I work in a team of 9. 5 members of that team just got given brand new iPhone 17 Pro’s as “work phones”. To say that there’s a degree of tension between the haves and have-nots is an understatement. (I didn’t receive a phone, and wouldn’t take one if offered - work doesn’t exist if I’m not here)

Folks mentioned this week include: @johnfrench.bsky.social David Annandale, @warlordguymer.bsky.social Chris Wraight, @jonathandbeer.bsky.social Nate Crowley, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, @grahammcneill.bsky.social Omar El Akkad, @ianmcdonald.bsky.social #Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

Serious question: What's stopping the State of Illinois from arresting Stephen Miller & charging him with incitement? The Senate didn't confirm him. He's just a guy. At some point, the states MUST use their authority to prosecute, because the federal government certainly will not.

The Black Library weekly is here! In addition to looking at the upcoming schedule and ICYMI, he has a six-pack interview with Jonathan D Beer!

Lots going on this week! Folks mentioned include... @mikebrooks668.bsky.social @mikevincent-author.bsky.social @justinhillauthor.bsky.social Peter Fehervari, Nate Crowley, u/Hasvik212, Darius Hinks, @danacea.bsky.social @denny-flowers.bsky.social #Warhammer #BookSky #BlackLibrary

He did the meme.

I know it's easy to get lost in the noise, anger, depression and hate of these dark times, but you matter, you're important - even if you can't see it - and I'm glad you're here.

Denial of an entire group’s very right to exist and participate in civil society is not just “having conversations.”

It's September, which means our submissions call-out for writers in the North of England closes at the end of this month! We're looking for strange, lyrical, literary and mesmerising short stories for our first anthology, on the theme of folklore 🍂 Find out more: carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions/

Trigger warning for transphobic excerpts in the video, but worth highlighting - @ofcom.bsky.social are failing to investigate TalkTV and GB News for flagrant violations of their broadcasting standards, without providing a reason for this failure.

Got to worry for the folk who evidently tried to paint on the Tesco roundabout in Bury. Clearly gave up halfway through and instead wrote U.K. in the middle… didn’t have enough paint for the flag? Or was England too hard to spell?

Absolute scenes on the roads this morning. Behind a learner driver who was clearly struggling - I’m thinking it was their first lesson, they’re stalling, drifting out of lanes, trying to take turns that aren’t there etc, so I hang back and give them some space. Overtake on the dual carriageway…

www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl... Nice to see another character I created make the leap into plastic.

Ferren Areios makes the leap from page to tabletop! Really excited for Master of Rites to hit shelves alongside his new model. Check it out: www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

Well there’s a lovely thing. One of my modern 40K favourites - Kingmaker by the superb @robertrath.bsky.social - is getting a fab new limited edition and it looks bloody lovely!

Amongst the amazing offerings on Warhammer+ this week is the Black Library Book Club discussing The Fall of Cadia! Check it out!

Thunder's Edge: Echoes of Memory – A Twilight Imperium Novel by Sarah Cawkwell is available to pre-order now! A prequel to the Thunder’s Edge expansion from @fantasyflightgames.bsky.social, follow Hacan war hero Harrugh Gerfara as he leads an expedition of survival! books2read.com/TWIThundersE...

New book is out! Queen of the Rose Throne is the sequel to my first Age of Sigmar book, The Last Volari.

Ah edits, and writing a long paragraph of text justifying why your original should remain, before realising that the editor’s version is better.

Really looking forward to RS Wilt’s Final Deployment, which is released this weekend! The Astra Militarum series has been excellent as a fan of the faction (and very fun to contribute to!) and I’m excited to see some Scions deep in the thick of it.

Just seen a bloke on a TV show who walked up to an ice cream van and said “the usual please” - and the lady knew exactly what he was after. That man is winning at life. Loves his ice cream on the beach, is polite and loving life. Icon.

