SHARK-MAN is trending on the #BackerKit main page! You guys did that! OMG! 😍😍😍 It's been a banger of an opening day! Thank you all SO MUCH!!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...

The Seduction of Shark-Man - a new paranormal romance

From the moment Dr Candice Mallus lays eyes on retired Navy SEAL Derek Montague, she knows there's something special about him..... more special even than the successful graft that will make him SHARK...

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I've just added another 25 paintings to the print shop I'm trying out after a year of no income, which brings the total number of paintings there now to 50. I'm not yet committed to it, but if it goes well I will add more paintings. #SpéirGhorm fineartamerica.com/profiles/4-l...

eolaí the artist@eolai.bsky.social · 2w ago

I'm approaching the anniversary of the last time I received any kind of income. Having to cancel my annual sale of original paintings and close my print shop, it's been not great for an unpaid carer. So over the next couple of weeks you'll see me push unsold paintings and try out some print options.

An introduction cogged from elsewhere online. Hello. I paint pictures, mostly of Ireland, but for 12 yrs now I've been a full-time unpaid carer so time to paint is rare. I've cycled across America and Europe, and among other adventures did a painting twitter cycling tour around Ireland. 1/2

Omg what did the dog eat????? His farts are toxic!!!!!!

Philip Blake Reacts to Unpleasant Smell

Alt: Philip Blake Reacts to Unpleasant Smell by pulling coat over his nose and making his exit

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I thought it was just the politician but no, the telegraph went with the headline "Move over Ireland, there is a new worst country in Europe" I knew they were a crap paper but I hadn't realised they were this pathetic level of crap.

Des Fitzgerald@desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 2d ago

I think we're generally much too chill about how mainstream and normal this weird, obsessive anti-Irish stuff is in the UK. #speirgorm

Come on people... I'd suggest you pony up for the book but in this universe strange things could happen as a result. But you can back Kit at Backerkit and give us all what we really want!

CE (Catie) Murphy@cemurphy.bsky.social · yesterday

The SEDUCTION OF SHARK-MAN crowdfund is now live - and we've already unlocked the FRIDGE MAGNETS stretch goal!!! YAAAAAY!!! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...

I'm going insane - the people I usually talk to, both IRL and Online are missing in action today and so my brain is spinning its wheels.

Okay NOW it's live! THE SEDUCTION OF SHARK-MAN, a #pulpy #ParanormalRomance #Backerkit #Booksky Dr Candice Mallus knows SEAL Derek Montague is special - even more special than the SCIENCE that will make him SHARK-MAN, the first shifter ever created by humanity! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...

Just had reason to think of my favourite story of crypto bro idiocy. Yep, still funny.

Man who paid $2.9m for NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet set to lose almost $2.9m

‘This is the Mona Lisa of the digital world’, says crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi who bought the NFT in March 2021

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New Patreon post / Free Book! :) With @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social's invaluable assistance as a cover artist, I've made an ebook of the writeups for our pulpy two-year #MasksOfNyarlathotep campaign that recently ended. It is very, *very* funny, sometimes poignant, & a great adventure. 🥰

Masks of Nyarlathotep - general link | CE Murphy

Today's post is nearly an echo of yesterday's, but this one is the general/non-paying-Patreon one. :) The JACKSON'S FIVE: A MASKS OF NYARLAT

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Oh wow. FIFA is done. www.uefa.com/news-media/n...

Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 national associations

UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions.

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It's my partner-in-crime's brithday and she deserves THE WORLD. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

K.B. Spangler@kbspangler.com · last wk.

It's my birthday, so please come read SIDEQUESTED, our weird comic about weird people with weird rules of magic. The main character is a very slightly intense librarian who fell in love with the princess she rescued from a tower. sidequested.com

HOWEVER also excluding Irish standard Christmas films.....

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Óculos Escuro

ALT: Arnold Schwarzenegger: Óculos Escuro

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Paul Carroll@paulcarroll.bsky.social · 6d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

I LOVED this book.... I still have to catch up on the next ones in the series but I really did like this one.

