Outside In Trusts No One has gone to the printers.
Friday, 28 August 2020
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
Twitter Twatter #86
Second half of July 2020:
Once we get past your homophobia + racism, the least offensive part of this tweet is the weirdest
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 20, 2020
The Master has always been deranged
Despite a veneer of respectability. Sane people seldom shrink others to death or allow entropy to destroy huge bits of universe#SachaOurMaster
It's a homage. pic.twitter.com/5MGlpoBbKb
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 20, 2020
I think I can look at this .GIF for hours. I think I already have. https://t.co/bChdwD6ukg pic.twitter.com/1D54OZ7cza
— Cory Doctorow #BLM (@doctorow) July 20, 2020
Today’s headlines:
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) July 21, 2020
Government to sell NHS as part of US trade deal.
Government to sell NHS as part of US trade deal.
Government to sell NHS as part of US trade deal.
Government to sell NHS as part of US trade deal. https://t.co/iUuq5dio53
“Helen MacNamara, the senior civil servant responsible for the investigation, is also reportedly being moved from her post...”
— Dr Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) July 20, 2020
The investigator into bullying got bullied by the buddies of the bully she investigated.
Johnson Govt is thoroughly corrupt. https://t.co/u5iVXqLR7U
That awkward moment when a child knows what many adults don't.
— Britgirl's Hates Brexit #FBPE (@MarieAnnUK) July 20, 2020
"You're a disgrace to the World" pic.twitter.com/2I6Zl5OXQd
Deep Space 9, man. pic.twitter.com/MyCpr0EXYg
— Robert Brookes ๐๐๐ (@Sphynxian) July 20, 2020
I just published a Six Word Sci-Fi https://t.co/k6OaBaMbav pic.twitter.com/WsMW2JmvaS
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 21, 2020
That was stunning pic.twitter.com/hlmhKZ3V6N
— Acrylic Afternoons (@AcrylcAftrnoons) July 21, 2020
David Lammy called it all out. Rings even more true today. pic.twitter.com/aht1H9tIT8
— Dr Mike Galsworthy (@mikegalsworthy) July 21, 2020
What can we expect of Marvel's Aliens comics? @Davetweetedthis looks at the Xenomorph's comic-book history: https://t.co/D2rqVEBYs9
— Will Potter (@Hero_Collector) July 21, 2020
#Marvel now have the rights to publish #Alien and Predator comics. As we prepare for those extra-terrestrial hardcases to take on the #Avengers, @Davetweetedthis looks back at the mixed history of the Alien comics franchise.https://t.co/6PcMdCXZ9x pic.twitter.com/xVJlscUMm6
— Hero Collector (@HeroCollector_) July 21, 2020
Being a writer is like being a kid with an essay due on a Monday and it’s Sunday night forever.
— kelly oxford (@kellyoxford) July 21, 2020
This story deserve lots of attention. Robert Jenrick directed taxpayers’ cash to Tory target seats (and his own seat) before the general election https://t.co/toverVIq2c
— Henry Mance (@henrymance) July 22, 2020
“News” pic.twitter.com/xJxnjhRs72
— James (@agoodfireburns) July 6, 2020
TELEVISION: Teens won't put up with the old, slow television of the past. We need to make it feel fast and bold.
— mumoss (@mumoss) July 22, 2020
ALSO TELEVISION: Let's paste on the same minute long introduction onto every single episode!
The Tory government checking for Russian spies pic.twitter.com/1W6uobyRzY
— Gwdihลต ๐ฆ (@youwouldknow) July 22, 2020
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 23, 2020
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 24, 2020
Couldn't they remember him from The Wheel In Space, The Invasion or The Five Doctors?
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 24, 2020
Well, that's opened a can of worms, @bbcdoctorwho... pic.twitter.com/9EQZibC3Yq
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 24, 2020
"My vision is impaired." pic.twitter.com/9z7PmLSxdU
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 24, 2020
*Awkward silence* pic.twitter.com/l9cmpgoUVc
— Daniel Meissner (@Meich) July 22, 2020
I can't be the only one who first thought when they heard the name of the new Star Trek show was... pic.twitter.com/5JbWvL6uNt
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 24, 2020
Paaox? Muanon? Snagia? https://t.co/iE5UW1UMmF
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 24, 2020
Spiral Scratch really draws the eye, doesn't it?
