Client fully saying the quiet part out loud today on her visit.

Little coping strategies. Just keep swimming, etc.

I am so godsdamned sick of seeing ‘unfortunately we can’t give feedback to every application’ Just be honest and tell me you didn’t read it. Just tell me your HR-replacement-AI filter cut me out because I didn’t mention all 36 keywords. Just tell me you didn’t really want to hire externally.

We're mainly sharing the link to the rather more digestible blog post, but if you want to jump to the straight our AI report:

AI fraud nearly derailed our next anthology. Today we’re talking about what went down, the things we missed, and publishing the report we wish we’d had when it happened. Read all about it on our new blog, and download the full report:

It is a bit weird to realise that the last bath I got in is about 6000 miles away and more than three months past.

its opening night ITS OPENING NIGHT

H/t @bobbyjmain.bsky.social

ok this one got me

<hushed voice> This house… is cursed. …by the inexplicable DIY decisions of the previous owners. I most sincerely hope the house they moved into promptly fell into the sea after they got settled, the utter bollocks that keeps surfacing years on, i stg-

The tiny joy of inadvertantly sitting within the fan effective range of another person who hasn’t realised they’re also cooling you.

✨ Dissociating in a team meeting ✨

Can this fuckin AI bubble be over already so we can actually allow the discovery that whales speak Chinese to be the biggest sci fi news headline of 2026

I am now so tired I can’t even focus on reading a book when I have downtime. Fuck this week.

The 1979 Star Trek poster resembles a Pride flag but it seemed like something was missing so I added some square wrinkles

This week is… not good. I have managed not to swear directly at my boss, but only by a contract papers width. AND IT IS ONLY MONDAY

In exciting news I have lower surgery booked in for next year! Being true to form and not able to make a decision (enby, pan) I’m going to end up with an extra hole and keeping the D. I feel awkward asking but I’m doing some fundraising to cover travel and hotels and stuff: ko-fi.com/puploki/goal

Both is ***better***

FANS OF QUEER SFF! This year’s Pride StoryBundle is LIVE! This is a great chance to nab up to 16 books of queer SFF at a discount while ALSO supporting charity*! I WANT THAT TWINK OBLITERATED! is a part of that list! SPREAD THE WORD! *Make sure you click the right box! storybundle.com/pride

Truth

Just emailed my MP this morning asking them to vote against the new EHRC's guidance. This form makes doing so super quick and easy https://equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

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Also people need to get better at writing instructions. I CANNOT READ AND WILL NOT DO ANY STEPS THAT YOU *DO NOT WRITE* FFS

If anyone knows of a job I can do without years of retraining that *isn’t* in a horrifyingly depressing and soul crushing work environment, let me know. Thx.

Literal instant torrential rainstorm just started here, complete with a simultaneous lightning flash and massive crack of thunder immediately after it started. Alright, own up, who pissed off a witch near here?

FFS kinkster! Stop using these new blow-up collars! They are neither a safe nor a gradual way for breath control but fucking dangerous and lethal in ways you probably did not think off! toytorture.com/warning-agai...

Clouds are so fucking cool and we don't talk about it nearly enough.

Me when misfortune strikes my foes

I remember seeing a post like "carnivores don't tend to have horns, they're usually a defensive weapon for things lower down the food chain" and now I can't help but see those pictures of dragons with huge horns the same as 6ft 5" bottoms going 👉👈 hunt me

I married a monster

Looking for volunteers ⤵️

Once again I am reminded that I find being presented with a false choice situation incredibly upsetting. DO NOT ASK ME TO PICK ONE OF TWO OPTIONS UNLESS YOU ARE PREPARED FOR ME TO PICK EITHER ONE. *deep breath*

Yes you can be asexual and kinky

Precisely #ace #asexual

I can't believe this. @itmantwerp.bsky.social says attendees "clearly consented" to having their images used because photos are on the Darklands website. Consent for festival promotion ≠ consent to be featured in an academic chemsex conference presentation.

Woop! Updated my portfolio website. Lots of arts and lots of thoughts about them. Have a look 🥰 chc-artworks.uk

I got to go see a play today, and a sci fi movie. And I booked an immersive theatre thing. Happy boy.

My friend is so hot 🥰

Very very excited about this - Make sure you get involved!! The more people we have, the more cool stuffs we get with it 🥰🥰

Free Informed Consent = 3 words that all matter! FREE → No pressure, no coercion. You can say no without consequences. INFORMED → You get ALL the info in language and medium you actually understand: risks, benefits, alternatives. CONSENT → YOU decide. Not your doctor. Not your family. YOU.

Tfw you have tits, a front butt, AND a disco ball

Taking bookings for April ⬇️

Six of swords, indeed.

I suspect I missed a course at school/uni where one was taught what the hell it means to implement deliverable workflow dependencies and provide assurance support in a reticulated narrative environment for spline retention across the nonsoleum gridwork in reel time settings of multiple contingenci-

A positive piece of news for you! Groks image creation functions are now entirely pay-walled. No freebies at all. Which means peoples FREE access to at least one AI system is now shut down. This sparks joy!

Clocking in system was broken temporarily this morning. My employer was very excited, saying it looked like we’d all decided to work for free. I pointed out that was not the case nor indeed how that works - he … said it was a shame. I feel so valued* *no, I don’t

Oh no I have NO patience at work already and it’s literally the start of Monday.

the next time you draw a man, you should check whether or not he has glasses on and if he doesn't, carefully ask yourself: should he have glasses?

no YOU just spent half an hour making a silly 16 second video for lols