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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

An ancient and magical amber bear 🐻 ✨ Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea. National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen 📷 by me #Archaeology

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Have you got your (free) tickets for this week's talk with Romancing the Gothic? We're joined by Andre Cowen for 'An Introduction to Cosy Horror Video Games' on Saturday at 10am and 7pm BST 10 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1999403713... 7 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1999403648...

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An Introduction to Cosy Horror Videogames with Andrew Cowen

This week's talk explores cosy horror in videogames

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John Nephew @johnnephew.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hey, if you are in the UK and want your local store to stock #ArsMagica Definitive Edition, please encourage them to reach out to us at sales@atlas-games.com. Apparently our UK distributor buyer has been on annual leave and won't even have access to e-mail until October.

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ABS @abs.ventures · 25/09/2026

Excited to be at the @scotgamedev.bsky.social Games Day today in #Dundee, come say hi, would love to chat! #Scottish #Games #Scotland #GameDev

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 24/09/2026

The Shape of Monsters is finally out in print and ebook from Tor UK! If you're here for a dark gothic fantasy with all the broken people, twisted dynamics, mages, murder and monsters then you have gone through the correct door Get it now from your favourite bookshop

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ABS @abs.ventures · 23/09/2026

A wonderful #equinox #wildswim with a #wildswan watching on, very tranquil but not long before this was delighted to get to join the Stirling University Wild Swimming crew for a dip! #Swimming #Scotland

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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E.M. Faulds / Beth or Taxes / Not em faulds @emfaulds.com · 23/09/2026

Join us at Fantasycon for the launch! Tablet, wine, and fine, fine stories! Some Scotland-based, some elsewhere in the universe, but all with the passion you've come to expect from the GSFWC...

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Eels weren't just an English thing; Scotland has an eel history, too! Famed 14th C. king Robert the Bruce loved his eels. Too much, maybe. His doctor thought the king risked his health by eating them, as eels live in "muddy & corrupt waters." Did the Bruce care? No. He did not. 🗃️🧪

Meme. Still of Robert the Bruce from the movie "Braveheart." Bobby is sitting on a throne, his hand on his forehead. He is wearing sumptuous clothes and a super-fancy gold chain with jewels. He looks kingly, but also rather hassled. His expression reads as worried and/or annoyed. He is staring straight ahead, though not quite at you. It seems as if he's looking at your right shoulder. Do you have something perched there, like a basket of baby crocodiles?

The Big Bruce is sporting a running-out of patience vibe. He's done with you and your baby crocs, and all he really wants is for you to finish what you're saying so that he can get back to bing-watching Warrior Nuns on Netflix. You're giving him a migraine, and it's going to take several bowls of ice cream to forget about you.

Somedays it's good to be king. Somedays it's all headaches and door-to-door crocodile salesmen.

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"Trying to rule Scotland
But all you can
think about are eels"

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Adventurism Time @flow.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

2026 is entirely too "on the nose", but 'a big ugly barge blocking your view of the ocean with an AI view of an artificial ocean' has to be the poster child.

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Lur Noise @lurnoise.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fellow font-fetishist friends, do you have any recommendations of where to get good free (or affordable) fonts?

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Old British Telly @oldbritishtelly.co.uk · 22/09/2026

[1980] The Edge of the Ceiling - Alan Garner, best known for his children's fantasy novels, talks about his life and writing process. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D6_kO_4WqM

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The Edge of The Ceiling - Alan Garner

Alan Garner talks about his life and writing process.

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Jake Gaule @submergedtapes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

*screams in games industry*

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Steve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on

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Can I Play That? @caniplaythat.com · 21/09/2026

Industry accessibility veteran Tara Voelker launched @rebindstudios.com today, providing accessibility and production consultancy to the game industry. As layoffs disproportionately affect accessibility roles, these services are needed now more than ever. caniplaythat.com/2026/09/21/i...

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Industry accessibility veteran launches Rebind Studios - Can I Play That?

Industry accessibility veteran Tara Voelker launches Rebind Studios, providing accessibility and production consultancy to the game industry.

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ABS @abs.ventures · 20/09/2026

Screening this morning of threadinburgh.scot/2025/11/27/t... as part of www.colonyofartists.co.uk amazing film (follow Threadinburgh link to watch on National Library of Scotland websit) & poignant talk from @threadinburgh.scot afterwards! Still time to see some art this afternoon too! #Edinburgh

Flyer for screening of short film of Edinburgh children's songs The Singing Street, black and white listing stills from the film and info blurb

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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Every year on 19 December, the famous Christmas lights at Mousehole in Cornwall are dimmed between 8 and 9pm, leaving just the Cross and Angels shining down across the village and out to sea.

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

WS8, 50% off all w/e at @drivethrurpg.com! Jam-packed with interviews with John Harper (Blades in the Dark), Gavin Norman (Dolmenwood), Pablo Clark (Old King's Crown), Caesar Ink (Doomsoong), Scott Robinson (Bunnies & Burrows) & Lee Gold (Alarums & Excusrions)! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

a photo of someone holding an iPad reading the pdf version of Wyrd Science issue 8, or at least gawping in amazement at Tom J Newell's awesome cover

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James Holloway: monsterman.org @gonzohistory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is another of those projects I have been working on for a while and not talking about!

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl...

The imposing Callanish Stones stand talk with their shadows spanning out across the glass. It's a super clear sky, but looks cold. Above the central stone is a strange figure-of-8 shape of dots. This is the location of the Sun, at noon, on various different days across the year.

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Asterix Archiv 🐗 @comedix.de · 20/09/2026

Eine schöne Bastel- und Malarbeit. Manchmal trägt Obelix den Hinkelstein. Manchmal ist Obelix der Hinkelstein. Dürfte nicht leicht gewesen sein, diesen Stein zu finden. #Asterix #Fanart

Das Bild zeigt einen kleinen, länglichen und nach oben abgerundeten Stein, dessen Form an einen Hinkelstein erinnert. Der Stein wurde rundherum so bemalt, dass er selbst zum Körper von Obelix wird.
Auf der Vorderseite sind Obelix’ Gesicht mit den roten Zöpfen, sein nackter Oberkörper sowie der grüne Gürtel mit großer gelber Schnalle zu sehen. Darunter setzt sich seine typische blau-weiß gestreifte Hose bis zum unteren Rand des Steins fort. Seine Füße stehen auf einer kleinen grünen Wiese, die mit roten Pilzen und Blumen verziert ist. Der obere, dunkelgraue Teil des Steins bleibt weitgehend unbemalt und wirkt dadurch wie ein Hinkelstein, der hinter Obelix aufragt.
Die Rückseite löst den kleinen optischen Scherz auf: Dort fehlen Kopf und Oberkörper völlig. Stattdessen sieht man nur Obelix’ Arme, die sich von beiden Seiten um den grauen Stein legen. Seine Hände greifen hinter dem „Hinkelstein“ ineinander. Darunter sind wiederum die gestreifte Hose und seine Füße auf der Wiese zu erkennen.

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Ritual Protection Marks @ritualmarks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Cattle regularly came under attack from Elves, particularly in Scotland.*

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I apologize for the lack of links so here, please enjoy this

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The Claw Spa!

YouTube video by Jacob Knowles

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forbrukerradet.bsky.social @forbrukerradet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Har du lagt merke til at ting døyr litt for tidleg? Det har vi òg 👀 Det er tema for vår nyeste rapport. / Ever noticed how things tend to die a little too soon? So have we 👀 That’s the topic of our latest report. Les rapporten/read our report👉forbrukerradet.no/shortlife

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pickwick @pickwick.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I put on the Edinburgh Zoo penguin webcam and it's just this guy staring into a corner I love him

Webcam shot of a damp bit of ground with sheer rocky sides. There is one penguin in shot, standing right in a corner, facing the corner.

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · 16/09/2026

The SNP have teamed up with the Tories and Lib Dems. They've voted down a Green motion which would have brought in a moratorium against new hyperscale AI data centres in Scotland. Instead they've chosen to muddy the water, leaving confusion when our communities need certainty.

Breaking. SNP, Tories and Lib Dems block Green pause on data centres.

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Calton Hill Conservation Trust @caltonhill.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Edinburgh Council is consulting on a proposal to grant formal vehicle access from Greenside Row to the rear of Greenside Church and house, over Common Good land at Calton Hill. CHCT trustees have discussed the proposal and intend to object.

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Alex Staniforth @alexstaniforth.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So a tiny village has the right to hold its own non-binding, advisory referendum on independence from the UK but Scotland doesn’t?

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ᚅᚓᚃ ᚆᚐᚔᚏᚇᚑ ᚃᚆᚑ ᚇᚔᚄ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026

Editor: You get those photos of Piddington women folk? Photographer: Sure did boss, real fuckin culty just like you asked. Editor: what

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ABS @abs.ventures · 16/09/2026

I'm lucky enough to be here today but for those that aren't this thread is an excellent resource 👇🧵

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/09/2026

Furry adventurers explore the dungeon corridors (David Joiner cover art for D&D/RPG zine Alarums and Excursions #84, August 1982) www.tumblr.com/oldschoolfrp...

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Roses are red High soars the lark

Telegraph headline: Aggressive goats, with taste for human urine, are airlifted out of park. Image shows mountain goats in slings dangling from a helicopter over trees

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If you don’t occasionally treat yourself to a day of exploring used bookstores, greenhouses, libraries, cafés, and bakeries, then what’s the point of anything really?

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inkle @inkle.co · 11/09/2026

🎙️ Call for voice actors! 🎭 We're looking for two lead voices for our next game. - One male and one female, vocal age 40 to 60 - Cornish / Welsh / South-West England accent If that's you, please send an acting sample to info@inklestudios.com, marked “casting call”. (Paid, ofc) <3 RTs!

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Patrick Stewart's Witty 'Acting' Moment

ALT: Patrick Stewart's Witty 'Acting' Moment

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Present & Correct @presentcorrect.bsky.social · 16/07/2024

The internet’s premiere database & taxonomy of bread tags. horg.com/horg/

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 11/09/2026

Thank you for clicking. Don't have nightmares, do sleep well.

Nick "Don't have nightmares, do sleep well" Ross of 1980s Crimewatch

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ABS @abs.ventures · 09/09/2026

I'll be running some of my 'A Wandering for Wondering: Wyrd Walks to Adventure Playfully and Make Playful Adventures' game/creature/treasure design workshops at www.whisperingwoodsfayre.co.uk this weekend! Come along! Fun for young and old! #StayWyrd #Games #Scotland #Scottish #Fantasy

A waterfall with moss and plants around and a stone bridge over it, an out of focus cool map in front with red and black more fun with games logos and web addresses text on the page along with 'A Wandering for Wondering: Wyrd Walks to Adventure Playfully and Make Playful Adventures'

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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The full programme for this year's Fantasycon is now available! Join us in Glasgow next month for 3 days of talks, workshops, live podcasts, panel discussions, readings, and more - plus, of course, to find out who's won the British Fantasy Awards! Head to: britishfantasysociety.org/events-2/fan...

The background is designed to look like aged paper, and there is a black tentacle stretching from the top. The text indicates the schedule for Fantasycon 2026 is now available on the BFS website.

The background is designed to look like aged paper, and there are black tentacles stretching from the bottom. The text indicates the schedule for Fantasycon 2026 is now available on the BFS website, and lists some of the talks and workshops

The background is designed to look like aged paper, and there is a black tentacle stretching from the top and bottom corners. The text indicates the schedule for Fantasycon 2026 is now available on the BFS website, and lists some of the panel themes.

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I have apparently coined a term for our current age. "Epistogeddon -- n. The burying of human knowledge, art and discourse in LLM generated garbage; an irregular portmanteau of "epistemic" and "armageddon."

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ABS @abs.ventures · 06/09/2026

Very useful, quick and well signposted! Thank you!

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ABS @abs.ventures · 06/09/2026

I love @nunkie.bsky.social shows, definitely worth going if one near you! Also #Edinburgh gets #CallofCthulhu in the #BansheeLabyrinth...

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