Richard Flowers
@richarddominic.bsky.social
Supporting Liberal things, queer things and trans things.
Loving beloved husband.
Watching Doctor Who.
Writing tales of time and gods here: https://anarchy-rules.ghost.io/
Loving beloved husband.
Watching Doctor Who.
Writing tales of time and gods here: https://anarchy-rules.ghost.io/
Pinned
"This is a story of seven ordinary people. I say ordinary..."
I have published my first book. A tale of science fantasy, a heist to steal a time machine, and a war of gods and men.
Now availble to buy -
anarchy-rules.ghost.io/shop/
I have published my first book. A tale of science fantasy, a heist to steal a time machine, and a war of gods and men.
Now availble to buy -
anarchy-rules.ghost.io/shop/
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Idle political musing:
UBI ultimately wont affect jobs much at all, rather unlock the true humanist reward - usefulness, connectedness and purpose
A scant few will never work and … good for them! Feels like yet another level up in civilisation if you ask me—decoupling morality and productivity
UBI ultimately wont affect jobs much at all, rather unlock the true humanist reward - usefulness, connectedness and purpose
A scant few will never work and … good for them! Feels like yet another level up in civilisation if you ask me—decoupling morality and productivity
October 7, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Idle political musing:
UBI ultimately wont affect jobs much at all, rather unlock the true humanist reward - usefulness, connectedness and purpose
A scant few will never work and … good for them! Feels like yet another level up in civilisation if you ask me—decoupling morality and productivity
UBI ultimately wont affect jobs much at all, rather unlock the true humanist reward - usefulness, connectedness and purpose
A scant few will never work and … good for them! Feels like yet another level up in civilisation if you ask me—decoupling morality and productivity
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"Hilda! Hilda! He says he's our new AI guide, line up the crew to meet him!"
October 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"Hilda! Hilda! He says he's our new AI guide, line up the crew to meet him!"
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OTD 1807: Liberal philosopher Harriet Taylor Mill
Co-author of iconic Liberal text On Liberty with her husband John Stuart Mill
(He credited her as co-author, but for some reason hardly anyone else did at the time – or even 167 years later. Wonder why? Hmm, what a mystery)
Co-author of iconic Liberal text On Liberty with her husband John Stuart Mill
(He credited her as co-author, but for some reason hardly anyone else did at the time – or even 167 years later. Wonder why? Hmm, what a mystery)
October 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
OTD 1807: Liberal philosopher Harriet Taylor Mill
Co-author of iconic Liberal text On Liberty with her husband John Stuart Mill
(He credited her as co-author, but for some reason hardly anyone else did at the time – or even 167 years later. Wonder why? Hmm, what a mystery)
Co-author of iconic Liberal text On Liberty with her husband John Stuart Mill
(He credited her as co-author, but for some reason hardly anyone else did at the time – or even 167 years later. Wonder why? Hmm, what a mystery)
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Wishing everyone well - but especially all octopuses & other highly intelligent cephalopods - on World Octopus Day! #WorldOctopusDay
October 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Wishing everyone well - but especially all octopuses & other highly intelligent cephalopods - on World Octopus Day! #WorldOctopusDay
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Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think
fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
October 8, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think
fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
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Back then, I was 5 and K9 was both funny and super-exciting
Did I play my Talking K9 until the little record wore out? “Affirmative!”
Did I play my Talking K9 until the little record wore out? “Affirmative!”
October 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Back then, I was 5 and K9 was both funny and super-exciting
Did I play my Talking K9 until the little record wore out? “Affirmative!”
Did I play my Talking K9 until the little record wore out? “Affirmative!”
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OTD 1977: #DoctorWho The Invisible Enemy Part Two
Introducing K9!
The tin dog will join the man in the scarf and the woman with the knife and leathers as Classic Who’s most iconic TARDIS team
Then join another iconic team for the 21st Century.
Introducing K9!
The tin dog will join the man in the scarf and the woman with the knife and leathers as Classic Who’s most iconic TARDIS team
Then join another iconic team for the 21st Century.
![K9, (not yet) the Doctor’s robot dog [Doctor Who – The Invisible Enemy]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5oxmmejbvv3tieufrfrdurjs/bafkreictcm5atqeeqkoqfl6qutrh73iya7b7vvylhhgdxxfsrdqy6wffk4)
![The Doctor (Tom Baker, iconic in long scarf), Leela (Louise Jameson, iconic in leather bikini) and K9 (voiced by John Leeson, iconic robot dog) [portrait photo]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5oxmmejbvv3tieufrfrdurjs/bafkreicfn56j5zfmd6t36sflt7bdujeicuzivps6cab3isfsgh6d3ncjvq)
![Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen, in leather but jacket rather than bikini) sits against a rather battered K9 [Doctor Who – School Reunion, ahead of The Sarah Jane Adventures]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5oxmmejbvv3tieufrfrdurjs/bafkreibduchr5lctuuxuzc5uealsxb55glbbdbrm4ipkgpcvf6ndvesm5q)
October 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
OTD 1977: #DoctorWho The Invisible Enemy Part Two
Introducing K9!
