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Writer of Fantasy & SF. Northerner. Girly swot. She/her. Ooh, squirrel...
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Opened the curtains this morning to be greeted by drizzle, and an enthusiastic song thrush bashing a snail to bits on the mowing strip at the edge of the lawn.

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After ruling the NIH grant terminations illegal, Judge Young ended the hearing with an eye-opening speech. “This represents racial discrimination, and discrimination against America’s LGBTQ community. That's what this is. I would be blind not to call it out. My duty is to call it out. And I do so.”

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Alan Garner fans... I'm doing a super rare in person talk on The Weirdstone Walk - Archaeology & Alan Garner. Its happening Sun 6 July at Biddulph Grange Garden (Staffs) at 1pm. Tickets are just £8: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/shrops... 📸 Looking from Shuttlingslow to Cleulow Cross

submitted 13 hours ago • 1 comment

Dissecting a melted pack of Revels…

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Novella submissions request from @wtpress.bsky.social wizardstowerpress.com/submissions/...

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EPIC response.

submitted 1 day ago • 1595 comments

Three hours left on this offer! I swear, this'll be the last time I post about it . . .

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Nice.

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The footage of the appalling marching is all over the place (we did vastly better than that as cadets ffs), but this is hilarious. And the contrast between the 'parade' and the passion of the protesters is truly wondrous. Sound on.

submitted 2 days ago • 7 comments

The Los Angeles crowd is enormous now spanning city blocks. This is all from the same shot. I couldn’t get everyone in one photo. #NoKings

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50.9C today at Jahra KUWAIT It's the new world highest temperature so far of this month June 2025 Next days thousands of records will fall from Middle East to Central Asia, East Asia including Japan June 2025 is becoming the most record breaking month in history (as for number of records)

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One innocent search for stringing a bow on horseback and YouTube is pushing off-grid renovation projects at me. Finally moved on from touting Rees-Mogg speeches and similar rubbish...

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It’s time for decriminalisation. 👇 Ask your MP to back @stellacreasy.bsky.social 's amendment to the Policing Bill. goodlaw.social/f2eef3

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'Trump’s military parade taps an ancient tradition of power: from Mesopotamia to Mag Critics see echoes of authoritarianism, a break from the US’s usual restraint on military display' I'm beginning to find the normalising headlines as worrying as the content the articles supposedly cover...

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Stringing a bow while on horseback - not doable?

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A fascinating look into the work of cadaver drugs - and sadly, their use in places that I know intimately.

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Trump, putting a sticker on the White House.

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Donald Trump failed to persuade a federal appeals court to reconsider the $5 million verdict won by E. Jean Carroll after a jury found that he sexually abused and defamed the former magazine columnist in the 1990s. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

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EXTRAORDINARY HEAT ALLOVER ASIA Records everywhere from Turkey to Malaysia 50.5 in Pakistan (world highest this month),49.4 in India 30C+ at >3000m in SAUDI ARABIA Insane NIGHT MINIMUMS 31C at 1300m in Turkey And the worse hasn't come yet

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Join our programme leader in Ambleside tomorrow (Saturday 14th June) to find out more about our unique MA in Literature, Romanticism, and the Lake District (full time and part time study options available) 📚🍃

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UNBOUND AUTHORS: The administrators are scheduling a second creditor meeting to address concerns brought forward over director conduct. If you would like to attend, YOU MUST FILL OUT THE ADMINISTRATORS PROOF OF DEBT FORM (it’s simple and not scary). DM me with your emIl to be forwarded it

submitted 3 days ago • 8 comments

Cat, helping. 1. ‘I have unmet feline needs.’ 2. ‘You must stop what you’re doing and attend to my needs.’ 3. Cat assessing situation. 4. ‘My dish is this way. Come with me if you want to live.’

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