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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This is happening Friday, if anyone's interested. To be honest, it's happening if nobody's interested. That was a completely pointless caveat. #ADHD

September 4th, 8PM (BST)
YouTube/Instagram
Think "Mystery Science Theatre 3000
But with a lot more evidence-based
neuroscientific critique
And probably much angrier
..with swearing
...in a Welsh accent
A
INEUROSCIENTIST
REACTS TO
'THE GREAT
AOHO MYTH
LIVE
DR DEAN BURNETT
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The Great
ADHD Myth?

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Escape Pod @escapepod.org · 01/09/2026

Good news, sophonts: Escape Pod is once more open to submissions! {{}}< And as soon as we deal with >{{}} all these trilobites, the website will say as much. For now, the submission link to Moksha does work!

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Short Fiction | Escape Pod

Escape Pod is open to submissions of science fiction short stories from September 1 - May 31.

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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My 5 year plan is to get more weird

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Florence McGrath @flothulhu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

On the upside look at this gorgeous abundance of fungus currently on the yew tree in our garden! #Funghi #HotDamn

A massive lump of creamy white, and beige mushrooms growing on the yew tree in our garden.

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Bloggo's POW! @bloggospow.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Arcade conversions were all over your gaming system in the 80s. Like some kind of fungi. Here's some of those digital mushrooms now. Time to cook up a wellington then. youtu.be/wRHJfSWvyOU

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Nintendo Arcade Conversions for the Nintendo Entertainment System NES POW!

YouTube video by Bloggos Pow

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Still no takers. I don't *understand*, and it's killing me. LOOK AT THESE FACES.

Gray cat with small white flash on throat, sitting on bed, looking up.

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Dr Tiffani Angus @tiffaniangus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

LA Worldcon starts today! And I'm running my first online workshop of the con at 6.30 this evening (London time) all about the overlap between Suburban and Techno Horror complete with writing activities. So, get on it and sign up! www.lacon.org

LA Worldcon 2026
My schedule
Clarion Presents: Writing Horror at Home (suburban and techno horror workshops)
27/8/2026 at 6.30 pm

A Cottage Garden Conundrum: Fantastical Garden Re-Creation
29/8/2026 at 2 pm

Clarion Presents: Writing Folk Horror- Linking the Chain (workshop)
29/8/2026 at 5 pm

Virtual Table Talk
30/8/2026 at 3.30 pm

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🎃 Trip Ghouley 🎃 @trip.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Today at 12.00 PDT/20.00 BST I will be running a workshop on WRITING THE FEY. If you’re a (virtual) attendee of this year’s World Science Fiction Convention, come along and we’ll discuss ways you can make your characters look, act, and FEEL more like unknowable fey entities!

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Glasgow SF Writers' Circle @gsfwc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#CoverReveal alert! Behold the cover art for our new anthology Haverin, designed by our own Jenni Coutts. Look carefully and you'll spot some sneaky clues to the tales inside. Celebrating 40 years of the GSFWC, #Haverin is out October 2026 from Taverna Press. #GSFWC40 @jennicoutts.bsky.social(1/2)

The cover of Haverin, the GSFWC anthology, which features a red-haired girl reading while surrounded by books and a cat in a green space. Text reads: Featuring: Neil Williamson, E.M. Faulds, Christopher Caldwell, Eliza Chan and many more. Haverin, Edited by Brian M. Milton, Peter Morrison and Heather Valentine.

The back of the cover of Haverin, continuing the green landscape dotted with various creatures, including a robot head, lion, and a pie. Text reads: Haverin, Scots, Verb: Talking in a foolish or trivial manner, speaking nonsense. Glaswegians enjoy a bit of haverin and few enjoy it more than the Glasgow SF Writers' Circle have for the last forty years, following many hard critique sessions with a bit of a haver in the pub. This anthology is a celebration of those forty years, with more than forty stories of Fantasy, Science and the Odd from members past and present. Join us on this fantastical journey, turning havers into stories and revelling in the full range of writing that has come out of the Circle since 1986.

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Longleat @longleatofficial.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Happy World Wild Dog Day to our pack of handsome boys 🧡 These incredible canines are unfortunately one of the most endangered carnivores in Africa, so it's essential that we continue to conserve the species by building awareness and working with Tusk.

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Anthony Hurd @anthonyhurd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Final 24 hours to purchase the charity print “Now We Ride!” 50% of the proceeds go to New Mexico Gay Rodeo Association, happening this weekend in Santa FE NM!

