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James Latimer has read Breath and Bone, awaiting Wolf2 @jameslatimer.bsky.social · 15h

You make one post out of frustration that your wife was late to work despite trying to call a cab to make up for bad buses... 😏

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James Latimer has read Breath and Bone, awaiting Wolf2 @jameslatimer.bsky.social · 21h

A big problem is that people aren't going to be able to take public transport if it's late, early, unreliable, slow, expensive, etc. and currently that's most local bus services. They treat them like a last resort or luxury not a service, but you can't be late to work, or spend hours to be on time.

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great moments in Scottish engineering history: James Watt tries to work out how his phone attaches to his selfie stick.

Statue of James Watt. In his right hand he holds a telescopic stick with a frame at the top; in his left he holds a flat object about the size of a large smartphone. He is scowling at the possibly-not-a-smartphone as if he is tempted to yeet it into the sea. On that basis, it probably _is_ a phone.

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Do the stats for women! It’s 5.

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚨 DEAL ENDS AT MIDNIGHT🚨 Don't miss out! Grab @pennyvixen.bsky.social 's belovéd fantasy classic THE GOBLIN EMPEROR and enter the court of reluctant ruler Maia as he learns to navigate his distant father's complex realm and builds bridges along the way. Snap it up for only 99p! 👉️ buff.ly/dnkFJbc

Against a black and gold patterned background, an eReader with the UK cover for Katherine Addison's THE GOBLIN EMPEROR. White text: "Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal" 99p.

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is amazing.

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James Latimer has read Breath and Bone, awaiting Wolf2 @jameslatimer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Who do I have to sacrifice to get the new Kai Ashante Wilson ARC? 🤔 Only 5 years since my last published review... 😏

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Jason Snell @snell.zone · 25/09/2026

complete garbage, but these algorithms are systematically destroying fair use, and the only recourse will be to never, ever quote anything

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James Latimer has read Breath and Bone, awaiting Wolf2 @jameslatimer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Hunger Games film is better than I expected. Don't like the shakey-cam but otherwise maybe being 2012 meant they still remembered how to make movies. Much less hand-holdy than most adaptations. But then, everybody had read the book I guess.

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James Latimer has read Breath and Bone, awaiting Wolf2 @jameslatimer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Left on my own for a few days and have I written a goddam word yet? No. Have I caught up on the DIY? Also, no, not really. Have I finished Reacher and binged all of Neagley? I'll let you figure it out.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

the fash grifters aren't out there generating shitty AI vids or doing bystander streams for patriotism. they're doing it because views = money.

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James Latimer has read Breath and Bone, awaiting Wolf2 @jameslatimer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Whoa whoa whoa, an American in this show just said "full stop", albeit figuratively, when he should have said period. And earlier they said GP. I don't think Americans say GP. What's going on here?

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Mannie T'Chawi … (the “T” is silent) @mannietchawi.com · 23/09/2026

This story is a great example of when @prisonculture.bsky.social speaks on picking something to focus on, organize around it, and keep at it! You don’t have to do it all, but what you do, could make all the difference.

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Highly informative on many aspects of recent events.

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James Latimer has read Breath and Bone, awaiting Wolf2 @jameslatimer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Borrowbox really needs a reminder if you haven't listened to anything for a few days - I thought I'd returned a book and I was sitting on it. Likewise, you might forget you have something!

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LordWoolamaloo @lordwoolamaloo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm into the last third of @clhellisen.com 's excellent The Shape of Monsters

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Eric Neustadter (e) @thevowel.com · 17/09/2026

If you haven’t read Kameron’s The Light Brigade you’re really missing out.

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CL Hellisen @clhellisen.com · 16/09/2026

Just a reminder that I have two events coming up. One in Edinburgh and one in Glasgow, and tickets are on sale. £3-5 gets you a glass of wine, £20-23 gets you wine AND a very pretty hardcover to love and to keep. Book now Edinburgh tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/c-l-hellis...

