Twitter Twatter #88

The second half of August 2020 on Twitter:

“I’d love to kick a Tory MP, straight in the bollocks”- Tom Baker pic.twitter.com/K4IKze06mw

— Dáibhí The Scottish Yorkshireman (@heresDaibhi) August 18, 2020

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— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 18, 2020

"Your ignorance is not a defence here. In fact, it appears to be the biggest crime." https://t.co/u2DkUHeiKr

— D. V. Bishop • #CityOfVengeance out 4th Feb. 2021 (@davidbishop) August 18, 2020

Love to see younger generations acknowledge their predecessors. This is Nora, Yara & Rosa Mukanga with a dance tribute to James Brown.
And it’s awesome💥🔥✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/1WLPzpMYG9

— Omid Djalili (@omid9) May 8, 2020

The Abominable Snowmen

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 18, 2020

The retcon is a disgrace! pic.twitter.com/5M29oGcVLb

— No Context NutMyDoctor (@nutmydoctor) August 18, 2020

Search your favourite movie in gifs and choose the one that sums up 2020 for you. https://t.co/qL8PSfFiXR pic.twitter.com/wXatGi2CUZ

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 18, 2020

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— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 18, 2020

They promised greater environmental standards post-Brexit. They lied.
They. Just. Lie. https://t.co/kGWwRlOGwV

— Sue Perkins (@sueperkins) August 19, 2020

https://t.co/LmCnlWnKtD pic.twitter.com/ZBDMl5g9fH

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 19, 2020

My #StarTrekLowerDecks schedule

Wait for someone to show it in the UK

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 20, 2020

She hated him, but she also credited him with her recovery.

“I knew at that moment that Roald the slave driver, Roald the bastard, with his relentless scourge, Roald the Rotten, as I had called him more than once, had thrown me back into the deep water. Where I belonged.”

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 21, 2020

Since Frasier is trending, now seems as good a time as any to remember how huge and mad his apartment was pic.twitter.com/LNT1FIVeyW

— Jonno (@jonnohopkins) August 20, 2020

It's only for tossing salads and scrambling eggs.

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 21, 2020

Whilst browsing for a fun and unusual watch, I came across this. I have so many questions. pic.twitter.com/LN5AFl81Pr

— Barnaby Edwards (@BarnabyEdwards) August 22, 2020

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— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 22, 2020

For no reason pic.twitter.com/zg6JpsVTut

— Jim'll Paint It (@Jimllpaintit) August 14, 2020

"Imagine if you will a world in which Janice learned to mind her own bloody business and Percy didn't feel the need to say the first thing that came into his head all the damn time"

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 23, 2020

I just published A Letter To Lemuel Gulliver https://t.co/VnJGbo455f #GulliversTravels pic.twitter.com/i6RGZAO07z

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 23, 2020

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— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 24, 2020

I had no idea this was a thing.

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 24, 2020

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— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 25, 2020

No contest. pic.twitter.com/8N0sxOcCX7

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 25, 2020

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— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 25, 2020

happiest of birthdays to candida doyle, who stole all of our hearts with her charm and talent! pic.twitter.com/TCkdQEq7f1

— pulp out of context (@nocontextpulp) August 25, 2020

Filming bats upside down looks like a goth nightclub 😂 pic.twitter.com/asaj8qVqPZ

— CCTV_IDIOTS (@cctv_idiots) August 22, 2020

Can anyone identify the fifth book along on the top shelf? Because apart from that one, top shelf from left to right goes: The Subtle Knife, Fahrenheit 451, Betrayed, The Resistance, The Toll, Crisis Point, Glass Houses, and The Twits. Supreme trolling from the school librarian. pic.twitter.com/z0I2vJValB

— Nicholas Pegg (@NicholasPegg) August 26, 2020

It happens here too... pic.twitter.com/nyW38GxT7e

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 26, 2020

Isn't that the game they play in Black Orchid?

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 27, 2020

One of the wisest reminders I’ve come across recently (paraphrased):

-We are not all in the same boat. We are in the same STORM. Some of us are in yachts, and some are in rowboats, some are clinging to driftwood. We are all in different boats in the same storm.

— paulbrandt (@paulbrandt) May 11, 2020

You burn more energy sitting in a 15 minute meeting than Usain Bolt did running the 100m.

— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) August 27, 2020

Did you know that Brazil nuts are not really nuts?

They are fish. pic.twitter.com/oNGQUkwhIZ

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 27, 2020

Just realised I'm now irrefutably closer to 40 than 30. pic.twitter.com/FptDLllmH4

— Pip (@pipmadeley) August 28, 2020

In the meantime we try, try to forget that nothing lasts forever.
No big deal, so give us all a feel. Funny how it all falls away.

