Andrew Bedwell

@thefulltoss @ValTolhurst @NRJMoss Personally, Stokes either has to bowl or we drop a batsman to bring in another bowler/all rounder. We might get away with 4 bowlers and Root in one match but over a series think we will be found out. 100% happy to be wrong and watch a 5-0 win with a 4 man bowling attack though.

@azbedwell @ValTolhurst @NRJMoss I wouldn't want him opening either tbf. It's just an option. I don't think any are perfect to be honest. This might be controversial, but if England had another decent specialist opener then I'd drop Pope to accommodate a 5th bowler. I think he's the weakest of JR, HB, BS, JB.

Eng will struggle to balance their XI if Stokes can’t bowl. A 4-man attack of Jimmy (40), Broad (36), Robinson (stamina?) & Moeen (rusty, lacks control) is worrying. So is there a view that Jonny should bat 6 to allow a 5-man attack? Not seen this mentioned. Every batter moves up

@ValTolhurst @thefulltoss @NRJMoss Assume this drops Crawley with Pope opening. Sounds like a plan but Stokes/McCullem love Crawley and not sure they/he himself want Pope opening.

@thefulltoss Exactly what @NRJMoss, @azbedwell and I have been discussing all week!!

@HatsForAts @JasonKPargin I second this question.

@JasonKPargin Is there any reason to order now vs holding out for a potentially signed copy? Happy to preorder either way but for some reason signed copies are kinda fun even if I didn't physically go get one signed

The new Zoey Ashe novel is up for preorder now, in all formats including audio. It's out later this year but if you want to support the series or my books in general, preordering means everything: read.macmillan.com/lp/zoey-is-too…

@mikkelmarius @louistheroux Isn't Spotify still free? You just have to put up with the ads, no?

@louistheroux Exclusive to Spotify doesn't sound very free :(

Very excited to announce I have a new podcast coming soon! Free and exclusive to Spotify. Interesting people, great conversation - coming in the spring…

@LiamDoogan @anon_opin Yes they did. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are home to approx 1.5 million people (combined). If anything it furthers the OP's point.

@anon_opin Two Japanese cities famously did not survive the age of nuclear weapons

Contrary to prevailing opinion, humanity is a truly great species and is surely destined to traverse the stars, especially when you consider the exponential growth of technology. The fact we have survived 75 years without destroying ourselves with nukes attest to this.

@JohnDiesattheEn Any chance the ebook will be available in the UK any time soon?

If you got an ebook reader for Christmas, or otherwise want a cheap way to get into my Zoey series, Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits is $2.99 in all ebook formats today:

How architect started @Magpies_Hockey roadmap after £500k pitch revamp thehockeypaper.co.uk/articles/2022/…

We’re aware that GMS currently has performance issues. The system is provided by a third party who are failing to deliver a satisfactory service level. They are working hard on a resolution but currently GMS is not functioning effectively.

@JohnDiesattheEn could you say why FVAFS is unavailable on kindle (UK user if that makes a difference) and if it is likely to be available in the near future? I promise to pre-order the 3rd in the series if you let us know. I hear pre-orders are super important.

@ThPharaohWizard @JohnDiesattheEn Not for those based in the UK it isn't.

@azbedwell @JohnDiesattheEn It’s already there

Bizarrely, hardcover pre-orders are way up over my last book but ebook pre-orders are way down, despite the latter costing half as much. I'd assume general inflation would drive people to the cheaper option? I'm told that some ebook readers have maybe migrated to audio...

@JohnDiesattheEn Any chance "Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits" will be available on kindle soon?

(I don't have audio pre-orders stats to compare or to test the theory that that's where the former ebook readers went)

@Erichwanh @JohnDiesattheEn I didn't so no worries. Yeah been checking for about a year now and always unavailable.

@azbedwell @JohnDiesattheEn If you saw my initial reply, which I deleted, forgive me as I didn't process that it wasn't truly available on Amazon. I'm now curious as to why as well.

If you only follow me for my amazing tweets and Substack posts, my first and most famous book is now $2.99 on whatever ebook device you use, just search "John Dies at the End" on your reading machine. If you walk into Starbucks with only three dollars they punch you in the ear.

@alexspinkmirror @TheHockeyPaper England Hockey have rolled out the flawless GMS system. Not sure what more anyone could ask for.

England women through to Commonwealth #hockey final. A good time, perhaps, for the sport's bosses to have a read of this..

@mansh21 @jackbern23 @EdGambleComedy Didn't Ed give away the winner on his radio show?

@jackbern23 @EdGambleComedy My money is on Tarbuck

57 seconds too late.

Full group not even drawn ans already looking forward to @bglendenning starting a twitter argument after declaring that Southgate should be sacked if England fail to win every WC group game.

@JohnDiesattheEn Is "Futuristic violence and fancy suits" going to be available on the kindle store?

All of my books have been re-released in new paperback editions under my real name, most with new material added! I've spelled out the details, including buy links for each, here: jasonpargin.substack.com/p/all-of-my-no…

@JohnDiesattheEn @gdavies Anyone else find this interaction weird? Seeing what I always think of as two completely separate parts of my comedy fandom interact. Like the Simpsons turning up on Blackadder.

@gdavies It's because I mentally insert much worse profanity than is actually there and then I get mad because you made me imagine something so offensive, how dare you