This week in Art I Am Obsessed With: this self-portrait by Suzanne Valadon. It looks so incredibly contemporary (I would literally wear that exact outfit on hot summer day) but it’s from 1923. Anyway, love a queen with flowy pants and a dangling cigarette!

Since it's almost time for me to dive in to my Christmassy TBR, a quick thread of new/upcoming F/F Christmas romance releases I'm excited to read this year!

If you’re looking into novellas during awards season, I humbly put forth my own, from @neonhemlock.bsky.social? Gay archeologists, academic footnotes, alt history shenanigans, giant robots, hot superheroes, and hard-to-cook samosas are all plot points! www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...

The BBC was founded to “provide impartial news”. If it's going to be the UK's biggest media organisation, it has to do its job right. Hold the BBC to account 👇 https://action.goodlawproject.org/tell-the-BBC-to-stop-attacking-trans-people?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=socials

Oh hey, you can grab @emmanewman.bsky.social 's The Vengeance as well as a whole bunch of @pennyvixen.bsky.social ebooks and others for 99p in this sale right now shop.rebellion.com/collections/...

One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.

The new edition of The Queen of Ielfaria is releasing on 12/16/2025! You can preorder now! Links below.

"The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin." 🥹

Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.

This is a fantastic citizen science project to help with the aid distribution in the Caribbean following Hurricane Melissa! Very easy to take part and little effort, which translates to a huge help to aid teams on the ground! 🧪 www.iflscience.com/citizen-scie...

I checked my settings and a lot of these had been set to hide content. I changed them all to “warn” (or equivalent) so I can see the dynamics and make my own decisions.

It’s 6 November, and you know what that means, don’t you? YES, THAT’S RIGHT. It’s the 156th anniversary of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat

The World Bank’s latest data shows a quiet global triumph: 93% of people aged 15 to 24 can now read and write. In many regions youth literacy has reached or neared universal levels, marking one of the most successful, least reported stories in development. buff.ly/vnsUhLo #ShareGoodNewsToo

If you've read and enjoyed All Is Bright, I'd appreciate it so much if you could give it a rating or review on the site of your choice!

This sounds fascinating!

A conference in London on 7 November explores the scientific legacy of Thomas Pennant (1726–1798) from Holywell, Flintshire - an internationally renowned naturalist whose specimens form a core part of the Natural History Museum’s collections. Read more here: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/confere...

🌈📚 📖 I Am You by Victoria Redel A “captivating” lesbian romance set in the “wonderfully atmospheric” art world of 1600s Amsterdam Affiliate Link bookshop.org/a/100590/978... #booksky #queerbooks

Oh this sounds awesome!

Ooh this sounds really interesting!

Just a quick reminder that Coffees for Gaza is a really good organization that makes it easy to donate and help on a subscription basis: opencollective.com/coffees-for-...

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I love this Christmas romance, and I can't wait to hold the paperback edition!

CALLED OUT. (My imaginary horse was called Miracle, I once lent him to a friend to cheer her up and then she wouldn’t give him back and we got into a huge fight about it because obviously just re-imagining a fresh Miracle wouldn’t be the same.)

I read this book the other week and it was awesome! An immortal bisexual 6th-century Celtic harpist in modern Denver forms an all-girl rock band to rescue her long-lost girlfriend from the Fair Folk with the power of music! It was published in 1990 and tricky to get hold of but SUCH a fun ride.

Without saying your age, who was your first animated crush?

Oh man I was obsessed with Romanitas when it first came out! Maybe time for a reread...

Good news if you prefer print books - my Christmassy Welsh F/F romance novella All Is Bright is now available in paperback: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FYGLJ6CB

Our Board Chair Jordyn Zimmerman advocates that people who need & use AAC must be leaders & co-designers of AAC technologies. She writes about this in Impact, a journal from the Institute on Community Integration. She's featured in its 40 Big Ideas issue! lnk.to/bigidea @jordynbzim.bsky.social 1/2

Ahhhhh I adore The Raven and the Reindeer, exciting that it'll be easier for folks to get hold of and enjoy!

Surprise!!! I’m having a busy winter, but all to the good! Or rather, the grim!

I'm part of an amazing itch bundle with 25+ other authors for a flash Halloween sale! Grab 28 spooky books for $9.99! itch.io/b/3311/hallo... 💙📚🩸📚⚔️📚

Happy FaRoween! Today, you can snap up my fantasy rom-com Scales & Sensibility for just 99c/99p, along with 299 (!) other fantasy romance novels in this FaRo Society sale: farosociety.com/bookblast/ Enjoy! #romancelandia

ok listen up, this thing is so close with just under $400 to go, so i am going to keep doing drawings until the goal is hit, hopefully today!! please share and reply under the original post i will be so grateful yahooo thank you!!! let's do this!!

In the lead-up to #Novellavember, I am going to do some rec threads! I decided to dedicate day one to tiny presses, the true loves of my heart. I have yelled about all of these books before. I will yell about them again. You're welcome.

And just a quick reminder: if you're in the UK, you can snap up the first of my Queens of Villainy rom-coms, Wooing the Witch Queen, on sale in ebook for just 99p this month! There are only 7 days left on this deal. stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen #romancelandia

Delighted to know that Browning said "me own" and "all me life". apropos, back before twitter went crap I did a long run of Recordings Of People Whose Voices You Never Expected To Hear. Maybe time to resurrect the thread...

This is what I really worry about with #ProfoundAutism campaigns: "When parents believe 'profound' autism is a separate condition from “high functioning autism,” medical issues get overlooked, unaddressed—or written off as “behavior” or just “severe autism.” thinkingautismguide.com/2025/04/crea...

Day 22 of my favourite Black authored books is King of Dead Things by Nevin Holness. This YA book explores a hidden magical London, a group of teenage misfits and Caribbean folklore. It’s one of my favourites!

Ooooh, Belle Époque France with blood magic and a slow-burn countess/governess romance!

Interestingly, if you squint this is the plot of the novella I'm working on.

A good start—HEPA filtration in schools

This book looks amazing!

international journalists asking the french police why they are having a two hour lunch while the thieves are out there and the police explaining the thieves are likely also french so will also be having a two hour lunch

Bethan, dragged back to her home village, is desperate to escape before Christmas. Mali, grieving the loss of a friend, knows Christmas won't be the same this year. A misunderstanding starts them off on the wrong foot - but perhaps they're each just what the other needs? Buy links in thread!

Happy None Pizza Left Beef to all who celebrate

This sounds so cute!

Cover illustration I did for Allison Saft’s upcoming book, Immortal Game! Chess sapphics, Irish folklore fantasy setting 🫶🫶

🚨We need your help. The NHS CYP gender service is consulting on the draft specification. This is, sadly, horrifically being driven by people who aren't trans or experts in the field of gender incongruence and based upon the much-discredited Cass Review 1/ www.engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation...