Frankenstein was every bit as beautiful as I (desperately) hoped it would be. I adored it.

succubus - female demon that seduces men incubus - male demon that seduces women vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party

I know this seems like it could be a good tool for indie & self-pubbed authors… but translation is a real skill - not unlike writing a whole new book. It involves context and nuance; understanding the exact emotions the original author is trying to reach for and the entire story they’re telling

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

A reminder that if you struggle with mental health from time to time, you don’t have to read the stories & reports into ChatGPT encouraging suicide. (Also a reminder to myself)

The true winner is men being kind to each other #celebritytraitors

SCREAMING at #CelebrityTraitors in both shock and delight

actually, reposting without gratuitous swearing because yeah

A mythical map of Wales in Tales from the Mabinogion by Margaret Jones, 1980

On the one hand, I love this idea. On the other, I have read at least one horror story that starts with, shall we say, “vintage” comestibles

may hire a plane and fly that post over Westminster 24/7 for the next few months

I always enjoyed this wonderful drive-by on Alfred Lord Tennyson from Philip Larkin. polyarchive.com/the-literary...

The flip side of this is the male author who was asked about his writing routine, and who talked about how much he loved the feeling that he could close his door and then “the day is completely yours” to focus on writing. He had, at the time, two young children… and, of course, a wife

This is a stunning piece of speechwriting. Rhetoric and oratory are BACK

Everyone is hope scrolling now

Me: [watching a reel about how women in their mid 40s are now stunning and elegant] Absolutely. Yes. True. We are. Also me: [watching said video with one AirPod in, wearing ripped old jeans and a black t-shirt, and a hairband with sticky-up cat ears on it]

Royal Navy Submarine Museum Remembrance Day is on Sunday 9th Duration: 1 hr 10:30-11:30 Public event The Submariners Association will host a Remembrance Service in partnership with the National Museum of the Royal Navy, commemorating all who served in the Submarine Service.

Christ, he is supernaturally good at this.

Imagine a spooky literary version of The Trip, but with Samuel Barnett and Tom Price instead of Brydon and Coogan. Written/researched by @gossjam.bsky.social, directed by me, with music by @ioanmorris.bsky.social and a lovely logo from @leebinding.bsky.social. Two actors. One take. No hope…

One of the train crew appears to have put themselves directly in harm’s way trying to stop the attack, and the driver rapidly diverted the train - meaning rescue services could reach it; passengers tried to help the injured and each other. There will always be heroes, and we’re so lucky to have them

Fair to say the cats are already not enjoying the opening salvos of Guy Fawkes Fortnight

I just screamed out of my car window “YOU ARE AMAZING!”

Our car has been back one (1) week from the garage where it spent a month waiting & then getting a new clutch fitted. Someone had just driven into it, and now it needs a new bonnet. ONE WEEK

I will never stop telling people to watch S1 of The Terror. Never.

Tis the season

Me leaving the house to socialise

Genuinely can't stop laughing at this Colin Farrell story

I’ve just had to pause listening to the Halloween @backlisted.bsky.social on Wuthering Heights to confirm that even as @drlauravarnam.bsky.social and @iammilliam.bsky.social have their Team Branwell badges to record it, I am wearing mine to listen!

I’m excited to share my finished marionette/puppet, Gourd-fellow the pumpkin sprite. This is my first marionette and I had so much fun making him, I'm probably just gonna turn into Geppetto now. 🎃

seen quite a few REPOST OR YOU'LL HAVE A BAD TIME things going round later which I know can be tough for some so here is FOREVER IMMUNITY DOG for you all

Oh my god the ending of The Diplomat S3 has absolutely knocked me sideways. Brilliant work

someidiotwithawrench Dalton Dreihaus

I saw someone call Ai a Thneed and I can't stop thinking about it. It's a PERFECT analogy. The Thneed was an all-purpose tool that didn't do anything really useful. It was a fad that did major damage to the environment to make the Onceler a billionare. It left no real lasting impact, only damage.

Would genuinely LOVE to see what the Sontarans made of the Dyer Doctor

Doctor Who is coming back and we now knnow that the best casting will involve a talented, charismatic actor who is in the sweet spot of being not so young that they will leave abruptly for the sake of career progression & not so old that they can't handle the intense pace. Cometh the hour...

My Bluesky app logo suddenly looks different, so I’m assuming there’s been an update? Either that or the little butterfly is preparing to go full Ring on me and come out of my phone screen

'The Crown', Islington (2025) by Sarah Lundblad sarahbethlundblad.art

Well, here we go. #Melissa is making landfall in Jamaica with sustained winds of 185 mph, gusts >200 mph, and a pressure of 892 mb (ties the 1935 Labor day hurricane for lowest pressure in a landfalling Atlantic hurricane in history). Jamaica is about to go through what almost nobody on Earth has.

I can’t claim to be an expert on faith and belief, but it’s always seemed to me that a fairly major component of Christianity revolves around humanity and empathy, and the friction between the concepts of the human and divine. And this feels like the exact opposite of that. It’s baffling.

I don’t know about you, but everything about this storm terrifies me

I know Prunella Scales will mostly be remembered for Fawlty Towers (which isn't a bad thing) but Great Canal Journeys with her and Timothy West pootling along canals in the UK and Europe is some of the loveliest TV you'll see.

Breaking news 🚨 Fawlty Towers actor Prunella Scales dies aged 93

Can fully recommend listening to the new Lily Allen album while out exercising: the rage you feel on her behalf will really push you through that horrible middle mile

[Squeaks in Brontë Society member]

Here are some of the scary jack o'lanterns I've made for our cats over the years. First: the cone.

Daily bunny no.3121 begins a new chapter

I was thinking of getting a du Maurier collection over the weekend, but got caught up on whether to go for The Vanishing Point, or splash out on After Midnight. (I’ve read The Apple Tree & The Birds, both of which are in AM, but that also has Don’t Look Now - and is a new hardback). Is AM worth it?

Excellent evening spent with the Bath Film Festival behind the colonnades, in a vault under the road and right next to the river, watching a film about water vampires. It was all filmed around Bath, and it was an absolute joy to watch it sitting right next to Pulteney Weir