Little girl on the train: Uncle Mallory died. Her mum: Yes. Little girl: So he won't feel anything now. Her mum: No. Little girl: Which is good because the insects will be eating his eyes.
Kym Deyn
@kymdeyn.bsky.social
Nuisance, writer, publisher - the devil's dandy - poetry & weird fic - tarot - https://linktr.ee/kymdeyn - she/they with MECFS. In books and in bogs.
we are at the point where huge swathes of the media sees their only job as getting attention from the public and giving nothing back and you're supposed to juuust tell enough truth that you can't be called an outright liar, just get the click anyhow, it is used car sales masquerading as journalism
Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell@garethlpowell.bsky.social · 8h agoIt’s like how there was that one professor who thought the recent interstellar asteroids were likely to be alien spaceships, and even though the rest of the scientific community disagreed with him, it was reported as “scientist says…”
Ya’ll!! Mohenjo Daro was JUST LIKE THAT Bratz-doll-ass civilisation, respect
Kate Compton@galaxykate.bsky.social · 2d agoWait did i show yall the worlds best cow painting?
"Prudery is the enemy of art" - Soviet poster, 1980s
stupid william stukeley poem I got published in Occulum Magazine the better part of a decade ago
this is my favourite thing William Stukeley ever said. let's just reflect on the Ancient Egyptians, Plato and the Druids AND ALL of the HEATHEN PHILOSOPHIES having a true "CHURCH OF ENGLAND" appreciation for the Doctrine of the Trinity. did you know that Mentuhotep III was an anglican??
Kym Deyn@kymdeyn.bsky.social · 2d agomany apologies to inflict any part of my undergrad dissertation on anyone, but fundamentally William Stukeley is not a man to take seriously
People talk about Creative Freedom but limitations demand more creativity than absolute free rein. Even if that’s simply the limitations of medium. This is the main reason big budget movies usually have some of the weakest stories.
Mags Visaggio - Writer and Writing Coach for Hire 🏳️⚧️@magsvisaggio.com · 2d agoI miss when cable TV had absolutely no money and tons of airtime to fill so they'd be like fuck it what about a guy and a puppet make fun of movies? what if we just take all this old cartoon shit we have and make a talk show?
"forcibly insert your book into global conversations" by having a self-published race-against-time political thriller set in 1960s Liverpool knock Emmanuel Macron out when he's mid-speech
ahh AI Mary is threatening to fire books out of amazon warehouses with trebuchets
KJ Charles@kjcharleswriter.com · 2d agoGuys I just got this marketing email and I'm scared.
Happy to report that I have a wet creaturey poem forthcoming in an issue of @othersidespec.bsky.social 💚🐊
“The UK has been ranked ***189th*** out of 218 countries for nature, with some 56% species in decline and 15% threatened with extinction… rewilding – large-scale restoration of nature to the point where it can take care of itself – will help reverse this collapse in biodiversity”
This is a genuinely wonderful option for us in England, and it sucks its not available elsewhere. Quick note: be prepared to ADVOCATE for yourself if you take this route. I had an adverse reaction and they wanted to juggle me between them & my GP with both denying they knew anything helpful.
Ash@queerash.bsky.social · 2d agooh and also a good time to remind you of Right To Choose for ADHD diagnosis, which lets you choose an independent/private provider (paid for by the NHS), with far shorter waiting times (weeks rather than months/years)
if anyone would like to help I have a ko-fi. I am still seeking long- term employment. I have a life-limiting condition that will kill me within days if I am not medicated. I dont have a thyroid, and I take synthetic thyroid hormones to continue living. Thank you so much ko-fi.com/littlestpers...
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🇵🇸 Caleb 𓇼 ⋆｡˚ 𓆝⋆｡˚ 𓇼 🏳️⚧️@littlestpersimmon.bsky.social · 2d agoCurrently losing my mind bc I dont know how to deal with my aging parents bc we live in the global south. We dont have any facilities that is comparable even 20% of what americans are used to. But if i dont step up theyll die, and i dont want that. Idk I just feel so alone and helpless
House clearances undertaken is the usual terminology but ok
I never shared this! It's my poem, Scrag End, from my collection folkish which was longlisted for the National Poetry Prize 2025, which was a very big and very lovely surprise at the time. 💚
look this is entirely on me. 1000% my fault. bc i made the fatal mistake of peeking at reviews of my book. I'm shaking hands with orpheus. but look. if ur gonna be upset that my book about FOLKLORE (folklore!) has a focus on PLACE and LANDSCAPE. like. maybe. think about folklore as more than content
Have you ever wondered what it's like to study a dead language? Friends, I'm proud to share LENORA! A classical Latin codex curated for poets, writers, scholars & language lovers. Completely free, merely the soul of language. #poetrysky #latin 🏛️ Enter the Scriptorium: lenoralatin.org
From the Rijksmuseum collection, how about this neat 17th century travel case for your miniature skull. Just the thing I need, a shame they don't sell them in the gift shop ..
