this weekend only 🚨 45 paperback postcards for just $20 💥 shop: paperbackparadise.bigcartel.com/product/ever...

On a totally-unrelated-note-lol, anyone wanna book a commission for August? 😅

OH HEY!

One for us Gabbys, @scriblit.bsky.social

What's your favorite wholesome meme?

Always a joy to read a new Baby-Sitters Club graphic novel! There are 18 so far and we’ve read them all! #KidsGN📚💬 #KidLitUK

What happens when publishers begin avoiding LGBTQ+ stories before a book is ever challenged? This article explores how years of censorship efforts are creating a chilling effect across the publishing industry, making it harder for queer voices & stories to reach readers bookriot.com/queer-books-...

Milan restores bull mosaic’s testicles worn down by pirouetting tourists

TOP TIP FOR TRAVELLERS

Of all the cute little clickers I've created, I have to admit... these are my Most Favorite. I'm sorry to say you can not eat them... but I understand why everyone always wants to eat them. thebrokencircle.etsy...

These sweet little candy heart clickers are adorable and come in four colors with 7 different messages (or a blank one!!!) http://thebrokencirc...

Welcome to the final day of our "oh no rent is due" sale! Because of the chaos of the next few months with book releases & Romancing the Vote, this is almost certainly our last sale until August, so don't miss your window! We still have flexi cubes for $16 or $32, wheee! http://thebrokencirc...

“It’s the British class system with a climate-crisis spin: the more someone requires air conditioning to survive heatwaves, the less likely they are to be able to afford it.” My col. in today’s paper. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Beauty Banks is holding a silent auction (donations from David Nicholls, Ian Rankin, Charlie Brooker, Jenny Colgan, Harry Hill, Manics, Elbow, etc) to raise funds to tackle hygiene poverty. Some tasty stuff here uk.givergy.com/beautybanksh...

I am once again asking you to read @ldlapinski.bsky.social's books, all of them 💖

When my phone finally gives up the ghost, I'll make sure (within budget) that it's one I can get a @gailmyerscough.co.uk case for🤗

Made the cauliflower chaat recipe from this yesterday and my family absolutely demolished it in seconds. Worth spending a few quid on pomegranate seeds (or taking the time to de-seed a cheaper actual pomegranate). Also worth the time and trouble to fry the cauliflower and chickpeas.

Ever-satisfying post genre ☺️

There was no room in my post for a buy link, here! Out 9th of June but a preorder is always a great gift to an author and a publisher - and to yourself, because in the intervening weeks you'll probably forget you ordered it then, oops, free book! www.heloisepress.com/book/diamond...

Say hello to my new friend, Strutty Magpie! They've come to the garden every morning around this time for 2 weeks now 🤗

I just said to Hubs, "not even 10 years ago" and he pointed out this was actually *27 years ago* and I just want to lay down and not get up again

AHAHAHAHAAAAAA

"Why are people so negative about the economy?" Consider this. There are two possibilities: 1) He's right and my livelihood is screwed. Maybe not 18 months but soon. 2) He's full of shit, it won't happen, and AI is a giant bubble that will crash the economy. Why would I feel good about either?

secret forest (commission) #pixelart #ドット絵 #pokemon

get you someone who looks at you the way my puppy looks at me during evening cuddle time 🥺

Do not cede ground to genAI. Write with your wet and squishy brain.

Terry Pratchett once said something like: "The difference between readers in the UK and in the US is that if I put a complicated concept in a book, the former will say 'I don't get this, what's wrong with me?' while the latter will say 'I don't get this, what's wrong with him?'."

Member of @authorsabb.bsky.social @jerroldconnors.bsky.social came through in the best way and assembled this for us all! Know thine shitty bills!

Here are some collections of suggestions: @transactualuk.bsky.social nicely lists actions by time commitment involved: transactual.org.uk/change-actio... Creative Lives in Progress has a great set of resources: creativelivesinprogress.com/articles/res... @whatthetrans.com has a list of petitions.

I thought I'd make a thread of some of the things that people who care about trans rights people and human rights could do to help. We really need more cis people stepping up. • Post about it sometimes. Make sure people who see you online know that you're aware of what's going on, and you care.

"Death Blowing Bubbles," 'Created by Johann Georg Leinberger between 1729 and 1731 for the ceiling of the Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey, Bamberg, Germany.' bamberger-dom.de/gotteshaus/N...

These took a while to design. I lost my dad eighteen months ago and Father's Day felt like a tough job this year. I got there by thinking about what he gave me. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/fathers-day-...

when I die I believe that I will be gone and whatever bizarre accident of chemistry makes up my consciousness will simply evaporate but if I am wrong I would quite like to be met by a seven foot tall skeleton with glowing blue eyes who TALKS LIKE THIS

Discworld QOTD, from Reaper Man

If you’re a UNISON member you should engage with this. This has the potential to be so so powerful.

Heads up #BookSky There are currently three (3!) national book bans active Congress right now. They are a direct attack on trans & queer rights & on everyone's right to read. Use this tool the American Booksellers Association make to contact your Representatives in Congress:

Some super helpful responses - please keep them coming...

i, ball, title screen, zx spectrum (1987) www.mobygames.com/game/14822/i...

this fucking sucks ( from the creator of the cupcake character, lorynbrantz instagram - www.instagram.com/p/DY2v_qXIoQt )

Love this silly promo DistroKid made for Charlie and the Samb distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...

Again, KCC had an opportunity to begin tackling the issue that every time there's two sunny days in a row, south east water simply runs out of water, and reform decided to argue about what songs to sing at the meeting instead

More lovely #buyastrangerabook action. @emmavardy2.bsky.social is offering to buy a teen a book. Any book they like. All you need to do is ask, and if I can get it (probs can), I will. Let us know. Uk only

Pride Month is coming…!

Excitingly, East Kent has a new Summer tradition: Every time we hit day one of a short heatwave, South East Water simply runs out of enough water to supply everyone and blames it on paddling pools. Happened last year too. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It takes a certain kind of mindset to sit down during the hottest days in May on record and right a whacking great essay including how the government needs to drop pledges to try and combat climate change.

important psa that seems to escape half of the app at any given time: when you see that you cannot reply to a post, there is a 'some people can reply' button that you can click on! it will tell you who can reply! generally speaking, the person did not ban you specifically from replying!

ACTUALLY GASPED

Khajit has wares, if you have coin

The marvelous @lishmcbride.bsky.social and I are teaching a romance-writing class online with @hugohouse.bsky.social this summer — and registration is officially open! #booksky #Romancelandia