'Call me if you have any problems. I'm Scorpion. Nobody can defeat me, okay?' Finally watched Love Exposure (2008) and it's as good as everyone says it is. Looking forward to thinking about it for the rest of my life.

Graham Hughes is a Scottish filmmaker who made the microbudget found footage masterpieces Death of a Blogger and Hostile Dimension. He's crowdfunding his new film Manipulator, and isn't asking for much - please support this project, Graham is a real visionary! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/manipulator

My guy @factionman.bsky.social is working on a new film, and I'm helping! If you enjoy no budget found footage horror films that do amazing things with just some spit and elbow grease then check out Manipulator 😈 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/manipulator

From the first moment of Happyend, I felt like I was in a safe pair of hands. Poetically shot, finely balanced, beautiful.

I came to Tehanu a bit late, but so did Le Guin, and I think I came to it precisely at the perfect time. Her writing always transfixes me, poetic, elegant, and simple, and Tehanu is such a lovely exploration of power and gender.

A reminder that eels are *the* most smuggled animal on earth, and that the global black market for eels is worth an estimated $4-5 billion. Interpol has called it “Europe’s ivory trade.”

Just finished reading Vagabonds. It was fucking good. 'Freedom will have to be imagined by the shapeshifters, actors, invisibles, ghosts, magicians, vagabonds, outcasts, outsiders. Always the only hope.'

Anyone looking for an editor? I’ve been doing a lot of film teases and trailers lately but have experience in pretty much everything: shorts, features, music videos, corporate, promotional/online context, educational, showreels etc. Any shares greatly appreciated, trying to keep food on the table 🙏

My guy @factionman.bsky.social is looking for editing work 😈 www.instagram.com/reel/DVqvwNg...

COVER REVEAL!!! So excited to reveal the cover for @discobooks.bsky.social's THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS - a queer apocalyptic specfic, out everywhere September 16th... Preorder links below ⬇️

I don't post here much but I couldn't miss sharing the cover reveal of my brother's book 'This is How the World Ends', which is coming out September 16th. Look how GORGEOUS! And the words inside are just as good, preorder now! And follow @discobooks.bsky.social if you haven't already!

Happy Non-Binary People’s Day! If you’re an author under the non-binary umbrella comment with a link to a book you wanna promote & I’ll repost! To get us started I highly recommend this emotional, conceptual sci fi by my awesome sibling @jomawest.bsky.social 📚💙 📚🏳️‍🌈 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/twic...

Happy Non-Binary People’s Day to my non-binary pals! 5 BIPOC non-binary books: Face by @jomawest.bsky.social In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Xirin Jay Zhao Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender 📚💙 📚🏳️‍🌈 #nonbinaryday

Very excited about the publication of this chapter! rdcu.be/euuAe in The Posthuman Condition in 21st Century Literature and Culture: Interdisciplinary Insights.

Final Destination: Bloodlines is such a fun time, my heart really warmed seeing Tony Todd one more time.

I finished my first play through of Disco Elysium today. And then I watched Possession (1981) for the first time. And it felt like a perfect double bill.

Allow me to bitch about something no one but me & some people watching @netflix.com care about for a second. I loved THE DEVIL'S PLAN S1. Really difficult gameplay for really smart people & a dog fight of a triumphant finish. Season 2 is...not that. A fun, smart gameshow has been ruined. How? /1

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/

Creatives in the UK deserve strong trade unions that represent their interests and fight for a better creative ecology. We don't have that yet and I know a lot of people have felt let down by the society of authors, but we can change it for the better.

The SoA must do more for climate justice – but it won’t without you. Join the Society of Authors by Wed 30 April so you can vote in this year's Management Committee elections. [6] Links for eligibility + help with fees: linktr.ee/fossilfreebo...

Every climate justice writer belongs in their union. The Society of Authors claims to be committed to sustainability. But climate justice is about more than sustainable sources of paper – it’s about power. In calling for individual authors to hold their publishers to account, the SoA is… [1]

The SoA will only stand in solidarity with Palestine if you join and get active. Join the Society of Authors by Wed 30 April so you can vote in this year's Management Committee elections. [6] Need support with joining fees? We can help: linktr.ee/fossilfreebo...

