Luke Belcourt
@lukebelcourt.com
Queer adventure fantasy writer✨🔮 VAMPIRES IN PARK CIRCUS now available! bi witch | 🏴 BEGONE TERFS https://lukebelcourt.com
You all know I'm going to say it....yes this is part of why I got out of X-Men comics
Vivian Moira Valentine@itsviviactually.bsky.social · yesterdayThe big disconnect in online media discussion appears to be between those talking about blorbos as if they are works of fiction created by real people with influences both conscious and unconscious, and those talking as if blorbos are real people
The Odyssey merch is getting out of hand
Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 6d agoSainsbury's to sell Argos for £120m
The reason climate doomerism is so infuriating is because it's always like five companies doing it, yet a huge number of people just go, "well as a species we are destined to destroy the earth." The idea that you could just put restrictions on corporations not entering anyone's mind here I guess.
Alt text:, ‘Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term "dark matter," which is impressive; but he also coined the term "spherical bastard" to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and l think that should be celebrated more.’
I AM DAD@iamdad.bsky.social · last wk.
She was Hayao Miyazaki's "right-hand" collaborator from the '70s onward. Her name was Michiyo Yasuda -- the best color designer in animation. Yasuda's eye for color gave Ghibli's work a totally different look. We explore her methods: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-artist...
these Young Male Christians should form some sort of Association, then they could offer services beyond gymnasiums and shower facilities, such as short-term lodging at which it might be fun to stay
huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 2w agofoolproof 👍
Always forget to promote stuff here! I'm programming arts and cultural STUFF for Pride House Glasgow, starting this Friday with a queer comedy night at Woody's with an absolutely insane line up - check out the website, all the events I'm putting on are free! pridehouseglasgow.co.uk/events/
"why does the UK change leaders so often?" there are diminishing returns wrt how long each vessel can house thatcher's spirit. by the end of the century we'll be getting through 1000 prime ministers a day
Congratulations Andy Burnham. This is your chance for a reset in Government.
Meta are sending Fucko the Knife Robot to stab you in the knee. To disable go to Accounts> Settings> Robots> Knife Robots> Fucko> Opt Out
here, to the wee handful of people who have been continuing to buy my books even though it's been six months since I've mentioned them publicly Thank you
Woman Crying Happily
Alt: Woman Crying Happily
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hey guys I don't read this genre but I'm here to revolutionise it. I haven't read a single book that's done this.
I just feel like at this point bubble bath should remind you on the label when they're orange/yellow: "Remember this will in practice look like you're bathing in 100 litres of bubbly piss" Every time. Every time I am fooled
Sicilian metaphor of the day “Suckers, new shoots that come straight from the rootstock, [must] be removed during pruning. In Sicily suckers are called bacchettoni [-] a word you might also use to describe your sister's boyfriend if he were tall and handsome but utterly useless in every other way.”
Therapist: Cunty Vegeta isn't real, he can't hurt you Cunty Vegeta:
MENTALES@mentales.com.br · 3w agoexcelente recauchutada parabens pelo divorcio
but happy no pride in genocide day glasgow i’m proud of you and glad you’re here 💖🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 and fuck you glasgow pride ltd 🖕
The impact that hyperscale data centres would have on our communities, environment, and energy systems are unfathomable. This growing international rejection underscores the importance of Scotland introducing a similar ban, before the damage is done.
The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 3w agoThe impacts that hyperscale data centres would have on our communities, environment, and energy systems are unfathomable, writes Gillian Mackay ✍️ 🔗 www.thenational.scot/politi...
If you pile your furniture in the middle of your living room then set it on fire, you will have the warmest house in your street, for a few hours.
Me: 😭😭😭😭 I don’t know what to do My tarot deck: *spits in my face* yes you do, you fucking loser I swear every card drops with the TikTok boom sound effect with this thing fs
Whitby is very much a vacation town for old British pensioners so the sample size is disproportionate but I KEEP having this same interaction where an older person who seems perfectly lovely suddenly SWERVES into a completely rancid transphobic non sequitur ??? and acts like it was completely normal
RIP Bonnie Tyler you would have loved...
Sky News@news.sky.com · 4w agoEurope's first total solar eclipse in almost 30 years: What you need to know
Remember, the transphobic EHRC code is being implemented by this government by CHOICE, not because it HAS to. Labour is CHOOSING to implement transphobic segregation.
Trans advocates and MPs urge government to scrap 'segregation' code'
The EHRC Code of Practice is set to pass Parliament today at the end of the 40-day scrutiny period, despite 166 MPs signing a 'prayer' motion to stop it — including more than 90 Labour backbenchers
mirror.co.uk
Hey, look what someone left for me... Well, it was the postman, but he's always good to me. And in today's book post it's my honest to god brand new short story collection. Hand Me Downs is a real book! Thank you everyone at PS Publishing. And cover artist Vince Haig. It's a work of heart.
Okay. This is a big deal for me Three years ago, writer Henry Bean told me he had a short story he'd finished in 2020, which he felt needed to be published He'd been turned down everywhere I read it I was stunned I took it to @jewishcurrents.bsky.social It's up now, and it will change you:
The Event
“Something has taken place that we cannot speak of or know or even fully perceive, yet the fact of which sits before us.”
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Oh, have I not told this one here? Okay. So Grandma had The Charisma.
Hipster Viking Amy@lasrina.bsky.social · 4w agoSummoning @tkingfisher.com to tell the story of her grandma getting like five marriages annulled.
not that there isn't some pleasure to take in farage falling out of favour and taking a kicking, but i always resent what a fix the whole mainstream UK news media is. when you're in they help you hide your scandals, when you're out they suddenly rediscover them. breaking news: some old news we hid
TLDR: I don't blame you for making mistakes and I respect you for owning up. But this is a major wakeup call that you need to take a hard look at your editorial standards and consider why fifteen of you all got played by the exact same playbook.
