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Laura Kidd 💌 Penfriend @penfriendrocks.bsky.social · 2h

I'm still giving away my entire digital music catalogue while simultaneously raising funds to pay a ginormous pet hospital bill (yes we're insured!). Pay what you can isn't a trick - you're v.welcome to type 0 at checkout, but if you are in a position to support, your contributions are appreciated.

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 20h

ahem

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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 23h

Out today on #BandcampFriday The AUNTIE BEEB ALBUM Songs written for and indeed ABOUT the BBC… mitchbenn.bandcamp.com/album/the-au...

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The Auntie Beeb Double Album, by Mitch Benn

24 track album

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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It’s #BANDCAMPFRIDAY, when BC waives its usual cut and the artist gets 100% of what you pay… Available for pre-order: GILBERT & SULLIVAN’S DRACULA: Original London Cast Recording All the songs from my forthcoming comic operetta mitchbenn.bandcamp.com/album/origin...

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Original London Cast Recording: Mitch Benn presents Gilbert & Sullivan's Dracula, by Mitch Benn

27 track album

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Mark Dignam MDANT @markdignam69.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What an insane, ridiculous idea.

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Laura Kidd 💌 Penfriend @penfriendrocks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I hate money and love music, so to celebrate 7 years + 1 day of quitting my 15 year solo project She Makes War I've made everything on my Bandcamp page FREE / pay what you can: shemakeswar.bandcamp.com 5 albums, 3 EPs, 4 demo collections, 4 fanclub releases, 5 instrumental albums + more!

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She Makes War

Check out my new music project Penfriend at http://penfriendrocks.bandcamp.com +++ She Makes War was the solo project of Bristol based multi-instrumentalist producer and visual artist Laura Kidd. ...

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The war with the bicycles was over and the humans had won.

Black and white wall photo at Leeds station showing a bunch of people on a hillside with a lot of bicycles lying around.

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robynhitchcock.bsky.social @robynhitchcock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

LONDON! A tender reminder that I’m playing the Union Chapel on October 10th with full electric trappings & gravy: Kimberley Rew will materialise at some point, and @emmaswiftsings.bsky.social opens with both guitarists blazing. Some tickets remain HERE: www.bandsintown.com/t/1037191233...

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robynhitchcock.bsky.social @robynhitchcock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

LOS ANGELES! I’ll perform an evening of Syd Barrett’s songs on this unearthly genius’s 81st birthday at the Lodge Room Los Angeles on January 6th 2027. With full electric band & lights blazing. Once more unto the UFO, dear groovers - and don’t spare the overdrive… folkyeah.com#/robyn-hitch...

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Have YOU gotten a copy of my witchy, tarot-filled, feminist, myth/fairytale-laden poetry collection, Offerings for Ordinary Gods (@clashbooks.bsky.social), yet? Links: Amazon: www.amazon.com/Offerings-Or... Inkwood: www.inkwoodnj.com/item/Ta5ktKU... (signed) @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social:

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Offerings for Ordinary Gods

Pulling from the symbolism of tarot cards and fairytales, this speculative horror poetry collection recenters the power from altars of ordinary gods back to our highest self. Rooted in archetypes, mag...

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Laura Kidd 💌 Penfriend @penfriendrocks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'm in a real life magazine! I need to go and find a copy to see what Craig included, but I remember it being a lovely chat :D

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Duncan Batey @duncanbatey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Photo from Etsy, but I saw someone wearing this t-shirt here in town earlier today and thought @alwayscoffee.bsky.social and @bigbeardedbookseller.com might find it entertaining. I can certainly relate to it.

Photo of a t-shirt with what looks like a tarot card printed on it - image is of a skeleton sitting in a metal box full of flame, against the backdrop of a starry night sky with two crescent moons. Card is labelled "The Emotional Dumpster Fire"

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Duncan Batey @duncanbatey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Opening times for the smallholding I walked to for eggs today, and most Wednesdays. Fortunately the egg-buying bit is *this* side of the gate, on an honesty box basis.