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 24, 2020
Peter Buck, his first night out, grandad with leaf blower pic.twitter.com/FSU4VPb8tX
— Sergio Olmos (@MrOlmos) July 24, 2020
Fuck "content creator" pages that don't act on their due diligence. Credit artists. This piece isn't even easy to find, but pretty much everywhere it's up it's credited. I guess all the time spent to give it that half-assed hue tweak, crop it and post it ate into writing credits https://t.co/himYxIo5zt pic.twitter.com/UjhDmIzPYP
— Tristan Jones (@WallMeatJones) July 24, 2020
I was on a train yesterday and of course wearing my face mask, somebody told me it is very cool, I explained that I am an NHS consultant and a Dr Who fan, it seems apt. He said "I clapped for you" - I replied "Did you vote for us?" - there was silence
— Dr Adrian Heald (@DrAdrianHeald) July 25, 2020
The namers of this neighbourhood in Porters Lake, Nova Scotia appear to have run out of ideas. pic.twitter.com/1u59LoUUEF
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) July 26, 2020
Hey, remember early lockdown, when carbon shit seemed under control and we'd got priorities straight? "Maybe this is how it should be?" No, of course. Back to how it was before. Learned fuck all. Smashing.
— Louis Barfe (@AlanKelloggs) July 25, 2020
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 27, 2020
Looks like someone just stole The Timeless Children from the archive. https://t.co/JPsR9TrA6e
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 28, 2020
Was there no Ford Prefect or Trillian figure?
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 28, 2020
Chris Lee sings (1983) pic.twitter.com/CiJ89oDaUm
— Hammer Horror Films (@HorrorHammer1) July 28, 2020
I would like to thank Annunziata Rees-Mogg. Before her compassionate intervention, I was eating cooked food like a frivolous urchin unaware of their place at the bottom of society but since switching to a diet of raw potatoes I've saved 53p! pic.twitter.com/fqsdiJGnOk
— Toussaint Douglass (@TweesaintDoglas) July 29, 2020
It always amazes me how rich people think they'd be so much better at being poor than poor people pic.twitter.com/a3Zqhu7vUR
— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) July 29, 2020
Quickest way to burn out? Being in a job you deeply care about but had no autonomy to bring about change.
— Shubheksha ✨ (@ScribblingOn) July 28, 2020
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 29, 2020
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 29, 2020
It’s encouraging to see the press doing its job and reporting at least some of the lies blurted out by our serial liar of a Prime Minister, but why the scare quotes around ‘inaccurate’? Johnson’s claims about child poverty are inaccurate, not ‘inaccurate’. https://t.co/Yc63YPrlKI
— Nicholas Pegg (@NicholasPegg) July 30, 2020
https://t.co/PgmDWjAqcZ pic.twitter.com/aLuIrlSuED
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 30, 2020
▪️Lockdowns being reimposed
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) July 30, 2020
▪️846 new infections (highest in over a month)
▪️R number above 1 in many areas
▪️60K+ deaths
▪️Worst death rate in Europe
CONCLUSION:
“A massive success" pic.twitter.com/tiFLEbxyD7
Ooo, a breeze!
— graham graham (@soylentgraham) July 31, 2020
* opens window #heatwaveuk pic.twitter.com/4Dk9Bn7WRu
There seems to be some mistake. I've just checked and it hasn't arrived.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 31, 2020
It's not your nose any more...
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 31, 2020
No, it wasn't.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 31, 2020
"In the days before Rassilon, my ancestors had tremendous powers which they misused disgracefully. They set up this place, the Death Zone, and walled it around with an impenetrable force field, and then they kidnapped other beings and set them down here."
"Even in our most corrupt period our ancestors never allowed the Cybermen to play the game. Like the Daleks, they play too well."
