Interesting article. Personally I believe that AI has no place at all in the creative industries, but since it exists I do want to see a way for artists whose work was stolen to be paid, and for legitimate licensing to happen in the future. www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/an-a...

Touchscreens. I thought I'd eventually get used to them but they still feel like trying to run my life on an etch-a-sketch. Using them in cars is horribly irresponsible. They're bad enough in phones. I miss my Blackberry with the actual physical buttons.

Scotland’s first minister John Swinney has unveiled his new cabinet, with Màiri McAllan appointed culture secretary. Read more 👇

Even leaving the ethics and idiocy of genAI "art" out of it, since when does the Fringe commission work? Presumably @edfringe.bsky.social will be keen to state publicly that this is antithetical to an open access festival.

Tfw you have to travel for work when you're in the middle of rewatching LOST and this is your flight number.

It was so good to see Page2Stage back in Edinburgh tonight. Its absence has been felt these past two years. Not that there aren't lots of scratches these days, but none other doing it quite like this.

This was both a powerful and artful memento mori: an elegant woman looking into the mirror, and rapidly aging with the paper flap. This was printed in 1510 Germany, #skystorians

This is Sadie. She was finally reunited with her human, astronaut Christina Koch, after her mom’s voyage around the moon took her the furthest any human has ever been from their dog. She can't wait to hear all about the universe. 14/10 (IG: astro_christina)

Do horses want cake? We conducted an investigation into statements published by @bencollins.bsky.social in the print edition of @theonion.com.

I just attended a roundtable discussing a potential Basic Income for the Arts scheme for Scotland, jumping off the successful pilot that is now becoming policy in Ireland. I took some notes on the discussion that I think would be interesting to share! 🧵

@attie.ai, for those who wanna press the funny buttons too

I decided I wanted to practice my Italian and update my vocabulary, because my last formal study of it was 20 years ago and I'm missing a lot of tech-related language. So I switched my phone language to Italian... and my phone decided to switch every single app over, so o tutto o niente I guess.

Hey @edfringe.bsky.social, I know I told you I don't do access consultancy for free but I'll give you this tip for nothing: All the accessibility info relevant to a ticket booking goes in the section labelled Accessibility. Not dotted around across multiple tabs, frames and pages like last year.

Jesus, they weren’t bloody joking.

Free ebooks from an amazing press!!!

Song. #art #cat

Friendship ended with repeatedly listening to my old favourites, now @hallucinophonics.com's new album is my best friend.

instantly assumed this was a kaiju situation

BLUE BALLOON *—very pleased to have a new #experimental prose- #Poetry - #Art fragment published with @icefloepress.bsky.social. with thanks to editors/curators: @rfredekenter.bsky.social & @vikkicwrites.bsky.social. ... icefloepress.net/2026/02/20/s... #Writing #WritingCommunity

Congratulations to the most stylistically innovative and exciting writer I know! Well done @mdbolsover.bsky.social <3

If one of you doesn't bootleg this for me istg (give me no shit about bootlegs, there's no way I'm getting to this one irl) www.whatsonstage.com/news/sweeney...

I held off on playing Scarlet Hollow for ages because I loved Slay the Princess and was weirdly trepidatious about the possibility of not loving @blacktabbygames.com's other work as much. But oh. my. god... I love it more. This thing's a masterpiece. store.steampowered.com/app/1609230/...

So, thus far trying to set up the new laptop is the worst tech experience of my life. I got it in November so I'd have a non-failing device to write the novel, then got sick so only started setup over December, then parked it until I started back four weeks ago because it was so bad.

Can anyone recommend a storage service that works the way Drive used to back when Google actually functioned? Don't recommend Dropbox or OneDrive or I will block you, I am looking for solutions rather than to make things worse.

It's the LAST DAY to nominate for our DASHBOARD AWARDS! #writingcommunity unite! We wanna give out 3 awards to poetic pieces published in 2025 in OTHER online litmags! Writing Peers, Readers, & Editors can ALL nominate via Google Form: buff.ly/FMfhtG5 Rules & Details: buff.ly/vdm5FlB ⬇️ ⬇️

Hey @microsoft.com remember when you used to make products that actually worked? That was fun, maybe consider doing that again some time.

