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🧵 for 🦋 success 👇 My feed is absolutely thrumming with great activity - I can barely keep up. I’d add: 🌟 RT interesting folks so others can find them 🌟 Mute keywords, names & hashtags to tune and trim your feed so you unfollow less often 🌟 Look up customised feeds often fed via emoji combos

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Joanna🌱 @rainbowofcrazy.bsky.social · 8h

Alright, to anyone that believes that Bluesky is dead. - If your feed feels dead, that is 100% ON YOU. FOLLOW MORE ACCOUNTS. - Your feed is still not interesting enough? FOLLOW MORE PEOPLE. - THEN FOLLOW MORE. - Follow ALL the starter packs that interest you. Follow EVERYONE. /1

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Melissa Caruso @melissacaruso.bsky.social · 17h

Discoverability for new SFF books seems way down these days, especially outside of bestsellers and certain subgenres. I'm noticing this as both a reader and a writer. Great stuff is in danger of sinking without a trace. Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 17h

⬇️ I am guessing this will be a yuge update that I’ll have to schedule in overnight 🤔 🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 21h

📆 Only 1.5d of September remaining to finish off the September TBR! 😱 📚💙 #BookSky 🦋

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 22h

📆 November 23rd you say? 🤔 I shall be ready! 🤗 📺 #TVSky 🚀 #Blakes7 7️⃣

The Blu-Ray collection for “Blake’s 7 Series C”.

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Writing and publishing a book is lonely, exhausting and nerve-wrecking, but there can be moments when it feels quite special. Like last week, when I received an email from someone I have not seen since 1999. 🧵

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

2003: whatever you do, don't source your research from Wikipedia. 2026: Wikipedia is the safest online source to start general research from.

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 28/09/2026

🔊 The one that’s a “Spelunky type experience, not the same interview twice,“ with @egvroom.bsky.social starting early, burning out, returning via GameBoy, how #Roguecraft GB came to be, plus “the pinnacle of game design and execution…ever.” 🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #RetroGaming #RetroComputing ⌨️ #Podcasts 📻

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 28/09/2026

📺 Only just got to this episode in my YT subs, but seeing the menu of cores being scrolled opened up a possibility space in my head. Then my head 🤯 when the chaps whipped out the MegaDock, as ideas ran amok. Want! Stick my name on one!! Sold!!! 🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #RetroGaming #RetroComputing ⌨️

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 27/09/2026

🔊 Can’t listen to all the good new stuff fast enough at the moment, but I’ve had the new Paul Laine 💿 blasting out regularly, so I think that needs to be my #AlbumOfTheWeek. 💿 #NowPlaying 🎶 on 🍎🎵

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 27/09/2026

📆 Sunday evening weekly reading update time! My reading pace has settled down to a steady rate given the reduced hammock time in our shortened evenings. Couple of magazines on the go mixed in with the primary 🛋️ and 🛌 reads. 📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky #ReaderSky 🦋

An image captioned “September TBR” featuring a few books arranged in a single row on a table. The books are all paperbacks, a mix of fiction and non-fiction, and SFF.

“Semiosis” by Sue Burke (tagged as a reread).
“Sea of Tranquility” by Emily St. John Mandel (tagged with a ball and dice).
“Press Reset” by Jason Schreier.
“Water Moon” by Samantha Sotto Yambao (tagged ‘Picked for me’).

Books may be marked with a giant bomb (to indicate ongoing, active, progress), a bow (to indicate completion), or a “plop” to indicate a DNF. Some may also have a yellow bookmark poking out of the top which also indicates they are in-progress.

Current Reads (4)

Water Moon
Samantha Sotto Yambao
21%

Judge Dredd Megazine 486: Messerschmitts..
Alec Worley, Garth Ennis,...
34%

Iron Truth
S.A. Tholin
84%

The Classic Adventurer - Issue 01 Remaster
Mark James Hardisty
10%

A graph of pages read over the last 28 days.

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 27/09/2026

📆 It’s a lot of fun watching The @scifiscavenger.bsky.social 🎱🎲 select not only his own TBR, but parts of mine too, as I see what selections also sit on my own library shelves. This month, three. But as I haven’t read Butler’s 📕PotS I doubt I’ll keep up 🧐 📚🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky #ReaderSky 🦋

An array of three paperback books arranged side-by-side on a table. The image is captioned “October Bingo Balls & Destiny Dice”.