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 31, 2020
Furthermore:
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 31, 2020
"In all my travellings throughout the universe I have battled against evil, against power-mad conspirators. I should have stayed here. The oldest civilisation, decadent, degenerate and rotten to the core." The Doctor, The Trial Of A Time Lord, Part Thirteen
P.S. I think Doctor Who fans should make recommendations when asked and I'm appalled at how @derian_the_imp was addressed, so if you're interested, watch Kinda & The Caves Of Androzani, they might not change your opinion of PD, but are absolute belters. I'd love to know you think
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 31, 2020
You didn't suggest anything.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 31, 2020
"All of them. You're a DW aren't you? You should be watching them all while the show's off-air. Don't wait for recommendations from people. Do it all off your own back. Another fan shouldn't be telling you this."
That's a demand.
It's not helpful. I've watched them all, but not in broadcast order. If no one had guided me & I'd watched Four To Doomsday or Terminus first. I might never have come back for more. Demanding that people watch them all without giving them a reason to want to is counterproductive.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 31, 2020
You're in charge of your own actions and you chose to tell someone their opinion was invalid. You chose to refuse to help when asked for assistance. You chose to respond to my accusation of rudeness with no less than 5 tweets.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 31, 2020
It seems you need the thicker skin more than I do.
"Do it all off your own back. Another fan shouldn't be telling you this."
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 31, 2020
That's not straight talking. It's just rude.
“A doodle. I do doodle. You too. You do doodle, too.”
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 31, 2020
Losing at thumb war to someone with no thumbs?
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 31, 2020
Saturday, 22 August 2020
Twitter Twatter #85
First half of July 2020:
I just published Monkey Tennis: how #AlanPartridge singlehandedly created the TV landscape of today... https://t.co/r0wu0BwHV6 pic.twitter.com/dAEvipim42
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 2, 2020
1. Swallows In The Heatwave
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 2, 2020
2. The Universal
3. End Of A Century
4. He Thought of Cars
5. Death Of A Party
6. Look Inside America https://t.co/V1Cj7LSelD
@bbcglasto What are the chances of Pulp and Blur's set from '98, or sets by Supergrass, Ultrasound, Beck, Skunk Anansie and/or Garbage making it to iplayer?
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 3, 2020
We demand justice for Mondas and Planet 5... https://t.co/NvV18dfx59
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 3, 2020
Fox News has done to our parents what they thought gangsta rap would do to us pic.twitter.com/7tv5SRb6Xz
— Seltzer In Place (@VernorsHerzog) June 29, 2020
I just published An Interview With #VelvetChain https://t.co/PF0WTkYWiJ @erikaamato @SRTheBronze @SethGreen @joss pic.twitter.com/TJxfKehXyw
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 3, 2020
"Stile To Sunset, Elslack Moor"
— Tom Holmes (@TomHolmes_Photo) July 3, 2020
A stile to sunset on the Pennine Way on Elslack Moor near Skipton, North Yorkshire, UK.
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You can purchase this image as a print or on over 25 different items in my new online shop - https://t.co/IrIgdJh47a
© pic.twitter.com/KnpQ5EUQvm
1. The Great Escape
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 4, 2020
2. Blur
3. Parklife https://t.co/vGTBX5LHPM
Why I Adore #TheStationAgent And You Should Too… https://t.co/4eOwo8EBaw pic.twitter.com/KIPXomT6OD
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 4, 2020
"Footpath To The Falls"
— Tom Holmes (@TomHolmes_Photo) July 4, 2020
This path runs from the Yorkshire Dales Nation Park car park in Grassington down to the superb Linton Falls in the valley below.
You can purchase this image as a print or on over 25 different items in my new online shop - https://t.co/GexIzEVG5U pic.twitter.com/xnJEPdX8B1
I can't justify buying it, but I like the cover. It's yellow.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 5, 2020
Remember that time? #DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/TETf7McbB3
— Tim Hill (@tim42nz) July 4, 2020
Every time I see Russell Brand's twitter username, I think to myself: has Russell T Davies joined twitter again?
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 5, 2020
Every. Single. Time. pic.twitter.com/YQ7t7y5iV2
You may have singlehandedly gotten them through lockdown.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 5, 2020
You saved @BigFinish!
