitled?

29/8/2025, 3:39:30 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Afraid you missed a double space there, mate.

29/8/2025, 3:30:10 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Timeshare Salt Gland is my next band name.

29/8/2025, 9:33:06 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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FEWER shootings (OMG I corrected Stephen bloody King!).

29/8/2025, 9:31:07 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fuck me, that is glorious.

26/8/2025, 9:30:36 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The next level for budgie smugglers.

23/8/2025, 4:48:45 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You can't park there, mate.

23/8/2025, 4:35:36 PM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fuck me. They are bought and sold. Traitors to the cause.

22/8/2025, 9:25:02 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I honestly thought you'd misremembered Debussy's first name for the longest time. But then I realised that his name was, in fact, Maude.

22/8/2025, 9:18:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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20/8/2025, 8:20:34 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They only bean down to the warm ones. Who wants to save a civilisation whose planet is a bit on the chilly side?

20/8/2025, 6:47:48 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As it should be. You're doing God's work. But then, someone has to.

19/8/2025, 11:19:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You have – and I've thought this many times – WAY too much time on your hands.

19/8/2025, 11:06:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A similar story here, Simon. I picked up The Reality Dysfunction from a charity shop on a whim 20 years ago and was blown away. Bizarre to be working on his titles now. This one was huge fun – taut and accomplished.

15/8/2025, 2:09:03 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What gif pops up when you type your name?

15/8/2025, 8:54:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Do you need a Bondulance?

12/8/2025, 7:25:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Life of Brian Die Hard Alien (That crap is indeed gonna eat through the goddam hull.)

11/8/2025, 4:13:29 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ignore the Moomintrolls.

9/8/2025, 8:25:07 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My God, that cover! 😍

3/8/2025, 8:28:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lol. Was that one of yours?

3/8/2025, 11:19:54 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You take their coin, you better dance to their tune. Despicable.

3/8/2025, 8:02:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It me. 😓

3/8/2025, 8:00:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lemme guess - Byline?

3/8/2025, 7:56:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Aw, you got a little Vimes! Congrats to all.

3/8/2025, 7:18:05 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Seeing my name everywhere these days and starting to think I'm a lot more influential than I thought. 🤔

1/8/2025, 10:22:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Why? What did you have?

1/8/2025, 9:32:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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WEST WING WEST WING WEST WING EVERYONE ELSE IS WRONG

1/8/2025, 9:30:19 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh god, another half-assed remedial act, nibbling around the edges, as a sop to the populace and stop them asking the totally fucking obvious question: WHY NO WEALTH TAX?

31/7/2025, 10:45:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Getting whiplash from reading that article. I haven't seen so many buts since Bicycle Race.

31/7/2025, 10:26:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dobbie has received a gift! Dobbie is free!

30/7/2025, 1:41:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh, he's not unintelligent, but nothing that unprincipled pawn does is in any way congruent with his own moral code. He's bought, body and soul.

30/7/2025, 1:35:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh, great. I shall really enjoy relishing the benefits of this. 🙄

30/7/2025, 1:12:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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So Israel gets to determine Palestinian statehood? This is the absolute opposite of self-determination. Shameful.

30/7/2025, 12:58:44 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Because they wouldn't bash him.

30/7/2025, 9:28:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Au contraire. I'm sure there are plenty of RW investors in companies based in Abu Dhabi, Singapore and China who are rather pleased with how it turned out.

30/7/2025, 9:17:27 AM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You've been waiting years to debut that one, haven't you? Admit it.

30/7/2025, 8:09:08 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I too once read that it stood for "For Unclean Carnal Knowledge" – or, as one typo had it, "For Unclean Canal Knowledge", which sounds much more interesting.

29/7/2025, 3:52:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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STOP PLATFORMING CUNTS

29/7/2025, 1:18:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Attacking cherished institutions is a hallmark move of malign foreign interests. I wouldn't be surprised if Russian fingerprints were all over this.

29/7/2025, 1:13:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I shall look forward to paying that. 🙄

29/7/2025, 1:09:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Als make the best copyeditors (points at name). 😆

24/7/2025, 8:20:29 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Came here to say exactly that. 👏

24/7/2025, 5:30:00 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Came here to say this.

24/7/2025, 12:26:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Can confirm this mofo is an effing belter. Really enjoyed working on this one.

22/7/2025, 11:35:54 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This is deregulation by the back door. They'll replace it with either nothing or something even tamer. Just as they're doing with Ofwat.

21/7/2025, 12:12:56 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Points of Spew.

18/7/2025, 12:47:23 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Must be Tuesday."

17/7/2025, 12:43:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bet he eats a lot of custard.