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GigerPunk @gigerpunk.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Also, saw these and thought of @susieoftraken.bsky.social. Then Flo bought one :)

A table at a small craft fair with crocheted bags in the shape of ammonite shells.

Flothulhu modelling her green crocheted ammonite bag, with included glasses holder and silver octopus charm.
Clothes model's own.

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Cvkvlv Beadwork @cvkvlv.com · 22/08/2026

Yvfkē (pronounced yuff-kee) is the Mvskoke word for evening or dusk Shop this pair → cvkvlv.com/products/yvf... #Mvskoke #Beadwork

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Neon Hemlock @neonhemlock.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Submissions are now open for speculative novelettes and/or tiny short story collection chapbooks. Word limit: 7,500 to 12,000 words. Limited print run. Will pay $100 and 25 copies. Deadline: October 15th. More info here: neonhemlock.submittable.com/submit/36598...

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Neon Hemlock - Speculative Chapbook/Novelette

Neon Hemlock Press is open to submissions of speculative chapbook manuscripts from August 20 to October 15, 2026. We expect to publish at least one chapbook next year; if the stretch goal in our curre...

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Horror Tree @horrortree.com · 19/08/2026

🔥 The Submission Pit opens Sept. 1 for SF, fantasy & horror. 💰 $100 + 50% of monthly paid subscriber revenue 📖 6,000-10,000 words ♻️ Reprints welcome 💵 No fee 📅 Sept. 1-30 horrortree.com/taking-submi...

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Thea O'Ryan Files @theaoryanfiles.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Women with Weapons is accepting submissions. Open to any genre. Stories must prominently feature a woman/non-binary character wielding a weapon, 1000-8000words, $31 USD plus 0.03cents per word, due Sept 15 Full guidelines: horrortree.com/.../taking-s... #SubmissionCall #WritingCommunity

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Taking Submissions: Women with Weapons - The Horror Tree

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Florence McGrath @flothulhu.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Please read through this thread and considering lending a hand to these folks, there is a gofundme in the second post of the thread, if you can’t afford a donation, please share! It’s been a shit time for small businesses, and bookshops especially. Please help this one to keep going ❤️

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Florence McGrath @flothulhu.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Saturday morning mental health self care. Do it. Now!

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Florence McGrath @flothulhu.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I have a few but the most puzzling to me is Fallout 4. I played the shit out of 3 ( +all the dlc)and was obsessed with New Vegas (ditto dlc), but 4? Still haven’t finished the main quest, the most hours I’ve put into it were just building my little community. I’ll need to try AGAIN. See also 76.

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thepokeuk.bsky.social @thepokeuk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Nigel Farage claims he was forced to resign by the political establishment, and there’s not enough chinny reckon in the world www.thepoke.com/2026/08/13/f...

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's quite spectacular to watch the cattle being herded along the beach here in Texas, sorry, I mean coastal Dorset, UK. I wrote a little about that, and a lot about several other things, including books and my complex feelings towards this website, here: www.tom-cox.com/summe/

A herd of ruby red cattle being led across the shingle on Chesil Beach in Dorset one evening a couple of weeks ago.

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Florence McGrath @flothulhu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Forgot to say, if you don’t have eclipse glasses please don’t look at the sun directly. No matter how tempting, just don’t. Look up pinhole cameras, you can literally make them out of any cardboard box. I’ll be watching you… Mostly cos I don’t have any eclipse glasses so I won’t be watching that 😂

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Florence McGrath @flothulhu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Morning friendos, it’s to be a hot one today in the UK. Please hydrate, stay as cool as you can and if you are on medication, stay out of the sun. The heat and dehydration does not mix well with most of them. I worry about you folks, look after yourselves. Take care and stay safe❤️

Be like Missy, stay in the shade if you go outside ❤️

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Florence McGrath @flothulhu.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Hahahahaha JMS blocked me, I think I hurt his feelings by pointing out what a massive fucking lazy twat he was for feeding Harlan Ellison’s book into the AI slop machine ‘for fun’ to find out its opinion! Proudly announcing it like a toddler who’d done a big shit.

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Phil Williams @fantasticphil.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This September I am going to walk to extreme lengths in the interests of charity. If you want to support a noble cause/make me walk further, lend me your pennies. This is in memory of my mum, whose death inspired the founding of BRCA+ Chat, a charity that helps people globally. Link below!

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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 11/08/2026

Calling all arty people! Yes you with the easel and paints! Join us and Clavis Mentis in the Hall's garden for an arts session with a difference! Bring your own sketchbooks and favourite materials, find a comfortable spot and simply enjoy drawing outdoors.