The tin dog will join the man in the scarf and the woman with the knife and leathers as Classic Who’s most iconic TARDIS team
Then join another iconic team for the 21st Century.
Introducing K9!
The tin dog will join the man in the scarf and the woman with the knife and leathers as Classic Who’s most iconic TARDIS team
Then join another iconic team for the 21st Century.
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OTD 1977: Tom Robinson Band – 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Their first and biggest hit, with a terrific riff from Danny Kustow’s blistering lead guitar
Hugely catchy driving song, arguably more relatable than Tom’s other driving songs, which all steer desperately through haunting post-apocalyptic landscapes…
Their first and biggest hit, with a terrific riff from Danny Kustow’s blistering lead guitar
Hugely catchy driving song, arguably more relatable than Tom’s other driving songs, which all steer desperately through haunting post-apocalyptic landscapes…
October 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM
OTD 1977: Tom Robinson Band – 2-4-6-8 Motorway
Their first and biggest hit, with a terrific riff from Danny Kustow’s blistering lead guitar
Hugely catchy driving song, arguably more relatable than Tom’s other driving songs, which all steer desperately through haunting post-apocalyptic landscapes…
Their first and biggest hit, with a terrific riff from Danny Kustow’s blistering lead guitar
Hugely catchy driving song, arguably more relatable than Tom’s other driving songs, which all steer desperately through haunting post-apocalyptic landscapes…
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This was my first King Arthur on screen, and I fell in love with the legend for ever
But it was also the first thing I ever saw Maureen O’Brien in, and coming later to her Doctor Who, I’ve never quite been able to trust Vicki!
But it was also the first thing I ever saw Maureen O’Brien in, and coming later to her Doctor Who, I’ve never quite been able to trust Vicki!
October 7, 2026 at 2:33 PM
This was my first King Arthur on screen, and I fell in love with the legend for ever
But it was also the first thing I ever saw Maureen O’Brien in, and coming later to her Doctor Who, I’ve never quite been able to trust Vicki!
But it was also the first thing I ever saw Maureen O’Brien in, and coming later to her Doctor Who, I’ve never quite been able to trust Vicki!
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OTD 1979: The Legend of King Arthur BBC1
Serious, history-toned version of the myth with the magic toned down (yet still there)
Scripted by – yes – the Andrew Davies
Andrew Burt is Arthur
David Robb Lancelot
But most memorable for boy me was Maureen O’Brien playing Morgan le Fay as an evil nun.
Serious, history-toned version of the myth with the magic toned down (yet still there)
Scripted by – yes – the Andrew Davies
Andrew Burt is Arthur
David Robb Lancelot
But most memorable for boy me was Maureen O’Brien playing Morgan le Fay as an evil nun.
October 7, 2026 at 2:33 PM
OTD 1979: The Legend of King Arthur BBC1
Serious, history-toned version of the myth with the magic toned down (yet still there)
Scripted by – yes – the Andrew Davies
Andrew Burt is Arthur
David Robb Lancelot
But most memorable for boy me was Maureen O’Brien playing Morgan le Fay as an evil nun.
Serious, history-toned version of the myth with the magic toned down (yet still there)
Scripted by – yes – the Andrew Davies
Andrew Burt is Arthur
David Robb Lancelot
But most memorable for boy me was Maureen O’Brien playing Morgan le Fay as an evil nun.
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Maximum Pow... errrr... 😩
October 7, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Maximum Pow... errrr... 😩
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“things you could have removed while you waited were your wallet, your stomach lining, your mind and your will to live. The muggers and pushers and pimps and hamburger salesmen, in no particular order, could arrange all these things for you.”
Kings Cross as described by [checks notes] Douglas Adams
Kings Cross as described by [checks notes] Douglas Adams
I get the appeal of nostalgia, I really do, but I find it specifically funny to get a leaflet from Reform's candidate talking about how when he was in the Met 31 years ago, he would never have dreamed of lawlessness like the kind we now see in Kings Cross.
October 7, 2026 at 1:27 PM
“things you could have removed while you waited were your wallet, your stomach lining, your mind and your will to live. The muggers and pushers and pimps and hamburger salesmen, in no particular order, could arrange all these things for you.”
