Kim Whysall-Hammond

Taken too soon. As a university student I used to stick hair up to make cats ears too.

Time for a little #SciFiFri cat story : )

somewhere, in some mythically mutated future, a tragic feline Icarus is hoping for a soft landing

#SciFiCats #CatsNoirFriday #CatLovers #Cats

Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges Gill admits to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in the European parliament and articles

Nathan Gill, Reform's leader in Wales at the last Welsh parliament election, has pled guilty to 8 bribery charges, taking Russian cash while he was one of Nigel Farage’s MEPs to speak in favour of Putin's Russia in that parliament
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Of course all the kids will soon find a way around. 🥴😆

Because I don’t trust them with my data!

So sad the Rugby World Cup is over- but DELIGHTED that England won!!!!

So I now need to verify that I am an adult in order to use BlueSky. It’s a new UK law. So BlueSky want my credit card or a scan of my face. I really don’t too give either to any American company!!!

You’re welcome Gayle!

This is marvellous- strong, haunting, full of the power of life.

This is marvellous- strong, haunting, and somehow full of the power of life and dreams of a better one.

But you are obviously a fake account….😉

Flying is trans human

You were not born with wings

Same here. Gay and Trans clubs /pubs were a refuge for me in the 1980s.

Even back in the 70s and 80s when I could be hassled by the police for walking while trans, no one ever tried to stop me pissing in the Ladies or tried to make me change into my swimsuit among men.

There is no dignity or respect involved in taking away rights I have exercised freely for forty years

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Pierre Chappuis
(tr. John Taylor)

My winning poem from @radonjournal.bsky.social is also available in my scifaiku collection The Future is Brief

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Thank you Terry!

Yes- no one wants to live next to a fascist.

Thank you!

Thank you Merril-and thanks for the repost.

Thank you John. I’m still working on it- it’s been wonderful working the poems into a narrative thread.

There’s always someone trying to fiddle and cheat!

I’m writing a Speculative verse novel. A year ago I submitted a sample of poems to a uk press and they asked me to turn it into a verse novel. I’m 80% there. But the press is probably folding and have told me to find another publisher. #WednesdayWIPs #PoetsOfBluesky #BlueskyWriters #PoemsAbout

YouTube video by Sequentia - Topic O vis eternitatis

Hildegard of Bingen's music, which Sequentia perform with especial brilliance, is well worth discovering. Here's Vis Aeternitatis, the partial inspiration for my poem above of the same name #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky #poetry #HildegardofBingen @julianday.bsky.social

By Ian Duhig

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A Celebration of Ursula K. Le Guin | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about A Celebration of Ursula K. Le Guin today.

Glasgow, we're bringing the forest to you! 🍃

4 Nov: celebrate @silver-press.bsky.social Ursula K. Le Guin titles THE WORD FOR WORLD & SPACE CRONE w @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social, Phil Crockett-Thomas (Abolition Science Fiction!), Matthew Sangster & me in convo.

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Obesity now main form of malnutrition afflicting youth: UNICEF Epidemic being fuelled by availability of ultra-processed foods and aggressive market.

Epidemic being fuelled by availability of ultra-processed foods and aggressive market.