For a period of a couple of years during the 2010s I was employed regularly by cattle to shoot the covers for the albums they had recorded. It was always wonderfully inspiring to witness the love, hard work and passion they had put into their music and I think that comes through in the photos.

Celebrating all things Pride, don't miss this roundup of recommended reads, from comic series like Blüdwire, Bytchcraft, and The Mammoth, to YA graphic novels like Just Another Summer--and many more! Check out the full list: https://bit.ly/4ezobBM

Perfect June weather today (not😂). Grey sky and rain on my 'sunrise' walk in Glastonbury.

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Eilis O’Hanlon, longtime anti-trans, anti-migrant and anti-republican propagandist, finds a way to turn attacks by unionists targeting immigrants into a charge of hypocrisy against Sinn Féin: why is the republican party not welcoming to unionists!? Do you want to have that conversation?

This thread is pure magic.🔭🧪⚛️ In 2D, gravity doesn’t make black holes — it makes "cones"! And everything turns into convex #polyhedra. #Geometry + General Relativity explained in the most elegant way. One of the best #science threads in a long time. Definitely read it! ⤵️

Ug. My mic was messed up (and I didn't check) for my #spiderman #physics video - I had to redo it. youtu.be/83CyXjJC1VE

I think the first discussions about this arc started out with "You know what would be a really funny crossover?" Despite wearing black and operating outside the law, these two are like chalk and cheese. But do they have more in common than they think? Find out today at your local comic shop.

Between now and October (our 20th anniversary issue), we're running a subscription drive and dedicating all new revenue toward improving pay for our staff, writers, artists, and contractors. Details on how to subscribe can be found here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

From hedgehogs and bats to butterflies and newts, the UK’s wildlife is disappearing fast – and our government is letting it happen. I’ve just signed @friends-earth.bsky.social’s petition calling for urgent action. Add your name: action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tel...

Artist: Svetlana Rumak (works in mixed media, graphite, watercolor pencils, acrylic and acrylic markers, & stamps)

“An air fryer can be a powerful and reliable tool, but it’s no replacement for genuine interactions with other human beings,” said psychiatrist Lisa McDougan

Bertha von Suttner, the "Generalissimo of the Peace Movement," was the first woman awarded the #Nobel Peace Prize, 1905. She established the Austrian Peace Society (1891) & wrote one of the 19th century's most influential books, the anti-war novel "Lay Down Your Arms." Born #OTD in 1843. #booksky

Only a fragment, yet it still stops you in your tracks: A small survival from Amarna, where art got radically, gloriously strange under Akhenaten. Dating to around 1353–1336 BC 📷 Metropolitan Museum

Kawase Hasui, Full Moon over Matsuyama Castle, 1953 #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

I'm doing an outreach talk on Friday! I'm going to talk about my research and about how the ATProtcol can be used as a tool for science outreach, including with @astrosky.eco 🔭 If you're in Vienna 🇦🇹, you can come and watch it live AND get a free tour of our observatory! There's also a livestream.

NYC Subway station platform, seen through tunnel supports and wires

The afternoon sun shines through into the wonderful curved train shed that is York station. LNER 801222 arrives with a service bound for London Kings Cross. #York #LNER #Class801

Chopin Institute 📅Today, on the 150th anniversary of her death, we would like to take a moment to remember George Sand. 🖋️She was a French novelist, playwright, and essayist, one of the most celebrated women of her era, and Chopin’s companion. 🔍Learn more > chopin.nifc.pl/en/chopin/os...

I have to say, listening to the Today programme dedicate an entire (context free) section about whether migrants are more likely to be convicted criminals *the morning after* hundreds of non-migrants of my own ethnicity committed a pogrom is blood boiling.

The 'valid concerns' of far right paramilitaries that can only be assuaged by smashing up cars, rampaging in balaclavas and burning out families. Counting down to Starmer's statement that he understands their worries...

Departure on a Rainy Day (2021) Available as art print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...

✨REMINDER✨ join us on June 15 from 2-3 PM eastern for "Philosophers of Science at Work: Exploring Non-Academic Careers" with Alan Love and Aaron Kagan!

Postdoc in Philosophy of Cancer at University of Bordeaux, France w/ @pradeu.bsky.social Resume & cover letter w/ brief (2-4 pages) description of your project idea(s) to [email protected] & [email protected]. Application deadline: July 30, 2026 #philsci #philmed #philjobs

'Dear Mr Barker, I would have enjoyed your Bone Ships book but woman as sea captains was entirely unrealistic, women lack the strength...' 'Dear Reader the average 17thc woman could fold you in two. Yrs sincerely.' (Emails I have never quite let myself send.)

