Proof, if it were needed, that if you want an artist’s impression because the build isn’t finished, you pay an artist. You don’t do whatever this abomination is.

The big question is why has the estate agent has done this weird ass AI render of the exterior that makes it look like part of miniature village?

The BBC never not at it: British hopes for BAFTA success = Jessie Buckley. ☘️🇮🇪

Good morning Bluesky, please enjoy my nuthatch. 🐦🪶

Watching Superstore for the first time. Very funny, quietly subversive until WHAM. An ICE raid. In 2018. Just a reminder of how long this shit has been going on. Genuinely moving and anger inducing.

Was intrigued enough by the idea of a ‘soft bake’ to buy these. I can confirm they are… cakes.

Maybe it’s because the misconduct charge is easier to prove / prosecute, but it sticks in my craw that it was money that pulled the trigger for his arrest not abuse of women.

Isn’t this just how our eyes and brain work? You don’t see most of the stuff on the periphery, just the central focus. I can’t actually see the edge of the iPad I’m typing on right now. I just THINK I can see it because my brain has registered it and moved the focus to where I need it. Am I wrong?

I find so much inspiration as a writer from accounts like these. Lovely to see the connection here between tiny historical objects and huge historical events and how fiction can make us FEEL those connections.

Very busy at NFFD towers. Diane is very chilled with a glass of red, doing lots of admin. And she’s celebrating GB getting its third gold in the winter olympics (unheard of). You too can be a winner! Just send us your flash by 23:59 GMT TODAY!!!

Among all the other completely batshit stuff in this story, why does he think he’d be safer from ISIS in Spain than in the UK? Unless, of course this is just another GoFundMe grift…

Curling doesn't necessarily have to be just a winter sport.

God, YES! 🙏

Beautiful everyday Ladybird things. Boiled eggs and Cornishware (2nd Picture Book, 1970) Artist: Harry Wingfield

Asking for a friend: markets for literary SF/speculative short fiction?

We have to call this out for what it is: opportunism. He’s looking at the US and seeing how much richer he’d get with a populist deregulating government. So he’s shilling for Reform. Not because he believes any of this bullshit but because it will make him and his cronies richer.

Since it’s so important to report the gender status of crime suspects, I’m looking forward to hearing this most of the time: ‘The suspect was born a biological male and still identifies as such.’

Just updated our Hall of Fame. 110 now published! Discount offer ends at midnight.

Our flash fiction winners, as judged by @lunchontuesday.bsky.social, are up on the website. Well done to the winning writers and many congratulations to all who made the long and short lists. The standard was high! flash500.com/flash-fictio... #flashfiction #fiction #WritingCommunity

Every year, two people accepted for our anthology, are awarded prizes by our editors & receive £50 prizes. Last year the winners were Rebecca Field @rebeccafwrites.bsky.social & Gill O’Halloran @quickasaflash.bsky.social — if you enter by 15 Feb it could be you! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk

A reminder of one of the loveliest pairs of siblings in the dictionary: ‘muscle’ and ‘mouse’. To the Roman imagination, the flexed biceps of a (typically naked) athlete resembled a rodent scuttling under the skin. ‘Musculus’, in Latin, means ‘little mouse’.

Fun fact: serrated knives like bread knives are chamfered for right handed use. As a leftie, I’ve never been able to cut a straight slice and IT’S NOT MY FAULT.

This is Ladybird. She's politely requesting butt pats. Will accept them for as long as you're willing to provide them. Could be days. Weeks even. 13/10 (TT: christina.stamper5)

For todays #BirdOfTheDay theme of #OddCouples, here are a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Ring Necked Parakeet attempting to share some Sunflower hearts #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography

Our international open-themed short story competition for up to 3,000 words is open for entries until the end of this month! Prizes: £500/£200/£100 flash500.com/short-stories/ #amwriting #shortstory #WritingCommunity

It took about 14 hours and an unscheduled hotel stay to do the return trip instead of the usual 3 hours, but ultimately, it was worth it. (Flashing lights warning for those that need it.)

