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That's my first film watched as part of this year's 6-day documentary festival 😁 📽 "Under The Flags, The Sun" about the 34-year dictatorship of Alberto Stroesser in Paraguay. Two more & an exhibition today. Sitting outside in the shade & a gentle breeze for a moment. #SheffDocFest2025

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

MASSIVE good news for trans people in the United States. A federal judge has just granted class action status to transgender people looking to update their passports. This means that very shorty, the window will open to update your passports with the correct gender marker.

submitted 8 days ago • 55 comments

It was inevitable I suppose. Yay for water & sewer treatment organisation fanfic!

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Right, less than 3 days to get rent together, plus I'll need to order in more boxes for next week's orders. Who's looking for a little magic? This beauty is in need of a home: oishiny.etsy.com/listing/1889... #Handmade #ShopSmall

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Me too.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Last batch of fidget pendants for a minute, my hands need a break. Gemstone options: oishiny.etsy.com/listing/1604... Dyed quartz: oishiny.etsy.com/listing/4306... Designed to twiddle, fidget, stim and relax on the go. Snap one up this week and get 20% off! #Handmade #Stim #Meditation

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Good morning Monday! Brighten up your background and come join #TurtleOfCalm on the beach - over 150 different wallpapers to choose from. (Or grab a bundle and get a big discount.) ko-fi.com/s/d2ee561f5d #Wallpapers #Photography #Portsmouth

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Huxley would like to send everyone a whole heap of Sunday Love 😘. (He also wonders whether he could trouble you for a biscuit 🦴) #SundayHuxley

submitted 10 days ago • 13 comments

let me tell you about st. olga of kyiv! in the 10th century, she was married to igor, leader of the kievan rus'. he was killed by the neighboring drevlians over trying to iron out a tribute dispute, where it is purported that they tied him to tree trunks and tore him in half. so much for talking.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

This had me cackling madly! (Do read the Alt text as well as the posts)

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Next week we've got a special talk from the County Archivist taking place in Chalfont St Peter, all about Victorian crime and punishment! Make sure to book your free space at [email protected]

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Check out this blog I wrote for @socialhistsoc.bsky.social on using @medimurdermaps.bsky.social in your teaching

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

The french only put up with Louis XIV for as long as they did because of sun king cost fallacy

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

Glad to hear it.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

I had a momentary reluctance to repost, seeing as how the current number was so appropriate, but some things are more important than a brief adolescent snigger

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

SEX WORKERS & KINKSTERS! the list of websites shadowdragon is surveilling to map relational networks between people includes chaturbate, eporner, fansly, fetlife, furaffinity, justforfans, onlyfans, pornhub, rule34, seneporno, xhamster, & xvideos

submitted 17 days ago • 34 comments

Do any of the authors dealing with the Unbound/Boundless situation have any horror short stories (<6000 words) in their catalogue anywhere, whether directly linked to Unbound or not? If so, please get in touch! Please share! 🦑

submitted 18 days ago • 9 comments

UK/US LITERARY AGENTS: Are you willing to look at submissions from former Unbound authors on the, uh, rebound? If so, please drop a line in my DMs with your contact and #MSWL or area of expertise. Especially looking for people who rep nonfiction. Some TRULY excellent books looking for homes.

submitted 18 days ago • 8 comments

Trying to relax in the hammock, they're making hammockery of me

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

UNBOUND AUTHORS: We’ve prepared a letter you can send to administrators to demand things like expedited rights reversion, no AI use, return of electronic files (cover art, typesetting, etc) and the option to get any remaining copies of your books. DM me and I will send the template over

submitted 20 days ago • 9 comments

How does this keep getting worse? Unbound didn't have money of their own; they had the proceeds of the authors' kickstarters that were for producing specific books.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

✨ I’ve got a couple of extra General Admission tickets to @renderatl.com and I’d love to give them to folks who might not otherwise get a chance to go. If you’re from an underrepresented group in tech and want to be in the room or know someone who should be DM me!

submitted 23 days ago • 6 comments

This is the right way to say it. The writers weren't employees. The publisher wasn't fronting the money required to produce the books, the authors were. (To be clear, it's theft when a publisher keeps royalties as well, that also is the writer's money.)

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

I joined forces with 100+ authors of sapphic fiction to put together a Pride Month Book Calendar. This month, you'll get a daily book surprise: 🏳️‍🌈 Free ebooks 🏳️‍🌈 Book giveaways 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic books on sale You can now open the first door: jae-fiction.com/pride-month-...

submitted 24 days ago • 4 comments

happy pride month. did you know you could read hundreds of short stories and dozens of essays from me, a really sexy gay transgender man, mostly for FREE? that's crazy, right? erotica, romance, horror, fantasy, historical stuff, it's all here babyyyyyy check 'em out: johannestevans.co.uk

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

2 minutes' utter delight

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

OK, I'm replacing the berries with chocolate, and the sock kind of comes off all by itself, but otherwise this checks out. It's a very comforting feeling.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

We were hoping that this letter to @bsky.app could first be shared by a Gazan, but we were too worried that doing so would get their account deleted so we are sharing first. You can sign on to the letter about the unfair treatment of Gazans on Bluesky here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

submitted 32 days ago • 109 comments

Back at the cinema for a double bill. First was the Royal Ballet with 4 works by Christopher Wheeldon. A slight technical hitch at the beginning - projector not working, but they got it back online so we only missed a little bit. 📽

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

After a tough year, the sapphic book community deserves some joy. That’s why I’ve teamed up with 100+ sapphic authors to bring you the Pride Month Book Calendar! Daily giveaways, free books & discounts all June long! Sign up & enter a book gift card giveaway now: jae-fiction.com/pride-month-...

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

An idea of exactly how fast 16 knots is. #BoatStuck

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments