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 Every bit of info I've found online is outdated/untrue and involves preference settings that aren't actually offered.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.

Pumpkins 2025. with @jenbitespeople.bsky.social. ... HAPPY HALLOWEEN everyone. ... #Halloween #Pumpkins

I'm a monster. This is me.

Ever since I saw Sinners back in the summer I've been looking forward to re-watching it in the run-up to Hallowe'en. We're watching it tonight and it's SO GOOD. Brilliantly made, instant classic, one that I know I'll revisit again and again. 2025 has been a banger of a year for vampires.

My friend’s neighbor’s house fell off its foundation (old steel structure collapsed), and they just did the funniest thing.

Theatrical equivalent: In the 15th year of my directing career, on my way to the final touring venue for my fourth sell-out show this year, I'd like to say a massive LOL You Were Wrong to the tutor on my undergrad who told me there's no point training women as directors as they just have babies.

I picked up some extra work to cover the covid booster, went to book it and found out that the one that's available is one my immune system doesn't respond to. As in, not a bad response, just no response. The one I need is £200, not £100, and nobody knows when it'll be in stock, so I'm just fucked.

I truly hate the way Scotrail handles Glasgow Queen Street and Glasgow Central. If I ask for trains to Central I only want to see trains to Central, not to "Queen Street but we'll call it Central because you can walk/bus to Central from there". I'm disabled. It's not that simple. Just be accurate.

I keep seeing thinkpieces about why people don't post so much on social media any more and yes, some of it is toxicity and fear and greater awareness of our digital footprints - but it's also being over-busy, under-leisured, and subject to constant time pressure on everything. /1

It's 13c, not warm but not actually cold either. I have thermal leggings, 2 pairs of socks, thick jumper, compression gloves and scarf on, and I'm sandwiched between a hot water bottle and a heated blanket with another blanket on top. Yet my hands are icy cold. Thermodynamics is not the boss of me.

Amidst all the enshittification, there are still the wonderful people who have been diligently uploading otherwise unobtainable episodes of 1970s TV horror onto YouTube and for these intrepid souls I will always be grateful.

While we're on the subject please stop asking for 1 page CVs, particularly if you want to know about more than one aspect of my practice. I'm busy and multifaceted, I defy single-page explanation.

FFS arts organisations, if you want ambitious pitches give me a word count that allows for ambition. I can pitch you complex things that will blow your minds OR I can pitch you things you can easily grasp in 500 words, but not both.

Thanks for coming Allan! Glad you liked it.

A few Edinburgh pals have told me they plan to catch the show at the Trav - but we're not doing the Trav, so it's Glasgow, Paisley or Ayr! So either catch it in one of those places, or pin your hopes on it coming back and finding an Edinburgh home in the future.

It would be easy to post "beds are high-key slept on". It might even gain some traction, it's got the right words in the right order. But no, it would lessen us both - It would be as if we were chewing at the cud in the field, contented only by the thoughtless motion.

I see so many posters I don't much care for, but I really like the tag line on @scottishopera.bsky.social's Boheme poster. It's a fantastic cast (I would listen to Hye-Youn Lee sing anything) and I'm quietly devastated that I just signed a contract on a job that means I won't be in Scotland for it.