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Jo Walton @bluejo.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

I really think with G&E she suddenly realised she only had a few pages left, or a weekend left before it was due, whereas the book needed another few chapters to unfold, so she just banged it down. It may have been time, because there's a lot of standing about in fields that could have been trimmed.

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Jo Walton @bluejo.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

Precisely so. Lewis died in 1963, so he's still in copyright I think. He deserves better.

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Jordan @aafghjn.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Besides the fiction, @bluejo.eurosky.social's monthly reading list is always my favorite part of Reactor, and I wish more authors would do short write-ups of books and stories they've read. So interesting and varied!

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Jo Walton @bluejo.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

I have not read "The Book of Kings", I'll put it on my list, thank you. I'll keep trying with Wodehouse. People whose tastes I usually share like him so much.

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

More elephants of the past can be found in this thread: bsky.app/profile/dbel...

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Helen McCarthy @glider.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

#Somethingbeautiful - every tree, everywhere, ever.

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🔱Maltose Zaddy🍻 @troubeerdourks.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Because Internet is fun, engaging, and informative!

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Magnificently-situated ancient Roman Theatre at Sarbratha, in Libya (3rd century). Now on the World Heritage List, though listed as endangered in 2016

View up from base of three storeys of pillars

View of entire expanse of pillars over 3 storeys, with stage and half-amphitheatre for spectators

On base of pillars, carvings of three people conversing

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

a biometric passport photo of Dr. Sol and his cat, circa 1540.

a human body with a sun as the head, symbolizing the "planet" sun in a 1540 German print. Source: VD16 C 4914

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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 13/10/2026

It turns out a 🍆 harvest is too rude for bluesky censors. However have no fear here are two naked people jousting on giant snails instead.

We are looking at a medieval illustration of two figures sat on top of large snails. They are holding large banners and appear to be jousting.

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Rebecca Spang @rlspang.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

This is a superb book. VERY strong recommendation from moi

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Owl of the Day: Eurasian Pygmy-Owl 📷 Ian Davies

Photo of owl perched on fir tree branch, description from ebird: ‘Tiny, almost sparrow-sized, owl of coniferous and mixed forests. Note staring golden eyes, white eyebrows, and fine pale spotting on the crown. Most active around dusk and dawn, but can be seen hunting in the daytime as well. Sometimes perches atop conifers, but more often rather inconspicuous; can be quite bold when encountered. Song is a varied series of whistled toots, usually given around dawn and dusk and easily imitated.’

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/10/2026

The acid test for me is a simple one: Has my professional and/or creative life benefited in any material way from "AI," and very specifically generative "AI"? No, it hasn't. Has it been negatively impacted by the same? Yup, in a whole bunch of ways. My professional life is worse now for it.

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Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingDown. This #WhiteBreastedNuthatch is taking a casual stroll down a tree trunk, and for once, it's actually looking where it's going. #birds #photography #BirdPhotography #Nuthatches #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography

A White-breasted Nuthatch, a small bird with a dark grey back, a black hood, a white face and breast, and a red tush, walks down a tree trunk as autumn colours glow behind it.

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Jo Walton @bluejo.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026

With our tagline "He who breaks a thing to find out what it is made of has left the path of wisdom." It makes me clench up inside every time I run across their appropriation of those names. (Huorns will help.)

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 12/10/2026

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! A good few days for colour, despite the grey skies

A table laden with food around a vase of sunflowers: roast lamb on a bed of wild rice, a platter of roast veggies, beets, a big bowl of salad, and babaghanoush. Not pictured is the hummus that arrived moments later.

A view of golden tree crowns against a blur sky.

Close up on some perfect droplets of water catching the light on a golden leaf glowing brightly against more russet and brown ones.

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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

👻 I do love it when I stumble across the ghost of a house within a house - here at Much Wenlock - time and continuity in wood, bricks and mortar.

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Wizard's Tower Press @wtpress.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Available now, our new anthology of Welsh-themed contemporary fantasy, They Are Still Here wizardstowerpress.co...