Kings Cross as described by [checks notes] Douglas Adams
Kings Cross as described by [checks notes] Douglas Adams
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@michaelbroussard.myatproto.social
Happy anniversary to you both!
Happy anniversary to you both!
October 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
@michaelbroussard.myatproto.social
Happy anniversary to you both!
Happy anniversary to you both!
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I love how Jodie starts off with such joy and energy – and oddity
(I wish she’d been given more of all three)
I like having a year without all the same enemies* and with the Doctor’s personal credo up front and driving her actions.
*Yet, O! The Master to come!
(I wish she’d been given more of all three)
I like having a year without all the same enemies* and with the Doctor’s personal credo up front and driving her actions.
*Yet, O! The Master to come!
October 7, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I love how Jodie starts off with such joy and energy – and oddity
(I wish she’d been given more of all three)
I like having a year without all the same enemies* and with the Doctor’s personal credo up front and driving her actions.
*Yet, O! The Master to come!
(I wish she’d been given more of all three)
I like having a year without all the same enemies* and with the Doctor’s personal credo up front and driving her actions.
*Yet, O! The Master to come!
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OTD 2018: #DoctorWho The Woman Who Fell To Earth
Jodie Whittaker is the Doctor!
And Sheffield doesn’t know what’s hit it.
Say hello to Yaz, Ryan and Graham, and the glorious forging of the Sonic.
Eight years seems so short a time, and yet so very long ago.
Jodie Whittaker is the Doctor!
And Sheffield doesn’t know what’s hit it.
Say hello to Yaz, Ryan and Graham, and the glorious forging of the Sonic.
Eight years seems so short a time, and yet so very long ago.
October 7, 2026 at 1:15 PM
OTD 2018: #DoctorWho The Woman Who Fell To Earth
Jodie Whittaker is the Doctor!
And Sheffield doesn’t know what’s hit it.
Say hello to Yaz, Ryan and Graham, and the glorious forging of the Sonic.
Eight years seems so short a time, and yet so very long ago.
Jodie Whittaker is the Doctor!
And Sheffield doesn’t know what’s hit it.
Say hello to Yaz, Ryan and Graham, and the glorious forging of the Sonic.
Eight years seems so short a time, and yet so very long ago.
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Jeffrey Archer has died - here is the obituary of Monica Coghlan
www.heraldscotland.com/news/1216989...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/1216989...
Misogyny killed Monica many years before she died
When poor Monica Coghlan died in a car crash last week, it was a result both pitiful and inevitable. The rightful order had been restored. Justice had been done. Her sad, brief life was over: she had ...
www.heraldscotland.com
October 5, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Jeffrey Archer has died - here is the obituary of Monica Coghlan
www.heraldscotland.com/news/1216989...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/1216989...
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We’ve just watched Doctor Who – The Doctor’s Daughter on The Pilgrimage, and if anyone I know is planning a podcast episode about it, if you ask me on I’ll explain at length why it’s like New Battlestar Galactica [derogatory].
October 5, 2026 at 10:33 PM
We’ve just watched Doctor Who – The Doctor’s Daughter on The Pilgrimage, and if anyone I know is planning a podcast episode about it, if you ask me on I’ll explain at length why it’s like New Battlestar Galactica [derogatory].
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OTD 1963: The Avengers – The Undertakers
Two things are certain: death and taxes.
Not if these plotters have anything to do with it!
Malcolm Hulke gifts us very greedy, very nasty, very rich people. Yet very funny.
While born OTD 1930: the future Mrs Cathy Gale!
Two things are certain: death and taxes.
Not if these plotters have anything to do with it!
Malcolm Hulke gifts us very greedy, very nasty, very rich people. Yet very funny.
While born OTD 1930: the future Mrs Cathy Gale!
October 5, 2026 at 9:11 PM
OTD 1963: The Avengers – The Undertakers
Two things are certain: death and taxes.
Not if these plotters have anything to do with it!
Malcolm Hulke gifts us very greedy, very nasty, very rich people. Yet very funny.
While born OTD 1930: the future Mrs Cathy Gale!
Two things are certain: death and taxes.
Not if these plotters have anything to do with it!
Malcolm Hulke gifts us very greedy, very nasty, very rich people. Yet very funny.
While born OTD 1930: the future Mrs Cathy Gale!
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Top Mrs Gale moment: give Daphne a gun, trusting she *would* shoot her stepmother’s lover.
Top Steed moment you wouldn’t get from the Doctor: confront your Weeping Angel by propositioning her. His hand on her bottom is, after all, a form of observation.