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C L Hellisen: The Shape of Monsters

Join C L Hellisen as they discuss their debut novel, The Shape of Monsters

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James Latimer has read Breath and Bone, awaiting Wolf2 @jameslatimer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I read one of my favourite books from decades ago again, worried it might not be as good as I remember - turns out, it's even better!

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

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Cabaret D'Arques @cabaretdarques.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Fallposting (the time is nigh)

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026

This is a tax guy. His advice could be the difference between someone having their assets seized & maybe going to jail, or not. Now imagine having to worry about racist shit in every interaction you have with any person in authority. Every doctor & nurse, every cop, every lawyer & judge, every boss

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James Latimer has read Breath and Bone, awaiting Wolf2 @jameslatimer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Did we know that C S Lewis, Aldous Huxley, and JFK all died on the same day? Because I didn't!

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Annalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.

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Anna ZenKen Stephens is on Patreon @annasmithwrites.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"The best dragon book I have ever read". First review for The Sport of Wings is in and it's a belter! #fantasyromance #dragonbook #fantasybooks #indieauthor #hybridauthor

Pretty photo of The Sport of Wings among dragons and autumnal vibes, with the review beneath giving it 5 stars.

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Katie ♥️💜💙 @katiebruce.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

62 Thief Mage Beggar Mage by CL Hellisen An ex-priest mage cursed by the gods, a despotic prince, untrustworthy alliances, ooh this was so much fun!!

The cover of Thief Mage Beggar Mage by CL Hellisen, featuring a purple background with a gold dragon

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James Latimer has read Breath and Bone, awaiting Wolf2 @jameslatimer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Picked up Jen Williams' YA debut to see how it was different from her other, wonderful works, and it just shows she's a brilliant writer at anything, frankly. Maybe just a little softened compared to other tales, but frankly I can live with that these days, and otherwise has all her best qualities.👍

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Scornflake Ghhhoul @scornflakegrrrl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

They’re just pouring more fuel onto the fire. Why are the racists consistently called legitimate, whilst in a world that’s burning people who protest over climate change and genocide are not being afforded even a smidgeon of the same grace?

Some protestors showed "intimidating and thuggish behaviour" this weekend, Sarah Jones, the policing minister said.
But she added she did not seek to
"minimise" legitimate concerns people had about small boat crossings.
"This government has taken action to fix the broken system we inherited and crack down on the people smugglers," Jones said, pointing out that system-wide arrests were up 70%.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Fiona The Eepiest Kobold 🏳️‍⚧️ @scalieshutterbug.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Delilah Waan | Epic fantasy author @delilahwaan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

THE PITCH: ❤️ Follow the law and you'll stay safe—but what if the law is wrong? THE FIRST LINE: 💬 It had already been a long, exhausting day when the girl’s body washed up on the bank of the Brightwash. THE BOOK: 📖 Legacy of the Brightwash by @krystlematar.bsky.social 🧵 3/8

Book cover for Legacy of the Brightwash by Krystle Matar, with a text banner that reads "Follow the law and you'll stay safe—but what if the law is wrong?"

Underneath is a piece of torn parchment. On the parchment is the sentence:

It had already been a long, exhausting day when the girl’s body washed up on the bank of the Brightwash.

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James Latimer has read Breath and Bone, awaiting Wolf2 @jameslatimer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I wonder if a bunch of racist men in balaclavas and black uniforms disrupting a major port will be declared terrorists? Or is that only for old women opposing genocide? 🤔

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Fr Chase 🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁🦁 @kalanthropos.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

There are two miracles that are recorded by all four evangelists. One is the Resurrection. The other is Jesus giving fish to lots of people

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Nice to have a citation for the stuff we all sort of assume to be true but question if it's just our own biases making it look that way

Screenshot from the article in the quoted post, saying "Piff and his colleagues found that upper-class drivers were more likely to cut other cars off at junctions and ignore pedestrians at crossings. Wealthier people also appeared more willing to lie at work. In one experiment, volunteers were left alone with a jar of sweets ostensibly meant for children. When the researchers returned, upper-class people had snaffled nearly twice as many candies as lower-class people.

