For my first newsletter of 2026, I explore whether joy has a role in how we fight fascism! www.genderbent.co.uk/how-dare-i-f...

The next chapter of Synthetic Agency is up! www.patreon.com/posts/synthe... Blake gets some well-needed TLC, and is reunited with his cat! This is chapter 8. You can read the first chapter for free! www.patreon.com/posts/119290... #romance #sciencefiction #androids #robots #GayRomance #lgbtq

Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

Time for some NEW porn. “I’ve written so much over the years about watching people wank, you’d think I’d have run out of things to say about it by now. But you’d be wrong!” www.girlonthenet.com/blog/intenti... #wanking #voyeur #porn

Via neurowild (The reality is that the western world runs on a historical assumption that kids aren't people but property. We've made huge progresses but that assumption is still around)

This made me look up the origin of the word "second" for a unit of time. Which is an odd word given it means between first and third. Turns out "minute" was "prime minute" in Latin, the first ("prime") tiny, minute, division of an hour into 60, and second was the second division of an hour into 60.

neolithic guys get pissed if you tell them their cultures are organized by the type of pots and jewelry they made. "we called ourselves the blood hunters" "we conquered villages far beyond this horizon" sorry bud you're the western linear pottery culture now

Been getting some interesting weather forecasts on my home screen widget since the met office updated their app...

Happy Saturday! Buy my books? Read my stories?

I got to write about a cool medieval shipwreck in my latest for @arstechnica.com 🧪

I felt like making some art last night/today and could have made something beautiful and/or meaningful but I made this instead. It's a Barbie Yaga Malibu Dream Hut. No regrets. Can't defeat fascism without joy.

Underrated skeet

"Do you know where I can look up Frungal's Extractor?" The magic school librarian sighed. "That grimoire is locked away." "Why?" "That spell extracts your anxieties and fears and turns them into a creature." "Yes! To slay!" "In theory. In practice, nobody can slay the new pet they created."

Oh, and if you, too, need juicy trash? I do have some.

#Inspirational 😄

Did you know that ALL public transport within #Belgrade city is FREE? Trams, Trolleys and Buses. All Free! Now that's an initiative I could get behind worldwide! 😎🇷🇸 #Serbia #NonstopEurotrip

This will cheer you up 👇

An autistic person with an intense aversion to human touch nonetheless wishes to be touching one specific human at all times, it has been claimed.

I think people are overlooking the fact that even one Belgian whistle is expensive, but if you want *all* of them, 10-25k is a bargain.

I *knew* The Charm Offensive would be next to get an adaptation because it, too, co-stars a paper-bland man of color. 😂 Get those ally/diversity cookies while South Asian authors continue to struggle for visibility! romancing-the-stoned.beehiiv.com/p/why-is-a-f...

Brilliant news! Not quite the "Society of Gentlemen is being made into feature films" news I would _really_ like to hear from KJC, but still fantastic 😊

An autistic woman who plays Dungeons & Dragons has been concocting increasingly elaborate and convoluted reasons to buy more new dice, eyewitnesses have claimed.

More importantly, Scotrail has taken over services between Slough and Windsor & Eton Central 😆

Change one letter, ruin a show DIY SAS Actually, as it's either the A Team with moustaches fixing up houses or watching a bunch of Walts trying to storm an embassy, both shows could be quite funny. Someone get me Alan Partridge and Netflix.

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'

I'm running a popular romance course at the University of Liverpool... but only if enough people sign up! Come and join us! www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...

Need a little heating up this winter? FROSTBURN, my MMF romantasy novella loosely inspired by The X-Files, is out now at all the usual e-tailers for just $2.99. #romancelandia Buy links: books2read.com/u/47aYWq

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Some good news, hang in there 👇

In the 1910s, there was a fad for showcasing the actors in evening or streetwear and then dissolving to them dressed as their movie character. William S. Hart goes from Broadway to old west bad man in THE BARGAIN (1914)

5 Things Men Do That Make Them Less Attractive

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“Just because there are no *romantic* feelings, doesn’t mean that I have no feelings at all.” NEW blog, ‘casual’ sex doesn’t mean you get to treat the other person with contempt. www.girlonthenet.com/blog/casual-... Fabulous art by @stuartcb.bsky.social ❤️

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In 2000, Virginia requested the return of their colours. Then-governor Jesse Ventura replied simply: “Why? I mean, we won.” Repeated calls in 2002, 2003, 2010 and in 2013 for the 150th anniversary have led to the same reply. Minnesota remembers its own. /END

General reminder of what the First Minnesota did at Gettysburg.

Okay, look. I believe in creativity. I believe you can write whatever you want. Truly. But when you write a gay werebear and he doesn’t have a hairy chest or a belly, I am going to roll my eyes SO HARD...

A quite brutal take down of the excesses of the car buying mega rich. Almost Bespoke in its beauty.

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Let it never be said that I lack class: this time in '23, I told you all what's so hot about being groped up against a shed.

We had snow, but a lot less than promised, & there was less at 8am today than at 11pm lady night. Still, booking the day off meant I was able to sleep instead of stressing last night 😊

We're in the amber snow warning area (& it is already snowing now) so I booked tomorrow off work. Hopefully we don't lose power as I had some model railway kits delivered yesterday & I'm hoping to build myself a station 😊

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I'm so delighted that I complied with the Online Safety Act, blocking an accessibility feature on my site from UK users to 'protect the children' while Elon Musk's site can just generate CSAM with total impunity.

Not the only one by a long shot, but the first one where I noticed: Girl With a Pearl Earring has buff orpington hens, a breed which wouldn't exist until 200 years after the film is set...

So many to choose from, so I'll go with my most-recent-but-one: I was adjusting the speed of a model railway locomotive & knocked a toolbox onto my toes. One toe cut & bruised. Still healing.

Ah, the fun of writing NSFW and then wondering if someone's going to try and ding you for being unrealistic despite it being based on personal experience. (In this case, a disabled character having a pain spike and still being up for continuing the NSFW activity they're currently engaged in)

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I was clearing the car this morning when one of our neighbours let me know that other folks who've tried getting out of our village have turned back due to ice at the top of the hill. Now I'm annoyed at having had 2 days of going back to work dread & the weather's preventing me going in.