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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Today 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.
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dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Good riddance to bad rubbish. Can’t go soon enough for me.
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dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This was wonderful. Thank you for making it. Such fine creatures.
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I 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/
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The Job by Elizabeth Bear
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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Işıl Arıcan @isilarican.com · 02/10/2026
Quick and easy guide on how to prevent sexual assault. You are welcome.
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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Still 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. 🧐
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
All this, 😒:
Human sees a crow and says, "Ahh! A bad Omen".
Crow says, "Oh yeah, dude! We're the ones who fucked the planet and put a continent of garbage in the ocean."..."Prick!"..."You know what? YOU'RE the bad omen." https://bsky.app/profile/eastcoastitnotes.bsky.social
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Sargoth (gyromantically haberdashing iamb) @longersky.com · 16/03/2026
The 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
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Kevin Moorebidity @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn.
TinTin discovers Edward Said.
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Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Myth busting about Scotland's 'need' for data centres feat. angry moorhen (Follow us on insta at stopaidatacentres.scot)
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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Craft 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/JJQNyV8R6m
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Save the Craft and Design Courses at Edinburgh College of Art
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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
me: no worries (galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made
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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 22/09/2026
In 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.
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gummitch (aka gummitch_uk) @gummitch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A reminder that all apostrophes in sfnal names should be pronounced "boing!". www.quickanddirtytips.com/qdtarchive/a...
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Apostrophes in Science Fiction and Fantasy Names
In honor of International Apostrophe Day, we're going to talk about the odd case of apostrophes in science fiction and fantasy character...
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dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I’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.
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Euan Healey @euanhealey.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Edinburgh 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.
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dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I 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.
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dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m not at all surprised! Was it a good strong beginning or editors just being editors, do you think?
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dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In 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?
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Mr. Bedtime @InternetHippo

I stepped away from my computer for a moment. When I returned, it was building something. I did not ask it to do this. We're not ready for what's coming

(picture of windows 3d pipes screen saver)
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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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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"You are the problem" meme via Expose Racism
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K.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.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Easy to donate: rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Ilikecaketoo (UK) @ilikecaketoo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Disgraceful 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
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I believe the RNLI are responding to legitimate concerns that people might drown.
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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
The 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
Plaque on St Matthew's Church, facing Holbeck Moor Road. It commemorates a violent incident on 27 September 1936 when crowds disrupted an attempted rally by fascists. Leeds Civic Trust plaque funded by Stand Up to Racism. Image Chemical Engineer CC !.0
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I 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.
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nazi Mosley blackshirts, then and now.. If we don't crush fascists and Nazis, they'll just raise their evil heads again and again.
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The 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.org
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RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions.
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dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
She 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.
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ᚔᚅᚄᚓᚏᚈ ᚄᚉᚐᚏᚍ ᚅᚐᚋᚓ @ciara2001.eurosky.social · 02/09/2026
This 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
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Dear @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.
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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I 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.
A hand drawn eight panel cartoon. First two panels are a colander sitting frowning on a shelf. Then the colander is frowning straining pasta, then three more panels of frowning sitting on a shelf. Then a big panel where it's projecting a bunch of crescent eclipse shapes and smiling with speech bubbles around saying "Wow! Look! Amazing! Beautiful!" And then one final panel where it's sitting on a shelf smiling.
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Dr Dave Clements @davecl.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Poster from the @royalastrosoc.bsky.social about the disastrous cuts planned for fundamental physics research in the UK. Write to your MP about this!
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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 26/06/2026
Chop 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…
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Chop 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.
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Related: 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.
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dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
In 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.
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C🎃s! @algernonentity.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
i've seen tonnes of signs from the glasgow event and this one is by far my favourite
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dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Welcome to Edinburgh! Have a great time!
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People's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
holy shit this is actually a banger speech
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軽laura @keilaura.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
in 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
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dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Translators have a patron saint (Saint Jerome), so it seems like an odd oversight to leave proofreaders without.
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Latest 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.)
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Margot 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".' 1/3
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University staff forced to either cover colleagues' work or go without pay
Staff at Edinburgh University have been told that they must cover for their boycotting colleagues or go without pay themselves.
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
What 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
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dolorousett.bsky.social @dolorousett.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Unexpected gifts
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Sam Missingham @samatlounge.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Almost 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.
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🍂 Jo (a swarm of) Bee(s) 🦇 @jobeeart.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
thank 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 :)
Six panel comic. In the first panel, a guy says, "I don't like thing". Then, a heavenly light shines on him and an angel descends. The angel hands him a note and flies away again. In the last panel, we see the note just says, "OK".
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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️🦈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
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DO YOU THINK IT MIGHT HELP TO LEARN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "BEING SILENCED" AND JUST, LIKE, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE NOT WANTING TO HEAR YOU TALK ANY MORE?
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