reactormag.com/the-ghost-of... interesting article on writing workshops, including history and how the most widely used method puts writers of color at a disadvantage in such settings

Who is Jimothy and why is this rotund raccoon suddenly all over my timeline

I once asked a priest to bless a printer that I was in the middle of fighting with and he went "I only bless things when there's a chance it'll take" and then turned and walked out of the room.

Why does he look like this He looks like a Muppet, not a real animal.

The Luddites loved technology. They owned looms at home and would ‘mod’ them to count threads. Their battle was against worker exploitation. The degradation of their rights, safety and wages. They were against a handful of rich businessmen owning the means of production. Sound familiar?

When I started my first office job in 2001, smokers got extra breaks and saw it as a barely acceptable compromise now they were no longer allowed to light up at their desks.

Here's my contribution-from The Packer Mansion in Jim Thorpe, Pa.

Hello #Portfolioday ! I'm Rowan, a comic artist and illustrator that has done work for graphic novels, ttrpgs, and books. I have done work with Penguin Random House, First Second, DC Comics, and more. I'm currently looking for work. www.rowanmaccoll.com ⭐[email protected]

my primary emotion is "not wanting to go to things"

not me pausing on the star map at the sight of 40 Eridani!!!!!! THAT’S VULCAN BABY

we should obviously strive for clarity in our work but a not insignificant percentage of your readers will always (erroneously) assume one of your characters is a horse, and no amount of explanation or exposition will prevent this

It's a gay romance about two rival Beowulf scholars. It's called Hwæted Rivalry

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Please back this. I want to hear these spoops so much.

In response to "no transmasc lesbians have ever existed" I pointed out the realities/history of dyke culture are a lot more complicated, and mentioned Leslie Feinberg as a prominent example, I was informed "that's just from back before there were real records." Feinberg, tragically, died in 2014.

Welcome to Puppy Court

💊🐜💊🐜💊🐜 Digimon: Imagomon Player: @clairemulkerin.bsky.social Partner: She prefers the term "experiments" Level: Dream of the King Concept: She's not a real doctor but she is a real bugs Demeanour: She can make you Worse (art by @clairemulkerin.bsky.social and @planxty.bsky.social )

I’m ridiculously excited to be involved in this. It’s *very* nearly funded and has only four days to land. And my god this trailer… I can’t wait xx

Found out today that sales in some independent bookshops don't "count" towards "official" book sales as recorded for the bestseller list, just in case you wanted any more confirmation of how fucked up the world of publishing is in 2026.

watercolor witch

Yeah this is the thing we easily forget. The U.S., even fully blue, is still very rightwing. Dem socs here are centrists anywhere else. The fear of communists and anarchists here is a fear of basic liberalism. Collectivism isn’t radical! bsky.app/profile/aufe...

HERE WE GO HERE WE GO HERE WE GO HERE WE GO

This episode is?? Adorable?? Movies like this are the himbos of cinema and I miss them.

Anyway here's Wonderwallmon

I think I might be at the loading capacity of this balcony

People be like "I hate graffiti" and yeah sure whatever but every time I pass by this stupid little sketch by a local guy called 'Wormz' it makes me feel happy, sooo??

Ive drawn enough accurate looking armor, its time for the ridiculous horny stuff ⚔️💪

Older lady peeped the rainbow flag on my bike, asked in a thick Russian accent “It’s your Pride?” She told me her youngest grandchild is “not she berry or he berry but no berry.” I said “Nonbinary?” She got so excited. Yes! Yes! And “Is a secret, but they are my“ *looks around, whispers* “favorite.”

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A pleasant and well-meaning scarecrow who will paint your house for a competitive rate while rhapsodising about the beauty of the land.

Happy Pride to this Caravaggio self-portrait that made one man so gay he had to go to the hospital

A WILD JAMES ROSS

It's only 6am here and I've already got two Americans doing cultural chauvinism and assuming everything on the Internet is American and Christian.

If you’re on your period during a heatwave the government should have to give you £200

This was a solved problem 25 years ago! Put some goggles on your biggest titted friend and take a black and white photo of her in a construction site for gods sake. When did everybody become helpless

You couldn't make a transgender hooters cause there'd be too many guys who'd go there as a joke only to get immediately bricked up and start trauma dumping at the waitresses

How is @martadasilva.bsky.social SO GOOD at voice acting? I'm an avid listener of Sherlock & Co and started listening to The Road of Shadows. I didn't twig that "Amber" is "Mariana" or that the leads aren't actually American until _season four_.

Feeding local crows on my balcony update: Neighbourhood crows yell at me for snacks when I go outside now. I was on the walking trail a few blocks from my house and this one crow hopped from tree to tree to follow me and yell. I was like, I DON'T HAVE POCKETS TODAY YOU HAVE TO COME TO MY HOUSE.

I can’t think of many rural terms I like more than “witches’ knickers” - to describe black polythene snagged in fences, hedgerows and trees.

A generation of children confined to exclusively posting on LinkedIn, humbled to share that they have been recognised as thought leaders in vertically integrating your mom's supply chain.

Today's newsletter, in which I politely ask you to pre-order the paperback of my latest novel with free worldwide delivery, a new story is shared for people who like writing at least as much as beer, and a herring gull moves into our spare room: www.tom-cox.com/all-the-unde...

sentiment check: portland waterfront, 6/13/2026

Just made a decision to put out my second short story collection in collaboration with a new small press. It's all done and will be published in autumn. More news very soon. No advance. No "branding". Brilliant cover art and editing that I'm paying for myself. UP THE FUCKING REVOLUTION.

YOU DID IT! YOU HAVE UNLOCKED HER ELYSIAN BLESSINGS!

I'm just going to make increasingly unhinged Francie imagery for the rest of the month to promote our shelter fundraiser. 💫 givebutter.com/mollys-birth...

they keep letting people go on record and say "don't worry everyone, we only replaced our concept artists with ai" as if the concept artists aren't the entire skeleton of the thing. you took the bones out, man. look at it flippin and floppin around. fuck off

My day job is at a rural branch of a public library, and we have a Pride display. Yesterday I was at the desk when a man came in. Fifties, maybe, or sixties. Plaid shirt, mesh trucker cap, suspenders. He went up to the display and just stood there for a long moment. Then he came up to the desk. 🧵 1/