Partner and I are having our anniversary today. 15 years ago today we first started going out, after I asked him on a date after a yoga class. It's easy to remember because that was also the year the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals faced off in the World Series. 😂

Quietly, quietly, the UK Supreme Court is embarked on a rollback of the human rights and judicial protections of vulnerable minorities which looks every bit as stark as that of the US Supreme Court.

Giving Ashes to Crown a go. The 1st episode moves pretty quickly to set up the premise. I'll watch a couple more episodes to see how I get on with it, but I don't feel immediately caught up in the story. Maybe I'm a bit tired of the "time is rewound so now I can do revenge/avoid my death" trope.

Oslo Pride video 🥹 🏳️‍🌈 #Pride #LoveIsLove

This year's business coaching scholarship is open for applications through June 20! If you're an editor from a background, culture, or community historically underrepresented in publishing, I hope you'll apply. More details ⬇ tanyagold.com/coaching-for... #AmEditing #Edibuddies #WritingCommunity

Fake agent "Jade Alvarez" w/ obvious AI-generated photo is soliciting writers, posing as an agent with Writers House jadealvarez.com

Giddy up, it's time! Come back the DEVIL'S CLAIM, a western horror art zine produced by @thevelvetcompote.bsky.social ft art & literature from over 50 creators, myself included! All sales will go to the Native American Rights Fund, so let's make it happen 🌵🐴 www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

This is a ridiculous bargain price (which still seems to be available on Kobo and Amazon right now) for a very good read!

A quick reminder that I and five other writers from the "Oaths and Offerings" Carnyx Press anthology of folklore-inspired stories, shall be reading from the book, and talking about writing and folklore, as part of Leeds Lit Fest, this coming Saturday (6th June.) More info and booking here:

Today's earworm. This cover of RATM's Guerilla Radio by Brass Against. "It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime. What better place than here, what better time than now? All Hell can't stop us now. All Hell can't stop us now. All Hell can't stop us now..." Keep writing!

It’s Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Spare one repost for a small creator? 🥺 My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521 New for Pride 2026: 🌈Scientist🌈 🏳️‍🌈🐥🦜🦅🏳️‍🌈 🌈pronouns🌈 www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop

bathing in your warm light (happy pride month 🔆🧡)

Happy Pride Month. If you're a gay man, please remember your power. People often think that gay men are innately fashionable, which means if you wear some stupid shit for long enough, straight people, including homophobes, will copy you and then you can laugh at them.

2022年のイラストの再掲：ガルガとアトワート #HappyPrideMonth 🌈

Repeating this here but, Can you please stop shooting yourself in the foot and actually ask what your users want? It is EXHAUSTING having to mount this kind of pushback every other month just to keep you from making terrible decisions.

I wish that I had taken a portrait shot of this, many years ago now. Because if I'm contemplating bodging together a cover for the children's book (it's not going to be great art; it's got to be what I can manage on my own), it's actually something I put in the book, and which the antagonists hated.

I am hosting an online panel with Neil this Friday for Cymera Festival, this collection is brilliant!

Every year for Pride, I repost Hue. I made him to send love and comfort to those who feel Pride isn’t for them because they aren’t out. You matter, you are valid, and it’s ok if you aren’t ready yet. Coming out is not a requirement for being part of this community. Happy Pride 🌈

california is gonna have so many mail in ballots that don’t get counted because people don’t know the new USPS rules that are impacting mail in voting. tl;dr don’t put your ballot in the mail today, find a ballot drop box. www.kqed.org/news/1208537...

happy *quiet, chill* pride

ANY PERSON this age group can get a card, whether or not they’re experiencing book bans. That’s powerful for queer young folks in small towns with no libraries or libraries with limited hours or collections, too.

If I'm feeling a little blue, all I have to do is start editing Heist, and after a while the characters pull me out of my funk.

Hi! Thanks for such a cool artshare! I'm a transmasc cover artist for Achilliean stories! I also draw OC's and occasional fanart!

Stuck on this ridiculous island? Why not retreat into a fictional past that makes sense? Gay historical romance 99p! --1920s, uptight cop x stroppy graphologist, conspiracy shenanigans --Regency, scammer fashionista x newly rich introvert, everyone's out for something On sale in the UK!

