When the battery on one of your AirPods dies and it makes that deflating jingle before the noise cancellation pops Like, you feel like you were on a jetpack in space and the jetpack just gave out and you're Sandra Bullock careening around in low earth orbit, right? It's not just me... right??

If I ever downplay how much work it is to self-publish, this tweet can be used to redeem one free Slap Luke In The Face I’m so weary lmao

“An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients.” What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Looking up into the sky as the sun comes out and warms the frost “It’s coming into Gilmore Girls season….” I say, sipping my empty coffee cup I walk away and the camera pans back on a dolly shot, showing cozy Star’s Hollow [LA LA LAAAA, LA LA LAAA LA-LA… 🎵]

www.subcity.org/show/wherefo... and new radio show! The two are unrelated.

New substack post mattlsg.substack.com/p/moon-rocks...

Big tech making cameras better and better every year, so it can better capture the ageing and degrading of our bodies in real time “It’s vitally important they never develop self-esteem” — John Google, CEO of Computers, Inc.

I love the fact that the reaction of primary-school-aged Glasgow weans, faced with the news that there was a terrifying bogle haunting the cemetery, was "let's tool up and go completely Buffy on him".

SNP-run Falkirk council has only now succeeded in paying off Labour's PFI bill after 25 years, as its c£65m initial cost was bloated by pfi loan payments to more than 300m. Don't let Labour do it again. weownit.org.uk/act-now/new-...

Waking up like “shit shit shit” cos the Rapture happened in the night and I realised I hadn’t set the alarm clock God is gonna be real mad at me for being late for my first shift as Bisexual Demon #252853

Opened Twitter for the first time in years to check if I'd posted about some specific Witches 1 self-pub minutiae I hadn't, but confirming that meant reading years worth of my funniest tweets back to back I've deluded myself into thinking I'm hilarious. Pray for me

Inside me are two wolves: One wants to wait until tomorrow to announce Witches 2 because by then at least one of the big paperback distributors will notice it's available The other is like "Announce on the equinox, release on Samhain! Announce on the equinox, release on Samhain!!" 👏👏👏

Every time you repost or quote repost and indie creator's project, you can imagine yourself as a hand in this gif

“The goal with this type of literature is that spark of recognition” @theskinnymag.bsky.social speaks with Glasgow author Selali Fiamanya whose debut novel BEFORE WE HIT THE GROUND is a tender & wrenching account of immigrant family dynamics 💙📚 www.theskinny.co.uk/books/featur...

So much James Brown 😭 Like I'm aware my parents have very good music taste, but as an adult I just associate Papa's Got A Brand New Bag with being on a roundabout and trying not to throw up

Tense scenes in Glasgow city centre right now as hundreds of anti immigration protesters gather at the top of Buchanan Street, with counter protesters from trade unions and other anti racist groups massing further down the precinct

I cannot explain the context of this scene in Witches 3, but there are a couple of chapters where it dips into other genres and yesterday I was writing epic fantasy I need you to know this is what I think all epic fantasy sounds like

Performing the Ritual of Resisting Cigarette Addiction this morning (sitting in abject silence as long as you can, then screaming into a pillow)

funny how yall were like "a humanities degree?? so employable 🤭" and now you're explaining to me how a machine that can compose vaguely correct-sounding sentences is critical to our economic future

A thing of beauty ✨ Now in circulation! lukebelcourt.com/witches/one....

7.5 million people in the UK already live in food poverty, and food prices are spiralling with inflation. Price protections can help ensure people are able to feed their families. The UK government must work with supermarkets to ensure prices are affordable.

“Train fares are complicated and confusing and people end up overcharged” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 “Yeah, let’s get rid of peak prices so you always get the same fare” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 “We’ll build an app that will use GPS to follow you and automatically charge you based on what we think is the best price at the end of the week”

eProof finally looks good 😭😭 now i just need to wait for the physical proofs and I’ll be ready to announce 👀 🎉

It feels so fitting to me that all of Scrivener’s newsletters look like this on mobile. I wonder if they used the Compile feature

Shon is not wrong here. Like her, I have considerable privilege compared to other trans folk. I still expect to end my life in prison, because Starmer & co have chosen to retroactively define my existence as a crime. shonfaye.substack.com/p/well-its-o...