Spicy Copper Man
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 5, 2020
Miss Moneypen
Fish
Coffee Breath
Ringbag
Helpme https://t.co/DIaS3fYRXC
I just published An Interview With The #Discworld’s Falconer: Dave ‘Hodgesaargh’ Hodges https://t.co/JbAbz7ULp1 @terryandrob #TerryPratchett #Falconry pic.twitter.com/wFIiIYYA3p
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 5, 2020
Today’s the day! ✨#DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/yTAax9AlSc
— TardisMonkey #BraveHeartTegan (@tardis_monkey) July 6, 2020
1989
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 6, 2020
Sylvester McCoy
Sylvester McCoy
"Saltburn-by-the-Sea"
— Tom Holmes (@TomHolmes_Photo) July 6, 2020
The eye-catching Saltburn Cliff Tramway and the Pier below. Another of those places I have to stop off at if I am passing. I quick walk on the beach, a few photos & ten minutes in the amusements on the pier. Can't beat it!
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I just published My Sixteen-Month-Old Son Made This Fauvist Masterpiece And What It Taught Me About Parenting https://t.co/vOYPzW8qMt pic.twitter.com/mKfY0PORb9
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 6, 2020
"St Germain's Churchyard"
— Tom Holmes (@TomHolmes_Photo) July 7, 2020
A random find while exploring the Yorkshire Coast some years ago. The remains of St Garmain's Church in Marske-by-the-Sea. Located in the graveyard is the grave is Captain Cook's Father.
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I just published What’s The One Thing Most Billionaires Have In Common? https://t.co/qNbPBd8IO8 pic.twitter.com/GE0O1ZuVPP
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 7, 2020
Am I the only person who for the past 10 years has taken the cereal bag from each new box of Wheat Chex & placed it inside the box from the Limited Edition #StarTrek 2009 Cereal so they could pretend to be eating @StarTrek cereal every day? I am? Yeah. That’s what I thought.๐๐ฅฃ pic.twitter.com/3GyFiMgfEV
— Enterprise Extra (@EnterpriseExtra) July 7, 2020
This will never not be powerfulpic.twitter.com/Ebi3uNQZoF
— Mike Lee (@mikeanthonylee) July 6, 2020
The gratitude from the Government didn’t last long.
— NHS Million (@NHSMillion) July 7, 2020
Free parking for NHS staff will end on 31st July.
Please RT if you agree this is a kick in the teeth as Covid-19 continues to take lives. pic.twitter.com/sFmQF6zaim
The lack of respect you have for both Douglas Camfield and Big Narstie is disappointing. https://t.co/5J69yRNnBb
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 8, 2020
Do please retweet if you think @BorisJohnson must now apologise to the #carehome staff he insulted. https://t.co/DMkxhNp4DP
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) July 7, 2020
I just published An Interview With #Pulp https://t.co/3C41FKMKSm pic.twitter.com/QCcsvBOwnU
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 8, 2020
"Paddy's Hole"
— Tom Holmes (@TomHolmes_Photo) July 9, 2020
Following on from yesterday's photos of the fishing huts on South Gare in Redcar, this is one of the small harbours nearby.
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© Tom Holmes / https://t.co/kvR9zpVegd pic.twitter.com/phtZoJHEuF
"Teesside Wind Farm"
— Tom Holmes (@TomHolmes_Photo) July 10, 2020
Another photo from South Gare in Redcar. This wind farm is situated about a mile off the coast with 27 turbines.
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© Tom Holmes / https://t.co/kvR9zpVegd pic.twitter.com/ZTS5kPMqgq
Magnolia (1999) https://t.co/CLWI1SHCHz pic.twitter.com/pISNr8DGyq
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 10, 2020
I remember seeing references to DSN in the early 90's, but I think they probably disappeared when they started using DS9 as an acronym in the show itself.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 10, 2020
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 11, 2020
"Wotcha!"
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 11, 2020
Which @BBCGlasto performances have you seen on iPlayer?
— BBC Radio 6 Music (@BBC6Music) July 10, 2020
Be sure to catch Pulp's and 100+ more ⛺️ https://t.co/C01QYi0OXf pic.twitter.com/hc5cToNnMJ
There are more trees on Earth than there are stars in the Milky Way.
