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Here’s the appellate ruling on Arion Kurtaj’s case, for further information. www.iclr.co.uk/document/202...

That GTA hack life sentence for the 18-year-old is awful. He’s also been in for three years already, which is worse - the article making the rounds is dated 2023. I haven’t been able to find anything newer, to understand if there are appeals going on or what.

Hey if you’re an AFAB person with a need for masc shoes, Tomboy Toes is tragically going out of business and your time is now. There are 1,000 pairs left and no restocks www.tomboytoes.com

Your therapy cat is only settling for snuggling with you because you are too large to be a small prey item, it has been confirmed.

I have such an expertly curated algorithm that I'm seeing posts from Mexican street food restaurants in the US and this is how they're advertising the game tomorrow night. "Good vibes"

Did you know that off the coast of Australia's Northern Territory between September and March, at 3pm every day, a thunderstorm forms? That's *every single day*. It’s so eerily predictable that it’s been given a name: HECTOR THE CONVECTOR. I'm not making this up, and I just had to tell someone.

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Nap? Nap.

This was very interesting to do!

www.etsy.com/ie/shop/pray... There’s never been a better time to get yourself or someone you know a lovely made in Ireland print. (Cause Patrick is stone cold BROKE) All these and more available right now.

It's amazing how some documents remain relevant with only light editing

It sleeps like a frying pan #Cat #Caturday

Mother from Crumlin, father from Cabo Verde, neither a hurling stronghold.

Me, having learned who Pico Lopes is four weeks ago: There's our fella, the pride of Ireland, winner of the world cup, crown prince of Crumlin, isn't he a testament to Judy and to Carlos as well of course

Hopping back on here to say my new book is finally out! Tell your university librarian to buy a copy, please!

Guided tours to a neo gothic cemetery, venue has a brewery, guests are *lit* and it’s in Portugal! What a fab way to do end September in 2027! Next year’s Eurocon looks absolutely amazing Everyone should come forumfantastico.org/ec_membershi... @aptshadow.bsky.social @sillysarasue.bsky.social

@megintransition.bsky.social you can add this endorsement to your resume now.

Interesting thing on the radio about this. McDonald’s have cut about 2/3rds of their staff since they introduced those screens you have to order on. How many jobs is that gone and lost to the economy? And they got this VAT cut and will benefit more than anyone #Spéirghorm

And they do not want worm medicine

Roses are red Kermit’s a frog

We interrupt this day to bring you the word “bintlets”

Proud that UVW-CWA is able to support workers with this fund. You do not have to be a member to apply! I would be great if you joined tho! 💪🏽

It may be 23h58 and my flight may be before 07h00, but I am counting this as packing the day before I travel.

Calling all convention lovers! Now is the perfect time to get involved with Norncon 2027, Northern Ireland's Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Lit Con. We have a number of open committee roles, and are on the lookout for keen community members to get involved in our speculative fiction fan con.

🧵Just ordered this from @posts.by.emilyk.art "This work is a stylized map of Gaza, under siege and blockade by Israel and Egypt for decades. The title refers to Maimonides’ insistence that 'there is no greater mitzvah than the redemption of captives.' And who are the captives?

July is Disability Pride Month! Join me in helping make a more accessible and inclusive future. Let's kick off the month with a small but useful thing: enabling the "Require alt text before posting" checkbox in BlueSky's Accessibility settings. It's sadly per-device, so remember it on new ones!

I feel like I might know at least one person who knows someone who knows someone.

WE HAVE A SCHISM!!!

Look what’s swimming back for a limited time! Donors who give at least $65.13 through the link in this post will get their paws on the shirt as a thank-you gift. mbayaq.co/4vDTCkE.

to mark the 250th i wrote about the ways that black americans did vital work to invest the declaration of independence with the universalism and egalitarianism that we now see as its core promise. (gift link)

Just saw someone walking around town draped in a DRC flag. I’m surprised it’s only been one!

Hello! I am preparing to send out my newsletter today. A fun thing when you sign up is getting a free novella that ties into my novels, The Black Pages. It's about a ghost trying to solve his own murder. 🔗 paulcarrollwriter.com #SpeirGorm #Writer

Look, yes, love and adventure and all that, but check that chyron in the thumbnail. A bat on his mouth?!

I fucking love cat rescue because these dog names are so cute and charming and totally normal dog names and then you get to the cat names and it’s things like Dirt Traffic Cone No Parking Weed Eater CVS Receipt Phytoplankton

Just saw that Chequered In has put their All Fonts Pack on sale. This is the one with 1200+ fonts for unlimited personal/commercial use licensing. It's marked down to $19 USD, from $190. (Buying the licenses individually would be ~$18k.) So maybe jump on this: ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pa...

This is the pre-makeover film heroine to the adult secretary bird’s post-makeover look.

WELCOME TO SCHISM WATCH 2026 WITH CLAIRE

👀 Didn't predict thirty years ago I'd sit here and watch a live Bluesky of excommunication and possible schism but there we go

and as a result of this ... all of a sudden this Dublin Bay 21 & 24 June 2026 #seagulls #dublin #DublinBay #Photography #streetphotography

Always worth telling this story: I was ordering at a small local falafel joint and Braugher was there, waiting for his. It was early evening in October 2023. We both stood awkwardly, and I said, "I miss seeing you on my TV every week." Then he started asking about me, like in a sincere way. 1/

Although this is geared at book illustrations - and Oisín is an excellent teacher and illustrator! - the concept he mentions below is true of a lot more than just books.

Reminder that whether you came out yesterday or you've been out your whole life, whether you're an egg or you've been transitioning for years, whether you're medically or socially transitioning, both, or neither, whether you're binary or nonbinary, whether you have one gender, many, or none...

...I see you. I love you. You matter. And you are who you say you are. Don't ever forget that.

Look at the gorgeous, subtle cover image.

When people talk about taking kids' devices away w/o addressing how they have fuck all else to do, I think about the insane shit all the bored suburban kids I knew got up to before cell phones You can't just take their phones away or they're gonna get into making homemade napalm & burn a field down

I keep seeing people thinking this is a bluesky problem. If you're seeing this it thinks you're in a state or country with age verification laws. This is what every social media site will do if KOSA and the KIDS Act succeeds. Running to another socmed won't fix it, we have to fight the source.

People tend to think of functional illiteracy as just being unable to read words aloud or such. What it *really* means is such as not being able to perceive subtext, context, understand who the audience of something may be, etc. Media illiteracy is fundamentally part of functional illiteracy.

The trans sports ban are almost completely an invention of the media, conservative and mainstream. it has been years of lies, of shoddy fact checking on just completely false conservative claims, years of phony concern trolling.

Do you want to give $20 to voting rights organizations AND hear about why Samuel Alito is a whiny pissbaby, with reasons that range from legal discussion to him lacking basic home training? Well. Starting tomorrow, you'll get that option.