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd).

The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left.

Art by Josh Arklin.

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Dylan Lewis @iamdylanlewis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Also we have stickers of our 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Utagawa Hiroshige, Procession to the Torinomachi Festival in the Rice Fields of Asakusa, 1857.⠀ ⠀⠀ One of a few Hiroshige prints we've got for sale in our shop: publicdomainreview.org/shop/fine-ar…

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A room with a view ~ here we see the busy village of Portofino through an open window, with a balcony in the foreground (1956), painted by Italian artist Michele Cascella

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The Man in Seat 61 @seatsixtyone.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Rainbow over Settle…

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I've heard it's #BookshopDay so here are some of my favourite bookshops. Minster Gate Bookshop in York is still one of my favourite shops. #ArchitecturalIllustration #pen #watercolour #drawing #ArtShare

Pen and watercolour drawing of a bookshop with books outside the shop on low shelves protected by a green awning.

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Allan T Adams @allantadams.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Toppings of Ely. A bookshop my colleague took me into when we were working in the town. A table by the window & a view of Ely cathedral. #ArchitecturalIllustration #penciln#watercolour #drawing #ArtShare

Drawing of a bookshop with a table and two stools by the window which has a view of a cathedral tower.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Morning. 🖼️ Sarah Bays

Two turtle doves perched amongst branches of red berries on a pale blue background, painting.

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Thomas Noriega @nhomastoriega.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

NRS E371/21, the final boss of archival documents, a century of assorted papers and parchments rolled together and stiffened with time, and sewed together through the middle of the bundle. I gave such a distressed look to the archivist that it got fast-tracked to conservation

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Each writer in the book chose one or more images from Brian's collection of Green Women paintings, and then gave a name and a voice to each of these mysterious figures in wild and wonderful ways. Here's Brian's introduction to the volume, explaining the inspiration behind it:

Photograph: Brian Froud's two-page Introduction to his new book of Green Women paintings.

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Javier Lazaro - scientific illustration @lazaroillustration.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Unfinished piece for a current commission. The client has requested a modification that will take this illustration to a different direction, but I wanted to shred this one before moving to the new version. #birds

Illustration of blackbirds catching berries in a snowy landscape

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Jo Walton @bluejo.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026

I absolutely love this book, which really understands the original and has a lot of fun with it.

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

It’s easy to lose yourself in these landscapes by 20th century Scottish artist James McIntosh Patrick ~ Glamis Village / Tay Bridge / City Garden / Stobo Kirk

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Jo Walton @bluejo.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026

Wouldn't this make a great cover for Dodie Smith's "I Capture The Castle"!

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Jo Walton @bluejo.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026

Wouldn't this make a great cover for Dodie Smith's "I Capture The Castle"!

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Early Autumn, Castle Hill from the South-West, James Leslie Brooke.

Early Autumn, Castle Hill from the South-West, lane winding up hill painting.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Patrons payed plenty for their box seats for this beautiful performance of the Annunciation, painted in the 1440s by Filippo Lippi. Today is his day.

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Tansy Rayner Roberts @tansyrr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My cozy fantasy Jane Austen with dragons Kickstarter is FULLY FUNDED! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tan...

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Pride And Prejudice: Everyone Behave Naturally

ALT: Pride And Prejudice: Everyone Behave Naturally

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Kat Howard @katwithsword.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So excited that this book is out today! I have two pieces in here, tiny stories about Brian Froud’s Green Women. They are among work by an incredible line up of brilliant women. An honor to be part of this magical thing.

The cover of Brian Froud’s Green Women, a green book featuring a mischievous looking fairy woman. The book is on a mossy green background.

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 07/10/2026

The King of France:

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Astronomy Picture of the Day (unofficial bot) @fanapod.baldanders.info · 04/10/2026

#apod 2026-10-04 Supernumerary Rainbows over New Jersey Image Credit: John Entwistle Web page: science.nasa.gov/image-article/apod…

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