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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

the important thing to remember every time an AI bro opens his mouth is that they are all absolute lunatics.

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

After owning a fountain pen for one (1) week

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Rosemary Jones @rosemaryjones.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Miss Sharp and the follow-up Miss Dark series are highly recommended.

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Kate Ravenna @fantasticalkate.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Always a good time to recommend this fabulous steampunk book, heavy on the punk and with an actual critique of Victorian social norms.

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

OK this is THE WEREWOLF OF WHITECHAPEL, my bestselling novel and #1 in the Miss Sharp's Monsters trilogy! DRACULA meets ENOLA HOLMES in this tongue in cheek romp set in a version of 1890s Europe where all the ruling families are monsters. It's a hoot, get it here: books2read.com/u/mYAjLG

Image showing THE WEREWOLF OF WHITECHAPEL by Suzannah Rowntree against a red background, surrounded by tropes: "1890s Europe, if the royals were monsters!" "slowburn romance" "female friendship" "Dracula vibes" "who dun it?" "intrepid lady's maid" and "witty banter"

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

LEWIS: Then the children meet Santa. The jolly old elf- TOLKIEN: Disgusting. Elves should be autistic war criminals who set off an apocalyptic chain of events that end with a moody twink stabbing Satan at the end of time. LEWIS: So you say. TOLKIEN: But my editor said to stick to hobbits.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 26/01/2026

"ai" is not a genie that can't be put back in a bottle, it's a pillar of smoke that dissipates unless you keep burning money

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I posted on Instagram about my love for The Rings of Power and a bunch of guys are telling me to stop liking The Rings of Power so I came here to say that I like The Rings of Power here too. #tropsky

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Irina @irinadefrance.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My condolences to all the people who are that invested in other folks liking The Rings of Power

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

• OLD ENGLISH: Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum, / þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon... • MIDDLE ENGLISH: Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote, / The droghte of March hath perced to the roote... • EARLY MODERN ENGLISH: To be, or not to be, that is the Question: / Whether 'tis Nobler in the minde...

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Fantasy-Faction @fantasyfaction.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ICYMI: @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social's novella, A Study in Sirens! - JI 🐉 "Sometimes you just want a quick escape into a world you already love, and that is exactly what this novella delivers." fantasy-faction.com/2025/a-study... #booksky 💙📚🪐 #historicalfantasy

The book cover sits in the center of the image. It shows an antique black and white photo of a female opera singer from the Victorian era. She is dressed in armor, including a helmet with a feather, a spear in her right hand, and a round shield in her left. The bottom half of the photo is covered with a magenta pink splash of paint. The background of the image is a watercolor wash in the same pink color.

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I know that we all have the receipts for this now and that matters, but given that tech guys I know IRL have been telling me for the past four years that yes, AI may need to steal my books but the future requires some sacrifice, I assumed we all knew this already

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Decades and decades of a national policy and zeitgeist that amounts to 'nobody needs to care about social studies' and we're now in an unwinnable war with a foreign country whose culture and leadership we did not understand based around geography we ignored. 🤷‍♂️

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Asterix Archiv 🐗 @comedix.de · 20/09/2026

Eine schöne Bastel- und Malarbeit. Manchmal trägt Obelix den Hinkelstein. Manchmal ist Obelix der Hinkelstein. Dürfte nicht leicht gewesen sein, diesen Stein zu finden. #Asterix #Fanart

Das Bild zeigt einen kleinen, länglichen und nach oben abgerundeten Stein, dessen Form an einen Hinkelstein erinnert. Der Stein wurde rundherum so bemalt, dass er selbst zum Körper von Obelix wird.
Auf der Vorderseite sind Obelix’ Gesicht mit den roten Zöpfen, sein nackter Oberkörper sowie der grüne Gürtel mit großer gelber Schnalle zu sehen. Darunter setzt sich seine typische blau-weiß gestreifte Hose bis zum unteren Rand des Steins fort. Seine Füße stehen auf einer kleinen grünen Wiese, die mit roten Pilzen und Blumen verziert ist. Der obere, dunkelgraue Teil des Steins bleibt weitgehend unbemalt und wirkt dadurch wie ein Hinkelstein, der hinter Obelix aufragt.
Die Rückseite löst den kleinen optischen Scherz auf: Dort fehlen Kopf und Oberkörper völlig. Stattdessen sieht man nur Obelix’ Arme, die sich von beiden Seiten um den grauen Stein legen. Seine Hände greifen hinter dem „Hinkelstein“ ineinander. Darunter sind wiederum die gestreifte Hose und seine Füße auf der Wiese zu erkennen.

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Capes and slashed sleeves and menswear having colours, we used to be a society

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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Narnia books as Isekai Manga

1. My Sweet Tooth Made Me The Villainess’ Slave
2. In Another World, The Dwarves Picked Me To Lead The Revolution
3. All At Sea With My Level 0 Sailing Skills
4. On A Mission In Another World And I Can’t Remember The Cheat Codes
5. That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Horse
6. Help! My Uncle’s In Love With The Demon Queen!
7. Reincarnated In Another World Just As The Game’s Ending

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

RESIDENT EVIL ASSOCIATE EVIL ENDOWED CHAYRE YN EVIL VISITINGE ASSISTANT EVIL CONSULTINGE EVIL EVIL-YN-RESIDENCE

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

While good points are made here - there HAS been a lot of hysteria over Streep!Aslan, and I got mad at my most anticipated read of 2026 for too slavishly quoting the Inklings - the point being missed here is that if you want to adapt a classic fantasy with a feminine deity, you don't. do. Narnia!

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Irina @irinadefrance.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Like... it's just not an operatic story, you know? It's kind of like the argument Billy Wilder made about Sunset Boulevard being an opera rather than a musical. There are a few things I appreciate about the LOTR musical but like, that's opera material lol.

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Irina @irinadefrance.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Look, as someone who'd love a rock opera based on the Ainulindalë that would definitely make Tolkien spin in his grave, I just... don't think Narnia is the kind of story you want for that kind of take. And don't get me wrong, I have ZERO interest in engaging in any kind of culture war about this lol

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 18/09/2026

This concept is still occupying my brain, btw. Over lunch I have concluded: a) he's an assassin who uses a thin high-tensile wire retractable skipping rope as combined nunchucks/garotte/bolas b) I want Blumineck to play him in the surely inevitable hit TV show.

Searle drawing of fotherington tomas, a small weedy curly haired schoolboy, skipping

the athlete/pole dancer/arrow bard Blumineck, drawing a bow while holding himself on a pole by his legs

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The modern day wizard who would actually believe this would be CS Lewis 🥰

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

OH NO I just got a look at the still of '60's Jadis in disco gear and NOW I am screaming and throwing things. No. No. Why. WHY IS JADIS IN DISCO GEAR

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I really don't like the Aslan genderswap. If you want to adapt a classic children's fantasy where God is a woman, George MacDonald's THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN is RIGHT THERE, or Madeleine L'Engle's A WRINKLE IN TIME.

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Gina Dalfonzo @ginadalfonzo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's like the (awful) new adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities, my favorite novel. I'm not upset they showed Sydney and Lucie having sex because it's woke. I'm upset because it's completely out of character. People can prefer to stick with the author's intention and not be horrible people. 2/

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Gina Dalfonzo @ginadalfonzo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

You can prefer Aslan be portrayed by a male actor and not be a Neanderthal trad anti-woke culture warrior. Some of the most progressive people I know were hoping the Streep rumors weren't true because it doesn't fit the character they know. It's not always about culture wars. 1/

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sephirAmy @sephiramy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

how about some good news: new cat just dropped!!!!

a photo of a small, spotted wild cat, with orange fur and brown circular markings, staring up with big golden eyes.

Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years

A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.

This 10-year-old male tiger cat is the first of his species (named Leopardus tilcayo) known to science. He is approximately 18 inches from head to end of body and weighs only 3 pounds, making him smaller than the average domestic cat. This video was captured at the Senda Verde Animal Refuge in Bolivia’s Yungas region, where he currently resides.

