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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 5h

On the market day, the witch stopped by all the stalls. "Have a care," he told the tinsmith. "You're getting fuzzy." "What?" "Do you ponder other paths you could have taken?" "All the time." "Shadows of other yous hang on you, making you indistinct. Don't lose the you you are. You're real."

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Uitlander @uitlander.co.uk · 5h

Let "That's a bit rapey, mate" become something you are prepared to say without any wobbling.

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 10h

But think how *embarrassing* it was for the bedraggled survivors of VonMurderBoat to report they got pwned by HMS Tulip...

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 11h

You're gonna get a lot of use of that image I suspect...

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Corinne 🐈🦇 @simplyunderstand.bsky.social · 14h

Spooky season approaches! The CatBats really revel in this time of year. Perhaps you would like to enhance the feeling of the season with a CatBat of your very own? Let me know if you'd like one :)

Three catbats, one tabby, one tuxedo and one ginger, are flying at you through your screen! They're emerging from a stylised cobweb on a purple background decorated with a dark purple leafy pattern.

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 12h

Have they been taking off the books sponsors?

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 15h

This week on Untitled History Podcast: Dr Clarke joins me for the incredible last stand of HMS Glowworm in WW2. The only time a Victoria Cross was awarded based primarily on a nomination by the enemy captain: Captain Heye of the Hipper Below or on apps/Youtube! open.spotify.com/episode/52Ma...

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Episode 34: The last stand of HMS Glowworm and the invasion of Norway

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 01/10/2026

The web front end/apps should let you show the @ first...

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

NEW The diabolical defending of Manchester City Understanding an aggressive litigation strategy By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk (Prospect paywall is down currently.) www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... #MCFC

What can explain such an aggressive and counterproductive approach? To an extent the answer may be in the facts and the evidence. Perhaps the view was that the only chance of getting out of this was to be unhelpful as well as robust. In respect of an earlier dispute with Uefa, an internal communication at the club apparently said “Uefa doesn't respond to anything other than aggression”. Maybe the view was taken that this would work here too. Maybe the club still thinks it will work in the end, with the league being pushed into settlement on appeal or at the doors of the High Court.

But this does not offer a total explanation. What may work with Uefa may not work with other adversaries. The structure of the league’s investigation and the disciplinary approach meant that aggression would not only be unhelpful, but would count heavily against the club. An appeal on the law or procedure at the High Court in this sort of case only has a remote chance of success. It can be assumed the club was warned of all this.

There is a phrase in football punditry that “the defending is diabolical”. Here diabolical is, of course, a synonym for dreadful. But in its more literal sense, diabolical means bedevilled with wrongful purpose. And the strategy adopted by Manchester City in contesting this matter is also in this sense diabolical. The club will have known that it was unlikely to work, and that it would make things harder, but the club decided to do it anyway.

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

604) Helibot. Our mastery of propellers has finally been brought to the world of civil aviation with this self-piloting helicopter. Has no front windows so has to describe to you what's going on outside. #SmallRobotsRemastered

A robot in the form of a stylised helicopter. Its main body is spherical, with a rigid tail emerging from the back. It has landing skids held on by two banded struts each in the same style as the limbs of other robots, and a door in its side with a little square window in it. The robot's smiling face is on its front.

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You can currently download my Norman Conquest book for only 99p. www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

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XX Dovelin ⏾ Illustration @xxdovelin.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Moonlight grown 🌹 #art

Pale figure among rose branches with moon overhead

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 30/09/2026

The princess took an earring off and held it out. The raven looked at it. "Whatever for?" "You are wise and clever. Many princesses have dragons, but none has a raven friend." The raven picked up the earring. "Say no more." "Friends?" she asked when it returned the next day. "Forevermore."

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you want "personalized music" made just for you pick up a fucking guitar. Or else break the heart of someone who already has.

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Mitch Benn @mitchbenn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

HIVE MIND - trying to source some sort of coffin/similar sized box for my Dracula operetta. Anyone got anything suitable they don’t mind lending/selling/hiring out?

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

603) Tubabot. Ideal for both orchestral accompaniment and for punctuating another hilarious disappointment. #SmallRobotsRemastered

A robot in the form of a tuba with banded arms and legs It's body (i.e. the tuba) is shaded to look like reflective metal, its face on the conical bore (big funnel bit) blowing into its mouthpiece, which is on an extended tube from the opposite side of the instrument (because, interestingly and unintentionally, I used an image of a smaller tuba designed to be held at shoulder height for reference, rather than the more conventional style with the mouthpiece closer to the bell), and it has its eyes closed. The robot's arm is connected to one of the many looping pipes, emerging from within the workings to manipulate the valves mounted in the middle. Wide waves emerging from the bell indicate the bassy sound produced by the robot.

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 30/09/2026

I assume he has some really thick rubber gloves and boots...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Time for this classic again.

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

the naval side of the Norman invasion is often overlooked. Dr Tyson's work on this subject is always great. Give this thread a read!

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

[CN. Food] 602) Spicybot. Checks your meal to ascertain how spicy it is before you dig in and ruin a perfectly good tongue. Its antenna flashes green, amber, or red as appropriate, and is calibrated to your own endurance. #SmallRobotsRemastered

An ovoid robot with banded arms and legs. It stands beside a plate of food, which is drawn in a soft, pastel style (because it's hard to draw realistic-looking food in the standard style). The meal looks like a curry, with rice and a triangular samosa (or possibly a folded chapati) on one side. The robot is putting a fork or spoon into its mouth, its eyes are widened, and its eyebrows are raised very high. A banded antenna on its top is lit up, its cheeks are flushed, and two beads of sweat have formed on its brow.

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 29/09/2026

£2,400 for a 16kwhr battery and inverter. Add £500 for a sparky WITHOUT solar you can arbitrage economy7. Payback is 3.5 years Add an export tariff for a few units a day in the summer, less than THREE YEARS If you can do balcony solar, two years

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 29/09/2026

Deservedly so. Go read this book folks

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Roya Shahidi | Looking for work @rsdream12.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m in this image and I don’t like it

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

To people who don’t believe that Kermit the Frog is real: What is the basis for your morality? Where does your moral standard come from?

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 28/09/2026

Nah, I really did roll a 1 on 2d6... one die rolled away never to be seen again

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 28/09/2026

That's a lot more than this time last year

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 28/09/2026

This is why I don't play these games... rolling a 1 on 2d6 makes for no fun

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 28/09/2026

Apparently bailed, so I am thinking Blackshorts got the wrong ex-RAF camp...

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 28/09/2026

"The live goes through this old lead pipe, but it's fine that only connects to the gas boiler"

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 28/09/2026

White vans, masks, sounds like the Blackshorts, no wonder they didn't bother...

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 27/09/2026

I see the Mummy's Curse is again Bi-ing everyone that sees it...

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Prospect paywall is down! These are all my articles, you lucky people www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/author/2821/...

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DAT Green - Prospect Magazine

The latest news, opinion and analysis for Prospect by DAT Green

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scottmanley.bsky.social @scottmanley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

In July I got to visit El Capitan, built in 2024 as the world's fastest computer. And that needs a whole stack built for performance from the infrastructure, though the CPU's, Networking, storage, operating system and Software. youtu.be/HlsyZAWnOu8

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What Do They Run on America's Fastest SuperComputer?