#OtD 29 Jul 1962 fascist Oswald Mosley tried to march with the Union Movement in Manchester, UK. However, he was attacked by anti-fascists and had to be rescued by police. A Mosley speech later was drowned out by a crowd of anti-fascists. More info: www.patreon.com/posts/e37b-6...

In any creative job, the literal worst feedback someone can give is “I don’t like that.” Not due to any personal attachment to the work, but cos designers/writers/creatives can’t read minds - tell me what you don’t like so I can fix it dammit, I can’t do anything with vibes! #GraphicDesignProblems

The AI companies are so profoundly hostile to creators, so ideologically committed to theft, that they were unwilling to pay for one (1) copy of the works they were stealing to train their AI models.

Has this series of Sewing Bee come out of nowhere or have I completely missed the ads for it??

Trying to persuade myself that everything I want being out of stock on the Warhammer online store isn’t a sign that I shouldn’t buy myself a little birthday treat… 😂

I don’t know who started the “bring treats into the office on your birthday” thing but they can do one, 90% of the team are working from home so Ill just end up eating it all.

Deutsche Leser! 🇩🇪 Flames of Betrayal ist dieses Wochenende im Verkauf, einschließlich meiner Garro-Novelle Ritter des Grauen! #HorusHeresy #SiegeOfTerra

Okay I’m gonna need a Cathay Sky Lantern and a Kharadron Ironclad for an epic idea.

I need y'all to stop and read the blurb for the Goodnight Sweetheart reboot novel. UK people absolutely DO NOT try and explain this and the original show to the Americans. You can't. I've tried.

Andor Characters and Their Counterparts in ‘Allo ‘Allo 1. Dedra Meero and Private Helga Geerhart.

Well that was hands down the best ever stage task on Taskmaster. How does it keep getting better ever season? HOWWW

From 2018 "ICE Training Day"

Die deutsche Version von Leontus: Lord Solar kann dieses Wochenende vorbestellt werden! 2 Bücher in meinem Heimatland erschienen. Verrückt!

I’m an adult. So I asked for raspberry sherbet.

Reached a crunchy, thumpy part of the WIP yesterday. Very excited to finish work so I can get back to it, and it is draaaagggginnnng.

Work hack: I keep a page in my work notebook where I note down goss for my work bestie when she’s off/wfh. Means I don’t forget the salient details when she’s back in.

Informative, interesting and important. youtube.com/shorts/k1115...

Good. Let it die.

As Nick Clegg says if AI isn’t allowed to steal your work for free it won’t be able to make today’s tech billioniares tomorrow’s tech squillionares…and who doesn’t want that.

Rivers of Nihil’s new album dropped today - if you need me… bad luck, im busy

Get insights into the heroic history of Minka Lesk and her time with the courageous Astra Militarum Regiment, the Cadian 101st, in this interview with Hell’s Last author Justin D. Hill. www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl... #warhammercommunity #minkalesk #cadiastands #warhammer40k

It is hella pretty!

Hello Bluesky! We're a new micropress based in Tyne & Wear, specialising in strange and literary fantasy, horror and sci-fi. We're planning to publish anthologies, short fiction collections, and novellas, with a focus on writers in the North of England.

Today Jay looks at the Cult Mechanicus eShort story collection for 2025, featuring Jonathan D. Beer, Stark Holborn, Tom R. Pike, Mark Barber, and Avalon Irons.

Been asked what AI tool do I use for video voiceovers at work. Told them I hired a talented and professional human - it sounds so good because he is very, very good - and now they want to use the VO guy for everything. Turns out a human is just better for yano, sounding like a human.

Things you've worked really hard on will get missed or ignored sometimes. Things you spent 2 minutes doing will get all the attention sometimes. Things you're super proud of will land like a dropped flan. Things you made mistakes on will be seen forever. The only way to "fail" is to stop trying.

Tax wealth. Oh my god do it.

Sometimes you stay an extra couple mins in the car when I get to work because the song reaches a mint bit. Sometimes you just finish the whole album, because why not