Head's up: it's a new month, so new amazon monthly deals. 3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years (The Time Traveler's Passport) by @scalzi.com for $1; I got some for random giveaway. Just One Damned Thing After Another by @www.joditaylorbooks.com for $1; I got a bunch for random giveaway.

www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/2573332... Good on them kids, but the number of times I've heard "People stood around filming". That should be an arrestable offence, honestly - it's subhuman behaviour, someone is potentially dying and you're trying to get Tiktok views?

If you're debating in the new year's sales, my air fryer has been a lifesaver since my health went downhill. It lives on the counter so I don't have to bend over hot oven door, it dings when it's done, and it switches off - so if I've forgot it existed, at worst wasted food, not a house fire.

If - God forbid - I'm ever elected to public office, I'm going to be sworn in on a stack of discworld books. Prominent among them Hogfather, Night Watch, and Feet of Clay.

I'm actually impressed with the water company, the pipe is fixed and the road back in place. Inch deep in mud but hopefully we'll get some rain to wash it away!

It was a chilly start to the day here in Glastonbury. Photo taken shortly after sunrise.

That nurse was great, had me done in 4 minutes and actually listened to the "don't talk me through it". I'll note her down and ask for her next time.

The problem with cutting through the park in this weather is you have to stop and smash the puddle ice for the crows/squirrels. And once they've seen you do one...

January 1st, 2026. "Blue & Bronze" #Art #ArtSky #Watercolor #Painting #Floral #Flowers #metallic #January #ArtOf2026

(whisper singing to myself) I want my, I want my, I want my MTV. *sad trombone*

Who wants to be the first order of 2026?

Just a few hours left to the B&N preorder sale, and while yes, you can get SOON BY YOU for 25% off, you can *also* get the paperback *or* audiobook of OUT OF OUR LEAGUE! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/out-of-our...

Beginning of the year plea: I am always on the lookout for collections of weird fiction by nonwhite authors, especially those that will be published in 2026. If you wrote one or are publishing one or just know of one, please get in touch. doomsdayer.wordpress.com/contact

Good morning 2026! Down to just 7 pendants, but the sale is still on - snap yours up now and get 20% off. oishiny.etsy.com #Handmade #DisabledArtist #Sale

start your year off right with 13 centos for #12DaysOfPoetry and pick up IS MY CHAINSAW A HEART today

I think someone I know was offering advice on this but I can't remember who, so if it was you, please see below?

Hide your wallets, it’s that time again! #TBQsBookDeals Your Thursday thread of #romancedeals is ready, FREE to $1.99. Happy shopping! 📚❤

buy my books i have expensive hobbies

It's officially 2026 in England! Had a nosy out the window at everyone else's fireworks. So, bookmarking it now - I'm starting the year at 1618 sales since I opened up. Who's going to be my first order for 2026? oishiny.etsy.com Grab a little magic tonight and get 20% off eveything. #Handmade

(This shirt inspired by my sister's Thanksgiving visit, oh god oh god our ears) www.etsy.com/listing/4413...

otherside spec is open for queer writers, cosmic roots and eldritch shores is open, where else?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HORSES! IT IS HORSE BIRTHDAY! HORSE!!!!!

Some neon orange blokes are outside digging up the whole road, so fingers crossed that will be fixed soon! And I'm now excused cleaning the kitchen until we have tap water again. (Plenty bottled just in case, but.)

Trying to actually watch some new movies I have queued up on Netflix. Starting with Subservience, about robot "helpers". Just as a rule of thumb, I'm not trusting any company that makes robots look like Megan Fox. Come on, we know what you had in mind.

HNY! this is a silly lil piece i wrote for a lit mag 🐛 frictionlit.org/dear-hiring-...

Hi! I'm a transmasc author from South Africa with 4 romance novels out (all with trans and nonbinary MCs), an ongoing webcomic, and a bunch of short NSFW comics. I also do art and book cover commissions! www.kayworx.com

I've had to watch way too many Christmas romance movies this past December without any trans characters. Surely if Hallmark and Netflix don't have trans Christmas romance movies, someone out there is writing Christmas romance novels with transfemme protagonists? This must exist, right?

OP has disclaimered many times about recommending Dreamwidth because she runs it, but I've been on there since 2009 and it's fine - you need to set up your own space and go find your people but if you've moved to Bluesky from Twitter you can cope with that.

I can vouch for Dreamwidth - I don't post that much but it's a solid LJ-style blogging site. If you used LJ "back in the day" it will be fairly intuitive. Similar friends list, communities, locking, etc. At minimum, if you want to keep your writing from LJ, import it over.

Good morning 2026! Down to just 7 pendants, but the sale is still on - snap yours up now and get 20% off. oishiny.etsy.com #Handmade #DisabledArtist #Sale

I choose to take this as a positive omen. (As named and drawn by Paul Kidby, illustrator of Discworld.)

Happy New Year everyone! It's a very cold week here in Scotland as we enter the new year, so here is something seasonal... folksy.com/find/item/85... #Landscape #Winter #Frost #trees #OriginalArt #Drawing #ColourPencil #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #bsnm

4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day. On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga

This year my charity sketch auction raised a total of £1036.12. My deepest thanks to all of you who supported and donated. The total has been divided equally between both of the charities, and the payments have now been sent. Thank you again.

Hey, do you know what’s still satisfying? Spirograph.

Reading a series that is a modern day version of Jane Austen. It combines Regency drama/comedy with a dash of magic. The Ladies Occult Society is by @kristadb1.bsky.social and is delicious and captivating. I highly recommend it.

Doing the Twitter thing where you post "hey I did a video! *Thumbnail*" and then reply with the link is actively ruining your views because what others see is NOT your reply with the link. They see "I did a video!" 　| … "Wow cool I I'll watch it later!" And various other replies you got after.

Need a pretty egg to hide a gift in? Want a place to store that rainbow dino friend you got? These chaotic dino eggs are a great and affordable option, at only $10! thebrokencircle.etsy...

The thing 2025 reinforced is that if you refuse to concede in advance, you can protect a lot of things. Not all of them, but far more than if you just accept bad shit as inevitable. Starfish by starfish. Digging my heels in for 2026/Happy New Year 😈

It's officially 2026 in England! Had a nosy out the window at everyone else's fireworks. So, bookmarking it now - I'm starting the year at 1618 sales since I opened up. Who's going to be my first order for 2026? oishiny.etsy.com Grab a little magic tonight and get 20% off eveything. #Handmade

Happy new year everyone! Here's hoping 2026 is good to us all.

Just 5 minutes to go - who wants to be my last order of 2025?

It really entertains me how everyone had those party glasses for 2000... then 2001... 2002... and we've just kept going through the entire 2010s and 2020s even though it *doesn't work* now. You can't see out one eye!

We keep getting the most random fireworks. 1. It's not midnight, 2. Why do you have like... 3... fireworks?

Just the tiger's eye fidget pendant left from this batch, who wants to snap it up tonight? 20% off! oishiny.etsy.com/listing/1604... #Fidget #Stim #Handmade

Less than an hour to go! Who's up next - can I get to 145 this year? #Handmade #ShopIndie #DisabledArtist

Just an hour and a half left in the year!

Now posted at The NDN Silver Blog, it's a masterwork manifest in all the shades of the sun, a necklace wrought to honor the light from dawn to storm to dusk and everything in between: wingssilverwork.com/ending-the-y....