I love this challenge a lot, do check it out!

The Golden Cobra Challenge@goldencobra.bsky.social · 3w ago

ssssssssss The Golden Cobra Challenge 2026 is OPEN for sssubmissions. Ssubmit by October 15th! www.goldencobra.org

This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.

No professor fired or charged with sexual misconduct has ever gotten the press attention that this plagiarism case has.

On August 16th, as part of the Long-distance LARPing project between Nerdlab and @sickhouse-nl.bsky.social we are organizing the online LARP Eating Oranges in the Shower 🍊by @hazelxd.bsky.social Write me if you’re curious, and register if you’re convinced! forms.gle/YynBP17pTVUk...

Eating Oranges in the Shower by Hazel Anneke Dixon

Sickhouse & Nerdlab once again bundle their forces for a couple of amazing activities as a part of the Long-distance LARPing project. This year we are organizing five digital role-playing games. Next ...

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angel!!! (I made it to the North East)

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Saw a post today that advised writers to stop writing as if a human will read it and start writing for an LLM that will be summarising. As someone who really enjoyed trying to develop a peculiar but readable authorial voice, I find this incredibly depressing.

Honorable Mentions Final Commencement by Francine Wildt Gods of Nothings by Shing Yin Khor LOOP GAIN by Lin Codega Our Queenblessed Bodies by Natalie Pudim Paranormal Parasocial by Hazel Anneke Dixon WE WILL NOT SPEAK OF THIS by Allison Rassmann Find them here: www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...

We've all seen what the EHRC has been doing. Here's what you can do about it. There are lots of protests happening today. And also actions like letter writing, or petitions. whatthetrans.com/compilation-...

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️@whatthetrans.com · last yr.

Why the fuck are they uploading it at this time in the night? The bastards. www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre... Also the fuckers put together the evil shit in here. And I only had a short glance.

‘The problem with declaring yourself a defender of all things normal and sensible is that you’re often the last to notice when you have, in fact, gone bananas.’ The embarrassing truth about Britain’s trans panic: lauriepenny.substack.com/p/terf-islan...

TERF Island: the embarassing truth about Britain's Trans Panic.

Condemning an entire category of people on the basis that one of them might commit a crime is the very essence of prejudice. And that prejudice plays straight into the hands of the far right.

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I get what people are trying to do when they share photos of trans men with "do you want me using the women's bathrooms?" but we shouldn't be teaching that trans people are to be feared at all.

The Supreme Court ignored trans voices, harming trans people – and the fairness of its ruling. I’m ashamed of what our law has become, says @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social 💬 goodlaw.social/83qa

The Supreme Court ignored trans voices. I’m ashamed of what our law has become | Good Law Project

The Supreme Court’s decision to exclude trans voices has harmed trans people – and harmed the fairness of their ruling.

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Reading the anti-trans executive order, not only is it worse than has been reported, you know that UK transphobes will take this as a model for what to do here. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism And Restoring Biological Truth To The Federal Government – The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United

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This issue, titled “Consent is an Access Issue: Rethinking Disability, Accessibility, and Consent-Based Theatre Practice” can read here: journals.calstate.edu/jcbp #theatre #TheatreSky #TAPS #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Dr. Katya Vrtis@purplezebrav.bsky.social · 2y ago

The Journal of Consent-Based Performance Special Issue on Disability just came out. I am so proud to have been a part of this fantastic project. Check it out now!

I would go on the Traitors specifically to find the answers to 50 or so questions I have about how the producers engineer such chaos.

Whenever I get an influx of new followers like today, I hope that I've been added to the some strange, unhinged Starter Pack like "These people were enemies in my dream last night".

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What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2025?

At the start of each year, on January 1st, a new crop of works enter the public domain. Find our highlights of what lies in store for 2025 here.

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Today I move into my new house in London ahhhhhhhh

ProPublica spoke with 135 people who had experienced "sweeps" of homeless encampments. We also distributed notecards so people could write about it in their own words. In Portland, Teresa Stratton told us her husband’s ashes were taken in a removal: propub.li/4fW8YIT

I'm proud to announce the Sign Language Interpreters in TTRPGs Directory is open for submissions! If you are a Sign Language Interpreter (any international sign language) and are comfortable with tabletop terms, language, & gameplay, please add yourself! https://bit.ly/3VSwr4b

It's time to explore some cool ideas about accessibility and roleplay!

Possibly the best feature of BlueSky. In accessibility settings, you can turn on the option to not let you post an image without alt text. Alt text is so important but even the best of us can forget, in a hurry. (Thanks @glasgalf.bsky.social for the tip) #a11y #Accessibility

Good morning Bluesky. Here's a helpful starter pack for divorced men named Geoff but one has been murdered. Please help us find the killer. go.bsky.app/KDY26rh

Inspiring: A Meta AI chatbot called "FungiFriend" got added to a mushroom forager Facebook group and immediately told members there it is safe to sauté a mushroom known to often contain deadly amounts of arsenic. Moderators say the bot was added automatically www.404media.co/ai-chatbot-a...

Hello Bluesky! Have a mini introduction! - I currently work as an Inclusion and Ethics researcher for CoSTAR National Lab - focusing on equity in emerging creative technologies. - I'm an immersive designer - creating larps, interactive theatre and escape rooms.