David J Court

Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 09:51 UTC

Just took my 96 year old gran who's registered blind to the polling station. "Which way to vote for the guy who didn't prosecute Jimmy Savile?" she yelled and the whole place cheered.

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 08:04 UTC

Dogs at Polling Stations number 836 in an occasional series; Rebel Court.

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 23:46 UTC

Send. more. Paramedics.

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 20:20 UTC

Yeah, I struggle with it. It's another wall of text I find it hard to stay on top of - the fomo is absolutely right in that I feel I don't contribute enough to too many of them, because there's just too much *stuff*.

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 20:16 UTC

Sunak, you twat. THIS is a big sandwich person.

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 20:14 UTC

I'd never really used it before the voice acting except for a few RPG servers I've started when I was doing gamemastering over lockdown - but now it seems every new voice job brings in a new one :)

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 19:38 UTC

I wonder if the developers of Discord ever feel sad that very few people seem to actually talk on it.

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 10:30 UTC

Is that Arthur Fowler?

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 06:52 UTC

I wrote the script, which was a fun experience. A patient and really great editor helped. It's *very* loosely based on an old prose tale though.

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 06:48 UTC

My biggest joy at the moment is seeing what other people do with my stuff; in the case of this, seeing a tale get brilliantly illustrated and interpreted in a way I never imagined - and this whole playwriting experience in hearing talented actors doing the same with words I wrote. It's marvelous.

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 06:31 UTC

Parklife!

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 06:30 UTC

Pleased to announce that I have a story in the imminent bumper-sized return of this awesome comic, featuring the return of a *very* obscure 2000ad character.

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 09:32 UTC

We were in the situation of desperately wanting kids but every bit of fate conspiring against us until it was too late. And now a barrage of well meaning (but ultimately hurtful) people urging us to keep trying or to adopt, not realising how much the failure still hurts and how little fight we have

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 08:16 UTC

There is terrible power in a joke, in a story, in taking the truth and making it ugly. Do you *understand*, children?

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 08:16 UTC

Because the truth is this - Human hate can adapt to anything. You think you are safe, but if someone hates you, they will come up with reason after the fact. Only then do you realise what you put in power - only then do you realise what they stripped away.

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 08:15 UTC

Then it is *whoever they want*. You think you are working for the greater good. You can't even fathom the life of someone who isn't exactly like you. Then one day, *it is you* Some gene, some history, some past behaviour - and suddenly you too are sick, dangerous, criminal.

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 08:14 UTC

Suddenly it is anyone with diabetes, anyone with cancer, becasue they could die and leave their children orphaned - so how dare they ever try and have children? It is deaf couples, disabled couples, interactal couples, gay couples-because don't they know how *hard* they're making it for their kids?

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 08:13 UTC

But now, anyone with a mental illness, with a criminal record, is barred from becoming a parent. And you think, "Well, that is sensible, yes?" Because you've never known anyone like that, so who is to tell you they are not they are portrayed in stories? Sick, dangerous, criminal - those words expand

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 08:12 UTC

..a father who erred, because he was raised believing men are pathetic if they are caregivers. The first tests are drafted, and you think "Good," you think, "Those children will be safe now." The test comes out, and yes, there're some problems but nothing that cannot be ironed out, yes?

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 08:11 UTC

And you say to your friends, "You should have to pass a *test* to breed" Do you understand? "You should have to get *licensed* to have kids." It starts as a joke. Then perhaps there is tragedy. A postpartum mother who should've gotten help, but her insurance did not cover her therapy..."

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 08:10 UTC

"It always begins as a joke. Listen to me, both of you. One sees a father or a mother of whom they do not approve, and their brats won't shut up, and the parents are so exhausted that they just let their children scream, all sticky and crying and hitting and wild."

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David J Court @davidjcourt.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 07:13 UTC

Marguerite Bennett nails it in Years of Future Past.

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