Every writer against genocide belongs in their union. The Society of Authors does not stand for a free Palestine. Not yet. Amid Israel’s destruction of libraries, bookshops, printing presses and publishing houses in Gaza, the SoA’s lack of solidarity is driving members to leave the union. [1]

Megathread of pro-trans petitions on Parliament’s petition website. If Labour suddenly gets hit with debates for a bunch of pro-trans petitions, maybe they’ll realise this issue isn’t going away and they’ve fucked up. I’ll add more as I find them. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

My pal Dr Christina Neuwirth has today released the results of 7 years of research into gender inequality in Scottish literature. I'm so, so proud of them. www.quinereport.com

Great thread

One by one www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Any UK self published authors in my network? Which printers do you use and why do you like them? #booksky #ukbooksky

The Trans Rights Readathon starts tomorrow! I recommend adding Twice Lived to your TBR, by my brilliant non-binary sibling @jomawest.bsky.social A beautiful, emotional, short sci fi story about two mixed heritage girls sharing one body across parallel worlds 💜 📚💙 📚🏳️‍⚧️ 📚🏳️‍🌈 bookshop.org/p/books/twic...

'A mélange of accents and languages enables the simultaneity of worlds, offering a way to exist on cultural crossroads. Most of humanity moves along cultural crossroads.' www.guernicamag.com/joli-petit-a...

I love stories where each new perspective unpeels everything you thought you knew and Hirokazu Kore-eda's Monster does that masterfully. Such an achingly beautiful film that treats its characters with immense sensitivity.

Watched Nickel Boys at the weekend. It really took my breath away, this is the kind of art that sets me off, beautiful, moving, so damn smart, every second on screen has a thought behind it, nothing is extraneous it's just pure art on every level.

now making music (and more music videos) STANLEY TWOBRICKS - popular music

Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop was a bittersweet joy to read. I felt like I could be reading about myself and my friends, the concerns haunting the characters were all too familiar. I wish I had this bookshop in my neighbourhood, seems like a rad place to hang out.

This was very helpful on the other site, so it’ll be helpful here too.

The UK AI and copyright consultation closes today. It is deliberately long and technical so many of us who will be impacted may feel it isn't for them. Respond anyway! Many groups have support materials to answer the questions you care about. Check them out>

🚨 UK #booksky today is the last day to complete the government's AI consultation form. @fossilfreebooks.org has a handy guide on their IG if you're feeling daunted by the task: www.instagram.com/p/DGQktlEIxd...

Long overdue, I saw Pather Panchali. What a film! Poetic and intimate. This is the start of Apu's story but it's a film about women. The old woman, the mother, the maid, their small joys are so sweet, but mostly they broke my heart. Such a sensitive portrait of having dreams that feel out of reach.

I've seen it a few times now and every time Jigarthanda DoubleX just makes me happy. It's such a dense, dynamic, explosion of a film, heaving with villains and bad intentions. A wild ride. (Shout out to my lady Malaiarasi - she's a badass with not enough screen time.)

Today, I found out that the Department of Defense banned the Well-Read Black Girl anthology by Glory Edim. I was one of its contributors. I'm really hurt right now. So if you have it in you, please buy books by Black women from independent bookstores.

UK Creatives! The government's consultation form for AI is long and confusing but the good news is you don't have to complete the whole thing. Here is a handy guide that breaks down which questions to answer.

If you're a UK author, illustrator, creative, it's important to have your say by 25th February re. the government's stance on copyright protection and AI. @fossilfreebooks.org has a breakdown on their ig about what you can do. www.instagram.com/p/DGQktlEIxd...

“The arts world has an extraordinary way of forgetting that which it finds uncomfortable, and the literary world is skilled at rewriting its history”

Christopher Nolan apologising to all his women characters

Finished The Three-Body Problem today and it was proper mind warping stuff that was so elegantly explained. Had a great time with it.

Sudan is in a bad way, this needs to end. www.middleeasteye.net/news/rsf-att...

Robot Dreams is really brutal for a film that's so romantic and life-affirming. Made me feel a lot of feelings.

My great uncle in Ypsilanti used to tell us stories about how when workers would get restless with contract negotiations at the auto plant, management would start spreading false rumors among white workers that union negotiators were demanding special pay and work conditions for black workers.

Hi #KidLitArtPostcard! Once upon a time in Korea, there was a tiny sickly stray puppy. A scary tiger spotted the puppy & thought she’ll make an easy snack. But the unexpectedly feisty puppy kept running in & out of rabbit holes in the ground, making fun of the tiger. (1/?)