We are looking at the Hall from a high vantage point over looking its secluded garden. It is a sunny day from a couple of years ago as the grass is green (not gold like today). The sun is shining on the Hall and people are sitting in the garden around chairs and tables.

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Florence McGrath @flothulhu.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Fucking state of this. I hope Ellison haunts him for the rest of his days. Massive fucking lazy twat.

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Florence McGrath @flothulhu.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

WTF is this shit? Littering a beach with nonsense because of a fictional fucking character in a movie. GTFOH. The council should just collect up all this shit and bin it. Get a fucking grip folks. The beach was just a random location selected for its remoteness, stop adding to coastal degradation.

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Simon Spanton @simonguy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Yesterday's stick.

A photo of a golden roan working cocker-spaniel carrying a stick out of a river.

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Florence McGrath @flothulhu.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Oi oi! All this sunshine is lovely and that but can Wales have a little rain please, it’s drier than a lady garden in the vicinity of Andrew Tate out here. It’s meant to be green not yellow, Wales that is, not the lady garden. As a Scot, I need misting.

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Doctor Who: Cassandra's 'Moisturise Me!'

Alt: Doctor Who: The stretched skin of Cassandra shouts ‘Moisturise Me!' She is all of Wales right now.

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RJ Barker @rjbarker.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Well, follows is a quick thread showing off the INCREDIBLE @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social special edition of MORTEDANT'S PERIL. But first, let's have a moment of quiet and say the Mortedant's prayer together.

Towers in the distance, crows flying, people walk through the city. Over it all the words - Howling Lord guide this one across the gap between. Show them the way and let them rest from their toil. If they do not know peace let me hear their words and gift it to them.

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Bloggo's POW! @bloggospow.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

What goes on in Vegas stays in Vegas as the saying goes. Luckily these days the same does not apply to 30 year old Playstation games. But what are they? Lets use our eyes and find out. youtu.be/ICaUtwQrIzs

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Japanese Only Playstation Games POW

YouTube video by Bloggos Pow

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Florence McGrath @flothulhu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Looking forward to these two, have loved his creepy novella Ragged Alice for years (go and read it for spooky mystery if you haven’t already), can’t wait for full horror! Woot! #Horror

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Florence McGrath @flothulhu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

WTF is this shit? I went to school with kids who struggled academically and behaviourally because of dysfunctional home lives. When left school and lived their own lives, they went on to have successful jobs, owned their own businesses etc. This is writing off kids before they live.

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Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A creature wearing a woman's body becomes a lonely man's girlfriend, but the woman suit and his interest start to rot... "Not Like Other Girls" by @ghoulpus.bsky.social is out now at Reactor! Art by A.W. Sommers Edited by @annvandermeer.bsky.social

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Not Like Other Girls - Reactor

A creature wearing a woman’s body becomes a lonely man’s girlfriend, but the woman suit and his interest start to rot.

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Amelia Clark - Lover of Flagons @gingertotty.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Friends… please can you share? I’m starting to put some art up for sale to pay for my louche year of painting (and grieving, let’s face it cos that’s what’s at the root of all this, I think) - and would love to find some nice homes for my art #artforsale #starvingartist #watercolour #bsnm #nature

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Florence McGrath @flothulhu.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I am being judged for the fact there is a drizzle, A DRIZZLE, and I am not switching it off. Scampi is very offended by my lack of action and is now staring morosely out at the hint of dampness. It is an affront.

Scampi, a floofy tabby with a white chest is staring at me with unconcealed judgement that it is mildly damp outside. She knows I can control the light switch so why not the rain switch? Outrage.

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Florence McGrath @flothulhu.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Dreamt last night that on a whim I got a train from Glasgow to a city in Yugoslavia. Not Serbia, or Slovenia or any of the countries that exist now, Yugoslavia. Apparently trains run directly there from Glasgow and into the past. It was bloody excellent though, the city was fantastical!

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Amanda Rutter @alrutter.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The worst is when you don't understand it yourself, when you develop a chronic illness and suddenly things that seemed easy (keeping the house tidy, keeping yourself clean) are like a mountain in front of you. It's just so difficult to comprehend and adjust.

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Bloggo's POW! @bloggospow.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Not sure why my last 3 videos are not doing as well compared to others this year but hey-ho, Sunday morning boost! youtu.be/_qj3hHqHztw

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Late 80s Atari Arcade Games POW

YouTube video by Bloggos Pow

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An Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog @hugobookclub.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Watched Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, and am so angry that they left out a crucial element of the original text.

The robot Nono from the TV show Ulysses 31.

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