I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

the video compression destroyer

we done another game jam ✌️😎

submitted for bevy jam 7 #bevy #bevyjam

Now that we’ve gone more hands-on with the sci-fi shooter Luna Abyss, we can safely say that the optimism was justified after being introduced to a new weapon, movement mechanics, and a killer boss fight. Our preview: https://bit.ly/45ZlAwC

Played through the new demo for Luna Abyss, really enjoyed it. Feels like Doom meet Nier: Automata with the jumping puzzles from Destiny 2 thrown in for variety. Looking forward to the full game. store.steampowered.com/app/1933000/...

12 days until the spookiness begins here in Derby with the UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL, with 38 events taking place over three days! www.derbyquad.co.uk/ukgsf/ #derby #derbyshire #ghost #ghosts #ghoststory #ghoststories #writing #writers #authors #fiction

‼️Scout Action Required ‼️ A new demo update has dropped on Steam! Reward for playing - 10 days off sentence. Proceed here: https://bit.ly/4qAT77M 🌑 #LunaAbyss🌑 #indiegame #indiedev

Definitely a superb owl.

✨reminder that I have a SALE on all my original limited-edition linoprints throughout February✨👀 shop.frankduffy.co.uk #artsky #witchsky

I'm running a fun 'n' spooky workshop tomorrow at 3.30pm on Digital Hauntings - come and spend an hour with me and I'll throw in a photo of Jacques Derrida looking sultry as extra incentive....

Spookiness aplenty coming your way in 2026, and a big month of ghost stories begins with the three online days of the UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL from 6th to 8th Feb! www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory... #ghosts #ghoststories #ghoststory #festival #onlinefestival #February #horror #gothic

looking forward to maintaining my usual flawless levels of independent adjudication....see you there quizzers

Video Game Review: Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector Exploring a capitalist wasteland one kindness at a time @stewarthotston.com has our review at the blog: www.nerds-feather.com/2025/12/vide...

Wishing my fellow birthday creatives @stevetoase.bsky.social Kayleigh Dobbs, and @priya101.bsky.social a great day. Here are some titles from these gifted writers. Go buy, em!

In Japanese mythology Fujin is a Shinto wind kami (god) usually portrayed as a fearsome-looking deity sitting on or walking over the clouds and carrying a sack containing the winds. This print depicts Fujin blowing the gust of wind from the huge sack on his back. #MythologyMonday #JapaneseFolklore

If you’d like to help us celebrate, you can pick up our collections from @blackshuckbooks.bsky.social. The eBooks are only £1.49 so you can get all three for less than a fiver!

The ghosts of the Christmas season are still lingering in the air, so why not keep them around a little longer for the latest running of the UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL, coming to QUAD on the weekend of 27th Feb to 1st Mar! www.derbyquad.co.uk/ukgsf/ #ghosts #ghoststories #ghoststory

Oh, you think you can tell AI writing from human writing by whether the author can talk lovingly and in detail about the characters and their motivations? JOKE'S ON YOU, I've written five novels since then and I can't remember shit, death of the author, those arseholes are YOUR problem now.

Please share this widely. There have been 13 peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review, to the extent that academia regards it as pseudoscience, but so far all have been subject to organised censorship by mainstream media. This is the first time one has broken through. Oz Guardian only still.

Winter Solstice night is always when I relisten to some of Rob Bell’s interviews with Alexander Shaia, who gave me this idea I’ve always held onto since I became a Druid and started observing tonight: We light lights not to keep back the darkness but to adorn it, to love and exalt it

When supermarkets give you the option to round up your shopping "for charity" they are using your donation as a tax write-off. Just donate directly instead.

NGL I've been watching this for the last 3 minutes on a loop and I'm still finding it beautiful. Maybe even art. Enjoy

ah yes the Winter Solstice, the time of year when the SAD ball slowly gets passed back to those of us who find the light and heat intolerable

Catherine Hyde, contemporary UK artist, photographer, writer and award-winning illustrator #WomensArt #Solstice #December21st #ArtAdvent

I will write again in 2026. That is a promise. And also a threat.

it wouldn't be christmas without me badly photoshopping my book into something in a shameless attempt to convince you to buy it for yourself or an unsuspecting recipient (Triggernometry Finals! Available on kindle or DRM-free via Payhip!) payhip.com/StarkHolborn www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B...

Skull-God — A Broadcast from the Trenches by Yucheng Tao "Some move as bats / blinded by enemy gas-kisses fumbling to offer / their dirty heads / as round gifts to the Skull-God / for the new year /" Link ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po... #poetry #speculativepoetry

If your New Year's Resolution is to get more horror written, then NEW FEARS could be just the thing to help you along - six weeks of guest author workshops, plus optional feedback and 1-2-1 options! www.eventbrite.com/e/new-fears-... #horror #horrorwriting #horrorwriters #horrorfiction

Did you know that different painkillers work best on different sources of pain? Inflammation: Ibuprofen Fever: Paracetamol Billionaires: Guillotine Hope that helps!

Very sad to say that our producer, Sarah, passed away on Monday night. She was a joy to work with, and it was a privilege to know her. Sarah's wife Beth has requested that any donations are sent towards the hospice that gave Sarah care. If you're able, it would mean a lot: gofund.me/af1f41192

Hi, I'm the CEO of Glorbo, the company who enjoys near unprecedented goodwill in our field, I'm here today to talk to you about our pivot to using the Magic 8-Ball powered by children's bones that everybody hates, I've given myself psychosis listening to the 8-ball aaaaeeeeeiiiiooouuuu

The games industry brings in 300 billion dollars a year. The guy who made DOOM gets his projects canceled, the guy who made Katamari Damacy is broke, everyone in your feed is begging for a job and there are 50 new games coming out on Steam every day all going towards buying Gabe Newell's next yacht

mfw i take the higgledy-piggledy whale statements for veritable gospel cetology

nothing can put a bigger smile on my face than reading that Microsoft has to scale back its AI ambitions because NOBODY uses copilot.

11% of Britons say they feel 'very negatively' about trans people which just highlights how much this is a top-down hate project with around 95% of the media hating trans people and a high percentage of MPs.

the problem for transphobes is that at this point nearly everyone has met or at least interacted with a trans person and figured out that they're just people trying to live their lives. this is why they want to ban trans people from existing in public at all costs

"Write what you know" itself is terrible advice when given by people who don't grasp its meaning. It means "do your research", not "only write your personal, lived experience".

scratch a transphobe (sorry, 'gender critical') and find a racist. always the way innit

I have ploughed my way through all 312 pages of the ruling in Sandie Peggie vs NHS Fife & I can confirm that this story in The National is the only truthful media account of the full scale of her crushing defeat. archive.is/2025.12.09-1...

Three days and fourteen sessions, all at your fingertips without ever leaving home! The UK GHOST STORY FESTIVAL ONLINE will be bringing a host of ghoulish goings-on this coming February... www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststory... #ghoststory #ghoststories #writing #writers #fiction #authors

hey @safety.bsky.app why am I unable to mute terms unless I submit my face to your database for age verification? surely disallowing non-verified users to mute distressing or triggering terms is counter to the supposed objective of keeping young people safe?

The time has come for our newest trailer. Luna Abyss - Coming 2026. Wishlist on Steam now: https://bit.ly/4oxGIjO #LunaAbyss🌑 #indiegame #indiedev

A wild season 13 appears on the horizon, full of the cheer of the One Star Quiz!! That's right we will be bringing in the new year in the most smally like hand way on the 11th January with @stewarthotston.com @worrad.bsky.social Kayleigh Dobbs and @lauramauro.bsky.social adjudicating independently!

The "I don't have time to read lots of dusty tomes for research, so I just ask a bot for a summary" thing keeps coming up. I just can't relate to anyone who isn't incandescently excited about digging into an archive and spending days deciphering Victorian handwriting. It's like a party drug to me.

The Britons did try to tell the Romans not to bring their stuff here but Claudius really wanted to dump some coins and shit in Colchester

Over 50,000 cis women have signed the @nionwomen.bsky.social open letter rejecting the narrative that trans women are a danger to women. The real threat to women has never been trans women. The real threat to women is male violence. Add your name today: notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...