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Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

By the Avon River in #bathcity #visitbath #visitEngland the trees haven’t turned quite yet but they will #equinox

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 04/06/2025

The photojournalist Sebastião Salgado, who passed away last month, at the age of 81, documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never. . . photograph the misery.”

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Sebastião Salgado’s View of Humanity

The photojournalist documented some of the greatest human horrors of the past century, but he said, “I never, I never, photograph the misery.”

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 20/05/2025

It's #WorldBeeDay ! Have a poem. Julia Webb's 'Bee Mornings' was commended in our 2012 Stanza Poetry Competition on the theme of 'Stripes', judged by John Siddique. Favourite bee poems? Bzzzzzzzzz

Screenshot of a poem from The Poetry Society's poems database. The text in black on a white background reads 'Bee Mornings by Julia Webb.

The bees that sleep inside me
fill my mind with buzz.
I am Nectar they say,
I am Wax and Cone,
I am of Bee but not of Bee.

In the morning I look at my bee stripes
under the covers, something strange
and flighty is taking place inside me,
my head hums like something electric.

Yet by breakfast you would never know
that anything had changed;
I fidget the toast around the plate,
somehow it seems wrong
to eat honey on bee mornings.

I bin the crusts and rinse the dish.
Feel my eyes striping up beneath their lids
my tongue turning to fur,
the swarm growing inside my ribs.

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Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Cooking for the family day! Homemade pea and ham soup with extra veg and less gluten more cheese type scones for Sunday meal. #foodphotography

A white bowl with smooth pea soup with chunks of carrot potato ham and herbs. Sprinkled with Parmesan and pumpkin and sunflower seeds on the top with a piece of toast and butter balanced on the rim and a soup spoon on the woven brown mat.

Tray of newly baked golden brown cheese scones sprinkled with Parmesan and seeds.

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Salò Press @salopress.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

We are forever grateful to those who support tiny independent presses like ours. That support means we've been able publish 36 chapbooks. 36! You can find more information about our ethos, our open submission calls, and our store here: salopress.com

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Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Wild garlic star flowers in the evening light in the woods.

White starry flowers of wild garlic carpeting the floor of the woods. Trunks of pine and horse chestnut trees glow a bit in evening sunset.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 24/04/2025

Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation.

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The Last Hospitals in Gaza

In the ruins of a health-care system, many medical facilities have become graveyards. Doctors continue to deliver lifesaving care—but they risk their own lives in the process.

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I’ll be in conversation with Seán Hewitt about his new novel OPEN, HEAVEN - this Friday 25th April at 7pm at @mrbsemporium.bsky.social. Tickets still available! mrbsemporium.com/events/2025/...

Sean Hewitt in conversation with Noreen Masud, Friday 25th April, 7pm at Mr B’s Emporium

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Like the terrestrial crust of the earth which is proportionately ten times thinner than an eggshell, the skin of the soul is a miracle of mutual pressures. -Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red ["Earthrise" from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders 12/24/1968] #EarthDay #everynightapoem

["Earthrise" from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders 12/24/1968]

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Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Signed. Trans Rights are Human Rights.

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Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

The fabulous Pascale Petit is launching Beast tonight!

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Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Apple blossoms at The Newt, Somerset.

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Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Some Spring colour for you!

Purple wisteria climbing over a bay window with white shutters and a pretty, ornate and cream bench underneath

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Seven Stories Press @sevenstories.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Remembering the great Kurt Vonnegut, who passed away on April 11, 2007. Photo by Peter Yang.

Vonnegut on a carnival ride smoking a cigarette very chicly

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Todd Temkin @toddtemkin.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Since April is autumn in Patagonia here is this month’s photo from our farm’s calendar. This shot was actually taken last year. The deep bands of color on Tres Monjas are still a week away. Our llamas & ‘pacas are currently negotiating photo rights for the 2025 shoot, which will appear in 2026 😂.

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Tania Hershman 🏳️‍🌈 @taniahershman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Announcing 2 new Zoom workshops in May/June: Workouts for your Writing Muscle! Whatever you write, fiction/poetry/hybrids, join me for 3 writing exercises in 60 mins. Booking here, including free & pay-what-you-can, all participants get the recording afterwards! www.tickettailor.com/events/tania...

A black and white photo of Tania Hershman in the top left hand corner, and to the right the text, in multicoloured and different fonts: “Unbox Your Words! Give yourself permission to play.” Underneath is the text “Unbox 1-Hour Writing Muscle Workout May 2025” and below that a cartoon of a sloth hanging from a branch and lifting a hand weight, with the caption “Image designed by Freepik.”

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And Other Poems @andotherpoems.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Issue Six of And Other Poems, out on Wednesday 16th. We can't wait for you to read these poems.

