Stainless steel

A nice li'l thread about polyamory. It's worth mentioning that as with any relationship type, polyamory is different for everyone, and as Delaney says, finding your own comfort zone within a poly relationship requires honesty and consideration. But more importantly, it requires good communication.

Wishing everyone who's going a great time at @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social this weekend, and good luck to everyone who's up for an award, be it a World- or British Fantasy Award. Sorry I can't be there myself, but at least this way the quality of the karaoke will be marginally improved. 😜

First animated crush without saying your age.

Happy book birthday to @davidgreenwriter.bsky.social and *Magic, Maps, and Mischief.* www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

From the Larchives: The Rocky Horus Picture Scroll. One of my favorite works. I had the assistance of an Egyptology PhD student to translate the Time Warp phonetically. Enjoy :)

Okay, list is shaping up pretty well… But there’s a few more spaces if people want added, will also remove if people want me to. (Limit is 150). Folk attending @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social in Brighton next month…

Big news! Huge! Like massive super chunky news!

TOMORROW! Sheffielders and those in the vicinity, come to a game shop, buy some minis, eat some cake, and enjoy all things SFF chat. There will be a raffle!

Wes Streeting really is an execrable little man.

Post a female charactervyou love.

Great to see the @tuc.org.uk pass this motion - unanimously! - restating trade unions' solid opposition to transphobia and setting out the actions they'll take. congress.tuc.org.uk/motion-07-su... leftfootforward.org/2025/09/tuc-...

Imagine being so embarrassed about your job that you have to wear a mask to hide your identity while you're doing it.

Apropos of nothing in particular, I wonder if it's possible to die of sycophancy...

Star Wars Sequel Trilogy is 10 years old, say something you like about it. The way The Last Jedi screwed with everyone's expectations. Pure brilliance.

The one where I review the first in the Wiz Duos series from Wizards Tower Press, and discover there is still a place for novellas. #AmReading #SmallPressBigStories snaomiscott.net/wiz-duos-boo...

Only four? Okay, four it is...

Farewell, Ozzy, and Rest in Peace. Your music has been an important part of my life for as long as I can remember, and shall continue to be one of the things I turn to when I need a pick-me-up. #RIPOzzyOsbourne youtu.be/Fdffi_vqmjQ?...

What's that? More erosion of rights, respect, and dignity for trans people from the British Government? Oh, it must be a day with a 'Y' in it... www.thepinknews.com/2025/06/24/u...

Congratulations to all nominees this year, but especially to @wtpress.bsky.social, @hierath77.bsky.social, @rozc.bsky.social and all the authors of Fight Like a Girl, Volume 2!

I dabbed some more paint on minis this week, specifically a couple of 28mm minis from Oathsworn's 'Heroines in Sensible Shoes' range. These are for my semiregular #PendragRPG game. #MiniaturePainting #TTRPG

That thing where someone you know has become a victim of the UK’s toilet police. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I thought I had a joke about Ariadne, but it was just full of loose threads, so I gave up on it and got drunk instead.

Press Release: Please welcome Joel Cornah to the Wizard's Tower family: wizardstowerpress.co...

Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet. ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.

All this. Consent is so important, especially where kink is concerned. 🧵

A couple of weeks ago, I finally took up the old size 0 brush again and started #PaintingMiniatures for the first time in about a decade, and here's the result. Four 15mm #Laserburn minis for use in some Sci-Fi #TTRPG or other - probably Traveller. Maybe. They ain't perfect, but they'll do for now.

This year, Pride is a protest. And it's more important than ever to elevate, platform, include and otherwise uplift ✨queer✨ creatives. ALL of whom will be feeling the drastic and disastrous downturn in the western world of LGBTQ+ freedom, dignity and rights. Thank you. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

What's the cover art that got you started on the #ttrpg hobby? Here's mine:

Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera sparked the movement that led to the rights we have today. We owe them so much. Same with the lesbians who cared for a gay generation wiped out by AIDS. One saved my life and got me into rehab. We must remember them. Fuck the gays that don't. #Pride #LGBTQ

pride is next week pride wasn't brought to you by delta air lines, microsoft, coca-cola or even the democratic party. it was brought to you by trans women throwing bricks at cops and lesbians taking care of gay men dying of AIDS during reagan. do not forget where we came from. now more than ever.

So here's a simple solution: the AI industry donates a living wage in perpetuity to every artist it rips off. You know, like some sort of fee to secure a licence to use their work.

That feeling when thesaurus.com stops giving you synonyms... Is anyone else having this problem today?

The airplane I will accept as a bribe.

It took us over a year to get this thing out through a peer review process because actual review takes time. Actual, non-bribed, non compromised review goes through iterations, and anything that went through "peer review" in a suspiciously short time is suspect. Anywho, the Cass Review is busted.

Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Look at that line-up! What a fantastic bunch of authors all descending on Leeds for 1 big bookish event! Have you got your tickets? Who are you looking forward to meeting? How many books are you going to buy on the night? (don't worry we won't tell your TBR & book buying bans are forbidden at ISUN)

A five year gap in the resume that says 'you can't prove it was me.'

This is an excellent idea. I shall henceforth be known as Sleeper Service.

Donor @cherylmorgan.bsky.social “When I started my transition in 1995 I was told that the SF&F community was a safe space for people like me... I've never looked back. I don't know how I would've survived without this community as a source of friendship & support” www.32auctions.com/organization...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)*

This is the EHCR's email address because you should be writing to them today to talk about how their incoherent guidance will exclude an entire class of people from society. It must not be allowed [email protected]

🏳️‍⚧️ NEW 🏳️‍⚧️ We believe the Supreme Court – which disgracefully refused to hear from trans people before its decision last week – has placed the UK in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act. So we’re readying a challenge – join us: goodlaw.social/xpme

So after suffering through the "new" Outlook for some days I found that it did have one incredible feature that I found really useful, namely the ability to revert to the old Outlook.

Voting for the British Fantasy Awards is open! All members of the BFS, Fantasycon 2024 and World Fantasy Convention 2025 are invited to cast their vote by 9th May. Visit the website to find further details about how to vote and to volunteer as a juror britishfantasysociety.org/voting-open-...

Believe it or not - this is a bit of a row back. A couple of months ago I'd heard from a trusted source that Streeting was dead set on pushing trans people into wards by birth sex - to the point they were ready to announce it. Streeting and Starmer are rattled, badly.

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans anthologists/editors in the UK - would anyone be interested in working with us to curate an all-trans horror/dark fic collection to benefit UK-based trans nonprofits in 2026? If so: drop us an email at [email protected] and we can make a plan

So it's been a bit of a binbag of a week... BUT "Fight Like A Girl 2", feminist anthology featuring three trans authors, is a finalist in the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards announced this evening, and I'm delighted for all my authors. You deserve this, all of you ♡ wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/anth...

All the best to all nominees in the @bsfa.bsky.social BSFA Awards today. Whatever the results, you're all winners!