"Citizens who do not allow their faces to be eaten by leopards could be left behind" says the new CEO of Leopards Eating Faces, Inc.

Roses are redde Violettes are blue Sayinge that the adoption of a technologye ys inevitable Ys a way to trick you

To give you an idea of how deranged the UK has become about gender stuff, here's Enid Blyton - the absolute avatar of classic English conservatism and a huge fan of racist "gollywogs" - casually describing a gender non-conforming kid in the 1940s and having their friends be totally cool with it.

Really in every way an astonishing, moving, shattering interview. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/m...

Still thinking about the person who came to the talk on library book bans at a conference yesterday and essentially asked “how can we make sure we ban books?” at the end

Thank you to the whole @independentpublishersguild.com team for a wonderful day of learning, networking and snacking (one can’t learn on an empty stomach, after all) today at the #ipgsc. You are all so welcoming and it’s always great to see you!

Round of applause at #ipgsc when Bruce Daisley says he left Twitter before it became X and has never worked for Elon.

Oh wow this has taken a turn #ipgsc

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

Stop callinge them "data centers" and starte callinge them "slop peripherals"

Noooooo I forgot about Brexit just for a moment and then it all came flooding back.

This entire speech feels aimed at the US. Wonder if Vance is listening.

The Olympics said don't boo Vance but as Vance is incredibly boo-able, it had to happen

I love the Olympics

This account brings me joy every day

What yf the real darknesse wher democracye doth die ys the billionaires we met along the way?

If the press could give a smidge near the attention to this thing that's fucking over all self employed & small businesses as they do VAT on private schools that'd be amazing. Penny to a pound the software businesses they're making people pay to use have been lobbying.

Finally got my bookshop.org account up and running with a list of books that either helped inspire Pagans or were fantastic resources while writing it. Loads more to add, but this is a start: uk.bookshop.org/lists/pagans...

Louie’s good news threads are a highlight of every Friday. ☺️

Somebodye asked me the Latin worde for goose but Ich forgot the anser

He just called it "Iceland". We've lost track of which Atlantic island we're extorting Europe for.

Someone will lose their mind during this tour and I need to read the book about its aftermath.

Let me guess: the answer was “no”.

Paging @secondmentions.bsky.social for 'the runaway ruminant mammal': www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Exactly this. Brolin's priest was more like Ian Paisley than any padre I've ever met.

This! The suspension of disbelief was working overtime for any Catholic viewer.

Freelance writers! The deadline for my new editorial series is fast approaching - get your pitches in before noon tomorrow! freelancewritingjobs.substack.com/p/call-for-p...

They planned a party game – not a murder... 🔎 We're delighted to give you the chance to win a signed copy of @nicolaupson.bsky.social's The Christmas Clue, a £50/€60 National Book Token, and some delicious seasonal treats. 🎄 🍪 Enter now: buff.ly/UQtU0dZ

Home Office inadvertently bans historical research about the Dunkirk evacuation.

we're all thinking it

Join us for a festival signing session on Satuday in Crystal Palace! Preorders now closed but you can buy Lokis on the day too!

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

I'm so excited to see we've raised over 5k so far on the #Creatives4Sudan auction. Can you help us get to £10k? I'm offering a personalised original Loki drawing, and I really will go all out to make it as funny as possible. app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #KidLitUK #KeepEyesOnSudan

Wow! So many amazing creative treats are available to bid for as part of the 'Creatives 4 Sudan' auction. And the money raised will be used to help people escaping the terrible situation in El-Fasher. See app.galabid.com/creatives4su... Thanks to @raafaye.bsky.social for the design.

Are you looking for a christmas present for a creative person? Hoo boy do we have the auction for you. Hundreds of creatives from 20 countries are raising funds for people fleeing Genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan. Huge names, huge items! Bid here! app.galabid.com/creatives4su... Art by @raafaye, insta

I did a good deed this morning to which the person responded with a '👍' and it's taking me everything I've got to remain the bigger person. (The existence of this post might suggest I'm not quite managing it.)

Update: we have sold a total of eight books this month. "The books go to their readers, one by one, quickly, slowly, halfway around the world or halfway across the city. There is no supply chain, only the postal network, irregular events, direct sales to bookshops, and local distribution."

Someone should ask Starmer and Mahmood whether they think the Kindertransport, for example, should have been a return ticket. Whether Alf Dubs, rather than becoming a Labour MP and now Lord, ought to have been sent back with his family to Czechoslovakia once it was liberated from German rule.

Hooray! This is one of my favourite podcasts and it sheds a LOT of light on how authors feel about our industry. Every publishing person should listen to it.

Things I'd like the judges to look for: books that break the mould and do surprising things with form, books that challenge expectations and kick against the pricks generally, books that bring kids pure joy and excitement. Books kids act out in games. Books kids create fanart and fanfic of.

That's it, I'm hanging up my blurb-writing hat for good after reading this.

I've emailed my MP @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social about this, as swifts are a beloved sight and sound here in Portsmouth South and it's obvious that all MPs should be supportive of swift bricks. What's not to like about a brick with a hole in it that could help bring swifts back from the brink.

people will tell you they don't understand gender fluidity then look right at a ship called the Edmund Fitzgerald and call it "her" without missing a beat

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Seeing as it's her feast day, it would be remiss of me not to mention that Hildegard of Bingen gets a mention in The Riddle of the Fractal Monks. More about it here: www.jonathanpinnock.com/books/mathem...

Looking forward to catching up with some publishing pals tomorrow in London! Pls say hi if you're a Bluesky IPG-er.

I would like to negotiate a deal with the moths where they get to eat any one (1) of my jumpers, instead of taking bites out of all (all) of them.

How have I only just discovered that @gailmyerscough.co.uk has a whole Tricorn range? This changes EVERYTHING.

Snorting with laughter over my cereal