More authors booked for events at the British Library are pulling out in solidarity with our striking members #BritishLibraryonStrike www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

PCS members are over halfway through their 2-week strike against low pay at the British Library, support them by using our e-action to call on MPs to demand increased grant in aid funding for the library and stand up for fair treatment. #BritishLibraryOnStrike www.pcs.org.uk/news-events/...

It's an honour to be included in this anthology, alongside all the other fantastic writers published by @brokensleepbooks.bsky.social this year.

Two fossilized remains of the duckbilled dinosaur Edmontosaurus reveal the surprising presence of hoofed feet. Dinosaurs! With hooves! www.reuters.com/science/wyom...

The more CGI in a film or show, the less I’m invested in it. I’m not sure if this is an age thing. Is it an age thing?

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

I loved this book

On famous authors who had no one turn up for their book launches... open.substack.com/pub/flyonthe...

Scientists call for stronger action to save Indonesia’s vanishing seagrass meadows news.mongabay.com/2025/11/seag... 🧪🦑🌎

Tesla shareholders to vote on $1tn pay package for CEO Elon Musk

Terrorist Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir broke into a Bedouin community in the Naqab region, south of occupied Palestine, personally delivering demolition and eviction orders to Bedouin families in a provocative display of force.

Still not trying the Greek dishes keeping to the English food.

Locked firmly by a heavy bar — this wooden door under the winter moon. -Kikaku (after Nobuyuki Yuasa)

Every child deserves the magic of books. ✨📚 But for too many families this winter, books will feel like a luxury they can't afford. Donate to our Christmas Appeal today to give the magic of books to children and families accessing food banks this festive season. 🎄

All eyes on humanities colleagues and students at Nottingham University this week - yet more course cuts about to be announced. Sympathy to all.

By the way, if you enjoy court intrigue with a shapeshifting cinnamon roll dragon & his murderous Fallen angel husband trying to solve crime without causing more crime, you can enjoy the first two books right now: www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography... (might even feature... babysitting 😜)

The UK wont contribute to flagship fund for Earth's remaining tropical forests, in a bitter blow to the Brazilian hosts on the eve of the Cop30 climate summit. What's the point of Starmer going to #Cop30 if the British government is going to behave like this? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres to sell off land

What do pirates in Madagascar, a red knitted jumper, the sunken warship Vasa, captivity and colonialism, and the Prize Papers have in common? They're all part of our new online lecture series "Ships & Seafaring 1500–1800". Join us weekly on Mondays, 1pm CET, on Zoom #earlymodern #maritimehistory 🗃️

Global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions rise again in 2024, up 2.3%. This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement. www.unep.org/resources/em... 1/

A summer blanket ought not to be sufficient in November. I Do Not Like This.

We're currently open to submissions of novellas and collected short fiction for our 2026-27 publishing schedule! Find out more here: carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions

Ammonia emissions from agricultural fertilizers will likely double by the year 2100. When ammonia reaches the upper atmosphere through convection, it significantly increases aerosol formation, seeding clouds and affecting global climate. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/I9jY50XlMiU

ICYMI, Something to be thankful for, Space Unicorns! Uncanny Magazine Issue 67 Part 1 is LIVE ON YOUR INTERNET! So begins YEAR 12!!! buff.ly/yEqnVQ3

"It's Clinical" No it isn't. There are no published data for this. Full page ad in NY Times today

☝️ Ian Hamilton Finlay’s “Fox” was first published in GLASGOW BEASTS, AN A BURD, HAW, AN INSEKS, AN, AW, A FUSH, with papercuts by John Picking & Pete McGinn (The Wild Flounder Press, 1961)

103 years ago, on the 4th of November 1922, the tomb of Tutankhamun was rediscovered. Howard Carter spent nearly 10 years cataloguing the objects in the tomb. In 2022, a letter came to light revealing Carter had been stealing treasures from the tomb. #otd #history 🗃️

We're here today from 11- 4 at the Institute of Historical Research's History Day! Pop by for a chat about our collections, services and London's history. @ihr.bsky.social #HistDay25

This is a fascinating and well-crafted essay in Speculative Insight @speculativeinsight.bsky.social which covers the in-world implications of Tolkien’s nuanced approach to tribal warfare, colonialism and mythologising of the past. I found it particularly relevant at the moment & a satisfying read

As someone who used to organise events, I cannot understand what in the cardboard mausoleum of dead logistics this layout is meant to do. Genuinely astonishing!

I can't think of anything to say

'“There was a young man I studied with, in the university in Khartoum, he told them, ‘Don’t kill him’. After that, they killed the rest of the people, the youths with me and my friends.”' www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

Many full time creatives have “invisible safety nets” like bread-winning partners, trust funds, external support, etc. No shame on anyone, but it creates a false vision of success. The cost of going to cons alone on top of hoping to eat as a freelancer are untenable, IMO.

Good to see the corrections and additions to this article, including the contribution of independent researcher Dawnanna Kreeger. Bit of a missed opportunity though to also elaborate on the original researcher, Cathey O'Neill.

“We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”

Hey, Kids, Stories! Clarkesworld # 230. Features my science fiction novella THE APOLOGISTS. Also stories by @kashinggiwa.bsky.social and @izom-chisom.bsky.social and others!

New York knows how to do Halloween!

Worth knowing IMO

Happy Halloween from TW! We've got a great selection of the weird and unusual - and that's just our booksellers! Check out our gorgeous British Library collections of horror writing and supernatural tales. And our occult section has expanded especially, there's plenty to spook you here!

Oh wow

Yeah. It’s Climate Change. In the last 45 years the most extreme Atlantic hurricanes have nearly doubled and extreme rapid intensification has increased by 6X!! #climatechange #melissa #hurricane #fyp #florida

Nobel peace prize winner: give war a chance

Today, common people from Penha entered the woods on one side of the mountain. The region is called Pedreira, as it is an inactive quarry. They found 60+ dead bodies. Some with clear marks of torture. A beheaded young male. Most shot in the back and in the head. The total count is between 121-128+

Just fyi though, Samhain is November 1st. Tonight is just Oíche Shamhna.

Absolutely wild: less than 4% of India’s hospitals have passed any official examination and certification for process for cleanliness & sterility. India’s rates of hospital-acquired infections are among the highest in the world. There is no requirement to report these infections. #health

This is just to say I have looked on the works that were in the desert and which you were probably thinking would still stand Forgive me they were trunkless so vast and so old

OK Wormtongue

It’s… what they would’ve wanted…?

The Farage Effect. And, more importantly, the Aping Farage Effect, as demonstrated by Labour.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but you are allowed to have ice cream for dinner.