Up for a scary writing challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Scary Story Challenge on October 31st! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/scary

To anyone who needs it today: credit your translator. A good translator's skills are at least as important as those of the original creator. Imagine if someone were to build a life sized replica of the Eiffel Tower out of matchsticks, you wouldn't just credit Gustave Eiffel - would you?

Is it really *that hard* to say that it is totally morally wrong to say to people who have come here legally, worked, paid taxes, built their lives here, contributed to Britain, that they have to fuck off now, rather than "unfunded".

Kashimaru-kun, the mascot of Kashima City in Saga Prefecture, wears headgear that combines a fox with an orange.

GUESS WHAT WEEK IT IS

Big shout out to all at Children's books Ireland. The #CBIConf25 was glorious. I wish we had something like it in the uk - for all book-related people, a chance to talk not just about the market for books, but the power of books, the work itself. #KidlitUK @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social

Hares are truly magical. I always feel blessed when I see one whilst out walking or running, please sign ✍️

Just had my first Folklore Agony/Household Lore submission! 🥳 Btw, you can also submit anonymously... #HouseholdLore

This book is a delight to read, btw. Should be the family bible for all supernaturally synched folk!

Right then! 🚨 To celebrate publication of my new book Household Lore on 11 November, I'm doing a special Folklore Agony household edition! Are you experiencing a problem in your house that conventional wisdom (and cleaning solutions) have failed to solve? Why not ask the Folklore Agony Aunt? 1/2

my favorite subgenre of Halloween decoration is “skeleton of things that absolutely do not have skeletons”

40 days till Halloween !

CHARITY AUCTION UPDATE: A wonderful postcard from @sketchbuck.bsky.social arrived yesterday! Have just uploaded, so please go see! skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com

Julia Lucey, Squirrel on the red day, 2020, US artist & #printmaker who combines aquatint, etching collage and acrylic #WomensArt #Autumn

Important: there is a pub in Holborn where a cat wears a ruff. His name is The General

I feel so seen.

Good morning & happy Sunday You know that I had to post this song today youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk

'Back yard Washing’ by artist and printmaker Pamela Grace #WomensArt

I have no idea what this is, but I'm in.

'Resting Fox' by UK printmaker Sarah Bays #WomensArt

JOJO AND ALEX KINGSTON!

NEED A GIFT ?!! 🎁 The Womensart books are here and at a GREAT price! Via any online or local bookstore in your area....

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us. We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again. That's the revolution.

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

Gail Brodholt, contemporary UK printmaker #WomensArt #Saturday #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

William Connell, California, 1935

🖼️ Emmaranthaceae

Brutal and hilarious.

Ahoy, me hearties! It be #TalkLikeAPirateDay says we. So grab yer doubloons an read ye our favourite pirate thread about how an #Orkney pirate inspired the book that inspired the film that makes us go ARRR when we talk like pirates! Avast ye!🏴‍☠️

A couple of marine mites (Halacaridae) from my latest plankton sample. #marineplankton 🦑

I'll be at EDGE-LIT tomorrow in Derby. I'll be on a panel called CAME BACK HAUNTED: HOW TO FRIGHTEN AUDIENCES and in the evening I'll be launching AT THE CHANGE OF THE MOON and being interviewed about it. Link to buy ticket in comments below. See you there if you're going!

I know we keep focusing on Colbert and Kimmel as we should, but we also need to remember there are hundreds of people who work for these shows who also just lost their jobs because of this bullshit, and most of them are probably not millionaires.

if you want to understand tailoring, you only need to watch mid-century movies, when actors were dressed by tailors, not brands. in the 1944 film cover girl, gene kelly's suit drapes beautifully, moving with him, not against him. collar stays on his neck, even as he dances.

Isabella Rossellini's Mammas was just the level of bonkers I needed tonight. So bonkers.

Similar thing from the music world: Dmitri Shostakovich attended a performance of Jesus Christ Superstar.

The British Library have just sent me photos of ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE - it has been printed!!! EMINENT ANTHOLOGIST Aww yeah. #FESTIVESHINYSHINY Book out October 16, pre-order your copy from links below:

Why the autumn equinox isn’t actually when day and night are equal www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

This has been going on since William the Conqueror. Pigs are released once a year to graze on acorns, which are toxic to the free-roaming ponies and cattle in the woods, throughout the season. They also clear the forest floor of chestnuts and beech mast

can't really begin to explain the extent to which I do Not want to be filmed without my knowledge by someone wearing smart glasses while out and about

Announcing my new think tank.

Restaurant for me. Always fuck it up, always need spell-check

Announcing my new think tank.

Painting by Sylvia Ken, Indigenous artist from the Amata community in South Australia, relates to the Seven Sisters creation story #WomensArt

I'm a professional writer and cannot type 'lightning' correctly. Even just then it took three goes. Unfortunate that my new book Household Lore (available to pre-order, don't you know) is all about tips on how to protect your home from lightning strikes...

Agnes Kasparkova, 90-Year-Old Czech former agricultural worker who turned her small village into an art gallery by painting traditional Moravian motifs on the local houses. The project went on for over 13 years #WomensArt

Face to fox ! Thank you @Em_Evergreen for today's #FoxOfTheDay

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose??? This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

Why is the right so angry? They control the entire government and they’re still miserable f*cks. Joy Reid nailed it.