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Wendy Reynolds

@wendles1967.bsky.social

Fat, middle-aged guinea pig servant. UK Further Education data wrangler. Crafter of adorable little costumes for sourdough starters. Mostly here to read rather than post. She/her, plus perhaps a light sprinkling of they/them as an occasional treat.

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Rob Morgan@durutti74.bsky.social · 2w ago

The DWP are asking for people to contribute evidence for a forthcoming review of Carers Allowance and how it operates. Admittedly this is niche, but please spread the word so it reaches the right people. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Carer's Allowance: call for evidence

This call for evidence is being administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to gather information and views to build on the Department’s existing evidence. What we hear will help shape ...

gov.uk

AK Faulkner 🔜 MCM Birmingham@ravenswordpress.com · 2w ago

I can't recommend this event enough! No travel, no hotel costs, no need to leave your bed - regardless of whether you can't or don't want to. Queer books, queer authors, queer (and experienced) organisers. Grab a ticket, wherever you are in the world!

Bookish & Queer@bookishandqueer.bsky.social · 2w ago

One week left to get your Early Bird Tickets for Bookish & Queer! Save £10 on the weekend ticket price, and be in with a chance to win one of our 6 book bundles from The Curators panel recommendations, or our special signed panelist bundle. #booksky #books #sff #queerbooks #queersff #b&q

Imogen Cassidy@imogenwrites.bsky.social · 2w ago

Anything that is universally used should be universally controlled. Transport, education, healthcare, communications. The fact that ANY of these things are controlled by private interests is unacceptable.

Premee Mohamed@premeemohamed.com · 2w ago

Anyway I saw someone earlier who was like "Stop trying to make myths REALITY let's have them SURREAL and more like The Fall and The Green Knight" and I could not agree more, which is why I wrote THE RIDER, THE RIDE, THE RICH MAN'S WIFE A wild west wild hunt? Sure, why not

The Rider, The Ride, The Rich Man's Wife [eBook] by Premee Mohamed

TITLE The Lives Of The Savages A NOVELLA by Robert Edric PUBLICATION DATE May 2011 EDITION eShort INTRODUCTION Jon L Breen ISBN 978-1-848631-71-7

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Dublin 2029@dublin2029.bsky.social · 2w ago

📜 ADVENTURERS NEEDED 📜 Brave souls are sought to join a noble crusade to carry the banner of Worldcon 2029 to the shores of Dublin!!
 Reward: New friends and eternal glory in worldcon history!
Difficulty: All levels welcome, no experience required

Two people sat at a fantable. On the left is Mark. He has long white hair, a beard, an impressive moustache, and metal rimmed glasses. He is wearing a dark blue Dublin 2029 tshirt. Next to him is JJ. She has long brown hair to just below her shoulder and dark rimmed glasses, and is wearing a purple Dublin 2029 tshirt. The table has a table cloth covered in three leaf clovers. On the left is a folded Edmonton worldcon tshirt, a Canadian flag, and Edmonton coasters. On the left is the Dublin flag, an Irish flag, Dublin 2029 flyers and bookmarks, and some knitted sheep.
Premee Mohamed@premeemohamed.com · 2w ago

HELLO do I know anyone going to SDCC? The publishers of FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER are doing an ARC giveaway! :D Go find booth 1514/1515... and say the secret password to the correct employee! 👁️📚