John Birmingham’s “The Cruel Stars”, Octavia E. Butler’s “Parable of the Talents” and Paul McAuley’s “The Quiet War” are shown in alphabetical order.

McAuley’s book is an unfortunate trade paperback accident from back in the day when I would get caught out. And Butler’s book is captioned with “Book 2” as I haven’t read the first book yet, so that means doubling up which is probably at the extreme end of my monthly reading bandwidth, so I probably won’t include this in my own October TBR.

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 27/09/2026

🔊 Listening to @nextlander.com 264 in which @vinnycaravella.bsky.social is reminiscing on 20y of podcasting, reminded I‘m also a regular podcast listener for 20y too. Started with The Hot Spot (w/Rich), 1Up Show, CAGcast, Major Nelson, etc, following many of you still. 🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #Podcasts 📻

audioboom.com

A Lot Going on in Video Game Town

PlayStation dropped Kojima Productions' Physint... and Xbox picked it up. Nintendo showed the Ocarina of Time remake, and then went and announced a new 2D Metroid. Blizzard revealed a StarCraft sh...

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 27/09/2026

📚 A full house of @cultedge.bsky.social “Blake’s 7” productions 🤗 For now at least… 🧐 These are fabulously produced books 😍 Just been (re)organising my shelves and took the opportunity to compare sets ☺️ 📺 #TVSky #Blakes7 7️⃣ #SciFiBooks 🪐📚🚀 #NonFictionBooks 💡📚💙 #BookSky #ReaderSky 🦋

A collection of “Blake’s 7” related hardback, paperback and magazine format books from Cult Edge. There are a mix of unofficial annuals, production diaries, magazines and short story anthologies, all arranged vertically on an otherwise empty bookshelf.

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weinberg @weinbergs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

they're so smart and cute.

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 26/09/2026

📧 Got told a service was being ‘upgraded’, got sent 📦 of parts needed, got booked in for a future date. None of this was requested or wanted by me; I wasn’t asked, just got told. Ignored it for a week+a bit. Installer cancelled for some reason. Supplier requested the parts back. I did nothing!

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 26/09/2026

🌶️ Sliced up some garden-fresh Jalapeño Peppers for lunch, gouging out the seeds so I could stuff with 🧀 and bake them 😋 Obviously I have since rubbed my face and I am regularly reminded of this tasty lunch as it is still feeling quite zingy 😅 👨‍🌾 #Gardening #VegetableGrowing #GrowYourOwn 🌱

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TARDIS Guide • Doctor Who tracking & reviews @tardis.guide · 26/09/2026

Introducing “In Progress”! You can now track your progress through a book, TV episode, audiobook, magazine, anthology, etc! Keep track of which episode you’re on in a classic serial, or the page in that Doctor Who novel. Available to all users today! #DoctorWho #BigFinish

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 26/09/2026

📊 Intrigued by idea of more bank being made in Fantasy/Horror than SF (which I’m sure is true!), I was curious to look up my 📚 buying stats via magic of The #StoryGraph charting. Here’s how my purchases in 2026 look by genre, compared against 2025. SF FTW! 🥳 📚🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋

My book purchases in 2025 and 2026 sorted by genre and compared side-by-side. SF is way in the lead in both years (to date), with Fantasy trailing some way behind.

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Chantaal @chantaal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Just finished up Time to Play (Apocalypse Parenting #1) by Erin Ampersand, 4⭐! A great alternative to Dungeon Crawler Carl for anyone looking for another entry point into LitRPG. 💙📚👀 📚🪐 #booksky www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

The book cover for Time to Play by Erin Ampersand.

