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Kate Macdonald 📚 🧶 @kateem.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Scottish voters (which I am not), please write to your MSP about this AI data centre which seems perilously close to being built.

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Jane @janecornwell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Please can you help? The constant 90DB noise will end me. Our building regulations need to catch up with new tech, please sign or share? 🙏🥺

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Jane @janecornwell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Please can you help? The constant 90DB noise will end me. Our building regulations need to catch up with new tech, please sign or share? 🙏🥺

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Blair - Menace - Literary Villainess @blaireverywhere.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nobody has more story ideas than an author on a very tight deadline. I could seriously write and publish 3 books, not the one I desperately need to finish tho...

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Zeurel @zeurel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Make stuff. For the love of all that there is, please just keep making stuff! Doesn't matter if it's bad, good etc. Just *keep* making stuff.

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

'Tiger Lily' grew from a creative partnership with Susan Richardson. It was a lot of fun to work with Susan. This is my favourite poem from Tiger Lily, which Susan wrote in response to a watercolour painting of my children. #NationalPoetryDay

The front cover of Tiger Lily features a painting of the moon, stars and clouds. The graphic includes a quote from Steve Denehan: "This is a book unlike any other. It is as though we are hearing, seeing and sometimes almost a part of the subconscious workings of both Susan and Jane. The poems have a quiet power, are often mournful yet full of hope as Susan searches, and finds, some understanding of herself and her place in the world. There is so much silence here, so much delicacy and this is reflected beautifully by the accompanying paintings. It is as though Jane can read between the lines Susan has written. The poems showcase a writer at the height of her powers and an artist capable, somehow, of painting dreams. They are so perfectly in tune that it almost appears that there is an overlap between the minds of both."

My favourite poem from Tiger Lily is called In The Cradle of a Whisper.
'She watches them sleeping,
resting in the cradle of a whisper,
a secret only they share.
They are petals drifting
side by side in a painted pink sky,
clouds billowing, a breath of blue.
They are fairy dust and magic,
joy at full volume,
the best part of every day.
They are lilacs blooming,
love that fuels the sun,
laughter that fills the sky.
She watches them dream,
wonders,
will they always be this close?'
Susan Richardson

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So Mayer @suchmayer.northsky.social · 02/10/2026

Customer: I asked ChatGPT what I should read and -- Me: Well I'm sure its advice is *great* because LLMs are all just massive databases of books stolen from me and my fellow writers. Customer: Wow I did not know that. Keep telling people. Also if you want to know what to read, ask a bookseller.

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Using an antique Washington hand press: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/oddlysatis...

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Dirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

"A comic artist begins with a white sheet of paper and dreams up his own business - he is playwright, director, editor and artist at once." Alex Raymond was born #otd 1909 🎨 "Flash Gordon" (part of the "Beast Men of Mongo", July 1937)

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A concerned parent just posted these to a teacher Reddit page where it was cross-posted to another page I follow. Not my pics! This is the gen AI slop they are giving kids in some schools … General warning for slop nightmares 😭

$Slop fractions$ Slop cartography

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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Consent for one act doesn’t mean consent for others. Like, if I lend you a book to read, and after you read it, you invite a bunch of people over to rip the pages out, don’t blame me because it was my choice to lend the book to you.

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Sophie Carr @sophiecarr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A few random abstract images from #Iceland.

Flat grey pebbles on a black sand beach with little specks of sand on top of them and directional trails of sand to the left of each pebble where the wind has sculpted the sand.

A frozen pool with snow on the top, a little open gap with lighter area reflected and a dark black rock to the bottom left.

Small pieces of broken icebergs on a black sand beach with the icebergs covered in the sand after strong winds.

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

OK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/

Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Please can you help? 🙏 This petition is ongoing, every signature matters. Our outdated building regulations need to catch up with new tech so our environment and beautiful countryside are not ruined for future generations.

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Amy Hampton, M.A. @amylhampton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Commonplace book is just your collected cool things. Quotes. Reading excerpts. Images. Sketches. All contained in one volume or set of volumes. You might also hear them as Second Brains, Zettlekasten, wikis, or digital garden. Different sorts, but collections to refer to later. #FreelanceFriends

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It is National Poetry Day, I love this year's theme! To celebrate, I am going to share some poetry collections I've enjoyed working on. First up, Hedgerow of Voices by @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social DM Paul for a signed copy, or £5.99: amzn.eu/d/06M3wEuF #NationalPoetryDay #poetrycommunity

Paul's cover is a watercolour painting which features some of the 'voices' in his collection, including the gap in the hedge, the hare, a map showing the river Dove, and the North Star. I loved working on it.

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy National Poetry Day! I love this year's theme! To celebrate, I am going to share some poetry collections I've enjoyed working on. DM Aidan @uphilldowndalew.bsky.social for a signed copy, or the paperback is £9 amzn.eu/d/04g82wVi, also available in ebook. #NationalPoetryDay #poetrycommunity

The cover and blurb of Why It’s Better To Be Struggling Half-way Up A High Hill On Your Own by Aidan Parr, features a photo of Aidan up a high hill looking into the distance, with green fields and clouds in the background. The blurb is: Raw, darkly funny, and fiercely honest, this collection cuts through the noise of modern life to uncover something real - something that bites, stings, and occasionally sings.

Aidan Parr takes readers on a journey through the grind of daily frustrations, the quiet heartbreaks of ageing and illness, and the absurdity of pop culture, only to throw it all aside for the wild freedom of moors, hills, wind, and solitude. These poems speak to anyone who has ever wanted to run for the hills (and actually did).

Whether he’s poking fun at celebrity nonsense, venting rage at bureaucratic madness, or capturing the sublime stillness of nature, Parr’s voice is sharp, human, and unmistakably his own. Beneath the sarcasm and bite, there’s a deep compassion and a fierce desire for truth in a world increasingly content with illusion.

This is poetry for people who think they don’t like poetry.
And for those who do, it’s a breath of fresh, bracing air.

Step out the door, feel the wind on your face, and start climbing. You might just find yourself along the way.

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy National Poetry Day 2026! I loved working with Samantha Terrell on: Keeping Afloat, Confronting the Elements, On The Wing& For, On or After. DM Samantha @samanthaterrell.bsky.social for signed copies, or On The Wing is available here: amzn.eu/d/0iJZQ1Wi #NationalPoetryDay #Poetrycommunity

The front cover of On The Wing by Samantha Terrell features a watercolour painting of a single feather on a textured paper background, with Samantha's name and the title in bold capitalised type above. The graphic features a quote from poet Susan Richardson, "On the Wing offers poems that embrace a lovely stillness, all noise stripped away until you are left with the complex simplicity of undeniable beauty.
There is a purity of heart in this collection that embodies the very essence of hope, and through her extraordinary craft, Samantha Terrell delivers a truly sublime poetic experience. These are poems I will return to again and again."

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy # NationalPoetryDay 2026! I've followed photographer & poet @merrildsmith.bsky.social on Insta for a long time; it was a pleasure to work on this lovely collection of her photos and poetry: amzn.eu/d/0gCdg4bD Merril's 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟blog: merrildsmith.org/2026/09/28/t... #poetrycommunity

The cover of held inside the folds of time by Merril D Smith, features one of her lovely photos of the Delaware River, with a heron in the foreground, the title type is reflected in the river. The graphic includes a quote from her friend: "I have known Merril for some years but never realized she was such a poet and photographer! Many of the images in this book were taken at the Red Bank Battlefield, a place very dear to my heart. Her poem “In Memoriam: for the Unknown Soldiers at Red Bank Battlefield” captures thoughts I’ve often had as I walked the paths of history there. A lovely sublime read to be sure..." Karen Boucher

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Jane's Studio @janes-studio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy #NationalPoetryDay I enjoyed illustrating this wonderful collection of poems by @lawrencemoore.bsky.social as it was like going on an epic quest with him. Please check it out #poetrycommunity Hardcover £9.99: amzn.eu/d/06nvd7Et

It took me a long time to illustrate his collection, mostly using pencil. The cover art features one of my favourite views of Storr on the Isle of Skye, with Lawrence and Matt in the foreground.

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Louvain Rees ⚰️ @hellohistoria.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#NationalPoetryDay ✒️ Roses are red, Water comes in litres, Trebuchets can use a counterweight to launch a 90kg stone projectile over 300 metres. #Wales

A wooden replica siege engine, stands in front of a stone castle. A piece of purple fabric is wrapped around the tall central support beam.

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Chris Campbell @citizen-chris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

For National Poetry Day, here’s ‘My Wife Soothes Our Son in the Early Hours’ from my upcoming mini-pamphlet with Atomic Bohemian. The poem also appears in Issue 1 of @moleculesunlimited.bsky.social Happy #nationalpoetryday

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Jane @janecornwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#labour #andyburnham will be remembered by future generations for selling off our beautiful countryside for a quick 💸

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Jane @janecornwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Last night learned industry used to have to apply to get power from National Grid, they were given a quote, then had to pay for supply. Now #labour allowed AI data centres to get priority, and tax payers pay for the power. I didn't vote for this.

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Jane @janecornwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Shocked to learn #labour has prioritised AI data centres #1 power from national grid, above hospitals & other industry, 3 hour rolling blackouts planned for domestic users to enable data centres a constant power supply. My elec bill going up £300 in January🤯

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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is it. This is what everyone is enabling by humoring genAI: you spend months writing something that took you years to get at, for an opaque algorithm that a few control to spit a number and cut you off right there and then. This is what we're up against 🧪

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Jen Thorne @jenthorne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It was exactly one year ago I started writing poetry properly. I came home from an event to celebrate the appointment of our junior Poet Laureate and wrote this for #NationalPoetryDay 2025. This was the first poem I ever shared with anyone. The theme was PLAY and I chose to do an acrostic.

The Last Summer of Play

Packing sand around feet and legs,
Lacking supervision while parents are
Attacking seagulls that threaten the picnic and
Yakking with neighbours on the beach.

Postcard-perfect summer afternoons.
Lifeguard hut becomes a ship to
Asgard, or anywhere beyond the school
Yard from which you have escaped.

Pier jumping while adults stand and
Leer and shout out rules which you don’t
Adhere to. Not you – you’ll be bigger next
Year, and then you’ll show them!

Pour over books on seascape
Lore. Hunting for treasure washed
Ashore. A final chance to play before
You’re too old to remember how.

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mrwamble.bsky.social @mrwamble.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I made a site where you send your poem to a stranger and get real feedback back. No followers, no likes, no algorithm. Just your poem and someone who actually read it. penpalpoets.com #poetry #poetsofbluesky #amwriting

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“I don’t think being good at things is the point of doing them.” How an Archeologist changed KURT VONNEGUT’s life.

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Libro.fm @libro.fm · 28/09/2026

Say you read one book a month. If you buy the book at your indie, it might cost a few more dollars than from a megaretailer. Now imagine if 9 more people in your community made that switch. What may feel like a small thing is often actually big, especially when we work together 💓

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Samantha Terrell @samanthaterrell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Author copies have arrived! DM for a signed copy ($20 includes shipping) #poetry #poetrylovers #booklovers #poetrycommunity

Stack of books with title Survival Instincts

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Since it has come up a few times recently... I neither receive monies for nor spend monies toward promoting interesting books. (I blame monetized influencers for this assumption?)

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Jaws🎃 @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One of the great benefits of man made art, is how it positively alters our outlook. Example: Ever since I discovered Ivan Shishkin, I look at trees differently. I go «oh, that is a tree he’d enjoy.» I can only aspire to have that impact on others.

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Jane @janecornwell.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh building is a masterpiece. We need a full, faithful restoration with zero erosion of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s original design intent. If you agree, please add your name to the petition to help save 'The Mack': you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

you.38degrees.org.uk

Fully and Faithfully Restore ‘The Mack’

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Most riveting thing I've seen all week

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A. L. Hart @alhartauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

New here. A. L. Hart - I write fiction about buried history, dangerous power, and the moment a character learns something they can't unlearn. First book is dark fantasy. The next ones won't be. Different worlds, same obsession. #booksky #IndieAuthor

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A. L. Hart @alhartauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A glass of something and a collection you haven't opened yet is a very good Friday. Poetry especially - it's the one form where reading slowly counts as doing it properly and nobody can tell you you're behind. Enjoy it.

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Jane @janecornwell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Friday! I've got a wee glass of something nice and I'm excited to read Survival Instincts by Samantha Terrell. Hope you have a lovely evening too! #booksky #poetrycommunity

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GabrielConstans @gabrielconstans.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🎬 Watched by over 7000 people. A #short #film by Shandra McDonald. #Script by Gabriel Constans & Shandra McDonald. #DP Michael Cook. 🙏🏽 She came to America with promises. Those promises were broken. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ MOVIE: tinyurl.com/YasodharaMovie

"Promotional graphic for the short film Yasodhara, directed by Shandra McDonald with cinematography by Michael Cooke. Text reads 'YASODHARA: Prize-winning short film' with review quotes 'A beautiful story, with amazing cast and photography' and 'This film is impeccable.' Center image shows a woman with dark hair in a floral blouse sitting in a doorway, resting her chin on her hand, with grocery bags at her feet. Background is a sunset sky over hills."

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

When you write a book you actually write several books. There's the one you know you wrote. Then there's the one your readers bring their experiences to. This is a big part of the magic. As soon as it goes out into the world, your book multiplies & becomes many versions of itself, all equally valid.

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