Go on,let’s have another dahlia for #bloomscrolling

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Don't get suckered into chasing the Prussian cavalry, it's a feint

The San Juans are unreal right now. 🍂

Actually, cold reduces the perceived sweetness in food (hence why ice cream is made with more sugar than an equivalent amount of warm custard) so plums kept in the ice box would be *less* sweet than if they’d been kept at room temperature.

Gibson Mill at Hebden Bridge, west Yorkshire, photo by landscape photographer Paula Beaumont.

A 3,500 year-old Egyptian glass cosmetic jar with two little duck heads! Glass was a relatively new material at that time, so this jar would have been a precious possession. From Merit’s beauty case, found inside Theban tomb (TT8) of Merit and her husband Kha in 1906. 📷 Museo Egizio #Archaeology

Beautifully restrained necklace worn by the Egyptian Princess Khenmet at least 3,900 years ago, with falcon’s head clasp and protective gold amulets inlaid with semiprecious stones, such as carnelian, turquoise & lapis lazuli (ca 1932-1898 BC) egypt-museum.com/necklace-of-...

Preikestolen, Norway. Shot by Leire Unzueta.

wake up babe new sleep paralysis demon just dropped babe? BABE WAKE UP

Well don't I feel stupid

Seriously thought this was a picture of a chicken sandwich until I read the description

I wonder what Victor Hugo would make of the Les Miserables musical? I expect he’d be pleased his work has been immortalised, but disappointed at the lack of a song telling the audience all about the history of the sewers of Paris

Bird lore, Audubon, c.1900.

Book Cover of the Day:

Hi Devil? Yeah, we love the energy, keep it there. One note, it says smited, not smitten... you're giving smitten... Ok? Ok 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums Archangel Michael smiting the Devil, Luisa Roldan, 1692, originally in Basilica of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, now at Galería de las Colleciones Reales, Madrid

the booker prize judges make a lot of fuss about having to read 153 books. but assuming an average weight of 750g per book, that comes in at 115kg of literature - or just under the weight of a single adult male ostrich

With WorldCon a few weeks in the past and ArmadilloCon this weekend and various Other Things In The Discourse, feels like a good time to bring back my advice on being a pleasant person to have on a panel!

Another lovely day for a bike ride along the Leeds-Liverpool canal

Ironically, I get fed up with the endless adverts for VPNs on my podcasts

In Intriguing Furniture news: yesterday I visited Lichfield Cathedral and found a new 13 metre long table made from a 5000-year-old oak log discovered perfectly preserved in a peat bog in 2016. The cut planks took 9 months to dry out, losing 2 tonnes of weight in the process. Definitely haunted...

Not sure how we got there from ‘an Arsenal fan’, but okay.

Pisces: Death is inevitable, but with enough glitter, you can at least make the inevitable fabulous.

Decided to watch the Les Misérables movie but I don’t really have the time so I have been watching it in five-minute increments on my phone. Just like Victor Hugo would have wanted.

The Good Omens reboot looks.. interesting.

My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com

I remember, when I was a small boy in the 1960s, saying "Dad, what's an anachronism?", and he simply replied "Google it".

Happy 88th birthday to this little unknown book. It's pretty good! You should all check it out.

I am begging men to do this. Begging.

Your reminder that legislation to curb the rights of trans people to use restrooms or do anything else means everyone's behaviour, clothing etc will be opened up to intrusive and unwanted scrutiny and potential challenge in our daily lives. This is not a 'them' issue. Trans rights are human rights.

This email could have been a shared look in a meeting.

🎶 When your eel gets all wack On a Thames full of gak That’s a moray 🎶

I have started writing the fresh draft of my new book in earnest and ofc my brain is all “mm remember that romance book you started writing and then abandoned part-way through because there was a Shiny New Thing? You should take another look at that!”

My friend came to visit last weekend and she made me this amazing Lego set of my own study as a gift. Now I have a Lego mini me!!

ICYMI, my new blog post is all about how important homemade raffle tickets and chocolate are to the writing process (if you’re me)

Live your life like you’ve already died and been sent back to earth to live your life again, this time with more joie de vivre

Wake up babe, my new blog post just dropped: hesperleveret.com/writing-with...

I couldn't ignore this perfectly placed puddle at Amersham London Underground station

Come if you can! www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/edgel...

Did you or a family member once reside in Innsmouth? Did you test positive for fish/cephalopod DNA? You may be eligible to join a class action lawsuit. Email: [email protected] and attach results of the DNA test. (We are totally not trying to gather your info to return you to Cthulhu's bosom.)

Slightly diminish a book Moby Tip (Sorry)

Aquarius: Become the horror, or the horror will be coming for you.

@benjcartlidge.bsky.social I had to see this, now you have to

My cartoon for the @theguardian.com books autumn reads special.

Ballerina. 🩰

Hot wives in your area want to meet up Hot wives in your area have disabled the floodlights Hot wives are breaching the perimeter fencing Hot wives in your area know the location of the trip wire Hot wives are jiggling the handle to your bedroom door. Let us in

See how much funnier this is than if it was emojis, why did we allow them to invent emojis

that moment when the first caffeine of the morning hits and it's the exact same moment that the drums kick in on the song you're listening to and for just that one moment you feel like you can punch through time