Photo of a sign on a metal gate. Sign says:

TORR VIEW POULTRY & ANIMAL FEEDS

OPENING TIMES:

OPEN

(PHONE FIRST)

07825 429457*

MONDAY:

9am - 3pm

3pm - 9pm:

TUESDAY:

9am - 3pm

3pm - 9pm:

WEDNESDAY CLOSED:

Go away, not a chance in hell, unless you have 1 eye and a parrot called mike sat on your shoulder.

THURSDAY:

9am - 3pm

3pm - 9pm:

FRIDAY:

9am -35pm

5pm - 9pm:

SATURDAY:

9am - 1pm:

CLOSED

SUNDAY:

10am - 1pm:

3pm - 6pm:

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Golden Wednesday. That was quite an unexpected end to my morning walk. After going up Glastonbury Tor in torrential rain, I was on my way home and the sky cleared in seconds!

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

A figure stands in a barren landscape; reaches for the lever on a large, eccentric contraption covered in wires, pipes, dials and buttons; looks over towards two figures inside a bunker and says:

"'Trust me, it's safe' would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't saying it from inside a concrete bunker."

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helen @hejparry.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In my ongoing shameless promotion of A Scrap of Moss & Magick, my forthcoming children’s book, here’s a link to a list I made recommending books with a similar vibe. I was cruelly restricted to a maximum of seven so it was very hard to choose. #ukkidlit #kidlituk #middlegrade

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Helen Parry's Shelf Full of Magick: A Reading List from the author of A Scrap of Moss and Magick

As a child, I loved books with a sprinkling of magic. I believed that if I paid enough attention, I’d find witches at the bottom of my garden, fall through my (flatpack) wardrobe into a snowy forest o...

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 29/09/2026

Today in "decisions in kerning"

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Andromeda @ulveheksa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

~Gregory Orr "Squander it all! Hold nothing back." ✨

Squander it all!
Hold nothing back.

The heart's a deep well.

And when it's empty,
It will fill again.

Gregory Orr

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Julian Simpson @juliansimpson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you missed out on the Call of Cthulhu campaign, the chance to get access to the show (when it is released) and various other goodies are now available on the pre-order store: lovecraft5.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

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Pre-order Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu on BackerKit

If you missed the campaign, now is your chance to get on board. The show is planned for release in early 2027. All physical items will ship shortly thereafter. PLEASE NOTE: Shipping will be charged s...

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Marjan Rafat @marjanrafat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival

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Ian Duff @ianduff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Still on my umpteenth reread of Stephen King's It.

40th Anniversary Hardback of Stephen King's It

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DoctorGRAW @doctorgraw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

~500 pages into this behemoth, its definitely not light reading clocking in at more than 1200 pages and there are periods I feel lost in terms of where it is going but beautifully crafted and worth the investment. In its shadow I continue to work through epubs of volume 8 and 9 of The Horus Heresy

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Gareth Foreman @magicgareth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Morning all, currently reading ‘Crook Manifesto’ by Colson Whitehead. It’s the second in his ‘Harlem Trilogy’.

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helen @hejparry.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hello! I’m reading The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance by Chiara Bullen. A historian travels to the inn to document the adventurers who set forth from there to climb the mountain & maybe kill the dragon. But after one night at the inn, the adventurers turn back. Always. No one has ever succeeded.

Photograph of my hand holding a copy of the very beautiful The Inn at the Foot of Mount Vengeance, by Chiara Bullen. The black cover is decorated with a picture of a traditional white house. Vines climb up the margins, entwined with books and swords. At the top is a mountain peak with a dragon flying around it.

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 28/09/2026

Gosh. This is very... espionage-y.