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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is a poor take that suggests Owen Jones doesn't know much about Russia in the 1990s, including Russia-US or wider Russia-West relations in the 1990s. By giving only one part of the story, he is repeating the Russian political elite's self-serving line that it was all the West's fault. Long 🧵

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

601) Makeupremoverbot. Removes your makeup if you forget to sort it out before you fall asleep/collapse. Its propeller is designed to rotate silently to avoid abrupt returns to confused consciousness. #SmallRobotsRemastered

A person lying in bed with a tousled head of hair and bags under their eyes. Most of the picture is shaded normally, in blocks of colour, but half of the person's face is in soft, contoured shading, slightly paler than their underlying skin, representing makeup. They have contoured cheeks, smoky eyeshadow, heavy mascara and shiny lipstick with lip liner in a darker shade. There is an abrupt line where the makeup has been removed by the robot, which is spherical and held aloft by a propeller on its top. It hovers beside the person, face showing intense concentration with its tongue sticking out. It has jointed arms that end in soft, rounded pads, one of which is wiping at the person's lips, while the other is raised up, with its underside heavily smudged. The whole scene is in shades of grey, as it takes place in the dark of night.

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

600) Lookoutbot. Looks out to sea for approaching Bigbots. #SmallRobotsRemastered

An ovoid robot with banded arms and legs, holding an old-fashioned telescope with brass banding to one eye and pointing with its other hand, mouth open in a wide smile. The lens of the telescope reflects an image of Bigbot coming ashore.

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 24/09/2026

That was exactly my reaction. Later ones I was "that's gonna be a ride at the theme park"

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 24/09/2026

Small plastic ducks, however...

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Lucy Jane Santos @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

If you want chapters and chapters of WTFs then definitely buy my debut book on the history of radium. Used in medicine, cosmetic, pharmaceuticals, fashion, & theatre- it certainly was a big part of everyday life at one point and the ramifications of that are still with us today. #booksky

Front cover of Half Lives: The Unlikely History of Radium

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

599) Postbot. If you can't get to the postbox in time, or you're feeling too sad or shy to go outside right now, post your letter into Postbot and it will head out to do it for you. Also provides its own stamps. #SmallRobotsRemastered

A robot in the form of a cuboid postbox with a curved back. The rectangular slot is its mouth, complete with rows of teeth, and it has a hinged hatch with a handle on its front. It has four stumpy banded legs on the bottom and two banded arms. In one hand it holds a strip of adhesive stamps with tiny images of what appears to be Bigbot on them, while in its other it holds up a sealed envelope.

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Cobalt Corvid @cobaltcorvid-sf.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Cover reveal for The Grave of Perfection by @aptshadow.bsky.social, the final instalment of the Tyrant Philosophers series! Available in February 2027, full details and pre-order: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/grave-of-... #booksky #fantasy

Cover of The Grave of Perfection by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 22/09/2026

All the spaceships from For All Mankind and Star City in one article! That's a lot of spaceships from an alternative universe, and concept art, and cool stuff. 🖖 This is just a (very long) overview, but expect to dive deep into the creation of these designs in the coming weeks and months.

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All the spaceships from For All Mankind & Star City | The Spaceshipper

As a reminder, For All Mankind has been renewed for a sixth and final season, set to air in 2027. Filming wrapped up in August 2026. And we'

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 21/09/2026

When a wizard dies, their spells unravel. But the pattern lingers a while. When Fitzglob died, other wizards swarmed his tower, trying to find his time-stopper room, which you exited as soon as you entered, no matter how long you spent inside. "Here! This room!" "Why?" "It has a reading chair!"

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 21/09/2026

It's all fun, until they leave you a ransom note...

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 19/09/2026

My NAS is getting creaky. I dread having to replace 8TB of spinning rust... do I really *need* two kidneys?

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Dragons of Wales @dragonsofwales.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Unboxing stock of my two hardback palaeoart books, Ab Antiquo and Ex Terra. Both are available here: dragonsofwales.etsy.com with worldwide shipping (free within the UK). Please share (this artist could use a sale or two!) Thank you! #SciArt

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Karl Sherratt @kincaid.org.uk · 18/09/2026

No Burnt Crunchy Bits...

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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Every year on 19 December, the famous Christmas lights at Mousehole in Cornwall are dimmed between 8 and 9pm, leaving just the Cross and Angels shining down across the village and out to sea.

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