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Genevieve Cogman

@genevievecogman.bsky.social

Author of Invisible Library and Scarlet Revolution series, classifications specialist, quilter, knitter, tired. Pronouns she/her.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 3h ago

HOLY SHIT DUDES fucking with the environment is now not just a sin (which Francis also said), it is classed as a direct fuck-you to God and a central tenet of the reasoning is the need to care for "our common home," i.e. you are morally obligated to think about the other people who also live here

Vatican theological commission defines ‘sin against creation and the Creator’ in new document

The more than 29,000 word text calls for ecological conversion due to “sin against creation and the Creator.”

americamagazine.org

Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 13h ago

With alt text.

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO

Dr. John Sharpe of London, who in 1957 a decade before physicians in England could legally perform an abortion for any reason other than the health of the woman, took the considerable risk of referring for an abortion a twenty-two-year-old American on her way to India.

Knowing only that she had broken an engagement at home to seek an unknown fate, he said, “You must promise me two things. First, you will not tell anyone my name. Second, you will do what you want to do with your life.”

Dear Dr. Sharpe, I believe you, who knew the law was unjust, would not mind if I say this so long after your death:

I’ve done the best I could with my life.

This book is for you.

laura olin@lauraolin.bsky.social · 13h ago

If you haven’t read the dedication of Gloria Steinem’s autobiography My Life on the Road, it is really worth taking a second today.

The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL)@themerl.bsky.social · 15h ago

we have expanded the museum's forward plan. our newly-added goal is simple and achievable: - absorb the British Museum into our museum so that we can technically display the Bayeux Tapestry by osmosis

Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · yesterday

A gem at the county fair art show. 🎨

Acrylic painting of an angry looking white cat staring at the viewer with one paw on a blue vase, about to push it off a mantle.

Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 22h ago

The problem with the Head handling the pupils (and to some extent the teachers and parents) like a lion-tamer whose flashing eye compelled obedience was that a single failure, a single weakness, could mean a sudden thirst for blood in everyone who saw it. She couldn't *afford* to fail. #writing

stitchingandbaking.bsky.social @stitchingandbaking.bsky.social · yesterday

AUSTEN FANS WAKE UP, HE’S READING EMMA!

Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · yesterday

Trade xkcd.com/3290/

Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs

Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account)@thetattooedprof.bsky.social · yesterday

Can't help but think of this hiker-rescue story I saw earlier today

The USFS said the climbers told them they had used an artificial intelligence platform, YouTube videos and AllTrails to plan the trip. They said they relied on Al to decide what food to bring and how much food and water they would need.

The group said it packed supplies for an eight-hour climb, not its roughly 16-hour ascent. The climbers said Al recommended simple carbohydrates instead of fats because fats "take too long to digest."

"We relied too much on Al rather than our own critical thinking," the group told rangers.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · yesterday

“Teams will race to navigate three of the planet’s most unforgiving landscapes — the jungle, the desert, and the Arctic — using Gemini to help them identify dangers, survive brutal weather changes, and stay one step ahead.”

Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦@kfduggan.bsky.social · 2d ago

One of my favourite medieval laws: Concerning vampires (strigis), which do not exist, no inquiry shall be made. From the early 12th-century Laws of King Coloman of Hungary, c.57.

The image shows Christopher Lee as Dracula, with blood on his lips and a victim in his arms. In the image, Dracula looks very troubled, perhaps because he’s just been told that he doesn’t exist by someone reading medieval Hungarian laws.

Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 2d ago

writing tip: when in doubt, read

Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 2d ago

Hooray - the 99p September Kindle sale on Wooing the Witch Queen has now been price-matched by all the other ebook stores in the UK! Snap it up now from any of them: Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Wooing-Witch... Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... Bookshop: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/wooi... #romancelandia

In the centre of this image is the beautiful British cover of Wooing the Witch Queen, by Stephanie Burgis. The illustration shows a man in a cloak riding headlong through the night towards an ominous castle with an illuminated, crowned female figure in its doorway and bats flying overhead in the moonlight. A potion vial surrounds that central image and is further framed by leaves and branches. Crows sit on the branches, and a tagline reads: Love can be a witch. A blurb from Sangu Mandanna reads: ‘Warm and lovely’
Around the image, against a starry night background, are various pieces of text connected to it by arrows. They read: “bi villainous heroine,” “sweet cinnamon-roll hero with a fake identity,” “crow friends,” “found family,” and “flirting with fountains pens.” At the bottom of the image are the words: Only 99p this September!

Chaosium @chaosium.bsky.social · yesterday

We are delighted that iconic maps from our Call of Cthulhu and RuneQuest #TTRPGs have been selected for inclusion in this exhibition of 700 years of Cartography in Fiction, at the Zurich Central Library in Switzerland 🇨🇭, from September 4 to December 5.

New Exhibition Charts 700 years of Cartography in Fiction

The Sunderland Collection of world maps has announced the creation of Ex Carta, a sister collection dedicated to fictional and world-building cartography that spans more than 700 years across over 160...

finebooksmagazine.com

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · yesterday

A new YouGov poll on how Brits see Reform is telling: Have clear sense of purpose: +7 net Strong: -6 In touch: -18 Cares about ordinary people: -32 Competent: -35 Trying to do right thing: -38 Moderate: -38 Trustworthy: -46 Tolerant: -46

Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 2d ago

Proud to be the 413th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Visionary Vultures 5 Art for a Cause - Rainforest Radiance! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/f...

Visionary Vultures 5 Art for a Cause - Rainforest Radiance

The much celebrated series is back in a cascade of colors! A stunning collection of art jewelry celebrating vultures, supporting wild bird rescue, and raising awareness of endangered vulture, raptor, ...

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Lin Darrow @lindarrow.bsky.social · 6mo ago

💿 👻 ✨ I’m thrilled to show off Barbara Ciardo’s glorious cover for Dead New World, my Queer scifi book about holographically resurrected ghosts working dead end jobs, falling in love and solving ghost crimes that’s available for preorder now! buff.ly/xWdY6xp

Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 2d ago

IT'S HERE! 📣 "Rainforest Radiance" is LIVE 19 brand-new bird designs have just landed! 🎁 Special early-bird freebie for the first 48 hours ❤️ Returning-backers get bonuses 🦅 Every pledge helps support our wildlife rescue & rehabilitation work Come meet the new flock! 👇 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8

Scott Edelman @scottedelman.bsky.social · 3d ago

Farewell to the great Wendell Berry. Remember — though you have done nothing shameful, they will want you to be ashamed.

DO NOT BE ASHAMED
You will be walking some night in the comfortable dark of your yard and suddenly a great light will shine round about you, and behind you will be a wall you never saw before.
It will be clear to you suddenly that you were about to escape, and that you are guilty: you misread the complex instructions, you are not a member, you lost your card or never had one. And you will know that they have been there all along, their eyes on your letters and books, their hands in your pockets, their ears wired to your bed.
Though you have done nothing shameful, they will want you to be ashamed.
They will want you to kneel and weep and say you should have been like them.
And once you say you are ashamed, reading the page they hold out to you, then such light as you have made in your history will leave you.
They will no longer need to pursue you.
You will pursue them, begging forgiveness, and they will not forgive you.
There is no power against them.
It is only candor that is aloof from them, only an inward clarity, unashamed, that they cannot reach. Be ready.
When their light has picked you out and their questions are asked, say to them:
"I am not ashamed." A sure horizon will come around you. The heron will rise in his evening flight from the hilltop.

Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 3d ago

“I thought you’d know better than to go down dark alleys,” Jane muttered. “Someone was calling for help!” “That’s *twice* as good a reason not to go down a dark alley." #writing

Girl’s Own advice @girlsown.bsky.social · 3d ago

We do not see anything masculine in wearing the hair short. Many busy girls do so at present and are glad to save the time they would have to bestow on dressing it and keeping it in order. People are getting wiser and look more to daily life than to hair for indications of character.

Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 4d ago

“Anyhow. Water under the bridge.” The Bursar took a deep breath. “Got to let it go. Wave it goodbye and not hold any grudges. Damn the little swine.” Phil considered what sort of gesture of support and affection she’d want in a situation like this. She filled the Bursar’s cup with coffee. #writing

Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 4d ago

Happy Birthday, Mary Shelley! Born on this day in 1797 🫀

Digital illustration by Abigail Larson depicting a stylized portrait of Mary Shelley

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 4d ago

#HeadsUp: As pointed out by @missingvolume.bsky.social, Penric's Demon, by Lois McMaster Bujold, is on US Kindle sale for $1; I got some copies for random giveaway.

The Missing Volume@missingvolume.bsky.social · 4d ago

Penric's Demon is on sale as well.

World Travel Posters @worldtravelposters.bsky.social · 4d ago

James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 5d ago

ITS FUCKING PARKRUN. THERE IS NO 'FEMALE EVENT'. IT IS FUCKING PARKRUN

Neil Mackay@neilmackay.bsky.social · 5d ago

Curious … the headline claims it’s ’women’ making the demands. Yet read the piece and you discover the campaign group is founded and run by a man, who wishes to remain anonymous …

The Phantom Tollbooth Quotes @phantomtollbot.bsky.social · 5d ago

“Perhaps you might allow Rhyme and Reason to return,” said Milo softly. “How nice that would be,” said Azaz, straightening up and adjusting his crown. “Even if they were a bother at times, things always went so well when they were here.”

Genevieve Cogman @genevievecogman.bsky.social · 5d ago

“The press has everywhere thrown off its quest for truth And by its torches the whole world is bedazzled Your fathers were all subject to abject ignorance But you are all undone by an excess of knowledge…”

The Public Domain Review@publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 5d ago

“Laughter in the Time of Cholera” — Political instability, popular unrest, and an impending pandemic? Welcome to 1830s France. Vlad Solomon explores what made Parisiens laugh in a moment of crisis through the prism of a vaudeville play: publicdomainreview.org/essay/l...

Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 5d ago

The image is of a four panel comic.
The title reads, "Suddenly Finding A New Obsession".
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, in front of her computer. She has a bored expression on her face.
In the second panel we zoom in on her face. She looks suddenly alert.
In the third panel we zoom in even closer on her face. Her eyes and mouth are wide open in intrigue.
In the fourth panel we zoom out and see Sarah in front of her computer again, but this time she is dressed in a frog costume, surrounded by frog toys, and has an "I heart frogs" poster behind her.

Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 5d ago

By the by, at #Ebooks Direct, our Summer Reading #Sale is still on (because it's not #LaborDay yet). And this is probably the best deal in the place. (Before you ask: no, the "Lioness's Mane" novelette isn't in there. New releases enter that package after 90 days.) ebooks.direct/products/ebo...

Ebooks Direct Whole Store Bundle

This ebook bundle (not available in the UK: details below) contains our complete inventory of non-new-release* works. All our ebooks are DRM-free, and come with the usual EBD lifetime replacement guar...

ebooks.direct

Diane Duane @diane.dianeduane.com · 5d ago

Over at Tumblr, possibly the best "Dear Author" AI slop email seen so far: www.tumblr.com/dduane/82628...

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