Super invested in Will Trent on Disney+ because Will and Angie are still together & the books never really gave them a chance … I really hope Sara doesn‘t turn up in this version …
Jack Morris
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Writes a bit (Pushcart nom x 2, Best Microfiction ‘26, Fish 3rd prize ‘26), reads a lot. Drama (on-stage, mostly) 🏳️🌈 Editor: https://www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/ @neitherfishnorfoul.com my published stuff via: https://thewavingnotdrowningblog.com/
Did you know @kiklodge.bsky.social has a new collection incoming? How lucky we all are! What a thing of beauty, too - that illustration!!! Pre-order here www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
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A man walks into a bar with an Erection Taser™ his girlfriend has made him wear. A grieving mother clings to the memory of her son’s imaginary friend. A Foley artist recreates the soundtrack of his sp...
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#WyrdWednesday Personification of John Barleycorn from the exhibition John Barleycorn Must Die held at the New Brewery Arts Centre, Cirencester, June to Aug 2019. Created by the artist Matt Rowe with the aide of Carol Partridge, a member of the Guild of Straw Craftsmen.
Today is "Soft Rains Day" for those who remember this haunting 1950 Ray Bradbury piece. It's classic Bradbury, eerily accurate w/ its predictions in some respects (looking at you, Alexa), and well worth a few moments of your day to read if you're so inclined.
Lisa Kadonaga@tapirtrouble.bsky.social · 2d agoSoft Rains Day. "Today is August 4, 2026, in the city of Allendale, California. Today is Mr. Featherstone's birthday. Today is the anniversary of Tilita's marriage. Insurance is payable, as are the water, gas, and light bills." RIP Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012
i hate when i have to learn a new verb in French (« pulvériser ») if it relates to these terrifying #heatwaves 😳 @jackmmorris.bsky.social btw M. Jobard is citing data from Parc Montsouris, same location as my story in @neitherfishnorfoul.com!
Francois Jobard@francoisjobard.bsky.social · yesterday🌡️Sur les 50 derniers jours la moyenne des températures maximales à #Paris Montsouris a atteint 32.2 °C du 15 juin au 3 août 2026 Cela pulvérise le précédent record (fiable) en la matière : 29.7 °C du 25 juin au 13 août 2018. #sécheresse #canicule 32.2 °C ~ normale de juillet de l'intérieur du Var
"Why can't you just appreciate how revolutionary the job-taking, environment-degrading, information-shredding, technology-hoarding, economy-swamping machine is?" My brother in Christ, there may indeed be a revolution in part because of "AI," but it might not be the one you wanted.
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I love what @sabrinahicks.bsky.social is saying here: The very act of writing is a willingness to exam all the tender spots of being alive. It requires an amount of bravery, self-sacrifice, that is only admirable coming from, as Mary Oliver reminds us, “the soft animal of your body”.
Sabrina Hicks@sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 3d agoThe Auraist was kind enough to interview me about my debut collection, “Coyote Girl,” which they chose as Best Book of the Month. If you want to read about how much I hate AI or some of my stylistic choices, then read below! open.substack.com/pub/auraist/...
When they hear the bells of its submerged churches ring, the crab fishers of Dedwick won't take their boats out. You can call it superstition or folklore. I call it wisdom born from grieving widows. You don't ignore warnings when it comes to the King-Under-the-Sea. – Evie Dellow #VOH
“…the warmth makes you feel alive.” This wonderful gem by @anniejowrites.bsky.social in @havehashad.com! 🔥
Anna Vangala Jones@anniejowrites.bsky.social · last wk.excited to be in @havehashad.com again with a tiny micro about a bar for ghosts. grateful to @aaronburch.bsky.social + any of you who read it 💀 🍻 👻 www.havehashad.com/hadposts/whe...
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Neither fish nor foul 📖@neitherfishnorfoul.com · 2w agowww.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-7-font... ‘Let the woman tell her truth,’ said the man as Matthieu. ’I will,’ said the woman as Sylvie. Her fingers tightened on Sylvie's wrist as she demanded, ‘Ask him who spoke to the snake last.’ @lorifontanes.bsky.social
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Neither fish nor foul 📖@neitherfishnorfoul.com · last wk.'Those bubbles look just like dust motes suspended in the sun, don’t they. But don’t look directly at the sun, dear. You might be blinded by the dazzle and forced to live the rest of your life seeing half-true and almost-enough.' www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-7-hanl... @sugarpigblog.bsky.social
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Neither fish nor foul 📖@neitherfishnorfoul.com · last wk.… my hair grows out pink, a candy floss I will pile high and sticky on my head, a Kate Pierson, B-52s beehive. My husband will be delighted, tasting my marzipan skin when we kiss, reaping the benefits of my persistent buzz. www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-7-oldh... @marijean.bsky.social
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Neither fish nor foul 📖@neitherfishnorfoul.com · 6d agoTime stretched away from the planet. It wibbled and then plopped over sideways towards Venus. Invisible workers on the periphery pushed and pulled it back into place and dusted it off. Good as new. Rachel Speed www.neitherfishnorfoul.com/issue-7-spee...
Using lists of three is not an "AI tell." It's a common trait in human writing because our brains biologically want to make sure there's always one thing to marry, one thing to fuck, and one thing to murder.
No work will be done in Hookland today. It's the Puck Fairs. Epic bouts of storytelling, drinking, love-making and other funs of the fair. #Lughnasadh
The psychic infrastructure of England includes a thousand murder barns. Tainted by blood spilled, shunned as sour soil. They haunt not just with their phantoms, but the knowing that history is not a cosy place, that the rural refuses to be idyllic. – #CJosiffe
This is very much the reality of Google's business model, rather than the narrative they're selling of being climate heroes building AI climate solutions
Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · last mo.NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
Ridiculously kind-worded piffle from this award-winning writer.
Owen Booth@owenbooth.bsky.social · 6d agoYou will, of course, already have your copy of this lovely thing from @hookland.bsky.social - but if by any chance *you haven’t* then you need to sort that out right away. I would happily give up whatever remnants of a literary career i have left to read another nine volumes of this instead…
“Hosepipe ban exemptions for golf courses & private school sports pitches symbolise everything wrong with our water system. How can it be right that a private school can use [so much] water to keep the grass green in the middle of the summer holidays, but children cannot play in paddling pools?"
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 6d ago‘It’s alright for them’: private schools and golf courses stay green despite England’s hosepipe bans
When the hordes are at the door, whispering support isn't enough. IF YOU BUILD IT WITH LEGO, THEY WILL COME by @fuzzynick.bsky.social Nick Black Please read, please share, please enjoy. #amwriting #WritingCommunity #flashfiction #microfiction #LEGO #LGBTQ #library #libraries #booksky
Nick Black@fuzzynick.bsky.social · 7d ago'Somehow they’ve learnt that Frances, who runs our Lego Club, once upon a time was Francis (who ran our Lego Club) and now they’re outside...' My antfascist, anti-mob, 🌈🧡 little LEGO Club story is now up at www.ellipsis-zine.com/writing/if-y... via @ellipsiszine.bsky.social #amwriting #libraries
Half the country officially in drought - the 3rd in 5 years. Fires raging across Europe. Battles being fought over AI data centres, New episode of *When Nature Becomes A Security Threat*,my podcast series for @therestpolitics.bsky.social, out now. It couldn’t be more timely. Pls do give a listen
Data Centres vs. Drinking Water: What Matters To Us Most?
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Politics · 30 July · 16min
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