On The Origin Of The Modal Verb In Early Human Language

✨ your regular reminder to give blood if you can✨ www.blood.co.uk

Gustav Klimt, Tree of Life, 1905

If you're grasping for anything to feel good about right now - and that's a very difficult thing to find - feel good about the fact that not everyone is as much of a spineless, collaborating coward as our elites. Total strangers will risk their lives to stand next to you.

Bit starstruck because I know two of the volunteers from Croydon here.

See the reason the Empress Eel never gets caught is because she absorbs the wisdom of every body she nibbles on. She has had enough eel-takers flesh to know all about their horse head bait, their tricks and traps. The Empress is is corpse-wise and you don’t catch the corpse-wise. - Tom Rudd #VOH

As someone who works in my community every day, and have really poured myself into that work since the election, I can tell you it is 100% the only reason I have kept sane. Get out and do something, anything. Find a knitting group at your local library. Volunteer at a pantry or community fridge.

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I am definitely on board with the concept of ‘wintering’, a hibernation of sorts and a hunkering down. I feel this should be a wintering cape with the deepest collar of basket weave velvet in frost muted colours. Maria Gallenga, 1910s #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Ahmad's got a fairly small and achievable goal, just $150, but it's very urgent. @caseyexplosion.bsky.social @mommunism.bsky.social (Sorry for tagging, but he can't maintain an account here and needs to gain some traction) chuffed.org/project/1634...

I have known Hamman a long time, I hate that he is still stuck in this hell, hoping for kind hearted people to give, if only a moment of their time. He deserves better, his family deserves better. Help him my friend ❤️ chuffed.org/project/1580...

Factories of the day, Croydon Purley Way c.1950

Amal asked me to boost this again. She's having to live in cramped conditions with relatives because their tent was destroyed. She needs to buy a new one, and get Naser the treatment he needs. He's still very tired and vulnerable. gofund.me/e3faf33af @indrapramitdas.bsky.social @pepsffk.bsky.social

Ahmad is struggling to support his elderly parents and would appreciate all and any help in these harsh conditions. chuffed.org/project/157281 @divyampersaud.com @pepsffk.bsky.social ❤️

This is the Wikimedia Foundation, masks off, claiming to care about knowledge while IDF bombs universities, libraries, heritage sites Anyways, Palestinian students DO NEED your help chuffed.org/project/spar...

The first objects of the Storr Rock Viking Hoard were found on the shore near the Skye landmark #OTD in 1891. The hoard comprised 108 coins and 23 pieces of hacksilver. It was probably deposited in the mid-10thC by a Scandinavian trader or settler. 📸National Museums Scotland #medievalsky

Every night I watch my children sleep, wondering how to protect them with empty hands. We lost our home, our work, and our safety. One of my children depends on daily medicine. If you believe children deserve a chance to live, please help us 💔 ✅ @mommunism.bsky.social shorturl.at/xkCUp

Goodnight from Moxham, where Geraldine Moody is drunk on both rhubarb wine and the power of being Queen at the Misrule Feast. Goodnight from Virginia Haydon, wishing she’d ignored the frost and lingered for more kisses with her goose-footed lover. Goodnight from Hookland.

Can we help Odai overcome this pain and catastrophe? gofund.me/77a751af7

god help me someone asked what i'm looking for in short fiction. how do i say: horror but not like that, questions without answers, short, and fucking weird. the thing that makes good short fiction to me is that the final act of the story is in your head, not on the page

This year, I'm running a lot of courses through other organisations, but I'm also running one myself! A deep dive into the work of Ann Radcliffe. Come and explore the works of the Gothic Enchantress with me and go beyond the stereotypes! buytickets.at/romancingthe...

🚨 SOS FROM GAZA 🚨 A dangerous disease is spreading among us because we live in torn tents, freezing cold, filth, and rats. Our children are collapsing, our bodies are failing, and we are being left to die in silence. Please share—your voice can save us. Act now! 💔🙏 gofund.me/35fdca7d

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Was looking at a comment section on the topic of the film Sinners. A Korean poster remarked that the film really gave him chills, because the rich folklore of his country has always warned the most dangerous ghosts are not the angry or sad ones, but those who are dancing and laughing.

