Our remote trail cameras recently captured footage of a wild jaguar moving through a Sky Island mountain range south of Tucson, in the ancestral lands of the Tohono O'odham. More information: biodiv.us/3Pks4AM

As people get ready to vote in the Scottish Parliament election please be careful of the spoiler operation which is 'Independent Green Voice'. They are listed second on the regional ballot paper in South of Scotland with the Green Party further down. IGV is a right-wing spoiler operation.

ARC GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT!! 📢📚 We're giving away 30 collector's edition ARCs of @jasonsanford.bsky.social's PLAGUE BIRDS: THE RED DAY EDITION! 🪐🖥️🔥 Each copy is signed, hand-numbered, and one of a kind. TO ENTER: like, comment, and repost this post by May 11th for the chance to win 🌟 Good Luck! 🖤👽

Do you live in the UK? Are you registered to vote in next month's elections? If not, you'd better get a move on, as tomorrow is the last day you can register. Fortunately, it's easy to do online. www.gov.uk/register-to-... 🗳️

Star Trek figured this out thirty years ago. It's not hard. Even an old, drunk Klingon got it.

As someone currently working in the publishing industry I think I speak for us all when I say this absolutely has to happen!

Fossil flower from the Parachute Creek member of the Green River formation. About 40-50 million years old. #fossilfriday

You know it’s been a week when you put the kettle on then immediately turn it off and crack open a beer instead.

A lot of what I post lately is news of awful stuff, but interview is far more inspirational and motivating. I recommend reading, especially if you're feeling a bit overwhelmed and despairing. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

Love it when a kitbash comes out just as planned/hoped. Looking forward to a few more Minotaurs to join their Gothic Space Hoplite Captain. #WarhammerCommunity

There are few things that get me out of bed before 10 on a Sunday. Fossils are one of them.

Red Corsairs preorder made for myself and my best mate. So now that my most important duty as Best Man is discharged, time for the second most important: making sure he get to enjoy his wedding! #WarhammerCommunity

Between the Vallejo TMM range, and last night’s Custodes reveal, this really is the year of metal for my hobby! Grey Knights, metallic purple Emperor’s Children and Custodes are all on my to do list this year. And as always there will be more that sneaks in during the year! #WarhammerCommunity

‘Tis the for ridiculous leftover sandwiches. Mulled wine braised beef, honey roast veg, goose fat roast potatoes and burned leek butter on a bagel. The diet starts next year.

Out of office is on. Christmas may now begin!

Happy holidays! www.youtube.com/watch?v=66M8...

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

New tiny Space Marine added to my mini Gate Crushers projet : the trans pride tiny marine and his tiny prismatic blade ! I'm getting the hang of painting at such a small scale, but it's still pretty tough.

Remember: DO NOT LEAVE NEGATIVE REVIEWS OF A BOOK BECAUSE AMAZON DAMAGED IT!!!! This does NOTHING to affect Amazon, only the author who had nothing to do with the damage! Amazon has an extremely lenient return and replacement policy, PLEASE just use that instead.

The most common error I see as a book editor is incorrectly punctuated dialogue. NO: “Nice to meet you.” She said. YES: “Nice to meet you,” she said. NO: “Likewise.” The editor said. YES: “Likewise,” the editor said. NO: She smiled, “Hi." YES: She smiled. “Hi.” Repost to save a life 😂 #writesky

Now I am all for cool special editions and materials/designs in book production. But this? I love garlic but what’s the point if I can’t eat it? Generally, smelliest book on the shelf is not an accolade to be chased.

Blue iguana climbs back from the brink. Grand Cayman’s blue iguana, once down to fewer than 25 individuals, now numbers more than 1,000 in the wild. Captive breeding, habitat restoration and community engagement reversed what was nearly a Caribbean extinction. CNN buff.ly/GKiJpcz #ShareGoodNewsToo

Post a female character you love.