Top Steed moment you wouldn’t get from the Doctor: confront your Weeping Angel by propositioning her. His hand on her bottom is, after all, a form of observation.
October 5, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Top Mrs Gale moment: give Daphne a gun, trusting she *would* shoot her stepmother’s lover.
Top Steed moment you wouldn’t get from the Doctor: confront your Weeping Angel by propositioning her. His hand on her bottom is, after all, a form of observation.
Top Steed moment you wouldn’t get from the Doctor: confront your Weeping Angel by propositioning her. His hand on her bottom is, after all, a form of observation.
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Build high for happiness!
I was wildly excited by Doctor Who – Paradise Towers 39 years ago this evening, and I still love it tonight even now I’m more of a knackered Rezzie*
*You may observe a few differences
I was wildly excited by Doctor Who – Paradise Towers 39 years ago this evening, and I still love it tonight even now I’m more of a knackered Rezzie*
*You may observe a few differences
October 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Build high for happiness!
I was wildly excited by Doctor Who – Paradise Towers 39 years ago this evening, and I still love it tonight even now I’m more of a knackered Rezzie*
*You may observe a few differences
I was wildly excited by Doctor Who – Paradise Towers 39 years ago this evening, and I still love it tonight even now I’m more of a knackered Rezzie*
*You may observe a few differences
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Ben Aaronovitch’s debut script exploded onto TV
While Ben’s novelisation – his first book, long before conquering the bestseller lists – is, like his The Also People, a contender for best Doctor Who novel of all.
While Ben’s novelisation – his first book, long before conquering the bestseller lists – is, like his The Also People, a contender for best Doctor Who novel of all.
October 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Ben Aaronovitch’s debut script exploded onto TV
While Ben’s novelisation – his first book, long before conquering the bestseller lists – is, like his The Also People, a contender for best Doctor Who novel of all.
While Ben’s novelisation – his first book, long before conquering the bestseller lists – is, like his The Also People, a contender for best Doctor Who novel of all.
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While Doctor Who, as it has from the beginning, fights fascism
And fights racists here more explicitly than ever
After here linking Daleks, Nazis and racism in the streets, the following story will bring down a Thatcher-ish regime…
…But tell me Doctor Who was never political until ‘These days’.
And fights racists here more explicitly than ever
After here linking Daleks, Nazis and racism in the streets, the following story will bring down a Thatcher-ish regime…
…But tell me Doctor Who was never political until ‘These days’.
October 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
While Doctor Who, as it has from the beginning, fights fascism
And fights racists here more explicitly than ever
After here linking Daleks, Nazis and racism in the streets, the following story will bring down a Thatcher-ish regime…
…But tell me Doctor Who was never political until ‘These days’.
And fights racists here more explicitly than ever
After here linking Daleks, Nazis and racism in the streets, the following story will bring down a Thatcher-ish regime…
…But tell me Doctor Who was never political until ‘These days’.
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OTD 1988: #DoctorWho Remembrance of the Daleks
One of Doctor Who’s most thrilling new beginnings
And if you think Part One’s explosive…
This story’s aftershocks include New Adventures, Counter-Measures and Pa Jass-Vortan II – The Time War Strikes Back!
One of Doctor Who’s most thrilling new beginnings
And if you think Part One’s explosive…
This story’s aftershocks include New Adventures, Counter-Measures and Pa Jass-Vortan II – The Time War Strikes Back!
October 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
OTD 1988: #DoctorWho Remembrance of the Daleks
One of Doctor Who’s most thrilling new beginnings
And if you think Part One’s explosive…
This story’s aftershocks include New Adventures, Counter-Measures and Pa Jass-Vortan II – The Time War Strikes Back!
One of Doctor Who’s most thrilling new beginnings
And if you think Part One’s explosive…
This story’s aftershocks include New Adventures, Counter-Measures and Pa Jass-Vortan II – The Time War Strikes Back!
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It is incredibly telling, to me at least, how Cameron and May were more progressive on trans rights, and yet even those areas of recognition are being rolled back/completely destroyed by Labour, yet trans and non-binary individuals are ignored, talked over, and told to shut up and support Labour.
Please don't forget about us trans people. Facing the worst attack on our rights in this country due to Labour's current transphobia.
Don't forget my community. That's all I ask. Please.
Don't forget my community. That's all I ask. Please.
October 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
It is incredibly telling, to me at least, how Cameron and May were more progressive on trans rights, and yet even those areas of recognition are being rolled back/completely destroyed by Labour, yet trans and non-binary individuals are ignored, talked over, and told to shut up and support Labour.