Reuters: “Gaza Running Out Of Fuel, Food As Israel Closes Borders Amid Iran Strikes” Don't turn away from the displaced, suffering Gazans. They rely on donations to survive. Please give to my friend Tasneem and/or repost. No amount is too small. And give to others. 🙏 chuffed.org/project/1587...

Actually, fuck it, I've gone ahead and made a moderation list from it bsky.app/profile/did:...

Morning all, please consider filling this in. I want my kids safe online but I'm against age verification generally and especially for VPNs. better to enforce against the companies creating an environment of harm, radicalisation and enshittification I would think, yes? www.gov.uk/government/c...

New UK government consultation opportunity. I haven't yet read the whole thing, but on the introductory page it weirdly refers to children being on AI chatbots 🤨 www.gov.uk/government/n...

If you follow me on Instagram and you receive a notification about me joining or downloading Meta AI well, IT'S A FUCKING LIE. Meta is blatantly lying to us in order to make us download that fucking sludge-generator. I would never touch GenAI with a 10 foot pole. OP www.instagram.com/p/DVN3Ac2DG9p/

Horrific, heartbreaking, and important. Every one of these little girls mattered. 💔

Hi, I have diagnosed c-PTSD and this is true and if you suck at tetris, any bright coloured fast game requiring rapid eye movement and decision making will do! it also helps if you witness something triggering and are trying to stave off an episode

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 181015: If you're feeling creatively exhausted, then fill your tank with creative things. Read books. Watch films. See plays. Listen to music. Look at art. Remind yourself what creativity means to you.

LOOK WHAT I’VE GOT!

Horror writer @benjaminlangley.bsky.social turned a lockdown hobby into something that attracts attention to his table at book fairs and markets. He tells us more about his linocuts. britishfantasysociety.org/the-things-w...

It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker This was never about woman's sports

Baraa has lost two little daughters to Israel's genocide. Please help her keep her remaining son Ibrahim alive. Bluesky keeps deleting & suspending her so she's been unable to post for herself. They urgently need shelter from winter rains:

'Please stop🚨💔 Islam is extremely exhausted🙏 He is dying from exhaustion💔 Please,Iam so worried about him😔 Islam needs your help,your donation will save his life😭 Save him before it's too late,he is dying from exhaustion😢 His health is in very serious condition 🙏🙏 🙏'

My new book, Forged for Royalty, is out from @orbitbooks.bsky.social next month! If you're a reviewer who likes big fantasy adventures with some old tropes rearranged, you can request it on Netgalley now... www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

My podcast (Fantasy Book Swap) has been going for 5 years now. This is what I’ve read so far… alisonrbaker.wordpress.com/fantasy-book...

If you've always thought the billionaire problem could be solved by a bunch of queers with guns, I gotchu! #booksky shop.ravenswordpress.com/collections/...

Gay paranormal romance? How about a blind vampire art dealer, a shy werewolf dog trainer, and a bitter vampire hunter who could destroy them both? shop.ravenswordpress.com/collections/...

Do you love a bargain? Do you also love queer urban fantasy? Then you can get the first ten books of Inheritance for only a fiver each? And that includes the audiobooks? BAM! POW! shop.ravenswordpress.com/collections/...

Can you help Jamal rebuild? xx

🔥 LAST CHANCE 🔥 Applications for my free, one to one, sick as hell author mentorship program end this week. 28/2. I've seen more applications this year than ever. Does that mean you have less of a shot? NO! Because guess what? I READ EVERY SINGLE ONE. jacksonfordauthor.com/mentorship

Our next guest is the wonderful @bookdragonauthor.bsky.social Charlotte is an author, ghostwriter, freelance editor, proofreader, reviewer and podcaster! The Fireborne Blade & The Bloodless Princes duology follows a knight trying to steal a sword from a dragon! Sapphic women with swords FTW!