It makes me so angry, what has happened to Palestine. For the people, their lives either lost or left in ruins. And also because the lack of action from the international political sphere means we've ended up showing Power what it can do to an entire nation.

Well, it's great to know that POTUS's favourite intellectual (lolsob), amongst a LOT of other shit, regards me as one of 'Kipling's Saxons'.

The FT is so weird because it's about 80% 'Which hedge funds look most promising this quarter' and 'Fine wine as an investment option' but then you get 'Cannabis is cool and good actually' and 'Hey, bear in mind that we're heading for the Miocene and that's not very survivable for our species'.

This little girl really needs some money for treatment. She's vulnerable and having to endure harsh conditions. chuffed.org/project/omsham

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Why is Naser being ignored?💔 I never imagined begging strangers to help my child survive. Naser has a thyroid condition and needs daily medication just to live. Without treatment, his body weakens and his suffering grows. Please don’t leave him alone. Your help can save his life.💔 shorturl.at/xkCUp

Yeah. You see the problem is the complete and utter lack of any genuine nerve or conviction in the first place, other than the most craven desire to cling to power.

Bara'a has been unwell and it's hard to cope when you're living in a tent and have a child to look after too. All help appreciated. chuffed.org/project/161145

Oh, AI can play games for me! Perhaps it can start sipping wine for me in the bath and snuggling up to watch a film on the sofa. It can kiss my kids Goodnight. Being human is tiring. It can lift the heavy burden of existence from my shoulders. As ChatGPT is already doing, as we have discovered.

Ugh. Drat. This time with the link because he got deleted. Again. gofund.me/78acabc1

AI bros: We've taken your jobs You: Well, at least I've time to create art AI bros: Nope, we've got a haunted Etch-A-Sketch doing that, too You: Oh... well, I guess at least I can play some computer games AI bros: Hahahaha No

Blues great & Sinners cameo star Buddy Guy recently reflected on the movie & its impact on him & it’s just 🥹🥰 “This wasn’t just acting. This was telling a story that feels like home to me.” What a beautiful film of love & legacy Ryan has created 🫶🏾

You can donate to Ahmad’s family here: chuffed.org/project/161883

Looking forward to a live An Uncanny Hour show

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Amal let me know that Naser has been discharged from ICU, thanks to an operation funded by donations. But she desperately needs healthy food and the means to keep him warm, so his health does not collapse again. ❤️❤️‍🩹 @mommunism.bsky.social @mollietindle.bsky.social gofund.me/e3faf33af

Oh. I adore this album.

Just saw this in LinkedIn for anyone interested in looking into Grok's production of CSAM and non-consensual sexualised imagery. www.linkedin.com/posts/mtechl...

Fleischerei available now from @filthyloot.bsky.social

#PoemsAbout #Static starts Friday. Write into the interference. Unsaid words. Broken transmission. What flickers when meaning won’t settle? Draft now. Share from Friday. Tag your post. Use Alt Text.

The UK Ghost Story Festival is back. A landmark event built over years by @alexdavis1981.bsky.social This February offers two packed weekends of spectral tales WANT TO WIN A FULL PASS? Here’s your chance to join the haunting. #GhostStoryFestival #HorrorCommunity gnofhorror.com/win-a-pass-t...

Solar panels: now in goat-resistant flavor

It's a brand new year! For those new to my lil' part of the bluesky, let me introduce myself. Johnnie Jae įnganye ki. Jiwere-Nut'achi & Chahta nyi ki. mąnkoge hakiraje ki. I'm a disabled, asexual journalist, artist and professional indigenerd with a penchant for mischief and bad creature features.

New Review - I highly recommend this anthology exploring the many talents of the Indian SFF scene Between Worlds - The IF Anthology of New Indian SFF Vol 1 edited by @gautambhatia88.bsky.social out now www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/1/...