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) July 11, 2020
Kamelion could have been brilliant. How do you get shape changing robot wrong? https://t.co/Qvkmjpyij5
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 11, 2020
Exactly. The possibilities were endless.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 11, 2020
M.A.S.K.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 11, 2020
ThunderCats
Wacky Races
Transformers
Star Trek: The Animated Series (repeats) https://t.co/XWu5nyukzQ
More TV science fiction series should start with embroidery patterns... https://t.co/iAfdyksJ17
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 11, 2020
Let's have a whip round. https://t.co/wSbUlmIkVx
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 11, 2020
This dog was left in this car on the hottest day of the year with no water or ventilation. pic.twitter.com/vkR3urz4o8
— Jonny Morris (@jonnymorris1973) July 19, 2014
I see National Anthem is trending... pic.twitter.com/H0AgfphJPo
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 11, 2020
Late to the party is still at the party. I'm glad you liked it.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 14, 2020
6 new #StarTrek series:
— Mark Berkins (@markberkins) July 13, 2020
Serial adventure (DSC)
Epic personal conflict (PIC)
Fun mature comedy (LDS)
Optimistic episodic (SNW)
Gritty intrigue (S31)
Teen coming of age (Untitled)
As a kid this would’ve been a dream come true! So, I’m choosing to be a kid again.#NewTrekOpenMind pic.twitter.com/LmMCOue91Q
Here's the trailer for Carleton In Lockdown https://t.co/E7iVfNd1YB via @YouTube
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 15, 2020
'a socially distanced documentary'
It's not really a fair comparison: Series VI is the pinnacle of human achievement.
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 15, 2020
Just rediscovered the personal letter from JNT thanking me for taking part in Dimensions in Time as Kiv!@SBCranford pic.twitter.com/LFqSf8bDov
— Phil Newman ๐๐ญ♎ (@philnewmandsign) July 16, 2020
thrmidim of rkflisk roral life
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 16, 2020
1) Rosa
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 16, 2020
2) Fugitive Of The Judoon
3) Resolution
Yar isn't blacked out, she's been subsumed by Armus. pic.twitter.com/Q62027aaL7
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 18, 2020
In 2018, users discovered an AI glitch that meant if they translated the word 'dog' 18 times from Maori to English they got an unexpected result. pic.twitter.com/Lks6jyUwVk
— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) July 18, 2020
“It took them 35 years to do nothing and 24 hours to do something,” https://t.co/yyZGu6TK0M
— zellie (@zellieimani) July 18, 2020
Remember, it's not screen accurate until you've smashed it on the deck... https://t.co/dV2LqQkzME
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 19, 2020
I hate it when this happens. pic.twitter.com/QBGSdvfG3n
— Yeasty Snack (@The_Ambassador_) July 19, 2020
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 19, 2020
OK Boomer
— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) July 20, 2020
Wednesday, 5 August 2020
Insecure Writer's Support Group #8
It's time for the Insecure Writer's Support Group again. You can sign up here. This time it's co-hosted by Susan Baury Rouchard, Nancy Gideon, Jennifer Lane, Jennifer Hawes, Chemist Ken and Chrys Fey.This been a good month.
I started putting articles on Medium, the documentary I was working on was released, I wrote an article about Aliens comics, another about the pilot episodes of the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series and I'm halfway through a novel pitch I'm really enjoying writing.
Time is still a pressure, but as lockdown has eased, I have been able to gain some writing time.
This month's (optional) question:
Quote: "Although I have written a short story collection, the form found me and not the other way around. Don't write short stories, novels or poems. Just write your truth and your stories will mold into the shapes they need to be."
Have you ever written a piece that became a form, or even a genre, you hadn't planned on writing in? Or do you choose a form/genre in advance?
I have set out to write a comedy sketch and written something far more serious. That sounds like I wrote something and it just wasn't funny so I tried to pass it off as tragedy instead, which isn't true, but might account for a lot of the scripts I've read.
I've tried to write first person and accidentally slipped into third. I love reading things in the first person, but writing them doesn't come naturally to me. It should be easy, but the best examples of the style use subtext in a way to tell the reader what other characters beside our protagonist are thinking and feeling without telling us what other characters beside our protagonist are thinking and feeling. It sounds so much easier than it is.
I wrote some gags for a wedding speech that I'm hoping to use somewhere else down the line.
Saturday, 1 August 2020
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