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 26/09/2026

📕 The cover for A.D. Sui’s “The Iron Garden Sutra” caught my eye via a RT from @hugobookclub.bsky.social 👇 the passion of @marysuesays.bsky.social words made me look up the synopsis, and then I thought “now that sounds interesting.” Wishlisted (for paperback). Thanks! 📚🚀 #SciFiBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 26/09/2026

📖 Today sees me a start another of my “Picked for me…” collection. This is “Water Moon” by Samantha Sotto Yambao, which @thebookbella.bsky.social selected for me during a #BookTube sprint. No clue what it’s about, but first chapter is v.intriguing 🤗 📚⚔️ #FantasyBooks 🪐📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #HammockTime 😎

A hand holding up a paperback edition of Samantha Sotto Yambao’s “Water Moon” against a clear blue sky. A yellow bookmark pokes out of the top of the book.

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 26/09/2026

📬 Fresh through the 🕳️ in the 🚪 is the new Debug no.17 from @debugmag.com 🤗 I was just flicking through the issue and #Lumentale immediately caught my eye, but there are so many colourful things to examine further 🤗 🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #SeptemberBookHaul 📦

A paperback copy of Debug Magazine issue no.17 placed on the black envelope that it arrived in, atop a table.

A look inside Debug Magazine issue no. 17 at the Contents page.

A close-up of a double page article on “Lumentale” deep within the issue.

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 26/09/2026

💭 After yacking with @jcmberne.bsky.social last night I got to wonder what author folks consider as success - positive reviews, earning their money back, Special Editions, acclaim, hype, awards and gongs? I daresay it varies and adjusts across the passage of time 🤔 💬📚💙 #BookSky 🦋

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 26/09/2026

🎧 The one about “Bendelo” 👏😆, an impassioned rant about 🇬🇧 wrecking things for touring musicians 👏😤 and “the greatest thing on the face of the earth.” 👏🤩 🇬🇧 #UKPolitics 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 26/09/2026

🔊 The one that posits an eyebrow raising possibility of why REF have a constant & regular flow of departures, and how REF 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 are “in meltdown.” 🍿 Plus a fun story of “separatism in the Highlands” that is strikingly relevant today. I missed that P&J😯 🇬🇧 #UKPolitics 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻

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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Weirdly specific question, but do I know any primary school teachers in Oxfordshire on here?

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Most riveting thing I've seen all week

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 25/09/2026

🛒 Spare pocket money is calling my name quite loudly right now! 😆 🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 25/09/2026

🔊 Blimey, just noticed new Paul Laine, Pure Reason Revolution, Europe, Stryper and Metalite out today 😱 I don’t know what to listen to first 😳 I absolutely adore Laine’s banger album “Stick It In Your Ear” so am super delighted for new stuff 🤗 💿 #NowPlaying 🎶 on 🍎🎵

music.apple.com

The Long Road Back by Paul Laine on Apple Music

Album · 2026 · 11 Songs

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 25/09/2026

📬 A while ago I was listening to The @retroadventurers.bsky.social podcast in which @jasoncompton.bsky.social mentioned “The Classic Adventurer” magazine. I ordered the remastered Issue 01 and it is 😍👌 🎮 #VideoGames ⌨️ #TextAdventures #InteractiveFiction 🗺️ #Podcasts 📻 #SeptemberBookHaul 📦

A copy of issue 01 of “The Classic Adventurer” magazine in its Remastered edition placed on a table.

A peek inside the Contents page of “The Classic Adventurer” issue 01.

Inside there’s an extensive Level 9 interview.

And other pages show large artwork/screenshots with text around them, like this image that spans across two pages.

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 24/09/2026

🪵 Checking out @juliaprokhorova.bsky.social and @daedalic.bsky.social #Woodo demo on @xbox.com after hearing @alexsurvives.bsky.social describe it so enthusiastically on @themimicsveil.bsky.social podcast thus week! I’m spinning shapes and zooming in 🤗 Nice. 🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️

Main menu screen for “Woodo” featuring a colourful chest.

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Mike Diver @mikediver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

How do people with books to promote, promote their events they set up to promote the books? I see you doing it on here. That can't be it. Do your publishers help? Does anyone else chip in? Do you lose loads of money every time you do one? (Probably just me, that.)

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Final two cents on the PMG x Kotick story: It is paramount that you support the journalism you want to see in the world. Outlets like PMG continue to raise the bar, BUT if you want even more of that probing journalism you have to give reporters the runway and financial backing to produce it.