Sean Eric Fagan@kithrup.bsky.social · last wk.

First up is Digital Divide, which is a spin-off from the now-concluded www.agirlandherfed.com webcomic -- which also happens to be a Hugo nominee this year, and I liked the comic a *whole bunch*. But because it's a spinoff, it needs some explanation.

THE SEDUCTION OF SHARK-MAN #crowdfund has been green-lit! Launching August 4! This is an over the top pulp-inspired #Shifter #ParanormalRomance & I am IN LOVE with the cover by @trashmancer.bsky.social & @fringe-element.net 😍 Their forbidden love defied SCIENCE, #booksky! It defied *SCIENCE*! 😂

Get Ready for The Seduction of Shark-Man - a new paranormal romance

From CE Murphy - Get Ready for The Seduction of Shark-Man - a new paranormal romance

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ok so I can't pick.... the more I think and check dates, the more albums I couldn't have lived without....

Antiqueight@antiqueight.bsky.social · last wk.

I honestly dunno when my faves came out anymore... so right now i'm going with the Best of Sade but I can't post images from here... Luckily it's in gifs...

Has anybody flown into #Juneau, #Alaska recently? I need to verify something and can't pop over to check myself. :)

Well. Mayo did it. I don't believe it. Well done to them.

Mayoforsam GAA Flag Waving

Alt: Mayo for sam GAA Flag Waving

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Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12

Rowling looming over a progressive Irish cultural festival with her menacing insinuations & a phalanx of expensive lawyers dashing off legal letters. And all because the organisers don’t want transphobes peddling hate at their event. A nauseating spectacle of spite.

Last week, about a third of the History department were able to gather together on graduation day. Rather than lend our intellectual authority to the official procession and ceremony we invited our students to come and celebrate their achievements with us in a shady courtyard. They came. 1/

With trans rights under attack as never before, we need to show our support for the trans community. Will you join us? goodlawproject.org/s/d23a8a

I stand with trans people | Good Law Project

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Where do people expect folks who don't WANT to buy a house to live if all the landlords sold all the houses they rent out? Not everyone is ready to settle down and buy where they need or want to live right now. Talking about Ireland mostly. People don't seem to want corporations to do it either so?

One of my readers in #Australia accidentally got two print copies of CAULDRON BORNE, the 5th book of the #WalkerPapers. Does anybody need one? It's brand new and everything, and she's hoping she can find somebody local (ie, on the same continent) who'd like a copy. :)

Tonight I learned that I'm now older than both Leo McGarry and John Spencer were in season 1 of The West Wing. Bloody hell.

So they have been destroying our future by using up water and power and now they are destroying our past.

Emanuel Maiberg@emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 2w ago

companies are sourcing millions of printed books for AI labs that scan them for training data, then destroy them. printed books are more valuable because they're free of AI slop, and AI labs know destroying them is an "optics problem." www.404media.co/ai-companies...

Umberto Eco’s Personal Library Opens to the Public: More Than 32,000 Books, Exactly as He Left Them

Umberto Eco’s Personal Library Opens to the Public: More Than 32,000 Books, Exactly as He Left Them

William Weaver could add an extension onto his Tuscan villa, which he called the 'Eco Chamber.' The Biblioteca Eco, or Eco Library, whose ribbon-cutting earlier this month you can see in the Italian n...

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If this horrific police execution video crosses your timeline consider: - we don’t have to physically witness a murder to know it’s horrific - people who are subject to this type of violence do not have to be repeatedly traumatized by it - you do not have to push violence into people’s timelines

Erin Biba@erinbiba.bsky.social · 2w ago

*turn off autoplay on your videos right now*

Good news for UK booklovers! The Riven Kingdom is included in this week's Waterstones preorder offer - ending on Friday 24th July. Enter the offer code SUMMER26 at the checkout and get 25% off the RRP. Do check out the whole selection of great reads. www.waterstones.com/book/the-riv...

The Riven Kingdom by Juliet E. McKenna | Waterstones

Buy The Riven Kingdom by Juliet E. McKenna from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.