I have 8 days to read 8 books to reach my 2025 Reading Challenge Goal. Will I manage it? #booksky

JK Rowling is destroying children's lives. Stop buying her shit, watching her shows, playing her games. You're funding her hate campaign. Move on.

Great. My favourite game used gen AI. Cherry on top of the fucking cake that...

The cat has discovered birds and the window to the outside world. Never have I felt so guilty for our decision to keep her as an indoor cat (busy roads nearby).

Okay, how the hell do people not feel exhausted all day? I feel like I need to lie down and sleep for a week but I can't actually sleep for more than 6hrs atm.

Didn't win the Hayley Williams ticket battle.

Happy Book Birthday to SNAKE-EATER by @tkingfisher.com! A young woman seeking a fresh start is confronted by ancient gods, malevolent supernatural forces, and eccentric neighbours in an isolated desert town in this fantasy horror! 🐍 https://tinyurl.com/sdamfpkf

LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER by Charlie Jane Anders is a heartfelt, intimately-drawn portrait of a young witch who teaches her mother how to do magic and reclaim her passion for life. Out now! https://tinyurl.com/4w36r784 ✨

"You can't un-invent AI!" We can't un-invent asbestos either. That doesn't mean we have to use it.

I think it’s Thursday? Whatever it is, it’s definitely a good day to buy a book! - Michael

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

I'm likely going to cancel my twitter accounts. I haven't used it in ages (for obvious reasons) but now I'm getting push notifs for right wing racist and transphobic posts. My activity on twitter has never aligned with that content. THIS is what it's like having ideologies shoved in your face.

Studio Ghibli, Bandai Namco, Square Enix demand OpenAI stop using their content to train AI

NHS Sussex are forcibly detransitioning trans people. These patients need full restoration of their healthcare, and everyone involved in doing this needs to be sacked.

A Japanese organisation representing Square Enix, Bandai Namco, Studio Ghibli, and more has demanded OpenAI to halt unauthorised use of their IP. (Read more: Automaton)

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Ergh I love her 🩶

Am I in an alternative universe 🤔

A couple weeks ago we welcomed a little kitten into home and we've been so lucky to get such a playful and happy lap cat. Meet Maomao 🐱🩶

Going independent has meant having the freedom to say that ICE is kidnapping people, to describe our government as authoritarian, and to say more directly when fascism is happening. I hope we'll start to see this more in large newsrooms before it's too late.

A little something regarding Saros ❤️

Getting into comic books is honestly so intimidating

Chiitan loves all transgender people. I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives. Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like. love you all 🤍 ↓ www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva...

“Trans people being denied the very same medication that cis people are given without question. Many of the refusals are for people that are already on HRT" ✅ Restricting legal recognition ✅ Restricting freedoms ✅ Restricting health care www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Truly wish bookish creators (and publishers) would get over their hard-on for Taylor Swift. Sincerely, everyone who listens to literally anything else. #booksky

Me using a VPN is a literal (actually useful) piece of safety advice given to me by the police for people dealing with stalkers. Using a VPN keeps victims safe, so I’m gonna keep using my VPN, thanks, and don’t you DARE try to stop me.

PayPal's acquiring bank has terminated Steam payment processing (except for 6 currencies), in a continued push from banking companies to censor video games. (Read more: Rock Paper Shotgun)

Thank you @pcspecialist.bsky.social for this beaut 💜💚 #pcgaming

The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead

Why is it that I always get the urge to draw/read when I'm in the office but have no drive to do either when I'm home? 🤔

Just when I think I'm back onto reading through my tbr and cancelling my illumicrate subscription they draw me in with a book that sounds amazing.

Just got word that Waterstones is running a pre-order sale, and LORD OF RUIN is included! If you’d like to snag this book at release with a 25% discount code, pre-order between now and July 31st!

Audiobooks are great for driving and train journeys but I cannot focus on them at any other time. Therefore it's taking me an age to get through the book im listening to and its so good.

Okay, well. Queer & especially trans authors of erotica and other content deemed 'nsfw' by major platforms, please drop links to where people can find your stories in the replies. Everyone else: Repost people's links. Stop worrying about the sanctity of your feed & help the most impacted authors.

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A very small lobbying group has shut down the two biggest games stores in the world, under the false pretence of protecting kids. It was inevitable this would hit itch.io, and I do believe we’ll find a way around, but it’s incredibly saddening to see them have to do this.

🚨🚨🚨 Indie website itch.io has just rolled out a major shadow ban of NSFW content. This drastic escalation in censorship already seems to affecting trans authors. TRANS AUTHORS ON ITCH: Please check you pages. I am going to report on this TONIGHT. To those affrcted, DM me with any info.

We are on week 3 of my flare up and I'm running out of my pain meds. I'm so done with relying on meds just to exist.

Sex work and NSFW content deserves to exist- it is real work. It's a gateway to censoring not only sex, but queer spaces, alt art and more. Mastercard and itch.i0 absolutely should reverse this decision.

Let’s change gears. Do some good Sign this. Make it go viral. Protect sex workers. End payment processor discrimination action.aclu.org/petition/mas...

Congrats to @kyashi.bsky.social who is the winner of the Free PC! 🥳 Thanks again to everyone that entered and stay tuned for more giveaways in the future 🔜

🚨🚨 MISSING PERSON ALERT 🚨🚨 My brother has gone missing in Riobamba, Ecuador. Last seen at 1AM Sunday 20th July at Leprechaun Club in Banos de Agua Santa. Please share this and contact local authorities or me if you have any information on his whereabouts. #missingperson

I think the general public need to cop to the phenomenon of conservative Christians proclaiming themselves to be radical feminists, trans people were way ahead of this rhetorical trick but unfortunately we were ignored

Can you tell I'm bored today? I want to lie down. 😩

LORD OF RUIN has landed! Author copies have arrived at my house, and I’m so excited to finally be holding this book in my hands. This has truly been a labor of love, and I cannot wait to share Isaac’s twisted, sexy, and dark story with the world.

nope. no. never.

God YouTube ads are so disruptive. No wonder why I barely use YT anymore

It is people like Wallace who embed the stigmatisation of autistic individuals. Yes, I can miss social cues, but have amazingly never wandered round work with a sock on my cock. What he is accused of is not autistic behaviour, it's predatory behaviour. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I feel like I'd love Spiritbox if Spotify would give me, literally any other one of their songs other than Sunkiller

There seems to be wilful ignorance as to what the Stop Killing Games petition is aiming for, and it's not to force active support games for eternity. It's for future games to account for end-of-life transitions, peer-to-peer options, and to not lock SP content behind internet.