In a change from the advertised programme, Porth Wen brickworks, Anglesey. Bricks were silica rich (+ heat resistant) from sandstone, used in steel making furnaces
J.A. Prentice
@japrenticewrites.bsky.social
He/they. SFWA Member. Stories published with Apex, Kaleidotrope, Big Finish, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, The Magazine of F&SF, Cast of Wonders, and more! j.a.prenticewrites@gmail.com is my work contact email.
In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
Strong case for the ATLA movie being one of the most visually beautiful films ever made. Story was fine but the animation justifies the entire project. Like glancing into a parallel world where 2D animation didn’t just stop developing in the US after Shrek.
Yet another reason why DS9 is the greatest Trek that's ever been or ever will be
Toronto Man@fucklandlords.com · 6h agoA Plot: Odo bonds with a Jem'Hadar while grappling with what it means to be a lab rat B Plot: Sisko's son is dating the biggest tittied Dabo girl in the quadrant
This kind of thing is why I unfollowed the underlying poster despite liking his posts on classical and medieval warfare.
terra firma, terra eterna 🚱🌉@kavi.bsky.social · 15h agoThe underlying post here is basically saying "the democrats should spend a huge amount of political capital, and literal taxpayer capital, rebuilding the military capability of the United States so that the next Republican can use it to destabilize the world again" and like, no? Why would we do that
The underlying post here is basically saying "the democrats should spend a huge amount of political capital, and literal taxpayer capital, rebuilding the military capability of the United States so that the next Republican can use it to destabilize the world again" and like, no? Why would we do that
Defence Scheme Enjoyer 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇲🇽🇵🇸@maxp94.bsky.social · 15h agoThe Hormuz crisis is taking place specifically as a consequence of American power projection capabilities.
Bugs Bunny is the direct descendent of unhinged medieval marginalia rabbits.
Denny O’Neil, Neal Adams, and Dick Giordano crafted the Two-Face story in Batman 234 (1971). Here’s ol’ Harvey, with different finishes based on paper stock and color palettes over the years.
It's a common misconception, but the zine is in fact Kaleidotrope's monster.
dead & injured were mostly women & children. Only approx 7-10k military Thousands (a lot) of Koreans, forced laborers, were killed. USA targeted center of Hiroshima to max effects on people & housing Industrial sites on outskirts were largely undamaged, as had been known in planning. See:
Stephen Schwartz@atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 9h agoAt this instant in 1945 (8:15 AM August 6, local time), Little Boy—a 15-kiloton, uranium-fueled atomic bomb—destroyed Hiroshima, killing (per official US military estimates) ~70,000 men, women, and children, incl. 12 American POWs. Independent estimates later maintained ~140,000 people were killed.
hahahaha this, so much this. Ours is a world of low-key magic, of tamed lightning and thinking rocks, and yet we take it for granted and don't walk around having "As you know, Bob..." exposition conversations. Fear not, and simply write. :)
Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash!@standplaatskrk.pl · 21h ago
Here a compilation of stupid things library consultants have said to me in solidarity with library pals at Lambeth Libraries where genius consultants has decided that a qualified head of library service post isn't really essential.
Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966), UK premiere this day in 1966. Directed by Gordon Flemyng. Starring Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, Ray Brooks, and Andrew Keir. Italian poster, art by Renato Casaro.
Lots chatter in these social media streets bout Children of Blood and Bone. ALL BLACK EVERYTHING flick got ALL BLACK DRAMA. But this blog ain't bout none of that. Instead, I tackle another related controversy about the joys, rewards, perils, and pitfalls of writing African-inspired fantasy.
Africa, Fantasy, and Worldbuilding
Movie still featuring royal family in film adaptation of Children of Blood and Bone Over the past few weeks there’s been a lot of discourse about the film adaptation of Nigerian-American writ…
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If you haven't read the poem "The Carcass of the World" by @aijiang.bsky.social from our 🌟June 2026 issue🌟, now's your chance! It's about the anguish of dying lands and the things that rise at the end of the world, and you can read it here: havenspec.com/poetry/the-c...
“The Garden Of Evil!” One of the truly out-there covers for imaginary DC Comics alt-world stories by Mark Waid & Ty Templeton from 1999’s Elseworlds: 80 page giant.
Archaeologists have discovered ancient kaleidotropes dating back as far the Paleolithic era, when mankind's ancestors still had to hunt or forage for wild short stories and poems.
And Terry Pratchett started just about every third sentence with ‘And’. So you can do that too. You can also start sentences with ‘But’. A pox on editors who insist on changing all those to ‘Yet’.
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 12h agoJane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
Hamlet with lions? Great. Romeo and Juliet with lions?? Excellent. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead with lions??? Transcendant. Why are we getting shot-for-shot live action remakes when we could be getting more Shakespeare with lions?
AJ Wentz@ajwentz.com · yesterdayWhy did The Lion King stop after three movies? Where is A Midsummer Night's Dream with lions? Much Ado About Nothing with lions? The Tempest with lions? They could have kept this going.
So the official recommendation is for small businesses to replace male and female single lockable toilets with gender neutral single lockable toilets, thereby protecting women from the risk of being in a women's toilet on their own.
Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 13h agoEHRC chair challenged on how to enforce single-sex toilet rules www.channel4.com/news/ehrc-ch...
Somehow things that would have been a background gag in a Verhoeven movie are now just real
I would really love to edit a Greek myth and folklore anthology written by Greek, diaspora and BIPOC authors. If any publishers or powers that be are listening. I’m shooting my shot.
