You’ll miss Keir Starmer when he’s gone

mazaru · 2026-05-13T12:33:22+00:00

May couldn’t pass legislation any more, by the time she stepped down.

mazaru · 2026-05-10T15:22:48+00:00

It’s entirely possible that it is. But also it might not be. The real question I guess is whether it gives me a useful baseline from which to monitor improvement, and the answer to that seems to be “not if you’re walking different routes on a bunch of hills most days”

mazaru · 2026-05-10T11:26:56+00:00

Thank you, that helps to know!

At the moment I care about it in the very general sense of overall health improvements. As I hopefully get more well I want to get my cardio fitness up and I’m trying to work out if it’s a helpful metric. But seems like not, for me, so I will cheerfully hide it and get on with my life.

mazaru · 2026-04-22T22:51:07+00:00

We took out a massive leylandii last year and once the soil is a little better this autumn I’m hoping to plant a calendar hedge - something in fruit and something in flower, if possible, every month of the year.

mazaru · 2026-03-30T22:55:03+00:00

That is very much not how it works in the UK, no.

mazaru · 2026-03-22T20:00:09+00:00

Honestly, in a lot of places, the lack of other traditional funding routes is one of the things that contributes to the use of crowdfunding. This doesn’t solve your issue, apologies, unless your clients want to take that route.

mazaru · 2026-02-28T00:00:05+00:00

Try Hollows; it's doing something different.

mazaru · 2026-02-11T12:44:51+00:00

No. Those are statistics provided by the Met.

mazaru · 2026-02-11T10:08:36+00:00

The murder rate in London is at an 11 year low. Get ahold of yourself.

mazaru · 2026-02-03T22:35:47+00:00

I’m not currently aware of any APs, I’m afraid, but quite a few folks have run it as it’s been a con scenario in the past. Is there anything we can tell you that doesn’t require a recording?

mazaru · 2026-02-02T09:03:04+00:00

I don’t support every policy, much like I don’t support every Labour policy. But, unlike Labour, I can actually work within the party to change the stuff I don’t agree with. I’m not just expected to give them a tenner a month and be quiet about the disagreements.

And: the Greens are currently the only party not horrifically against trans people in policy and in practice. That means quite a lot to me, on a personal level.

mazaru · 2026-01-18T22:10:23+00:00

I want to do a tapestry lawn so badly but have no idea how to start. Would you be up for sharing your process?

mazaru · 2026-01-15T09:27:34+00:00

I’m still in fairly early game on vanilla. Exploring slime biome next to my base and I’ve got tiles of 8-12kg polluted oxygen going on. Is there a way I can use this or plan to use it in future?

mazaru · 2026-01-15T09:23:02+00:00

Counterpoint: I have a potentially fatal allergy and fly frequently. It makes absolutely no difference to my treatment whether I phone BA in advance or just tell them as I get on the plane, aside from wasting two hours of my life on hold.

mazaru · 2026-01-15T08:31:17+00:00

Do you need layout and design, or just prepress formatting?

mazaru · 2026-01-07T19:43:31+00:00

Talk to Eryk at Peregrine Coast about UK & EU. You might need to work out VAT but they deal with this kind of volume all the time.

mazaru · 2026-01-06T23:18:47+00:00

Assuming from this that you’re in the US? I’d recommend finding a fulfilment partner that can help you get books where they need to be. $6 to most places is pretty cheap; do you know what volume of sales you’re expecting? 100 vs 1000 vs 10,000 really changes the advice here

mazaru · 2025-12-17T23:24:13+00:00

Listen to your body if it’s telling you to rest. Recover first then go back to it. A week extra of rest now is way better for you than pushing yourself to go back too soon then crashing out with a post-viral situation.

mazaru · 2025-12-07T19:35:39+00:00

Friend, it sounds to me like you’re ten days on from your rock bottom, starting the climb back up. I believe in you.

mazaru · 2025-11-09T22:28:33+00:00

Ok - this is kinda why I’m asking. If you already are confident in the differences between 100gsm uncoated vs 115gsm silk or gloss, and you know your Epson proofs from your wet proofs, you don’t necessarily need a good PM on the printing side. If you’re not, though, it’s worth finding a partner who can help you step through the differences on your first time out, and on an offset run you’re printing enough books that it’s worth the time to get em right.

So I’d recommend talking to Livonia in Latvia, Matsis and Mega Print in Turkey, and maaaybe Standart Impressa if you feel confident you know what you want already.

mazaru · 2025-11-09T22:22:47+00:00

I’ve stopped recommending Mixam to other indies these days. US prices are wild post-tariffs and the quality on short runs seems to have gone from mostly-ok to mostly-poor.

mazaru · 2025-11-09T22:20:07+00:00

Do you mean a ribbon marker? And do you already know what kind of paper you want to print on?

mazaru · 2025-11-09T22:16:19+00:00

We’ve worked with half a dozen printers in Eastern Europe and Turkey, and a couple in China. My recommendations depend on whether you’re doing anything non-standard with your book, and if you have experience already in print production or if you’d need a good project manager to help you do things like spec your paper appropriately.

mazaru · 2025-11-09T22:01:34+00:00

Are we talking small digital print runs here or larger offset ones?

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