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 28, 2020

#BoycottTheTimes #BoycottMurdoch https://t.co/EnHgZ8I4Oq

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 28, 2020

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— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 28, 2020

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— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 29, 2020

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— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 29, 2020

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— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 29, 2020

All along, the superhero was him. pic.twitter.com/VvOdcbFUP4

— Fernand R. Amandi (@AmandiOnAir) August 29, 2020

I honestly don't know if I would be able to read if it weren't for that man.

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 29, 2020

Whoever it is, you owe them nothing.

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 29, 2020

I just published #StarTrek: A Viewing Order https://t.co/lRrzAl1hsm pic.twitter.com/0F46oBKYvD

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 29, 2020

Twitter Twatter #87

The first half of August 2020 on Twitter:

Absolutely numb to hear of the death of @sebpatrick. We only met in person once, but I felt I knew him well from @ganymedetitan, @RedDwarfHQ, Noise To Signal, Unlimited Rice Pudding & his Spider-Man comic. To say that he was taken from us in his prime is clearly an understatement

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 2, 2020

Do me a favour.

Hug your wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend, son, daughter, mother and/or father if you can.

Do it now.

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 2, 2020

Odd credit pic.twitter.com/tAbhQ8xeIM

— James Serafinowicz (@flidby) August 2, 2020

So basically you're saying that people were misled into voting for it? https://t.co/2s35pvBvp6

— Jonny Morris (@jonnymorris1973) August 4, 2020

In loving memory of @sebpatrick https://t.co/eY7VA97xM1

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 4, 2020

On screen? pic.twitter.com/2gEY32Q6ls

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 6, 2020

Here’s the secret Reynolds Cut of GL you all haven’t been waiting for. In order to make it as great as possible we made some judicious cuts. pic.twitter.com/B2tUelctr8

— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) August 4, 2020

Between Star Treks I & II and Doctor Whos Four & Five.#RevealYourAgeWithoutNumbers #ThatsFullOfNumbers

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 6, 2020

Is Hartnell even canon any more if he hasn't met @philnewmandsign?

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 6, 2020

Met is too strong a word, but I went to both Nick Courtney's funeral and memorial service and was in the same room as Tom Baker, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and David Tennant for a time.

I was sad at the latter and @tuckerspatch tried to cheer me up.

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 6, 2020

Sometimes red tape is exactly what you need... pic.twitter.com/K6ZZ1cMW1h

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 6, 2020

Every penny this hero raised for the NHS has been lost to Liz Truss' mate who has a company worth £100 on paper.... Let that sink in. #PPEcorruption pic.twitter.com/jSCfjxXOIa

— Stanhill Claret (@StanhillClaret) August 6, 2020

This is perfect. pic.twitter.com/slMhcnriwS

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 9, 2020

If the guy filming the 10 migrant kids in a dinghy turns his camera around 180 degrees and zooms in a long way he might just be able to capture the Tories committing tens of billions of £££ of corruption.

— Matt Thomas #GrassrootsVoice (@Trickyjabs) August 8, 2020

I don't understand what Ru'afo has seen. We've no evidence the Federation is any kind of decline.

— Vector Picasso (@vectorpicasso) August 10, 2020

Also, the Son'a worked for the Dominion and Ru'afo may well have had access to their intelligence about the Federation. His dealings with Admiral Dougherty would also make the Federation seem desperate.

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 10, 2020

We can also potentially infer that the Borg aren't interested in the Klingons, Romulans, Cardassians etc, and that taking on the Borg is seen as something of a lost cause. Although I'll concede that isn't quite what he says here.

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 10, 2020

"take action to cool the room" makes it sound so simple.

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 11, 2020

Yeah, it rather brings Reece Shearsmith in Spaced to mind.

— Ian Symes 🌹🇪🇺 (@ianiansymes) August 11, 2020

Just make it be cooler, easy! 😂
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— Jam ShamGHOULS 👻🌹🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈💿 (@eviljobob) August 11, 2020

THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR (2013)

Directed by Nick Hurran

Cinematography by Neville Kidd#DoctorWho pic.twitter.com/ndOZv8ZT44

— Doctor Who Shots (@DoctorWhoShots) January 7, 2020

Word of the Day: KLONG (coined by Frank Mankiewicz) — the sudden rush of horror when you realise you have forgotten something important or you see a typo in your article that has already been published.