At last, all five of the pillars of my personality represented on my theatre lanyard: Space Marines/Warhammer, Dinosaurs, tabletop gaming, Star Trek and supporting/protecting our LGBTQI+ pals. #WarhammerCommunity, #Dinosaurs, #DnD, #StarTrek, #LGBTQIAlly

Boss is on vacation right now, so I'm throwing a sneaky giveaway... 🤫 Win any Focus game key on your platform of choice. To enter: • 👤 Follow us • ❤️ Like this post • 🔁 Repost We'll randomly pick 3 winners next week! 🍀

Well second day fossil hunting at Lyme Regis (east cliffs this time) was much more successful. A few wee things to take home as we can’t leave a beach with rocks in the pocket. Prize funds are a great chunk of rock with really nice calcite crystals and a small trio of ammonites.

I saw somebody on TikTok using the word 'slopper' as a slur for people who use ChatGPT, and that's a thing we should start doing.

use this tote bag when you shop at a store that doesn't make its employees piss in a bottle eatf.art/jeff

A good book and a dog cozied in. Mornings don’t get much better.

Do any of the authors dealing with the Unbound/Boundless situation have any horror short stories (<6000 words) in their catalogue anywhere, whether directly linked to Unbound or not? If so, please get in touch! Please share! 🦑

With great thanks to @aptshadow.bsky.social for his time, come check out my conversation with him about creating Fantasy Races vs Alien Species :D (And a whole slew of other topics, including the complexity of political fantasy). youtu.be/_8v6YicHlpU

The banner is raised. @cymerafestival.co.uk returns to Edinburgh!!

Shoreline of Infinity 39 is out now! www.shorelineofinfinity.com/product/shor... In paperback, PDF and ebook formats.

Today seems like an appropriate day to repost my old Spinosaurus illustration, complete with rainbow. 🌈

A few of my favourites combined. A beer, a space sharks novel and fossil shark poo from today’s fossil hunt. Not a bad way to recover after today’s hunt. #WarhammerCommunity #fossils

Well my first Carboniferous fossil hunt was pretty successful! A possible plant fossil, various pieces of shark/fish coprolite, including one in an ironstone concretion and a possible bit of coral (less certain on this so an experts who see this please correct me!) Not bad for only my third time!

Reminder: the excellent @cymerafestival.co.uk is in two weeks here in our #UNESCO City of Literature. I'll be there all weekend, also have the pleasure of chairing @starkholborn.bsky.social @bethkesh.bsky.social and @garethlpowell.bsky.social www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-tickets... #books #livres

How to spend my public holiday from the day job? Let’s go fossil hunting! On my way to Wardie Bay to see if I can find anything and break in my new geology hammer. I might find nothing and get rained on but it will be nice to be outside either way.

How am I only finding out about Gold Chocolate Digestives now?!

Pretty sickened by UK's Supreme Court 🤮 So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇

Hey! If you are an author and you want to come to Iceland Noir they want to hear from you!

Just FYI in case you haven’t heard: El*n just sold X to xAI, which means if you still have an X/Twitter account all your public and private conversations are now fair game for training AI. Delete your X account immediately.

First tiny red and black visitor of the year rescued from being crushed in the kitchen and safely transferred to the balcony roses.

After how brilliantly the first one came out, I have eagerly gone all in for book two. Now just to get my rear in gear and actually learn how to DM and run my planned campaign! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pal...

Happy International Women's Day! Celebrating all women in SFF & in particular my pioneering sisters in Warhammer 40,000 💀 Thank you for creating & inspiring - it's an honour to be working in this setting with you 🖤 @skullqueen.bsky.social @danacea.bsky.social @squintywitch.bsky.social #IWD2025

I just ran the search myself and horrifically this is not a meme, it’s is real. I despair for our future as a species.

Let the hunt begin!

Extending the holiday feeling with Dwarven coffee today.

Nothing like that first glass of Scottish tap water when you get home from England.

Traditional selfie with the Rhino achieved!