Anyone else at @sheffielducu.bsky.social had their university it account randomly disabled or is it just me?

new William Gibson book opening line dropped

Oh look. She is literally using your money to hurt people. Yes, including children.

Do you want to read the newest Nebula Award-winning short story? Well you can! Congratulations to author @effies.bsky.social, as well as to everyone at @diabolicalplots.com. This is the second time a DP story has won Best Short!

UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold. It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on. Sign & repost!! ❤️

Songfall Survivors is our very recent, massive expansion for After the War with an advanced settlement system, wrexploration, and new character options. Available in PDF and POD. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

After the War is our SciFi RPG of memetic horror co-designed by myself and @alasdairstuart.com. A sentient psychic virus infected and nearly destroyed the galactic union. Ten years after our pyrrhic victory, millions of survivors try to rebuild on Polvo. www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/After-...

Heartbroken to hear that Marjane Satrapi has died. Her long term partner died last year and that clearly hit her really hard but still, 56 is no age. If you've not read 'Persepolis' now would be the time to do it.

Tonight I've been playing @beyondcataclysm.co.uk's Unlucky for None. Farmer Janice is already dead courtesy of the first event (a sinkhole in the Bank's foyer) so time for a new character!

Clinicians will be able to identify female autism in mere seconds by posing one simple question: “Do you have, or have you ever had, an imaginary horse?”

I played Crows last night. TPK before we even reached the Blood Library, the rerolled character had her horse eaten immediately by blood critters, eventually ended up with an ass's head from magic backlash. Hella good fun!

I *think* the ukge migraine has finally cleared? Yay! Quite impressed I got to 6pm on Saturday before it kicked in, less impressed that the spot above my left eye has been gently throbbing until last night

Thoughts on Backrooms: um? This is wel acted but also just Tuesday night in my brain?

Is it the first of the month already? There's a daily deal up already and it's a good one. Children of Strife by @aptshadow.bsky.social is £1.99 for today only. Spiders! Mantis Shrimp! Elon Musk surrogate! Ant based computers! www.amazon.co.uk/Children-Str...

Look, plantar fascitis sucks but I think this guy has bigger issues going on

I've spent the last 8 years of my professional book critic career focusing my efforts on YA books by and about queer/trans and BIPOC experiences, and I have also noticed the decrease in these stories being published. It's incredibly dispiriting, as a queer Black adult and as a high school librarian.

I am listening to the spotify playlist for this game and it's a delight. My day just got three lumens brighter.

"Someone, somewhere, has taken the decision to defund astrophysics research in the UK, but no-one seems quite sure who that was, or why." The latest on the impact of the catastrophic funding cuts to UK astrophysics, by me, in @natastron.nature.com 👩‍🔬🧪🔭 ✒️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

How to find out the Clocktower stall at UKGE! @bloodontheclocktower.com

This Saturday at 3pm at UK Games Expo, we're honoured to be hosting an informal meet and greet with Tyrant Philosophers author Adrian Tchaikovsky, @aptshadow.bsky.social. Come and hear the latest on our upcoming RPG and novels from the source! It's just a 30min thing, so don't be late. #ukge

New Sheffield Peregrines blog post incoming. #ukbirding #yorkshirebirding sheffieldperegrines.wordpress.com/2026/05/18/r...

Relevant to many of my interests!

something GOOD from work - we've just had the hot weather health and safety advice. Nice one, @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Hat girl here - having #vitiligo is great motivation #slip #slop #slap

Ima Onwugbenu, 35, a librarian from Cheshire, has reportedly decided that she is personally responsible for ending capitalism, famine, genocide, climate change, the global fascist movement and the inexplicable popularity of James Corden.

Some new stuff on my itch page! Debtor's Frontier and House of Doors are 24 word RPGs and ZetaVend 1000 is a zine of terrible candies for #mothership!

This doesn’t end well for either of them.

Do I want to promote the award associated with capital-Ron-awfulness? Nope, no, never.

A first for me in gaming: one of the other players made artwork for some of our characters. Thanks Oaklyn!

Aahhhhh its perfect

Thrilled I've got 150 responses to my survey on personal tutoring! I'm aiming for 200 responses, so if you're an academic in UK HE who's had pastoral responsibility for students in the last five years, whatever that's called, with ten minutes spare, I'd love to hear from you. Do share if you can.

New D&D playable species just dropped.

“It takes years of dedication to build up a world-class reputation. I worry that it can be destroyed much more quickly.” - Antonio Padilla on proposed cuts to the physics department at @uniofnottingham.bsky.social. Story by my colleague @michaelbanks.bsky.social 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/nottingham...

I am suddenly struck by the overlap of the social management side of #BOTC storytelling/group dynamics and wearing a wellbeing hat in the middle of a restructure. I know enough to know the rough shape of the terrain...and that I am not at all trained for this.

Today's episode of the enshittification of HE is brought to you by the number 6 and the letters F, T, E

This is going to be tremendous fun, you haven't lived until you've heard AK talk about how to traumatise characters 😅

Oozing back and just kind of being accepted is a longstanding and highly successful tactic for awful men. This is your friendly reminder that it only works if we let it. Block that waste of space.

Short Story Wish List

Beware the Litel Free Labyrinths

Final week of the ol' rpg this thursday and I'm grading student work to a pre-session 6 playlist and having a serious case of the #blorbos

Cast of Wonders 686: The Marrow Gatherer and the Rotten One by Nichole Lightner narrated by Katrin Kania produced by Jeremy Carter hosted by Katherine Inskip www.castofwonders.org/2026/05/cast... CW: horror themes, gaslighting, gore, power asymmetries, pyrrhic victories.

Had waaaay too much fun last night building my current RPG character in heroforge.

For All Mankind s5e8: I'm left speechless on the edge of my seat. So. Fucking. Great.

Badger Badger Badger Badger Mushroom Snaaaaaake

This is why I'm in favor for composting. You feed more people that way and don't have to worry about prions or whatever they have injected themselves with.

Give me paths marked by Fox Brides. Give me feral magics. Give me navigations from shore to hedge to hill where each stepping is a conversation with the spirits of place. – #EmilyCBanting #FolkWitchFriday

Sending strength, fortitude, and caffeine to the SNL UK writers room. 🫡

please signal boost

Greatly looking forward to episode 5 of The Iron Road at the Treehouse tonight. It's crunch time for the Marshals of Istria, and I have a nice Bob Dylan playlist set up for later to help get me in the mood. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c1N...

Today I've been narrating a story that is best described as the unholy crossover between Hey Duggee! and a terrible Lovecraftian Apocalypse. A-woof! A-aaaaaaaaah! Watch out, Squirrels!