I saw this at @cymerafestival.co.uk and instantly thought of @premeemohamed.com and @tkingfisher.com By @pondi.bsky.social

Shoreline of Infinity and SF Caledonia are ready and waiting for you in the Creatives Hall @cymerafestival.co.uk New issue Available now!

"what was your biggest impact on the internet" Suggesting (and providing the config for) putting "GNU Terry Pratchett" in web server headers www.reddit.com/r/discworld/... www.theguardian.com/books/shortc...

It is the glorious 25th of May. How do they rise up?

The University of Edinburgh's Meiko T800 Computing Surface system was a forerunner of the services provided by EPCC today. As this articles describes, the first entry in the Meiko logbook was made 40 years ago this month. edin.ac/4upW7Gw

Got a notification from a medieval copyright lawyer

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**SATURDAY STREAM BIG NEWS** Join me on Saturday evening for a mega important night! PoshSharks long awaited VTUBER DEBUT STREAM THALASSAPHOBIC PLAYS SUBNAUTICA 2! Co-stream news! Time tbc but will be aiming for earlier than usual. 10 reposts + 50 likes to reveal model before stream! #Vtuber

It feels great to type that it's now less than a month until the Cymera Festival... See follow-up post for just a few of the writers from the ESFF community who have events. The full Cymera programme can be found here: www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26 @cymerafestival.co.uk #Cymera2026

TV: And if you follow the cold front through the weekend, you'll see we have a 30% chance of upset. Me: ...What's upset? The Egyptian God Set: NOT MUCH DAWG, WHATS UP WITH YOU

Another moth eclosed, so we took graduation pictures

Bitwarden command line integration compromised -- this DOES NOT affect individual users, but if you've hooked Bitwarden up to anything via the CLI tool, read this blog post

If you don't have your ticket yet...why not? Edinburgh's best genre literary festival is a fab way to spend a weekend, and is always packed full of great events.

Rabbit Test was such a punch to the chest. It didn't tell me something I didn't already know*, but it contained such a deep rage that even though it wasn't aimed at me, when it was released I couldn't help but be buffeted in its wake * figuratively. It did actually teach me things I didn't know

Apparently people are saying authors talk about their books too much? Do you think we have anything *else* going on in our heads most of the time? Anyways, I have a new one out just a week or so ago, check it out!

The Muppet Christmas Carol is the most faithful adaptation of Dickens' original work send skeet

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: