The emergence of Ricky, a flathead robot waiting to give someone a "high two":

Trekking through the forest near a very old shrine, I came across this gorgeous tree. The signs on the doors read: Keep Out. Let me tell you, it was a battle not to sneak into one of those tree portals and just move on to a magical, beautiful, peaceful place✨. I'll always wonder...

A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details

Paint a bumblebee with me! #sciart #invertefest #bugsky #traditionalart

The #WIPSnips word for September 27th is "swift" #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

Child's armor for Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Habsburg — Christoph Krämer, 1641 Approximately four feet tall

Homo Algus — Sophie Prestigiacomo

Your writing will never be enough. You will always feel doubt. You will always think it’s not good enough. You will always worry. So fuck it... If you feel that way whether you write or not, you might as well write. (Also do this: writershq.co.uk/flash-face-o...)

“A million-year-old human skull suggests that the origins of modern humans may reach back far deeper in time than previously thought and raises the possibility that Homo sapiens first emerged outside of Africa.”

Hookland is a county of window altars, sill shrines. Transparent declarations for the folkloric forces. This house for the King-Under-the-Sea, this house for the Empress Eel. Those panes roosted by crows proclaim for the cunning and a belief in folk faith magics. – Dr. M. Benn, 1982

I booked a hotel with a kitchen for my trip to Montreal so I could eat in for breakfast. My arrival day will be many hours of travel (I booked a trip to Ottawa on the train) and I know I will be very tired. Can anyone tell me which downtown grocery stores will let me order online for delivery?

🎵Do you remember the twenty-first night of September? Love was changing the minds of pretender, while chasing the clouds away🎶

When we were kids, the mirror outside Ben’s house reflected our goofing around, our funny faces, our laughter and boyish dreams Later, in the war, when the power grid blew up, I crept out to pull the mirror down to signal the troops across the river. Ben shot me, right there in the street #vsspic

@ttbrader.bsky.social Positive thinking

Woo hoo @amandaleduc.bsky.social !

ICYMI: We announced the 2025 #GillerPrize longlist yesterday! The shortlist will be announced on Monday, October 6, at 10 a.m. ET. Sign up for our newsletter to stay in the loop. gillerprize.ca/newsletter #CravingCanLit #CanLit #canadianliterature

Hey! I’m a finalist in @ekphrasticreview.bsky.social ’s Perfect 10 Marathon - celebrating 10 years of the magazine 🎂 Congratulations to all who took part. I look forward to reading your interpretations of the art prompts. Look for my story, “The Trolley Song.” 👀 www.ekphrastic.net/the-ekphrast...

The Female Artist Who Showed How Plants and Insects Relate Her illustrations had a lasting impact on future botanical artists By Alice Alder nautil.us/the-female-a... Entomology at PG: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subje... #women_entomologists #scientific_illustrators

A new path appears. The #vss365 prompt for 7 September is: Doorway. “Flowers you can get every year, but only with time the tree that shades your #doorway and grows into the house with each year's sun and rain.” (Mary Renault, The Last of the Wine) #prompt #doorway

Our September issue is live! Read here: pitheadchapel.com/2025/09/01/v... Words: @aaronburch.bsky.social @dawnwriter.bsky.social CHARLES GROSEL @patrickobrienstrickland.com @gsmithgoodin.bsky.social ALLISON ZHANG E. FERRELL CHRISTOPHER NOTARNICOLA Cover art: AL KRATZ

Vivian Maier, Self-portraits www.vivianmaier.com

Day 5 #ShortStorySeptember Every One Still Here by Liadan Ni Chuinn featuring “Amalur” www.shortstoryseptember.co.uk/every-one-st...

Oh, that letter the messenger brought…Had me hooked! This story operates on so many levels.

Day 4 #ShortStorySeptember The Words of Dr L & Other Stories by @karenebender.bsky.social featuring the story “Messengers”. www.shortstoryseptember.co.uk/the-words-of...

