Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialMatthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Today is World Day Against the Death Penalty. Let us seek to end this inhumane and immoral practice around the world, especially here in America. It is so deplorable that in the 21st century this is going on in a modern democracy. 7322102
dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Good riddance to bad rubbish. Can’t go soon enough for me. 010
dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This was wonderful. Thank you for making it. Such fine creatures. 110
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialElizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I have a new novella out in the 20th Anniversary edition of Clarkesworld this month! "The Job" is about a woman with serious self-image issues who takes a contract to survey an alien ocean for corporate exploitation, wearing the body of a bioengineered whale. clarkesworldmagazine.com/bear_10_26/clarkesworldmagazine.comThe Job by Elizabeth BearClarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast. 1535486
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialIşıl Arıcan @isilarican.com · 02/10/2026Quick and easy guide on how to prevent sexual assault. You are welcome. 2304116
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialMelissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Still it’s good to see the Dignity and Respect policy applies to someone in a university. Because things it lists - Transparency! Communication! Responsiveness! Have been very short in supply the past few years. Weaponising it is exactly the tone deafness that is making us all rage. 🧐 2666
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialNnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026All this, 😒: 161340290
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialSargoth (gyromantically haberdashing iamb) @longersky.com · 16/03/2026The presence of a well-tempered clavier implies the existence of claviers that are absolutely feral, barely able to contain their immense power, waiting for any excuse to burst out into the wildest ride you've ever heard 28625
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialKevin Moorebidity @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn. 121804490
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialEleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Myth busting about Scotland's 'need' for data centres feat. angry moorhen (Follow us on insta at stopaidatacentres.scot) 20507217
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialThe Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Craft Scotland director's petition against @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social plans to close Jewellery and Silversmithing, Textiles and Performance Costume UG ECA degrees to new admissions in 2027 (to be taught out over the next four years). #Edinburgh #craft #art #students #design 🏴 c.org/JJQNyV8R6mc.orgSign the PetitionSave the Craft and Design Courses at Edinburgh College of Art 01918
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026me: no worries (galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made 232629613
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialKJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 22/09/2026In the case of WeRBlighty, if you give these brexit-faced military cosplayers £1, 70p will be kept by the gammon who took it off you and 29p goes to 'administration' ie the boss. The fate of the other penny remains a mystery as they have no record of doing any actual charitable work. 14712
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialgummitch (aka gummitch_uk) @gummitch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A reminder that all apostrophes in sfnal names should be pronounced "boing!". www.quickanddirtytips.com/qdtarchive/a...quickanddirtytips.comApostrophes in Science Fiction and Fantasy NamesIn honor of International Apostrophe Day, we're going to talk about the odd case of apostrophes in science fiction and fantasy character... 1129
dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I’m a translator. I feel just the same about machine translation, as I can remember when for my language pair in particular it was hopelessly, laughably bad. 010
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialEuan Healey @euanhealey.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Edinburgh University created the first ever Chair in Celtic in Scotland in 1882 (Donald Mackinnon of Colonsay). This is a cultural retreat happening before our eyes where there was once leadership. 4182100
dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I suspect they thought they’d sell more if it was set in America, with anglophone countries being the way they are about translated works. Shows a distressing lack of confidence in their own work, though. Really sad. 020
dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I’m not at all surprised! Was it a good strong beginning or editors just being editors, do you think? 110
dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026In my experience, this is more likely to mean moving large blocks of text from one part of the book to another, or cutting material. I’ve never translated a book where the plot has been tampered with . But perhaps this is just my experience with editors? 210
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialMuseum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026 64177703726
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialJess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I 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. 🧵 341836794
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"You are the problem" meme via Expose Racism 176100242893
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialK.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 11/09/2026“Rejection” means that someone in the chain is looking for a German Shepherd and you’re handed them something else. Perhaps it was a chihuahua. Perhaps a bicycle. The fact that you didn’t give them the German Shepherd they want doesn’t mean your bicycle is bad, it just means it’s a bicycle. 320653
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Easy to donate: rnli.org/support-us/g... 27834393
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialIlikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Disgraceful that the RNLI have to say this today, but here we are 😞. If you would like to donate👇🏻. rnli.org/support-us/g... #RNLI #RNLISavesLives 621934870
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I believe the RNLI are responding to legitimate concerns that people might drown. 161189222
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialHistory and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2025The Battle of Holbeck Moor took place in Leeds on 27 September 1936, when Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists attempted a march through the city. Their original route through the Jewish quarter was blocked, but they regrouped and headed for Holbeck Moor, daubing swastikas in the Leylands 1/3 717676
