Ahahaha haahhahaha ahahah OH MY GIDDY AUNT 'i will strangle a horse' is *multiple award-nominated* at Yet Another Game Awards. Please do sling me a vote or two - winning an award for my very first game would knock my actual socks off. yetanothergameawards.com

Promotion feels so uncomfortable right now because...the world...but there's bills to pay so.... There's still pottery in my shop. You, too, could eat your breakfast cereal while a frog stares up at you over the edge of your bowl! www.sarahdungan.com/shop/peaking...

YAY I CAN FINALLY SAY IT ahahahaha I namedropped @alasdairstuart.com in the announcement too like "IT WAS ESPECIALLY HARD NOT TO TELL ALASDAIR OH MY GOD"

Early Bird Weekend Passes are now on sale for Cymera Festival 2026! Grab your pass and find out more about 2026 ticket offers on our website: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/weekend-pass

Ahh, the one day of the year i can drive around with my "how's my shriving?" bumper sticker

I'm pretty good at operating tiny buttons in response to predetermined environmental stimuli, in case any scientists out there are looking to hand out small cheese rewards for that

The recording of my "How to Make Package Managers Scream" talk at FOSDEM'26 is now available, enjoy! youtu.be/PBlDHlFnzGo

(Reminder that I wrote, and EP recorded (!) a 'Great British Bake-Off But Science' story with an adorable underdog weird physics heroine a while back LOL) escapepod.org/2021/07/22/e...

“Cats tell you a lot about time, about its preciousness, about its hard facts. Cats tell you that summer 2021 isn’t summer 2022, like you’d thought. You live with cats all your life and eventually can’t help but begin to measure your life in cats.” Bring kleenex. It gets somewhat dusty in places.

The Cymera Prize for Speculative Short Fiction is open to any writer living in Scotland or Scottish by birth or inclination, aged at least 14 years. Submissions are open from Monday 12th January 2026 until 8pm BST on Sunday 22nd March 2026. www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2026-prize

Weeelllll if you want to read about at least one person learning* to see the world through other eyes... may I recommend the anti-war, small acts of resistance and malicious compliance** book ONE MESSAGE REMAINS? *being forced **also occasionally blowing up train tracks

authors you have the chance to do the funniest thing right now

Goat steaks goat curry goat chili goat tacos goat flambe goat tajine goat stir fry teriyaki goat skewers goat ribs goat stew goat kebabs goat wellington chicken fried goat goat burgers goat katsu goat fricassee goat muniere goat meatloaf goat shanks goat tartare goat vindaloo goat goulash goat dumpl

I read a very interesting blog about game design the other day. Apparently a company was developing an Ancient Egypt-themed MMO, but people complained it was too grindy trying to gather all the equipment for the Set bonus

Today is the last day that you can repost this image

Every post from @sffreview.bsky.social - which I’ve now blocked - reads like genAI, and based on their posts, is an outlet no one should support in any way.

By the way this is the first time I've been asked to go to an "edging appointment" Me: .... Excuse me? Receptionist: *cheerfully* Well I just need to see when our edger is in! Me: Her: She's not full time, she only edges on certain days! :) Me:

@kristadb1.bsky.social I think this artist has hidden cameras in your house.

OH HEY: If you love what @strangehorizons.bsky.social is doing, hop over to the online bookstore/link where you can buy the books reviewed by our reviewers and stuff written by SH staff. bookshop.org/shop/strange...

Today! Yes, on a Monday! The official release of SNAKE-EATER! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW4KNLR...

This is my awards eligibility thread for poetry for 2025, this year with Helpful and Clever Graphic. For those who don't know, I'm Elizabeth R. McClellan, and my poetry can be found at popelizbet.com.

they say it's the easiest thing in the world to be kind but we all have our struggles and some days it can be the most bravest thing in the world to let yourself be open and compassionate! you're not a sucker, not a doormat, not naive, you are absolute goals 🌹

@dreadships.bsky.social @garius.bsky.social this feels relevant to your interests

I promised animal stories, so: the Ballad of Curly, Best of Owls. CWs for thread: domestic abuse, animal-on-asshole violence.

I'm not saying a writer's retreat is a bad thing. I'm just saying that it should be a tactical decision designed to lure your enemy into a trap so you can turn a difficult situation into a successful writer's attack.

Ahhhh! Our friends at @finitereflect.bsky.social have launched the steam page for their next project! I've been excited for this since @kiniperson.bsky.social mentioned redwall vibes and it looks so brilliant so check it out yourself! store.steampowered.com/app/1188410/...

treat yo self!!!

Under Over Over - West Hampstead So it's taken a while, but I've finally found a location where you can clearly see London Underground trains traveling over London Overground trains. The vantage point is at West Hampstead Overground station at the end of the platform.

Welcome to the Horror Opposition Association!  by Bree Wernicke "Unless you move/transform/get eaten/somehow fail to maintain proper quantities of teeth, you’ve joined your local Horror Opposition Association, permanently. Yay!" Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po... #poetry

My nam is fishe And normily I swimm in rivere Lek or see butte somtime i swimm up to farre i fal from skeye an smashe yor carre

READER: Did you know you’re on the SATs? HEROINE: Say again? READER: *presents phone* HEROINE: …I’ll be damned. READER: Thought you might like to know! HEROINE: I don’t even know what to do with this in my brain!

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

No real plan for stream, making it up as I go along - twitch.tv/sarahwithtea

if wrestling is fake explain this 🤼

I have developed something of a pottery backlog so today on stream it's bonus pottery day - twitch.tv/sarahwithtea Will be putting frogs on things until moral improves.

It was so lovely to be invited to go along to the @catsprotection.bsky.social National Cat Awards! Such a lovely night celebrating some really special lil feline pals Of course I had to bring along a framed picture of my girl Tilly so she could represent!

approximately three hundred of you have sent me this and you know what? Sure. I’ve got time today. Put 40 bulbs of garlic in my pasta, coming right up

Apology NOT accepted.

Tried to water the baby asparagus but the spout was blocked so I tried to shove the blockage down into the can but the thing inside shoved back. Computer…enhance. #garden #gardening #oopsfrog

Doing some Friday pottery because it's only going to get hotter through the weekend and frogs need legs - twitch.tv/sarahwithtea

Just noticed that this artwork outside my office depicts Captain Janeway and Tom Paris.

The most commonly used word in each state’s Wikipedia page

If you’re interested in coming along to my community meet-up in Newcastle this November, be sure to check my discord for details! Taking numbers now.

The 2025 Portobello Book Festival Programme is now available! Portobello Book Festival: 3rd – 5th October 2025Tickets for all events are free and available from Portobello Library The programme for this year’s festival was officially launched at the library last night. Copies are now available to…

I'm reporting this thread to the police.

If you are in the Edmonton area Fiasco is still missing - please check garages and sheds and engines! Let's get him home, please share x

Don't forget about the DRM-free Humble Bundle from Tor (with Murderbot, Witch King, and more), benefiting World Center Kitchen. The donation is now at over 58,000. It would be awesome to get it up to $100,000. www.humblebundle.com/books/martha...

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival