Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 2hRead first chapter of Exordia by Seth Dickinson and can’t stop thinking about it. The frenetic writing, which is the character voice; the tangling, tumbling thoughts that are both artful exposition and insight into how MC is—or perhaps is not—processing the past. The moment of dread! Smoothed over! 100
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateChris @leftychris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I think he/she is an only child - quite unusual for this mum and dad. Blending in with dad in the second pic. Again, photos are taken from far away on max zoom (see third pic). I’m a bit in awe of this camera’s oomph given how numpty-friendly it is. 4173
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicatePremee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 24/09/2026ALSO is it that time of year again?? Is the air getting crisp?? Are ghosts beginning to whisper from the dark corner behind the bookshelf?? ("Actually we're roasting" OK I can't help where you live, ignore the above) Time to read THE APPLE-TREE THRONE! www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...kobo.comThe Apple-Tree Throne ebook by Premee Mohamed - Rakuten KoboRead "The Apple-Tree Throne" by Premee Mohamed available from Rakuten Kobo. It is the turn of the century in an England that never was. Bright new aqua-plants are generating electricity for the st... 414962
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Made my first chain link by link. Mistakes were made! I learned some things! Now I’m making a more complicated one with two rings per link. Pic 1: Unpolished Pic 2: Polished #silversmith 451
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776382128
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 09/05/2026hating ai is a pro-social activity 81075247
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateVivaldi Browser @vivaldi.com · 15/09/2026Hello there, may I interest you in switching to a European web browser that has: ❌ Zero AI slop. ❌ Zero tracking. ❌ Zero external investors. 🤩 Endless ways to customize your setup. 🤩 Tons of powerful features. Oh, and it's an employee-owned alternative to the Big Tech giants. Welcome over! 1019974
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateAustralian Society of Authors @asauthors.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The ASA has launched our Annual Survey for 2026 and we need to hear from you! The survey is open to all authors and illustrators, including ASA members and non-members. And please share! For more details and to take the survey please visit: www.asauthors.org.au/news/have-yo... 037
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateEmily 🌵 @emeemay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I gave myself half an hour this morning and got the star blanks cut and the speech bubble stamped and cut. I’m going to refine the bubble so it fits a bit better before soldering, but it was exactly what the design needed! #silversmith #metalwork 431
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My local is the Superb Fairywren. Last year I got to add the Splendid and Purple-Backed Fairywrens to my life list. Am yet to see one of these little gems, but one day, one day… 050
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Making people mad on the book tracking app with my opinion that science should be presented factually 🙃 000
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026BUT… using too many action beats can mess with pacing and obfuscate the focus of a scene. The book I just read had no simple dialogue tags at all; it became obvious the author was bending over backwards to avoid using “he said,” and it ultimately created a lot of the problems with the story. 020
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateAlyssa Matesic @alyssamatesic.bsky.social · 21/09/20264️⃣ Overusing fancy dialogue tags "Said" is nearly invisible to readers. But anything else will immediately stand out, like: 🗣️ "Exclaimed" 🗣️ "Hissed" 🗣️ "Bellowed" 171
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateAlyssa Matesic @alyssamatesic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The gap between what characters SAY and what they MEAN is where all the great dialogue tension lives. 1111
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateClarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 21/09/2026Updating the "AI" community's own words for short fiction marketing: Short stories won’t replace humans, but humans who read short stories will replace those who don’t. The true power of short stories lies not in replacing humans, but in working alongside us to achieve what neither can do alone. 114632
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateFrankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 19/09/2026From Chapter 6: Daley discovered that it contained five metal coat-hangers, and smelled strongly of mothballs. He hung up three suits, a sports jacket, a pair of trousers, and six shirts, and then closed the doors. ...Is this *supernatural* crime fiction? 021
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This book is a fantastic example of why simple dialogue tags are good, actually. Half the book is taken up with inane stage direction while the author bends over backwards to avoid saying "he said." And the epithets, my god, the epithets... 120
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateKala Paint @kalapaint.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Kala Paint is out! I'm @olawson.bsky.social , professional artist for 15 years, then game dev, now wrote the painting software I wish I'd been using all this time. GPU-run creamy brushes, no subscription, no gen AI crap, hand-coded with ideas from artists in our Discord, and more added weekly! 502484964
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The tradesjerks started their loud bad thumping music at 7am, which they’ve been doing for weeks now; I looked at the internet; my unread message count is now 50+; fridge is devoid of vegetable matter aside from a bouquet of limp spring onions. Think I’ll sit the day out, thanks. 130
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“A female walked in [lengthy description of her boobs]” Well, this book keeps getting worse and worse 🙃 100
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Icehouse are touring ICEHOUSE ARE TOURING 110
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Sister and I saw Easy Rider at the cinema last night. Was great to see it again and hear the soundtrack through big speakers. We came out of it really upset and despondent, though; it shouldn’t still be this relevant. 020
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The Gang of Sparrows are in my freshly dug dirt so I can’t go into the yard until they’re done. Those are the rules. 030
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Update on making Skyrim peaceful for my mother: Found a mod called No Blood Anymore that removes blood decals from the environment -- sounds great! Now I'm encountering incredible scenes like this. Everything so clean and pristine. That is definitely not a blood trail, no. Definitely no murder here. 020
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateVictoria Rose Richards @aerialembroidery.bsky.social · 09/09/2026'What about my harvest?!' - my second embroidered crop circle! These aerial landscapes have been so fun! This one was 35 hours, the knots took less time but the circles took longer than expected 👽 now available here with the first: victoriaroserichards.co.uk/collection/a... 1/2 10516162
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateChris @leftychris.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Loving her lazy eye. 4265
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Had never heard Last to Know by Neil Finn before, but now I have and my brain has decided it will be all I listen to for the foreseeable future. 020
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 22/02/2026this guy's smart and he found it useful, what does that mean for the rest of us? well it's still blood soaked machinery you rent from fascists so it's not affecting my analysis really 329871
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateEmily 🌵 @emeemay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Brain say make stuff, so I make stuff. Pietersite and WIP dendritic agate with pierced backplate. Pietersite is available! #silversmith #metalwork 2185
Reposted by Frankly Can't Communicategamersnexus.bsky.social @gamersnexus.bsky.social · 06/09/2026216 million spy TVs, ACR, vulnerabilities, and the LG Smart TV problem: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFV...youtube.com216,000,000 Spy TVs | The LG Smart TV ProblemYouTube video by Gamers Nexus 15408178
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 06/09/2026My Pagebound feed is dominated by posts about Ninth House and Katabasis. A compelling reason not to read popular books… 210
Reposted by Frankly Can't Communicate🍃sage nightmare owen 👻 @sageowenwrites.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I haven’t published anything yet but if anybody wants to have a giggle at my comically unfinished website, read a bio, or sign up for an eventual newsletter: sageowenwrites.com 173
Reposted by Frankly Can't Communicate🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 08/08/2026🐭Little mice choir 🐭 6157871568
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Inexplicable list discovered on page of work notes. 240
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Not sure where the recommendation for The Sugar Factory by Dorothee Elmiger came from, but I’m very grateful to whoever brought it to my bookshelf. It has taken way too long to get through in short bursts, so feels like I need to re-read, but even piecemeal it has been a strange and lovely treat. 120
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicatePete Fowler @petefowlerart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026youtu.be/8bmuMcjN0rQyoutu.beBig Star - September Gurls (Official Lyric Video)YouTube video by Big Star 081
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Since it's a Fatigue Day, I'm putting together a Skyrim mod list for my mother. This one is promising! Simple and to the point! I especially love that combat is ominously capitalised: NOT ATTACKED BY ANIMALS You will not be attacked by animals. However, if you attack an animal it will be Combat. 160
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 26/08/2026It's my hater-versary! Spoiler:anthonymoser.github.ioI Am Still An AI HaterI mean, you’re not surprised, right? 615056
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateEmily 🌵 @emeemay.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I also took proper photos of this garnet pendant. Still just adore how glowy it is! #silversmith #metalwork 194
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateTed Dreger Metalwork @tdmw.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Missing Australia, so I made myself a sterling black fly. #iykyk Moving there in 2027. 🤞 263
Reposted by Frankly Can't Communicatejamie loftus @jamieloftus.bsky.social · 22/08/2026i don't need AI to be productive. i do it the old fashioned way, by neglecting my relationships and physical health 438451
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateSurprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026It's 1677 & you're jonesing for eels. But foreign eels are banned. What to do? You order out! In Sept 1677, Lord Conway wanted eels "very suddenly" & ordered 3 firkins sent from his Irish estates. He offered to send back a guitar in payment but his Dublin agent already had two. 🗃️🧪 714416
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I’ve had to mend the peeling veneer and dings in chipboard in batches due to evasive bulldog clips. Final bunch all clamped up. 050
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 21/08/2026WHERE are all of my BULLDOG CLIPS. 110
Reposted by Frankly Can't CommunicateCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14/08/2026I will say one other thing: if you are one of the people who left a one-star review on Tillie Walden's book on Amazon about this, the apology you absolutely must make is to delete your review, BUY HER BOOK, and then and only then, leave the review you think it deserves after reading the whole thing. 231885
Frankly Can't Communicate @franklycant.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I loved this and need to re-listen! 010