There's a "Caribbean" restaurant that's popped up locally that's run by white people who use AI designs on *everything*. Their couple profile picture, menus, the pictures of their "food" As someone from Brixton I was already upset & then found a photo of what the food actually looks like... 😬😬

All of my productivity plans/schedule had majorly gone out the window thanks to constant issues popping up (ie - nightmare return trip from Scotland, my phone battery almost exploding ???) + getting a new foster + life, but I am slowly, hopefully, cautiously inching towards Doing Things Soon

I am super hyped for this game, so check out the trailer here:

I am disappointed beyond words to see this motion being cosigned by several people I personally like & respect. As someone who is still part of the large team that kickstarted this drivel in 2021, I stand by our decision, even though we've walked it back in the years since; maybe we shouldn't have!

Annoyingly my phone is playing up so I couldn't take a picture, but Ralph joined me whilst I was laying in bed finishing my book. He curled up as close as he could get to my face, almost touching faces, and just purred the whole time 😭😭 My heart feels so full that he feels so safe with me

HAPPY FRIDAY TO EVERYONE WHO HATES SLOP

The huge thunderstorms last night managed to completely miss us and just hit all of the surrounding areas instead 😭😭 It's technically only 24 degrees today but it feels SO HOT. I had to walk into town for a meeting & I have created my own personal stream

Pls send +2 storm and -15 temperature for suffering kitties

The scary part isn't just the heat. It's discovering how much of our UK critical infrastructure was built for a climate that no longer exists. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

I'll try to remain a shred of dignity by not posting the picture, but can confirm that putting a small towel in the freezer and then wearing it like a hat is blissful 😭😭

It was inevitable, wasn't it🙄 Of course the Telegraph would run with something like this👇 So let's remove some of the rose-tinted spectacles and also look at some of that data comparing 1976 with modern heat waves Because the 1976 nostalgia porn is wearing a bit thin at this stage 🧵1/23

How anyone can want AI Data Centres making this problem *worse* under these circumstances is beyond me.

Yo. It’s my birthday today. Fancy buying one of my books?

Ralph Ralphalos Ralfalfa Ralphabet Ralphabetti Little Boy Kitten Catten Peepo Pepito Bebeto Baby toes Peppy toes Potato

9th Annual Native American Feature Film Writers Lab Final Deadline is quickly approaching on July 6th! Apply www.nama.media This lab provides Native writers with mentorship, professional development, creative support and direct access to industry professionals! #nativestorytellers #indigenouswriters

Apropos of *trying to make a living as an author*... can I interest any of you in a nice math-western alt history satire in these trying times? Renegade gunslinging mathematicians fighting against the vilification of expertise? payhip.com/StarkHolborn

Charm the Ferryman just released! A 3-5 player game of ridiculous storytelling on a romp across the underworld to collect items and stories to convince Charon to ferry you back across the River Styx. johnson-ofair.itch.io/charm-the-fe... All your stories are canon, make new underworld lore!

turns out being deliberately antagonistic towards the people who elected you in order to court people who would under no circumstances ever vote for you is not smart

This isn't normal. While this government is in chaos, its failure to protect people from extreme heat will cost lives. We need maximum workplace temperatures to protect workers and cool spaces so the vulnerable aren't exposed.

The rescue centre put up a Happy Fathers Day post for cat dads. I mistook it to mean Cats who are Dads (rather than men who are dads of cats) then saw they'd talked about Cats with Stud Cheeks, and scrolled down to see a photo of Ralph 😂😂 I think Ralph is enjoying retirement from Dadding

Nightlights is so beautifully illustrated with such warming stories 😍 that is to say: you should get this.

So glad that some places are still facilitating hybrid events as it means I can virtually attend this wonderful event on Indigenous Futurisms, put on by the New York Society Library, which wonderful Weyodi OldBear is speaking on alongside Patty Krawec and Lee Francis

I don't understand how time passes whilst I'm playing Planet Zoo 😭 Every time I think I'll just play for a couple of hours. Build this bear enclosure. Train some staff. Buy some more Zebra. Build some staff facilities. Watch my tiger cub. All of a sudden, it's 2am & I've been playing for 6 hrs

I'm going to this. It'll be my first time seeing the inside of parliament instead of protesting outside. Come along if you can!

We just got home after: - 12 hours of travelling - a horrendous train journey which involved abelist assholes + no access to drinks for 5+ hours - realising the bus home would take an hr - giving in to defeat & having to get a ££ taxi back BUT We are home. And we are reunited w/the little boy 😭

🏴‍☠️ Black Sailors will be at Afro Game Showcase 2025! 🎮 We’re excited to announce that Black Sailors: Bay of All Saints will be part of the Afro Game Showcase, an event celebrating incredible talents and Afro-centered narratives from the gaming industry around the world. 👇

Been slowly making my way through this beautiful book as its my pick for our upcoming Beyond Gender meet next week 😍 We've still got 6 hours on the train to go so plenty of reading time yet

Daveigh Chase has sadly passed away at the age of 35. She was the voice of Lilo in ‘Lilo & Stitch’ & Chihiro in the English dub of ‘Spirited Away’.