— Quite Interesting (@qikipedia) August 12, 2020

Actual scenes all over the UK last night...#Heatwave #DoctorWho #Dragonfire pic.twitter.com/plCH9JGtsd

— Doctor Who Online (@DrWhoOnline) August 12, 2020

That’s James Cleverly there. Whose own Mother is from Sierra Leone. A country ravaged by western greed. Showing some real empathy and class towards poor brown skinned people escaping western greed.
They’re not human Tories.
Never forget that. https://t.co/wTp34W4yKE

— The Ayrshire Separatist (@mathie_dan) August 12, 2020

INVASION OF THE BANE (2007)

Directed by Colin Teague

Cinematography by John Sorapure#DoctorWho#TheSarahJaneAdventures pic.twitter.com/Q3dC0uUfof

— Doctor Who Shots (@DoctorWhoShots) January 7, 2020

#DoctorWho but it was always #JodieWhittaker... pic.twitter.com/H5bR3N2iN0

— WhoHats (@WhoHats) August 12, 2020

#DoctorWho but it was always #JodieWhittaker... pic.twitter.com/SoUznIZWUY

— WhoHats (@WhoHats) August 12, 2020

#DoctorWho but it was always #JodieWhittaker... pic.twitter.com/69qwKvRHR4

— WhoHats (@WhoHats) August 12, 2020

#DoctorWho but it was always #JodieWhittaker... pic.twitter.com/aev5HKCcn7

— WhoHats (@WhoHats) August 12, 2020

#DoctorWho but it was always #JodieWhittaker... pic.twitter.com/XhVpG0TBXc

— WhoHats (@WhoHats) August 12, 2020

#DoctorWho but it was always #JodieWhittaker... pic.twitter.com/nj2psXXgeF

— WhoHats (@WhoHats) August 12, 2020

When you short out the time differential... #DoctorWho #What pic.twitter.com/5PNVj8Rjsa

— WhoHats (@WhoHats) August 12, 2020

Jake (now 18 months) appears to have fallen in love with @Nigella_Lawson He’s been blowing kisses at the screen and now trying to impress with his dance moves! 🥰 pic.twitter.com/g48KqIshwm

— Sarah Williams (@uppityfabulous) August 12, 2020

Blur or Oasis? #6MusicAlbumClub x @missdianemorgan pic.twitter.com/ZDicadPAbr

— BBC Radio 6 Music (@BBC6Music) August 12, 2020

Jennifer Lien has clearly had enough of this. https://t.co/FizAxwEwTY

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 14, 2020

@timruss2 @robertdmcneill https://t.co/borojypXXz

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 14, 2020

For anyone doubting the absolute state of the Govt’s downgrading please see this thread👇Luton student downgraded from A* to B in Spanish, despite it being his native tongue 🤷🏻‍♀️😡 https://t.co/gM1CUc6UAu

— Sarah Owen MP (@SarahOwen_) August 14, 2020

Search your name in gifs and show me the one that best sums up your year so far. Here's mine: https://t.co/UXBybLxlcP pic.twitter.com/QJteoxiFyh

— David Black (@Davetweetedthis) August 15, 2020

Angela Bassett casually slaying Macbeth with ease. pic.twitter.com/ByCSsQOILa

— feardosa addams (she/her) (@atomicwick) August 15, 2020

The #2020Election comes down to Trump trying to sabotage the #USPS during a pandemic he allowed to go unchecked.

Find out what you can do below. #VoteByMail #BidenCoalition
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— Leia🇨🇴 I Voted Early (@TheSWPrincess) August 17, 2020

Outside In Trusts No One Published Today

 Outside In Trusts No One is published today.

It is available for purchase here.

Arcadian Article

My article for Outside In Trusts No One is called Neighborhood Watch and it's about The X-Files sixth season episode, Arcadia. It's the one where Mulder and Scully go undercover as husband and wife to investigate disappearances in a suburban gated community, but as seems to be the tradition so far that's not really what I've written about at all.

Outside In Trusts No One is now available for pre-order and published on the 13th of October.

39

Today is my 39th birthday.

But don't worry, I have had birthdays before.

Insecure Writer's Support Group #10

October's IWSG is upon us. Sign up here.

This month has been another good one. Outside In Trusts No One is published in a week and I took part in a panel at a convention about it, albeit virtually. I also publish another batch of seven articles on Medium, but it's become readily apparent that I can't keep up a daily habit for the site, nor that my stock in trade is setting it alight.

This month's optional question:

When you think of the term working writer, what does that look like to you? What do you think it is supposed to look like? Do you see yourself as a working writer or aspiring or hobbyist, and if latter two, what does that look like? 

This month's optional answer:

I am a writer and I get paid for it, but I still see myself as working toward being a working writer. I see it as being able to devote your time to writing whether it is to a single larger project or balancing a number of freelance jobs into a patchwork that pays the rent.

Carruthers Ten Years On: October 2010

October 2010 on the Carruthers blog saw the most popular ever post, namely: Famke Janssen's johnson. Thousands more people were drawn to the blog to that particular post than any other and via some search engine inquiries that would make you blush.

I like Void, Free Cameras, East Meets West, SatHenge and Sing Song Ding Dong.