People, when you post a piece of writing that's in translation, cite the translator who chose every word. (That goes double for poems! And triple for poems in rhyme.) Even if it takes you two minutes to look it up. If you really can't find the name, say so and maybe someone else can.

June marks the 10th year of Fictive Dream. Our sincere thanks to all who have supported us as #authors #readers #artists and #editors. To celebrate the occasion please enjoy our marvellous selection of forthcoming #fiction. Thank you to everyone for being a part of this wonderful journey.

The Home Office remains as unfit for purpose now as it was when it was famously declared such by then Home Secretary John Reid way back in May 2006 - two decades ago.

Why are people surprised? Even back when Farage was in the European Parliament, he had the lowest voting attendance record of any active MEP. He's ALWAYS been too busy putting his nose in the trough to ever give a damn about his constituents or voters before, why would he change now?

Excellent article on AI and what it does to society. Read it now. time.com/6337835/ai-m...

Romanian President says Russians should improve their targeting of Ukrainians, so they don’t injure Romanians. Read that again.

Flaming June, 1895, with pose inspired by Michelangelo’s marble sculpture Night, painted by Sir Frederic Leighton (1830-1896), eminent pre-Raphaelite artist, who lived for long periods in Florence, Rome & Paris; President of Royal Academy. #OTD Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico

531 years ago, on the 1st of June 1495, Scottish monk John Cor is ordered by King James IV of Scotland to use 'eight bolls of malt to make aquavitae (whisky)' according to an entry in the Exchequer Rolls. It's the first mention of whisky in a Scottish source. #otd #history 🗃️

4th century floor mosaic from the Roman Villa at Abbots Ann, near Andover in Hampshire. Discovered during the mid-19th century, the mosaic is now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain

This is what NATO members (and most other countries) have yet to take on board: drone warfare isn't just about the hardware and software, which can be purchased/manufactured in bulk - it's about training and fielding enough drone operators and support crew..

Kyiv just turned 1544 years today . Moscow is (maybe) only about 879. this is why Russia wants to seize Kyiv - to make everyone forget that. But we won’t, you little piece of a swamp land.

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Barrelhouse have a beautiful way with words

Imagine if a woman president crashed the economy and started a war with no end in sight, and her biggest, seemingly ONLY concern was building a ballroom and redecorating the White House.

So those would be the same guarantees that Iran offered Obama, and which Donald dismissed? The same promises not to develop nukes that Iran has made previously, to the point of issuing a fatwa against them, as reported to the IAEA in 2005? Wow, the Art of the Deal, indeed.

Oh look, ANOTHER unexpected downside of climate change.

So, ceasefire is holding up just as well as everyone expected, then? Israel is clearly trying to create some 'facts on the ground' in the expectation that any peace deal with Iran *will* include Lebanon, and is presumably gambling on 'lines of control' being the key element.

North Macedonia, the language issue continues to divide www.balcanicaucaso.org/en/cp_articl... #northmacedonia #langsky

Woke up this morning, what do I see? 🔴 War in Ukraine continues 🔴 War in Lebanon continues 🔴 War in Persian Gulf continues 🔴 Football riots in Paris 🔴 DJT continues to lie about Pope Leo 🔴 Climate deniers, bigots, and racist politicians everywhere I hate this timeline.

Day 549 of daily, uninterrupted protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪

🌟 Word of the day: unctuous 📚 Part of Speech: adjective 🔊 Pronunciation: ˈəŋ(k)-chə-wəs 📖 Definition: having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality

Sometimes, we need a crisis to know whether or not we've made the right decisions. Delighted to have my latest flash science fiction story, 'Choices', in this great issue, which you can find here: scifansat.com/bibi/?book=S...

Not bad. Keep it up, guys!

This absolutely does not surprise me. Hezbollah received their training from Iran, one of only 3 countries in the world (🇮🇷,🇷🇺,🇺🇦) who are really on top of drone warfare, while everyone else (e.g. 🇺🇸,🇬🇧,🇮🇱,🇪🇺) is still scrambling to catch up to the new battlefield reality.

Here. Not everything is terrible.

Here’s an ancient amber bear to wish you a happy weekend! Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen 📷 by me

Nowe! What do we wante? Tyme travel! Whenne do we wante it?

Should we have a whip round? Drop a few million quid in his current account. Secretly. And then ask him politely to do his fucking job? Or shall we wait for the donors & disgraced Tories in his ‘top team’ to do it instead?

the bus. you've once again invented the bus.

Reminder that the Trump regime is still blowing up suspected “drug boats” — killing 197 people since September. But no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're taking Trump's word for it. This is murder. We must not lose sight of this lawlessness.

I was just offered to be on a pilot TV show where people debate various "controversial" topics; they wanted me as an expert defending the reality of the moon landings. I turned them down flat. I will not elevate conspiracy bullshit into something debatable. Been down that road. It goes nowhere.

Clatterfart A compulsive chatterer prone to long-winded speech and the divulgence of secrets. Use: “Karen Carson, Queen of the Kalamazoo Council of Caffeinated Clatterfarts, commandeered the Cozy Casa Caffè, prepared to protest the patriarchy’s pernicious propaganda between pastries and profanity.”

Time Machine Conversation xkcd.com/3251/

In honor of AAPI month, we rounded up our favorite lit mags everywhere that celebrate Asian and Pacific Islander heritage and culture. Submit to them here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/AAPI-2... #writing #litmags #aapi

Yep. I expect we'll see some meltdowns from Hegseth or DJT himself in due course, now that someone else has the cards...

What the hell is wrong with British judges?

The 547th consecutive day of protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪

So clients have to believe that * personal info can in fact be efficiently anonymised; * the company won't be hacked (e.g. by criminal gangs; * info/images about your place won't be handed over to other companies or law enforcement/government on any flimsy or profitable pretext. Yeah, no thanks.

Still think Russia doesn't consider itself at war with Europe? They certainly don't care about the risks of carrying out attacks near the border. What if Romania activates NATO article 5?

Kawaiiiiiiiiii!

What makes Small Planet the superb magazine it is? Every contributor volunteers their time and expertise for the love of #SFinTranslation: www.sfintranslation.com?p=16928

#GlassObjectThursday 🏺 Complete and beautifully simple early 2nd C #Roman #Glass funerary urn. Full of cremated remains and in fragments when excavated at Botchergate Carlisle (Roman Luguvalium) in 1999. In Carlisle Cathedral Treasury, created underground at west end following 1988 excavation there.

a time-honored tradition for key affiliates of disintegrating Nazi regimes

Temerarious [tem-uh-RAIR-ee-us] (adj.) - Unreasonably adventurous; rashly or presumptuously daring; headstrong; audacious; reckless; heedless.

Bobance [BOB-ens] (n.) - Pride, boasting, presumption. Middle English from Old French Used in a sentence: “Despite possessing all the depth and charisma of a damp crouton, he nevertheless carried himself with an astonishing degree of bobance.”

THIS!

This headline will come as absolutely no surprise to any European user of social media.

This is a good, clear, concise summary of the context (and chances of success) of Trump's attempt to tie the Abraham Accords to an Iran deal. Well worth a read.

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This is an important article, and well worth your time: Dutch regulators have halted a US buyout of a cloud service provider, citing public interest and the protection of critical digital infrastructure.