Oh my giddy aunt. Finished copies of Post - it Notes from Underground by Simon Crump Have arrived at Moose Towers. ‘Weird, warm and beautiful.’ @waterstones.bsky.social @thebookseller.com

London trade-unionists! Stand in solidarity with our Brighton comrades against the fascists! Trade Unions Fighting the Far-Right (TUFF) will travel down to Brighton this Saturday at 9:30am. Meet-up at London Bridge outside Greggs!

George Forster also famously challenged Kant on Kant's racist biological theory of race #philsky #philsci

CFP: Global Childhood (s) and Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine, Leeds 16-18 November. Keynote by Dr Sebastián Gil-Riañ. Deadline for submissions June 22nd hpsleeds.wordpress.com/2026/06/02/c...

Bas van Fraassen receives the Rolf Schock Prize 2026 with other laureates in mathematics, music, and visual arts in recognition for creativity in humanities, arts, and science. And tomorrow a symposium will celebrate Bas’s lifelong achievements 🎉 #philsci

Gestapo: 'Did you do this?' Picasso: 'No, you did.' (True story)

Congratulations to @mikemignola.bsky.social's 'Bowling With Corpses and Other Tales from Lands Unknown' for winning the 2025 #BramStokerAward for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel! Find out what all the hype is about: https://bit.ly/4adpm8w

I am very very very excited to share I have a novella coming out with Neon Hemlock! SQUEAL! This one involved a lot of "necessary" research into ceramics, including taking a 3 month ceramics course, having calls with several academic ceramic artists, and watching about 100 videos on ceramics.

Rachel McNab (b.1965,UK) Helford Passage, Cornwall. #Linocut

It’s pub day for my (mostly) flash fiction collection Songs from the Blimp Ruins. Thank you @alkratz.bsky.social & Silverbacked Punk for bringing it to life. It's available here: qgyjj4z.s.gy/sTuEPy Signed copies also available (message me) My heart is cheered here www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf22...

Hey Bluesky peeps, could you help spread the word? My Shirley Jackson Award-nominated gothic fiction book THE ATROCITIES is on sale today for $1.99 on Kindle and Bookshop. I have no idea how long this sale will last. www.amazon.com/Atrocities-J... bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

2026: I am struggling in a terrible economy because America has fucked up the Middle East 2003: I am struggling in a terrible economy because America has fucked up the Middle East 1991: I am struggling in a terrible economy because America has fucked up the Middle East 1982: I am struggling in a

If insects are sentient and sentience implies rights, what follows for food security and public health? I call this the "insect challenge" for animal ethics. The Journal of Practical Ethics has a new symposium on it, with an article by me and 3 replies: journals.publishing.umich.edu/jpe/news/ 1/5

"What the Wounds Tell" just won this year’s European Press Prize. "Doctors in Gaza observed a disturbing pattern: children with a single gunshot wound to the head or chest, a sign that they had been deliberately targeted." www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v...

I'm overjoyed to have a prose poem about Einstürzende Neubauten in the new issue of Briefly Write, especially as it was here that I had my first story published, back in 2021. Massive thanks to editors Daniel and Elinor for believing in my work! brieflywrite.com/2026/06/06/m...

Hazel McNab (British Artist, born 1965) "Holiday," 2025. Reduction Linocut Print, 29 × 31 cm. Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

'Weird, warm and wonderful.' @waterstones.bsky.social Post -it -Notes From Underground by Simon Crump. Marvelous. @foylesforbooks.bsky.social @blackwelloxford.bsky.social @waterstonesoxf.bsky.social

#PHILOSOPHY PLAYTIME! is part of the #Dundee Play Festival this week! We shall be playing with the idea ‘what is play?’ 18.30-20.00, on THURSDAY 11 June 2026, at EH9|Espresso, Dundee, DD1 4LL Free! Thanks to @scrapantics.bsky.social All (18+) curious minds welcome

Did you know that thousands of energy-hungry AI data centres are coming to Europe? Our electricity bills could go up fast unless Big Tech is forced to run them on 100% new, renewable energy. Join me in signing👇 action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-05...

Tired and happy after our launch events in Newcastle and Leeds, likely more to share soon, but thank you SO MUCH to everyone who came along and to our brilliant writers, including @srdfrench.bsky.social, @maetang.myatproto.social, @verbivorial.bsky.social, and @suzannahevans.bsky.social!

I'm pretty floored that I seem to have won a Bram Stoker Award for First Novel! 😱 Thank you to everyone who voted for The October Film Haunt, and congratulations to all the winners and nominees. What a ballot and what a horror community!

Here are the winning writers and the longlist for the Cymera Festival/ Shoreline of Infinity Scottish SFF&H short story competition. www.shorelineofinfinity.com/cymera-festi...

This is why Piet Mondrian never made it as an architect