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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I am very excited to be bringing @octocon.bsky.social to Cork, and as always, to the big wide world! It's shaping up to be a good one...

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

He's right but at the same time, so wrong.

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

farmers bred specifically rectangular cows so that they could stack more easily bsky.app/profile/davi...

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I mean, it's Waitrose, so for most of their customers they probably are. Own-brand custard creams are for those of us who shop in Lidl.

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I rewatched it back in the spring, and most of my reactions to it were completely different to the first time I watched (to do with the tech etc, not just the lead actor) and it hit very differently but still well. And yep, I liked Root much better 2nd time around too.

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Marguerite @marguerites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s huge to us that we recognise all aspects of speculative fiction and fandom, which includes music. This is something we worked on specifically for @laworldcon.bsky.social, but it’s one move forward toward a much bigger event in the future. Solidarity, authenticity, curiosity!

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I am very much enjoying Wales playing rugby today! (Wish I was there but I am broke and also doing Octocon work while watching the match on my 2nd screen.) #WALvUSA

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you looked in the right direction with binoculars, you would have seen me in the sea! (At least I'm assuming you came via Y Barri, and not Bari... that's definitely the long way round.)

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My copy just arrived! I promise to not take it swimming with me though.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’m counting on this comments section to get me through this semicharmed kinda life today…

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today is #HobbitDay because Bilbo and Frodo Baggins were both born on September 22nd. Normally we'd shire a hobbit pun or two but it might just feel like a tolkien gesture and we don't want to embarrass our elves. Anyway it's a good day to come and boromir #Tolkien books. 📚

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I started finally watching it this past weekend and am cursing myself for not watching it before! It hits a sweet spot for me somewhere between The Expanse and Lost Girl.

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Organise a date and time when everyone jumps up and down simultaneously?

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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊

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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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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just don't give her a wafer thin Dreamie.

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 19/09/2026

I’ve worn a grubby RNLI cap for decades. I sound London, but I was born in Truro and I was a basically feral (Gen X) kid wandering the coast path with a dog until sunset for a lot of my early life. The lifeboats are in the fabric like trawlers and farms and pasties and fish and chips.

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I didn't realise that my loathing for narrow dark spaces owed a lot to that book until I reread it a couple of years ago. I used to love cave-crawling when quite small but at some point that tipped into fear - a combo of the book and body changes during puberty, I think.

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We Geek Girls @wegeekgirls.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

‘Dungeons & Dragons’ animated series premiered on this day 43 years ago! (September 17, 1983) Voice cast: Willie Aames, Don Most, Adam Rich, Peter Cullen, Teddy Field III, Katie Leigh, Sidney Miller, Tonia Gayle Smith, Frank Welker, & more. #OnThisDay

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Octocon @octocon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Tonight at 11:59pm IST is the final deadline to apply for a bursary from our 2026 Community Fund or for a free membership (if you're a Cork local). Don't put it off any longer! #Octocon2026 #speirgorm #ireland octocon.com/octocon-comm...

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Octocon Community Fund - Octocon

Octocon Community Fund Updates: Community Fund applications are open again! The new deadline to apply is September 17th Cork locals: we only have 1 free

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Disappointed with my current personal & financial situation. Impressed by how rich I am in friends and community.

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I keep seeing videos of a guy who catches crabs and lobsters, cracks all the barnacles off them, puts a shrimp in their claws and throws them back. can you imagine. abducted by aliens but they just give you a spa day and hand you two hot dogs and let you go

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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Two Severn bridges = two trolls. (Definitely a story in there somewhere.)

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I think everyone who knows you understands that your levels of doing well are on a different scale to most of the rest of us.

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We're trying to put the 'National' into National Irish Science Fiction Convention, finally...

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I haven't been to the cinema in months (not even for The Odyssey) but for this, I will absolutely go.

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Looking forward to seeing you there! It's been too long and I'm excited about getting to Cork at last as well.

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Pssst, if it helps, while putting the programme together we had the fun of researching a lot of new people who wanted to be on it! Hopefully it'll be like a celebrity reality show line-up; you haven't heard of most of them at the start but they become your absolute favourites!

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Okay, for people of a certain age, this is funny.

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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🐾🐾🤍..

A wide-eyed black cat holds out a small red heart against a turquoise background. Handwritten text reads: “You can change. You can begin again. You can always choose a new way to be. That’s one of your human superpowers.”

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I absolutely misread this as 'resurrected' while scrolling too fast.

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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview. IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing. Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Afternoon Womble! I finished reading Adrian Tchaikovsky's Green City Wars this morning, and bloody loved it. Have a recording of his recent Octocon Presents event talking about it! www.youtube.com/live/jgA2SaG...

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Octocon Presents: Adrian Tchaikovsky

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I remain convinced that the most effective response to a politician or a pundit who's pushing transphobia is "I'm not sure why you're obsessed with other people's genitals but it's really creepy"

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's eight years tomorrow since we posted on Twitter that Sting had been in to return his books.

A shelf on the book return trolley. The titles of the five books are Every Breath You Take, Every Move You Make, The Bonds That Break, Every Step You Take and I Am Watching You.

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 25/10/2025

You know what is a weird thing I miss about regular TV seasons? Obligatory seasonal holiday episodes. Like, no one dropping 8 episodes in July is going to give you an unhinged Halloween ep, a totally inappropriate murder on Christmas ep, and probably some weird Valentine's Day nonsense.

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I don't think I've seen that (haven't really watched TOS since I was a kid), but thanks for making me feel less weird about it!

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Catherine Sharp @csharpwords.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I spent the entirety of this week's Strange New Worlds being convinced I'd seen the episode before. Even though it was very clearly marked as s4 ep 8, and had this season's bonus Vulcan in it. Did anyone else feel that way or am I having some weird sort of déjà vu?

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