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now. But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library! It's easy! Check your library's website.

With The Vampires of Park Circus out next month, our Luke Belcourt's Witches of Merchant City has had a glow up! Check out the new cover by Jenni Coutts and get your copy at the link below: amzn.eu/d/2bh5XHD @jennicoutts.bsky.social

shoutout to tumblr user kleinergeist for this post which is going straight into my powerpoint for Grendel day in my monster class this week

This week I bravely, and with a certain quiet dignity, break my silence on every father's shared trauma. The plight of having toddlers constantly compare our bellies and behaviours to those of one Daddy Pig. observer.co.uk/news/columni...

“I’m an eleven, but continue.”

THEY'RE CALLED GROYPERS COOP. A GAGGLE OF YOUNG MEN ONLINE WHO CAN'T DELINEATE BETWEEN VIOLENCE AND ENTERTAINMENT. DARNDEST THING. ONE OF THEIR SHELL CASINGS TURNED THREE OF OUR BEST AGENTS GAY.

Listen to me. You have to watch The Dark Crystal Age of Resistance. You have to see these fucking puppets dude. There's a puppet show within the show where the puppets are using puppets and it fuckin rips shit. The skeksis are so shitty and I love them and they are all my friends.

Side note I hope you all take as much pride in your finished creative endeavours as Homer dose in that gif, you made something out of nothing. A object or drawing that was not there before you tried and you may not think it’s perfect or even good but it was nonexistent before the attempt.

The Witches trilogy was always going to be Cozy, Sad, Weird, in that order It took me 4 years to write "Sad". I'm very proud of it. It was difficult to pull out of the hearth. Witches 2 is the best thing I've ever written But let me tell you, "Weird" has me cackling at my desk. I am in my element

Full review here! I’m so proud of this book. 🥹 www.publishersweekly.com/9781662620980.

“This atmospheric, otherworldly fantasy by MacGregor (The Evolving Truth of Ever-Stronger Will) deploys Scottish mythology to touch on themes of grief and trauma […] An empathic and accessible tale of belonging.” Thank you, @publisherswkly.bsky.social, for this gorgeous review!

omg kjdfhgkdjfhg Pokémon Witch Girlies have not had this much power since Hatterene was revealed I have a new favourite Pokémon omg Avoiding posting images in case any mutuals are trying to avoid spoilers but I am literally

Two separate people messaged me "Pokémon Minecraft" and i fuckin booked it back home

The canal is made of matcha

Death to whoever invented Allan keys Fuckin, “Muhaha, collect every single one of these you ever come across, and whenever you unexpectedly need one, none will fit, no matter how large your collection grows!!” Truly diabolical stuff

In Glasgow, a 64-year-old man was arrested because he held a sign that said “Genocide in Palestine, time to take action.” His ostensible crime was that “Palestine” and “action” had been printed in larger font than the other words on his sign.

I owe an apology to Etsy witches, I was unfamiliar with your game

A friend asked me a brief question about how two different Pokémon games connected and I spent an hour drawing a diagram on my iPad... I need other people to see this so it's not completely wasted

Apple's newest innovation I'm actually excited about: a phone announcement video that doesn't sound like the PureGym playlist at 2am

What's weird is every child on earth seems to want to do this. My 7yo son is OBSESSED with the notion and his constant demands that it be allowed caused a Proustian rush in which I recalled that I, too, wanted the same thing when I was his age.

😵‍💫😵‍💫 my friend Malamar…. MY FRIEND MALAMAR!! #MyFriendMalamar #MalamarMoments

Pokémon card scalpers be like

Update!! It seems like all major ebook stores have updated :D A little blip of happiness in the madness of sizing the paperback cover XD

Think about this a lot. My most hippy-dippy belief is this: constant, expensive, powerful right-wing hate campaigns do a lot of damage, but properly packaged decency sells quicker, and for a lot less, cf. my 77yo dad is solid on trans issues cos of a single sympathetic Corrie plotline from 20yrs ago