Of course! I really hope it helps.

@biggreenbooks.bsky.social hello! I got incredibly lucky with a recent #buyastrangerabookday so I’ll pay it forward and buy someone a book, up to £20, your choice or theirs. Thanks!

A book: Kit de Waal - Without Warning & Only Sometimes

Kit de Waal - Without Warning & Only Sometimes (2022)
Fascinating memoir of a childhood lived at the meeting point of different worlds. Painful at times but filled to the brim with courage. Wonderful.
@kitdewaal.com

A literary tribute to Sinéad O'Connor takes her legacy off the back burner In “Nothing Compares to You,” 26 writers emotionally describe how O’Connor’s music made an overlooked impact.

i wrote about the amazing new Sinead O'Connor anthology for Salon. it is absolutely a celebration of life, both Sinead's and each of the writers: www.salon.com/2025/08/05/a...

Top of a Wordpress website with tiled images for various posts

Going to do a new pinned post as I'm changing domain, my domain is now bigbeardedbookseller.uk and everything is going on this domain now.

I'm writing about pretty much anything I'm interested in when I have something to say, so no timetable as such.

#Introduction #PinnedPost

Person in a party hat giving a presentation and it says The greatest research skill you can have is being a nosy bitch who wants to find out

;)

Time has changed slightly. It will be from 5:45pm to 8pm

Hey everyone! Queers for Palestine, Trans Kids Deserve Better, The Dyke Project, London Trans Pride, Fag Revolt and RS21 Are calling the entire queer and trans community to join us outside the vile Wes Streeting's constituency office. We are responding to the Palestinian Youth Movement's call for a 'Siege on Labour' on Monday: When: Monday 4th August at 6 PM Where: 12a Highview Parade, Ilford, IG4 5EP (15 minute walk from Gants Hill central line station) ? Why: Wes Streeting and the vicious 'Labour Party' are accomplices in the zionist-made famine in Gaza. Streeting is also responsible for the deaths of many trans kids past and future. We are taking unified action across the country on Monday with these demands: 1. A full two-way arms embargo on Israel 2. An end to British RAF surveillance flights over Gaza 3. For the British government to use all UN and sanctions levers to force Israel to allow aid into Gaza 4. For David Lammy to resign as foreign minister after lying to the public about arms sales to Israel This government is dripping in the blood of our trans siblings and of the Palestinian people. We must act together to force Labour to meet these demands.

Protest outside Wes Streeting's office on Monday

still true

looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out

YouTube video by Supertanskiii JailHouse C*cks: 2 in 5 Far-Right Rioters Attack Women. Wait, So They’re Not Feminists?

Guess who’s back?

This bitch! And it feels good!

So are the stats: 2 in 5 of those Stella chugging fake patriots who rioted last year are more of danger to their ex than most refugees.

Here’s my take. I don’t hold back.

youtu.be/Y0oJGg8KVX0?...

This #buyastrangerabook offer has yet to be taken!

@zincstoat.uk will buy someone the book of their choice, up to £15!

Any book at all, not just what's on my glorious website.

So, if you want a particular book, get in touch!

UK only.

I love the #buyastrangerabook that @biggreenbooks.bsky.social started in the UK, so for the next 2 weeks before my FONSECA pub date, I'll buy someone the Penelope Fitzgerald novel of their choice. Reply to this message to enter. I'll pick randomly, then buy the book from Books Are Magic. #Booksky

Amazing! So chuffed ☺️

I’d actually very much like this if it hasn’t been claimed yet. I’ll pay it forward next week! (Or possibly through the amazing 500 club…)

I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer.

I'll buy someone a copy of "Rules For Visiting" by @jfkane.bsky.social .

Blurb in pic 2.

If you'd like a copy, just get in touch.

UK only (sorry Jessica)

Motherfucking wind farms…

You want another #buyastrangerabook day offer??

OK then. Here it is.

@zincstoat.uk is offering to buy someone the book of their choice, up to £15.

There's millions of books to choose from, so if there's one in particular you'd like, get in touch!

UK only

More #buyastrangerabook day action!

@jamieoconnor.bsky.social is offering to buy a book for a child, up to £10.

Any book. Not just what's on my website.

So, if there's a book you have in mind, get in touch.

UK only.

I have another #buyastrangerabook day offer to tell you about.

@evieweeviewoo.bsky.social will buy someone the book of their choice up to £20.

Tat's any book (not just the stuff on my website).

So if there's something in particular you're after, let us know!

UK only.

It's #buyastrangerabook day!

@covidmemorialwall.bsky.social is offering to buy someone a copy of "When This Is Over : Reflections on an Unequal Pandemic" which has a section on the Wall, including a contribution from a trustee, @franfd.bsky.social

If you'd like a copy, just let us know.

UK only.

It's #buyastrangerabook day!

@whyalice24.bsky.social is offering to buy one lucky person a copy of any book by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Attached is a pic of most of them, so if there's one in particular you'd like, get in touch!

UK only.

It’s that day of the week again! Generosity, magic, and #book gifting with @biggreenbooks.bsky.social and a bunch of lovely, generous humans. #booksky
PS: check out the 500 club too. Books for schools! ❤️📚

A lot of you had questions so I wrote about what I think happened here! Behold:

wiczipedia.substack.com/p/i-got-trap...

To whom it may concern, and it should concern the editor: I was quoted in your publication: https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans/can-we-engineer-our-way-out-of-ocean-acidification/ Still, others aren't convinced that good intentions are enough. Dr. David Ho, Professor of Oceanography at University of Hawaii at Manoa, a cofounder and the Chief Science Officer of |C|Worthy, a non-profit that works on verifying ocean-based carbon dioxide removal, believes carbon removal efforts like ocean alkalinity enhancement shouldn't be left solely in the hands of private companies. "They have no way to prove that what they're doing is effective - that's a big problem," Dr Ho said. The crux of the dilemma, he explains, is that we are fighting a planetary-scale problem, but are doing it with tools that are still being built and tested. Geoengineering is not inherently good or bad, but it is inherently powerful. And power, especially when exercised in ecosystems as complex and fragile as the ocean, must be handled with caution. However, I have never spoken to your reporter, nor would I have said those things. I would like you to remove my quote from your story, and issue a public correction and apology. Furthermore, you should look into whether the other parts of the article are also factually correct. Thanks. d.

WTF? I was quoted in this story but I have never spoken to the reporter nor would I have said those things. Is everything just generated by LLMs these days?

cosmosmagazine.com/earth/oceans...

Credit to the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen.

Defying the Israeli ban on filming Gaza from above, Bowen instead describes the carnage & genocide he can see:

“I can tell you that communities in the north of Gaza that I knew well…with tens of thousands of people…are flat. There’s nothing left of them.”

41% of people think the UK govt doesn’t consider their needs when making net zero policies. Why not?

Our new report uses insights from humanities and social science research to shed light on how political leaders can drive to net zero. One of the key findings? Put people and places at the centre 🧵

This week I'm launching "The Big Green Books 500 Club".

It's a pretty simple plan, but with your help, we can start to regularly send £500 of books into schools who need them.

It costs just £1 a week.

Here's the plan.

biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...

Please share (and join!)

Thanks.

Who has written the essay that talks about ai in terms of Blackness, literacy, and access to knowledge? Part of why I hate these systems so much is because I know the hard-fought battles just to use the library or learn to read. Now folks are telling us their machine has all the answers. 🤷🏿‍♂️

DWP’s 'unhealthy' AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds

Amnesty warns DWP's use of AI and automation in welfare is harming disabled people and digitally excluded claimants.