Stuart Douglas
@stuartdouglas.com
Author of the Lowe and Le Breton Mysteries, a pile of Sherlock Holmes novels and the Obverse Books guy.
www.stuartdouglas.com
www.obversebooks.co.uk
www.blackarchive.co.uk
Will mainly post about books, Doctor Who, old telly, football and music.
www.stuartdouglas.com
www.obversebooks.co.uk
www.blackarchive.co.uk
Will mainly post about books, Doctor Who, old telly, football and music.
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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.
Bittersweet post from @fruitsdemerrecords.bsky.social - a promo cd of the new Sendelica album, the last with Pete Bingham after his untimely death.
Just listened to it and it's a fitting tribute to a great guitarist, from the jazzy opening track to the glorious spaced out mellowness of the closer.
Just listened to it and it's a fitting tribute to a great guitarist, from the jazzy opening track to the glorious spaced out mellowness of the closer.
October 2, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Bittersweet post from @fruitsdemerrecords.bsky.social - a promo cd of the new Sendelica album, the last with Pete Bingham after his untimely death.
Just listened to it and it's a fitting tribute to a great guitarist, from the jazzy opening track to the glorious spaced out mellowness of the closer.
Just listened to it and it's a fitting tribute to a great guitarist, from the jazzy opening track to the glorious spaced out mellowness of the closer.
Just don't execute people.
October 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Just don't execute people.
#fallfriday, in tribute to Man City and what's about to happen to them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5za...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5za...
The Fall - Hit The North
YouTube video by Beggars Banquet Records
www.youtube.com
October 2, 2026 at 9:37 AM
#fallfriday, in tribute to Man City and what's about to happen to them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5za...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5za...
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Don’t block him straight away, report his posts first. There’s a lot to do there.
October 2, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Don’t block him straight away, report his posts first. There’s a lot to do there.
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I know the tiny audience I have here is mainly for Doctor Who work I did years ago, but @gailsimone.bsky.social checked out the original series I'm co-writin' now with Laurie Foster and digs it! So maybe give it a look, huh? www.kickstarter.com/projects/lag...
October 2, 2026 at 3:12 AM
I know the tiny audience I have here is mainly for Doctor Who work I did years ago, but @gailsimone.bsky.social checked out the original series I'm co-writin' now with Laurie Foster and digs it! So maybe give it a look, huh? www.kickstarter.com/projects/lag...
I often think Question Time has become irrelevant, what with Fiona Bruce and the BBC’s apparent belief that it exists primarily to platform Reform.
Then I see something like Suella Braverman’s racist car crash last night and I wonder - is it just a cunning ‘give em enough rope’ sort of thing?
Then I see something like Suella Braverman’s racist car crash last night and I wonder - is it just a cunning ‘give em enough rope’ sort of thing?
October 2, 2026 at 8:03 AM
I often think Question Time has become irrelevant, what with Fiona Bruce and the BBC’s apparent belief that it exists primarily to platform Reform.
Then I see something like Suella Braverman’s racist car crash last night and I wonder - is it just a cunning ‘give em enough rope’ sort of thing?
Then I see something like Suella Braverman’s racist car crash last night and I wonder - is it just a cunning ‘give em enough rope’ sort of thing?
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Upper Management:
This, with the additional power of reducing your terms and conditions whilst handing out meaningless plaudits.
This, with the additional power of reducing your terms and conditions whilst handing out meaningless plaudits.
October 2, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Upper Management:
This, with the additional power of reducing your terms and conditions whilst handing out meaningless plaudits.
This, with the additional power of reducing your terms and conditions whilst handing out meaningless plaudits.
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The Peter Principle in action.
The problem is that we value management over work and pay accordingly. People who care about the work are overseen by people who care about the pay.
The problem is that we value management over work and pay accordingly. People who care about the work are overseen by people who care about the pay.
October 2, 2026 at 7:14 AM
The Peter Principle in action.
The problem is that we value management over work and pay accordingly. People who care about the work are overseen by people who care about the pay.
The problem is that we value management over work and pay accordingly. People who care about the work are overseen by people who care about the pay.
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Middle management today is a series of bad decisions made by people who have little understanding of the job and an overwhelming need to overrule people that are willing (often with genuine care for the quality of service) to explain why those decisions are bad.
October 2, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Middle management today is a series of bad decisions made by people who have little understanding of the job and an overwhelming need to overrule people that are willing (often with genuine care for the quality of service) to explain why those decisions are bad.
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Graham Linehan is calling the people who murdered a trans man in cold blood, heroes.
October 1, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Graham Linehan is calling the people who murdered a trans man in cold blood, heroes.
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Public anger comes for John Roberts
The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.”
Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.”
Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Public anger comes for John Roberts
The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.”
Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.”
Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
Today's big music question in my house - is 'Songs Our Daddy Taught Us' the most lovely album of all time.
The correct answer is 'yes'.
The correct answer is 'yes'.
October 1, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Today's big music question in my house - is 'Songs Our Daddy Taught Us' the most lovely album of all time.
The correct answer is 'yes'.
The correct answer is 'yes'.
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This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic.
#Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky
#Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky
September 29, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic.
#Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky
#Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky
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look, if you're worried about being remembered, don't try to pursue immortality or whatever, the smart move is to start selling substandard copper and then make sure anyone who complains deposits a physical copy of that complaint in a site that will later be archaeologically significant
The thing about the florid apocalypticism you sometimes encounter on this site is that a lot of people are less horrified by literal civilizational collapse than by the notion that our descendents are just going to keep muddling through and in less than a century nobody will remember us.
September 30, 2026 at 5:15 AM
look, if you're worried about being remembered, don't try to pursue immortality or whatever, the smart move is to start selling substandard copper and then make sure anyone who complains deposits a physical copy of that complaint in a site that will later be archaeologically significant
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And I get the same vibe from AI proponents; They simply don't understand art, and think it's beneath them.
They don't understand the appeal, they come from a techbro mindset and think art is a solved equation and anything that isn't photorealistic or extremely high detail is failing at the goal.
They don't understand the appeal, they come from a techbro mindset and think art is a solved equation and anything that isn't photorealistic or extremely high detail is failing at the goal.
September 28, 2026 at 12:27 AM
And I get the same vibe from AI proponents; They simply don't understand art, and think it's beneath them.
They don't understand the appeal, they come from a techbro mindset and think art is a solved equation and anything that isn't photorealistic or extremely high detail is failing at the goal.
They don't understand the appeal, they come from a techbro mindset and think art is a solved equation and anything that isn't photorealistic or extremely high detail is failing at the goal.
:-)
Famously, when Doctor Who finally got a Disney budget for VFX it produced the most successful and popular series of its 62 year run.
September 30, 2026 at 11:36 AM
:-)
In the post today, following a recommendation from @iainamclaughlin.bsky.social - all part of the ongoing mission to check out all Who non-fiction for the @blackarchive.co.uk
September 29, 2026 at 2:19 PM
In the post today, following a recommendation from @iainamclaughlin.bsky.social - all part of the ongoing mission to check out all Who non-fiction for the @blackarchive.co.uk
Hard to imagine a distance far enough for Danny Thomas to fuck off to...
September 29, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Hard to imagine a distance far enough for Danny Thomas to fuck off to...
And keep fucking off until even the James Webb Telescope can't make out the faint outline of your silhouette in infrared.
Absolutely fuck off. variety.com/2026/tv/glob...
BBC Boss Says He Watched a ‘Pretty Good’ AI-Generated Episode of ‘Doctor Who’: ‘Everyone’s a Creator, Not All the Creativity Is Bad’
BBC boss Matt Brittin says he watched an episode of 'Doctor Who' entirely generated by AI which he deemed 'pretty good.'
variety.com
September 29, 2026 at 1:31 PM
And keep fucking off until even the James Webb Telescope can't make out the faint outline of your silhouette in infrared.
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On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
September 26, 2026 at 11:31 PM
On the *same day* the Cornell Seven drugged and raped Jane Doe, Cornell banned four students (including the President of Cornell JVP) from campus for three years for nonviolent, pro-Palestine protests. The same Cornell officials let the rapists off with apology essays.
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Still putting ‘bomb plot’ in headlines in the glaring absence of any bombs. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford bomb plot
The US secretary of state offered no evidence for his claims, and also said many people were ‘disturbed’ that the five suspects had been released on bail
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Still putting ‘bomb plot’ in headlines in the glaring absence of any bombs. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Homophobes are very grateful to the transphobes who pathed the way for this. The racists can’t wait to get their turn. It’s only a matter of time. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Christian 'discriminated' against in job retraction over LGBT views, court hears
Felix Ngole was rejected for a job after his potential employer discovered his views on homosexuality.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 28, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Homophobes are very grateful to the transphobes who pathed the way for this. The racists can’t wait to get their turn. It’s only a matter of time. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story.
For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards.
Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards.
Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
September 26, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Hey, ProPublica reporter Jake Pearson here. I’m taking over the account to tell you about my new story.
For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards.
Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
For months, I posed as a problem gambler on DraftKings to test the company's "responsible gaming" safeguards.
Spoiler alert: They made me a VIP — and I lost $10K. Here's how it all went down. 🧵
Stupidly delighted by this!
Have I ever mentioned how part one is the best single episode of Colin Baker TV Who?
Have I ever mentioned how part one is the best single episode of Colin Baker TV Who?
The soundtrack to Timelash on CD? What a time to be alive.
September 28, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Stupidly delighted by this!
Have I ever mentioned how part one is the best single episode of Colin Baker TV Who?
Have I ever mentioned how part one is the best single episode of Colin Baker TV Who?
Afternoon listening - this and its two companion volumes of hard bop from the post war era in Britain is the reason cds were invented. Done on vinyl this would be a £100 box set, done on cd it's twenty quid or so the lot.
deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/i-had-...
deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/i-had-...
September 28, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Afternoon listening - this and its two companion volumes of hard bop from the post war era in Britain is the reason cds were invented. Done on vinyl this would be a £100 box set, done on cd it's twenty quid or so the lot.
deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/i-had-...
deathisnot.bandcamp.com/album/i-had-...