Having wobbly brain times today 😔 feeling so frustrated with my brain, how it works, and how many things it gets in the way of Would be fantastic it I could enjoy things without it absolutely freaking out in the belief danger is exceptionally imminent

We've been busy traipsing around/across Scotland the last few days so I've spent this evening catching up on reading books from the Magical Library whilst I still have the chance I think the pets are also very pleased with this arrangement

Heaven's Graveyard by Sunday Times-bestselling author Grace Curtis is going to blow this month by storm. This sinster, lesbian, history mystery is a gripping tale that will have you at the edge of your seat. Preorder now: buff.ly/Cssdula

Took myself off into the fields + woods this afternoon to do some planning for a WorldCon zine I want to do Spent at least 20 mins watching a circling bird of prey, then did some planning for a story I've been percolating for the past year but never written any notes for 🙈

Highlighting Coyote & Crow Supplements & Expansions! Ahu Tiiko (Standard Edition) is the first setting expansion for C&C and is focused on horror and mystery stories! And includes tons of extras! Learn more on this 🧵 Pick it up at: bit.ly/4viiAGe or at IPR: bit.ly/3SqK91f

I want to start giving shout-outs to local game stores who are (re)stocking Coyote & Crow Games. Today it's @geekyteas.bsky.social! I got to visit their store a few years ago, and it's among my favorites. Great people, a great FLGS. And, they have KITTIES! Go support them!

Coyote and Crow novel?! 😍

We are staying at the home of a SFF scholar-friend until the end of next week and in addition to being in a beautiful part of Scotland they have an OUTSTANDING collection of books There's no way I can read many so I'm doing a read of first chapters so I can decide what to buy myself later 👀

Unfortunately still available for work. 🫠

For some reason the Submission Grinder has been showing that we're closed but WE ARE OPEN FOR SUBS!!! Tell your family, tell your friends, tell anyone into weird monsterfuckery! 🦑 #submissioncall #opensubs #litmag #erotica #publishing

Update: Young people & families today received shocking & transphobic letters from NHS. These letters tell people that endocrine care (blockers / HRT) is being fully withdrawn in 7 weeks time (July 31st). Forced medical detransition. This country is a danger to trans children & young people.

Okay, so this is massive and we're terrified. Partnering with @play.breakthrought1d.org in the fight against diabetes, the ENTIRE inkle catalogue is on Humble Bundle right now for $20 -- including TR-49, all four novels, both Overboard! games, 80 Days, all four parts of Sorcery! ... everything.

We're off on our pet sitting related trip to Scotland today & all week I have been lamenting being separated from Ralph 😔 I have so many New Cat Parent worries on top of Travelling Anxiety & have not yet been able to feel excited about going to Scotland

CASTING CALL (PAID, 1F) Deadline: June 27th, 11:59 PM EST Payment: $3.5 per line Looking for a Black VA to voice the protagonist of my horror "romance" visual novel, A Little Inconvenience! All details are included in Google Doc. Reach out if you have questions! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

26) 'Trapped in the Labyrinth: The Minotaur as Trapped and Disabled' with Johannes Evans This was, as always with Johannes, a fascinating and fun discussion youtu.be/pn9rKd3uMsc

Ralph has been sitting on my lap a lot in the past few days. I had been led to believe that if you stand up cats will get off your lap Not Ralph He 1st tried to grab onto my knee with his claws + then enacted protest tactics by becoming a floppy sack of potatoes when I tried to lift him 🙄

Hello friends - I am wondering if I have anyone who would be willing to do some mentoring with me on podcasting and/or youtube videos? These are things I've been wanting to do for the past 6 years+ but keep finding the process of starting something from the ground up + editing quite overwhelming

Something I've been ruminating over a lot is how hard it feels to rebuild. And I don't mean just in the Big Life sense but also in smaller ways. Like rebuilding an audience, a community, opportunities etc It sometimes feels so overwhelming + disheartening that I don't even know where to start

Me, completely underestimating how long it would take to make the games showcase thread and having to abandon it a third of the way through bc of time 😭 Even more reasons for me to make a youtube channel finally or something

#Steam has been hosting/platforming some absolute banger showcases recently & I keep wanting to do some longer form coverage of them but haven't been able to for "insert reason" Their #summershowcaseofsummershowcases has some great games from across loads of showcases tho so let's look at some!:

Dear algo help me find a studio that’s actually hiring a writer, remotely This unemployed life is for the bin