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I'm a strong completionist myself, but chronic illness means I can rarely sit through even the best movie in a single sitting, and it's way easier to not finish a film when you've already stopped once.

Very much enjoyed doing this several times at Nine Worlds (RIP).

Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

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Maybe unpopular opinion but SFF conventions should have way fewer panels and way more "somebody talks about something random and interesting for fifteen minutes"

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I did not get far into that movie.

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New underbed storage was required because Garlic destroyed my plastic vacuum storage bags. I also made a new scented candle from the unused wax of burned out candles and essential oils. It worked magnificently, and I recommend this to others.

A small brown cat next to the plastic bag she destroyed.

A two-wick candle in a jar on a kitchen counter.

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I'm so very bad at checking this, for which I am sorry, as it's my main method of keeping in touch with many people I adore. Here's a few things I have been up to: - Sewing new underbed storage - Painting a lamp - Being sprawled on by Garlic - Sitting in the sun with Garlic

A small brown cat sprawled on a human lying on the sofa, who seems amused.

A shadeless lamp on a garden table, surrounded by paints and brushes. The lamp is a dark blue-black, stippled with metallic blue and pink to create a vaguely space-like effect.

A small brown cat sitting peacefully in the sun in a terracotta pot.

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@ajodasso.bsky.social *waves hello* having seen your Facebook message. I'm not often on here, and if I am it's usually as @rubyjones.bsky.social , but I wanted to make contact.

Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

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“The world’s largest professional organization of writing educators disagrees with the notion that the rise of generative artificial intelligence in the classroom is unavoidable." www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

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Writing Faculty Push for the Right to Refuse AI

As universities rush to adopt generative AI–powered tools that claim to enhance teaching, learning and workforce preparation, a growing contingent of academics is questioning where that urgency is com...

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

A rare occasion where knight of the realm actually protect the rest of us.

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Go read my angsty android fiction under my spicy romance pen name, why not?

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Had a go at drawing my cat, Garlic, based on one of her photos where she looks like a little model. #art #cat #GarlicTheCat

Reference photo for the drawing, which features a very sleek and pretty brown cat.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Also, if you borrow an author's book from a library in the UK, that author gets more than 12 pence per loan in Public Lending Rights. Any author can earn up to £6,600 per year this way. For context: I published my 15th book last year. The advance I received for it was considerably less than £6,600.

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Some of y'all are following this rag. You might want to reconsder that, given this *gestures to the poop they just smeared below*

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Lies and poppy-cock. cowardly ones, at that. Always good to know which magazines just aren't worth it, though.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 20/01/2026

This is, in my opinion, not only the correct moral/ethical/legal position but also the correct political framing. Everyone can see the agency is out of control; everyone can see that it is constantly violating human rights. "Scrap it and start over" is the moderate position.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

the perennial "is this a good replacement for twitter / can it become as big as twitter" discussion is so confused. hominids became bipedal about 7 million years ago. for most of the time since we did not have microblogging. it's not a necessity it's a habit, if it all goes away that's fine

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 15/01/2026

Your regular reminder that there is no legal path from martial law to suspending elections in this country. That doesn't mean there is no path. It just means that we need to reject the framing that the federal government has any legal authority to cease elections.

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Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Ah yes, the doctor's waiting room, my favourite place. Nothing bad ever happens at the doctor's. Put baby in doctor's mouth.

Dr Ro Smith @rhube.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Oof, yeah, I loved that film too 😭

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Kevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti) @krveale.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Generative AI is an engine for churning out contaminated information faster than people can produce safe information, let alone fact check and correct it. And corrections never remove the original contamination, it's an attempt to stem the metaphorical bleeding and hope for the best. 11/

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Kevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti) @krveale.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb. Once upon a time, Europe was at war. Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/

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Dylan Thomas was an arsehole alcoholic. Fern Hill is about loss of innocence and being unable to return to childhood. That... still seems a fitting emotion, coming from a dick.

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Most of the time, if the person is that much of a dick, it ceases to be a favourite thing. I hurt for American Beauty, Pedido Street Station, ad a whole bunch of music. But I can't not love Fern Hill.

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Last I heard he had doubled down. It isn't just JKR that makes him trasphobic. He's always been a gender essentialist.

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Left Outside @leftoutside.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

'Fern Hill', by Dylan Thomas.

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Rich Berman is suuuuch a cunt

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Jennifer Caroccio Maldonado, PhD @drcaromaldo.blacksky.app · 06/01/2026

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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