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do. 632781881
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialScotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nazi Mosley blackshirts, then and now.. If we don't crush fascists and Nazis, they'll just raise their evil heads again and again. 65822
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The RNLI have some of the best people in Britain volunteering for them. They put their lives on the line when they are called on and they will rescue anyone who needs them. Because every life matters, and offering help is the right thing to do. You can donate here: rnli.orgrnli.orgRNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at SeaThe RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions. 161168607
dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026She is outstanding! She’s the gold standard for explaining Sichuan cooking to European readers. I use her work in my translation classes every year, so the students get a glimpse of how it should be done. 010
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialᚔᚅᚄᚓᚏᚈ ᚄᚉᚐᚏᚍ ᚅᚐᚋᚓ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026This is my personal Tom Holland Umbrella video, I've got to repost it when it turns up, I've been doing it since I was on twitter 3237
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialEd Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Dear @theguardian.com I have a pitch that I think is right up your alley. "Are people really left handed or are they just showing off" I'm sure I can find a physiotherapist and a geologist to back me up if you need scientists. 1845793
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialCeleste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability. 653560955
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialDr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Poster from the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social about the disastrous cuts planned for fundamental physics research in the UK. Write to your MP about this! 0137
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialAndy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 26/06/2026Chop Suey on Chambers Street: the thread about Edinburgh’s first Chinese restaurant 中式餐廳 Edinburgh is spoiled for restaurants serving global cuisine. Go back 100 years however and your options were far more limited and localised. That all changed with the arrival of the "Chinese Restaurant" in…threadinburgh.scotChop Suey on Chambers Street: the thread about Edinburgh’s first Chinese restaurant 中式餐廳Edinburgh is spoiled for restaurants serving global cuisine. Go back 100 years however and your options were far more limited and localised. That all changed with the arrival of the "Chinese Restaurant" in 1930. It is long gone and accounts of it are contradictory and vague. This thread provides a factual account of this lesser-known institution of the city's diaspora. 54016
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialrahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Related: People I know IRL who know what I do for a living often ask what they need to know about online safety for their about-to-be-teenagers, and there's a lot of answers, but the thing I always emphasize most is: under no circumstances should you ever threaten to take access away from them. 382133573
dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 17/06/2026In lockdown my two kids got into a nasty, prolonged argument. I yelled at them to shut up and told them I was going to read a story and did not want to hear one more word until I’d finished the first chapter. ‘ “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit…’ “ They stayed quiet. Then wanted more. 050
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialC🎃s! @algernonentity.bsky.social · 13/06/2026i've seen tonnes of signs from the glasgow event and this one is by far my favourite 112433
dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Welcome to Edinburgh! Have a great time! 160
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialPeople's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social · 11/06/2026holy shit this is actually a banger speech 39911
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.social軽laura @keilaura.bsky.social · 11/06/2026in fact, i struggle to think of a single time the word "concern" has ever been appropriate in political discourse, it's either inventing a fake problem or downplaying a real one 2404
dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Translators have a patron saint (Saint Jerome), so it seems like an odd oversight to leave proofreaders without. 110
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Latest unhinged leadership decision from UoE. (Remember: this is an institution that isn't even running a deficit, but has somehow decided that the route to security involves declaring war on itself.) 52813
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 08/06/2026'The university has adopted the position that boycotting staff are in "breach of contract", will receive no pay, and are therefore not expected to work at all, leading to what some have described as a "lockout".' 1/3heraldscotland.comUniversity staff forced to either cover colleagues' work or go without payStaff at Edinburgh University have been told that they must cover for their boycotting colleagues or go without pay themselves. 38468
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialJay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 07/06/2026What I'm saying is, be honest with yourself... when did you last actually pay for poetry? When did you last go to a poetry event with a ticket price? buy a poetry book from a shop? If the answer is never, or a very long time ago... Just consider what that means for the poets who rely on that income 41149
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialSam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Almost all the business and life advice people give makes the assumption that peoples’ basic needs are already met. Yet, living in financial and/or housing precarity makes it almost impossible to apply said advice because all your time and energy is taken up in survival mode. 36412
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.social🍂 Jo (a swarm of) Bee(s) 🦇 @jobeeart.bsky.social · 03/06/2026thank you for this thread! i had an off-the-cuff comic turned into a meme and it's such a weird feeling that my art is just being spread out there without any credit here's a version with my name on it, im fine with people using that one :) 3559081892
Reposted by @dolorousett.bsky.socialStéphanie says… 🏴☠️🦈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 06/06/2026🤷♀️ 41134181