Happy Petrov Day to those who celebrate. On September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov made the correct decision to not trust a computer. I've attached a short clip from a reenactment of the situation in the documentary The Man Who Saved the World. 1/11

Hi, can I interest you in some fantasy written by a nonbinary author? With trans and intersex characters? Not based on a franchise by a transphobic author! Dragonfall, Emberclaw, and my rewritten debut, Pantomime, are out now, and I could very much use some help getting the word out about them. 💖

One thing the Hugo Award rec sheet struggles with is artists. Are you an SFF artist, or do you know any that have done work in 2025? Our professional artist and fan artist categories need some love. #art #HugoAwards

Look Out. 2026.

I am begging, on my fucking knees, for big TV shows to put one single person on social media due diligence. Crediting artists takes the time it takes to find their art. The information is in front of you as you're dropping the image onto your show's account. Fucking COME ON, lads.

So I was just made aware that “require alt text” was turned off in my settings after an update. You might want to check yours too! So annoying.

I don’t subscribe to any, and this is generally why. Teasers are for movie trailers. Sell me your actual product, not just the shiny extras.

Let's hear from you writers, tell us a little bit about yourself, what projects you've on the go, what you've written, any events in the near future, or just drop your bio and links and follow and support each other #WritersLiftWednesday #Writers #Authors #WritersLift #BookSky 💙📚 alt text please

happy bi day to me, to you, to trans bisexuals, to bisexuals who mostly prefer women, to bisexuals who mostly prefer men, to bisexuals who do gender fuckery together or alone or with many, to ace bisexuals, to aro bisexuals, to all bisexuals!!! i love you, we are grand and beautiful

Gonna just say, if it's this easy to protest against the monolith that is Disney. Then there is no excuse for people to be clinging to Harry Potter. Like, if the needle can be moved against Disney, people can make it move against JK Rowling. Stop the flow of money into her accounts,

Put back headphone jacks. Stop making me use a QR code instead if a menu. There doesn't need to be an app for everything. LET ME OWN THINGS! I paid money you shouldn't be able to limit how many times I can download that ebook/song/etc or take it from my library at will. That's mine now! Fuck DRMs.

Oh is it this time again? *Throws purple glitter in the air*

And I’m sure he speaks from personal experience in such tolerance. Such character-building endurance. Quite sure indeed.

This is great. Now quit purging queer content from Pixar.

"When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton." Happy Hobbit Day, and happy birthday Bilbo and Frodo! #LOTR

My birthday's in about ten days and if you like what I do, and are able, I've got a gift list over here. Thanks:) www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/...

Sometimes you don't understand who didn't have your best interest at heart until years later and you strike up friendships where the people are excited to see you succeed and mention you in places cuz they aren't threatened and are not secretly competing. It's a very clarifying moment.

Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit after Kimmel suspension creators.yahoo.com/lifestyle/st...

Annemieke at A Dance With Books has opened the creaking basement door into this year’s #SpooktasticReads - it might be a quieter event this year but we’re still haunting you- I mean, still here! @wyrdandwonder.bsky.social adancewithbooks.wordpress.com/2025/09/20/a...

"The incoherence is the point. Fascism is a temper tantrum disguised as an ideology."

"Fear is strange soil. Mainly, it grows obedience like corn, which grows in rows and makes weeding easy. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground.” #TerryPratchett #Discworld #DailydoseofTerry #SFF #booksky 📚💙

✨ We’ve Moved! ✨ Thank you to the 42,890 people who have signed, shared and supported our letter so far: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community. 🌐 NotInOurName.org.uk

I know a fae trap when I see one

Buy catgirl things.

Fuck me this is bleak. But please, do continue to use GenAI slop thumbnails for your YouTube videos, or your album art, or your book covers or whatever else. I'll continue to refuse to watch/listen/read any of them, knowing already they're not worth the time & that you're a disappointing lazy hack.

They want you so mad at the very visible ABC & Disney so that you forget about them and the far less visible Nexstar and Sinclair media groups. By all means, be mad at ABC & Disney execs for being cowards under pressure. But be madder at the people who applied that pressure in the first place.

Also, Dropout regular Lou Wilson is directly being affected by the Kimmel firing, as he works on Kimmel as an announcer!

Bruh

BBC News captures Doctor Who himself Sylvester McCoy at the Trump protest seemingly unaware of who they're interviewing.

I've been told vibes will bring your tribe Deez vibes

timeline cleanse: franky watches the garbage truck pick up the trash this morning

SCAM ALERT: If by chance you get contacted by a group advertising themselves as the “Crazy Old Bats Book Club” who would like to charge you for reading your book in their book club, and who claim I am one of the Satisfied Authors, and furthermore give you an email address for me—it’s not me.

Ya like #DnD son? Do ya? Know someone who does? This is your reminder there's only a few days left to enter my #Giveaway to get 22 Forgotten Domains of Dread. Send this on to the #TTRPG player in your life, or enter yourself and give them a gift for #Free. bsky.app/profile/dave...

So I did this, but I'm still having issues where Firefox just starts eating every scrap of available memory and processing power. Is there a solution to this other than switching back to Chrome? (I switched to Chrome the first time because of a similar problem with FF.)

In early October I complete another circuit around the Sun! If you like what I do, I have a gift list courtesy of the fine folks at at Crunch Comics here: uk.bookshop.org/wishlists/6d...

Dessert mode ACTIVATE: Best pie: Apple (with cinnamon) Best ice cream: Mackie’s chocolate Best doughnut: Salted honey-glazed brioche (Tantrum, Glasgow) Best bar: Cadbury’s Mini Rolls Best cake: Victoria sponge Best other: Lebkuchen

Resumed watching The Crown. Hats off to Gillian Anderson - I was a child in the 80s and so the political landscape mattered not to me, but now? Holy fuck.

This is the last day for the Murderbot + Witch King and my other fantasy Humble Book Bundle: www.humblebundle.com/books/martha... We've raised $89,000 in donations for World Central Kitchen so far!

Whole thread is great but this is IT

LOUDER FOR THE TRUST & SAFETY TEAM IN THE BACK

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD MONTRESSOR

Once again, here are two sites you can drop an image into, to see if they're generated by "AI" if you're unsure It's very simple to "save" an image on Bluesky, then go to one of these for verification. I do it often. wasitai.com thehive.ai/apis/ai-gene... Be awesome & actually USE them 🤘🏼

So, right now, the only reliable way to diagnose endometriosis is with exploratory surgery. But finally, real scientists (instead of male scientists), are on the job & of course they’ve identified multiple markers in menstrual blood that point to noninvasive testing. www.science.org/content/arti...

Oh weird the image of fascist crackdowns on protest has left a stain the regime can't fully scrub away!

Happy 40th anniversary to "Thundercats". Opening animated by Masayuki (who was only 22 years old at the time).

Hey nbd but here's a lil teaser trailer for that show that some of you know me from like😙😙ok😙bye🙌

The knight stood, triumphant, over the prostrate dragon. He raised his sword high above his head and- "I wouldn't if i were you" The voice was in his head. Confused, he glanced around. A black cat was cleaning a paw, casually nearby. He raised the sword again. "Are you REALLY, really sure?" /1

Any US horror readers here? I was excited to host a fun giveaway on IG today, but it’s been a flop. So if anyone wants an easy win, head over there and check it out!

They're actively targeting creators who call in & banning them, making it even more important to call if you're a customer & not a creator Tell them they shouldn't be dictating how you get to spend the money you put your blood, sweat, and tears into earning