“How will we ever replace them?” FUND. THE. ARTS.

Tim Curry’s commitment, fearlessness and astounding sexuality make Frank-N-Furter one of the greatest film performances of all time. Absolutely ridiculous, completely electric, screen charisma at its peak. RIP to a one of a kind. deadline.com/2026/08/tim-...

Tim Curry Dead: 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' Actor Was 80

Tim Curry, who shot to stardom in his signature role as the corset-wearing “sweet transvestite from transexual Transylvania” Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture S...

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Just saw Facebook antivaxxers speculating that 80-year-old Dolly Parton’s death was hastened by the COVID vaccine she helped fund the development of and received—half a decade ago—and am thinking about how the past decade spent catering to these people has been nothing but a waste of time.

This was my introduction to Tim Curry. I never recovered

Paul Haine@paulhaine.bsky.social · 14h ago

Mia Sara in Legend choosing milksop Tom Cruise over muscular horny demon Tim Curry always felt like a plot hole

Both Dolly Parton and Tim Curry had such a genuine enthusiasm for performing that it was impossible not to love them for it, there were things more highly and lowly regarded in their bodies of work but both of them threw themselves into everything because it was pure joy for them and that rules

I am planning to lodge a complaint about this ridiculous article which massively misrepresents the tiny (if very vocal) minority of “GC” or transphobic individuals in our community. Highly irresponsible and a gross abuse of the BBC’s platform. Please join me www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...

Patrick Ness@patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 19h ago

Narrator: it has not. One anonymous gender critical “lesbian” and one gay from Reform do not a backlash make. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Narrator: it has not. One anonymous gender critical “lesbian” and one gay from Reform do not a backlash make. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The backlash Pride faces from inside and outside the LGBT community

Big companies used to go out of their way to support Pride. Now, there's a nervousness in the air, Darren Milby writes

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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has gifted over 150 million books (yes, 150 million) around the world. This is what goodness looks like. She ALSO brought us Buffy. She ALSO funded the Covid vaccine. She ALSO wrote “Jolene”. The most remarkable person. donate.imaginationlibrary.com

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Meridian, a particularly glorious new offering from @patricknessbooks.bsky.social in a suitably glorious packaging, coming February (pre-order now with your fav local bookshop! Or online! www.waterstones.com/book/meridia...) bsky.app/profile/patr...

Patrick Ness@patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 3d ago

And the @canongate.co.uk cover! So good! Out in February!

How about the cover reveal for my new adult novel MERIDIAN?!?! Out in February on @canongate.co.uk in the UK and on Restless Books in the US!! This is the US cover; the UK is very slightly different but equally gorgeous.

Again the fact that this guy is getting published in the Wall Street Journal indicates a kind of institutional derangement redolent of the the backlash to the Reconstruction and the fact that he’s using his position to characterize himself as a fearless truth-teller is less laughable than obscene

It's really remarkable - and absolutely not at all remarkable - how the most raging TERFs are the ones defending the worst people in the world about the Jason Arday tragedy. Transphobia is the tip of a very, very nasty iceberg. They will concede nothing, which pushes them into ever uglier beliefs

jaspermaxxing@hoovybaby.bsky.social · 7d ago

Imagine my shock,

Consensus is yes.

Patrick Ness@patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 5d ago

Big Nutbrown Hare is kind of a jerk.

So Alan Carr’s PictureSlam is on and… it’s Numberwang, isn’t it? It makes no sense, people say random things, and someone eventually shouts “PictureSlam!” That’s NumberWang! (Das ist Nummerwang!)

This is bracing, remarkable reading by Will Self about Jason Arday, naming names in blistering terms, including several prominent TERFs who joined the kicking of Arday. May Kathleen Stock and Sarah Ditum and everyone else involved never live this down.

Neil Mackay@neilmackay.bsky.social · last wk.

Every single journalist in Britain should read this searing essay by Will Self

Rank and file Republicans are turning against LGBT acceptance and GOP politicians are leaning into bigotry in both rhetoric and policy. But it is you, the progressive queer or ally, who needs to open your mind and consider other people's feelings. news.gallup.com/poll/710810/...

no one called it 'cutting off family' when these same parents threw their gay kids out of the house. wild how that works.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · last wk.

lol come the fuck on

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Coming soon: Jack of Thorns: Deluxe Hardback Edition

A breathtaking deluxe special edition of the critically acclaimed M/M Urban Fantasy adventure.

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And yet sometimes it is. This is just a generation of parents who don’t want to take responsibility for putting their beliefs over their love for children. Some parents of queer kids are amazing. So if yours weren’t, know that that’s a choice.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · last wk.

lol come the fuck on

thanks to elon musk.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 2w ago

Because of global cuts to foreign aid, the Gates Foundation has predicted that 2025 will be the first year this century where child deaths will increase.

New from Kathleen Stock: I am too dumb for climate change

I very rarely use the word scum to refer to a person but sometimes it is the only word appropriate for the absolute moral depravity of these awful people. As usual being a TERF aligns with being monstrously lacking in compassion and a totally entitled bigot. JHB can get in the sea

Ep 5 of the new Repair Shop is worth finding. A cis man brings in a dress from his recently passed trans sister, 68, an artist. He obviously adored her, and the love and respect shown to her art and memory reminds you of how decent most people are, when they’re not rabid obsessed billionaires.

We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1

Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

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The TERF/anti-antiracism nexus in the UK commentariat: Kathleen Stock pre death: doing a video a day for The Times (plus more elsewhere) about how scandalous it all was. Stock post death: thoughts and prayers so much to reflect on I am very sensitive

This was the first time since moving to London in 2009 I’ve encountered homophobic abuse in my city. Here’s the driver who was speeding down Kingly St which is semi-pedestrianised only allows unloading vans, he nearly clipped me told me to f*ck off then called me a “batty boy” still angry about it

Patrick Ness@patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 2w ago

This morning, a driver for Natures Choice London cut my husband off in SoHo and called him a “batty boy”. But sure, we don’t need Pride anymore.

Will this get 100 articles in the Telegraph over a month?

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

Christopher Berry-Dee is the UK’s all-time bestselling true crime author. Is he also a violent abuser of women and children?

Andy Burnham:

I see people lying every day - fearmongering about immigrants, trans people, disabled people, benefit claimants. Do they get hounded to death? No, they get cushy jobs at the Mail, Telegraph, Sun, Times and Express. So spare me the pretending that the press actually give a solitary shit about lying.

Wrote a little eclipse hunting round-up (and I had fun featuring a quote from Mamma Carpineti) Also thanks to @kjcbyrne.bsky.social and @davemayhem.bsky.social for the pictures! 🔭🧪 www.iflscience.com/as-an-eclips...

As An “Eclipse Hunter”, This Was My Third Total Solar Eclipse And I Was Just As In Awe Of This Celestial Spectacle

I had planned this trip two years ago, and I was not disappointed!

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