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Geek, Dad, Gray Ace, He/Him. Enjoys reading words off paper, sometimes puts them there as well.

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Rebels vs The Galactic Empire by Sean Cooke
#StarWars

09.10.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

09.10.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 9546    πŸ” 5076    πŸ’¬ 74    πŸ“Œ 182

if it carries on like this the tories will end up MPs so pale you'll be able to see the colour of the wall behind them.

Perhaps if we give them all Vitamin D suppliments it will bring them back to sanity...

09.10.2025 09:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sentai show with different colours of optimus when?

09.10.2025 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone on the fence about A.I., there's something you don't realize.

It's purpose is to eliminate human jobs and human skills.

That's it. That's its single purpose. For companies to no longer pay people or train them in skills.

09.10.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 536    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 15

Every time you post one of these, I see an experience writer fail the challenge of four panels of coherent dialogue and I feel better about my own ability...

08.10.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a "crisis" when immigrants "take jobs away", but "innovation" when machines do. Funny.

08.10.2025 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 5421    πŸ” 1636    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 44
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I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

05.10.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5329    πŸ” 2569    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 84
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BBC Archive Welcome to the BBC Archive. Hop aboard an audiovisual time machine, that will transport you back to the golden age of TV. Whether you are looking for some childhood nostalgia (clackers - remember t...

It’s highly unfashionable to big up the BBC, but their YouTube archive has grown into a lovely collection of classic old telly. youtube.com/@bbcarchive?...

07.10.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Right. Apologies for the delay. Really didn’t expect so much interest in a grumpy little Welsh owl so thank you for all the kind words - I’ve loved reading some of your own rescue stories.

Lots of you had rehab-related questions so thought I’d tackle the big ones here in one looong thread… 🧡

07.10.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure it is 99.9% paranoia and imposter sydrome.

Comes with having a broken brain.

07.10.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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They’ll tell you that the arts & humanities aren’t practical and then …

07.10.2025 06:25 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Somebody in my writing group looked at me funny when I said that I was hoping to self publish at easter and it was like a shotgun blast through my confidence.

07.10.2025 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Never has so much been used by so few for so little.

06.10.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

You know, it reminds me of medieval cathedrals at this point. Huge edifices that took literal generations to complete, a vast investment of resources: time, materials, money, even lives. All for the glory of god, because people thought (as they always do) they were living in the End Times.

06.10.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5
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Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe) to direct a "Moomins" animated feature film.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...

06.10.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 6873    πŸ” 1676    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 486

Close, intelligent, in some cases near lifelong friends are starting to talk casually about the use of ChatGPT in their lives or in some cases are clearly getting paid/perks to promote its use and it’s like watching your social circle slowly, and with a big smile on their face, all join Scientology.

11.08.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2568    πŸ” 592    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0

Log Horizon.

I’ve never seen any fiction capture the vibes of what it was like to be part of a guild in an MMO in the 00s.

Then it takes a hard turn into fantasy economics.

05.10.2025 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Imagine making a Harry Potter comic in 2025.

You're on the Internet. You know that the author is a hateful bigot. But that doesn't bother you. And you're okay with telling everyone that you're fine with transphobia.

05.10.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

About 125,000 transgender people are assaulted in the restroom every year.

No transgender woman has ever been convicted of assaulting a woman in a public restroom.

05.10.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2561    πŸ” 654    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 18

I mean, the MU is pretty weird when you dig under the surface. There are mole men, lava men, morlocks, deviants and all sorts down there.

The early Avengers even a giant living rock that somehow threatens to blow up everything if it is disturbed. All that weird stuff has to come from somewhere...

05.10.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Holy shit this is my entire mind distilled into a few sentences. 🀯

05.10.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Describe your self-publishing style with a gif

05.10.2025 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Greta Thunberg is being mistreated in that Isreali prison, with them knowing who she is and how high profile she is, no one is safe from this regime… and I’m so disgusted, every day.

04.10.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 976    πŸ” 272    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Ryan Bridge has become a familiar face in Stirchley lately. He's one of two "company directors" of raisetheflags.org, where he collects donations from Β£10-Β£500 for flags.

04.10.2025 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 209    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 32

*looks sideways at WIP...*

03.10.2025 12:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.

The Starmer government is REALLY running scared of this petition, now at 2.75 million, to the extent that it has responded 3 months early, in a transparent attempt to spike it.

So please, under no circumstances should you sign it and share it widely. Starmer & his boss McSweeney would not like it.

03.10.2025 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 311    πŸ” 246    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 9
Important: The Horror Zine does NOT accept any material that contains adult or sexually explicit content; abuse or harming of women or children; any rape scenes; serial killers; slasher; gore for gore's sake, or splatter punk. We do NOT accept any religious or political themes. We do NOT accept any submissions written in Olde English, Victorian, or 19th Century styles. We do NOT accept any submissions told in a diary or letter or journal format, written in numbered chapters, told as memories, or told entirely as dialogue (someone recounting past events). We do NOT accept any submissions created with the use of, or any assistance form, Artificial Intelligence (AI). We do NOT accept fan fiction.

Important: The Horror Zine does NOT accept any material that contains adult or sexually explicit content; abuse or harming of women or children; any rape scenes; serial killers; slasher; gore for gore's sake, or splatter punk. We do NOT accept any religious or political themes. We do NOT accept any submissions written in Olde English, Victorian, or 19th Century styles. We do NOT accept any submissions told in a diary or letter or journal format, written in numbered chapters, told as memories, or told entirely as dialogue (someone recounting past events). We do NOT accept any submissions created with the use of, or any assistance form, Artificial Intelligence (AI). We do NOT accept fan fiction.

Then what the fuck is the point of you

01.10.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4129    πŸ” 1026    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 920

This sounds like a great evening out.

Times like this I miss Aberystwyth deeply.

02.10.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Queer Lit Quarterly | Cheryl's Mewsings The lovely Pete from Gayberystwyth Books runs a quarterly literary event for queer writers at Aberystwyth University. This quarter I am one of the guest authors. (Yes, I know, I will mostly be talking about the queer people I publish, but I might read something too.) The chances are that most of you will not

An evening in Aberystwyth, featuring me:

02.10.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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