Why am I telling you all this? Because Tiffany once more has a couple of slots for new clients. If you're even curious, I highly recommend you contact her via @tiffscribes.bsky.social Chat with her to see whether the two of you might be a good fit. Do it soon. She's a precious and limited resource.

Day 3: #ShortStorySeptember Cold Toast by @kazbarwrites.bsky.social featuring the flash story “Midnight Sun”. www.shortstoryseptember.co.uk/day-3-cold-t...

Exciting news: SLM contributor @abigailoswald.bsky.social is now the Lost/Found editor at Split/Lip Press! The Lost/Found imprint houses out-of-print books. 📚 🙌 buff.ly/xUGoZxa

Day 2 of #ShortStorySeptember Parables, Fables, Nightmares by @malachimcintosh.bsky.social featuring “Limbs” www.shortstoryseptember.co.uk/day-2-parabl...

Last Fall, Quiet Morning · Nikkormat EL · Nikkor-H 28mm f/3.5 · Ilford HP5+ · Mic-X 1+3 · November 11, 2024 · #BelieveInFilm

For those who need an #Uplift: bsky.app/profile/debb... Hand-curated by yours truly, updated daily via @blueskyfeedcreator.com. Criteria unapologetically subjective, tho esp: bookish • quirky • word nerds • art that shows human process • science-nerdyfun • obscure interest deep-dives • alt-text

Thx CBC & @emilyawilliams52.bsky.social for sharing list of >200 books slated for removal from Edmonton Public School libraries: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... If you're a Canadian author/illus against #BookBanning, pls consider joining #CAIABB! More info here. Thx @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social

Day 1: “The Shroud” from Heart Lamp by Banu Mushtaq www.shortstoryseptember.co.uk/day-1-heart-... #ShortStorySeptember

How wonderful. A new online magazine for disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers run by the brilliant @sfmontgomery.bsky.social 👇

It's September 1, which means it's time for a free writing prompt at From the Bookshelf. This month's prompt is inspired by Calvino (and also Aimee Bender!). cherylpappas.substack.com/p/from-the-b...

If everyone follows the same rules we end up with the same Heron photos. They look great, but all the same. And you miss out on so much of what it is to be Heron. We 💙 photos from the Heron point of view, like this one, or Herons immersed in their fantastical liminal worlds.

Bullfights, ballet and hot jazz: inside Picasso’s scandalous theatre of sex and death

Who’s up for a body-horror love story? If you act fast, you can read it before my husband does. Many thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social & @havehashad.com for giving this cringey cnf a good home.

Ahead of a new story of mine on BBC radio four, you can listen (should you wish) to a couple of other pieces of mine. Together they'll make a loose folk horrorish trilogy. here's The Death of Wildflowers:

there’s a popular digital guide written and used by police that recommends sharing links with URL tracking elements to capture people’s IPs. Linkumori is a browser extension that purifies URLs before trackers can log you.

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity. Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated. Tag your post: #whistpr Word for August 29, 2025: #ORANGE #WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity

Hooray! It’s Friday! Which means there are 2 ways to listen to Sherry’s Shorts today: live at 12 noon UK time on HHR.scot or use the Listen Again anytime link below for brilliant stories from @fionajanemack.bsky.social @Lindy biller & me.

NYT seems to be locking their games down Strands #543 “Do go on ...” 💡🔵🔵🔵 🟡🔵🔵

Spaghetti Lunch with Death Metal from Mom's Walkman, 2024 by Joel Slotte www.instagram.com/joelslotte/

Oh my poor The God of the Woods! You keep being bumped from the currently reading pile. A slew of library holds have come in and Katabasis was released yesterday.

Exhibitionists. #Toronto #CNE #Photography

Followers — Laurie Lipton, 2020 charcoal and graphite on paper 3’8″x5’9″ www.laurielipton.com/post-truth/

José Carlos, 1928

'I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned' -Yayoi Kusama #WomensArt #MondayMotivation