I've been on Bluesky since November 2023. I've enjoyed it. People used alt text, people agreed to disagree. Not any more. I've seen more hatred and abuse on here in the last few days than I ever saw at Twitter. I'm not staying for that. I'll keep my account, but I'm done with this platform.

this is seeing a little bump of shares wtf. buy my fucken book

Apparently it’s world introvert day which is basically my Christmas Day. I’m giving myself the present of a solo stroll. Here’s my illustration of another solo walker…The Visitor from The Signal Man by Charles Dickens. Enjoy your day fellow introverts 👊🏻

Fellow human artists, please spare a few moments 👇

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 370 Kalendis Ianuariis, mures temptant deambulare (On the first of January, the mice try to go for a walk). Minimus manum Silvii tenaciter prendit, ne ventus filium auferat. (Minimus holds Silvius' paw tightly, in case the wind carries his son away).

Daily bunny no.2822 knowss all their neighbors

Unsubscribe from Netflix, unsubscribe from Spotify, do not comply with their insistence that you consume only slop.

From today, Paris t+ metro/RER/bus tickets exist no more, no more carnets of 10 either. Metro/RER tickets now €2.50, good for the whole ile de France area with a few exceptions (e.g. airport links). No longer valid on buses, a bus/tram ticket is €2. www.seat61.com/changing-sta...

Copied (with permission) from a discworld group I’m in if anyone can help even if it’s just a share

I've never even heard of LFGSS, which sounds like an amazing community, but it's quite obvious how this is all going to go for small online groups generally and why it's a fucking stupid idea. www.lfgss.com/conversation...

My 2024 Video of the year: IDLES Rock Out To Hey Duggee's 'Stick Song' | CBeebies youtu.be/_aY2a9uB-p8?...

British people - have a look at this thread, and then tell me you're not thinking of leaving Bluesky too? It's full of America-is-the-only-country types, old shouty people, mansplainers, and the too ignorant to realise they're ignorant.

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 369 mures omnibus amicis "annum novum faustum felicem" optant (The mice wish all their friends a happy and prosperous New Year)!

Daily bunny no.2821 has survived another year

23) Mufflebots. These paired robots automatically find your pet on a predetermined date and protect their precious ears from loud fireworks and other alarming noises. #SmallRobotsRemastered

As we descend into 2025, remember: * Western governments are terrified of collective action and don't know how to deal with it * Join a Union * For every billionaire there are millions of potential Luigis * They're literally killing us and the planet we all live on and they must be stopped

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Daily bunny no.2820 has an abundance of caution

Who wants a free printable Minimus (and family) calendar for MMXXV? Find one here: www.minimuslatin.co.uk/fun-stuff.html #2025calendar

Hey everyone, here's Sushi! #ProofOfCat

My Genre Grapevine report on "AI and the Enshittification of Life" is out. I spent a year wading through the slop of generative artificial intelligence to show what happened with the programs in 2024, how they affect artists and writers, and where we go from here. 1/2 www.patreon.com/posts/ai-and...

For those of you that don't want to donate to individual GoFundMe campaigns for Palestinians that are suffering a genocide in real-time, because you'd rather donate to a "credible" cause, this Sunday you can put your money where your mouth is. I'll be raising money for the PCRF

Me: carefully chooses wines for both Christmas and New Year that aren't overtly oaky Systembolaget: neglects to mention the overwhelming fake flavour of oak in both I'm so fucking sick of this stupid monopoly and their *terrible* taste in wine.

Here's a thought for 2025: Let's stop kidding ourselves that governments are just misguided. They know how to fix the environment, the wars, the inequalities. They simply don't want to.

Snow at Chingford Old Church. Waltham Forest in Winter. 📷 VHM photo collection, available in our Searchroom. #chingford #walthamforest

"if all technology is just magic we don’t yet understand, then any old bollocks can be marketed as technology"

Hopes for 2025 include - realisation that many of those speaking out against what is happening in Gaza have the same values as those who spoke up in 1930s while governments did very little or indeed profited from dehumanisation and murder

I wouldn’t turn down an honour. I’d go along and when the king got his sword out I’d produce one from under my skirt and fight him.

Writing, drawing, and other types of creation are how many of us try to communicate with the world. Telling us you've enjoyed our thing is the only for-sure way we know the transmission has been received.

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 368 sol breviter lucet (The sun is shining for a short while). Silvius in grumulo stat et simulat se talpa esse - sed manus nimium parvae sunt! (Silvius stands on a molehill and pretends to be a mole - but his hands are too small!)

Good morning BSky fam! This morning's "Profiles in Idiocy" is an easy one - futurism.com/the-byte/fac.... They're just fscking with us now. Why in the hell would you buy ad space on a platform filled with AI bots *they* created? There's only one right answer to that question.

I think that on the whole, I've had enough of things I hate but can't change being rammed down my throat by total strangers. I feel like, for me, 2025 should probably be the first year without any social media. I could spend that time more usefully doing something else. Anything else, really.

Quick things, ranked Usain Bolt < Cheetah < Light in a vacuum < Wikipedia changing all the is’s to was’s when someone dies

Arguably one of Jimmy Carter's greatest achievement is bringing the world to the brink of eradicating the Guinea Worm. From 3.5m cases a year in the 80s to less than 15 the last few years. It's an astounding public health achievement.

Daily bunny no.2818 meets the family upstairs

#fabulamurina (mouse story) 367 Silvius in abiete festivā insidet et militem Romanum inspicit (Silvius is perched in a festive fir, inspecting a Roman soldier). musculus ei stridet, sed miles tacet. (The little mouse squeaks to him, but the soldier is silent)

Daily bunny no.2819 enjoys their humble abode

I can’t think of a better way to honor Jimmy Carter than donating to Habitat for Humanity. He and Rosalynn first began volunteering with the nonprofit in 1984 — 3 years after leaving the White House. They volunteered every year until 2020, eventually helping to build and repair 4,390 Habitat homes.

i'll be writing a short piece on this for the first WEIRD PROVIDENCE newsletter (spoiler: i liked it, quite a bit.)

When he was in the Navy, Jimmy Carter’s submarine was once docked in Bermuda. Some British officers invited only the white crew members to a cocktail party or something like that, and Carter said that if the crewmen of color weren’t invited then nobody was going. This was in the 1950s.

If you want to help out someone in Gaza but you don't know who or how, gazafunds.com is a site that will put a different spotlight GFM campaign on their front page every time you load or refresh. Budget what you can give and help a couple families out.

Even if you were paying close attention at the time (which I wasn't), this is still extremely funny - or would be if a) it was a sitcom and b) Labour weren't a shower of uninspiring, inept, right-of-centre shite.

Hey, fellow translators, do we know anyone speaking at this event?

There are apparently only six LGBT marked sessions at the Oxford Literary Festival, two are by anti-trans campaigners, one is by a straight person and none are by trans people.

As long as it's not a blood moon, I'm not bothered. #7DaystoDie