Important news: Movie titles that begin with "I," in English are very funny in Spanish.

Just starting second leg of journey from London to Newcastle that started at 6pm last night and has involved an unplanned overnight stay in Manchester. Lads, this isn’t a big country. Shouldn’t be this difficult.

Funny how all these awful shits banging on about "core British values" always mean racism. They never mean the post-war consensus of a welfare state, NHS, social housing that dominated and transformed the lives of most people currently alive in the UK.

On a train to that there London to see UNDERWORLD at Brixton Academy. Last gig I saw there before we moved north was LCD Soundsystem. Think I can probably die happy now.

Loved this: Helen of Troy, daughter of Zeus, conceived while he was a swan, born out of an egg, not a real person but DEFINITELY WHITE.

Loved this: Helen of Troy, daughter of Zeus, conceived while he was a swan, born out of an egg, not a real person but DEFINITELY WHITE.

Whatever they are calling him now, I’m still calling him Prince Andrew because the Royal Family don‘t get to change his name and chuck him out of the family business and think that means we won’t be looking at them and their complicity.

Can we also talk about the distasteful colonial tone? If I were Colombian I’d be so insulted by that plot. Gullible little banana republic tricked into civil war by… a power cut. #NightManager

The way these files have been dumped into the public domain is grossly negligent of the rights of the victims. This woman’s identity may be hidden from us, but she sure as hell knows it’s her. Please don’t repost any images that include victims, even if they’ve been blurred or blacked out.

Emerald Fennell has said Wuthering Heights left its greatest impression on her at 14. Here’s my interpretation after reading at 41. Turns out it isn’t really about love at all, but about inheritance, race & power. kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/wuthering-... #Books #Writing #Scotland #UK #Film

I’m genuinely perplexed by people here I consider perfectly intelligent who don't seem to have noticed how dire the Night Manager is. Looks good. Every single plot point and conversation: nonsense.

Watching the Night Manager. It’s complete nonsense. Final straw: ‘Here’s a picture of Pine in Medellin yesterday. Tell me where Pine is.’ HE’S IN MEDELLIN. * reaches for off button*

Watching the Night Manager. It’s complete nonsense. Final straw: ‘Here’s a picture of Pine in Medellin yesterday. Tell me where Pine is.’ HE’S IN MEDELLIN. * reaches for off button*

For the uninitiated, these are Irish Throwing Stars, an ancient weapon wielded by St. Brigid during the 1916 Rising, striking fear into the hearts of the British, and responsible for the eventual smiting of both Cromwell and Thatcher.

This is who runs this account

Fantastic read. I loved the chaotic energy of this movie without really understanding why. Naomi’s take makes so much sense. A big part of this movie is the need to excel trumping the need to be likeable. It‘s a very un-Hollywood message. I still wanted Marty to succeed, even when I didn’t like him.

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The way these files have been dumped into the public domain is grossly negligent of the rights of the victims. This woman’s identity may be hidden from us, but she sure as hell knows it’s her. Please don’t repost any images that include victims, even if they’ve been blurred or blacked out.

TL:DR: Rich pedophiles funded entire ecosystem of bullshit to make us look elsewhere.

I don’t want to see that pic of Andrew’s fat torso over the prone body of a teenage girl thank you. Why do you need visuals. Don’t repost that shit.

International short story competition for up to 3,000 words! Prizes: £500/£200/£100 The theme is open and will be judged by @wendyclarke.bsky.social flash500.com/short-stories/ #amwriting #shortstory #WritingCommunity

The short list for the fourth quarter 2025 flash fiction is up on the website. Good luck to all on the list to be judged by @lunchontuesday.bsky.social flash500.com/category/ann... #flashfiction #fiction #WritingCommunity

Forgive me for tootling a small trumpet - stuff from the past, reappearing on your radio ...