“The general pattern seems to be that with wealth and rising power, you become less engaged with the needs of others and less burdened by the needs of social relationships,” Piff said. “Taking candy from children might be the least of our worries but it’s emblematic of the tendency to prioritise one’s own needs over those of others.”

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alex guenther @guentheralex.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

if this "well, actually..." reply to a line of tennyson's is any indication, charles babbage would have been right at home here

He commented: ‘Sir: In your otherwise beautiful poem “The Vision of Sin” there is a verse which reads – “Every moment dies a man, Every moment one is born.” It must be manifest that if this were true, the population of the world would be at a standstill. In truth, the rate of birth is slightly in excess of that of death. I would suggest that in the next edition of your poem you have it read – “Every moment dies a man, Every moment 1 and 1/16th is born.” The actual figure is so long I cannot get it onto a line, but I believe the figure 1 and 1/16th will be sufficiently accurate for poetry. I am, Sir, yours, etc., Charles Babbage.’

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Mike Locksey vs a Head of Lettuce @convolutedname.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

He was asked for comment

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Guy Gavriel Kay @guygavrielkay.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is a deeply moving thread.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/09/2026

3. If some random presents me with anything in the hope of collaborating with me, I AM NOT TAKING THAT SHIT. I'm not even looking at it. It's an open invitation for that random to attempt to sue me later for "stealing their idea" or whatever. Also, fuck you, random, for putting me in that position.

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James Latimer has read Breath and Bone, awaiting Wolf2 @jameslatimer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I do not understand how *moving house* is something that broadband companies simply cannot get their head around. Still don't have reliable internet, to the point that apparently it's now been cut off completely, and there's still some entanglement with our previous address on the account. WTF?

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Andrew F. Sullivan @afsulli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

books can be about bad people. the characters are not your friends. the protagonist is not you.

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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 01/09/2026

Outlier game deleted their whole Bluesky account , I'm going to repost this because they admitted to AI use (And then presumably decided to leave when the backlash started) Please do not go harassing them on other social media, but I think the info itself is worth passing on

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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

incredibly positive reviews for a niche genre, and everyone i know who is a fan of this type of game absolutely loves it. we'll see how a major property xcom-like actually sells whenever they deign to tell us but it's hard not to read this as an attempt to clean house ahead of an obvious success

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Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Wales has stopped ALL gender affirming surgeries! Schools have just declared an end to social transition and inclusion for trans kids. I do not think enough people are paying attention to how utterly and quickly trans rights have been stripped away in the uk!

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James Latimer has read Breath and Bone, awaiting Wolf2 @jameslatimer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Really excited to see Prime has added HPI, the brilliant French original of High Potential...and you can even watch it in French...but there's NO BLOODY SUBTITLES available, apparently! 😠

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James Latimer has read Breath and Bone, awaiting Wolf2 @jameslatimer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Cobalt W H Smith (yes, I've got two middle names, because I'm posh).

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SirFox @sirfox.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Same sugar I used to help develop a freeze dried platelet with Cellphire. (In late phase human trials now) Neat stuff.

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Patrick Samphire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @patricksamphire.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The Narratess Indie book sale starts tomorrow and carries on through Monday, 29-31 August, 2026. I've got two books in the sale, Shadow of a Dead God and Nectar for the God, each for £1.99/$2.99/equivalent on every ebook store. And they're already on sale! Check them out.

On sale now. $2.99/£1.99 or equivalent. The graphic shows the covers of Shadow of a Dead God and Nectar for the God, books 1 and 2 of the Mennik Thorn series, by Patrick Samphire.

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