Ramadan has started, and the World Central Kitchen has a program to distribute food aid to people in Gaza. Each kit for Ramadan contains nearly 30 pounds of halal—enough for up to 70 meals. If you have spare funds, please consider a donation of $60 to assist the people still struggling in Gaza.

Looking forward to it!

something abled people don't get is you can have just one day a week where you are too sick to work, and that's enough to disqualify you from nearly all full-time jobs. it doesn't take a lot

Why did ICE shackle a British tourist, a grandmother with no criminal record, who had all the correct papers, and lock her in a cell for SIX WEEKS?? Because ICE officers are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. Eliminate this agency now.

GUYS! The sequel to THE OUTCAST MAGE is coming out THIS YEAR! Book 2 of The Shattered Lands is going to be called THE VOID DRAGON, and despite everything IS COMING OUT THIS YEAR. THE VOID DRAGON will be out October 2026 and you can PRE-ORDER NOW. Come on an adventure with me!

OK, I'm on the hunt for experts/knowledgeable people once again. If this sounds like you / someone you know, please get in touch! 👽X-Files obsessive who can talk to its cultural impact ⚱️Someone who can do a 101 talk on mystical/philosophical/John-Dee style alchemy More requests soon: stay tuned!

It's finally here! A Million Points of Light, the sequel to The Shape of Monster, is now live. Get more of that woke cannibal erotica you e been craving ;) Or, yanno, mages and monsters and betrayal. Listen to A Million Points of Light by C L Hellisen on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0GMRMJTR...

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This Sunday! 8:30pm! Live in the Discord with @thomasdlee.bsky.social !! discord.gg/SNGXZWg8

Hey folks -- Signal Boost time for this week's #TheFullLid. If you have a creative project to promote, leave the details in a reply. Include the title and a link please, so folks can find it. For pre-launch crowdfunders let us know about 2 weeks in advance.

Behold, the beautiful cover of THE KNIGHT WATCH, which is now available to pre-order!

Deadline for panel signups has been extended! Don't miss out!

If you, like me, realised that you can't find a link to @easterconuk.bsky.social's PlanZ where they're collecting participation requests (dealine tomorrow!), the only way I've found so far to get to the site is to go back to the email we got sent on Feb 6th and ask to reset your password again.

Would any LGBT+ writers/artists creating in the dark SFF/horror genres be interested in being interviewed for the Divination Hollow Review's annual Pride month event? If you are, please drop a comment or send me a DM 😊 #booksky #writingcommunity

New post: LABOUR'S SECTION 28 IS HERE - ACT NOW. I explain how the Labour government's proposed revisions to the guidance on "keeping children in education" are designed to erase trans children in England. But it's not a done deal - there is plenty we can do to oppose this.

'Stop scrolling. This is a countdown, not a post. Odai is a child losing his chance to walk while you read. A drone injury left him needing urgent surgery, but there is no money yet. Every second matters. Your share or donation could be the step he may never take. Act.'

In what is becoming an annual reminder: if you were born before 1993, you probably aren't vaccinated against measles The MMR wasn't introduced until 1988 and the 2nd dose wasn't introduced until 1996. So unless you were born after 1993 you probably aren't fully vaccinated.

Had an excellent time this morning at @outofmanypeople.bsky.social Likkle Lit Fest!! If you're in Leeds today, get down to it!

I haven't been doing this, but I saw someone ask for help on my timeline, soooo... @poopraven.bsky.social is both ADHD and autistic and their Inheritance series features an autistic MC (who doesn't figure out he's autistic until like 9 books in, but...). Both MCs struggle with mental health, too.

In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women." Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration. It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Our latest.

Happy birthday to this fabulous purveyor of queer books!!! Come get your queer books!!

Wow! Palestine Action win judicial review - Guardian report. This is a *big* legal win. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

An important point for all of my fellow dual nationals:

Played my first game of D&D in over a year!! First roll, used my @robbotron.bsky.social The Dark Room dice: Nat flamboyant potato!!! It feels so good to be back!!