We need a British Reacher. Big highlands lad called Hamish that shoves flag cunts into canals.
Wendy Reynolds
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Fat, middle-aged guinea pig servant. UK Further Education data wrangler. Crafter of adorable little costumes for sourdough starters. Mostly here to read rather than post. She/her, plus perhaps a light sprinkling of they/them as an occasional treat.
Omg hey there, you look like you're into super beautiful editions of award-winning queer books, so let me tell you about this GORGEOUS hardback with HOLOGRAPHIC foil and a REVERSIBLE DUST JACKET! #booksky www.kickstarter.com/projects/rav...
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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Thread (posted from the end so you get the whole thing) about why What If A Man Was Large* is such a great show. OP speaks for me, every word. *Reacher.
Micah@rincewind.run · 18h agoQ. When should I start watching this show? A. Right now.
Electoral reform needs a process that can bring people together. A time-limited National Commission could give voters and experts the space to examine First Past the Post and set out the alternatives. We need to reach 100,000 names - Sign today: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform to review the electoral system
I ask the Government to set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform, as advocated by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections. It should be an independent, time limited, expert led…
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You say eclipse, we say it’s the end times and there’s an enormous tentacular being blotting out the sun. Tomato, tomahto.
With the solar eclipse coming up on Wednesday evening it’s good to draw people’s attention to this useful and timeless* explainer of different astronomical phenomena. * since 2014 in its original Twitter form
Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 3y ago🌓🌎🌞 <-- lunar eclipse 🌎🌓🌞 <-- solar eclipse 🌎🌞🌗 <-- apocalypse
kiss me like we’ve broken containment but it’ll still be at least twenty seconds before they triangulate our positions . . .
Every time you buy a @voidmerchstore.bsky.social shirt an angel loses it’s wings...falls to earth...gets into a steamy will they won’t they with a vampire/daemon raven...stares moodily at their drink as smooth jazz plays in the background... www.voidmerch.net
Knitters and crocheters looking at this and nodding in agreement.
Jacob Oller@jacoboller.bsky.social · 7d ago
Higgledy piggledy Timothée Chalamet Has a name meriting Endless design Much like his forerunner Benedict Cumberbatch: Hexasyllabically, Easy to rhyme
You should vote for Escape Pod for best semiprozine! We will not use the trophy to fill the suspiciously rocket-shaped hole someone made in Engineering. Not even if it's the exact right size and shape.
Los Angeles Worldcon@laworldcon.bsky.social · last wk.Don’t forget to cast your vote for the 2026 Hugo Awards! Did you know that voting on the entire Hugo Awards ballot is NOT required? Do you know films and video games, but not novels? Do you love art and graphic stories, but haven't read the novellas?
Took a duvet day to play Skyrim on my [counts on fingers] possibly 20th playthrough? At level 64 I'm thinking it might soon be time to investigate the dragon at the Western Watchtower and trigger the plot. (I'd rather like to clear everything else first, but not having shouts is getting annoying.)
Instead of saying that all these laws "prohibit trans people from using the bathroom of their choice" we should be more clear. Bathroom bans are intended to prohibit trans people from using the bathroom, or any public accomodations, at all.. Like be for real here.
Yarn pedantry with photos, demonstrating the difference between a skein, a ball, a clew, and a cake - a thread
JL Kaufmann@jlkaufmann.bsky.social · last wk.(NB because I am a pedant and can't help myself - that's not a skein. That's a ball or clew. A skein is when the yarn is looped round and round in a big circle and then twisted back on itself. You cannot use it in that state, but it's a great way of storing it. You have to then wind it into a ball.)
London is bidding to host World Pride in 2032, the 60th anniversary of the first London Pride protest. I am hopeful the unworkable EHRC guidance will have been overturned by then. The UK is not a safe place for trans people until it is. If you can, support the @goodlawproject.org’s legal challenge.
We’re supporting a legal challenge against the code of practice | Good Law Project
The government’s transphobic statutory guidance is now up and running – we’re fighting back
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Petition signable by UK citizens or residents, asking "the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail..." 💙📚 🗃 #academicsky 1/ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
Petition: Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training data
We ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work, e...
petition.parliament.uk
Every writer I know, and for my sins I know a lot of them, is absolutely 100% delighted for you to get their book out from your local library.
The DWP are asking for people to contribute evidence for a forthcoming review of Carers Allowance and how it operates. Admittedly this is niche, but please spread the word so it reaches the right people. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Carer's Allowance: call for evidence
This call for evidence is being administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to gather information and views to build on the Department’s existing evidence. What we hear will help shape ...
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#TheFullLid - 24th July - Happy Friday! This week,Sam Neill, @mattfnwallace.bsky.social and @brandxjon.bsky.social 's Leaving Jackson Colorado and what they have in common. Featured boosts are @thedailytism.com 'and Black Armada's new projects and Emei plays us out. mailchi.mp/02edb0241a93...
I can't recommend this event enough! No travel, no hotel costs, no need to leave your bed - regardless of whether you can't or don't want to. Queer books, queer authors, queer (and experienced) organisers. Grab a ticket, wherever you are in the world!
Bookish & Queer@bookishandqueer.bsky.social · 3w agoOne week left to get your Early Bird Tickets for Bookish & Queer! Save £10 on the weekend ticket price, and be in with a chance to win one of our 6 book bundles from The Curators panel recommendations, or our special signed panelist bundle. #booksky #books #sff #queerbooks #queersff #b&q
Anything that is universally used should be universally controlled. Transport, education, healthcare, communications. The fact that ANY of these things are controlled by private interests is unacceptable.
Do humans and birds share an eye for design? 🐦🎨 For my Master's diss, I’m testing if we share aesthetic tastes with bowerbirds. I need 100 responses to finish! Visual, anonymous & under 5 mins. Link: exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 🧪 cc: @scienseed.com #AcademicSky #SciComm
Homework assignment for Bluesky: do something nice for yourself tomorrow.
Anyway I saw someone earlier who was like "Stop trying to make myths REALITY let's have them SURREAL and more like The Fall and The Green Knight" and I could not agree more, which is why I wrote THE RIDER, THE RIDE, THE RICH MAN'S WIFE A wild west wild hunt? Sure, why not
The Rider, The Ride, The Rich Man's Wife [eBook] by Premee Mohamed
TITLE The Lives Of The Savages A NOVELLA by Robert Edric PUBLICATION DATE May 2011 EDITION eShort INTRODUCTION Jon L Breen ISBN 978-1-848631-71-7
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We tried to make something meaningful, beautiful, fun and ultimately moving. Please listen. Maybe even share. I'm feeling a bit lost and am looking for something to set my compass by. rustyquill.com/show/rez-high/
REZ HIGH - Rusty Quill
Rusty Quill is an industry leading independent production company and podcast network.
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