#Artemis almost had a disaster.

I urgently require a North Pole Dinosaur. Something tells me this would be a bad idea but I want one anyway.

I just love my friends so much, you know? Have you told your friends you love em recently? How's the chat looking? Phoned em for a gab in the last few weeks? Hung out in person if you can? You should do that. You should definitely do that. Humans are made to live and love and be in community.

Beautiful blue glass beads from the Danish Bronze Age. Found by a farmer at Humlum in Denmark in 1885. Glass analysis published in 2015 shows the beads originated in Mesopotamia indicating far-reaching trade networks some 3,000 years ago. 📷 National Museum of Denmark #Archaeology

"No," the swordmaster said. "One does not refuse the king," the herald said. "I do. I will not train his soldiers or officers, I will not tell my students to join his army, I will not support his unjust war." "You will regret this!" "No," the swordmaster said.

Our associate editor Ghazal is looking to leave Tehran as soon as possible, so if anyone knows of an art residency or work opportunity or uni posting that they can apply to, please let us know (dm or email). These are scary times, and we must protect each other as best we can.

Ooh this is worth remembering.

As a cis woman it is hard to find the words to articulate how I feel about my safety being used as a pretence for this egregious bullying of children

Suddenly feeling terrible that I’ve never given my cats a tiny typewriter. Photo from my collection, 1966.

This window has been in my diary for a while!

Mark down your calendars 👀‼️ 🍃🌬️🌊A RIVER FROM THE SKY🌊🍃🌬️ events forthcoming— release date: April 28th with @titanbooks.bsky.social 💫

A number of characters belonging to @champs-elyse.bsky.social live rent-free in my head.

I found this very beautiful.

A fascinating, moving piece.

Don't make art for anyone else. Don't show it to a single soul. Don't even judge it yourself. Exist inside the process of creation. If the end result is pretty, that's a bonus. But the real result is what happens inside of you, during the creation itself. Embrace that deeply human impulse. Be free.

As someone who regularly goes back to these books and films for hope and comfort, this essay moved me very much.

This is rather lovely and somehow relaxing - an interactive map of lighthouses of the northern seas lighthouse-atlas.netlify.app#3/48/-30

I know I’ve got some Labour local gov’t types following me, so I want to say this clearly so that you can share it internally as appropriate: I will never again vote Labour while these policies, or Wes Streeting, are in place. I will not vote Labour at any level because of this.

Happy women's day if you're a woman if you're not there's always next year

Some day I need to remember to specify in my will that I would like to be cremated, but not cremulated (= bones reduced to dust). Do you know how difficult it is to excavate burned remains? TREMENDOUSLY. My name will be remembered by one thousand cursing archaeologists.

Submissions for the next issue of Translunar Travelers Lounge open soon. From March 15-21 is reserved for writers of color; from March 22 until April 15 is general submissions for everybody. We are looking for speculative fiction up to 5,000 words. translunartravelerslounge.com/submissions/

Chotiner: You're wearing the Silmarils now. I can see them in your crown, shining with the light of the Two Trees, which can now only be found in them. Morgoth: How was I supposed to know Ungoliant was going to— Chotiner: You're saying you didn't direct her? Morgoth: She attacked me, too, you know.

Today is St David’s Day: patron saint of Wales, of course, but also of vegetarians and poets. He was reputed to have helped introduce bees to Ireland. He is famously quoted as saying “Gwnewch y pethau bychain”, meaning “Do the little things”. Small changes and good choices matter, especially now.

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus | Happy St David’s Day Here’s to Cymru! The nation’s language, traditions, culture, and the heritage that connects us. From dragons to daffodils, Wales’ story is told through the places we look after. Photos: Powis Castle, Bodnant Gardens, Dyffryn Gardens, Chirk Castle.

As is only right and proper, Welsh Cakes are #RecipeOfTheDay, with thanks to Heulwen Williams who let me play with her granny’s recipe. Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 www.nigella.com/recipes/wels...

If you follow me on Instagram and you receive a notification about me joining or downloading Meta AI well, IT'S A FUCKING LIE. Meta is blatantly lying to us in order to make us download that fucking sludge-generator. I would never touch GenAI with a 10 foot pole. OP www.instagram.com/p/DVN3Ac2DG9p/

What’s really striking in Saruman’s speech to Gandalf is how broadly (and unusually for Tolkien) relevant it is. Take out the one specific reference to the Elves and Númenor and it is just an absolute classic rationale for collaborating with evil in the confidence you can ultimately direct it.

I know I already reposted this but I just wanted to make sure you've all seen the little fella

Read Nat's Celtic fantasy thoughts if you have ever read anything in which an elf fades, sighing, into the western twilight

We've been on the Northern Line. The idea that it's 2000 years old seems completely reasonable.

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do you know what would help!!!!!!!! living in a society that lets people experiment with their gender without treating it like the most important thing in the world!!!!!!! letting people get it right or wrong without politicising their decisions!!!!!!! just being chilled about gender!!!!!! aaahhhhhh

If you use generative AI, we simply cannot be friends. I’m sorry, but it is a horrid, thieving thing that floods the channels and pushes real effort to sideline, steals from artists and authors to make crap, and eats through resources at the same time: burning a rainforest to make a cheap match.

I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center: If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.

Trying to decide if I need to stay up until midnight to tell you that in Wales they don’t celebrate Valentine, they celebrate Dwynwen who wanted to be away from [a specific man] Maelon so SOULFULLY, she literally walked on water until an angel agreed to turn him into ice She felt bad about it, so:

It's time for your periodic reminder that we count on subscriptions to keep the lights on. clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/ Thank you.

Of all the easy things you can do to help the environment, conserve water for communities not corporations, not perpetuate scams, support the labor and rights of creators... *not* using generative AI is the fucking easiest. You absolutely deserve to be shamed for using it for image and text creation

"In the fifth year of Aneira’s life there came a great frost. This frost was so cold that the streams turned to crystal and the beasts died in their byres, and the apples froze upon the branches and rotted from within, so that all that remained was an empty vessel of ice." The Ghost Apple, WIP :)

I've said this before but I'll say it again, I suggest not submitting to publications that state "By submitting you agree to grant us publication rights". Probably not legally binding but best not to submit anyway. Biggest reason is they could just not even reply and claim to have pub rights

Thread. Shitty people can make good and even great art. Likewise, dropping a favorite artist after you realize you can no longer support them can feel like a divorce or a friend breakup because they and their work were just that important to you. That shit hurts, even when it's necessary for you.

Is it just me or is the Submission Grinder down?

Wonderful Ice Age art! Some 40,000 years ago, this tiny head of a cave lion was skilfully sculpted from mammoth ivory. It is one of the oldest known works of figurative art! 📷 by me #Archaeology

Our 10-year-old journal of creative writing on environmental justice will reopen to submissions, including poetry, creative nonfiction, art, short stories AND novella-length fiction, on February 1st.

'This decision is a major setback for Sex Matters, which raised more than £65,000 to try and force the pond to ban trans people, trying to go against regular swimmers. More than 32,000 people said they wanted the ponds to remain trans inclusive – 86% of the respondents to the consultation'

I love when my translators have questions. The splendid Mikael Cabon in France needs to know if a river in Written on the Dark flows into the sea or into another river: his word choice will be different. When translators are careful it is a gift to an author AND a reminder to protect them from AI.

Why not?

I love them so much 😭❤️

This is such a moving story about trying to be yourself when you know there are people you love who don't like you back, and whether things would truly be easier if *you* were easier for them to love in return: more malleable, less queer, quieter. Three cheers for Liz and Sadie ❤️

I'm finding it surprisingly easy to try and throw my mind back to what I know of fantasy fiction before, well, before these came out and changed the genre forever, and approach this with fresh eyes and man, this stuff is sick. Its so cool.

We are community or we are less. We are engines of kindness and connectivity or we are less. When decency is framed as a radical position we must remain who we are. Our resistance is also in refusing to be less openhearted and filled with compassion.