I'm obsessed with the way this is just Metropolis - Coppelia - Pygmalion all the way down. Every new technology is turned to the service of "what if woman, but without the pesky autonomy".

Two separate people trying to restrain this lion from eating a toddler, and yet I find myself thinking: is it not also Christmas for lions? Ancient Animal Advent Day 18!

Advent bird No. 19 Moorhen Scientific name: Gallinula chloropus Alternative name: Not-A-Coot, Red-Nosed Floater Finnish name: liejukana Song: ke-KECK, ky-ERRRRR

Just a little reminder 🐾🤍 #cat #GentleReminders #mentalhealth

I'm sharing this here, as I have on Facebook and Instagram, but there's no account on here to share from, and I just think this is wonderful. A really good balance of design and implementation, and appears to achieve everything it set out to do, and it *SO* appeals to my inner 'work nerd'.

Hello grey December day with very little light and heavy rain forecast. I offer you sunflowers instead. And may you return to my world very soon.

Botanical rainbow in December. Pause for a ping of dopamine 🌿

It’s basically the last day today to order cartoons from us to get there for Christmas, if you were considering it.

Fascinating, and highlights the value of hands-on, practical experience of a craft.

If you need some gorgeous flame point siblings and you’re in the Bel Air/Baltimore, MD region, reach out via email to Shadow Cats TNR in Bel Air (shadowcatstnr.org). One boy and one girl, both extremely cute and very curious. I wish we had room to take them into our rescue because I love them.

But we could use your support. Please consider donating to their rescue. Life and aging is very hard. Vermont has one of the fastest aging populations in the US. Their 97 year old owner was doing her best. Help us help them. donorbox.org/mmfs-donate

Despite two vet visits and prompt, thorough care for Rudy’s eye, we’re just not seeing a lot of good progress with clearing it up and he has a large scar now on his cornea. The ulcer itself is healed but he still seems painful in the eye and we’re continuing to treat it. Everyone else is doing well.

Daily bunny no.3172 is directionally challenged

2) going to help + take in the most vulnerable. If you’d like to help us help more cats, ck out our Amazon wishlist www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... or make a donation on our website allthesecats.org. Shelters are full + rescues are beyond stretched. Anything you can do would be amazing. Pls share 🙏

There was something of a tradition in MI6 post-war. If you did some super crazy shit in WW2 that was still classified but not THAT relevant now, then just find a friend or journalist who'll write it up as a thinly-veiled fiction story. 50s spy/war novels are a goldmine of real-world stuff.

This is for cats (so I put it on for my cats during stressful things) but honestly it is very calming for people too. www.musicforcats.com

There's been loads of offers to get kids books this #BuyAStrangerABook day. Love to see it. This one is still up for grabs! 💙📚

Day 17 of my 2025 charity sketch sale, in aid of my local food bank & MSF. Today’s sketch - Lambeosaurus. Rules are simple: First person to reply “Mine” gets it. Minimum donation for each sketch is £15 ( but you can donate more if you are able). Payment via PayPal.

This small collection is now live, though I'm afraid several were snatched up *extremely* quickly and a couple were reserved. Just one piece left - a beautiful Georg Jensen locket that will contain a tiny drawing of a wren & various very small treasures www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

Have you thought about learning how to make #linocut prints? I teach online courses with live support and linocut workshops in my #York garden studio.

It's #buyastrangerabook day & @melissaschuh.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a book. So if you'd like a book but aren't sure what, let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading. She will then give you a choice of 4 books. Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it! UK only GO!

I hate making non-cat posts. I hate "discourse". But the number of comments I've seen degrading and dehumanizing sex workers because of that Melania trailer is appalling. That ghoulish woman will never see your "whore" jokes but they absolutely contribute to the stigma that gets sex workers killed.

Please could you buy a bale of hay this Christmas? We have a big hay delivery arriving Monday It’s £6.50 per bale & we have an £1000 forage bill to pay next week We’d really appreciate any help, if you can: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... Thank you!🐴🐏 #animalsanctuary #rescueanimals #hay

My latest aerial embroidery - thawing snow/ice over blue and teal waters 💙 it came out somewhat abstract I think? Or at least more so than my more usual aerials :) I'm hoping for some snow this winter!! This landscape will be available after the new years (to avoid the backlogged post) #art

Reading about US politics online is like trying to follow a drama where the writers are crap at continuity: Wasn’t he in prison? She was suing him and now she’s marrying him? He had a different job yesterday! Which blonde is this? Last week God told him to do it and now it’s a sin? Didn’t she die?