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Mike Diver @mikediver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Serious question, looking for serious answers. Used to be when I promoted gigs, I had a website to push them through. Trying to promote this upcoming event I'm doing, I have here and my very limited other socials and that's about it. Any Brighton-centric industry/dev groups I could post to? TY.

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Spotlight Indie @spotlightindie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

SHARE THE LOVE! Seen a KickStarter you'd love to back? We'd love to help you back it! We're offering to fund a pledge to celebrate The Big Indie Weekend. You chose the project, we cover the pledge, you get the reward. #indieauthors #indiebooks

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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is a brilliant, concise takedown of the “Crime-ridden Britain” myth. You should share it with every Uncle Ken and Auntie Sue who are too frightened to visit London because Nigel tells them they’re going to get knifecrimed.

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 24/09/2026

🔊 The one in which @benjicong.bsky.social gets to live out missed childhood opportunities in an @alexsurvives.bsky.social rec. for #Woodo, while @scowlerwilson.bsky.social asks how it compares with #Unpacking. The gang are also playing a woven emblem of burning 😜 🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #Podcasts 📻

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 24/09/2026

🧩 I’ve only played “The Room” (the first one) on iOS and “The Room VR” on #PSVR2, so this toot 👇 had me looking up the full line-up on HLTB. I am super tempted by a set on #Switch2, and I just discovered there’s a four game bundle 🤗 What to do? 🤔 😜 🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️

Splash panel for “The Room” ‘game series bundle’ featuring all four games.

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 24/09/2026

❤️ While we can only mash the Like button once per tweet, I’ll often mash it extra hard to indicate my firmest approval. Nobody else knows, but I do.

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 24/09/2026

📬 I’ve also received my copy of the latest issue of the “Blake’s 7 Magazine” from @cultedge.bsky.social which is a special tribute to Michael Keating who left us earlier in the year. These fabulous productions collect articles and short stories 🤗 📺 #TVSky 🚀 #Blakes7 7️⃣ #SeptemberBookHaul 📦

A paperback edition of “Blake’s 7 Magazine No.26 Summer 2026” placed on a table.

Special Tribute Issue
Michael Keating
1947 - 2026

A look inside the “Blake’s 7 Magazine No.26” at the Contents page, featuring a split of Features and Stories.

One of the features is a tribute from co-star Sally Knyvette, featuring text on the left and a full page picture on the right.

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Ka-pow! comics @kapow-comics.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am absolutely not saying that left wing activists don't break laws, but we seem to rarely film them for social media clout, and get arrested because of the footage...

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 24/09/2026

🤔 Bookmarked a potentially useful/interesting thing, and now it’s gone. Wondering what I missed! 🤷‍♂️

A bookmarked post that now simply reports “This post was deleted by its author”.

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 24/09/2026

🔊 The one about “X Fillies” and “Roswell” viewers! And also “Men Behaving Badly” and “The Magic Roundabout” 😆 “I've come in with significant preconceptions that are actually quite fundamentally wrong.” 📺 #TVSky 🔦 #TheXFiles 🛸 #Podcasts 📻

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 23/09/2026

📬 After procrastinating over Summer, I finally ordered up my @cultedge.bsky.social ”Blake’s 7 Production Diary Series C” - a gorgeous set, down and (mostly) safe in today’s mail. Look how magnificent they all are together 🤗 📺 #TVSky 🚀 #Blakes7 #NonFictionBooks 💡📚💙 #BookSky 🦋 #SeptemberBookHaul 📦

Two hardback books arranged side-by-side on a table. Together they make up the complete “Blake’s 7 Production Diary Series C - Books One and Two”.

A complete (so far) set of the Cult Edge “Blake’s 7 Production Diaries” for Series A through C of the BBC TV show. These are arranged on a table with Series A and B at the top, with the two books for Series C arranged below them in a 2x2 grid.

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Tufty McTavish @tuftymctavish.com · 23/09/2026

👨‍💻 Back at the end of August I ordered some books from #Lulu. Large, thick, high quality, hardback, print-on-demand - these are luxury items that take a few days to produce. Lulu have been exemplary to deal with*, so this is a wee bit of an FYI 🧵 on recent delivery experience only. *but…

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