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Patrick Samphire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Enid Blyton's books took a darker turn towards the end.

Gloucestershire. Five arrested for alleged terrorism offences after 'major incident' near RAF Fairford.

Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I build much of my social identity on oneliners. It works perfectly, except when I say something that isn't funny and have to spend the next week going over the conversation in my head over and over again.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The literacy crisis is not just referring to people's ability to literally read and write. It's also people's inability to read for context. I've been a public educator for over 20 years and I have never, ever seen it this bad.

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Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

For newer F&SF writers, here's a resource you may not be aware of, the Submission Grinder. It helps you find markets and track your submissions - and even publishes some fiction. Free to use, but if you use it a lot, consider supporting their Patreon. #booksky thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com

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The Submission Grinder

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I could have written you a poem To make your day bright To make your life bloom To let you spread your kindness everywhere But the office And the hours And the profit And the grind Convinced me Instead to send you an email With kind regards #Poem #OrNot

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Bart King @bartking.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Hmm, the early promo shots for Denis Villeneuve's "Dune: Part Three" are not instilling confidence.

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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

1/ Donald Trump's order to stop the use of Canadian goods in US federal procurement threatens to have a massive impact on the US defence-industrial base, which is heavily dependent on Canadian inputs – especially raw materials such as aluminium.

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

On the Ed Sheeran shitstorm scale from one to ten, Robert Kraft is a 12.

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Currently reading a history book about the fall of the Soviet Union. It describes people who believed the system was infallible, and people who learned to think for themselves. Guess which group brought about the change?

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Anna Hughes 🍁 @annaghughes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

trying to make new friends as an adult

Amy Adams in Arrival holding the white board that says HUMAN while she's trying to communicate with aliens

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Make a band edible Fetallica

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The raw data of the hairs on your neck rising when you finally figure out the plot twist. Of your eyes glazing over when you read a boring passage during revisions. Of your restless tongue probing your front teeth until you figure out the right phrase.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 09/09/2026

Astrophotographer Adam (AJ) Smadi caught this image a few hours ago from Washington state. A thin crescent Moon, sunlight illuminating the rugged lunar surface. And 2,400 times farther away—and on the other side of the Sun—mighty Jupiter, and its moons Io (left) and Ganymede (right).

A crescent Moon seen during the day, arcing from upper left to lower right of the frame. At lower centre is the full disk of Jupiter; the small dots to its upper left and lower right and Io and Ganymede, respectively.

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Yes! The first thing my medieval history prof mentioned to illustrate the medieval way of thinking was the question: "Where can I get salt?"

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I cast ENTANGLEMENT! (There's usually a passage to the garden here.) #suburbanDruid #isthatevenahashtag

Hedge-cuttings piled up between a wall and a hedge to a hight of at least two meters

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Reposting this since ot got as many reactions as the story mentioned. Writers, which of your short stories deserves all the love? #writing #shortStories

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

One thing you didn't know about me: I was schooled by Dr. Strange. Yes. But no. Not that Dr. Strange. A history professor. His first name was Erik, and the pronounciation of 'Strange' was different. Also, the meaning of his last name was closer to 'strict' than 'odd' or 'bizarre'.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Today’s poem is called ‘Bags’.

Bags

you have bags
of bags

collecting bags
must be your bag

because you have bags
with nothing in them
except bags,
inside of which are other bags,
full of bags

you have enough bags for life
for a hundred lifetimes –
if there was a prize for the total number of tote bags
you would totes have it
in the bag

don’t know why you need so many bags
when all you ever put in them
are other bags

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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This one’s my favourite

A reddit post from the Wile E Coyote AMA that says “Hi WEC, I've watched you since I was a child, just wanted to say thank you for running into paintings of tunnels for all those years.”

The replies is a film still of Wile E Coyote smiling and holding a sign that says “Keep art alive”

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Robin Sevakis @jadedsketch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Wile E. Coyote is doing a reddit AMA right now for Coyote vs ACME and strictly answering through signs, and it's genius.

Wile E Coyote in an office, pointing to a sign he's holding that reads "WE CANNOT JUDGE OUR WORTH ON THE WORK OF OTHERS"

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

There must be fifty ways to leave your Potter Fifty ways to leave your Potter Forget fam’ly black, Jack Drop HBO’s plan, Stan No need to watch Gild'roy Just get yourself free Miss out on the knight bus, Don’t need to discuss much Find new stuff to see, Lee And get yourself free

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

So, what happened in August that doesn't seem important but probably is? Source: fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/deb...

A chart showing that the US debt reached 40 trillion dollars on 8/18/2026

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Short story writers: Share that story of yours that no one read but really should! Mine's ‘How to Write a Novel in Ten Days During the Zombie Apocalypse’ in Pulp Literature Issue 45. pulpliterature.com/subscribe/ba...

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Issue 45, Winter 2025 - PULP Literature

In this issue, Solstice Ritual by cover artist Herman Lau challenges us in a winter landscape where myth and folklore lurk.

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Apollon the Cat at his book pulpit.

A brown-white house cat peeking out from behind a row of books.

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Mostly the internet just has opinions, but once in a while those opinions turn out to be great ideas.

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A day spent in good company at the local Port festival.

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Clarkesworld @clarkesworldmagazine.com · 26/08/2026

I'm excited to share that The Best Science Fiction of the Year: 2025 anthology will be published by Wyrm Publishing in November. Full details on my blog: neil-clarke.com/next-install...

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Next installment in the Best Science Fiction of the Year series – Neil Clarke

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Optimists: The cup is half full Pessimists: The cup is half empty Jack White: If you're a cup then arrest yourself!

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I get the same result here as on my Myers-Briggs test...

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I've just finished the weirdest short story I've ever written. 430 words, which I'll cut, cut, cut, until the story is perhaps a little less weird... but tbh I'm not sure that's possible.

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Jakob Drud @jakobdrud.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Rolling Stones' new cover of Amy Winehouse's 'You Know I'm No Good' is amazing. Their version is a great Stones song and at the same time shows exactly what an absolutely brilliant song the original is. youtu.be/b-I2s5zRbHg?...

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Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good

YouTube video by AmyWinehouseVEVO

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This #womenintranslationmonth , why not preorder or dip into any of our four anthologies of translated SFFH? SINOPTICON and SINOPHAGIA (edited and translated by @xuetingni.bsky.social ) and NORDIC VISIONS and NORDIC NIGHTMARES (edited by Margrét Helgadóttir)! geni.us/nordicnigh geni.us/sinophagia

Against a teal fabric background, four flatlaid paperback anthologies:

NORDIC VISIONS and NORDIC NIGHTMARES edited by Margret Helgadottir

SINOPTICON and SINOPHAGIA edited and translated by Xueting C. Ni.

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Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне @barsukov.com · 17/08/2026

AI RANT Following the cancellation of three major debut book deals over AI suspicions, I decided to put my own (needless to say, 100% human-written) prose to the test. My detector of choice was Originality AI, and the results proved to be jarring, to say the least. 🧵1/5