Please use alt text when posting illustrations or photos or other images. I realize it feels like an inconvenience if you didn't ever do it at the other place, but folks who need it are a zillion times more inconvenienced every single day.

OcTBR update: finished this. I think I've been returning to it periodically for about a year, stalled by several changes to the project I thought it might help with and in life in general, but today I was off sick but awake enough to amble through the last sixty pages. @octbrchallenge.bsky.social

In our new blog, Rhiannon discusses the meanings behind this year's Quaker Week theme and explores how different Quakers might think about its Biblical origins.

Here's my complete TBR pile at the moment (including several items on the Kindle). I think there are two reservations at the library which I will also count! Stone Lands is no longer on the shelf because I finished it today - very good. #OcTBR

On #Halloween night I'm offering a session exploring #Quaker attitudes to the supernatural, then and now. You can sign up here. 🎃

🌈 Hi #QueerWriters! #QueerPrompts is your chance to talk about your WIP/story/book, meet other queer authors, and have fun! 🏳️‍🌈 📚 While focussed on queer fiction, any writers are welcome to use these prompts! Include the tag #QueerPrompts and join at any time and on any days you want. 🎃

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep 1. Quaker theology 2. British prehistory 3. Religious feminism 4. Multiple religious belonging 5. Fictionalism regarding mathematics (and time)

🚨BREAKING: Last night the Global Sumud Flotilla was attacked by drones - again. British-Palestinian journalist Kieran Andrieu was aboard one of the ships. Despite these attacks the flotilla sails on, because the mission is too important.

As tensions rise and divisions deepen across the UK and beyond, Quakers are inviting everyone to pause, reflect, and act on one simple but radical idea: Love Your Neighbour. Find out more about Quaker Week and this year’s theme: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

the answer to autism is 42

Recognition is no doubt significant but it will be a hollow gesture if the UK does not also seek to end Israel's genocide, illegal occupation, and system of apartheid against the Palestinian people. 🧵1/3

Had a lovely day with Watford Quakers talking about a Quaker approach to Christianity. It's so invigorating to talk theology with enthusiastic Friends 🥰

A goddess for #FindsFriday In 1882 antiquary Edward Cunnington dug at the #Roman temple at Maiden Castle hillfort in #Dorset Sadly his excavations were never published although one important find was this copper alloy plaque with repoussée figure, possibly Minerva Now in @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social

In London, hate will never win.

'Brummies United Against Racism and Hate' aims to spread messages of unity throughout Birmingham. Every donation helps print more posters and stickers, making a real impact in our community, promoting positivity, standing against hate. Please donate and share gofund.me/58596205b

What are some of my autistic comrades’ favourite books?

“I think of feminism as poetry; we hear histories in words; we reassemble histories by putting them into words.” ― Sara Ahmed, Living a Feminist Life🌸🌸

Peer reviewers are exhausted. It's common to spend *months* inviting reviewers, getting refusals, inviting more, maybe 12 or more, then 2 agree but 1 doesn't complete, so you go again. That's why your paper is in limbo. I'm very sorry, it's awful, but it's also an untenable academic labour issue.

Some fascinating US survey data. Initial comment: If the secularisation process is real, its bloody complicated!

Hivemind, anyone know any Leeds/Yorkshire based comic writers? It's for a fantastic project that the British Library has been working on with care experienced and looked after children in Leeds, making a comic about their experiences. I would love to get some people down to support the launch.

Why are Quakers always at protests? From campaigns for climate justice to protests against war, @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social Grant takes a look at why it's quite common to see Quakers marching with a banner. www.quaker.org.uk/blog/why-are...

Luther spittin' straight fire is the medicine I needed this week: "It is not we who can sustain the Church, nor was it our forefathers, nor will it be our descendants. It was and is and will be the One who says: "I am with you always, even unto the end of the world."

And thanks to @scmbritain.bsky.social who first shared the diagram!

My review of Zachary Moon's "Goatwalking: A #Quaker Pastoral #Theology" (Brill, 2021) has been published in the journal Quaker Studies. quakerstudies.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...

Looks fabulous! 💚

Looks like a great issue!

New issue of Quaker Studies! (it's still summer, right?) Featuring peer reviewed articles on Quaker schools, religious authority, allegations of Roman Catholicism, emotions in minutes, and Virginia Quakers moving towards antislavery. quakerstudies.openlibhums.org/issue/1330/i...

