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Joint statement: Kazakhstan must withdraw its plans to adopt anti-LGBTI laws and uphold its human rights commitments | ILGA-Europe We, the undersigned human rights organisations, express deep concern over recent developments in Kazakhstan.

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Pen and ink portrait of a character gazing at the viewer. This character is flanked by five blackbirds in flight.

The second print I bought was an A4 print of A flight of Birds by Jenni Coutts. I fell quite in love with this one and couldn't stop staring at it and wishing I had the bucks for the original piece. But the print is very lovely and Jenni signed it for me. #art

A gilded print of a pen and ink drawing of a fantastical setting with trees, a fantastic creature and mushrooms.

I thought I'd share the first of two prints that I got from the World Fantasy art show. This one is a lovely gilded print called The Wisp Warden by Sophie Jonas Hill. It made me think of the living trees, hence why I got it. #art

Have now passed 54k. That is my goal for the day, so Yay. #amwriting #writinggoals

On an interesting note, I have been consistently writing since my writing brain came back on the 26th of August. That's the date on the first document in the folder that contains the current version of the wip. #amwriting

Closing in on 54k, which is my goal for today. #amwriting

Purple background, white text, which says Seamstresses and witches both perform demanded services but are marginalised for doing so. Mistress Weatherwax and Mrs Palm are two women who head heavily gendered and marginalised professions. Both women are aware of the deeply-culturally-ingrained narratives that are applied to them by wider society. "Almost a Witch" -- Freyja Stokes

Freyja Stokes writes about witches and "seamstresses" (the Discworld's sex workers, except for Sandra), and especially the historical connections between the two professions, in this excellent new essay.

Read it now! Tell your friends! www.speculativeinsight.com

All good thoughts your way and wishes for a good recovery.

Sometimes the brain just goes: nope. Yes, I know we are thinking about the novel. But making words. Nope. I will be on the couch comfort binge watching while I wait for my students to arrive. #writinglife

It was calling my name. 😆 I was so happy I won the bid. It was also the right size to transport safely in my luggage.

Pyrographed wood art with four dragons.

Won the bidding for this lovely piece of art from Northern Magpie Art. It’s now hanging in my workspace. 😊

I confess to procrastinating. Maybe I need to go back to Brighton and write in the confines of a hotel room. There's something to be said about the wind and the rain and the rough sea.

@support.bsky.team just to let you know that @charlesatan.bsky.social is not spam. Morning greetings are part of his online manifested self.

Ahh look at this cutie 💕💕💕

Early morning conversations on use of language, Fanon, proximity to whiteness and how we refuse to conform or surrender who we are. Always invigorating.

Ik las van de week een geweldige tip.

Elke keer als er staat "de economie" lees jij: "Rijke mensen hun jachten".

Industrie verduurzamen is risico voor "rijke mensen hun jachten"
Topinkomens zwaarder belasten is slecht voor "rijke mensen hun jachten"

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Sharing this gofundme from a fellow Clarion West graduate : Jocelyn Kelly gofund.me/2bf676d6

Congrats World Fantasy Award winners and nominees!!

"Activism is the antidote to fear"
~Jamie Raskin

Start with conviction; bring a friend, make a plan, make a habit

Say it out loud and say it often:

"This is wrong"

Then,

Insist
Resist
Persist

Congratulations on the award. 🍾

There was so much beautiful art at World Fantasy. I was (once again) blown away.

Congratulations to all award winners. Both World Fantasy Awardees and BSF awardees.

Thank you World Fantasy. I am now close to home. It was great to see dear friends and to make new ones. Also, for the first time, I got myself a piece of art. 😊

Happy Birthday, Nisi. Much much love to you always.

She is amazing.

I have bought art. 😊

Oh no. I just missed you. Am now back at my hotel getting ready to head to the station. Hope we get to meet at another con. Enjoy the rest of the day.

As an exercise, I wrote a short flash piece in Dutch illustrating a scene from my father's memoir. Will post it on the blog with an English translation after I've had it checked by the native Dutch speakers at home. 😆

Issue 230 Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

Hey, Kids, Stories!

Clarkesworld # 230.

Features my science fiction novella THE APOLOGISTS.

Also stories by @kashinggiwa.bsky.social and @izom-chisom.bsky.social and others!

‘It is the scariest of times’: Margaret Atwood on defying Trump, banned books – and her score-settling memoir At 86, she’s a literary seer and saint – and queen of the Canadian resistance. So what does the writer make of our dystopian world?

"...at the moment she is more worried about boycotting anything that comes from over the border in the US... “Elbows up!”

“People go, ‘Boo, Americans!’ It’s not Americans. Half of them, at least, are not at all in favour of what’s going on at all.”

She is a role model, always ❤️

#Pinks