EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect today so remember to be an absolute pain in the arse to any service provider who is trying to actively enforce it.

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The government’s transphobic statutory guidance is now up and running – we’re fighting back

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Oh look, the GFM is almost at its final goal of $25K with just $448 remaining to hit the goal. gofund.me/d120eaa3c

Donate to Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt., organized by Tanya DePass

Update: I initially had no plan to up the goal or change anyt… Tanya DePass needs your support for Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt.

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One of the (many) things I find so despairing about chronic illness is how much time I must spend resting so I can gather scraps of energy But time spent resting = less time to do things. So when you *do* have a bit more energy, you must choose b/t so many priority tasks. Nvm things you WANT to do

Finished my first run through of Dispatch. I think the criticisms I had of it in the beginning still stand but it was a fun game to play + fun enough that I'll do a few replays My main choices: 🗡 Coupé > Sonar 🧡 Romanced Blonde Blazer ❌️ Didn't forgive Visi 🦸‍♂️ Phenomaman > Waterboy

Have a very expensive and very unwanted emergency dentist appointment in an hour Please send all of your love bc I hate the dentist and will need it

My middle grade horror got a starred review from Kirkus!!!? It’s ocean horror by an oceanographer. And you can BET there’s a monster involved. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

So, uhhhh, I'm suddenly going to WorldCon/LACon if anyone wants to help fund this wild adventure (or meet up while I'm in the LA area). Meanwhile, let's see if I can finish plotting and drafting a whole ass novel between now and then like a very normal person who writes at a very normal speed.

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It's been practically impossible to get Lorcana product this year thanks to scumbag scalpers coming over, BUT we finally managed to get something for the new set which debuted Monsters Inc & I managed to pull a rare Boo card (the only character I wanted from the set) 😍😍

An important update for your Sunday

unseal your cards, unseal your comics, take things out of the fucking box. it's all just cardboard and plastic. fuck the resale market

Dexerto@dexerto.bsky.social · 5d ago

K-pop star Momo is under fire after breaking open a vintage graded Pokémon card to stick it on her face and keep it in her phone case

Crazy the way this keeps happening....

Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 4d ago

A far-right thug who performed Nazi salutes at a "protect women and children protest" has been exposed as a serial stalker and abuser.

Sir David Attenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." www.vox.com/2019/4/12/18...

David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”

The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.

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Oh sorry, also forgot to add: ✅️ mould ✅️ moths ✅️ religion !!!

Avery Delany@softfutures.bsky.social · 4d ago

So tired of when horror writers are out here like: ✅️ creepy dark house ✅️ someone was hospitalised ✅️ strange illness probably from a trip to Egypt ✅️ adopted child / missing child /both ✅️ abuse probably ✅️ run and hide!!!!! Also, the writing is just terrible & has a jodie foster lookalike protag??

Started playing Remothered: Tormented Fathers tonight & got bored after about half an hour Incredibly small, difficult to read white text along with weirdly overbrightened cutscenes & very dark rest the time, and tickbox horror is not the vibe 😂

Today is my birthday (turning 30), which is the only time each year when I ask you for a repost should you like my art. Have a good day! 🦦🌿✨️ - Simon

I've been slowly working away on my professional website (previously my "academic" site) so I can set into motion some ideas I've been plotting on in the background 👀 Here you can find a compilation of my public engagement + publications, and contact details for work opportunities

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Visit the post for more.

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Big thanks to @duncanrobson.com for making the trailer and doing the VO in a pinch, all my pals at forums.insertcredit.com who donated their time to vet games, and @videogameworkers.bsky.social for creating the hardship fund and asking me to run this bundle. Now let's get those numbers UP.

NOVEL OUT NOW! Valorous King was your typical YA hero - a knight of the realm, child of destiny, favourite of the king, all that. Now he's nearly 30, riddled with PTSD, back in his home town, and stalking his old PE teacher, who tricks him into going to therapy. At least he's got the dog.

World Encyclopedias Dinosaur Encyclopedias World Atlas' Horse Encyclopedias (both horse riding and horse breeds) I also used to carry around a huge British History Encyclopedia in year 3 so I could do a dramatic show & tell of the Black Death pages

S. Kramer@libraryephemera.bsky.social · 6d ago

Were you a child who read The World Book Encyclopedia for fun?

I've been experiencing technical difficulties this evening whilst trying to update my professional website The technical difficulties being a cat on the keyboard 🤣

We tried to warn you, we warned everyone

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It was never going to stop at trans people.

Just 🔸2 days🔸 left to snag this TTRPG bundle and help designer Rae Nedjadi pay down the expenses incurred by a long hospital stay. Over $285 worth of games for just 25 bucks, and 98% of your donation goes directly to Rae. Act now, the bundle vanishes on Aug 1st! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

I find almost impossible to be "productive" these days but had so many little wins today that I want to share them: 🖋 zine drafting 💭 planning for an exciting new feature on my blog 💻 updating my professional website 🐱 volunteering 📚 review planning 💬 pitched an article to a magazine

It's a good job I use google calendar so much because otherwise it would make updating the "here's what I did each year" page on my professional website an absolute nightmare Turns out remembering everything you did from 2022 - 2026 when most of it is a blur is not easy

Good news: Sean thankfully found it on a web archive so I have downloaded a copy so I can actually have it back 😱

Avery Delany@softfutures.bsky.social · last wk.

It's only now that I am in the middle of writing an article pitch that I've realized one of the websites I previously wrote for ceased operations last year so my article with them is no longer available... and ofc I don't have a copy of said article and it was only published on that 1 site 😭

It's only now that I am in the middle of writing an article pitch that I've realized one of the websites I previously wrote for ceased operations last year so my article with them is no longer available... and ofc I don't have a copy of said article and it was only published on that 1 site 😭

Been very, very slowly working on my first zine I've been hoping make zines for the past 2 year but keep getting overwhelmed by fear + perfectionism so decided to make my 1st zine about that 😂 I have a mini prototype with loads of notes so the next milestone will be to actually make it 👀

I know very little about the game but my recent plunge back into MHA has prompted me to finally get a copy of Dispatch

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ALT: Sonar Sonar Dispatch

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