So Doofus dog's skin is getting thin in her old age, and we're trying to stop her scratching because she keeps just very slightly nicking herself. We were out for like 3hrs today, and she's now dotted with tiny scabs all down the length of her sides. Which means her new nickname is Perforated Pup

Do it!! I love telling people who probably aren't expecting it that I dug something they did. I know how much a kind comment means to me, so I try to pay it forward. It takes a moment for you, but it can have a huge impact on them.

DD Ward ..."Interim Pirate Queen"@ddwardiswriting.bsky.social · 5d ago

It's a Menace #Caturday! She fell asleep in my nighttime leg pillow, using her paw to prop herself up on my daytime leg pillow. This house is just death by a thousand cutes, tbh

📣 Calling All Authors 📣 Shadow Spark Publishing is open to #queries! manuscript should be polished as possible- no first drafts accepted full-length novels only standalones preferred only one manuscript permitted per author, but feel free to pitch others in your query letter #booksky #writesky

📣 We're opening to QUEER CRIME NOVEL SUBMISSIONS in August! 📣 Details in screenshots - and the🧵 below:

It will lead to requiring "transgender persons to disclose their gender identity, risking harassment, while exposing all women to scrutiny based on gender stereotypes, intrusive questioning or demands for personal information," UN experts say 👇

Wel there's a giant pile of fucking bullshit. They're more efficient at getting trans people care? Well we gotta put a stop to THAT!

Transgender World@transgenderreport.com · 4d ago

NHS cancels all gender-affirming surgeries for adult patients of Welsh Gender Service with immediate effect www.wearequeeraf.com... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

If you still have a Twitter account, today is a great day to delete it. Nothing you could possibly get out of that site is worth having your name associated with child pornography. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says

xAI accused of training Grok on real and AI-generated child pornography.

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2. This song is a rewritten Lovecraftian version of “Jolene” and is brilliant.

Jolene (HP Lovecraft version) by Joliet4

YouTube video by Joliet4

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A couple of tributes to Dolly Parton in the realm of dark fantasy. 1. @catvalente.bsky.social’s story is a finalist in the Hugo Awards for best novelette, and was inspired by Dolly’s song “Jolene.“ It’s really good.

When He Calls Your Name - Uncanny Magazine

There’s nights in the deep end of summer so hot and thick and wet you can feel the dark wrinkling up your fingers like bathwater—and my last night breathing was one of those. 2 a.m. came to ring my be...

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Ah ffs Tim Curry too? Fuck this week.

If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.

Craig Calcaterra@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 6d ago

RIP to a motherfucking icon.

a favorite bit of writing on Dolly: David Cantwell on "Coat of Many Colors" "I am poor, but I will be more than that. I *am* more than that. Despite your contempt, the things I love are worth loving."

Dolly will never really die. Everything she did, everyone she helped? That lives forever.

dolly parton taught millions of children to read dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine if there was a right side of something she was on it

Dolly Parton, Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...

Dolly Parton, Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80

Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.

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Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com

Sometimes, when someone dies, what helps me is thinking about how wonderful it is that they were even alive in the first place. Dolly was the closest you could get to an American saint. We all loved her.

Oh Dolly. Oh hell. Such a light of strength and kindness. You'll be missed like few people ever could be 😢

Looks like the Cuddleses are taking a lil trip to Nottingham next month to meet @gailcarriger.bsky.social (and other fans). I lived there 2004-2009, and we've not been there together since I proposed that time, and it's just a few days after our 5th wedding anniversary, so it'll be nice

My OSR themed Master's Thesis is now available both digital and in print on @rpgtrader.bsky.social. If you need to know which OSR monsters convert to which games easily I might have the answers for you right here. rpg-trader.com/products/713... #ttrpg #osr

Telegraphed Dangers on RPG Trader

Enemy Intercompatibility in D20-Based Fantasy OSR Tabletop Roleplaying Games

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This week for #Caturday we haaaaave... Menace doing her best impression of a femme fatale.

I tell you something about our NHS. I love it for what it has done for me and others, and I wouldn't do without it. But being told 10-12 weeks for a waiting list and going "Oh that's not so bad" because I've been on a couple for over 2yrs now says everything about what our government thinks of it...

yoooo! the audio book of me & @lollardfish.bsky.social's THE BRIGHT AGES is 73% off on @libro.fm right now! go get you one! #medievalsky libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

The Bright Ages Audiobook on Libro.fm

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Cuddles made me an origami dragon, and...I guess my noodles are now its Hoard? I didn't even get chance to cook them, and now they're gone 😢

Doofus has been unwell all week; we were getting up all day and all night every couple of hours for a couple of days there. We had to put her onto an enforced total fast for a full day before that stopped. She's been so sad she then refused to eat at all.

In the 1970s, a group of farmers digging a well stumbled upon one of the greatest archaeological finds in history. They had found the terracotta army—some 8,000 life-size clay soldiers, buried over 2,000 years ago. The soldiers had real weapons, **which were still sharp**. How? 1/8 ⚛️🧪

Your #Caturday this week is Queen Squeak looking like she doesn't at all appreciate the crown Cuddles made her She's not a fan of having her photo taken; this is the best one she let me get 😆 She did let me write her a song though ⤵️

Found out today that an old friend died. We hadn't been in touch for a while, but she was one of the reasons I made it through my early 20s. She was one of the kindest, warmest, and most genuine people I've ever met. And she was so well loved.