OutHistory is beginning to compile a bibliography on the war on LGBTQ+ history, featuring government directives, media stories, and organizational responses. We welcome suggestions for additional items to include at [email protected]. outhistory.org/exhibits/sho...

1/2 My book "Riders on the Storm: the Climate Crisis and the Survival of Being" is out in Russian from the Moscow Quakers. Thanks @BirlinnBooks for freely releasing the rights. - "A climate primer for our times ... a life-giving vision" - Prof Michael Mann www.ozon.ru/product/osed...

I don't wish to denigrate this noble aim of highlighting hidden disabilities, but that's literally THE MOST AUTISTIC-LOOKING PERSON I'VE EVER SEEN.

Had an article published in the #Quaker magazine "the Friend." I really hope that Quakers in Britain can be the safe space for trans folk that it's always been for me as a gay guy. thefriend.org/article/look... #LGBT+ #theology

Still time for ECRs to submit to this prize! www.ircpl.columbia.edu/claremont-pr...

What does a practical and social-justice focused approach to religious literacy look like for further education settings? I've been volunteering with a project to explore this, and now a couple of video resources are ready for students and lecturers. www.open.edu/openlearn/a-...

These LSE library fellowships include opportunities to research CAAT, the Green Party, and the history of anthropology, as well as to use the Women's Library collection. Open to anyone with experience of archival research. www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...

#Quakers have always called each other 'Friend.' Is this a quaint relic from our past, or a site of rich theological reflection? Join me for an exciting online course, building a theology of Friendship inspired by Black feminist thought. www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/whos... @woodbrooke.bsky.social

Migrants didn't cut council funding. Migrants didn't cut NHS funding. Migrants didn't close youth centres. Migrants didn't sell off council houses. Migrants aren't filling our rivers with sewage. Farage and co. will tell you to point the finger at migrants. Don't fall for it.

It's the Year of Queer Lit bookblast soon! 🌈 300+ books will be on sale or free on 26/08/25 My sapphic fantasy romance novella 'The Phoenix Feather' will be there 😊 #queerbooks #sapphicbooks

Year of Queer Lit is up now! A one day sale of queer books across all genres for free or $0.99 Mine is listed under Fantasy. Give them a look! 🌈📚 yearofqueerlit.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/s...

Today's Year of Queer Lit bookblast (lots of ebooks for free or only $0.99/£0.99) includes my sapphic romance novel set in Neolithic Scotland, Between Boat & Shore. Historical category: yearofqueerlit.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/h... All books: yearofqueerlit.wordpress.com

One of the things that I think gets missed about Lindbeck by both critics and admirers is how committed to ecumenism he was and how much of his project is a reflection on specifically ecumenical concerns.

A long time goal has FINALLY been achieved! 🥳 THRILLED to be on this week’s Quake! Newsletter regarding my chat with @rcquaker.bsky.social Also got a cool article from @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social too soo all is well 🤩 Can I get this framed…?

Blogging from my new job!

Good morning to everyone, but a particularly good morning and thank you to the patient scholars who perform peer reviews for academic journals. Being anonymous, it's a largely thankless task, but editors know who you are and appreciate your work.

This is the definition of "uterus" as appears at the top of a Google search when you're looking to find the meaning of the word. ...and it contains a MAJOR factual inaccuracy. Let's explain exactly what is so wrong here.

Imagine a world where every person has access to the book they need when they need it, regardless of where they live or what they can afford. What do we need to do to get to that world? We're not just fighting to protect what we have now, we're also fighting for a better future.

How was worship for you this morning? At home, at church, or away? #CofEPeeps

This list includes my sapphic romance novel, Between Boat & Shore, which is set on the Orkney Islands in Scotland during the Neolithic. Aleuks the traveller and Trebbi the budding village leader meet when Aleuks' boat is upset in a storm, and they find themselves spending the winter together. 🚣‍♀️🏺🏝️🫂❤️

So I'm editing a video of myself - nothing fancy, for an online course - and so I'm noticing how often I take a breath and start the next sentence with 'so'. So I'm thinking about how it creates an informal but logical link between ideas, one leading to the next. And I say it so often. So often!

A message from my guides: "A mystic needs both sensitivity AND discernment" #witchsky #Quaker

I had some recent interactions with an organisation which as far as I can tell doesn't do email, struggles with texts, and prefers to phone or knock on the door without warning. I try to adjust to different communication styles but I'd be less stressed if they'd offer something a bit more online!