jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 13/05/2026I am happy to be in a cul-de-sac that doesn't have anyone, especially politicians, posting video! 000
Reposted by jaqfrogBlue_Riverrrr @blueriverrrr.bsky.social · 10/05/2026A NYC pop-up just opened displaying all 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files. The Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room is open as a public installation featuring 3.5 million pages of released and partially redacted Epstein files, printed and bound into 3,437 volumes. 12479262
jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 28/04/2026today I panicked about getting to the dentist on time so caught a taxi. not necessary, appt was 15:45 not 10:45. *sigh*. lounged in town drinking coffee, dossed in the library & finished reading 'Adjustment Day' by @chuckpalahniuk.bsky.social 100
jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 26/04/2026evicting a wasp from under my pillow before sleeping was not on my to do list at 4am today. 000
Reposted by jaqfrogGinger Coffee Creams of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 20/04/2026Horror anthologies have a rich history. Black Crow Books just joined it. 13 original stories. Tuttle, Tchaikovsky, Blake, Lebbon, Campbell, 8 more. We’re giving one away. For a chance to win simply check out the details in the article below @blackcrowpr.bsky.socialgnofhorror.comThe Black Crow Book Of Best New Horror Vol 1 Is Heading Your Way – Exclusive Giveaway From Ginger Nuts Of Horror - The Ginger Nuts Of Horror Review WebsiteWin The Black Crow Book of Best New Horror Vol 1. 13 original stories from Tuttle, Tchaikovsky, Blake, Lebbon, Campbell & more. Enter at Ginger Nuts of Horror. 24123
Reposted by jaqfrogTenebrous Press @tenebrouspress.bsky.social · 04/03/2026In the back half of 2026 we've got the Best New Weird Horror of the Year; a cyberpunk noir by @beardedbetts.bsky.social; Trans & GNC Cosmic Horror; and grimy urban horror-lit-comedy by @allisonmick.bsky.social with a cover reveal coming next week🖤☠️ 1173
Reposted by jaqfrogChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Read that article about the """writer""" generating 200 books a year with AI and needless to say, I had THOUGHTSterribleminds.comWriters Who Use AI Are Not Real WritersDorothy Parker famously (but probably not really) said, “I hate to write, but I love having written,” which is a sentiment I don’t largely understand or agree with in the broader … 38757216
jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 01/02/2026today's a cold leftover curry for lunch day, video chat with my sister, and old war films - Where Eagles Dare and Guns of Navarone. 010
Reposted by jaqfrogBernard Hughes @bernardhughes.bsky.social · 01/02/2026This piece of brilliance from @vizcomic.bsky.social is the story of my life 214766
jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 29/01/2026flagging this for @bobbyllew.bsky.social to read, as said in recent email about not using American things - We Transfer is from Amsterdam therefore he could use it. I've made my fb post public - but short version is their new t&c say they can use your content to feed their AI. shorturl.at/A07ycshorturl.atJackie ClewlowWeTransfer sneak in some new t&c indicating they can now own the info you're transferring and feed it to their 'machine learning systems'. 000
Reposted by jaqfrogCaveat Frogs @caveatfrogs.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Now a perfect Valentine's Day Cardjaunty.artOur Love Is Endless* Caveat Frog CardSay what you really mean with this Caveat Frog Card. An illustration of two frogs making a love heart with their arms. Text reads: Our Love Is Endless* * until one or both of us dies Jaunty Art 26 0266
Reposted by jaqfrogJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Here is a poem Renee Good, under her earlier name Renee Macklin, wrote, "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs." It won a prize. It's really good. "it’s the ruler by which i reduce all things now; hard-edged & splintering from knowledge." poets.org/2020-on-lear...poets.org2020 Academy of American Poets PrizeOn Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin 4258105
Reposted by jaqfrogBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Sincerely one of the funniest things the WSJ has ever written or done. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth... 924158912
jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 24/11/2025still reading 'Black Mirror' short stories (I've forgotten its original title, dammit) by Joe Hill. 010
jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 24/11/2025not me, procrastinating with a coffee, trying to figure out what 'fancy' stuff I can wear tomorrow for a wake ... but alas, no croissant. 000
Reposted by jaqfrogMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).science.orgRosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassmentSpurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t 3830541219
jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 02/11/2025no pics as I am on laptop and cba to sort out how to post here from google drive where I think my samsung saves pics to. but I have had buttered crumpet &coffee with gulls screeching in the background, in a half-empty house in Whitby where I've seen some great bands this week, more stuff on later 000
Reposted by jaqfrogKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 28/10/2025"The people in the Capitol who are obsessed with which bathrooms we use, what we do in our own homes, and what kind of art we make? The feds who want to strip away retirement benefits from trans Air Force veterans being forcibly removed from their positions? Those are the weirdos."thebarbedwire.comTexas Is a Lot More Queer Than You Think. I Am Too.There are 1.8 million of us, and we’re not going anywhere. 118642
jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Computers that want things www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukJames Meek · Computers that want thingsFor all the fluency and synthetic friendliness of public-facing AI chatbots like ChatGPT, it seems important to remember... 000
Reposted by jaqfrogMichael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 03/04/2025I'm just a lowly art historian, but in moments like these I always think back to one early sign of Trump's wanton, pointless destructiveness: his demolition of the priceless & irreplaceable Art Deco relief sculptures on facade of the Bonwit Teller building, which he tore down to build Trump Tower 712965939
jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 15/09/2025current book: 'Unforgiveable Stories' by Kim Newman. Short stories, so far about Dracula (no surprise!), Jekyll and Hyde, Edgar A Poe. Got into it properly during Silent Reading book club 000
Reposted by jaqfrogBig Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 18/08/2025Another little giveaway to celebrate 33k followers, this is UK only Follow, like, and repost to be in with a chance to get this ends midnight BST 21st August The Modern Goth Tarot #WitchSky #TarotSky 16740
jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Holidayed for a long weekend. Knackered now. First time at Infest because it wasn't on Bank Hol weekend, when D goes larping. Moved as Bradford was City of Culture. Good news is the crew and bands and everyone thought it was fab at the new place and is running there again next year! 000
jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 08/08/2025not accepting DMs right now, due to the faff of confirming I'm an adult. bah. 000
jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 12/01/2025wore my new Christmas pressie dungas out today. Cheers to Run & Fly for making clothing to make me smile. 130
jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 16/11/2024turns out I had a bluesky account for a year and didn't get round to use it. ah well, am here now! better than tumblr. still haven't used that one in <checks> 13 yrs... 000
jaqfrog @jaqfrog.bsky.social · 14/11/2024A sign I thought suited me. Found in the basement of an unused travel shop that the arts organisation I volunteer for, Appetite, moved into for a year until the project closed recently. 010