“I like it … I like it.”

Oooh. Good letterbox drop today from @mrbsemporium.bsky.social Cannot wait to read this. I have loved every one of her books.

Six Flags: *opens first theme park Five Flags: "We should have seen this coming"

Latest #BloodBowl rules updates; lots of small errata that could have been picked up before the season was released, if they’d bothered to proof read, as well as a couple of interesting clear ups #warhammer #tabletop #hobby www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articl...

Happy World Bee Day! Here’s a list of how bees buzz in ten different languages… 10. Bzzz (Czech) 9. Bzzz (Bulgarian) 8. Bzzz (French) 7. Bzzz (Slovene) 6. Bzzz (Catalan) 5. Bzzz (Polish) 4. Bzzz (Portuguese) 3. Bzzz (Italian) 2. Bzzz (Spanish) 1. Wing wing (Korean)

So chuffing good!

Folklore tells us that bees should be told when somebody dies: “It was formerly customary in Wales for the head of the household to tell the bees when a death took place. The news should be whispered cautiously.” Hives were also turned around before a funeral. 🐝💀 #WorldBeeDay

PINNED POST (pls share to spread our pain) ✍️ Hey we're Alex & Sian and we've accidentally spent a decade drawing 20,000 footballers quite badly. If you want to see a certain player, just ask 🛒 SHOP: noscoredraws.com - where you can get prints & mugs & stuff. 100+ teams to choose from!

This looks TREMENDOUS 😀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SYw...

I can make lots of stuff. Book covers. Album art. Posters. Shit like that. I've designed for 25 years, but I have no money (like, literally no money), so I'm cheap to hire. A fire sale on my dignity. nobodyssweetheart.com

But all I need is a spoon…

In Portland, where soccer has long been political, a new USL W team brought on the local Planned Parenthood as a kit sponsor. I spoke with folks from the Cherry Bombs, PP, & the Rose City Riveters about the collab & how reproductive health impacts women's sports: www.theixsports.com/the-ix-socce...

We’re very lucky to have lovely Turton & Entwistle Reservoir so close. A big favourite of Mila’s. #dogsky #dog

Alien: And how did you run out of water? Earthling: Machines drank it. Alien: Machines. Earthling: We had to feed machines the water. Aliens: So the machines were holding your planet hostage for water. Earthling: No, we made the thirsty machines. They worked for us. Alien: End communication.

If Tesco really wanted to get more fruit and veg into schools, they could just *give us the food*. Skip the begging application forms, the competing for blue tiddlywinks & the demeaning need to prove your kids are deprived. Just give us food. Or cash. Or shh.

[frantically dialing the Dad Joke Hall of Fame]

current vibe

I’m sure there’s a word in German for feeling nostalgic for something you didn’t directly experience. I could look it up or I could just play Mixtape again 🫶

Say a group of friends is making their own Top 100 Best Novels List. Your friends ask you for your recommendations. What are the first three books that come to mind? No overthinking. Share the first three greats that hit you.

Gonna be wild when someone digs me up 2,000 years from now with The Complete Calvin and Hobbes.

Would love to be in the meeting where this was concocted. Pretty good.

holy goddamn shit www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thinking about my extremely foreign dad who never really picked up English and back when telemarketers used to call he would yell "I'm not interesting!" and hang up

This is why, more than ever, we need to stand with our LGBTQ+ sisters and brothers (or whatever community someone belongs to). The below disgraces this country. bsky.app/profile/bear...

@thehumanish.co.uk good finish that 😬

Had a first today when doing the CLEAR this afternoon. The child asked me, “Is that a golden poo?” #bskyspeechies #weespeechies #slpeeps

Turned down for some Arts Council funding today, and we're at a loss as to where to turn now, so if there's any multi-millionaire who has got bored of trying to manipulate the political landscape and would quite like to see a musical about grief with a singing tiger in it pls get in touch

Osprey Games, the UK publisher of tabletop titles including the critically acclaimed Undaunted series, is having its board and card games operation sold off by owner Bloomsbury Publishing: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

There’s a surprise. Company born out of a misogynistic idea develops accessory that enables misogyny. Burn it down!

A fun evening at EG last night playing the lovely David De Fouw in a Eurobowl practice (my Elven Union vs Dave’s orcs) More importantly I was able to finally hand Dave his Nosebleed award for dropping the most places on Day 2 of the Waterbowl in February this year! #bloodbowl

Bookseller wanted! Are you in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada? Do you love queer science fiction and fantasy books? Do you want to sell them for a living? Come help me create a welcoming, friendly space for queer nerds at Other Places Books. Please send your information to [email protected]

Slightly increase a band: Peters, Pauls, & Marys

There's something that particularly boils my blood about seeing an infantile euphemism like 'spicy' used in an official policy document that will ruin the lives of so many creators. Ugh.

And I said, "What about Cannibal Holocaust?" She said, "I think I remember the film and as I recall, I think we both kinda liked it" And I said, "Well, that's the one thing we've got"

On the pod today chatting the least exciting game of the season... And the weaknesses it showed in our squad

We have brilliant courses coming up with Dr Jill Titterington: 📝 Advanced phonetic transcription skills 🧒 Analysis of child speech 🗣️ Multiple oppositions and conventional minimal pairs 🎯 The Complexity Approach Find out more 👇

We know that many young people with SEMH also have SLCN, which often goes unrecognised, so finding ways to identify and characterise any SLCN is important. Discover how to assess language and communication skills and get accurate results 👉 coursebeetle.co.uk/courses/asse... Training - 14th May 📆

Slightly increase a band: Gladys Knight & the Apples

Our spider-senses are tingling with anticipation! 🚀🕷️😍 Children of Time the RPG, based on the Clarke Award winning book by @aptshadow.bsky.social

Surely they've suffered enough?

I like this as an idea akin to being "a real girls' girl" or "a real guys' guy"

Mila loves dental hygiene.

I feel a lot of David Attenborough's hard work with nature preservation is to cover for how much of a mess his brother made of that dinosaur theme park.

Ooh, football! #babysky #football

This cornflake cake from Loafi in Ramsbottom was chuffing delicious. (So was the sausage roll but that disappeared almost as soon as I entered the house) #foodsky #cake

Absolutely no idea how it's friday again so quickly. But since it is, it's time for the weekly good news thread! (I forgot til about 4pm last week so doing it bright an early this time). What's YOUR good news from the week? What's made you smile? What's brought some joy into your life?