For Pride, you can preorder my & @cypayseur.bsky.social's favorite queer speculative stories of 2025! There have been many discussions lately about how queer publishing in the US is being squeezed from all directions. Pls support this ONGOING series & make sure it *remains* ongoing 💕 It matters!

Today Microsoft moved all its GitHub copilot subscribers to token-based billing. If you want to see what happens when people have to pay the actual costs of AI, the day is finally here. It's obvious that every customer sees the deep, meaningful value and isn't angry at all.

Hard pass. I'm profoundly disinterested in anything that someone who is friends with terfs has to say.

Oooh, if I really wanted to make it fun, I could throw in one of the gangs of Londinium, to apply pressure to Everett, and maybe a connection to Kitty Ling's family in the Londinium docklands. Just odds and ends I never got to go into detail in in Heist, because the book is already 204K words long 😂

Edited up to the appearance of Everett Drake in Heist. Mr. Drake is a fortune teller, consulted by secondary character, Alessio Vincenzo, who is Anne's mark in Lucien's heist plan. Everett Drake is only really there for 2 scenes. But he's mysterious enough that I wish I could have given him more.

You know it's true when the Great Detective Pikachu says it

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Fuck it... I still want you all to read it, and it's pretty fucking queer, so... THE NINE O'CLOCK HORSES IS FREE ALL PRIDE MONTH! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Come, get gay(er than usual) with me! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #booksky #pridemonth

Happy #Pride month! For your reading pleasure, check out my latest sapphic historical, The Miseducation of Caroline Bingley! If you like the simmering yearning of Francesca/Michaela from #Bridgerton, you'll love this book. Miseducation is the 2nd book in my *Austentatious* series 🏳️‍🌈

I often think about this quote, displayed in the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston. That's the value of human connection, in the darkest of times and the darkest of places.

Submissions are open! We're looking for short stories from writers living in the North of England for our second anthology, on the theme of sorcery. Find out more and submit: carnyxpress.co.uk/submissions/

🚨 Parliament is back today. Join us in asking your MP to reject the EHRC’s harmful Code of Practice: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

TOTAL RECALL was released 36 years ago. The second-most expensive film ever made at the time, and among the most popular films of both Paul Verhoeven and Arnold Schwarzenegger, the story behind the scenes is as bonkers as what we see on the screen… 1/47

At the start of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month do have a look at our guide on researching Travelling communities: https://recordoffice.wordpress.com/2023/06/01/travelling-communities/

For my spec fic peeps, here's a great list of markets open in June! www.chasej.xyz/2026/05/31/n...

And if you're Marva in Andor, it's the "why not both" meme

Considering I went through a system when caning was normal, some teachers would dislocate your knuckles, etc. I can still think of the teacher who was terrifying and invasive. Eg: if she caught you eating a sweet, she would stick her fingers in your mouth to take it out. Our school uniforms were...

Linktree sent out an email letting everyone who uses their service know that they're adding AI features and that THEY'RE not responsible for making sure those AI features are accurate or even legal — YOU are.

Submissions are now open 🪶 Holler if you have questions!

Ancient Greek perfume vase in the shape of an owl, 650-640 BC🦉❤️ The Louvre, Paris 📷 by me #OwlishMonday #Archaeology

#Booksky So…we’re getting hit with a big property tax/insurance hike on the home office this month (due in a few weeks) and sales have been…not great? If you’ve been thinking about buying a great queer book or two, now would be a splendid time! 1/4 queenofswordspress.com

The 2 genders: temperature resistant and high blood pressure

Another deal! Copper Script is 99p on Amazon today (not sure about other outlets or regions)

Three days left to get all of these ebooks in one bundle and choose a price that fits you. Here's an excerpt from my novella HOLLOW TONGUE if it helps you decide: storybundle.com/books/4792

Hey, @bsky.app, this sort of moderation is absolutely insane. This is my friend, I just wanted to see what he was up to. You have a huge artist community here who helped grow this site. If you keep this up you’re going to drive us all away. Sort it out.