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New for 2025: Terror Camp Polar Parties! 🥳❄️ Terror Camp’s main event will always be online. But the joy of real-life community is something powerful, irreplaceable, and more important than ever. So with your help, we want to celebrate Terror Camp all over the world in person!

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Our first piece of the year is live—and it's a big one! With the recent release of the classic BBC sci-fi show Blake's 7 on Blu-ray, @scenicrailway.bsky.social looks back at the infamous 1980s clash between fans and creators that became known as the Slash Wars. 🚀 Read or listen to an audio version:

The War That Almost Broke a Classic Fandom — Fansplaining

Blake’s 7 fans and actors mixed regularly at cons and on the pages of zines—until an anonymous letter changed everything.

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You do not need to be an academic to visit an archive. You do not need a degree to visit an archive. There is no terrifying Don at the door grilling potential visitors. If it's your first time, a nice archivist will help you. It's our shared history, our preserved records. Go explore it.

every time i see someone call spirk the oldest slash ship, i'm filled with the urge to go "☝️ actually the holmes/watson girlies have been here for a hundred years now", and i refrain because i know the natural conclusion of this game is "☝️ actually, gilgamesh/enkidu"

#TerrorCamp keynotes! Fri, Dec 6: Jessica Houston, artist and co-leader of the Beyond Her Horizons expedition through the Northwest Passage Sat, Dec 7: Jared Harris & Liam Garrigan from AMC’s #TheTerror Sun, Dec 8: Julian Sancton, author of Madhouse at the End of the Earth #PolarExploration

Cold Boy Events@coldboyevents.bsky.social · 2y ago

Registration for Terror Camp 2024 is now open! When: December 6-8, 2024 Program & registration: www.terror.camp/2024-program What: "Since 2021, Terror Camp has been an annual virtual gathering of hundreds of polar exploration enthusiasts." (1/2) #TerrorEvents #PolarExploration #FranklinExpedition

Coca wine was a popular alcoholic beverage in the 19th century. Each bottle contained approximately 6 milligrams of cocaine per ounce. One popular brand, Vin Mariani, was enjoyed by Jules Verne, Alexander Dumas, and Arthur Conan Doyle. Thomas Edison claimed it helped him stay awake! #skystorians

A photo of an old bottle with a label that reads: "Coca Wine: A Pleasant Tonic and Invigorating from Fresh Cocoa Leaves."