Part 1 of a set of images. Text reads: FEAR COMES. Visit Penguin Random House at San Diego Comic Con With all three parts, the image will read: Fear Comes Before The Fall. (Left) Visit Penguin Random House at San Diego Comic Con. (Right) Visit Booth number 1514/1515 and state the password. (Middle) Be one of the the first to read FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER. Thursday, July 23. Find an employee wearing an Orsinov Family Circus Shirt and a black hat then say the password: "Statement of Hugh Franklin, regarding his employment by Jurgen Leitner" to claim an advance reader's edition of FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER. Copies are limited. First come, first served - while supplies last.Part 2 of a set of images. Text reads: BEFORE. Be one of the the first to read FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER. Thursday, July 23. Find an employee wearing an Orsinov Family Circus Shirt and a black hat then say the password: "Statement of Hugh Franklin, regarding his employment by Jurgen Leitner" to claim an advance reader's edition of FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER. Copies are limited. First come, first served - while supplies last. With all three parts, the image will read: Fear Comes Before The Fall. (Left) Visit Penguin Random House at San Diego Comic Con. (Right) Visit Booth number 1514/1515 and state the password. (Middle) Be one of the the first to read FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER. Thursday, July 23. Find an employee wearing an Orsinov Family Circus Shirt and a black hat then say the password: "Statement of Hugh Franklin, regarding his employment by Jurgen Leitner" to claim an advance reader's edition of FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER. Copies are limited. First come, first served - while supplies last.Part 3 of a set of images. Text reads: The Fall. Visit Booth number 1514/1515 and state the password. With all three parts, the image will read: Fear Comes Before The Fall. (Left) Visit Penguin Random House at San Diego Comic Con. (Right) Visit Booth number 1514/1515 and state the password. (Middle) Be one of the the first to read FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER. Thursday, July 23. Find an employee wearing an Orsinov Family Circus Shirt and a black hat then say the password: "Statement of Hugh Franklin, regarding his employment by Jurgen Leitner" to claim an advance reader's edition of FROM THE LIBRARY OF JURGEN LEITNER.
AK Faulkner 🔜 MCM Birmingham@ravenswordpress.com · 2w ago

Try a gay book, you might like it! * Sapphic spies! * Billionaire (evil included in the definition of the word) * Kingsman but feminist and gay shop.ravenswordpress.com/products/the...

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Charlie Hart is a freshly graduated engineer with a healthy lack of respect for No Entry signs. Her biggest problems in life are workplace misogyny, student debts, and the illegality of her urban expl...

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Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 4w ago

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

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Wendy Reynolds@wendles1967.bsky.social · 3w ago

Someone on Discord just described making little things to hand out at a con as 'a Wendles style pumpkin tour'. 😃🎃 (In other news, prototyping has started for the 2027 World Fantasy Con Wendles [redacted] tour.)

Dave Jones, Would Elf@davejonesactor.bsky.social · 3w ago

I’m ridiculously excited to be involved in this. It’s *very* nearly funded and has only four days to land. And my god this trailer… I can’t wait xx

BECK'S END - A folk horror audio drama - Official Trailer

YouTube video by Shadows at the Door Productions

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Shadows at the Door@shadowsatthedoor.bsky.social · last mo.

BECK’S END is a new folk-horror audio drama. Think SALEM’S LOT meets REAR WINDOW meets ALAN WAKE. Produced by us and distributed by @rustyquill.com we’re now funding on Kickstarter and have just passed 50% See below to meet our amazing cast and crew! 👀

David Ault | Voice actor and astronomy presenter@davidault.co.uk · last mo.

The Kickstarter of Beck's End (becksend.com) is achingly close to £10k... Can you help it across that line and onwards to its goal? Or put it in front of others? The @shadowsatthedoor.bsky.social team would be very grateful! There's also a drunk retelling of The Shining as a reward on the feed!

Beck's End - A Folk Horror Audio Drama

A new atmospheric folk horror audio drama set in a remote English village, where something ancient stirs beneath the water.

becksend.com

Nicholas Jackson@njj4.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Labour is currently functionally (and in many cases actively) transphobic, and this petition will not fix that, but it registers a formal objection to the horrific EHRC "guidance". Petition: Disapprove the draft Equality Act 2010 guidance laid on 21 May 2026. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...

Petition: Disapprove the draft Equality Act 2010 guidance laid on 21 May 2026

I want the House of Commons to disapprove the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations, 2026 laid on 21 May 2026.

petition.parliament.uk

Gabrielle Steele ⚔ Echoes of Chaos 24/9/26@eldris.thellian.com · 2mo ago

UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold. It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on. Sign & repost!! ❤️

Petition: Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training data

We ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work, e...

petition.parliament.uk

Wendy Reynolds@wendles1967.bsky.social · 2mo ago

UK friends and neighbours, please do this (it's very quick). People from otherwhere, please spread the word? (Unless you don't believe that trans rights are human rights, in which case of course please fuck ALL the way off into the sea, and then fuck off a bit more.)

Dr Joby Razzelliot@jobium.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Westminster MPs have until the end of the month to reject the proposed anti-trans guidance. If you haven’t written to your MP yet, here’s a good template for you to use. writetheletter.bimini.workers.dev