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Reproductive rights come next. In the words of Florence Reece, which side are you on?

Well the Fucked Up Adventures of Dennis The Menace and his Dog Gnasher (aka The Boys) stuck the landing. TV show so much better than the book.

I've just discovered kerning - spread the word!

Right then, no more money for Jeff. He's cut off.

Well Done Spain.

TERF also means Trans Exclusionary Racist Fascist. It's a more accurate acronym.

Jesus F-ing Christ it doesn’t even have the right number of legs.

@cymerafestival.co.uk is a science fiction and literary festival that runs in Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 each year. They have just announced the longlist for the 2026 Cymera Prize for Speculative Short Fiction. Congratulations to everyone listed from us at #AustralasianSFF #MeanjinIn2028  #BrisbaneIn2028

A random game design thing about Old World of Darkness games that always annoyed me is that none supernatural characters had less points to spend in general. Which meant less customisation/originality. It was intended to enforce how scary main cast monsters are, but really it just sucked.

Some @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social musing: In an ideal world, the music playing in the background when the Shadows meet Dr Smechs family was like this. The campaign is set before the events of A New Hope. It would have foreshadowed The Imperial March, because the Empire ruins everything good.

We interviewed Genevieve O’Reilly about their work in the Star Wars franchise and their discovery of the Star Wars Unlimited Card Game. @unlimitedffg.bsky.social www.starburstmagazine.com/features/gen...

Why did no one tell me Brian May is involved in the soundtrack for the new He-Man? A Flash Gordon style score? Now I’m interested.

Ok, I’ve thought it through and I’ve decided that the second funniest possible outcome of the inevitable Labour leadership contest would be Ed Miliband doing a John Major and clinching it. The funniest possible outcome would be Starmer winning again.

The Hollywood Fringe (sponsored by @dropout.tv no less) runs from June 11 to the 28th. Here are a handful of shows we thought looked exciting (and likely to delight STARBURST readers) www.starburstmagazine.com/features/sta...

The people who use these ponds want them to be trans-inclusive. Sex Matters want to tell them who they can and can not have at their own ponds. Time to see them for what they are: a bunch of mean-spirited curtain-twitching Mary Whitehouse busy-bodies. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

They only thing I want stooge, bigot and perpetual student council narcissist Wes Streeting to launch is himself, into the sun.

it's nigel farage's whole grift, it was everything he did as an mep and it's everything he's doing as an mp. you get the job, you do nothing, then when life gets even worse for the people who elected you, you say "see how *they* prevent me from helping you? you should vote for me even harder"

I wish Gordon Brown had stuck to his guns and explained why that woman was bigoted. We need to stop pandering to racists and call them out for what they are.

Had convos w/ multiple people in the past 4 days who DID NOT KNOW that 1. AI doesn't "think" or know anything; it's a probability machine 2. It was created using massive amounts of work stolen from actual people including me 3. The environmental costs are astronomical Spread the word, every time!

I'm glad they're asking him about it and hope it continues. Imagine if he was hammered as hard about this as @zackpolanski.bsky.social STILL gets hammered on hypnoboob.

Being British and remotely interested in politics means dealing with a constant barrage of wild mis-information. Anything remotely people focused and 'left' is immediately attacked.

Tellers are people who stand outside polling places and record the number of people who have voted. They aren't there to campaign. They're volunteers; it's never okay to yell at these people. It's a poor thing to be rude to these folk. It's even stranger if this is a lie (which it likely is.)

106 years ago today, on May 7th, an undergraduate at Christchurch College, Oxford, drank a glass of port then left through the main gates for a walk. I've been thinking about him, & his walk, for years now. It's taken a long time for me to figure out why - why I've kept returning, near obsessed.

Friends, sometimes silly men say silly things. And sometimes, those silly things are also hurtful things, or damaging things, or things that disrupt the important and caring work that we all set out to do every single day. So it goes. But in the meantime, I have a message for children's authors:

Our picks for the @brightonfringe.bsky.social, which is currently underway. www.starburstmagazine.com/features/sta...

Spoke a little too soon, there's a close-work magician from Australia re-heating an old magic school show for small children this year. So one, and it's nothing new.

I filled my sink with mayo yesterday but didn't quite understand what I was meant to do afterwards.

The x-men are here There are so many x-men. For instance, cyclops who can shoot energy out of his big eye. and angel who can fly. and Doug who can speak German. And Nightcrawler who can also speak German

Always love to be reminded of this. A lot of it was hand-stitched too. Really amazing, precise work. Women’s work is so often minimised and forgotten.

ICYMI - Our May The Fourth Gift Guide, for all your adorable #starwars #maythefourth needs. #starwarsday www.starburstmagazine.com/features/starbursts-may-the-4th-gift-guide-2026/

It's nice to see that people coming together over a sci-fi movie, but Battle Beyond the Stars isnt THAT special.

Capybara journalist

Done. That was fun to do. (I always struggle with the Karl Edward Wagner Award, as they are so many hard working folk behind this.)

For those of you having a rough time right now, I dedicate to you the time I spend standing on my head. A reversal of Fortune, for you.

Richard Dawkins walking along minding his own business until bugs bunny in a dress and make up turns up and blinks at him seductively. Richard Hawkins hoots and hollers shouting “WELL HELLLLOOOO NURSE!” runs towards bugs and immediately steps on a rake and smacks himself in the face.

This was fun to do, but honestly I'm mostly posting it so I can use the #HardForHorne hashtag, which has to be the best #Taskmaster tag since #GregDaviesDeathMask

The most desperate thing about the press still indignantly defending MPs getting pissed a week later is that when you look at the polling, public opinion is overwhelming on this. But apparently this is too important an issue to pay attention to polls, unlike being shitty to oppressed groups.

Or the Moominatis

"Bluesky will never be Twitter." Then how come I look at it every morning and it makes me sad, hmm? Explain that.

I know it's very, very early as Worldcon Dublin* @dublin2029.bsky.social has not yet been confirmed, but does anyone else think that @seanferrick.bsky.social would make a great Toastmaster/Presenter for The Hugo Awards?

Film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars/Trek, HP, LOTR, Marvel.

Neil The Seal.

The people yearn for a time when insanely rich paedophiles could at least dance.

Post your favourite "Lord of the Rings" character(s). Wrong answers only

The Problem with Thatcherism is that you eventually run out of other people.

a friendly reminder for my colleagues in journalism wrong: "sneak peek" better: "sneak peak" preferred: "sneek peek" best: "snæk pæk"

KICKFLIPS FOR TRANS LIVES IS LIVE! Join me, @tincanaudio.co.uk, @jennyjanewrites.bsky.social and some AMAZING guests for the next...however long it takes me to beat this game as we raise money for @genderedintelligence.co.uk! twitch.tv/queerbuccaneer tiltify.com/@queerbuccaneer/kickflips2026

The ADF aim to turn the UK into a carbon copy of the worst parts of the USA. They use their near limitless funds to bully organisations into complying with their madness. Write to you MP, demand that this sort of thing is dealt with sanely.

Fact: The collective noun for bankers is a 'wunch'