17/7/2025, 12:33:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Rope… yes, okay, you help too."

17/7/2025, 12:33:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Good news, but the cynic in me sees it as Labour shoring up their foothold for the next GE.

17/7/2025, 11:22:16 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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And the Mail and the Telegraph welcome their rebellious sibling back into the fold. "We knew you'd join us eventually, brother." I have never seen such egregious RW pandering from an erstwhile sticking-up-for-the-little-guy paper. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

17/7/2025, 8:49:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This one was an absolute blast, Tim. The cover warning needs a tweak, though: 'Not for resale… or the faint-hearted.'

16/7/2025, 4:28:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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16/7/2025, 4:25:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"…he did it twice" (RIP).

16/7/2025, 10:14:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's distraction, plain and simple. Nothing compels someone so strongly to vote against their own interests than fear.

16/7/2025, 10:06:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Your arrival is eagerly anticipated and consequently bitterly cursed.

14/7/2025, 12:05:05 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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See that vanishingly small dot in the distance, Gary? That's your comfort zone.

14/7/2025, 11:56:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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THEN MAKE SOME FUCKING RESERVOIRS YOU UNUTTERABLY LARCENOUS GIMPS.

14/7/2025, 11:55:01 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Hello, I am the new Guardian," says Telegraph-shaped media organ.

14/7/2025, 10:35:40 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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…proofreading or editing OF online articles…

11/7/2025, 3:13:35 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Unless it tapper propristy. Nancy…the headaches…WHY GOD??

11/7/2025, 9:24:51 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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QOTD

11/7/2025, 9:22:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That greengrocers' apostrophe is giving me hives.

11/7/2025, 9:20:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Cheek-by-jowl with Peter Hamilton, no less. Kudos, Laura. 👏

10/7/2025, 9:31:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Puppeteers pitting their playthings against each other to distract the electorate while they asset-strip the country.

8/7/2025, 8:45:40 AM | 1 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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mttng thm s _ trck(y) mnvr.

8/7/2025, 8:41:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I fear she will be surprised, and a little disappointed, to learn that he only provides the voice for an octopus.

7/7/2025, 11:21:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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*sigh* Happier times.

3/7/2025, 5:03:08 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I had totally forgotten about that. *adds to re-read pile*

2/7/2025, 8:25:40 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Me too, bunny, me too.

1/7/2025, 4:22:03 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Lot of this energy happening, guys.

A picture of Boris Johnson hanging from a zipwire holding Union Jack flags.
30/6/2025, 10:52:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A tale of one man's obsession with a great pink hippo.

29/6/2025, 9:48:34 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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ARE YOU MORRISSEY?

28/6/2025, 10:18:58 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Firkin

27/6/2025, 1:02:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hope they put you strait.

27/6/2025, 11:16:52 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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My money's on the Vengaboys.

25/6/2025, 12:13:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Our privatised water system is broken - and water lobbyists have worked hard to shut down alternatives. In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament. Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

25/6/2025, 10:07:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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You say that as if Starman doesn't exist.

24/6/2025, 2:57:42 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Or is it?

23/6/2025, 1:44:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Jesus, not now, world.

18/6/2025, 2:52:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Adge Cutler.

12/6/2025, 12:08:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bet that's C.M.O.T. Dibbler.

11/6/2025, 4:55:32 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It is, in fact, very good.

11/6/2025, 8:40:31 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oof. Surely that pun contravenes the Geneva Convention?

8/6/2025, 10:36:27 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Is it just me or is he saying, 'Fuck me, it's windy out there.'

7/6/2025, 3:04:39 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Little Chef will of course be handling the cremation.

6/6/2025, 3:17:34 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Polar centipede.

4/6/2025, 4:58:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Loved working on this one, Laura. Good luck with it.

2/6/2025, 9:01:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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If I say I don't get it, can I pretend I'm not 53? Is that how this works?

29/5/2025, 7:07:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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29/5/2025, 7:03:34 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Grotbags once bought petrol off me at Sainsbury's.

29/5/2025, 5:50:17 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Tis a cracker, to be sure.

29/5/2025, 5:40:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nae king! Nae quin! Nae laird! We willnae be fooled again!

28/5/2025, 7:01:36 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Thingy

27/5/2025, 3:23:38 PM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Edited a biography of her, so yup.

27/5/2025, 12:58:09 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That owl is a MFing badass.

27/5/2025, 12:51:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The Frog

27/5/2025, 12:45:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Much Ado About Daleks

25/5/2025, 3:42:00 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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After finally getting round to watching the excellent show, Cixin Liu's The Three Body Problem.

25/5/2025, 8:46:57 AM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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I Am Leg End

24/5/2025, 8:03:14 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view