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Duncan Batey @duncanbatey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Incredibly, I am STILL reading "Elric of Melniboné: The Elric Saga, Vol. 1" by Michael Moorcock - things have taken a darker turn, with our hero making several major blunders in a row, sending him even further down his moody path of guilt and shame-ridden questing and generally chaotic destruction

Hardback book face up on a dark wooden surface. Cover image of an albino male with long white hair wearing black armour and boots leaning on a black sword next to a stylised black tree against a light brown background

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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 28/09/2026

It's Monday once more and today I'm checking out every book I own and not feeling it, will probably have come up with something by the end of the day What book(s) are you reading this week? 💙📚 #BookSky #AmReading #MondayReads #TBR

White circle in a blue background with the words "It's Monday! What are you reading?" in the circle

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 27/09/2026

Superb little 3-post vignette here :)

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is your friendly reminder that I have a witchy, tarot-filled, feminist, myth/fairytale-laden poetry collection, Offerings for Ordinary Gods, from @clashbooks.bsky.social ! You can snag it here: www.alitrotta.com/recent-works @reactorsff.bsky.social review: reactormag.com/book-review-...

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It’s In the Cards: Ali Trotta’s Offerings for Ordinary Gods - Reactor

Myths, legends, and arcana are the materials with which Trotta reflects our lives, showing readers how close they might be to the stuff of legends.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Author Simulator. My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Title: Author Simulator

Level 1: Get to desk and begin! (Platform video game-style image of an author jumping from a block onto a cloud with desk and computer) Result: success!

Level 2: Press on despite distractions! (Author typing as the desk/clod moves past a ghost and a spider) ) Result: success!

Level 3: Deliver manuscript to editor! (Author jumping over fire pit onto platform where editor waits) Result: success!

Level 4: Accept minor criticism! (Author lying ded in fronto of editors desk) Result: better luck next time!

Along the bottom are controls for:
Left right jump crouch read write nap coffee

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A colourful end to the day here in Glastonbury. It was worth the walk I think. Now it is time for a glass of wine 🍷

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Jeremy Jenkins @jeremyjenkins.net · 26/09/2026

Found a monster during today’s walk. He recently celebrated his 3000th birthday, so he’s a bit grumpy at the moment.

A very old tree with a big hole looking like a mouth and smaller holes looking like eyes.

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Pink Paradise at Dawn. This morning on Glastonbury Tor shortly before sunrise.

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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Mitch Benn presents Gilbert & Sullivan’s DRACULA Lost for 120 years, restored, recreated and completely made up by MITCH BENN STRICTLY LIMITED RUN - FOUR PERFORMANCES ONLY 24/25 October www.tickettailor.com/events/circl... #dracula #gilbertandsullivan #operetta #mitchbenn

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Kaye Elling @k000.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

OMG I've just realised what Google's AI search interference model is: An automated mansplainer. Think about it: Unsolicited ✅ Confident ✅ Frequently wrong ✅

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Use alt text on your images. USE ALT TEXT ON YOUR IMAGES. If you post with an image, that image has VALUE. Information! It's important. Share with the whole class, or just go sit in the corner. (The culture here is to give a shit. Even if you don't understand the why, alt text takes 10 seconds.)

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Ali Trotta @alwayscoffee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I am an ocean of curious secrets, depths full of salt and song, a longing heart, a wrecked ship, a beacon across the night, a creature of journey and destination, always reaching, always leaving behind— I know the grave of hope, and yet, the notes start again, somehow. #TinyPoem

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Stirrings of dawn with Orion still visible above Glastonbury Tor. Hand held phone pic.

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Berry @berryh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Scratch that, new band name incoming BBC News - Invasive demon shrimp discovered in Wiltshire waterway - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Invasive demon shrimp discovered in Wiltshire waterway

The "highly invasive" shrimp are larger than native species and can damage ecosystems.

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Following on from Wednesday's Autumn Equinox, today is Autumn Equilux with day and night being equal. A balanceof light and dark at dawn here in Glastonbury this morning as the sun rose behind St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor.

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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 25/09/2026

Went to the Kill Jackie premier last night in London. UNBELIEVABLY FUN :) (Also kind of an earth-shaking, life milestone moment for me personally. 20 years ago I wrote The Gone-Away World having bounced off the film industry pretty hard, and here I am with a show...)

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Etymology of the day: the expression ‘you have another thing coming’ was originally ‘you have another think coming’: today’s version appeared within a year of the original, back in the 1800s. A short piece on the joyful messiness of linguistic evolution. susiedent.substack.com/p/another-th...

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Another think coming

How linguistic evolution is as messy as it is joyful

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