I'm in a Facebook group that provides advice and help on energy bills in the UK. From time to time I'll click through to the comments on a post from someone who's struggling to pay what they owe, or who has gotten into debt, and friends... We are not ready for what's coming. 1/5

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"this shit ruled when I didn't know the artist was a dick, but now it's all I can think about when in see it" is perfectly valid, cos it is one of the times you actually get to make a personality out of something, which is to say, constant, principled, thoughtful evaluation of what you enjoy.

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2w ago

You know, when you find out that the art you like is made by people you've learned hold views you find wholly repugnant, I don't think you need to disavow ever having enjoyed the art. It's okay to acknowledge you liked or loved that art, but are now putting it aside. That was then, this is now.

I managed to catch 'Afterlife', an exhibition by Katie Paterson whilst it was on in Edinburgh - it's a collection of 200-ish small amulets, created with materials from endangered landscapes and fragile ecosystems and formed into cultural/spiritual iconography. Sharing a few powerful pieces below. 🧵

Move over, pumpkin spice: September belongs to the BOG HARVEST. While many flock to apple orchards, the world’s peatlands are hitting their peak. Far from muddy swamps; bogs are the secret agricultural powerhouses you didn't know you needed. Join me in protecting these undervalued landscapes! 🧵 1/

Unfortunately, I wasn't even joking... #TheBeatles #YellowSubmarine

Richard Littler@richardlittler.bsky.social · 3w ago

I started an exact recreation of The Bayeux Tapestry with only characters and designs from #TheBeatles' Yellow Submarine animated film... Fortunately, a voice in my brain intervened and screamed, 'What in god's name are you doing? This will take you years!' So, I've put it aside. For now.

In today's "I Learned A Thing Today", I am getting to learn all about the concept of 'Phoenixing', and what that means for customer warranty. 🫩

Unfortunately about two dozen people I know are about to go flat dead broke

TrekCore.com 🖖@trekcore.com · 2w ago

NEW! The first big announcement for #StarTrek's 60th anniversary week is here — a new collaboration with luxury cookware company Le Creuset to send your kitchen to the final frontier blog.trekcore.com/2026/09/star...

URGENT: Staffin Community Hall, on Skye, is at risk of closure if they cannot find new Board Directors asap. This is a significant resource in a remote community, which provides local jobs & supports local ND young people. For further info, contact Jo-Anne Ford at www.slcvo.org.uk

Effective HIV treatment felt like a dream in the 1980s and 90s, as our friends were dying around us. But 22% of those who live with HIV are still not on treatment - a number that may be increasing as the US and other nations cut their AIDS funding, with organisations serving LGBTQ first to be cut.

Riiiight.... So Depp gets to play the character who wasn't actually the villain he was portrayed as by the media - sorry I mean Victorian society! It was all quite complicated aKsHuLlY, and the other characters weren't innocent At All. Uh huh. Right. 🫩

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 3w ago

just what everyone wanted for the holiday season, a christmas carol adaptation for twitter debate me bros

#CoverReveal alert! Behold the cover art for our new anthology Haverin, designed by our own Jenni Coutts. Look carefully and you'll spot some sneaky clues to the tales inside. Celebrating 40 years of the GSFWC, #Haverin is out October 2026 from Taverna Press. #GSFWC40 @jennicoutts.bsky.social(1/2)

At risk of jinxing myself, I will finally get to see @thisisthekit.bsky.social live this evening, after multiple thwarted attempts over the years (largely due to illness), and I am very excited. Such an amazing band and wholly responsible for my interest in learning the banjo. 💜

Our minds and hearts are contested territory. We win the contest via millions of tiny daily acts. Sketches on napkins. Singing off key. Dinner table conversation. Knowing the phase of the moon, or where the watershed drains to or where our ancestors came from and how they prayed.

If human creativity weren't a threat to capital then capital wouldn't be threatening human creativity. If mutual care and cooperation weren't a threat to systems of domination, then systems of domination wouldn't be trying to undermine our relationships with each other.

🚨 Calling on the history/museum/LARP nerds of Bsky! I'm looking for someone who does lorica squamata repair! Bonus if they're in the North West, but I will courier it elsewhere in the UK if necessary.

Delighted to have a chapter in The Cambridge Handbook for the Anthropology of Death, edited by Sarah Richardson, Sarah Wagner, and Ruth Toulson, from @universitypress.cambridge.org My chapter is on animals' grief, and I can't wait to dive into my colleagues'. #anthropology #deathstudies #Booksky

I was at a bookbinding conference at w'end, & it's a subtly different vibe to academic conferences. Often folk come to the craft later in life, so there's less assumption of age = experience. & it's a heritage craft that everyone wants to continue, so folk are delighted to see newcomers. 💜

One thing I think environmental historians need to shout about is that we see dramatic effects on the course of history arising through climatic shifts *which are tiny in comparison to those we are now beginning to experience*

So many great points made in this article. Its essential reading & exactly the kind of thing I want to talk about in detail on a panel one day. Africans have always had complicated feelings around identity & who can do what with culture but when it comes to SFF inspiration, I believe in syncreticism

P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim@pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lots chatter in these social media streets bout Children of Blood and Bone. ALL BLACK EVERYTHING flick got ALL BLACK DRAMA. But this blog ain't bout none of that. Instead, I tackle another related controversy about the joys, rewards, perils, and pitfalls of writing African-inspired fantasy.

It's been a while since I've done a people looking for work thread. If you're looking for work, put what you do and what you're looking for (full time, freelance etc) as a reply. Companies: get hiring people!

I'm currently on 3 emails over the last 2 days, from different orgs/charities I've been involved with, notifying me of the Beacon CRM cyberattack.

Looking for recommendations for celebratory zines to teach in my Intro to Creative Nonfiction class--can also be instructional but should have a "this thing/process is great!" quality. I'll purchase my students 20 copies of the ones I choose. @prisonculture.bsky.social? @marc-fischer.bsky.social?

Legitimately one of the main reasons I like staying in hotels, is having less choice about what to watch on TV (I don't take/use my streaming services). A terrible 90s film I've seen 5 times already? Fabulous! A confusing sitcom with subtitles? Bring it on!

Chris Farnell@thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 2mo ago

My children will grow up to never bored enough at 11pm to watch Eurotrash, and that is a genuine loss. Instead they will watch worse things on their phone on purpose.

I have a few, but one is that I used to be a member of The Magic Circle Context: I worked as a demonstrator in a family-run magic shop, which sold magic tricks across the range from childrens magic tricks up to stage magic. (The latter was only available to professional stage magicians).

Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Okay, my QUESTION OF THE DAY is… What is your weirdest actual accomplishment? Not the biggest necessarily…but the weirdest?

If you have a public profile on Instagram, you might want to tweak your settings AGAIN, to opt out of more AI nonsense. 🙄

WIRED@wired.com · 3mo ago

As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content. www.wired.com/story/meta-n...

AI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:

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The Queer Torments of the AI-sphere

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Countbinface on GMB today when asked if he had been to Clacton: "I have not been to Clacton, based on the activities of the incumbent, I believed that was the correct process" #CountBinFace #Farage #UKpolitics

I would *love* to donate platelets but alas - I have naturally low iron levels (I'm totes healthy, just weird), so my regular blood donation attempts are hit n'miss depending on whether my iron has dipped slightly below their cut-off. In 27yrs of regular attempts, I've achieved 15 donations. 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

Fiona Robertson@fionaswriting.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If you're in the UK, and particularly if you're in Scotland, and have donated blood before please could I ask you to consider donating platelets as a matter of urgency.