Could an actual human please tell me how to persuade Word to save to my desktop by default? OneDrive has no place in my life and I don't want to default to the Documents folder. Every bit of info I've found online is outdated/untrue and involves preference settings that aren't actually offered.

Someday I'll write an application for an arts project where they're NOT asking for champagne on a Panda Pops budget. I don't understand why orgs suddenly have no idea what things cost when they set award budgets. You want ambition and innovation? Offer ambition and innovation money!

@mdbolsover.bsky.social lookit

Hi @scissorkickco.bsky.social - just added you to Scottish Theatre Starter Pack part 2! bsky.app/profile/jenb...

Anyone who has ever actually done anything could have told you that fixing mistakes made by the unconsciously incompetent is a slower process than just doing the task yourself in the first place.

Hello new arrivals from the latest Xodus! If you're a Scottish theatre professional you might like these starter packs (scroll down for the second one). Comment if you want to be added.

In the NLS Special Collections today reading the documents from the Advocates' Library about Deacon Brodie's planned robberies had he not been caught. I think it's very nice and trusting of them to let me have the bathroom key considering my subject matter.

My abiding memory of 2016 is looking at the news every morning to find out whose obituary was up that day, since famous people were dropping like flies. By contrast, in 2026 I look at the news each day actively hoping for certain obituaries and am every day disappointed.

I'm spending the next couple of weeks doing research for my novel (thanks @creativescots.bsky.social !) and obsessing over Deacon Brodie while being a chronically ill Edinburgh writer on enforced rest for medical reasons is basically a Robert Louis Stevenson immersive experience.

It's Boxing Day (for us, we're a day behind). We've watched Flight of the Navigator, our diet is entirely leftovers, and the cat refuses to eat without a tablecloth, placemat and candles. Reality is suspended.

Operation is done, gallbladder is no more, and I get to go home shortly for which I'm eternally grateful. Frustrating as it can be for chronic stuff and missing the full picture, my experience of the NHS in emergencies has been pretty solid throughout my life.

Back in hospital, iv antibiotics. Neurotypicals and anyone else who can have things in their skin and not feel it intensely every single second will never understand the level of privilege they enjoy. If you can handle any kind of piercing/tattoo you're in that group. I despise existing in a body.

It's the Devil's Hour (3.30am, the furthest time from the Holy Hour for all you nerds) and I'm waiting on a call back from NHS 24 due to abdominal pain. I'm very bored and sore.

Having loved Slay the Princess, I picked up Scarlet Hollow a couple of days ago as a birthday treat and I'm so glad I did. I love a Choices Matter game where it feels as if they genuinely do, and I'm enjoying the writing immensely. No idea how I'm supposed to wait for Chapter 5.

Oh my god…

“Are there no prisons?” asked Scrooge. “And the Union workhouses? Are they still in operation?” “They are. I wish I could say they were not.” “Oh! I was afraid, from what you said at first, that something had occurred to stop them in their useful course,” said Scrooge. “I’m very glad to hear it.”

Two of the EdFringe shows I directed are going to Capital Theatres in early 2026! If you didn't catch either of these brilliant writer/performers in August, now's your chance - they'd also make a great gift for your ND LGBTQ+ loved ones (and if you're following me I'm certain you have some)

It never stops being weird watching actors' showreels and seeing your pals' faces pop up in other people's scenes.

You’ll never guess what this post is about.

'Skeleton Wearing a Top Hat Playing the Shamisen for a Small Dancing Yōkai' (circa 1870) Kawanabe Kyōsai

Day 1 of being on a job in England means Worcestershire Sauce crisps at lunchtime. Walkers has one good flavour per county and for England that's the one.

We're watching the del Toro Frankenstein and about 30 minutes in I can say with confidence that this was not worth closing the streets for. Overwrought yet underwritten, cartoonishly silly without being fun. What a waste of an abundance of resources.

Having drained Shudder dry, we're now revisiting Heretic. I enjoyed the hell out of Hugh Grant's performance when we saw it in the cinema, and it's holding up on rewatch.