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Sense Words @sensewords.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Prompt 55 Do Not use the prompt words in your piece. Please use #SenseWrds so I can find your writing, and include the prompt number. Also remember that I ask for no combo prompts here. Feel free to message if you have more questions on how this prompt works. Happy writing! ~M 🙏🏻

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patwelshpoolpoetry.bsky.social @patwelshpoolpoetry.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Competition time! Please send your poems by 28th April. It’s not the National but it supports a decent little festival and the judge is the mighty fine Helen Mort! welshpoolpoetryfestival.org.uk

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Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

A beautiful sunshine day in Exeter.

Light grey stone cathedral against a blue sky with small wisps of cloud.

A budding magnolia tree, with pink blooms - the grey stone cathedral behind it.

Magnolia tree with pink blooms against a deep blue sky.

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Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Stayed up to see blood moon and the sky was clear until 5am (best time for spotting) then a huge bank of cloud came and covered it! So here are some sulky seagulls.

Four seagulls in the shade - one above the others on a grey stone urn. To the left of it rises the spire of St John’s Church lit by evening sun.

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ALCS @alcs.co.uk · 25/02/2025

Got a spare moment on your lunch break? What better way to spend it than by telling the Government to respect the rights of creators. Submit a response to their AI and copyright consultation. It doesn't need to take long. Guidance below 👇 www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...

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Your rights are under threat from AI. It’s time to have your say!

The Government recently launched a consultation on AI and copyright. Now is the time to have your say and make sure that legislators hear the concerns of creators.

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Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

•do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue & loneliness •You are a child of the universe no less than the trees & the stars; you have a right to be here •With all its sham, drudgery & broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world www.desiderata.com/desiderata.h...

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Desiderata: Original Text

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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Who’s been putting off filling in that government consultation on AI then? Because you took one look and realised that fucking thing was designed SPECIFICALLY to put you off? Don’t worry, there are three online guides to help you: The Association of Illustrators theaoi.com/news/the-cop...

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The Copyright and AI consultation - how to respond as an illustrator – The AOI

The Copyright and Artificial Intelligence consultation was published by in December 2024, and we are encouraging illustrators to submit a response to the consultation to demonstrate the negative affec...

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 25/02/2025

‘How to draw a line that is not stupid: isn’t this one of our big problems as humans? Whether I am me or whether I am Hitler or whether I am Wilhelm von Humboldt, it is a problem of human life.’ Anne Carson on handwriting, in the next issue and online now: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Anne Carson · Beware the man whose handwriting sways like a reed in the wind

This is an essay about hands and handwriting. I think of handwriting as a way to organise thought into shapes. I like...

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Todd Temkin @toddtemkin.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

I was all set up to capture the dusk over the house and Tres Monjas when then these two showed up. Billie & Yuki are world class photo bombers.

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Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

On massively delayed Cross Country train towards the North - even with reservations- standing only - can’t bear to kick old person out of “my seat”. Are there calorie burning standing up exercises? 😅

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Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Wintry afternoons still in February. All photos usually mine. Looking straight up to the grey afternoon sky. Bare branches and pine branches make silhouettes. #winterscapes

Looking straight up to the grey afternoon sky. Bare branches and pine branches make silhouettes.

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alina pleskova @alinapleskova.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Adrienne Rich lines resurfacing in my thought loops: "I've walked there picking mushrooms at the edge of dread, /but don't be fooled / this isn't a Russian poem, this is not somewhere else but here, / our country moving closer to its own truth and dread, / its own ways of making people disappear"

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Bristol Short Story Prize @bristolshortstory.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Miss your chance to submit to the Bristol #ShortStory Prize? Don't fret... we're reopening for submissions for one day only. Register and submit your story at bit.ly/3ZjmdN8 between 00:00 and 23:59 BST on Wednesday 5 Feb for your chance to win! Spread the word 🖋️

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a cartoon character says " good news everyone " in a doorway

ALT: a cartoon character says " good news everyone " in a doorway

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Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Not long before VERVE Poetry Festival kicks off! Woo Hoo! 💖

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Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Deadline is tonight! You know you want to!

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

👇👇👇 non-fiction writers, you know what you have to do 👇👇👇

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Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Just read novelist Satoshi Yagisawa’s “Days at the Morisaki Bookshop” in one gulp. #books www.yagisawa-satoshi.com/profile_en/

Two book covers by Satoshi Yagisawa showing drawings of book lined shelves and two characters in the story. A cat in each cover is included.

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Msiagirl @msiagirl.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I always enjoy @eberlin.co.uk’s picks, philosophy and photography chat! Do follow (and if you need a website, I recommend him)!

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Todd Temkin @toddtemkin.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

We are the sum of the quality of our choices in life. Choose not to obey in advance. Choose not to engage in toxic battles that are beneath you. Always choose love. Always stay faithful to who you are. When in doubt seek the sound of a river or rise at dawn to bask in the first rays of the sun.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 21/01/2025

Reminder to those who need it: 1. You can mute the name of the current president and/or anyone else you don't want to constantly hear about here 2. You can mute/block/unfollow accounts that impinge on your calm 3. Social media doesn't have to be a doom scroll, curate your feed to make you happy

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