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The characters are ludicrously alive and you can smell the horse shit and ambition. #booksky #books #readingcommunity</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/05/04/read-golden-hill-by-francis.html","date_published":"2026-05-04T15:23:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-04 15:23","date_timestamp":1777908188,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@matthewhurst/116516998475472942","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mkzy6kme3x2k"]}},{"id":"89573437","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://spudleydo-right.bsky.social\">@spudleydo-right.bsky.social</a> Dolphins: So long and thanks for all the fish.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mkvohxg5y22v","date_published":"2026-05-02T22:20:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-02 22:20","date_timestamp":1777760445,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89573438","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://miriamposner.com\">@miriamposner.com</a> Same. Getting locked out of your stuff when you only have copies on the app’s server seems a more real problem, anecdotally.</p>\n<p>Also, I’ve taught creative stuff at uni level. Students seldom create anything worth a company nicking, in my experience.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mknhevwqfs27","date_published":"2026-04-29T15:52:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-29 15:52","date_timestamp":1777477948,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89573439","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://lottelydia.bsky.social\">@lottelydia.bsky.social</a> Do you understand your hypocrisy?</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mkkr2nmxpc2h","date_published":"2026-04-28T14:07:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-28 14:07","date_timestamp":1777385262,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89573440","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://lottelydia.bsky.social\">@lottelydia.bsky.social</a> What other demographic is acceptable to criticise based on their age, sex and ethnicity?</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mkkqgreikc2h","date_published":"2026-04-28T13:56:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-28 13:56","date_timestamp":1777384595,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89573441","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://librarianjones.com\">@librarianjones.com</a> It’s a wonderful thing. I’d really like them to use the proper form of ‘giving’ though.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mkgjyt7qj22t","date_published":"2026-04-26T21:50:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-26 21:50","date_timestamp":1777240246,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89059855","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://codfather.bsky.social\">@codfather.bsky.social</a> Eh? I’ve had two replacement batteries on my iPhone. Cost about $100 and took a couple of hours.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mkdz2zkbtk2x","date_published":"2026-04-25T21:42:27+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-25 21:42","date_timestamp":1777153347,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88874252","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://drcraigmc.bsky.social\">@drcraigmc.bsky.social</a> Do go on….</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mk6pdp3dbk2a","date_published":"2026-04-23T19:05:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 19:05","date_timestamp":1776971102,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88870910","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781409190288/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781409190288\">The Unwanted Dead</a> by Chris Lloyd 📚 Juicy atmospheric procedural set in Paris just after the Germans marched in during June 1940. Not spies, but feels like Furst, Gerlis, Robert Harris. #booksky #books #readingcommunity</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/04/23/read-the-unwanted-dead-by.html","date_published":"2026-04-23T18:12:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 18:12","date_timestamp":1776967934,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@matthewhurst/116455371005762530","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mk6mfla43b2p"]}},{"id":"88863053","content_html":"<p>Baseball. 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Mostly, I&rsquo;m in it for the incomprehensible commentary.","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/04/23/baseball-invented-by-bf-skinner.html","date_published":"2026-04-23T16:02:06+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 16:02","date_timestamp":1776960126,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@matthewhurst/116454870060025964","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mk6fbpjxwp2r"]}},{"id":"88862268","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://evoneuro.bsky.social\">@evoneuro.bsky.social</a> Oh. I’d say those are third parties, at least in terms of verifying what was said and what wasn’t, if not when it comes to mediation.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mjzktb65a22m","date_published":"2026-04-21T18:00:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-21 18:00","date_timestamp":1776794456,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88862269","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://evoneuro.bsky.social\">@evoneuro.bsky.social</a> Is there any recording made? Sounds like a recipe for trouble to me. Both of you should be able to bring a witness.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mjzkcks33c2m","date_published":"2026-04-21T17:51:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-21 17:51","date_timestamp":1776793896,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88862270","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://joannechocolat.bsky.social\">@joannechocolat.bsky.social</a> And it’s why LLMs by definition can’t produce worthwhile writing. They can only mimic the most common existing responses. That’s how they work.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mjzk7yedu22m","date_published":"2026-04-21T17:50:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-21 17:50","date_timestamp":1776793810,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88862271","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://gshowitt.bsky.social\">@gshowitt.bsky.social</a> Most successful writers boil their readers down into a soggy mush afterwards so they can reconstitute them into characters for their next book (a bit like McDonald’s use to reconstitute potato mush into fries). Sell the other mush characters to AI, or open sourse licence them to other writers.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mjpgl36yhk2b","date_published":"2026-04-17T17:18:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 17:18","date_timestamp":1776446289,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88862272","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://turnitupto11.bsky.social\">@turnitupto11.bsky.social</a> It was totally a two way collaboration, I agree. And anyway, ‘cultural appropriation’ generally makes little sense outside of literal stealing of money - all cultures, everywhere, always, mix back and forth.