Hi Simon @biggreenbooks.bsky.social. I've had a bit of a windfall, and would love to buy two people a copy of one of the wonderful @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social, aka Tom Cox's books. But only the Swift Press versions, to ensure Tom gets the royalties x #BuyAStrangerABook

Another amazing #buyastrangerabook offer! @jenillustrates.bsky.social is offering to buy two people a book each. One for a grown up & one for a child. I'll post them out so you get them for Christmas. Any book (not just the ones on my website). So get in touch if you'd like a book UK only

Another lovely #buyastrangerabook offer. Some of @sarahjp.bsky.social 's children's favourite books. The Tiger Who Came to Tea Owl Babies Tabby McTat Otto the Book Bear Sarah is offering to buy one of them for someone, so get in touch if you'd like one.

All new jokes for 2026!

I absolutely love this series--detective mystery with magic, ongoing romance set in a matriarchal fantasy city, beautifully imagined. If you haven't read them, treat yourself!

This will likely be my last collection using Edwardian stamp holders, lockets & charms. Pieces made using these small treasures will be in my etsy shop at 8.30 tonight 👇🏼. For enquires please click 💬on my page: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

Day 4/17 #ArtAdventCalendar

It's Wishlist Wednesday and we'd really love some Cheerios! We know we sound like a broken record about the dang Cheerios but this time of year they are especially important for enrichment and we go through them FAST. 🧵 Amazon: a.co/4VXKis0

Three new friends joined the @fluffandwobbles.bsky.social crew for some love and care. Meet Juliet, Ophelia, & Beatrice. They’ve been with our partner rescue 2 months but for some reason had a hard time overcoming their shyness & fear, were bounced around a few different foster homes & split up.

In your 20s, there will be a LARPing event that will suck so bad you'll spend three days having back to back panic attacks. It's very important that you go. Or: let me tell you about how I learnt I was autistic. 🧵

Over 71,000 women so far have clearly said: this does not speak for us. Add your name to our open letter in support of the trans+ community: ✍️ notinourname.org.uk Not In Our Name.

🐉✨ NEW RELEASE ✨🐉 I’m thrilled to announce that my new book released today. 🐉 A lonely dragon ✨ A guarded human 🐉 Holiday romance ✨ Fated mates 🐉 Magic and myth ✨ Cornish setting getbook.at/UnderGorseAn...

Just a little reminder that you’ll need to order today or tomorrow at the latest to try for Christmas delivery 🤍 www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/products But if you feel rushed, stressed, can’t decide, or you live outside of the UK, I do eGift Cards! www.charlottestrawbridge.co.uk/gift-card

There are just 3 of my calendars left & today's the last chance to order for delivery for Christmas in the UK. I've used recent research to create my photos so they improve mental health, & each calendar is 12 high quality frameable prints and makes a smashing gift: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...

you’ve become the very thing you swore to destroy

That smug feeling when you understand the reference!

Just a reminder that Romancing the Gothic's conference this year is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Ann Radcliffe's publications! The conference focuses on women and people of marginalised genders in the Gothic and horror! Come join us! romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...

Available in hardback, paperback and ebook Amazon link www.amazon.co.uk/Green-Mans-H... Kobo link www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... More purchase options from @wtpress.bsky.social wizardstowerpress.com/books-2/book...

THREAD. Some excellent pigs I have met on walks in the British countryside. You will find the caption to each photo in the alt text.

The Northern Rustback, from my book Savage Strangehollow. Pre-orders open again in January (books will ship end of Feb at earliest). If you want to be notified when the shop opens then join my newsletter here: buff.ly/ET9Po9M #dragon #artbook #folklore #watercolour #painting #dragonart

This is an illustration from our book The Cell, written by the brilliant Ben Martynoga. We had to fight a bit to keep this drawing, because it was felt it didn't represent a broad range of women. It does raise interesting points. I created it by assuming a generation would be 30 years.

Also check out organisations to join and get advice. In the UK, there's the Society of Authors, or the Writers Guild of Great Britain. In the US talk to the Authors Guild. Read websites like Writer Beware. And if you have the funds and still have doubts, find a lawyer who understands the book trade.

Gil's wife has posted his last message to his fans — closing with a bit of advice: "Don’t waste your time on anything that doesn’t thrill you or bring you love. See you out somewhere in the cosmos." www.facebook.com/GilGerardFan...