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Great joke; puts me in mind of the words of the anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. "Would it not be criminal were some islanders to repulse in the name of property the unfortunate victims of shipwreck struggling to reach the shore? The very idea of such cruelty sickens the imagination."

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Grateful to be reminded of God and all His angels this morning

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"On today’s battlefield, saving a single Ukrainian soldier is worth more than destroying a Russian tank." I had trouble not crying all the way through this

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Kate Ravenna @fantasticalkate.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My updated Flights of Foundry schedule! Come join online! It's free! 🖋️ Fri 9/18, 4:00 pm PT: come show off your fountain pens ✨ Fri 9/18, 9:00 pm PT: panel on Fairy Tale retellings (Robin McKinley btw) 🛣️ Sat 9/19, 10:00 am PT: panel on infrastructure (infrastructure is there, intentional or not)

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 15/09/2026

Given all the *flails hands* you all deserve one of the most adorable pictures I took of Baby Bird Season 2026. A snowy ploverlet peeking through a little sand shrub. Perhaps a once in a lifetime shot. 🪶 🐣

a tiny snowy plover chick, about 2 inches tall, looks through a shrub as if theyr hiding, on a beach

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 15/09/2026

I think I originally read Jane as a bit of a Pollyanna, but the show makes me reassess Jane as a character with firm and carefully considered convictions, and she can do it when her feelings are very elevated. And Elizabeth can’t quite do that very well!

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

RIP to Justice Mary Gaudron, first woman on the Australian High Court. She was part of the history-making 1990s High Court that decided Mabo (the landmark native title case, of THE CASTLE fame). theconversation.com/trailblazing...

theconversation.com

Trailblazing lawyer Mary Gaudron, a woman of many firsts, leaves a huge and lasting legacy

The first woman judge on the High Court shaped Australian legal history and was an inspiration to many.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 14/09/2026

Free newsletter: The idea that we're nearing the creation of AI systems that we can't control and that pose an existential threat to humanity is a lie and a distraction from the tangible harms and problems caused by LLMs and AI labs' near-unlimited resources. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-alread...

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https://www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-already-in-dangerous-hands/

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

God, I see what you have done for others

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Thanks to Fountain Pen Bluesky for all the insight and advice! I have now spent a frightful amount of money on: - a Pilot Kakuno extra fine (bc I've never been able to find a nib small enough and I feel brave) - a TWSBI Eco (bc I found out my dad had one and took it for a test drive and liked it)

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ah yes. My favourite piece of Insane GK Chesterton Lore No One Knows About

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 13/09/2026

Holy crap, Jane Austen is brilliant. There’s a clear little streak of Mr Woodhouse in Emma. “Harriet, now that you’ve hung out with me, you’ve met real gentlemen. Doesn’t Mr Martin strike you as inferior? It sure strikes me. Are you not struck by that? You must be struck by that. Of course you are.”

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 11/09/2026

This is eldest daughter behavior. No wonder she wants a little diversion. She’s going a little stir-crazy being the Lady of the House at her young age! I am riding for Emma. This girl is doing her best, bless her little head.

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This was the first thing I thought myself (which proves nothing except that I've been following Ed Zitron for a while)

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

There's a lotta hype out there right now about how AI, which is wrong about basic facts 40+% of the time, is about to destroy humanity, but the step from "we have invented a glorious deity" to "our deity is coming in fire to consume the world" is not a far one and these folx are true idolaters

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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I forgot that when I'm studying too hard sometimes my brain snaps and I get utterly obsessed about things anyway ask me about fountain pens, about which I knew absolutely nothing 24 hours ago

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Tom Doyle (SF/F author of the American Craftsmen series) @tomdoyle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Her mother would be disappointed at the rate that Lizzy killed her unworthy suitors with nothing but her dark mockery.

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Vapor Weyve @nymphomachy.meangirls.online · 12/09/2026

I tend to think Lydia is the Bennet sister who would become the most instantaneously corrupted but also ultimately the least destructive because Lydia's entire psychology is an attack surface for the Ring but also her psychology has broadly the depth of a playing card. She wants dances and snacks.

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Shrew @shrewshrew.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

All would love Elizabeth Bennet and despair

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