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mjpcaffmns2m","date_published":"2026-04-17T16:00:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 16:00","date_timestamp":1776441636,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88862273","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://bookspotlight.bsky.social\">@bookspotlight.bsky.social</a> Maybe there’s nuance. <em>If</em> AI’s suggestions can be vetoed by humans, and <em>if</em> its speed reading can weed out the absolute dross from slush piles so humans can spend more time on books with at least some hope of readers, then it might be positive.</p>\n<p><em>If</em> though. Very much <em>if</em>.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mjp7gbwxjk2j","date_published":"2026-04-17T15:10:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 15:10","date_timestamp":1776438613,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88862274","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://kierongillen.bsky.social\">@kierongillen.bsky.social</a> It’s more a matter of the ferry company agreeing to the filming at a price they can afford, than buying the tickets. Even then, they could just use another ferry and cut round it.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mjp745zn3s2j","date_published":"2026-04-17T15:04:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 15:04","date_timestamp":1776438273,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88444581","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780593802236/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780593802236\">The Pariah</a> by Dan Fesperman 📚Happily facetious palate freshener involving the a murderous Eastern European dictator, metoo’d American comedian, chimney cakes (whatever they are), delicate egos and many violent deaths. #booksky #books</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/04/17/read-the-pariah-by-dan.html","date_published":"2026-04-17T12:58:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 12:58","date_timestamp":1776430680,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@matthewhurst/116420162280832950","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mjoy2jkq2h2s"]}},{"id":"88306942","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781250831910/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781250831910\">All the Sinners Bleed A Novel</a> by S. 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(Technically speaking).</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mj5j5e5goc2u","date_published":"2026-04-10T14:16:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-10 14:16","date_timestamp":1775830575,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88306661","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://atrupar.com\">@atrupar.com</a> The version I read had updates so seems like it gets updated and republished on Amazon every so often. IIRC there’s nothing new in there for Trump et al to lie about. The author gets the juicy bits out in the media as reader magnets anyhow.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mj5hjwpyjc26","date_published":"2026-04-10T13:47:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-10 13:47","date_timestamp":1775828850,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87411005","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://watsoncomedian.bsky.social\">@watsoncomedian.bsky.social</a> Chicken licken drinking the apocalyptic kool aid about the moon falling down is pretty dark, when you think about it.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mihbyit4qc2h","date_published":"2026-04-01T18:09:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-01 18:09","date_timestamp":1775066982,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87411006","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://watsoncomedian.bsky.social\">@watsoncomedian.bsky.social</a> Adults forget how fairy tales are gloriously, er, messed up and offensive.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mihbw2xefs2h","date_published":"2026-04-01T18:08:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-01 18:08","date_timestamp":1775066900,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87409212","content_html":"<p>My latest ’excursion’ into podcasting is up - an interview with  spy writer Michael Dylan about his latest book The New Spy, for @spybrary. Find it where-ever you get your etc. etc. <a href=\"https://spybrary.com/the-new-spy-michael-dylan/\">spybrary.com/the-new-s…</a> #booksky #authorsky</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/04/01/my-latest-excursion-into-podcasting.html","date_published":"2026-04-01T18:03:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-01 18:03","date_timestamp":1775066587,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@matthewhurst/116330764247875280","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mihbmw7oaw2s"]}},{"id":"87408623","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/mattypenny\">@mattypenny</a> what was the Vicar of Stiffkey one, asks an ex Norfolk boy?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/matthewhurst/87408623","date_published":"2026-04-01T17:49:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-01 17:49","date_timestamp":1775065783,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87408593","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://watsoncomedian.bsky.social\">@watsoncomedian.bsky.social</a> Children are generally pretty intrigued by hidden darkness.</p>\n","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mihahjooqc22","date_published":"2026-04-01T17:42:18+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-01 17:42","date_timestamp":1775065338,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87408594","content_html":"<p><a href=\"http://heavyheavensky.bsky.social\">@heavyheavensky.bsky.social</a> Romeo and Juliet was always drama. 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Self indulgent self righteous simplistic mess congealed by four over privileged stars riffing cringey stoner ‘humour’ on Pynchon pretension for spurious intellectual validation and only winning #Oscars because everything else is even worse.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/03/21/saw-onebattleafteranother-self-indulgent-self.html","date_published":"2026-03-21T16:28:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-21 16:28","date_timestamp":1774110538,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@matthewhurst/116268112945944658","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mhlhcgzydd2v"]}},{"id":"86205873","content_html":"<p>I use AI a lot in writing, to get over blank screen paralysis. 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Brings together the astonishing extent of their ligging and fosters a sense of righteous outrage. #booksky</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/03/14/read-entitled-the-rise-and.html","date_published":"2026-03-14T17:33:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-14 17:33","date_timestamp":1773509599,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@matthewhurst/116228725888094965","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mgzxlejr762o"]}},{"id":"86020225","content_html":"<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmatthewhurst.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Ff413eb22bc.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/03/11/223024.html","date_published":"2026-03-12T02:30:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-12 02:30","date_timestamp":1773282624,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"85420083","content_html":"<p>Down a snow-drifted alley a tipped up wheelie bin wide open like a pm’d corpse and a cheap suitcase ripped apart with cheap clothes scattered in the slush. Like a proxy for a murder victim. #writingcommunity</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/03/03/down-a-snowdrifted-alley-a.html","date_published":"2026-03-03T16:27:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-03 16:27","date_timestamp":1772555228,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@matthewhurst/116166180193185843","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mg66qqzvjt2n"]}},{"id":"85078464","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781800181359/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9781800181359\">Villager</a> by Tom Cox 📚Portrait of a village, seen partly through the eyes of the village, circling through time, space and points of view. Rich and enrichening and humane. #booksky #books</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/02/26/read-villager-by-tom-cox.html","date_published":"2026-02-26T15:59:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-26 15:59","date_timestamp":1772121566,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@matthewhurst/116137759487714974","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mfrkunhfec2o"]}},{"id":"84413316","content_html":"<p>Went for a walk on the frozen lake…</p>\n<div class=\"microblog_collection\">\n<img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmatthewhurst.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F0fd10f350d.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmatthewhurst.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2Fd02e6e42b0.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmatthewhurst.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F70ee92bdff.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"317\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><img src=\"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/1000x/https%3A%2F%2Fmatthewhurst.micro.blog%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F78f057a915.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\">\n</div>\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/02/16/went-for-a-walk-on.html","date_published":"2026-02-17T01:24:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-17 01:24","date_timestamp":1771291452,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84331205","content_html":"<p>Can someone suggest a ‘comedy’ podcast that is at least 1/10th as funny as the smug friends interviewing their smug mates and/or straining to crack weak predictable topical jokes think it is? I’ve just been trying a bunch and they all, without exception, ear-meltingly awful and homicide inducing.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/02/15/can-someone-suggest-a-comedy.html","date_published":"2026-02-15T19:44:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-15 19:44","date_timestamp":1771184650,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@matthewhurst/116076358161784674","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mewcciwske2h"]}},{"id":"84259650","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/B0FN2KJMZK/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/B0FN2KJMZK\">The New Spy</a> by Michael Dylan 📚The opposite of the Slow Horses (Galloping Thoroughbreds?) fight a bunch of terrorist threats in London. Fast read, and more action than atmosphere. Feels like a lost novelisation of BBC’s Spooks. #booksky #thrillers</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/02/14/read-the-new-spy-by.html","date_published":"2026-02-14T14:11:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-14 14:11","date_timestamp":1771078260,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84197843","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/1250907330/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/1250907330\">Reykjavik - A Crime Story</a> by Ragnar Jónasson  Katrín Jakobsdóttir 📚By the numbers, emotionally flat Icelandic noir heavy with the usual deserted islands, crusading journalist and middle aged professionals hiding a sin from their youth. #booksky #thrillers</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/02/13/read-reykjavik-a-crime-story.html","date_published":"2026-02-13T15:21:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-13 15:21","date_timestamp":1770996088,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"84196119","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/B07L42FZZ9/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/B07L42FZZ9\">Vienna At Nightfall</a> by Richard Wake 📚Richly atmospheric Alan Furst-ish world of pre-WW2 Austria, as completely believable ‘ordinary bloke’ is pulled into spying, with all the agonies and internal conflicts it brings, and a credibly snarky authorial voice. #booksky #thrillers</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/02/13/read-vienna-at-nightfall-by.html","date_published":"2026-02-13T14:55:30+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-13 14:55","date_timestamp":1770994530,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@matthewhurst/116063904510851915","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3meqrd7qife2t"]}},{"id":"83941969","content_html":"<p>Productive happy days make for dull journalling.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/02/09/205737.html","date_published":"2026-02-10T01:57:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-10 01:57","date_timestamp":1770688657,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mehuf45npw2c"]}},{"id":"83941925","content_html":"<p>Productive, happy days make for dull journalling.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/02/09/productive-happy-days-make-for.html","date_published":"2026-02-10T01:56:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-10 01:56","date_timestamp":1770688594,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@matthewhurst/116043849105599109","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mehuczdguo2c"]}},{"id":"83322874","content_html":"<p>I’m old enough to remember when Harlan Coben was good.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/2026/01/31/im-old-enough-to-remember.html","date_published":"2026-02-01T02:34:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Matthew Hurst","url":"https://matthewhurst.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F04%2F1711536.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"matthewhurst"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-01 02:34","date_timestamp":1769913286,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://mastodon.social/@matthewhurst/115993038152962426","https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vjfsozh5sxrvum673ym2exfr/post/3mdrcauo77p2g"]}}]}