Your daily fortune: Today you will find success. Success at feeling overwhelmed, and spilling wine on your favorite sweater.

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I’m no fan of Nigel Farage but credit to him for highlighting the brilliant work of the SNP government in ensuring that over a third of Scottish school children are fluent in multiple languages. Thanks, froggy.

velociraptor = distanceraptor / timeraptor

A: Who gives a fuck apart from racists? B: His figure is wrong. 71.2% of Glaswegian children speak English as their first language. C: So that's 28.8% who speak it as a second and I'll bet you they speak brilliant English and that it's much better than most Reform voters I've met online.

Latest Graun toon up already www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Looking for a gift for the history lover in your life? Consider the Women of 1000 calendar! Meet a different woman each month from the year 1000. This year, we've got a few throwbacks to the first calendar mixed in with the most recent illustrations. #MedievalSky 🗃️ www.lulu.com/shop/meg-hyl...

Hello! @wtpress.bsky.social are open for submissions for a Welsh Mythology anthology edited by myself and @rozc.bsky.social , to launch at Eastercon. Details here wizardstowerpress.com/submissions/...

Wishing on a winter star. Prompt: wish #arcticfight2025 #artfight #arcticfight #squirrel #winter #xmas #christmas

These card are beautiful especially if you want something a little different from robins.

I'm sending these out as Christmas presents this year. Though I bought one sneaky bag of Mulled Wine truffles for me.

20 of the Cutest Queer RomComs (or at least ones that I love)

Very close to 50 auctions bidded on out of the 63!!!! Every bid gets you a wonderful item (mostly original artwork) and you help a charity!

Check out my poem "The Last Man on Mars" in The Brazen Head for a dystopian take on a near-future Mars colony ... brazen-head.org/2025/12/01/t... 📚🪐 📚 #mars #colony #scifi #poem #alliterative #poetry #alliterativeverse

Every penny I make in book sales between now and Satanmas day will be donated to the RNLI. Wanna piss off a racist and read a book? Your time has come Come on internet; show me what you can do.

Unlike the debunked “millionaire exodus”, Britain’s young workers really are leaving in droves— 174,000+ since March 2024. The motor of our economy walking away is a crisis that really should worry us. 🧵So, why are they leaving and how can we stop it? 1/9

Today's #BookQW word is 'world'. Alwenna's crossing a rough sea on a tiny boat. This moment is where her story first came into being. It evolved from a creative writing exercise, extracted alongside - it fascinates me how a distinct narrative takes on its own shape from little more than a vibe.

Added to this, if you're a trans inclusive group wanting to do green woodworking or forest bathing or permaculture or naked drum circles (look, i work in a hippie field, sorry) or what-fucking-ever, you come to us and we will keep you safe. Promise.

Right, my trans homies! If you are trans (or non binary) and would like to take the 2 day Introduction to #Permaculture course on a pay-what-you-feel basis, give me a shout and we'll make it happen next summer....

Book Quote Wedneday's word is 'world' #BookQW Being able to see those who live in the supernatural realm is all very well, but there's a lot which Dan Mackmain and his girlfriend Fin don't know, and that can land them in a world of hurt. Modern fantasy rooted in British myths and folklore #Booksky

Snow 'Mons! #pokemon #pikachu #charmander #squirtle #bulbasaur #xmas #snow #winter

39 auctions bidded on! still lots of original artwork awaiting homes!

Time for the annual roundup!

On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me: two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. Ate them.

On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me, a partridge in a pear tree. Ate it.

“ Det doftar halm i luften och julkänslan gör entré. Movember ut, bockember in! ✨🐐 You can smell the straw in the air and the christmas spirit makes its entrance. Movember out, bockember in! ✨🐐” #gavlebocken #gavle

Be sure to check out this, the first of THREE XMAS REVIEWS this year! youtu.be/K_fGUBlmgKc #review #christmas #cartoonreview #cartoon #animation

@ighulme.com @russincheshire.bsky.social @vjknipe.bsky.social Note it's that time of year again, the Scalzi holiday promotion season. Indie authors get a space tomorrow.

Mari Lwyd Charity Auction Info Artwork, books and goodies raising money for @womensaid.bsky.social @refugecharity.bsky.social @galopuk.bsky.social @lovingmeuk.bsky.social and Mankind Initiative Preview page: skullsandsheetsauction.wordpress.com Auction page: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/skullsns...

I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30. Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50. I’m 58 now. HIV treatment works. Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex. Ensure HIV treatment for all. End HIV stigma. #WorldAIDSDay

For accurate science, follow the advice of your healthcare provider, &/or @cidrap.bsky.social &/or @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social &/or @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social

I'm reading @wombat37.bsky.social's 'Red Christmas: disturbing yuletide tales for grown-ups'. Only read one so far as it felt like cheating starting on 30th November but I enjoyed it very much.

Our November story is out by S.B. MacCreery - her debut short! It's an experimental format that hints at a world with secrets and histories. Check it out here: www.frivolouscomma.com/case-file-25... #scifi #sff #scififantasy #fantasy #scifiwriters #sciencefiction #shortfiction

I took advantage of my son being away for the weekend and repainted the bathroom. It was an uninspiring beige that didn't quite match the tiles.

First Sunday in Advent. We don't get to open the doors until tomorrow but, as I don't have an Advent Crown, I'll post these.

What was a yellow wagtail doing at my bird table this morning? I thought they were summer visitors.

Something for @remotecore.bsky.social www.tinyangrywitch.com

Latest Graun toon up already www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My books are no cheaper today than they are any other day (sorry!) but they're not *that* expensive, are well worth the money, and are fun reads, so treat yourself! books2read.com/patricksamphire

Choose UK bookshops this Black Friday, and enjoy FREE DELIVERY on all books from @bookshop_org_uk. Every purchase supports indies! Browse our 2025 gift guide here: uk.bookshop.org/list... (We need around 20 more book sales this year to cover our running costs.)

Don't send your coins to the wealthy trolls that live in high castles this holiday season. Shop in your local forest and share them with the witches, goblins, and other moss draped horrors that create sparks of light in the darkness.

I'm three pages from the end of my current notebook. Do I hint to my son that I need a new one for Christmas or just go out and buy one? Descisions, decisions. 😂

#Rewilding One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats'. Available now in good bookshops an online nowwww.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2

Denmark adjusts to the New US reality. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Some trees blew down taking a fence from the wasteland next to my house. Workers have got half the road blocked off with traffic lights to work safely, but cars keep stopping in front of mine and my neighbours drives. Good thing we aren't wanting to get out.

"The Conservatives are nothing else but a lot of kippers - two-faced and gutless." ~ Eric Heffer Though I think this now applies to politicians from his own party as well.

Today's #BookQW word is 'run'. Drew's been kept in the dark too long, and has resorted to eavesdropping to find out what his lover's getting up to. It's not at all what he suspected. Extract from Waterborne Exile, second in the series, ebook available here: angryrobotbooks.com/books/waterb...

Finally managed to get my E is for... colouring page up on Kofi. Now I've got to work on F is for.... But I'm going to have put the Christmas page, M is for..., out of order because I'm drawing so slow. At least that one is drawn.

7 packs left! Thank you! Orders made last night will be shipped tomorrow am!

The Mari Lwyd Christmas Cards are back in stock 10 packs available skullsandsheets.etsy.com/listing/4409...